The clown agrees to the bargain but wants to be taught how to turn himself into a flea on a pretty wench. Wagner promises the clown that he will instruct him in how to summon up these devils. Wagner gives the clown some French money and warns him that he will have a devil fetch him within an hour if he doesn't agree to become his servant Wagner summons Baliol and Belcher - two devils - who come and frighten the poor clown. If the clown refuses, Wagner threatens to have lice tear him to pieces. Wagner asks the clown to serve him for seven years. The clown insists that if he were to make so dangerous a bargain, he would require that his mutton at least be roasted in a fine sauce. He accuses him of being so desperate that he would sell his soul to the devil for a shoulder of raw mutton. Wagner accosts the clown and tells him that he realizes that the clown is out of work.
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