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 aâ— his house but the deuill would in no wise grant Faustus bâ—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 ouâ— 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 coÌ„mandement 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
before him and coÌ„manded him that he should alwayes come to him like a Fryer after the order of St. Francis with a bell in his hand like S. Anthony and to ring it once or twice before he appeared that he might know of his certaine commiyg Then Faustus demanded of his spirit what was his name The spirit answered my name is as thou sayest Mephostophiles and I am a Prince but a seruant to Lucifer and all the circuit from Septentrio to the Meridian I rule vnder him Euen at these wordes was this wicked wretch Faustus inflamed to heare himselfe to haue gotten so great a Potentate to serue him forgetting the Lord his maker and Christ his Redéemer became an enemy to all man kinde yea worse then the Gyants whome the Poets faine to clime the hilles to make war with the Gods not vnlike the enemy of God and his Christ that for his pride was cast into hell so likewise Faustus forgot that high climbers catch the greatest falls and swéete meates haue oft the sowrest sauce After a while Faustus promised Mehostophiles to write and make his obligation with full assurance of the articles in the chapter before rehearsed A pittifull case Christian Reader for certainly this letter or obligation was found in his house after his most lamentable end with all the rest of his damnable practises vsed in his whole life Therefore I wish all Christians to take example by this wicked Doctor and to be comforted in Christ contenting themselues with that vocation whereunto it hath pleased God to call them and not to estéeme the vaine delight of this life as did this vnhappy Faustus in giuing his soule to the deuil and to confirme it the more assuredly he tooke a small penknife and prickt a vain in his left hand for certainty thereupon were séene on his hand these wordes written as if they had béne written with blood O homo fuge whereat the spirit vanished but Faustus continued in his damnable minde How Doctor Faustus set his blood in a saucer on warme ashes and writ as followeth Chap. 6. I Iohn Faustus Doctor doe openly acknowledge with mine owne hand to the greater force strengthning of this letter that sith thence I began to study and speculate the course and order of the Elements I haue not found through the guilt that is giuen me from aboue any such learning and wisdome that can bring me to my desires and for that I finde that men are vnable to instruct me any further in the matter now haue I Doctor Faustus vnto the hellish Prince of Orient and his messenger Mephostophiles giuen both body and soule vpon such conditions that they shall learne me and fulfill my desire in all thinges as they haue promised and vowed vnto me with due obedience vnto me according to the articles mentioned betwéene vs. Further I couenant and grant with them by these presents that at the end of 24. yeares next ensuing the date of this present letter they being expired and I in the meane time during the said yeares be serued of them at my will they accomplishing my desires to the full in all points as we are agréed that then I giue them all power to doe with me at their pleasure to rule to send fetâ—h or carry me or mine be it either body soule flesh blood or goods into their habitation be it wheresoeuer and hereupon I defie God and his Christ all the hoast of Heauen and all liuing creatures that beare the shape of God yea all that liues and againe I say it and it shall be so And to the more strengthning of this writing I haue written it with mine owne hand and blood being in perfect memory And hereupon I subscribe to it with my name and title calling all the infernall middle and supreme powers to witnes of this my Letter and subscription Iohn Faustus approued in the Elements and the spirituall Doctor How Mephostophiles came for his writing and in what manner he appeared and his sights he shewed him and how he caused him to keepe a coppy of his owne writings Chap. 7. DOctor Faustus sitting pensiue hauing but one onely boy with him sodainly there appeared his Spirit Mephostophiles in likenes of a fiery man from whome issued most horrible fiery flames insomuch that the boy was afraid but being hardned by his Master he had him stand still and he should haue no harme the spirit began to bleare as in a singing manner This pretty sport pleased Doctor Faustus well but he would not call his Spirit into his counting-house vntill he had séene more anon was heard a rushing of armed men and trampling of horses this ceasing came in a kennell of Houndes and they chased a great Hart in the Hall and there the Hart was slaine Faustus tooke heart came foorth and looked vpon the Hart but presently before him there was a Lyon and a Dragon together fighting so fiercely that Faustus thought they would haue brought downe the house but the Dragon ouercame the Lyon and so they vanished After this came in a Pea-cocke with a Pea-hen the cocke brusling of his taile and turning to the female beat her and so vanished Afterward followed a furious Bull that with a full fiercenes ran vpon Faustus but comming néere him vanished away Afterward followed a great olde Ape this Ape offered Faustus the hand but he refused so the Ape ran out of the hall againe Hereupon fell a mist in the hall that Faustus saw no light but it lasted not and so soone as it was gone there lay before Faustus 2. great sackes one full of gold the other full of siluer Lastly was heard by Faustus all manner instruments of musicke as Organs Clarigolds Lutes Vialls Citternes Waights Hornpipes Flutes Anomes Harpes and all manner other instruments which so rauished his minde that he thought he had bin in another world forgot both body and soule insomuch that he was minded neuer to change his opinion concerning that which he had done Hereat came Mephostophiles into the hall to Faustus in apparell like vnto a Fryer to whom Faustus spake thou hast done me a wonderfull pleasure in shewing me this pastime if thou continue as thou hast begun thou shalt win my heart and soule yea and haue it Mephostophiles answered this is nothing I will please thée better yea that thou maist know my power and all aske what thou wilt request of me that shalt thou haue conditisnally hold thy promise and giue me thy hand-writing at which wordes the wretch thrust foorth his hand saying hold thée there hast thou my promise Mephostophiles tooke the writing and willed Faustus to take a coppy of it with that the peruerse Faustus being resolute in his damnation wrote a coppy thereof and gaue the Deuill the one and kept in store the other Thus the spirit and Faustus were agréed and dwelt together no doubt there was a vertuous house-kéeping The manner how Faustus proceeded in his damnable life
