As that the double cannons, forg'd of brass,
Do match the number of the days contain'd
Within the compass of one complete year;
Beside the gates, and high pyramides,
That Julius Cæsar brought from Africa.

FAUST. Now, by the kingdoms of infernal rule,
Of Styx, of Acheron, and the fiery lake

Of ever-burning Phlegethon, I swear,

That I do long to see the † monuments

And situation of bright-splendent Rome :

Come, therefore, let's away.

MEPH. Nay, stay, my Faustus: I know you'd see the Pope, And take some part of holy Peter's feast, The which, in state and ‡ high solemnity,

This day, is held through Rome and Italy,

In honour of the Pope's triumphant victory.

FAUST. Sweet Mephistophilis, thou pleasest me. Whilst I am here on earth, let me be cloy'd

With all things that delight the heart of man ;

My four-and-twenty years of liberty

I'll spend in pleasure and in dalliance,

That Faustus' name, whilst § this bright frame doth stand,

May be admir'd thorough || the furthest land.

MEPH. 'Tis well said, Faustus. Come, then, stand by me,

And thou shalt see them come immediately.

FAUST. Nay, stay, my gentle Mephistophilis,

And grant me my ¶ request, and then I go.
Thou know'st, within the compass of eight days

We view'd the face of heaven, of earth, and hell;
So high our dragons soar'd into the air,
That, looking down, the earth appear'd to me
No bigger than my hand in quantity;

* match] So 4tos 1624, 1631.-2to 1616" watch,"

+ the] So 4to 1616.-2tos 1624, 1631, "those."

‡ in state and] So 4tos 1624, 1631.-2to 1616" this day with."

§ whilst] So 4to 1616.-2tos 1624, 1631," while."

|| thorough] So 4to 1631.-2tos 1616, 1624," through,"

my] Qy."one"?

There did we view the kingdoms of the world,
And what might please mine eye I there beheld.
Then in this show let me an actor be,

That this proud Pope may Faustus' cunning* see.
MEPH. Let it be so, my Faustus. But, first, stay,
And view their triumphs as they pass this way;
And then devise what best contents thy mind,
By cunning in thine art to cross the Pope,
Or dash the pride of this + solemnity;

To make his monks and abbots stand like apes,
And point like antics at ‡ his triple crown;
To beat the beads about the friars' pates,
Or clap huge horns upon the cardinals' heads;
Or any villany thou canst devise;

And I'll perform it §, Faustus. Hark! they come :
This day shall make thee be admir'd in Rome.

Enter the CARDINALS and BISHOPS, some bearing crosiers, some the pillars; MONKS and FRIARS, singing their procession; then the POPE, and RAYMOND KING of HUNGARY, with BRUNO led in chains.

POPE. Cast down our footstool.

RAY. Saxon Bruno, stoop,

Whilst on thy back his Holiness ascends

Saint Peter's chair and state pontifical.

BRU. Proud Lucifer, that state belongs to me;

But thus I fall to Peter, not to thee.

POPE. To me and Peter shalt thou grovelling lie,
And crouch before the Papal dignity.-
Sound trumpets, then; for thus Saint Peter's heir,
From Bruno's back, ascends Saint Peter's chair.

[A flourish while he ascends.

Thus, as the gods creep on with feet of wool,

cunning] So 4tos 1624, 1631.-2to 1616 " comming." (And so in the fourth line of the next speech.)

+ this] So 4to 1616.-2tos 1624, 1631, "his."

tat] So 4to 1616.-2tos 1624, 1631," to."

§ it] So 4to 1616.-Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.

Long ere with iron hands they punish men,
So shall our sleeping vengeance now arise,
And smite with death thy hated enterprize*.-
Lord Cardinals of France and Padua,
Go forthwith to our + holy consistory,
And read, amongst the statutes decretal,
What, by the holy council held at Trent,
The sacred synod hath decreed for him
That doth assume the Papal government
Without election and a true consent:
Away, and bring us word with speed.
FIRST CARD. We go, my lord.

[Exeunt CARDINALS of France and Padua.

POPE. Lord Raymond.

