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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Turpin’s History of Charles the Great and Orlando — The History of
  3. 3Chapter I — Archbishop Turpin’s Epistle to Leopander
  4. 4Chapter II — How Charles the Great Delivered Spain and Gallicia Fro…
  5. 5Chapter III — Of the Walls of Pampeluna, That Fell of Themselves
  6. 6Chapter IV — Of the Idol Mahomet
  7. 7Chapter V — Of the Churches the King Built
  8. 8Chapter VI — Of the King’s Return to France, and of Argolander, Kin…
  9. 9Chapter VII — Of the False Executor
  10. 10Chapter VIII — Of the War of the Holy Facundus, Where the Spears Grew
  11. 11Chapter IX — Of King Argolander’s Army
  12. 12Chapter X — Of the City of Xaintonge, Where the Spears Grew
  13. 13Chapter XI — Of Argolander’s Flight, and of the King’s Warriors
  14. 14Chapter XII — Of the Truce, and of the Discourse Between the King a…
  15. 15Chapter XIII — Of the King’s Banquet, and of the Poor, at Whom Argo…
  16. 16Chapter XIV — Of the Battle of Pampeluna, and Argolander’s Death
  17. 17Chapter XV — Of the Christians That Returned Unlawfully to Spoil th…
  18. 18Chapter XVI — Of the War of Furra
  19. 19Chapter XVII — Of the War With Ferracute, and of Orlando’s Admirabl…
  20. 20Chapter XVIII — The War of the Masks
  21. 21Chapter XIX — Of the Council the Emperor Summoned; and of His Journ…
  22. 22Chapter XX — Of the Emperor’s Person and Courage
  23. 23Chapter XXI — Of the Treachery of Ganalon; the Battle of Ronceval,…
  24. 24Chapter XXII — Of the Death of Marsir, and the Flight of Beligard
  25. 25Chapter XXIII — Of the Sound of Orlando’s Horn; of His Confession,…
  26. 26Chapter XXIV — Of Orlando’s Rank and Virtue
  27. 27Chapter XXV — Archbishop Turpin’s Vision, and the King’s Lamentatio…
  28. 28Chapter XXVI — How the Sun Stood Still for Three Days; the Slaughte…
  29. 29Chapter XXVII — The Embalming of the Dead
  30. 30Chapter XXVIII — Of the Consecrated Cemeteries of Arles and Bordeaux
  31. 31Chapter XXIX — Of the Burial of Orlando and His Companions at Blaye…
  32. 32Chapter XXX — Of Those Buried at Arles
  33. 33Chapter XXXI — Of the Council Held at St. Denis
  34. 34Chapter XXXII — Of the King’s Death
  35. 35Part I — The Moor Calaynos
  36. 36Part II — The Young Cid
  37. 37Part III — Count Alarcos and the Infanta Solisa
  38. 38I — The Eight Pennies
  39. 39II — The Three Truths
  40. 40III — The Husband of Aglaes
  41. 41IV — The Three Caskets
  42. 42V — The Three Cakes
  43. 43VI — The Hermit
  44. 44VII — The Lost Foot
  45. 45VIII — Placidus
  46. 46IX — Dead Alexander
  47. 47X — The Tree of Paletinus
  48. 48XI — Hungry Flies
  49. 49XII — The Humbling of Jovinian
  50. 50XIII — The Two Physicians
  51. 51XIV — The Falcon
  52. 52XV — Let the Laziest be King
  53. 53XVI — The Three Maxims
  54. 54XVII — A Loaf for a Dream
  55. 55XVIII — Lower than the Beasts
  56. 56XIX — Of Real Friendship
  57. 57XX — Royal Bounty
  58. 58XXI — Wily Beguiled
  59. 59XXII — The Basilisk
  60. 60XXIII — The Trump of Death
  61. 61XXIV — Alexander and the Pirate
  62. 62XXV — A Tale of a Penny
  63. 63XXVI — Of Avoiding Imprecations
  64. 64XXVII — A Verse Exercise
  65. 65XXVIII — Bred in the Bone
  66. 66XXIX — Fulgentius
  67. 67XXX — Vengeance Deferred
  68. 68A Discourse of the Most Famous Dr. John Faustus
  69. 69The Famous History of — Doctor Faustus
  70. 70Chapter I — Of His Parentage and Birth
  71. 71Chapter II
  72. 72Chapter III — The Conference of Doctor Faustus, With His Spirit Mep…
  73. 73Chapter IV — The Second Time of the Spirit’s Appearing to Faustus a…
  74. 74Chapter V — The Third Parley Between Dr. Faustus and Mephistophiles…
  75. 75Chapter VI