and of the diligent seruice that Mephostophiles vsed towards him Chap. 8. DOctor Faustus hauing giuen his soule to the Deuill renouncing all the powers of heauen confirming this lamentable action with his owne blood and hauing already deliuered his writing now into the Deuils hand the which so puffed vp his heart that he forgot the minde of a man and thought himselfe to be a spirit This Faustus dwelt at his vncles house at Wittenberg who dyed and bequeathed it in his Testament to his coosen Faustus Faustus kept a boy with him that was his Scholler and vnhappy wag called Christopher Wagner to whom this sport and life that he faw his maister follow séemed pleasant Faustus leued the boy well keping to make him as good or better séene in his deuillish exercises then himselfe and he was fellow with Mephostophiles otherwise Faustus had no company in his house but himselfe his boy and his spirit that euer was diligent at Faustus command going about the house cloathed like a Fryer with a little bell in his hand séene of none but Faustus For his victuals and other necessaries Mehostophiles brought him at his pleasure from the Duke of Saxon the Duke of Bauaria and the Bishop of Saltzburg for they had many times their best wine stollen out of their sellers by Mephostophiles likewise their prouision for their owne table such meate as Faustus wished for his spirit brought him in besides that Faustus himselfe was become so cunning that when he opened his window what fowle soeuer he wished for it came presently flying into the house were it neuer so dainty Moreouer Faustus and his boy went in sumptuous apparell the which Mephostophiles stole from the mercers of Norenberg Auspurg Franckford and Libtzig for it was hard for them to finde a locke to kéepe out such a théefe All their mainteinance was but stoine and borrowed ware and thus they liued anodious life in the sight of God though as yet the world were vnacquainted with their wickednes It must be so for their fruites be none other as Christ faith in Iohn where he calls the Deuill a théefe and a murtherer and that found Faustus for he stole him away both body and soule How Doctor Faustus would haue marryed and how the deuill had almost killed him for it Chap. 9. DOrtor Faustus continued thus in his Epicurish life day and night and beléeued not that there was a God hell or deuill he thought that body and soule dyed together and had quite forgot Diuinity or the immortality of his soule but stood in his damnable heresie day and night And bethinking himselfe of a wife called Mephostophiles to counsaile which would in no case agrée demaunding of him if hée would breake the couenant made with him or if he had forget it Hast not thou quoth Mephostophiles sworne thy selfe an enemy to God and all creatures To this I answere thée thou canst not marry thou canst not serue two maisters God my Prince for wedlocke is a chiefe institution ordained of God and that thou hast promised to desie as we doe all and that hast thou onely done moreouer thou hast confirmed it with thy bloud perswade thy selfe that what thou dost in contempt of wedlocke it is all to thine owne delight Therefore Faustus looke well about thée and bethinke thy selfe better and I with thée to change thy minde for if thou kée not what thou hast promised in thy writing we will teare thée in peeces like the dust vnder thy féet therefore sweet Faustus thinke with what vnquiet life anger strife debate thou shalt liue in when thou takest a wife therefore change thy minde Doctor Faustus was with these speaches in dispaire and as all that haue forsaken the Lord can build vpon no good foundation so this wretched Doctor hauing forsooke the rocke fell into despaire with himselfe fearing if he should motion Matrimony any more that the deuill would teare him in péeces For this time qd he to Mephostophiles I am not minded to marry Then doest thou well answeied his spirit But within two houres after Faustus called againe his spirit which came in his olde manner like a Fryer Then Faustus said vnto him I am not able to resist or bridle my fancy I must and will haue a wife and I pray thée giue thy consent to it Sodainely vpon these words came such a whirle-winde about the place that Faustus thought the whole house would haue come downe all the doores in the house flew off the hookes after all this his house was full of smoake and the floore couered ouer with ashes which when Doctor Faustus perceiued hée would haue gone vp staires and flying vp he was taken and throwne downe into the hall that he was not able to stirre hand nor foote then round about him ranne a monstrous circle of fire neuer standing still that Faustus fryed as he lay thought there to haue béene burned Then cryed he out to his spirit Mephostophiles for helpe promising him he would liue in all things as he had vowed by his hand-writing Herevpon appeared vnto him an ougly deuill so feare full and monstrous to behold that Faustus durst not looke on him The deuill said what wouldest thou haue Faustus how likest thou thy wedding what minde art thou in now Faustus answered he had forgot his promise desiring him of pardon and he would talke no more of such things Thou wert best so to doe and so vanished from him After appeared vnto him his fryer Mephostophiles with a bell in his hand and spake to Faustus It is no iesting with vs hold thou that which thou hast vowed and we will performe as we haue promised and more then that thou shalt haue thy hearts desire of what woman soeuer thou wilt be she aliue or dead and so long as thou wilt thou shalt kéepe her by thée These words pleased Faustus wonderfull well and repented himselfe that he was so foolish to wish himseife marryed that might haue any woman in the whole Cittye brought to him at his commaund the which he practised and perseuered in a long time Questions put foorth by Doctor Faustus vnto his spirit Mephostophiles Cap. 10. DOctor Faustus liuing in all manner of pleasure that his heart could desire continuing in his amorous drifts his delicate fare and costly apparell called on a time his Mephostophiles to him who being come brought with him a booke in his hand of all manner of deuillish and enchanted Arts the which he gaue Faustus saying hold my Faustus worke now thy hearts desire The copy of this enchanting booke was afterwards found by his seruant Christopher Wagner Well qd Faustus to his spirit I haue called thée to know what thou canst doe if I haue néed of thy helpe Then answered Mephostophiles and said my Lord Faustus I am a flying spirit yea so swift as thought can thinke to doe whatsoeuer Héere Faustus said but how came thy Lord and maister Lucifer to haue so great a fall
