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 evil, it was reported among his neighnours, so that none would keep his, but his spirit, which was very with him, and did whatsoever he commanded him, playing merry  for to please Faustus. Not far from Faustus's house lived the Duke of Bavaria, the Duke of Saxony, and the Bishop of Salisburgh, whose houses and cellars Mephostophiles used to visit, and to bring the best of every thing they had. One day the Duke of Bavaria had invited most of the gentry of the country to dinner, for whose entertainment there was abundance of provision got ready: the, gentry being come, and ready to sit down to dinner, in an instant Mephostophiles came and took away all with him, leaving them full of admiration. If at any time Faustus had a mind for a wild fowl, the spirit would call whole flocks in at a window; also the spirit did teach Faustus to do the like, so that no lock nor key would keep them out. The devil also taught Faustus to fly into the