  76. 76Chapter VII — How Mephistophiles Came for His Writing, and in What…
  77. 77Chapter VIII
  78. 78Chapter IX — How Dr. Faustus Would Have Married, and How the Devil…
  79. 79Chapter X — Questions Put Forth by Dr. Faustus Unto His Spirit Meph…
  80. 80Chapter XI — How Dr. Faustus Dreamed That He Had Seen Hell in His S…
  81. 81Chapter XII
  82. 82Chapter XIII
  83. 83Chapter XIV
  84. 84Chapter XV
  85. 85Chapter XVI — Another Question Put Forth by Dr. Faustus to His Spir…
  86. 86Chapter XVII — Here Followeth the Second Part of Dr. Faustus His Li…
  87. 87Chapter XVIII — A Question Put Forth by Dr. Faustus to His Spirit,…
  88. 88Chapter XIX
  89. 89Chapter XX — How Dr. Faustus Desired to See Hell, and of the Manner…
  90. 90Chapter XXI
  91. 91Chapter XXII — How Dr. Faustus Made His Journey Through the Princip…
  92. 92Chapter XXIII — How Dr. Faustus Had Sight of Paradise
  93. 93Chapter XXIV
  94. 94Chapter XXV — Another Question Put Forth to Dr. Faustus Concerning…
  95. 95Chapter XXVI — How Faustus Was Asked a Question Concerning the Spir…
  96. 96Chapter XXVII — How Dr. Faustus Was Asked a Question Concerning the…
  97. 97Chapter XXVIII — How Faustus Was Asked a Question Concerning Thunder
  98. 98Chapter XXIX — How the Emperor Carolus Quintus Requested of Faustus…
  99. 99Chapter XXX — How Dr. Faustus, in the Sight of the Emperor, Conjure…
  100. 100Chapter XXXI — How the Above-Mentioned Knight Went About to Be Reve…
  101. 101Chapter XXXII
  102. 102Chapter XXXIII — How Dr. Faustus Borrowed Money of a Jew, and Laid…
  103. 103Chapter XXXIV — How Dr. Faustus Deceived the Horse-courser
  104. 104Chapter XXXV — How Dr. Faustus Ate a Load of Hay
  105. 105Chapter XXXVI — How Dr. Faustus Served the Twelve Students
  106. 106Chapter XXXVII — How Dr. Faustus Served the Drunken Clowns
  107. 107Chapter XXXVIII — How Dr. Faustus Sold Five Swine for Six Dollars A…
  108. 108Chapter XXXIX — How Dr. Faustus Played a Merry Jest With the Duke o…
  109. 109Chapter XL — How Dr. Faustus, Through His Charms, Made a Great Cast…
  110. 110Chapter XLI — How Dr. Faustus, With His Company, Visited the Bishop…
  111. 111Chapter XLII — How Dr. Faustus Kept His Shrovetide
  112. 112Chapter XLIII — How Dr. Faustus Feasted His Guests on Ash Wednesday
  113. 113Chapter XLIV — How Dr. Faustus the Day Following Was Feasted by the…
  114. 114Chapter XLV — How Dr. Faustus Showed the Fair Helena Unto the Stude…
  115. 115Chapter XLVI — How Dr. Faustus Conjured the Four Wheels From the Cl…
  116. 116Chapter XLVII — How Four Jugglers Cut One Another’s Heads Off, and…
  117. 117Chapter XLVIII — How an Old Man, the Neighbour of Faustus, Sought t…
  118. 118Chapter XLIX — How Dr. Faustus Wrote the Second Time With His Own B…
  119. 119Chapter L — How Dr. Faustus Made a Marriage Between Two Lovers
  120. 120Chapter LI — How Dr. Faustus Led His Friends Into His Garden at Chr…
  121. 121Chapter LII — How Dr. Faustus Gathered Together a Great Army of Men…
  122. 122Chapter LIII — How Dr. Faustus Used Mephistophiles, to Bring Him Se…
  123. 123Chapter LIV — How Dr. Faustus Found a Mass of Money, When He Had Co…
  124. 124Chapter LV — How Dr. Faustus Made the Spirit of Fair Helena of Gree…
  125. 125Chapter LVI — How Dr. Faustus Made His Will, in Which He Named His…
  126. 126Chapter LVII — How Dr. Faustus Fell in Talk With His Servant, Touch…
  127. 127Chapter LVIII — How Dr. Faustus Having but One Month of His Appoint…
  128. 128Chapter LIX — How Dr. Faustus Complained That He Should in His Lust…
  129. 129Chapter LX — How Dr. Faustus Bewailed to Think on Hell, and the Mis…
  130. 130Chapter LXI
  131. 131Chapter LXII — An Oration of Dr. Faustus to the Students

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