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And made the flowering pride of Wittenberg

Swarm to my problems; as th' infernal spirits

On sweet Musaeus when he came to hell;

Will be as cunning as Agrippa was;

Whose shadow made all Europe honour him。



VALDES。 Faustus; these books; thy wit; and our experience;

Shall make all nations to canonize us。

As Indian Moors obey their Spanish lords;

So shall the spirits of every element

Be always serviceable to us three;

Like lions shall they guard us when we please;

Like Almain rutters with their horsemen's staves;

Or Lapland giants; trotting by our sides;

Sometimes like women; or unwedded maids;

Shadowing more beauty in their airy brows

Than have the white breasts of the queen of love:

》From Venice shall they drag huge argosies;

And from America the golden fleece

That yearly stuffs old Philip's treasury;

If learned Faustus will be resolute。



FAUSTUS。 Valdes; as resolute am I in this

As thou to live:  therefore object it not。



CORNELIUS。 The miracles that magic will perform

Will make thee vow to study nothing else。

He that is grounded in astrology;

Enrich'd with tongues; well seen in minerals;

Hath all the principles magic doth require:

Then doubt not; Faustus; but to be renowm'd;

And more frequented for this mystery

Than heretofore the Delphian oracle。

The spirits tell me they can dry the sea;

And fetch the treasure of all foreign wrecks;

Yea; all the wealth that our forefathers hid

Within the massy entrails of the earth:

Then tell me; Faustus; what shall we three want?



FAUSTUS。 Nothing; Cornelius。  O; this cheers my soul!

Come; shew me some demonstrations magical;

That I may conjure in some bushy grove;

And have these joys in full possession。



VALDES。 Then haste thee to some solitary grove;

And bear wise Bacon's and Albertus' works;

The Hebrew Psalter; and New Testament;

And whatsoever else is requisite

We will inform thee ere our conference cease。



CORNELIUS。 Valdes; first let him know the words of art;

And then; all other ceremonies learn'd;

Faustus may try his cunning by himself。



VALDES。 First I'll instruct thee in the rudiments;

And then wilt thou be perfecter than I。



FAUSTUS。 Then come and dine with me; and; after meat;

We'll canvass every quiddity thereof;

For; ere I sleep; I'll try what I can do:

This night I'll conjure; though I die therefore。

     'Exeunt。'



     Enter two SCHOLARS。



FIRST SCHOLAR。 I wonder what's become of Faustus; that was wont

to make our schools ring with sic probo。



SECOND SCHOLAR。 That shall we presently know; here comes his boy。



     Enter WAGNER。



FIRST SCHOLAR。 How now; sirrah! where's thy master?



WAGNER。 God in heaven knows。



SECOND SCHOLAR。 Why; dost not thou know; then?



WAGNER。 Yes; I know; but that follows not。



FIRST SCHOLAR。 Go to; sirrah! leave your jesting; and tell us

where he is。



WAGNER。 That follows not by force of argument; which you; being

licentiates; should stand upon:  therefore acknowledge your

error; and be attentive。



SECOND SCHOLAR。 Then you will not tell us?



WAGNER。 You are deceived; for I will tell you:  yet; if you were

not dunces; you would never ask me such a question; for is he not

corpus naturale? and is not that mobile? then wherefore should

you ask me such a question?  But that I am by nature phlegmatic;

slow to wrath; and prone to lechery (to love; I would say); it

were not for you to come within forty foot of the place of

execution; although I do not doubt but to see you both hanged

the next sessions。  Thus having triumphed over you; I will set

my countenance like a precisian; and begin to speak thus:

Truly; my dear brethren; my master is within at dinner; with

Valdes and Cornelius; as this wine; if it could speak; would

inform your worships:  and so; the Lord bless you; preserve you;

and keep you; my dear brethren!

     'Exit。'



FIRST SCHOLAR。 O Faustus!

