house, each one was in his
natural shape, and so they ended and went to sleep.

CHAPTER XLIV.

_How Dr. Faustus the Day following was feasted by the Students, and of
his merry Jests with them while he was in their Company._

The last bacchanalia was held on Thursday, where ensued a great snow,
and Dr. Faustus was invited unto the students that were with him the day
before, where they prepared an excellent banquet for him, which banquet
being ended, Dr. Faustus began to play his old projects. And forthwith
was in the place thirteen apes, that took hands and danced round in
a ring together; then they fell to tumbling and vaulting one after
another, that it was most pleasant to behold; then they leaped out of
the window and vanished away. Then they set before Dr. Faustus a roasted
calf's head, which one of the students cut a piece off, and laid it on
Dr. Faustus his trencher, which piece was no sooner laid down but the
calf's head began to cry mainly out like a man, "Murder, murder! Out,
alas! what dost thou to me?" Whereat they were all amazed, but after a
while, considering of Faustus's jesting tricks, they began to laugh, and
they pulled asunder the calf's head and eat it up.

Whereupon Dr. Faustus asked leave to depart, but they would in nowise
agree to let him go, except that he would promise to come again
presently. Then Faustus, through his cunning, made a sledge, the which
was drawn about the house with four fiery dragons. This was fearful for
the students to behold, for they saw Faustus ride up and down, as though
he would have fired and slain all them that were in the house. This
sport continued until midnight, with such a noise that they could not
hear one another; the heads of the students were so light that they
thought themselves to be in the air all that time.

CHAPTER XLV.

_How Dr. Faustus showed the fair Helena unto the Students upon the
Sunday following._

The Sunday following came the students home to Dr. Faustus his own
house, and brought their meat and drink with them. Those men were right
welcome guests unto Faustus, wherefore they all fell to drinking of wine
smoothly; and being merry, they began some of them to talk of beauty of
women, and every one gave forth his verdict what he had seen, and what
he had heard. So one amongst the rest said, "I was never so desirous of
anything in this world as to have a sight (if it were possible) of fair
Helena of Greece, for whom the wort