my soule do thy Lord Me: Inlarge his kingdome Fau: Is that the reason he tempts vs thus Me: Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris Fau: Haue you any paine that tortures others Me: As great as haue the humane soules of men But tel me Faustus shal I haue thy soule And I wil be thy slaue and waite on thée And giue thée more than thou hast wit to aske Fau: I Mephastophilus I giue it thée Me: Then stabbe thine arme couragiously And binde thy soule that at some certaine day Great Lucifer may claime it as his owne And then be thou as great as Lucifer Fau: Loe Mephastophilus for loue of thée I cut mine arme and with my proper blood Assure my soule to be great Lucifers Chiefe Lord and regent of perpetual night Uiew heere the blood that trickles from mine arme And let it be propitious for my wish Meph: But Faustus thou must write it in manner of a déede of gift Fau. I so I will but Mephastophilis my bloud conieales and I can write no more Me. I le fetch thée fier to dissolue it straight Exit Fau. What might the staying of my bloud portend Is it vnwilling I should write this bill Why streames it not that I may write afresh Faustus giues to thee his soule ah there it stayde Why shouldst thou not is not thy soule thine owne Then write againe Faustus giues to thée his soule Enter Mephastophilis with a chafer of coles Me. Here 's fier come Faustus set it on Fau. So now the bloud begins to cleare againe Now will I make an ende immediately Me. O what will not I do to obtaine his soule Fau. Consummatum est this Bill is ended And Faustus hath bequeath'd his soule to Lucifer But what is this inscription on mine arme Homo fuge whither should I flie If vnto God hée 'le throwe thée downe to hell My sences are deceiu'd here 's nothing writ I sée it plaine here in this place is writ Homo fuge yet shall not Faustus flye Me. I le fetch him somewhat to delight his minde exit Enter with diuels giuing crownes and rich apparell to Faustus and daunce and then depart Fau. Speake Mephastophilis what meanes this shewe Me. Nothing Faustus but to delight thy minde withall And to shewe thee what Magicke can performe Fau. But may I raise vp spirits when I please Me. I Faustus and do greater things then these Fau. Then there 's inough for a thousand soules Here Mephastophilis receiue this scrowle A déede of gift of body and of soule But yet conditionally that thou performe All articles prescrib'd betweene vs both Me. Faustus I sweare by hel and Lucifer To effect all promises betweene vs made Fau. Then heare me reade them on these conditions following First that Faustus may be a spirit in forme and substance Secondly that Mephastophilis shall be his seruant and at his commaund Thirdly that Mephastophilis shall do for him and bring him whatsoeuer Fourthly that hee shall be in his chamber or house inuisible lastly that hee shall appeare to the said Iohn Faustus at all times in what forme or shape soeuer he please I Iohn Faustus of Wertenberge Doctor by these presents do giue both body and soule to Lucifer prince of the East and his minister Mephastophilis and furthermore graunt vnto them that 24. yeares being expired the articles aboue written inuiolate full power to fetch or carry the said Iohn Faustus body and soule flesh bloud or goods into their habitation wheresoeuer By me Iohn Faustus Me. Speake Faustus do you deliuer this as your déede Fau. I take it and the diuell giue thee good on t Me. Now Faustus aske what thou wilt Fau. First will I question with thée about hell Tel me where is the place that men call hell Me. Under the heauens Fau. I but where about Me. Within the bowels of these elements Where we are tortur'd and remaine for euer Hell hath no limits nor is circumscrib'd In one selfe place for where we are is hell And where hell is must we euer be And to conclude when all the world dissolues And euery creature shal be purified All places shall be hell that is not heauen Fau. Come I thinke hell 's a fable Me. I thinke so still till experience change thy minde Fau. Why thinkst thou then that Faustus shall bée damn'd Me. I of necessitie for here 's the scrowle Wherein thou hast giuen thy soule to Lucifer Fau. I and body too but what of that Thinkst thou that Faustus is so fond To imagine that after this life there is