from heauen Mephostophiles answered My Lord Lucifer was a faire Angell created of God as inmortall and being placed in Seraphins which are aboue the Cherubins he would haue presumed vnto the Throne of God with intent to haue thrust God out of his seate Vpon this presumption the Lord cast him downe head-long and where before he was an Angell of right now dwells in darkenes not able to come neare his first place without God send for him to appeare before him as Raphiel but vnto the lower degrée of Angels that haue their conuersation with men he may come but not vnto the second degrée of heauens that is kept by the Arch-Angels namely Michaell and Gabriell for these are called Angels of Gods wonders yet are these farre inferiour places to that from whence my Lord and Maister Lucifer fell and thus farre Faustus because thou art one of the beloued children of my Lord Lucifer following and féeding my minde in manner as he did his I haue shortly resolued thy request and more I will doe for thée at thy pleasure I thanke thée Mephostophiles quoth Faustus come let vs now goe rest for it is night vpon this they left their communication How Doctor Faustus dreamed that hee had scene hell in his sleepe and how he questioned with his spirit of matters concerning hell with the spirits answere Chap. 11. THe night folowing after Faustus communication with Mephostophiles as concerning the fall of Lucifer Doctor Faustus dreamed that he had seen part of hell but in what maner it was or in what place he knew not wherby he was much troubled in minde and called vnto him Mephostophiles his spirit saying vnto him I pray thée resolue me in this dout what is hell what substance is it of in what place stands it and when was it made Mephostophiles answered Faustus thou shalt knowe that before the fall of my Lord Lucifer there was no hell but euen then was hell ordayned it is no substance but a confused thing for I tell thée that before all Elements were made or the earth séene the spirit of God mooued vpon the waters and darknes was ouer all but when God said let there be light it was so at his worde and the light was on Gods right hand and God praysed the light Iudge thou further God stood in the middle the darknes was on his left hand in the which my Lord was bound in Chaynes vntil the day of Iudgement in this confused hell is nought to finde but a sulphurish fire and stinking myst or fog Further we deuils knowe not what substance it is of but a confused thing for as a bubble of water flyeth before the winde so doth hell before the breath of God Moreouer we deuils know not how God hath layde the foundation of our hell nor whereof it is but to be short Faustus we know that hell hath neither bottome nor end The second question put forth by Doctor Faustus to his spirit what kingdomes there are in hell how many what were the rulers names Chap. 12. FAustus spake againe to his Spirit saying thou speakest of wonderfull things I pray thée now tell me what kingdomes is there in your hell how many are there what are they called and who rules them the Spirit answered him my Faustus knowe that hell is as thou wouldst thinke with thy selfe an other world in the which we haue our being vnder the earth euen to the heauens within the circumference whereof are contayned tenne kingdomes namely 1 Lacus mortis 2 Stagnum ignis 3 Terra tenebrosa 4 Tartarus 5 Terra obliuionis 6 Gehenna 7 Herebus 8 Barathrum 9 Stix 10 Acheron The which kingdomes are gouerned by fiue Kings that is Lucifer in the Orient Belzebub in Septentrio Belial in Meridie Ascaroth in the Occident and Phlegeton in the midst of them all whose Rule and dominions haue none end vntill the day of doome And thus farre Faustus hast thou heard of our rule and Kingdome Another question put foorth by Doctor Faustus to his spirit concerning his Lord Lucifer with the sorrow that Faustus fell afterwards into Chap. 13. DOctor Faustus began againe to reason with Mephostophiles requiring him to tell him in what forme and shape and in what estimation his Lord Lucifer was when he was in fauour with God whereupon his spirit required of him thrée dayes respite which Faustus granted The thrée dayes being expired Mephostophiles gaue him this answer Faustus my Lord Lucifer so called now for that hée was banished out of the cléere light of heauen was at the first an Angell of God yea hée was so of God ordained for shape pompe authority worthines and dwelling that he farre excéeded all the other creatures of God yea our gold and precious stones and so illuminated that hée farre surpassed the brightnes of the Sunne and all other Stars where God placed him on the Cherubins he had a Kingly office and was alwayes before Gods seate to the end he might be the more perfect in all his beings But when he began to be high minded proude and so presumptuous that he would vsurpe the seate of Gods maiesty then was he banished out from amongst the heauenly powers seperated from their abiding into the manner of a fiery stone that no water is able to quench but continually burneth vntill the end of the world Doctor Faustus when he had heard the wordes of his spirit began to consider with himselfe hauing diuers and sundry opinions in his head and very pensiuely saying nothing vnto his spirit he went into his chamber and laide him on his bed recording the wordes of Mephostophiles which so pierced his heart that he fell in sighing and great â—â—-mentation crying out alas ah woe is me what haue I done Euen so shall it come to passe with me am not I also a creature of Gods making bearing his own Image and similitude into whom he hath breathed the spirit of life and immortality vnto whome he hath made all things liuing subiect but woe is me my haughty minde proude aspiring stomacke and filthy flesh hath brought my soule into perpetuall damnation yea pride hath abused my vnderstanding insomuch that I haue forgot my Maker the spirit of God is departed from me I haue promised the Deuill my soule and therefore it is but a folly for me to hope for grace but it must be euen with me as with Lucifer throwne into perpetuall burning fire ah woe is me that euer I was borne In this perplexity lay this miserable Doctor Faustus hauing quite forgot his faith in Christ neuer falling to repentance truly thereby to attaine the grace and holy spirit of God againe the which would haue béene able to haue resisted the strong assaults of Sathan for although he had made him a promise yet he might haue remembred through true repentance sinners once come againe into the fauour of God which faith the faithfull firmely hold knowing they that kill the body are not able to hurt
