dr. faustus-第14章
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'The clock strikes the half…hour。'
O; half the hour is past! 'twill all be past anon。
O; if my soul must suffer for my sin;
Impose some end to my incessant pain;
Let Faustus live in hell a thousand years;
A hundred thousand; and at last be sav'd!
No end is limited to damned souls。
Why wert thou not a creature wanting soul?
Or why is this immortal that thou hast?
O; Pythagoras' metempsychosis; were that true;
This soul should fly from me; and I be chang'd
Into some brutish beast! all beasts are happy;
For; when they die;
Their souls are soon dissolv'd in elements;
But mine must live still to be plagu'd in hell。
Curs'd be the parents that engender'd me!
No; Faustus; curse thyself; curse Lucifer
That hath depriv'd thee of the joys of heaven。
'The clock strikes twelve。'
It strikes; it strikes! Now; body; turn to air;
Or Lucifer will bear thee quick to hell!
O soul; be chang'd into small water…drops;
And fall into the ocean; ne'er be found!
Thunder。 Enter DEVILS。
O; mercy; heaven! look not so fierce on me!
Adders and serpents; let me breathe a while!
Ugly hell; gape not! come not; Lucifer!
I'll burn my books!O Mephistophilis!
'Exeunt DEVILS with FAUSTUS。'
Enter SCHOLARS。
FIRST SCHOLAR。 Come; gentlemen; let us go visit Faustus;
For such a dreadful night was never seen;
Since first the world's creation did begin;
Such fearful shrieks and cries were never heard:
Pray heaven the doctor have escap'd the danger。
SECOND SCHOLAR。
O; help us; heaven! see; here are Faustus' limbs;
All torn asunder by the hand of death!
THIRD SCHOLAR。
The devils whom Faustus serv'd have torn him thus;
For; twixt the hours of twelve and one; methought;
I heard him shriek and call aloud for help;
At which self time the house seem'd all on fire
With dreadful horror of these damned fiends。
SECOND SCHOLAR。 Well; gentlemen; though Faustus' end be such
As every Christian heart laments to think on;
Yet; for he was a scholar once admir'd
For wondrous knowledge in our German schools;
We'll give his mangled limbs due burial;
And all the students; cloth'd in mourning black;
Shall wait upon his heavy funeral。
'Exeunt。'
Enter CHORUS。
CHORUS。 Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight;
And burned is Apollo's laurel…bough;
That sometime grew within this learned man。
Faustus is gone: regard his hellish fall;
Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise;
Only to wonder at unlawful things;
Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits
To practise more than heavenly power permits。
'Exit。'
Terminat hora diem; terminat auctor opus。
Carthagens' So 4tos 1616; 1624; (and compare 4to 1604;
p。 79)。2to 1631 〃Carthagen。〃
her' Old eds。 〃his。〃
of' So 4to 1616。2tos 1624; 1631; 〃and。〃
upon' So 4to 1616。2tos 1624 1631 〃on the。〃
thousand' So 4to 1616。2tos 1624; 1631; 〃diuers。〃
them' So 4to 1616。2tos 1624; 1631; 〃men。〃
legatur' Old eds。 〃legatus。〃
petty' I may notice that 4to 1604 has 〃pretty;〃 which is
perhaps the right reading。
&c。' So 4tos 1624; 1631。Not in 4to 1616。
circles; scenes; letters; and characters' So 4to 1604 (see
note 噰; p。 80)。The later 4tos 〃circles; letters; characters。〃
gain' So 4tos 1624; 1631 (and so 4to 1604)。2to 1616 〃get。〃
these' See note ? p。 80。
enterprise' So 4to 1616。2tos 1624; 1631; 〃enterprises。〃
make swift Rhine circle fair' So 4to 1616。2tos 1624; 1631;
〃WITH swift Rhine circle ALL。〃
silk' Old eds。 〃skill。〃
blest' So 4to 1616。2tos 1624; 1631; 〃wise。〃
Swarm' So 4tos 1624; 1631。2to 1616 〃Sworne。〃
to' So 4to 1616。Not in 4tos 1624; 1631。
have' So 4tos 1624; 1631。2to 1616 〃has。〃
shall they' So 4to 1616。2tos 1624; 1631; 〃they shall。〃
huge' So 4to 1616。2tos 1624; 1631; 〃whole。〃
stuffs' So 4tos 1624; 1631。2to 1616 〃stuff'd。〃
renowm'd' So 4to 1616 (See note ||; p。 11)。2tos 1624;
1631; 〃renown'd。〃