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B13519	The second report of Doctor Iohn Faustus. Containing his appearances, and the deedes of Wagner. / VVritten by an English gentleman student in VVittenberg an Vniuersity of Germany in Saxony. Published for the delight of all those which desire nouelties by a frend of the same gentleman	English gentleman student.	1594 (1594)	STC 10715; ESTC S115012	55,114	72

yet they easily granted to stand anie where they were so wel placed that they stood as wel to defend the friend as to offend the foe Then in due order marched out the whole enemies of the Christian and so setteled themselues whilest the Turke brought forward his thicke swarmes Now it had bin a braue sight to see the greatest princes of the whole worlde East and west attended on by theyr whole forces set in araie theyr gorgeous and bright armours and weapons casting vp long tramels of golden shine to the heauens the noise of clarions trumpets c. incouraging the fainting souldier and increasing the boldnes of the resolute There was at once in this field all the terrour of the world accompanied with all the beautie In the Citie you might haue séene the remainders at the churches at prayer solemne procession round about the towne with great deuotion c. Well the time was come that the horsemen began to assault the pike and attempting the ruptures of theyr araie and the forlorne hoaps fiercely skirmishing whilst with loude outcries the whole vse of hearing was taken away aboue you nothing but smoake round about you the thundring cannon and sharpe horrors of sundrie weapons and at your féet death There might you sée the great vse of the eughen how for the horse no whit fearing the musket or caliuer as vsed to it nor yet respec● the pearcing of a bullet by the thick tempest of arrowes hiding their eyes and hurting their bodies ouerthrew the horse master to the ground on that side could not one horse man appeare but straight they fetch him downe so that of thirtie thousand horsemen of one assault there was not one that came within fiue spears length of the battel on foot The great Turke cursing heauen and earth and al trées that bore such murthering fruit as bowes and arrowes caused a troup of fiue hundreth barbed horse with twentie thousand more to runne vpon the archens altogether which they did but when they came iust vpon a little ridge not one horse but sodaynely stopt and the riders which now had rested their stones lying close vpon the saddle pommels were throwen quite out of the saddle and either their backes broken or quite slaine All the whole archerie with the camp wondering hereat as ignorant of the matter euerie one suspending his seuerall iudgement but Faustus laughed heartily who knew the matter plaine for there had they buried in sand all the waie wolues guts which by naturall magicke as authors affirme suffers not the horse to come ouer it in anie case nor any force can carrie him ouer with a rider on him For the Archers drue iust vpon and so vniuersally shot together that all the troups were put to flight and aboue halfe spoiled and murthered To be briefe so much the Christian preuailed vpon the Turke in thrée houres and a halfes fight that all them were turnd and fled each one aduancing forward in his flight there were slaine in this battel flight aboue seuen score thousand Turkes the great Turke himselfe fighting manfully on his Elephant was by the Emperors owne handes slayne all his chiefe Bassas and men of honour to the number of thrée hundred died manfully about him now the retrait was sounded and they marched home in most glorious pompe and reioycing where the soldiers made rich with the great spoile of the campe were dismissed and the princes returned home and due order taken for the safetie of the citie So the Duke of Austria rid of his enemies gaue him selfe to his forepassed life and the other princes with great ioy caused generall feasts and triumphs to be performed in all theyr kingdomes prouinces and territories whatsoeuer FINIS

squares triangles c. and apparelled with all the coniuring roabes that the Art requireth there they begin in a most dreadfull confusion of hellishe sillables to enforme the Féend and after these words followed as if there néedes must such thinges follow after such words a terrible roare and then so bright a smoothring thick fiery fume ascended out of the earth as if it woulde haue made an eternall night then a vehement flame followed which with continuall motion ran about the brims of the circle vntill as weary it left moouing all this while they continued reasonably constant and continued their inuocations without any feare then from beneath was heard most lamentable outcries from aboue huge trembling thunder and round about nothing but feare and death in a thousand terrible diuerse shapes then they began to quaile a little but yet by encouragement grew hardy by reason of the number then round about was sounded alarms with drums and onesette with Trumpets as if there all the World had conflicted then the flame which all this while ran about the circle became a body but suche a body as if it had béene but a Picture woulde haue madded any one At whose sight they wholy ouercome with deadly fear forgat the vse of their Pantacles or any such geare but euen submitted themselues to the small mercy of the Féend who with great violence rent them and fore them most lamentably Harmaruan who had