CONTENTS

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Introduction[1]
I.The Historical Personage[3]
II.The German Faust Book[23]
III.Faust in England[42]
IV.The Faust Drama in Germany[48]
V.The Wagner Book[57]
The Historie of Dr. John Faustus
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I.Of his Parentage and Birth[65]
II.How Doctor Faustus began to practise in his Devilish Art, and how he conjured the Devil, making him to appear and meet him on the morrow at his own house[67]
III.The conference of Doctor Faustus with the Spirit Mephostophiles the morning following at his own house[70]
IV.The second time of the Spirit’s appearing to Faustus in his house, and of their parley[72]
V.The third parley between Doctor Faustus and Mephostophiles about a conclusion[74]
VI.How Doctor Faustus set his blood in a saucer on warm ashes, and writ as followeth[76]
VII.How Mephostophiles came for his writing, and in what manner he appeared, and his sights he shewed him: and how he caused him to keep a copy of his own writing[77]
VIII.The manner how Faustus proceeded with his damnable life, and of the diligent service Mephostophiles used towards him[79]
IX.How Doctor Faustus would have married, and how the Devil had almost killed him for it[81]
X.Questions put forth by Doctor Faustus unto his Spirit Mephostophiles[84]
XI.How Doctor Faustus dreamed that he had seen hell in his sleep, and how he questioned with his Spirit of matters as concerning hell, with the Spirit’s answer[86]
XII.The second question put forth by Doctor Faustus to his Spirit, what Kingdoms there were in hell, how many, and what were their rulers’ names[87]
XIII.Another question put forth by Doctor Faustus to his Spirit concerning his Lord Lucifer, with the sorrow that Faustus fell afterwards into[88]
XIV.Another disputation betwixt Doctor Faustus and his Spirit, of the power of the Devil, and of his envy to mankind[90]
XV.How Doctor Faustus desired again of his Spirit to know the secrets and pains of hell; and whether those damned Devils and their company might ever come into the favour of God again or not?[92]
XVI.Another question put forth by Doctor Faustus to his Spirit Mephostophiles of his own estate[98]
XVII.Here followeth the second part of Doctor Faustus his life, and practices, until his end[100]
XVIII.A question put forth by Doctor Faustus to his Spirit concerning Astronomy[101]
XIX.How Doctor Faustus fell into despair with himself: for having put forth a question unto his Spirit, they fell at variance, whereupon the whole route of Devils appeared unto him, threatening him sharply[104]
XX.How Doctor Faustus desired to see hell, and of the manner how he was used therein[110]
XXI.How Doctor Faustus was carried through the air up to the heavens to see the world, and how the Sky and Planets ruled: after the which he wrote one letter to his friend of the same to Liptzig, how he went about the world in eight days[115]
XXII.How Doctor Faustus made his journey through the principal and most famous lands in the world[121]
XXIII.How Faustus had a sight of Paradise[144]
XXIV.Of a certain Comet that appeared in Germanie, and how Doctor Faustus was desired by certain friends of his to know the meaning thereof[146]
XXV.A question put forth to Doctor Faustus, concerning the Stars[147]
XXVI.How Faustus was asked a question concerning the Spirits that vex men[148]
XXVII.How Doctor Faustus was asked a question concerning the Stars that fall from Heaven[149]
XXVIII.How Faustus was asked a question as concerning thunder[149]
XXIX.How the Emperor Carolus Quintus requested of Faustus to see some of his cunning, whereunto he agreed[150]
XXX.How Doctor Faustus in the sight of the Emperor conjured a pair of Hart’s horns upon a Knight’s head that slept out of a casement[154]
XXXI.How the above-mentioned Knight went about to be revenged of Doctor Faustus[155]
XXXII.How three young Dukes being together at Wittenberg to behold the University, requested Faustus to help them at a wish to the town of Menchen in Bavaria, there to see the Duke of Bavaria his son’s wedding[156]
XXXIII. How Doctor Faustus borrowed money of a Jew, and laid his own leg to pawn for it[160]