neuer satisfied in thy minde but alwayes bringest me anew Yet I pray thée this once qd Faustus doe me so much fauour as to tell me the truth in this matter and hereafter I will be no more so earnest with thée the spirit was altogether against it but yet once more he would abide him well said the spirt to Faustus what demandest thou of me Faustus said I would gladly know of thée if thou wert a man in manner and forâ—e as I am what wouldst thou doe to please both God and man whereat the spirit smiled saying My Faustus if I were a man as thou art and that God had adorned me with those guifts of nature as thou once hadst euen so long as the breath of God were by and within mée would I humble my selfe vnto his Maiestie endeauouring in all that I could to kéepe his commandements praise him and glorifie him that I might continue in his fauour so were I sure to enioy the eternall ioy and felicitie of his kingdome Faustus said but that I haue not done No thou saist true qd Mephostophiles thou hast not done it but thou hast denyed the Lord thy maker which gaue thée the breath of life spéech hearing sight and all other thy reasonable sences that thou mightest vnderstand his will and pleasure to liue to the glory and honour of his name and to the aduancement of thy body and soule him I say being thy maker hast thou denyed and defied yea wickedly thou hast applyed that excellent guift of thy vnderstanding and giuen thy soule to the deuill therfore giue none the blame but thine owne self will thy proud and aspiring minde which hath brought thée into the wrath of God and vtter damnation This is most true qd Faustus but tell me Mephostophiles wouldst thou be in my case as I am now yea saith the spirit and with that fetcht a great sigh for yet would I so humble my selfe that I would win the fauour of God Then said D. Faustus it were time inough for me if I amended True said Mephostophiles if it were not for thy great sinnes which are so odious and detestable in the sight of God that it is too late for thée for the wrath of God resteth vpon thée Leaue off qd Faustus and tell me my question to my greater comfort Here followeth the second part of Doctor Faustus his life and practises vntill his end Chap. 17. DOctor Faustus hauing receiued deniall of his spirit to be resolued any more in such like questions propounded forgot all good workes and fell to be a Kalender-maker by the helpe of his spirit and also uâ— short time to be a good Astronomeror Astrologian he had learned so perfectly of his Spirit the course of the Sunne Moone and Starres that he had the most famous name of all the Mathem atiques that liued in his time as may well appeare by his workes dedicated vnto sundry Dukes and Lords for be did nothing without the aduice of his spirit which learned him to presage of matters to come which haue come to passe since his death The like praise won he with his Kalenders and Almanacks making for when he presaged of any thing operation and alteration of the weather or Elements as winde rame fogs snow haile moyst dry warme colde thunder lightning it fell so duely out as if an Angell of heauen had forewarned it He did not like the vnskilfull Astronomers of our time that set in Winter cold moyst airy frosty and in the Dog-dayes hot dry thunder fire and such like but he set in all his workes day and haure when where and how it should dappen If any wonderfull thing were at hand as mortalitie famine plague or warres he would set the time and place in true and iust order when it should come to passe A question put forth by Doctor Faustus to his Spirit concerning Astronomy Chap. 18. NOw Faustus falling to practice and making his Prognestications he was doutfull in many points wherefore he called vnto him mephostophiles his Spirit saying I finde the ground of this science very difficult to attaine vnto for when that I conferre Astronomia and Astrologia as the Mathematicians and ancient writers haue left in memorye I finde them to barry and very much to disagree wherefore I pray thée to teach me the truth in this matter to whome his spirit answered Faustus thou shalt knowe that the practicioners or speculators or at least the first inuenters of these Artes haue done nothing of themselues certaine whereupon thou maist attaine to the true prognosticating or presaging of things concerning the heauens or of the influence of the planets for if by chaunce some one Mathematician or Astronomer hath left behinde him any thing worthy of memory they haue so blinded it with Enigmaticall wordes blinde Characters and such obscure sâ—gures that it is impossible for an earthly man to attaine to the knowledge thereof without the ayde of some spirit or els the speciall guift of God for such are the hidden works of God from men yet doe we spirits that die and fléete in all Elements know such and there is nothing to be done or by the heauens pretended but we know it except onely the day of Doome Wherefore Faustus learne of me I will teach thée the course recourse of ♄ ♃ ♀ ☉ ☿ and ☾ the cause of winter and summer the exaltation and declination of the Sunne and Ecclipse of the Moone the distance and height of the Poles and euery fixed starre the nature and operation of the Elements fire ayre water and earth and all that is contained in them yea herein there is nothing hidden from me but onely the filthy essence which once thou hadst Faustus at liberty but now Faustus thou hast lost it past recouery wherefore leauing that which wil not be again had learn now of me to make thunder lightning haile snow and raine the cloudes to rent the earth and craggy rocks to shake and split in sunder the Seas to swell rore and ouer-run their markes knowest not thou that the déeper the Sunne shines the hotter he pierces so the more thy Art is famous whilest thou art héere the greater shall be thy name when thou art gone Knowest not thou that the earth is frozen cold and dry the water running cold and moist the ayre flying hot and moist the fire consuming hot and dry Yea Faustus so must thy heart be inflamed like the fire to mount on high learne Faustus to flie like my selâ—â— as swift as thought from one kingdome to another to sit at Princes tables to eate their dain tiest fare to haue thy pleasure of their Ladyes wiues and concubines to vse all their iewels and costly robes as thinges belonging vnto thée and not vnto them learne of me Faustus to runne through walles doores and gates of stone and yron to créepe into the earth like a Worme to swim in the water like a fish to fly in the ayre like a Bird
