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FAUSTUS。 Who buzzeth in mine ears I am a spirit?

Be I a devil; yet God may pity me;

Yea; God will pity me; if I repent。



EVIL ANGEL。 Ay; but Faustus never shall repent。

     'Exeunt ANGELS。'



FAUSTUS。 My heart is harden'd; I cannot repent;

Scarce can I name salvation; faith; or heaven:

Swords; poisons; halters; and envenom'd steel

Are laid before me to despatch myself;

And long ere this I should have done the deed;

Had not sweet pleasure conquer'd deep despair。

Have not I made blind Homer sing to me

Of Alexander's love and Oenon's death?

And hath not he; that built the walls of Thebes

With ravishing sound of his melodious harp;

Made music with my Mephistophilis?

Why should I die; then; or basely despair?

I am resolv'd; Faustus shall not repent。

Come; Mephistophilis; let us dispute again;

And reason of divine astrology。

Speak; are there many spheres above the moon?

Are all celestial bodies but one globe;

As is the substance of this centric earth?



MEPHIST。 As are the elements; such are the heavens;

Even from the moon unto th' empyreal orb;

Mutually folded in each other's spheres;

And jointly move upon one axletree;

Whose termine is term'd the world's wide pole;

Nor are the names of Saturn; Mars; or Jupiter

Feign'd; but are erring stars。



FAUSTUS。 But have they all one motion; both situ et tempore?



MEPHIST。 All move from east to west in four…and…twenty

hours upon the poles of the world; but differ in their motions

upon the poles of the zodiac。



FAUSTUS。 These slender questions Wagner can decide:

Hath Mephistophilis no greater skill?

Who knows not the double motion of the planets?

That the first is finish'd in a natural day;

The second thus; Saturn in thirty years; Jupiter in twelve;

Mars in four; the Sun; Venus; and Mercury in a year; the Moon

in twenty…eight days。  These are freshmen's questions。  But

tell me; hath every sphere a dominion or intelligentia?



MEPHIST。 Ay。



FAUSTUS。 How many heavens or spheres are there?



MEPHIST。 Nine; the seven planets; the firmament; and the empyreal

heaven。



FAUSTUS。 But is there not coelum igneum et crystallinum?



MEPHIST。 No; Faustus; they be but fables。



FAUSTUS。 Resolve me; then; in this one question; why are not

conjunctions; oppositions; aspects; eclipses; all at one time;

but in some years we have more; in some less?



MEPHIST。 Per inoequalem motum respectu totius。



FAUSTUS。 Well; I am answered。  Now tell me who made the world?



MEPHIST。 I will not。



FAUSTUS。 Sweet Mephistophilis; tell me。



MEPHIST。 Move me not; Faustus。



FAUSTUS。 Villain; have I not bound thee to tell me any thing?



MEPHIST。 Ay; that is not against our kingdom; this is。

Thou art damned; think thou of hell。



FAUSTUS。 Think; Faustus; upon God that made the world。



MEPHIST。 Remember this。

     'Exit。'



FAUSTUS。 Ay; go; accursed spirit; to ugly hell!

'Tis thou hast damn'd distressed Faustus' soul。

Is't not too late?



     Re…enter GOOD ANGEL and EVIL ANGEL。



EVIL ANGEL。 Too late。



GOOD ANGEL。 Never too late; if Faustus will repent。



EVIL ANGEL。 If thou repent; devils will tear thee in pieces。



GOOD ANGEL。 Repent; and they shall never raze thy skin。

     'Exeunt ANGELS。'



FAUSTUS。 O Christ; my Saviour; my Saviour

Help to save distressed Faustus' soul!



     Enter LUCIFER; BELZEBUB; and MEPHISTOPHILIS。



LUCIFER。 Christ cannot save thy soul; for he is just:

There's none but I have interest in the same。



FAUSTUS。 O; what art thou that look'st so terribly?



LUCIFER。 I am Lucifer;

And this is my companion…prince in hell。



FAUSTUS。 O Faustus; they are come to fetch thy soul!



BELZEBUB。 We are come to tell thee thou dost injure us。



LUCIFER。 Thou call'st of Christ; contrary to thy promise。



BELZEBUB。 Thou shouldst not think on God。



LUCIFER。 Think of the devil。



BELZEBUB。 And his dam too。



FAUSTUS。 Nor will Faustus henceforth:  pardon him for this;

And Faustus vows never to look to heaven。



LUCIFER。 So shalt thou shew thyself an obedient servant;

And we will highly gratify thee for it。



BELZEBUB。 Faustus; we are come from hell in person to shew thee

some pastime:  sit down; and thou shalt behold the Seven Deadly

Sins appear to thee in their own proper shapes and likeness。



FAUSTUS。 That sight will be as pleasant unto me;

As Paradise was to Adam the first day

Of his creation。



LUCIFER。 Talk not of Paradise or creation; but mark the show。

Go; Mephistophilis; and fetch them in。



     MEPHISTOPHILIS brings in the SEVEN DEADLY SINS。



BELZEBUB。 Now; Faustus; question them of their names and

dispositions。



FAUSTUS。 That shall I soon。What art thou; the first?