Then I fear that which I have long suspected;

That thou art fall'n into that damned art

For which they two are infamous through the world。



SECOND SCHOLAR。 Were he a stranger; not allied to me;

The danger of his soul would make me mourn。

But; come; let us go and inform the Rector:

It may be his grave counsel may reclaim him。



FIRST SCHOLAR。 I fear me nothing will reclaim him now。



SECOND SCHOLAR。 Yet let us see what we can do。

     'Exeunt。'



     Enter FAUSTUS。



FAUSTUS。 Now that the gloomy shadow of the night;

Longing to view Orion's drizzling look;

Leaps from th' antartic world unto the sky;

And dims the welkin with her pitchy breath;

Faustus; begin thine incantations;

And try if devils will obey thy hest;

Seeing thou hast pray'd and sacrific'd to them。

Within this circle is Jehovah's name;

Forward and backward anagrammatiz'd;

Th' abbreviated names of holy saints;

Figures of every adjunct to the heavens;

And characters of signs and erring stars;

By which the spirits are enforc'd to rise:

Then fear not; Faustus; to be resolute;

And try the utmost magic can perform。

     'Thunder。'

Sint mihi dii Acherontis propitii!  Valeat numen triplex Jehovoe!

Ignei; aerii; aquatani spiritus; salvete!  Orientis princeps

Belzebub; inferni ardentis monarcha; et Demogorgon; propitiamus

vos; ut appareat et surgat Mephistophilis Dragon; quod tumeraris:

per Jehovam; Gehennam; et consecratam aquam quam nunc spargo;

signumque crucis quod nunc facio; et per vota nostra; ipse nunc

surgat nobis dicatus Mephistophilis!



     Enter MEPHISTOPHILIS。



I charge thee to return; and change thy shape;

Thou art too ugly to attend on me:

Go; and return an old Franciscan friar;

That holy shape becomes a devil best。

     'Exit MEPHISTOPHILIS。'



I see there's virtue in my heavenly words。

Who would not be proficient in this art?

How pliant is this Mephistophilis;

Full of obedience and humility!

Such is the force of magic and my spells。



     Re…enter MEPHISTOPHILIS like a Franciscan friar。



MEPHIST。 Now; Faustus; what wouldst thou have me do?



FAUSTUS。 I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live;

To do whatever Faustus shall command;

Be it to make the moon drop from her sphere;

Or the ocean to overwhelm the world。



MEPHIST。 I am a servant to great Lucifer;

And may not follow thee without his leave:

No more than he commands must we perform。



FAUSTUS。 Did not he charge thee to appear to me?



MEPHIST。 No; I came hither of mine own accord。



FAUSTUS。 Did not my conjuring speeches raise thee? speak!



MEPHIST。 That was the cause; but yet per accidens;

For; when we hear one rack the name of God;

Abjure the Scriptures and his Saviour Christ;

We fly; in hope to get his glorious soul;

Nor will we come; unless he use such means

Whereby he is in danger to be damn'd。

Therefore the shortest cut for conjuring

Is stoutly to abjure all godliness;

And pray devoutly to the prince of hell。



FAUSTUS。 So Faustus hath

Already done; and holds this principle;

There is no chief but only Belzebub;

To whom Faustus doth dedicate himself。

This word 〃damnation〃 terrifies not me;

For I confound hell in Elysium:

My ghost be with the old philosophers!

But; leaving these vain trifles of men's souls;

Tell me what is that Lucifer thy lord?



MEPHIST。 Arch…regent and commander of all spirits。



FAUSTUS。 Was not that Lucifer an angel once?



MEPHIST。 Yes; Faustus; and most dearly lov'd of God。



FAUSTUS。 How comes it; then; that he is prince of devils?



MEPHIST。 O; by aspiring pride and insolence;

For which God threw him from the face of heaven。



FAUSTUS。 And what are you that live with Lucifer?



MEPHIST。 Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer;

Conspir'd against our God with Lucifer;

And are for ever damn'd with Lucifer。



FAUSTUS。 Where are you damn'd?



MEPHIST。 In hell。



FAUSTU

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