and to liue and nourish thy selfe in the fire like a Salamander so shalt thou be famous renowned farre spoken of and extolled for thy skill going on kniues not hurting thy féete carrying fire in thy bosome and not burning thy shirt séeing through the heauens as through a Christall wherein is placed the planets with all the rest of the presaging Comets the whole circuit of the world from the East to the West North and South there shalt thou know Faustus wherefore the fiery sphere aboue and the signes of that Zodiack doth not burne and consume the whole face of the earth being hindered by placing the two moist elements between thein the airy cloudes and the wauering wanes of water yea Faustus I will learne thee the secrets of nature what the cause is that the sun in sommer being at the highest giueth all his heate downewards on the earth and being in Winter at the lowest giueth all his heate vpward into the Heauens that the snow should be of so great vertue as the honny and the Lady Saturnia in Occulto more hotter then the Sun in Manifesto Come on my Faustus I will make thée as perfect in these thinges as my selfe I will learne thée to goe inuisible to finde out the mines of gold and siluer the fodines of precions stones as the Carbuncle the Diamond Saphir Emerald Ruby Topas Iacinet Granat Iaspis Amachist vse all these at thy pleasure take thy hearts desire thy time Faustus weareth away then why wilt thou not take thy pleasure of the world Come vp we will goe vnto Kinges at their owne Courts and at their most sumptuous banquets be their guests if willingly they inuite vs not then perforce we will serue our owne turne with their best meate and daintiest wine Agréed qd Faustus but let me pause a while vpon this thou hast euen now declared vnto me How Doctor Faustus fell into despaire with himselfe for hauing put foorth a question vnto his spirit they fell at variance whereupon the rout of Deuils appeared vnto him threatning him sharply Chap. 19. DOctor Faustus reuoluing with himselfe the spéeches of his spirit he became so woful and sorrowfull in his cogitations that he thought himselfe already frying in the hottest flames of 〈◊〉 lying in this muse suddenly there appeared vnto him his spirit deâ—â—unding what thing so grieued and troubled his conscience where at Doctor Faustus gaue no answer yet the spirit very earnestly lay vpon him to know the cause and if it were possible he would finde remedy for his griefe and ease him of his sorrowes To whom Faustus answered I haue taken thee vnto me as a seruant to do me seruice and thy seruice will be very deare vnto me yet I cannot haue any diligence of thée further then thou list thy selfe neither doest thou in any thing as it becommeth thée The spirit replyed My Faustus thou knowest that I was neuer against thy commandements as yet but ready to serue and resolue thy questions although I am not bound vnto thée in such respects as concerne the hurt of our Kingdome yet was I alwayes willing to answer thée and so am still therefore my Faustus say on boldly what is thy will and pleasure At which words the spirit stole away the heart of Faustus who spake in this sort Mephostophiles tell me how and after what sort God made the world and all the creatures in them and why man was made after the Image of God the spirit hearing this answered Faustus thou knowest that all this is in vaine for thée to aske I know that thou art sory for that thou hast done but it auaileth thée not for I will thousand péeces if thou change not thine opinions and hereat he vanished away Whereat Faustus all sorrowfull for that he had put forth such a question fell to wéeping and to howling bitterly not for his sinnes towards God but that the Deuill was departed from him so sodainly and in such a rage And being in this perplexity he was suddainly taken in such an extreame colde as if he should haue frozen in the place where he sate in which the greatest deuill in hell appeared vnto him with certaine of his hideous and infernall company in most vgliest shapes that it was vnpossible to thinke vpon and trauersing the chamber round about where Faustus sate Faustus thought to himselfe now are they come for me though my time be not come and that because I haue asked such questions of my seruant Mephostophiles at whose cogitations the chiefest deuill which was the Lord vnto whome he gaue his soule that was Lucifer spake in this sort Faustus I haue séene thy thoughts which are not as thou hast vowed vnto me by vertue of this Letter and shewed him the Obligation which he had written with his owne blood wherefore I am come to visite thée and to shew thée some of our hellish pastimes in hope that will drawe and confirme thy minde a little more stedfast vnto vs. Content quoth Faustus goe too let me sée what pastime you can make At which wordes the great deuill in his likenes sate him downe by Faustus commaunding the rest of the deuils to appeare in their forme as if they were in hell First entred Belial in forme of a Beare with curled blacke haire to the ground his eares standing vpright within the eare was as red as blood out of which issued flames of fire his téeth were at least a foote long as white as snow with a taile thrée elles long at the least hauing two winges one behinde each arme and thus one after another they appeared to Faustus in forme as they were in hell Lucifer himselfe sate in manner of a man all hairy but of a browne colour like a Squirrell curied and his taile turning vpward on his backe as the Squirrels vse I thinke he could crack nuts too like a Squirrell After him came Belzebub in curled haire of a horse-flesh colour his head like the head of a Bul with a mighty paire of hornes and two long eares downe to the ground and two wings on his backe with pricking things like thornes out of his wings issued flames of fire his taile was like a Cowes Then came Astoroth in forme of a worme going vpright on his taile had no féete but a taile like a Slow-worme vnder his chappes grew two short hands and his barke was cole-blacke his belly thicke in the middle yellow like golde hauing many bristles on his backe like a Hedge-heg After him came Chaniagosta being white and gray mixed excéeding curled and hairy he had a head like the head of an Asse and a taile like a Cat and clawes like an Oxe lacking nothing of an ell broad Then came Anobis this deuill had a head like a dog white and blacke haire in shape like a hog sauing that he had but two féete one vnder his threate the other at his taile he was foure elles long with hanging cares like a blood-hound After him came