any paine Tush these are trifles and méere olde wiues tales Me. But Faustus I am an instance to proue the contrary For I am damnd and am now in hell Fau. How now in hell nay and this be hell I le willingly be damnd here what walking disputing c. But leauing off this let me haue a wife the fairest maid in Germany for I am wanton and lasciuious and can not liue without a wife Me. How a wife I prithée Faustus talke not of a wife Fau. Nay sweete Mephastophilis fetch me one for I will haue one Me. UUell thou wilt haue one sit there till I come I le fetch thée a wife in the diuels name Enter with a diuell drest like a woman with fier workes Me: Tel Faustus how dost thou like thy wife Fau: A plague on her for a hote whore Me: Tut Faustus marriage is but a ceremoniall toy if thou louest me thinke more of it I le cull thée out the fairest curtezans And bring them eu'ry morning to thy bed She whome thine eie shall like thy heart shal haue Be she as chaste as was Penelope As wise as Saba or as beautiful As was bright Lucifer before his fall Hold take this booke peruse it thorowly The iterating of these lines brings golde The framing of this circle on the ground Brings whirlewindes tempests thunder and lightning Pronounce this thrice deuoutly to thy selfe And men in armour shal appeare to thee Ready to execute what thou desirst Fau: Thankes Mephastophilus yet faine would I haue a booke wherein I might beholde al spels and incantations that I might raise vp spirits when I please Me: Here they are in this booke There turne to them Fau: Now would I haue a booke where I might sée al characters and planets of the heauens that I might knowe their motions and dispositions Me: Héere they are too Turne to them Fau: Nay let me haue one booke more and then I haue done wherein I might sée al plants hearbes and trées that grow vpon the earth Me, Here they be Fau: O thou art deceiued Me: Tut I warrant thée Turne to them Fau: When I behold the heauens then I repent And curse thée wicked Mephastophilus Because thou hast depriu'd me of those ioyes Me: why Faustus Thinkst thou heauen is such a glorious thing I tel thée t is not halfe so faire as thou Or
from America the golden fléece That yearely stuffes olde Philips treasury If learned Faustus will be resolute Fau. Valdes as resolute am I in this As thou to liue therefore obiect it not Corn. The myracles that Magicke will performe Will make thée vow to studie nothing else He that is grounded in Astrologie Inricht with tongues well séene minerals Hath all the principles Magicke doth require Then doubt not Faustus but to be renowmd And more frequented for this mystery Then heretofore the Dolphian Oracle The spirits tell me they can drie the sea And fetch the treasure of all forraine wrackes I all the wealth that our forefathers hid Within the massie entrailes of the earth Then tell me Faustus what shal we three want Fau. Nothing Cornelius O this cheares my soule Come shewe me some demonstrations magicall That I may coniure in some lustie groue And haue these ioyes in full possession Val. Then haste thée to some solitary groue And beare wise Bacons and Albanus workes The Hebrew Psalter and new Testament And whatsoeuer else is requisit Wee will enforme thée ere our conference cease Cor. Valdes first let him know the words of art And then all other ceremonies learnd Faustus may trie his cunning by himselfe Val. First I le instruct thee in the rudiments And then wilt thou be perfecter then I Fau. Then come and dyne with me and after meate Wée le canuas euery quidditie thereof For ere I sleepe I le trie what I can do This night I le coniure though I die therefore Exeunt Enter two Schollers 1 Sch. I wonder what 's become of Faustus that was wont to make our schooles ring with sic probo 2 Sch. That shall we know for see here comes his boy Enter Wagner 1. Sch. How now sirra where 's thy maister Wag. God in heauen knowes 2. Why dost not thou know Wag. Yes I know but that followes not 1. Go too sirra leaue your ieasting and tell vs where hée is Wag. That follows not necessary by force of argument that you being licentiate should stand vpon 't therefore acknowledge your error and be attentiue 2. Why didst thou not say thou knewst Wag. Haue you any witnesse on 't 1. Yes sirra I heard you Wag. Aske