XXXIV.How Doctor Faustus deceived an Horse-courser[162]
XXXV.How Doctor Faustus ate a load of Hay[164]
XXXVI.How Doctor Faustus served the twelve Students[165]
XXXVII.How Faustus served the drunken Clowns[165]
XXXVIII.How Doctor Faustus sold five Swine for six Dollars apiece[166]
XXXIX.How Doctor Faustus played a merry jest with the Duke of Anholt in his Court[167]
XL.How Doctor Faustus through his Charms made a great Castle in presence of the Duke of Anholt[168]
XLI.How Doctor Faustus with his company visited the Bishop of Saltzburg his Wine-cellar[171]
XLII.How Doctor Faustus kept his Shrovetide[172]
XLIII.How Doctor Faustus feasted his guests on the Ash-Wednesday[174]
XLIV.How Doctor Faustus the day following was feasted of the Students, and of his merry jests with them while he was in their company[176]
XLV.How Doctor Faustus shewed the fair Helena unto the Students upon the Sunday following[177]
XLVI.How Doctor Faustus conjured away the four wheels from a clown’s waggon[180]
XLVII.How four Jugglers cut one another’s head off, and set them on again; and how Doctor Faustus deceived them[182]
XLVIII.How an old man, the neighbour of Faustus, sought to persuade him to amend his evil life, and to fall unto repentance[183]
XLIX.How Doctor Faustus wrote the second time with his own blood and gave it to the Devil[186]
L.How Doctor Faustus made a marriage between two lovers[188]
LI.How Doctor Faustus led his friends into his Garden at Christmas, and shewed them many strange sights in his nineteenth year[189]
LII.How Doctor Faustus gathered together a great army of men in his extremity against a Knight that would have injured him on his journey[190]
LIII.How Doctor Faustus caused Mephostophiles to bring him seven of the fairest women that he could find in all those countries he had travelled in, in the twentieth year[192]
LIV.How Doctor Faustus found a mass of money when he had consumed twenty-two of his years[193]
LV.How Doctor Faustus made the Spirit of fair Helena of Greece his own Paramour and bedfellow in his twenty-third year[193]
LVI.How Doctor Faustus made his Will, in the which he named his servant Wagner to be his heir[194]
LVII.How Doctor Faustus fell in talk with his servant touching his Testament, and the covenants thereof[195]
LVIII.How Doctor Faustus having but one month of his appointed time to come, fell to mourning and sorrow with himself for his devilish exercise[197]
LIX.How Doctor Faustus complained that he should in his lusty time and youthful years die so miserably[197]
LX.Another complaint of Doctor Faustus[198]
LXI.How Doctor Faustus bewailed to think on Hell, and of the miserable pains therein provided for him[199]
LXII.Here followeth the miserable and lamentable end of Doctor Faustus, by the which all Christians may take an example and warning[201]
LXIII.An Oration of Faustus to the Students[202]
The Second Report of Dr. John Faustus
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I.[221]
II.How certain drunken Dutchmen were abused by their own conceit and self-imagination, of seeing the grand Doctor, Doctor Faustus[225]
III.Wagner’s conference with Doctor Faustus, and how miserably they broke up their disputations[229]
IV.Wagner’s cozenage committed upon the sellers of his Master’s goods[237]
V. The description of Vienna[238]
VI.A long discourse betwixt the Devil and Wagner, and ended with a good Philosophical repast[239]
VII. The arrival of the Messenger at Wittenberg, and the description of Wagner[254]
VIII.The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus seen in the Air, and acted in the presence of a thousand people of Wittenberg. An. 1540[256]
IX.[266]
X.A lamentable history of the death of sundry students of Wittenberg[273]
XI.[278]
XII.[280]
XIII.[280]
XIV.[282]
XV.The gifts of Wagner to the Duke, and three Devils retained for Soldiers to the same Prince[283]
XVI.[285]
XVII.[286]
XVIII.The second Mocking[288]
XIX.The third[292]
XX.The fourth and last[293]
XXI.The process to the Combat[295]
XXII.The Combat[300]
XXIII.[308]
XXIV.[310]
XXV.[311]
XXVI.[312]
XXVII.[314]
XXVIII.[316]
Appendix A:List of Localities[321]
Appendix B:A Ballad of Faustus, about 1670[323]
Appendix C:Bibliography[326]