there stood a Waggon with two Dragons before it to draw the same and all the Waggon was of a light burning fire and for that the Moone shone I was the willinger at that time to depart but the voice spake againe sir vp and let vs away I will said I goe with thée but vpon this condition that I may aske after all thinges that I sée heare or thinke on the voice answered I am content for this time Hereupon I got me into the Waggon so that the Dragons carried me vpright into the ayre The Waggon had also 4. whéeles the which ratled so and made such a noise as if we had all this while béene running on the stones round about vs flew out flames of fire and the higher that I came the more the earth séemed to be darkened so that me thought I came out of a dungeon and looking downe from heauen behold Mephostophiles my Spirit and seruant was behind me and when he perceiued that I saw him he came and sate by me to whome I said I pray thée Mephostophiles whether shal I goe now Let not that trouble thy mind said he and yet they carryed vs higher vp And now will I tell thée good friend and schoole-fellow what thinges I haue séene and prooued for on the Tuesday went I out and on Tuesday seauen night following I came home againe that is eight dayes in which time I slept not no not one winke came in mine eyes and we went innisible of any man and as the day began to appeare after my first nights iourney I said to my Spirit Mephostophiles I pray thée how farre haue we now ridden I am sure thou knowest for me thinkes that we are ridden excéeding farre the world séemeth so little Mephostophiles answered mee my Faustus beléeue me that from the place from whence thou camest vnto this place where we are now is already forty seauen leagues right in height and as the day increased I looked downe vpon the world Asia Europa and Africa I had a sight of and being so high qd I to my Spirit tell me now how these Kingdomes lie and what they are called the which he denied not saying see this on our left hand is Hungaria this is also Prussia on our left hand and Poland Muscouia Tartacelesia Bohemia Saxony and héere on our right hand Spaine Portugall France England and Scotland then right on before vs lie the kingdoms of Persia India Arabia the King of Althar and the great Cham now are we come to Wittenberg and are right ouer the towne of Weim in Austria and ere long will be at Constantinople Tripolie and Ierusalem and after will we pierce the frozen Zone and shortly touch the Horizon and the zenith of Wittenberg There looked I on the Ocean Sea and beheld a great many Shippes and Gallyes ready to the battaile one against another and thus I spent my iourney now cast I my eyes héere now there towards South North East and West I haue béene in one place where it rained and hailed and in another where the Sun shone excellent faire and so I thinke that I saw most thinges in and about the world with great admiration that in one place it tained and in another haile and snow on this side the Sun shone bright some hills couered with snow neuer consuming other were so hot that grasse and trées were burned and consumed therewith Then looked I vp to the heauens and behold they went so swift that I thought they would haue sprung in thousands Likewise it was so cléere and so hot that I could not long gaze into it it so dimmed my sight and had not my spirit Mephostophiles couered me as it were with a shadowing cloude I had béene burnt with the extreame heate thereof for the Sky the which we behold héere when we looke vp from the earth is so fast and thicke as a wall cléere and shining bright as Christall in the which is placed the Sunne which casteth foorth his raies and beames ouer the vniuersal world to the vttermost confines of the earth But we thinke that the sun is very little no it is altogether as big as the world Indéed the body substantiall is but little in compas but the raies or streames that it casteth forth by reason of the thing wherein it is placed maketh him to extend and shew himselfe ouer the whole world and we thinke that the sunne tunneth his course and that the heauens stand still no it is the heauens that mooue his course and the Sunne abideth perpetually in his place he is permanent and fixed in his place and although we sée him beginning to ascend in the Orient or East at the higest in the Meridian or South setting in the occident or West yet is he at the lowest in Septentrion or North and yet he mooueth not It is the axle of the heauens that mooueth the whole firmrment being a Chaos or confused thing and for that proofe I will shew thée this example like as thou séest a bubble made of water and sope blowne forth of a quill is in forme of a confused masse or Chaos and being in this forme is moued at pleasure of the winde which runneth round about that Chaos and mooueth him also round euen so is the whole firmament or Chaos wherein are placed the sun and the rest of the planets turned and carryed at the pleasure of the spirit of God which is winde Yea Christian Reader to the glory of God and for the profite of thy soule I will open vnto thée the diuine opinion touching the rule of this confused Chaos farre more then my rude Germane Author being possessed with the deuill was able to vtter and to proue some of my sentences before to be true looke into Genesis vnto the works of God at the creation of the world there shalt thou finde that the spirit of God mooued vpon the waters before heauen and earth were made Mark how he made it and how by his word euery element tooke his place these were not his works but is wordes for all the words he vsed before he concluded afterwards in one worke which was in making man marke reader with patience for thy soules health sée into all that was done by the worde and worke of God light and darknes was the firmament stood and there great ☿ and little light ☽ in it the most waters were in one place the earth was drye and euery element brought forth according to the word of God now foloweth his workes he made man after his owne Image how out of the earth The earth will shape no Image without water there was one of the elements But all this while where was winde All elements were at the worde of God Man was made in a forme by the worke of God yet mooued not that worke before God breathed the spirit of life into his nosthrils made him a liuing soule Here was the first winde and spirit of God out of
hath 528 stréetes 160. welles foure great two small Clockes six great Gates two smal doores eleuen stone Bridges twelue small hills ten faire market-places thirtéen common Hot-houses ten Churches within the towne are thirty whéeles of water-milles it hath 132 tall Ships two mighty Towne walles of hewen Stone and earth with very déep trenches the wals haue 180 Towres about them and foure faire platforms ten Apothecaries ten Doctors of the Common Lawe fourtéene Doctors of Phisicke From Norenburg he went to Auspurg where at the breake of the day he demanded of his spirit whereupon the towne tooke his name this towne quoth he hath had many names when it was first built it was called Vindelica secondly it was called Zizaria the yron bridge lastly by the Emperour Octauius Augustus it was called Augusta and by the corruption of language the Germans haue named it Auspurg Now for because that Faustus had béene there before he departed without visiting their monuments to Rauenspurg where his spirit certified him that the Citty had seauen names the first Tyberia the second Quadratis the third