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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

heauen at commandement whereat they answered they knew none stouter then the Pope or Emperor but Doctor Faustus said the Head that is my seruant is aboue all on earth and repeated certaine words out of Saint Paul to the Ephesians to make his argument good the Prince of this world is vpon earth and vnder heauen Well let vs come againe to his coniuration where we left him at his fiery Globe Faustus vexed at his spirits so long tarrying vsed his charmes with full purpose not to depart before he had his entent and crying on Mephostophiles the Spirit sodainely the globe opened and sprung vp in height of a man so burning a time in the end it conuerted to the shape of a fiery man This pleasant beast ran about the Circle a great while and lastly appeared in the manner of a gray Fryer asking Faustus what was his request Faustus commanded that the next morning at twelue of the clocke he should appeare to him a● his house but the deuill would in no wise grant Faustus b●gan againe to coniure him in the name of Belzebub that he should fulfill his request whereupon the Spirit agréed and so they departed each one his way The conference of Doctor Faustus with his Spirit Mephostophiles the morning following at his owne house Chap. 3. DOctor Faustus hauing commanded the Spirit to be with him at his houre appointed he came and appeared in his chamber demanding of Faustus what his desire was then began Doctor Faustus anew with him to coniure him that he should be obedient vnto him and to answere him certaine articles and to fulfill them in all poynts 1. That the Spirit should serue him and be obedient vnto him in all things that he asked of him from that houre till the houre of his death 2. Further any thing that he desired of him he should bring it him 3. Also that in all Faustus his demands and interrogations the spirit should tell him nothing but that which was true Hereupon the Spirit answered and laid his case foorth that he had no such power of himselfe vntill he had first giuen his Prince that was ruler ouer him to vnder stand thereof and to know if he could obtaine so much of his Lord therefore speake further that may doe thy whole desire to my prince for it is not in my power to fulfil without his leaue Shew me the cause why said Faustus the spirit answered Faustus thou shalt vnderstand that with vs it is euen aswell a Kingdome as with you on earth yea we haue our Rulers and Seruants as I my selfe am one we name our whole number the Legion for although that Lucifer is thrust and fallen out of heauen through his pride and high minde yet he hath notwithstanding a Legion of Deuills at his commandement that we call the Orientall Princes for his power is great and infinite Also there is a power in Meridie in Septentrio in Occidente and for that Lucifer hath his Kingdome vnder heauen we must change and giue our selues to men to serue them at their pleasure It is also certaine we haue neuer as yet opened vnto any man the truth of our dwelling neither of our ruling neither what ou● power is neither haue we giuen any man any guift or learned him any thing except he promise to be ours Doctor Faustus vpon this arose where he sate said I will haue my request and yet I will not be damned The Spirit answered then shalt thou want thy desire yet art thou mine notwithstanding if any man would detayne thee it is in vaine for thy infidelity hath confounded thée Hereupon spake Faustus get thée hence from me and take S. Valentines farewell and Crisman with thée yet I coniure thée that thou be héere at euening and bethinke thy selfe of that I haue asked thée and aske thy Princes counsaile therein Mephostophiles the spirit thus answered vanished away leauing Faustus in his study where he sate pondring with himselfe how he might obtaine his request of the Deuill without losse of his soule yet fully was resolued in himselfe rather then to want his pleasure to doe what the spirit and his Lord should condition vpon The second time of the Spirit appearing to Faustus in his house and their parley Chap. 4. FAustus continued in his deuilish cogitations neuer moouing out of the place where the spirit left him such was his feruent lone to the deuill the night approaching this swift flying spirit appeared to Faustus offering himselfe with all submission to his seruice with full authority from his Prinre to doe whatsoeuer he would request if so be Faustus would promise to be his this answere I bring thée and an answer must thou make by me againe yet will I heare what is thy desire because thou hast sworne me to be heare at this time D. Faustus gaue him this answere though faintly for his soules sake that his request was none other but to become a Deuill or at the least a limbe of him and that the spirit should agrée vnto these articles as followeth 1. That he might be a spirit in shape and quallity 2. That Mephostophiles should be his seruant at his cōmandement 3. That Mephostophiles should bring him any thing and doe for him whatsoeuer 4. That at all times he should be in his house inuisible to all men except onely to himselfe and at his commandement to shew himselfe 5. Lastly that Mephostophiles should at all times appeare at his command in what forme or shape soeuer he would Vpon these points the spirit answered Doctor Faustus that all this should be granted him and fulfilled and more if he would agrée vnto him vpon certaine articles as followeth First that Doctor Faustus should giue himselfe to the Lord Lucifer body and soule Secondly for confirmation of the same he should make him a writing written with his owne blood Thirdly that he would be an enemy to all Christian people Fourthly that he would deny the Christian beliefe Fiftly that he let not any man change his opinion if so be any man should goe about to disswade or withdraw him from if Further the spirit promised Faustus to giue him certaine yeares to liue in health and pleasure and when such yeares were expired that then Faustus should be fetched away and if he would hold these articles and conditions that then he should haue all whatsoeuer his heart would with or desire and that Faustus should quickly perceiue himselfe to be a spirit in all manner of actions whatsoeuer Hereupon Doctor Faustus his minde was so inflamed that he forgot his soule and promised Mephostophiles to hold all things as he had mentioned them he thought the Deuill was not blacke as they vse to paint him nor hell so hote as the people say c. The third parley betweene Doctor Faustus and Mephostophiles about a conclusion Chap. 5. AFter Doctor Faustus had made his promise to the Deuill in the morning betimes he called the spirit

