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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

CHAP. XII ABout this time the Messenger and Wagner arriued at Vienna very late in the night and passed through the Turkishe Sentinels and arriuing at the Citty and for that night they lay at the Purceuants house no sooner had the approaching Sunne sent afore him the marshals of the morrow light and a new morning ministred occasion of new matter but vp those two arose being ready departed for the Courte and now the day was almost in the greatest beauty when the Messenger was admitted into the Dukes presence vnto whom he recited what euer was séene and done in that time of his absence only I forgot to tell you how Wagner raged and stormed and thundered when Akercocke brought him word of the destruction of his House at Wittenberg as he was in the way to Austria wherewith the Duke was wonderfully both delighted and astonished And hauing wellcommed Wagner very graciously and accordingly rewarded he dismissed them till further leasure commaunding the Purceuant to shew him all the pleasure he mought CHAP. XIII AFter al these most excellent Princes were come into the counsell chamber the Herrald sounded his trumpet after the Turkishe summons then did all the states draw into the great Hall wherin a high Imperiall throne richly ordered with shining cloth of Gold euery noble and estate placed correspondently to his degrée where in presence of them all the Herralde was admitted who comming with his coate of Armes lying vppon his right arme into the bottome of the Hall made thrée obeysances downe with the right knée vnto the ground with a loud distinct voice spake vnto the Duke onely telling him that his soueraigne and Maister Soultan Alias Chan the sonne of Murad Chan the son of Rabeck Chan the sonne of Mahomet Chan and so vpwards till he came to their great Prophet Mahomet God on the earth and Emperour of all the East And then he began to reckon fiue hundred titles with a long c.. Vnto thée Alphonsus Arche-Duke of Austrich and there he declared the whole effectes of his message and at last with a great Brauado ended and then he did one his gaie coate of Armes expecting their aunswere When as the Duke crauing licence of the Emperour to speake answered the Herrauld in most gallant and triumphing tearms commanding him to say vnto the proud Turke his maister that ere fiue dayes came about he would trample his victorious horns vnder his féet and ride in triumph vppon his stubborne necke and that in defēce of himselfe and of braue Christendome hee woulde léese the vttermost drop of his bloud to make it good hee would not be in quiet till he had met his maister in the midst of the field and therewith he drew out his sword and all they with him crying God Sainct Michaell for the right of Christendome then stoode vppe the Emperour and auowed all that they had saide afore him commaunding moreouer the Herrald to say to the proude Vsurper that séeing the quarrell would bréede great effusion of bloud and yet he neuer the nearer that he a man euery way equall to himselfe not onely for the spéedier aduaunce of his battels but also to haue a certaine end to such an vncertaine enterprise hee woulde fight with him body to body armed at all points after their owne guise at any time within this fortnight and Herrald bring mee word quoth he that he will so doe and by my Honor I promise to giue thée for thy tidings 10000. Duckets Then the Herralde being highly rewarded was dismissed and reported their braue aunsweres vnto the Turke with all the great maiesty of the Christian Princes who presently went to counsell together and so continued till other like necessary busines called them away CHAP. XIIII IN this Chapter Gentlemen parte of the Dutch coppy was wanting and the other part so rent that it could not be red yet by some circumstances I coniecture that the Duke of Austriche had diuerse and dangerous conflicts with the Turke yet beeing supported by the Englishe men and other Christians with the help of Wagner who standing in a high towre to see the conflicts caused by his Magicke such a storme to arise that no man was able to abide the Turke was stil discomfited The giftes of Wagner to the Duke and three Diuels retaind for Souldiers to the same Prince CHAP. XV. IN the next morning VVagner presented himselfe to the Duke in presence of all the whole Princes of the Christians whom very graciously he entertained as he might for his good seruice there in presence of them al he desired the Duke to take at his seruants hands a small gift which hee condiscended vnto and then VVagner caused a Chest to be brought in of fine Iron wrought and inameld with gould and colour most curiously then hee opened it and tooke out a whole armour of fine bright stéele so light as a common Dublet but so subtelly and excellently framed that it passed all comparison of hardnesse there was a Musket shotte at euery péece whereon remained no great notice of a blow but as of a little touch plaine without any broider worke or otherwise carued but so excéeding bright as would well haue dazeled the long beholders eies a shield of the same fashion made like a tortoyle shell a sword of the like fine temper with all the furniture of a souldier then tooke he out a Plume which hee had no sooner put into the crest but he that stoode behinde coulde not sée no part of his backe nor he that stoode before of his brest so that thus it made him inuisible ther he told him it was fetcht out of the great Turks armory which they say was Mahomets but I say more truely Alias Chans which for himselfe caused it to be made hauing called together the most excellent Philosophers and workemen that were to be found in all his wide Empire The great rewards the Duke would haue giuē him for it he refused he was only contented with thankes and fauor And then might they see from the doore of the chamber thrée most gallaunt men to enter which were his thrée Familiars whom VVagner taking by the hands presented vnto the whole assembly of Princes but more directly to the Duke assuring them that they were the most fortunate most valiant strong hardy and puissant men that in the World were to be found and in déede they séemed to be as goodly swart men as any eie beheld he tould their seuerall names Mephostophiles he tearmed Mamri Akercocke he tearmed Simionte Faustus hee called Don infeligo shewing that they were borne in those fortunate Ilands wherein the Poets fained the Elysian fields to be ioyning by West vpon the end of Barbary being from Vienna to those fortunate Ilands 35. degrées of lōgitude and eight minutes and 48. degrées and 22. minutes from the Aequator or Aequinoctiall in latitude not then founde out So were they most graciously entertained of all the Nobles and entertained in