Heaspalis the fourth Regionopolis the fift Imbripolis the sixt Ratisbona the last Rauenspurg The scituation of this Citty pleased Faustus well also the strong and sumptuous buildings by the walles thereof runneth the riuer Danubia in Dutch called Donow into the which not farre from the compasse of the Citty falleth neere hand thréescore other small riuers fresh waters Faustus also liked the sumptuous stone Bridge ouer the same water with the Church standing thereon the which was founded An. 1115. the name whereof is called S. Remadian in this towne Faustus went into the Celler of an Inholder and let out all the wine and béere that was in the celler After the which feate he returned into Mentz in Bauaria a right princely towne the Towne appeared as if it were new with great stréets therein both of breadth and length from Mentz to Saitburg where the Bishop is alwaies resident here saw he all the commodities that were possible to be séene for at the hill he sawe the forme of a bell made in Christall an huge thing to looke vpon that euery yeare groweth bigger and bigger by reason of the fréezing colde From thence he went to Vienna in Austria this Towne is of so great antiquitie that it is not possible to finde the like In this towne said the spirit is more wine then water for all vnder the towne are wels the which are filled euery yeare with wine and all the water that they haue runneth by the Towne that is the riuer Danubia From thence he went into Prage the chiefe Citty in Bohemia this is deuided into thrée partes that is old Prage new Prage and little Prage Little Prage is the place where the Emperors court is placed vpon an excéeding high mountaine there is a Castle where are two faire Churches in the one he found a monument which might well haue béene a mirror for himselfe and that was the Sepulcher of a notable Coniurer which by his magicke had so inchanted his Sepulcher that whosouer set foote thereon should be sure neuer to dye in their beds From this Castle he came downe and went euer the bridge This bridge hath twenty foure Arches In the middle of the bridge stands a very faire Monument being a crosse builded of stone and most artificially carued From thence he came into the olde Prage the which is seperated from the new Prage with an excéeding déepe ditch and round about inclosed with a well of bricke Vnto this is adioyning the Iewes Towne wherein are thirteene thousand men women and children all Iewes There he viewed the Colledge and the Garden where all manner of sauage beasts are kept and froÌ„ theâ—ce he set a compas round about the thrée townes whereat he wondred greatly to sée so mighty a Citty stand all within the walls From Prage he flew in the ayre and bethought himselfe what he might doe or which way to take so he looked round about behold be espied a passing faire Citty which lay not farre from Prage about some foure and twenty miles and that was Bressaw in Sclefia in the which when he was entred it séemed to him that he had béene in Paradise so neate and cleane was the stréets and so sumptuous was their buildings In the Citty he saw not many wonders except the brasen Virgin that standeth on a bridge ouer the water and vnder the which standeth a mill like a powder mill which virgin is made to doe execution vpon those disobedient towne borne children that be so wilde that their parents cannot bridle them which when any such are found with some haynous offence turning to the shame of their parents kindred they are brought to kisse this virgin which openeth her arme the person then to be executed kisseth her then doth she close her armes together with such violence that she crusheth out the breath of the partie breaketh his bulke so dyeth but being dead she openeth her armes againe and letteth the party fall into the mill where he is stamped in small morsels which the water carryeth away so that no part of him is found againe From Bressaw he went toward Cracona in the kingdome of Polonia where he beheld the Acadamie the which pleased him wonderfull will In this Citty the King most commonly holdeth his Court at a castle in which Castle are many famous Monuments There is a most sumptuous Church in the same in which standeth a siluer Altar gilded set with rich stones and ouer it is a conueyance ful of all maÌ„ner of siluer ornaments belonging to the Masse In the church hangeth the iawbones of a huge dragon that kept the rocke before the Castle was edified thereon It is full of all manner of munition and hath alwaies virtual for 3. yeares to serue 2. thousand men Through the towne runneth a riuer called the Vestual or Wissell where ouer is a faire woodden bridge This water dâ—uideth the towne and Casmere in this Casmere dwelleth the Iewes being a small walled Towne by themselues to the number of 25000. men women and children within one mile of the towne there is a salt mine where they finde siones of pure salt of 1000. pound 2000. pound or more in weight and that in great quantity This salt is as blacke as the Newcastle coales when it comes out of the mines but being beaten to powder it is as white as snowe The like they haue foure mile from thence at a towne called Buchma From thence Faustus went to Sandâ—â—z the captaine therof was called Deu Spiket Iordan in this towne are many monuments as the tombe or sepulcher of Christ in as ample maner as that is at Ierusalem at the proper costs of a Gentleman that went thrise to Ierusalem from that place and returned againe Not far from that towne is a new towne wherein is a Nunry of the order of S. Dioclesian into which order may none
conuerted after that he had â—â—aâ— the sermon of Philip for he was baptized and saw his sinne and repented Likewise I beséech you good broâ—her Doctor Faustus lâ—t my rude sermon be vnto you a conuertion and forget the filthy life that yet hauâ— leddâ— â—ezent aske mercy and liue for Christ saith Come vnto me all yeâ— that â—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 proâ—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 intendâ—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 perswaâ—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 â—â—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
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 manâ— yâ—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 delightâ—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 wâ—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 â—uÌ„â—â—ing toward them then they turned another way and they were also met on that side theÌ„ 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 haâ—d with you The Knight knew no other but that he was inuironed with an hoast of men where indeed they were none other thâ—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 Armâ—s you â—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 swiniâ—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 â—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