PRIDE。 I am Pride。  I disdain to have any parents。  I am like to

Ovid's flea; I can creep into every corner of a wench; sometimes;

like a perriwig; I sit upon her brow; next; like a necklace; I hang

about her neck; then; like a fan of feathers; I kiss her lips;

and then; turning myself to a wrought smock; do what I list。

But; fie; what a smell is here!  I'll not speak a word more for

a king's ransom; unless the ground be perfumed; and covered with

cloth of arras。



FAUSTUS。 Thou art a proud knave; indeed。What art thou; the second?



COVETOUSNESS。 I am Covetousness; begotten of an old churl; in a

leather bag:  and; might I now obtain my wish; this house; you;

and all; should turn to gold; that I might lock you safe into

my chest:  O my sweet gold!



FAUSTUS。 And what art thou; the third?



ENVY。 I am Envy; begotten of a chimney…sweeper and an oyster…wife。

I cannot read; and therefore wish all books burned。  I am lean

with seeing others eat。  O; that there would come a famine over

all the world; that all might die; and I live alone! then thou

shouldst see how fat I'd be。  But must thou sit; and I stand?

come down; with a vengeance!



FAUSTUS。 Out; envious wretch!But what art thou; the fourth?



WRATH。 I am Wrath。  I had neither father nor mother:  I leapt

out of a lion's mouth when I was scarce an hour old; and ever

since have run up and down the world with this case of

rapiers; wounding myself when I could get none to fight withal。

I was born in hell; and look to it; for some of you shall be my

father。



FAUSTUS。 And what art thou; the fifth?



GLUTTONY。 I am Gluttony。  My parents are all dead; and the devil

a penny they have left me; but a small pension; and that buys me

thirty meals a…day and ten bevers;a small trifle to suffice

nature。  I come of a royal pedigree:  my father was a Gammon

of Bacon; my mother was a Hogshead of Claret…wine; my godfathers

were these; Peter Pickled…herring and Martin Martlemas…beef; but

my godmother; O; she was an ancient gentlewoman; her name was

Margery March…beer。  Now; Faustus; thou hast heard all my progeny;

wilt thou bid me to supper?



FAUSTUS。 Not I。



GLUTTONY。 Then the devil choke thee!



FAUSTUS。 Choke thyself; glutton!What art thou; the sixth?



SLOTH。 Heigho!  I am Sloth。  I was begotten on a sunny bank。

Heigho!  I'll not speak a word more for a king's ransom。



FAUSTUS。 And what are you; Mistress Minx; the seventh and last?



LECHERY。 Who; I; sir?  I am one that loves an inch of raw

mutton better than an ell of fried stock…fish; and the first

letter of my name begins with L。



LUCIFER。 Away to hell; away!  On; piper!

     'Exeunt the SINS。'



FAUSTUS。 O; how this sight doth delight my soul!



LUCIFER。 Tut; Faustus; in hell is all manner of delight。



FAUSTUS。 O; might I see hell; and return again safe;

How happy were I then!



LUCIFER。 Faustus; thou shalt; at midnight I will send for thee。

Meanwhile peruse this book and view it throughly;

And thou shalt turn thyself into what shape thou wilt。



FAUSTUS。 Thanks; mighty Lucifer!

This will I keep as chary as my life。



LUCIFER。 Now; Faustus; farewell。



FAUSTUS。 Farewell; great Lucifer。

     'Exeunt LUCIFER and BELZEBUB。'



Come; Mephistophilis。

     'Exeunt。'



     Enter ROBIN; with a book。



ROBIN。 What; Dick! look to the horses there; till I come again。

I have gotten one of Doctor Faustus' conjuring…books; and now

we'll have such knavery as't passes。



     Enter DICK。



DICK。 What; Robin! you must come away and walk the horses。



ROBIN。 I walk the horses!  I scorn't; faith:  I have other

matters in hand:  let the horses walk themselves; an they will。

     'Reads。'

A per se; a; t; h; e; the; o per se; o; Demy orgon gorgon。

Keep further from me; O thou illiterate and unlearned hostler!



DICK。 'Snails; what hast thou got there? a book! why; thou canst

not tell ne'er a word on't。



ROBIN。 That thou shalt see presently:  keep out of the circle;

I say; lest I send you into the ostry with a vengeance。



DICK。 That's like; faith! you had best leave your foolery; for;

an my master come; he'll conjure you; faith。



ROBIN。 My master conjure me!  I'll tell thee what; an my master

come here; I'll clap as fair a pair of horns on's head as

e'er thou sawest in thy life。



DICK。 Thou need'st not do that; for my mistress hath done it。



ROBIN。 Ay; there be of us here that have waded as deep into

matters as other men; if they were disposed to talk。



DICK。 A plague take you!  I thought you did not sneak up and down

after her for nothing。  But; I prithee; tell me in good sadness;

Robin; is that a conjuring…book?



ROBIN。 Do but speak what thou'lt have me to do; and I'll do't:

if thou'lt dance naked; put off thy clothes; and I'll conjure

thee about presently; or; if thou'lt go but to the tavern with

me; I'll give thee white wine; red wine; claret…wine; sack;

muscadine; malmsey; and whippincrust; hold; belly; hold; and

we'll not pay one penny for it。



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