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A00579	The historye of the damnable life and deserued death of Doctor Iohn Faustus Newly imprinted, and in conuenient places, imperfect matter amended: according to the true coppy printed at Franckfort, and translated into English by P.F. Gent.	P. F., Gent.	1618 (1618)	STC 10713; ESTC S115007	74,183	80

in forraine Countries but in the end when Faustus lost his life the mother and the childe vanished away both together How Doctor Faustus made his will in which he named his seruant Wagner to be his heire Chap. 56. DOctor Faustus was now in this 24. and last yeare and hée had a pretty stripling to his seruant the which had studied also at the Vniuersity of Wittenberg this youth was very well acquainted with his knaueries and sorceries so that he was hated aswell for his owne knauerie as also for his maisters for no man would giue him entertainment into his seruice because of his vnhappinesse but Faustus This Wagner was so well brioued with Faustus that he vsed him as his son for doe what he would his master was alwayes therewith well contented And when the time drew nigh that Faustus should end hée called vnto him a Notary and certaine Maisters the which were his friends and often conuersant with him in whose prosence he gaue this Wagner his house and garden Item he gaue him in ready money 16000. Gilders Item a Farme Item a Gold chaine much Plate and other houshold stuffe That gaue he all to his seruant and the rest of his time he meant to spend in Innes and Students company drinking and eating with other iollitie and thus he finished his will for that time How Doctor Faustus fell in talke with his seruant touching his Testament and the couenants thereof Chap. 57. NOw when his will was made Doctor Faustus called vnto his seruant saying I haue thought vpon thée in my Testament for that thou hast béene a trusty seruant vnto me and a faithfull and hast not opened my secrets and yet further said he aske of me before I die what thou wilt and I will giue it vnto thée His seruant rashly answered I pray you let me haue your cunning To which Doctor Faustus answered I haue giuen thée all my books vpon this condition that thou wouldst not let them be common but vse them for thine owne pleasure and study carefully in them And dost thou also desire my cunning That maist thou peraduenture haue if thou loue and peruse my bookes well Further said Doctor Faustus séeing that thou desirest of me this request I will resolue thée my Spirit Mephostophiles his time is out with me and I haue nought to command him as touching thée yet wil I helpe thée to another if thou like well therof And within three dayes after he called his seruent vnto him saying art thou resolued wouldst thou verily haue a spirit Then tell me in what manner or forme thou wouldst haue him To whom his seruant answered that he would haue him in the forme of an Ape whereupon appeared presently a Spirit vnto him in manner and forme of an Ape the which leaped about the house Then said Faustus sée there hast thou thy request but yet he will not obey thee vntill I be dead for when my spirit Mephostophiles shall fetch me away then shall thy spirit be bound vnto thée if thou agree and thy Spirit shalt thou name Abercocke for so he is called but all this is vpon condition that you publish my cunning and my merry conceits with all that I haue done when I am dead in an historie and if thou canst not remember all the spirit Abercocke will helpe thée so shall the great acts that I haue done be manifest vnto the world How Doctor Faustus hauing but one month of his appointed time to come fell to mourning and sorrow with himselfe for his diueilish exercise Chap. 58. TIme ran away with Faustus as the houre-glasse for he had but one month to come of his 24. yeares at the end whereof he had giuen himselfe to the diuell body and soule as it is before specified Here was the first token for hée was like a taken murtherer or a theefe the which findeth himselfe guilty in conscience before the Iudge haue giuen sentence fearing euery houre to dye for he was grieued and in wayling spent the time went talking to himselfe wringing of his hands sobbing and sighing he fell away from flesh and was very leane and kept himselfe close neither could he abide to sée or heare of his Mephostophiles any more How Doctor Faustus complained that hee should in his lusty time and youthfull yeares dye so miserably Chap. 59. THis sorrowfull time drawing néere so troubled Doctor Faustus that he began to write his minde to the end he might peruse it often and not forget it and which was in manner as followeth Ah Faustus thou sorrowfull and wofull man now must thou goe to the damned company in vnquenchable fire whereas thou mightest haue had the ioyfull immortalitie of the soule the which thou now hast lost Ah grosse vnderstanding and wilfull will what seazeth on my limbes other then a robbing of my life Bewaile with me my sound and healthfull body and wit and soule bewaile with me my sences for you haue had your part and pleasure aswell as I. Oh enuy and disdaine how haue you crept both at once into mée and how for your sakes I must suffer all these torments Ah whither is pitty and mercy fled Vpon what occasion hath heauen repayed me with this reward by sufferance to suffer me to perish Wherefore was I created of man The punishment I sée prepared for mée of my selfe now must I suffer Ah miserable wretch there is nothing in this world to shew mée comfort then woe is me what helpeth my wailing Another complaint of Doctor Faustus Chap. 60. OH poor● wofull and weary wretch oh sorrowfull soule of Faustus now art thou in he number of the damned for now must I waite for vnmeasurable paines of death yet farre more lamentable then euer yet any creature hath suffered Ah senceles wilfull and desperate forgetfulnes Oh cursed and vnstable life O blind and carelesse wretch that so hast abused thy body sence and soule O foolish pleasure into what a weary laborinth hast thou brought me blinding mine eyes in the cléerest day Ah weake hart Oh troubled soule where is become thy knowledge to comfort thée Oh desperate hope now shall I neuer more be thought vpon Oh care vpon carefulnesse and sorrowes on heapes Ah grieuous paines that pierce my panting heart whom is there now that can deliuer me Would to God I knew where to hide me or into what place to créepe or flie Ah woe woe is me be where I will yet am I taken Herewith poore Faustus was so sorrowfully troubled that he could not speake or vtter his minde any further How Doctor Faustus bewailed to thinke on hell and of the miserable paines therein prouided for him Chap. 61. NOw thou Faustus damned wretch how happy wert thou if as an vnreasonable beast thou mightest die without soule so sholdest thou not fale any more doubts But now the Deuill will take thée away both body and soule and set thée in an vnspeakable place of darkenesse for although others soules haue rest