raised a great many to the intent to follow them suspecting that which in déede was was after long wandring for they had caused a Diuell discrier to voide all within a certain circuite with his company brought to the house where rounde about they might sée in the Court wherein these seauen were coniuring huge flames as if some great pile had béene made to the buriall of a noble Heroie climing vp in huge volumes vppe into the Aire or if some great store of stuble had béene fired so vehemently furious was the flame that no man there and there were aboue thirty was able once to draw neare to any part of the house the cry was carried into the Citty of this fire whereuppon the whole towne was assembled with hookes buckets ladders c. where in vaine they emptied many a large Well till diuers learned Preachers falling downe submissiuely on their knées with good faith appeased this séeming fire which in déede was none but a méere diabolicall illusion then they entred into the house wher they found the Barrels brought a bed and deliuered the cups the whole furniture cleane destroyed broken and throne about the House but drawing neare vnto the most ruefull and lamentable spectacle of all comming into the yeard or groue which was moted about and enclosed with a thicke Wall of trées very excéeding high as Firre trées are so very thicke that no light was pearceable into it in the very midst whereof was a round plot of some one hundred foote any way from the Centre there found they the religious Circles there the strange Characters names of Angels a thousand Crosses there founde they the fiue crosse hilted Daggers for the fiue Kings of Hell there many a strong bulwarke builded with rowes of Crosses there found they the surplesses the stoles pall miters holy water pots broken their periapts seats signes of the Angels of the seauen daies with infinite like trash and damnable roggery the fruites of the Diuels rancke fansie But the most lamentable sight of all the seauen Schollers vtterly torne in péeces their bloud hauing chaunged the colour of the ground into a darke Crimson al their bodies as blacke as any coale as if they had béene scorcht with a materiall fire their flesh violently rent from the bones and hanging down in morsels like the skirts of a side coate their bones all broaken their vaines cut in sunder and their bowels broad shed vppon the earth their brains powred out and couering the red grasse all ouer their notes stimtyed their eies thrust out their mouths widened and slit vp to the eares their téeth dasht out and their tongue starting out betwixt their gums their haire cleane singed of in briefe imagine with your selues in your minds and propounde a p●cture in your thought the most deformed borne and ill fauoured that you can thinke on yet shall it not compare to the moste lachrimable sight and shew of them surpassing as much all credite as my skill dewly to describe them whom when they had buried without tarriaunce raced the house to the ground and filled vppe the moates with earth heaping vppon the place of this murther the stones of the house defaced then they returned home discoursing with lamentable iudgement vppon the high and seuere reuenge of Gods indignation vppon them which durst presume to tempt his glorious Maiesty And finally vnlesse repentaunce bréede a more spéedy remorse such is the fatall end of suche proude attempts And surely this is most true for I my selfe haue séene the ground wher the house stood and yet the moates damde vp and the Water breaking throw ths stones euen to this day there did I sée a skull and a shancke bone of them not yet rotten and there did I sée the huge heape of stones wherewith they are couered a fearefull example of Gods wrath and iustice agaynst such infidell Christians CHAP. XI THe great Turke called Souldan Alias Cham comprehending as many victories in his sworde as some Emperours in their thoughts arriued at length afore Vienna hauing made his preamble with the destroying and burning of the countrey before him thinking vpon the ancient pollitick rule Better it is to haue a spoyled countrey then a lost with a braue prepared Army of two hundred thousand Saracens horse and foote and so many it is certain he had because they doubted not but ther were 300000 The mighty Cham hauing erected his royall Pauilions and entrenched himselfe to besiege the noble Vienna munified his camp with Artillery and déepe ditches and then he sent a Letter of destaunce vnto the Honorable Alphonsus as being principall in his owne Citty who was enuironed within the wals of the citty expecting the day of battell for to this entent the states of Italye and the Emperour of Germany with the Dukes of Saxony Bauaria and the other Prouinces neare assembled for now necessity bred vnity with a braue company of Souldiers to exterminate this monster out of their confines vnto the Duke of Austrich onely for he had no intelligence of their assembled forces he directed his Letters with defiance meaning to conclude his long trauailes with a certaine victory fearing neither the peril which so many gallant souldiers throughly resolued might bring nor that euer God or fortune as they call it would once shew him any disfauour whose onely fauour is onely in shew Nor yet that the heauens great God would not with seuere reuengement chastise the Leuiathans insolency and slaughter of so many Martirs rather deferring then forgetting so iust a punishment