peace yet I poore damned wretch must suffer all manner of filthy stench paines colde hunger thirst heate fréezing burning hissing gnashing and all the wrath and curse of God yea all the Creatures that God hath created are enemies to me And now too late I remember that my spirit Mephostophiles did once tell mee there was great difference amongst the damned for the greater the sinne the greater the torment for as the twigs of a tree makes greater flame then the truncke thereof and yet the truncke continueth longer in burning euen so the more that a man is rooted in sinne the greater is his punishment Ah thou perpetuall damned wretch now art thou throwne into the euerlasting fiery lake that neuer shall be quenched there must I dwell in all manner of wailing sorrow misery paine torment griefe howling sighing sobbing running of eyes stinking at nose gnashing of féeth feare to the eares horror to the conscience and shaking both of hand and foote Ah that I could carry the heauens vpon my shoulders so that there were time at last to quit me of this euerlasting damnation Oh who can deliuer me out of the fearefull formenting flame the which I see prepared for me Oh there is no helpe nor any man that can deliuer me nor any wailing of sinnes can helpe me neither is there rest to be found for me day or night Ah woe is me for there is no helpe for me no shield no defence no comfort Where is my hold knowledge dare I not trust and for a soule to God wards that haue I not for I shame to speake vnto him if I doe no answere shall be made me but he will hide his face from me to the end that I should not behold the ioyes of the chosen What meane I then to complaine where no helpe is No I know no hope resteth in my groanings I haue desired that it should be so and God hath said Amen to my misdoings for now I must haue shame to comforme in my calamities Here followeth the miserable and lamentable end of Doctor Faustus by the which all Christians may take an example and warning Chap. 62. THe full time of Doctor Faustus his 24. yeares being come his spirit appeared vnto him giuing him his writing again and commanding him to make preparation for that the deuill would fetch him against a certaine time appointed Doctor Faustus mourned and sighed wonderfully and neuer went to bed nor slept winke for sorrow Wherefore his spirit appeared againe comforting him and saying My Faustus be not thou so cowardly minded for although that thou losest thy body it is not long vnto the day of Iudgement and thou must dye at the last although thou liue many thousand yeares The Turks the Iewes and many a vnchristian Emperour are in the same condemnation therefore my Faustus be of good courage and be not discomforted for the deuil hath promised that thou shalt not be in paine as the rest of the damned are This and such like comfort he gaue him but he tolde him false and against the saying of holy Scriptures Yet Doctor Faustus that had none other expectation but to pay his debts with his owne skin went on the same day that his spirit said the deuill would fetch him vnto his trusty and déerest beloued brethren and companions as Maisters and Batchelers of Art and other students more the which did often visite him at his house in merriment these he intreateth that they would walke into the Village called Rimlich halfe a mile from Wittenberg and that they would there take with him for their repast of a small banquet the which they all agréed vnto so they went together and there held their dinner in a most sumptuous manner D. Faustus with them dissemblingly was merry but not from the heart wherefore he requested them that they would also take part of his rude supper the which they agréed vnto for quoth he I must tell you what is the Victulers due and when they sleeped for drinke was in their heads then Doctor Faustus paid and discharged the shot and bound the students and the Maisters to goe with him into another roome for he had many wonderfull matters to tell them and when they were entred the roome as he requested Doctor Faustus said vnto them as hereafter followeth An Oration of Faustus to the Students Chap. 63. MY trusty and welbeloued friends the cause why I haue inuited you into this place is this Forasmuch as you haue knowne me this many yeares in what manner of life I haue liued practising all manner of Coniurations and wicked exercises the which I obtained through the helpe of the deuill into whose deuillish fellowship they haue brought me the which vse the like Art and practise vrged by the detestable prouocations of my flesh and my stiff-necked and rebellious will with my filthy infernall thoughts the which were euer before me pricking me forward so earnestly that I must perforce haue the consent of the deuill to ayde me in my deuises And to the end I might the better bring my purpose to passe to haue the deuils aide and furtherance which I neuer haue wanted in my actions I haue promised vnto him at the end and accomplishing of 24. yeares both body and soule to doe therewith at his pleasure and this day this dismall day those 24. yeares are fully expired for night beginning my houre-glasse is at an end the direfull finishing whereof I carefully expect for out of all doubt this night he will fetch me to whome I haue giuen my selfe in recompence of his seruice both body and soule and twise confirmed writings with my proper blood Now haue I called you my welbeloued Lords friends brethren and fellowes before that fatall houre to take my friendly fare-well to the end that my departure may not hereafter be hidden from you beséeching you herewith curteous louing Lords and brethren not to take in euill part any thing done by me but with friendly commendations to salute all my friends and companions wheresoeuer desiring both you and them if euer I haue trespassed against your mindes in any thing that you would heartily forgiue me and as for those lewd practises the which is full 24. yeares I haue followed you shall hereafter finde them in writing and I beséech you let this my lamentable end to the residue of your liues be a sufficient warning that you haue God always before your eyes praying vnto him that he would euer defend you from the temptations of the Deuill and all his false deceits not falling altogether from GOD as I wretched and vngodly damned creature haue done hauing denied and defied Baptisme the Sacraments of Christs body God himselfe all heauenly powers and earthly men yea I haue denyed such a God that desireth not to haue one lost Neither let the euill fellowship of wicked companions misleade you as it hath done me visite earnestly and oft the Church warre and striue continually against the Deuill