loue her and make her his wife he gladly answered that he was content whereupon they concluded and were maryed by the meanes and help of Faustus for the which the Gentleman will rewarded hun How Doctor Faustus led his friends into his Garden at Christmas and showed them many strange sights in his ninteenth yeare Chap. 51. IN December about Christmas in the City of Wittenberg were man● y●ng Gentlemen which were come out of the Country to be merry with their friends amongst whome there were certaine well acquainted with Doctor Faustus who often inuited them home vnto his houses they being there on a certaine time after dinner he had them into his Garden where they beheld all maner of flowers and fresh hearbes and trées bearing fruit and blossomes of all sortes who wondred to sée that his garden should so flourish at that time as in the midst of Sommer and abroad in the streets and all the countrey lay full of snowe and yee Wherefore this was noted of them as a thing miraculous euery one gathering and carying away all such thinges as they best liked and so departed delight●d with their swéet smelling flowers How Doctor Faustus gathered together a great Army of men in his extremity against a Knight that would haue miured him on his iourney Chap. 52. DOctor Faustus trauayld towards Eyzelben and when he was nigh halfe the way he espyed seuen horse-men and the chiefe of them be knewe to be the Knight with whome he had Iested in the Emperours Court for he had set a huge payre of Harts hornes vpon his head and when the Knight now sawe that he had fit oportunity to be reuenged of Faustus he ran vpon him and those that were with him to mischiefe him intending priuile to slay him which when Faustus espyed he vanished away into a wood which was hard by them But when the Knight perceiued that he w●s vanished away he caused his men to stand still but where they remained they heard all maner of warlike Instruments of musick as Drums Flutes Trumpets and such like and a certaine troope of hors-men ●ū●●ing toward them then they turned another way and they were also met on that side thē another way yet were freshly assaulted so that which way so euer they turned themselues he was incountred insomuch that when the Knight perceiued that he could escape no way but that they his enemies laid on him which way soeuer hée offered to flye hée tooke a good heart and ran amongst the thickest and thought with himselfe better to dye then to liue with so great an infamy Therefore being at handy blowes with them he demanded the cause why they should so vse him but none of them would giue him answer vntill Doctor Faustus shewed himselfe vnto the Knight whereupon they inclosed him round and Doctor Faustus said vnto him sir yéeld your weapon and your selfe other wise it will goe ha●d with you The Knight knew no other but that he was inuironed with an hoast of men where indeed they were none other th●n diuels yéelded then Faustus tooke away his sword his péece and horse with all the rest of his companions And further he said vnto him Sir the chiefe Generall of our army hath commaunded to deale with you according to the Law of Arm●s you ●hall depart in peace whither you please and then he gaue the Knight a horse after the manner and set him thereon so he rode the rest went on foote vntill they came to their Inne where being alighted his Page rode on his horse to the water and presently the horse vanished away the Page being almost sunke and drowned but he escaped and comming home the Knight perceiued his Page so bemyred and on foote asked where his horse was become who answered that he was vanished away which when the Knight heard hee said of a truth this is Faustus his doing for he serueth me now as he did before at the Court onely to make me a scorne and a laughing stocke How Doctor Faustus caused Mephostophiles to bring him 7. of the fairest women he could finde in all the Countries he had trauailed in in the 20 yeare Chap. 53. WHen D. Faustus called to minde that his time from day to day drew nigh he began to liue a swini●h epicurish life wherefore he commaunded his Spirit Mephostophiles to bring him seauen of the fairest women that he had seene in all the time of his trauell which being brought first one then another he lay with them all insomuch that he liked them so well that he continued with them in all manner of loue and made them to trauell with him in all his iourners These women were 2. Netherlands 1. Hungarian 1. English 2. Wallons 1. Francklander and with these swéet personages he continued long yea euen to his last ●nd How Doctor Faustus found a masse of money when he had consumed 22. of his yeares Chap. 54. TO the end that the Diuell would make Faustus his onely heire hée shewed vnto him where he should goe and finde a mighty huge masse of money and that he should haue it in an olde Chappell that was fallen downe halfe a mile distant from Wittenberg there he had him to dig and should finde it the which he did and hauing digged reasonable déep he saw a mighty huge serpent the which lay on the treasure it selfe the treasure it selfe lay like a huge light burning but Doctor Faustus charmed the Serpent that he crept into a hole and when he digged déeper to get vp the treasure he found nothing but coales of fire there also he heard and saw many that were tormented yet notwithstanding he brought away the coales and when he was come home it was all turned into siluer and gold and after his death it was found by his seruant the which was almost about estimation a thousand Gilders How Doctor Faustus made the spirit of faire Helena of Greece his owne Paramour and bedfellow in his 23. yeare Chap. 55. TO the end that this miserable Faustus might fill the lust of his flesh and liue in all manner of voluptuous pleasures it came in his mind after he had slept his first sléepe and in the 23. yeare past of his time that he had a great desire to lye with faire Helena of Greece especially her whome he had séene and shewed vnto the students at Wittenberg wherefore he called vnto his spirit Mephostophiles commanding him to bring him the faire Helena which he also did wherupon he fell in loue with her and made her his common concubine and bedfellow for she was so beautifull and delightfull a péece that he could not be one houre from her if he should therfore haue suffred death she had so stolue away his heart and to his séeming in time she was with childe and in the end brought him a man childe whom Faustus named Iustus Faustus This child tolde D. Faustus many things that were to come and what strange things were done