my fellow if I be a thiefe 2. Well you will not tell vs Wag. Yes sir I will tell you yet if you were not dunces you would neuer aske me such a question for is not he corpus naturale and is not that mobile then wherefore should you aske me such a question but that I am by nature flegmaticke slowe to wrath and prone to leachery to loue I would say it were not for you to come within fortie foote of the place of execution although I do not doubt to sée you both hang'd the next Sessions Thus hauing triumpht ouer you I will set my countnance like a precisian and begin to speake thus truly my deare brethren my maister is within at dinner with Valdes and Cornelius as this wine if it could speake it would enforme your worships and so the Lord blesse you preserue you and kéepe you my deare brethren my deare brethren exit 1. Nay then I feare he is falne into that damned art for which they two are infamous through the world 2. Were he a stranger and not alied to me yet should I grieue for him but come let vs go and informe the Rector and sée if hée by his graue counsaile can reclaime him 1. O but I feare me nothing can reclaime him 2. Yet let vs trie what we can do Exeunt Enter Faustus to coniure Fau. Now that the gloomy shadow of the earth Longing to view Orions drisling looke Leapes from th' antartike world vnto the skie And dimmes the welkin with her pitchy breath Faustus begin thine incantations And trio if diuels will obey thy hest Séeing thou hast prayde and sacrific'd to them UUithin this circle is Iehouahs name Forward and backward and Agramithist 〈…〉 names of holy Saints Figures of euery adiunct to the heauens And characters of signes and erring starres By which the spirits are inforst to rise Then feare not Faustus but be resolute And trie the vttermost Magicke can performe Sint mihi dei acherontis propitij valeat numen triplex Iehouae ignei aerij Aquatani spiritus saluete Orientis princeps Belsibub inferni ardentis monarcha demigorgon propitiamus vos vt apariat surgat Mephastophilis quòd tumeraris per Iehouam gehennam consecratam aquam quam nunc spargo signúmque crucis quodnunc facio per vota nostra ipse nunc surgat nobis dicatis Mephastophilis Enter a Diuell I charge thée to returne and chaunge thy shape Thou art too vgly to attend on me Goe and returne an old Franciscan Frier That holy shape becomes a diuell best Exit diuell I see there 's vertue in my heauenly words Who would not be proficient in this art How pliant is this Mephastophilis Full of obedience and humilitie Such is the force of Magicke and my spels No Faustus thou art Coniurer laureate That canst commaund great Mephastophilis Quin regis Mephastophilis fratris imagine Enter Mephostophilis Me. Now Faustus what wouldst thou haue me do Fau. I charge thée wait vpon me whilst I liue To do what euer Faustus shall commaund Be it to make the Moone drop from her spheare Or the Ocean to ouerwhelme the world Me. I am a seruant to great Lucifer And may not follow thée without his leaue No more then he commaunds must we performe Fau. Did not he charge thée to appeare to mée Me. No I came now hither of mine owne accord Fau. Did not my coniuring spéeches raise thee speake Me. That was the cause but yet per accident For when we heare one racke the name of God Abiure the scriptures and his Sauiour Christ Wée flye in hope to get his glorious soule Nor will we come vnlesse he vse such meanes Whereby he is in danger to be damnd Therefore the shortest cut for coniuring Is stoutly to abiure the Trinitie And pray deuoutly to the prince of hell Fau. So Faustus hath already done holds this principle There is no chiefe but onely Belsibub To whom Faustus doth dedicate himselfe This word damnation terrifies not him For he confounds hell in Elizium His ghost be with the olde Philosophers But leauing these vaine trifles of mens soules Tell me what is that Lucifer thy Lord Me. Arch-regent and commaunder of all spirits Fau. Was not that Lucifer an Angell once Me. Yes Faustus and most dearely lou'd of God Fau. How comes it then that he is prince of diuels Me. O by aspiring pride and insolence For which God threw him from the face of heauen Fau. and what are you that liue with Lucifer Me. Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer Conspir'd against our God with Lucifer And are for euer damnd with Lucifer Fau. UUhere are you damn'd Me. In hell Fau. How comes it then that thou art out of hel Me. Why
