m of a worm, going upright on his
tail, and had no feet, but a tail like a glow-worm; under his chops grew
two short hands, and his back was coal black; his belly thick in the
middle, yellow, like gold, having many bristles on his back like a
hedgehog. After him came Cannagosta, being white and grey mixed,
exceeding curled and hairy; he had a head like the head of an ass, and a
tail like a cat, and claws like an ox, lacking nothing of an ell broad.
Then came Anobis: this devil had a head like a dog, white and black
hair; in shape like a hog, saving that he had but two feet--one under
his throat, the other at his tail; he was four ells long, with hanging
ears like a blood-hound. After him came Dithican: he was a short thief,
in form of a large bird, with shining feathers, and four feet; his neck
was green, and body red, and his feet black. The last was called
Brachus, with very short feet, like a hedgehog, yellow and green; the
upper side of his body was brown, and the belly like blue flames of
fire, the tail red like the tail of a monkey. The rest of the devils
were in form of unreasonable beasts, as swine, harts, bears, wolves,
apes, buffes, goats, antelopes, elephants, dragons, horses, asses,
lions, cats, snakes, toads, and all manner of ugly odious serpents and
worms; yet came in such sort that every one at his entry into the hall
made their reverence unto Lucifer, and so took their places, standing in
order as they came until they had filled the whole hall, wherewith
suddenly fell a most horrible thunder-clap, that the house shook as if
it would have fallen unto the ground; upon which every monster had a
muck-fork in his hand, holding them towards Faustus as though they would
have run a tilt at him; which, when Faustus perceived, he thought upon
the words of Mephistophiles, when he told him how the souls in hell were
tormented, being cast from devil to devil upon muck-forks, he thought
verily to have been tormented there by them in like sort.

But Lucifer perceiving his thought, spake to him, "My Faustus, how
likest thou this crew of mine?"

Quoth Faustus, "Why came you not in another manner of shape?"

Lucifer replied: "We cannot change our hellish form, we have showed
ourselves here as we are there; yet can we blind men's eyes in such
sort, that when we will, we appear unto them as if we were men or angels
of light, although our dwelling be in darkness."

Then said Faustus, "I like not so many of you together."