Chapter 2

Leviathan meets Faustus at an Inn at Frankfort--Assembling of the Council, and Discussion on Faustus's Bible--Corporation Squabbles--Leviathan and Faustus invited to a grand Civic Entertainment--Faustus presents his Bible to the City--His Introduction to the Mayoress--Knighthood of the Mayor--The Devil's Revenge on the Corrupt Corporation--The Hermit of Homburg--A Lesson to Misanthropists--The Hermit and the lovely Pilgrim--His Hut burnt by Leviathan, and he perishes in the Flames--Faustus returns to his Wife and Family at Mayence--Espouses the Cause of a despairing Client, and corrupts the Judge--Dispute about the Nun Clara--Leviathan's Revenge on the avaricious Judge--Faustus's Adventure with Clara--Takes leave of his Family--Rescues a Youth from Drowning