any man that breathes on earth Fau: How proouest thou that Me: It was made for man therefore is man more excellent Fau: If it were made for man t was made for me I wil renounce this magicke and repent Enter good Angel and euill Angel Good An Faustus repent yet God wil pitty thée euill An Thou art a spirite God cannot pitty thée Fau: who buzzeth in mine eares I am a spirite Be I a diuel yet God may pitty me I God wil pitty me if I repent euill An I but Faustus neuer shal repent exeunt Fau: My hearts so hardned I cannot repent Scarse can I name saluation faith or heauen But feareful ecchoes thunders in mine eares Faustus thou art damn'd then swordes and kniues Poyson gunnes halters and invenomd stéele Are layde before me to dispatch my selfe And long ere this I should haue slaine my selfe Had not swéete pleasure conquerd déepe dispaire Haue not I made blinde Homer sing to me Of Alexanders loue and Enons death And hath not he that built the walles of Thebes With rauishing sound of his melodious harp Made musicke with my Mephastophilis Why should I dye then or basely dispaire I am resolu'd Faustus shal nere repent Come Mephastophilis let vs dispute againe And argue of diuine Astrologie Tel me are there many heauens aboue the Moone Are all celestiall bodies but one globe As is the substance of this centricke earth Me: As are the elements such are the spheares Mutually folded in each others orbe And Faustus all iointly moue vpon one axletrée Whose terminine is tearmd the worlds wide pole Nor are the names of Saturne Mars or Iupiter Faind but are erring starres Fau. But tell me haue they all one motion both situ tempore Me. All ioyntly moue from East to West in 24. houres vpon the poles of the world but differ in their motion vpon the poles of the Zodiake Fau. Tush these slender trifles Wagner can decide Hath Mephastophilis no greater skill Who knowes not the double motion of the plannets The first is finisht in a naturall day The second thus as Saturne in 30. yeares Iupiter in 12. Mars in 4. the Sunne Venus and Mercury in a yeare the Moone in 28. dayes Tush these are fresh mens suppositions but tell me hath euery spheare a dominion or Intelligentij Me. I Fau. How many heauens or spheares are there Me. Nine the seuen planets the firmament and the imperiall heauen Fau. UUell resolue me in this question why haue wée not coniunctions oppositions aspects eclipsis all at one time but in some yeares we haue more in some lesse Me. Per inaequalem motum respectu totius Fau. Well I am answered tell me who made the world Me. I will not Fau. Sweete Mephastophilus tell me Me. Moue me not for I will not tell thée Fau. Uillaine haue I not bound thée to tel me any thing Me. I that is not against our kingdome but this is Thinke thou on hell Faustus for thou art damnd Fau. Thinke Faustus vpon God that made the world Me. Remember this Exit Fau. I goe accursed spirit to vgly hell T is thou hast damnd distressed Faustus soule I st not too late Enter good Angell and euill euill A. Too late good A. Neuer too late if Faustus can repent euill A. If thou repent diuels shall teare thee in péeces good A. Repent they shal neuer race thy skin Exeunt Fau. Ah Christ my Sauiour seeke to saue distressed Faustus soule Enter Lucifer Belsabub and Mephastophilus Lu. Christ cannot saue thy soule for he is iust There 's none but I haue intrest in the same Fau: O who art thou that lookst so terrible Lu: I am Lucifer and this is my companion Prince in hel Fau: O Faustus they are come to fetch away thy soule Lu: we come to tell thée thou dost iniure vs Thou talkst of Christ contrary to thy promise Thou shouldst not thinke of God thinke of the deuil And of his dame too Fau: Nor will I henceforth pardon me in this And Faustus vowes neuer to looke so heauen Neuer to name God or to pray to him To burne his Scriptures slay his Ministers And make my spirites pull his churches downe Lu: Do so and we will highly gratifie thee Faustus we are come from hel to shew thée some pastime sit downe and thou shalt see al the seauen deadly sinnes appeare in their proper shapes Fau: That sight will be as pleasing vnto me as paradise was