conuerted after that he had ●●a● the sermon of Philip for he was baptized and saw his sinne and repented Likewise I beséech you good bro●her Doctor Faustus l●t my rude sermon be vnto you a conuertion and forget the filthy life that yet hau● ledd● ●ezent aske mercy and liue for Christ saith Come vnto me all ye● that ●e weary and heauy laden and I will refresh you And in Ezechiel I desire not the death of a sinner but rather that he will conuert and liue Let my wordes good Brother Faustus pierce into your Adamant heart and desire God for his son Christ his sake to forgiue you Wherfore haue you so long liued in your diuelish practises knowing that in the olde and new testament you are forbidden and that men should not suffer any such to liue neither haue any conuersation with them for it is an abhomination vnto the Lord and that such persons haue no part in the Kingdome of God All this while Doctor Faustus heard him very attentiuely and replyed Father your perswasions like me wondrous well and I thanke you with all my heart for your good will and counsell pro●ising you as farre as I may to allow your discipline whereupon he tooke his leaue And being come home he lay him very pensiue on his bed bethinking himselfe of the wordes of the olde man and in a manner began to repent that he had giuen his soule to the diuell intend●ng to deny all he had promised to Lucifer Continuing in these cogitations suddainly his spirit appeared vnto him clapping him vpon the head and wrung it as though he would haue pulled his head from his shaulders saying vnto him Thou knowest Faustus that thou hast giuen thy selfe body and soule to my Lord Lucifer and thou hast vowed thy selfe an enemy to God and vnto all men and now thou beginnest to hearken vnto an olde doting foole which perswa●eth thée as it were vnto good when indéed it is too lace for that thou art the Diuels and he hath good power presently to fetch thée wherefore he hath sent me vnto thée to tell thée that séeing thou hast sorrowed for that thou hast done begin againe and write another writing with thine owne blood if not then will I teare thée all to péeces Hereat Doctor Faustus was sore afraid and said My Mephostophiles I will write againe what thou wilt wherefore he sate him downe and with his owne blood he wrote as followeth which writing was afterward sent to a deare friend of the said Doctor Faustus being his kins-man How Doctor Faustus wrote the second time with his owne blood and gaue it to the deuill Chap. 49. I Doctor Iohn Faustus acknowledge by this my déed and hand writing that sith my first writing which is seuentéen yeares that I haue right willingly held and hath béen an vtter enemy vnto God all men the which I once againe confirme and giue fully and wholy my selfe vnto the deuill both body and soule euen vnto the great Lucifer that at the end of seauen yeares insuing after the date of this letter he shall haue to doe with me according as it pleaseth him either to lengthen or shorten my life as pleaseth him and hereupon I renounce all perswaders that séeke to withdraw me from my purpose by the word of God either ghostly or bodily and further I wil neuer giue eare vnto any man be he spirituall or temporall that moueth any matter for the saluation of my soule Of all this writing and that therein conteined be witnes my bloud the which with my hands I haue begun and ended Dated at VVittenberg the 25. of Iuly And presently vpon the making of this letter he became so great an enemy to the poore old man that he sought his life by all meanes possible but this godly man was strong in the holy Ghost that he could not be vanquished by any meanes for about two dayes after that he had exhorted Faustus as the poore man lay in his bed suddainly there was a mighty rumbling in the chamber that which he was neuer wont to heare and he heard as it had béene the groaning of a Sow which lasted long whereupon the good old man began to iest and mocke and said oh what Barbarian cry is this oh faire bird what soule musick is this a faire Angell that could not tary two daies in his place beginnest thou now to rim into a poore mans house where thou hast no power and wert not able to kéepe thy owne two dayes With these and such like words the spirit departed And when he came home Faustus asked him how hée had sped with the olde man to whome the spirit answered the olde man was harnessed and that he could not once lay holde vpon him but hée would not tell how the olde man had mocked him for the Diuels can neuer abide to heare of their fall Thus doth God defend the hearts of all honest Christians that be take themselues vnder his tuition How Doctor Faustus made a marriage between two louers Cap. 50. IN the Citty of Wittenberg was a Student a gallant Gentleman named N. N. This Gentleman was farre in loue with a Gentlewoman faire and proper of personage This Gentlewoman had a knight that was a suter vnto her and many other Gentlemen the which desired her in mariage but none could obtain her so it was that this N.N. was very well acquainted with Faustus and by that meanes became a suter vnto him to assist him in the matter for he fell so farre in dispaire with himselfe that he pined away to the skin and bones But when he had opened the matter vnto Doctor Faustus he asked counsell of his spirit Mephostophiles the which tolde him what to doe Hereupon Doctor Faustus went home to the Gentleman and bad him be of good chéere for he should haue his desire for he would helpe him to that he wished for and that this Gentlewoman should loue none other but him onely wherefore D. Faustus so changed the mind of the damsell by a practise he wrought that she should doe no other thing but think on him whom before she had hated neither cared she for any man but him alone The deuice was thus Faustus commaunded the Gentleman that he should cloath himselfe in all the best apparell that he had and that he should goe vnto this Gentlewoman ●●d showe himselfe giuing him a King commaunding him in any wise that he should daunce with her before he departed who folowing his Counsel went to her and when they began to daunce they that were suiters began to take euery one his Lady by the hand this Gentleman tooke her woo before had so disdayned him and in the daunce he put the King into her hand that Faustus had giuen him which she no sooner toucht but she fell presently in loue with him smiling at him in the daunce and many times winking at him rolling her eyes and in the end she asked him if be could