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Doctor Faustus sends a present of a butt of wine to the students at Leipsic |
370 |
How Doctor Faustus lectured upon Homer at Erfurth, and summoned the shades of the Grecian heroes to appear before his audience |
371 |
Doctor Faustus wishes to bring the lost comedies of Terrence and of Plato once more to light |
374 |
Another anecdote, shewing how Doctor Faustus entertained the guests at a certain hotel |
377 |
How Doctor Faustus opens a public inn, on his own account |
379 |
How a certain monk wished the Doctor to make confession and try to obtain absolution |
382 |
Concerning four conjurors, who had the art of beheading each other, and resuming their heads, which Doctor Faustus likewise learnt how to practise at their own expence |
385 |
How Doctor Faustus rejects the advice of an old man who sought to reclaim him from his impious and abandoned life; and how he was treated by Mephostophiles |
387 |
Concerning a noble lord and lady who by means of Doctor Faustus were happily united in the hands of wedlock, during the seventeenth year of his infernal bond |
390 |
How Doctor Faustus exhibited a variety of herbs and fruits about Christmas, in his garden, during the nineteenth year of his bond or contract |
392 |
How Doctor Faustus increased the number of his intrigues, during the twentieth year of his term |
394 |
How Doctor Faustus is presented with a rare treasure in the twenty first year of his term |
ibid. |
Concerning the last will and testament of Doctor Faustus, in which he leaves his servant Wagenar his heir |
395 |
Doctor Faustus speaks with his Servant Wagenar concerning his will |
397 |