to Adam the first day of his creation Lu: Talke not of paradise nor creation but marke this shew talke of the diuel and nothing else come away Enter the seauen deadly sinnes Now Faustus examine them of their seueral names and dispositions Eau What art thou the first Pride I am Pride I disdaine to haue any parents I am like to Ouids flea I can créepe into euery corner of a wench sometimes like a periwig I sit vpon her brow or like a fan of feathers I kisse her lippes indéede I doe what doe I not but fie what a scent is here I le not speake an other worde except the ground were perfumde and couered with cloth of arras Fau: What art thou the second Coue: I am Couetousnes begotten of an olde churle in an olde leatherne bag and might I haue my wish I would desire that this house and all the people in it were turnd to golde that I might locke you vppe in my good chest O my sweete golde Fau: What art thou the third Wrath I am Wrath I had neither father nor mother I leapt out of a lions mouth when I was scarce half an houre olde and euer since I haue runne vp and downe the worlde with this case of rapiers wounding my selfe when I had no body to fight withal I was borne in hel and looke to it for some of you shal be my father Fau: what art thou the fourth Enuy I am Enuy begotten of a Chimney-swéeper and an Oyster wife I cannot reade and therefore wish al bookes were burnt I am leane with séeing others eate O that there would come a famine through all the worlde that all might die and I liue alone then thou shouldst see how fatt I would be but must thou sit and I stand come downe with a vengeance Fau: Away enuious rascall what art thou the fift Glut: who I sir I am Gluttony my parents are al dead and the diuel a peny they haue left me but a bare pention and that is 30. meales a day and tenne beauers a small triflle to suffice nature O I come of a royall parentage my grandfather was a gammon of bacon my grandmother a hogs head of Claret-wine My godfathers were these Peter Pickle-herring and Martin Martlemas biefe O but my godmother she was a iolly gentlewoman and welbeloued in euery good towne and Citie her name was mistresse Margery March-béere now Faustus thou hast heard all my Progeny wilt thou bid me to supper Fau. No I le sée thée hanged thou wilt
Fau. But if it like your Grace it is not in my abilitie to present before your eyes the true substantiall bodies of those two deceased princes which long since are consumed to dust Knight I mary master doctor now there 's a signe of grace in you when you wil confesse the trueth aside Fau: But such spirites as can liuely resemble Alexander and his Paramour shal appeare before your Grace in that manner that they best liu'd in in their most florishing estate which I doubt not shal sufficiently content your Imperiall maiesty Em Go to maister Doctor let me sée them presently Kn. Do you heare maister Doctor you bring Alexander and his paramour before the emperor Fau. How then sir Kn. I faith that 's as true as Diana turnd me to a stag Fau: No sir but when Acteon died he left the hornes for you Mephastophilis be gone exit Meph. Kn. Nay and you go to coniuring I le be gone exit Kn Fau. I le méete with you anone for interrupting me so héere they are my gratious Lord Enter Meph with Alexander and his paramour emp. Maister Doctor I heard this Lady while she liu'd had a wart or moale in her necke how shal I know whether it be so or no Fau: Your highnes may boldly go and sée exit Alex emp: Sure these are no spirites but the true substantiall bodies of those two deceased princes Fau: wilt please your highnes now to send for the knight that was so pleasant with me here of late emp: One of you call him foorth Enter the Knight with a paire of hornes on his head emp. How now sir Knight why I had thought thou hadst beene a batcheler but now I sée thou hast a wife that not only giues thee hornes but makes thée weare them feele on thy head Kn: Thou damned wretch and execrable dogge Bred in the concaue of some monstrous rocke How darst thou thus abuse a Gentleman Uilaine I say vndo what thou hast done Fau: O not so fast sir there 's no haste but good are you remembred how you crossed me in my conference with the emperour I thinke I haue met with you for it emp: Good Maister Doctor at my