FAUST. Go, haste thee, gentle Mephistophilis,
Follow the cardinals to the consistory;
And, as they turn their superstitious books,
Strike them with sloth and drowsy idleness,

And make them sleep so sound, that in their shapes
Thyself and I may parley with this + Pope,

This proud confronter of the Emperor;

And, in despite of all his holiness,

Restore this Bruno to his liberty,

And bear him to the states of Germany.

MEPH. Faustus, I go.

FAUST. Despatch it soon:

The Pope shall curse, that Faustus came to Rome.

[Exeunt FAUSTUS and MEPHISTOPHILIS.

BRU. Pope Adrian, let me have rights of law:

I was elected by the Emperor.

POPE. We will depose the Emperor for that deed,

And curse the people that submit to him:

Both he and thou shall || stand excommunicate,

*And smite with death thy hated enterprise] So 4to 1616.-Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.

+ our] So 4to 1616.-2tos 1624, 1631, "the."

this] So 4to 1616.-2tos 1624, 1631," the."

have right] So 4tos 1624, 1631.-2to 1616 "have some right."

shall] So 4tos 1624, 1631.-2to 1616" shalt."

And interdict from church's privilege,
And all society of holy men.

He grows too proud in his authority,
Lifting his lofty head above the clouds,
And, like a steeple, overpeers the church:
But we'll pull down his haughty insolence;
And, as Pope Alexander, our progenitor,
Trod on the neck of German Frederick,
Adding this golden sentence to our praise,
"That Peter's heirs should tread on Emperors,
And walk upon the dreadful adder's back,
Treading the lion and the dragon down,
And fearless spurn the killing basilisk,”
So will we quell that haughty schismatic,
And, by authority apostolical,

Depose him from his regal government.

BRU. Pope Julius swore to princely Sigismond,
For him and the succeeding Popes of Rome,
To hold the Emperors their lawful lords.

POPE. Pope Julius did abuse the church's rights,
And therefore none of his decrees can stand.
Is not all power on earth bestow'd on us?
And therefore, though we would, we cannot err.
Behold this silver belt, whereto is fix'd

Seven golden seals, fast sealed with seven seals,
In token of our seven-fold power from heaven,
To bind or loose, lock fast, condemn or judge,
Resign or seal, or what so pleaseth us :

Then he and thou, and all the world, shall stoop,

Or be assured of our dreadful curse,

To light as heavy as the pains of hell.

Re-enter FAUSTUS and MEPHISTOPHILIS, in the shapes of the
Cardinals of France and Padua.

MEPH. Now tell me, Faustus, are we not fitted well?
FAUST. Yes, Mephistophilis; and two such cardinals

Ne'er serv'd a holy Pope, as we shall do.

But, whilst they sleep within the consistory,
Let us salute his reverend fatherhood.

RAY. Behold, my lord, the Cardinals are return'd. POPE. Welcome, grave fathers: answer presently What hath our holy council there decreed Concerning Bruno and the Emperor,

In quittance of their late conspiracy
Against our state and papal dignity?

FAUST. Most sacred patron of the church of Rome, By full consent of all the synod t

Of priests and prelates, it is thus decreed,―
That Bruno and the German Emperor

Be held as Lollards and bold schismatics,
And proud disturbers of the church's peace:
And if that Bruno, by his own assent,
Without enforcement of the German peers,
Did seek to wear the triple diadem,

And by your death to climb Saint Peter's chair,
The statutes decretal have thus decreed,-

He shall be straight condemn'd of heresy,

And on a pile of faggots burnt to death.

POPE. It is enough. Here, take him to your charge, And bear him straight to Ponte ‡ Angelo,

And in the strongest tower enclose him fast.
To-morrow, sitting in our consistory,
With all our college of grave cardinals,
We will determine of his life or death.
Here, take his triple crown along with you,
And leave it in the church's treasury.

Make haste again, my good Lord Cardinals,

And take our blessing apostolical.

MEPH. So, so; was never devil thus bless'd before.

FAUST. Away, sweet Mephistophilis, begone;

*hath] So 4tos 1624, 1631.-2to 1616" haue."

+ synod] Qy. "holy synod"?

Ponte] Old eds. "Ponto."

§ his] So 4to 1616.-2tos 1624, 1631, "this."