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coming by a wood side, beheld that Lord mounted upon a mighty warlike horse, who run full drift against Faustus, who, by the assistance of his spirit, took him and all, and carried before the Emperor’s palace, and grafted a pair of horns on his head as big as an Ox’s; which he could never be rid of, but wore them to his dying day.
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CHAP. VIII
How Faustus eat a load of Hay.
FAUSTUS upon a time having many doctors and masters of art with him, went to walk in the fields, where they met with a load of hay: How now good Fellow, saith Faustus, what shall I give thee to fill my belly with hay?” The Clown thought he had been a mad man to talk of eating of hay, told him he should fill his belly for one penny; to which the doctor agreed, and then fell to eating, and quickly devouring half of the load: At which the doctor’s companions laughed, to see how simply the poor country fellow looked, and to hear how heartily he prayed the doctor to forbear: So Faustus pitying the poor man, went away, and before the man got near his house, all tire hay was in