intreaty release him he hath done penance sufficient Fau: My gratious Lord not so much for the iniury hée offred me héere in your presence as to delight you with some mirth hath Faustus worthily requited this iniurious knight which being all I desire I am content to release him of his hornes and sir knight hereafter speake well of Scholers Mephastophilis transforme him strait Now my good Lord hauing done my duety I humbly take my leaue emp: Farewel maister Doctor yet ere you goe expect from me a bounteous reward exit Emperour Fau: Now Mephastophilis the restlesse course that time doth runne with calme and silent foote Shortning my dayes and thred of vitall life Calls for the payment of my latest yeares Therefore swéet Mephastophilis let vs make haste to Wertenberge Me: what wil you goe on horse backe or on foote Fau: Nay til I am past this faire and pleasant gréene I le walke on foote enter a Horse-courser Hors: I haue béene al this day séeking one maister Fustian masse sée where he is God saue you maister doctor Fau: What horse-courser you are wel met Hors: Do you heare sir I haue brought you forty dollers for your horse Fau: I cannot sel him so if thou likst him for fifty take him Hors: Alas sir I haue no more I pray you speake for me Me: I pray you let him haue him he is an honest felow and he has a great charge neither wife nor childe Fau: Wel come giue me your money my boy wil deliuer him to you but I must tel you one thing before you haue him ride him not into the water at any hand Hors: why sir wil he not drinke of all waters Fau: O yes he wil drinke of al waters but ride him not into the water ride him ouer hedge or ditch or where thou wilt but not into the water Hors: Wel sir Now am I made man for euer I le not leaue my horse for fortie if he had but the qualitie of hey ding ding hey ding ding I de make a braue liuing on him hée has a buttocke as slicke as an Ele wel god buy sir your boy wil deliuer him me but hark ye sir if my horse he sick or ill at ease if I bring his water to you you le tel me what it is Exit Horsecourser Fau. Away you villaine what doost thinke I am a horse-doctor what art thou Faustus but a man condemnd to die Thy fatall time doth drawe to finall ende Dispaire doth driue distrust vnto my thoughts Confound these passions with a quiet sléepe Tush Christ did call the thiefe vpon the Crosse Then rest thée Faustus quiet in conceit Sleepe in his chaire Enter Horsecourser all wet crying Hors. Alas alas Doctor Fustian quoth a mas Doctor Lopus was neuer such a Doctor has giuen me a purgation has purg'd me of fortie Dollers I shall neuer sée them more but yet like an asse as I was I would not be ruled by him for he bade me I should ride him into no water now I thinking my horse had had some rare qualitie that he would not haue had me knowne of I like a ventrous youth rid him into the deepe pond at the townes ende I was no sooner in the middle of the pond but my horse vanisht away and I sat vpon a bottle of hey neuer so neare drowning in my life but I le séeke out my Doctor and haue my fortie dollers againe or I le make it the dearest horse O yonder is his snipper snapper do you heare you hey passe where 's your maister Me. why sir what would you you cannot speake with him Hors. But I wil speake with him Me. Why hée 's fast asléepe come some other time Hors. I le speake with him now or I le breake his glasse-windowes about his eares Me. I tell thee he has not slept this eight nights Hors. And he haue not slept this eight wéekes I le speake with him Me. Sée where he is fast asléepe Hors. I this is he God saue ye maister doctor maister doctor maister doctor Fustian fortie dollers fortie dollers for a bottle of hey Me. Why thou seest he heares thée not Hors. So ho ho so ho ho Hallow in his eare No will you not wake I le make you wake ere I goe Pull him by the legge and pull it away Alas I am vndone what shall I do Fau. O my legge my legge helpe Mephastophilis call the Officers my legge my legge Me. Come villaine to the Constable Hors. O Lord sir let me goe and I le giue you fortie dollers more Me. Where be they Hors. I haue none about me come to my Oastrie and I le giue them you Me. Be gone quickly Horsecourser runnes away Fau. What is he gone farwel he Faustus has his legge againe and