Meph. I'll fetch thee fire to dissolve it straight.

[Exit. Faust. What might the staying of my blood portend?

Is it unwilling I should write this bill?
Why streams it not, that I may write afresh?
Faustus gives to thee his soul: O, there it stay'd!
Why shouldst thou not? is not thy soul thine
own?

Then write again, Faustus gives to thee his soul.+

Re-enter MEPHISTOPHILIS with the chafer of fire. Meph. See, Faustus, here is fire; set it on. Faust. So, now the blood begins to clear again;

Now will I make an ‡ end immediately. [Writes.
Meph. What will not I do to obtain his soul?
[Aside.
Faust. Consummatum est; this bill is ended,
And Faustus hath bequeath'd his soul to Lucifer.
But what is this inscription on mine arm?
Homo, fuge: whither should § I fly?
If unto God, he'll throw me down to hell.
My senses are deceiv'd; here's nothing writ:-
O, yes, I see it plain; even here is writ,
Homo, fuge: yet shall not Faustus fly.

Meph. I'll fetch him somewhat to delight his
mind.
[Aside, and then exit.

Enter Devils, giving crowns and rich apparel to FAUSTUS. They dance, and then depart.

Re-enter MEPHISTOPHILIS.

Faust. What means this show? speak, Mephistophilis.

Meph. Nothing, Faustus, but to delight thy mind,

And let thee see what magic can perform.

Faust. But may I raise such spirits when I please?

Meph. Ay, Faustus, and do greater things than these..

Faust. Then, Mephistophilis, receive this scroll,¶

A deed of gift of body and of soul:
But yet conditionally that thou perform
All covenants and articles between us both!
Meph. Faustus, I swear by hell and Lucifer
To effect all promises between us both!

* Is it] So 4to 1616.-2tos 1624, 1631, "It is." t soul] So 4to 1616.-Not in 4tos 1624, 1631. tan] So 4tos 1616, 1631.-Not in 4to 1624. § should] So 4tos 1616, 1624.-2to 1631 "shall." God] So 4to 1604.-The later 4tos "heauen." this scroll] So 4to 1616.-Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.

Faust. Then hear me read it, Mephistophilis.

[Reads.

On these conditions following. First, that Faustus may be a spirit in form and substance. Secondly, that Mephistophilis shall be his servant, and be by him commanded. Thirdly, that Mephistophilis shall do for him, and bring him whatsoever he desires. Fourthly, that he shall be in his chamber or house invisible. Lastly, that he shall appear to the said John Faustus, at all times, in what shape and form soever he please. I, John Fuustus, of Wittenberg, Doctor, by these presents, do give both body and soul to Lucifer prince of the east, and his minister Mephistophilis; and furthermore grant unto them, that, four-and-twenty years being expired, and these articles above-written being inviolate, full power to fetch or carry the said John Faustus, body and soul, flesh and † blood, into their habitation wheresoever. By me, John Faustus.

Meph. Speak, Faustus, do you deliver this as your deed?

Faust. Ay, take it, and the devil give thee good of it!

Meph. So, now, Faustus, ask me what thou wilt.

Faust. First I will question with thee about hell.

Tell me, where is the § place that men call hell? Meph. Under the heavens.

Faust. Ay, so are all things else; but whereabouts?

Meph. Within the bowels of these elements,
Where we are tortur'd and remain for ever:
Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscrib'd
In one self-place; but where we are is hell,
And where hell is, there must we ever be:
And, to be short, when all the world dissolves,
And every creature shall be purified,

All places shall be hell that are not heaven.
Faust. I think hell's a fable. T

Meph. Ay, think so still, till experience change thy mind.

Faust. Why, dost thou think that Faustus shall be damn'd?

Meph. Ay, of necessity, for here's the scroll In which thou hast given thy soul to Lucifer.

Faust. Ay, and body too; and what of that? Think'st thou that Faustus is so fond to imagine That, after this life, there is any pain?

No, these are trifles and mere old wives' tales. Meph. But I am an instance to prove the contrary,

For I tell thee I am damn'd and now in hell. Faust. Nay, an this be hell, I'll willingly be damn'd:

What! sleeping, eating, walking, and disputing! But, leaving this, let me have a wife,

The fairest maid in Germany;

For I am wanton and lascivious,
And cannot live without a wife.

Meph. Well, Faustus, thou shalt have a wife.
[MEPHISTOPHILIS fetches in a Woman-devil.

Faust. What sight is this?

Meph. Now, Faustus, wilt thou have a wife? Faust. Here's a hot whore, indeed: no, I'll no wife.

Meph. Marriage is but a ceremonial toy,
And, if thou lov'st me, think no more of it.
I'll cull thee out the fairest courtezans,
And bring them every morning to thy bed:

She whom thine* eye shall like, thy+ heart shall

have,

Were she as chaste as was ‡ Penelope,

As wise as Saba, or as beautiful
As was bright Lucifer before his fall.

Enter Good Angel and Evil Angel.

G. Ang. Faustus, repent; yet God will pity thee.

E. Ang. Thou art a spirit; God cannot pity thee.

Faust. 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.

E. Ang. Ay, but Faustus never shall repent.
[Exeunt Angela.
Faust. My heart is harden'd, I cannot repent;
Scarce can I name salvation, faith, or heaven:

Enter WAGNER solus.

WAG. Learned Faustus

ning;

Pronounce this thrice devoutly to thyself,

And men in harness § shall appear to thee,

Ready to execute what thou command'st.

Faust. Thanks, Mephistophilis, for this sweet book:

To know the secrets of Astronomy

Did mount himselfe to scale Olympus top,

Being seated in a chariot burning bright,

Drawne by the strength of yoaky [2to 1624 "yoaked"]

Dragons necks,

He now is gone to proue Cosmography, And as I gesse will first arriue at Rome,

To see the Pope and manner of his Court; And take some part of holy Peters feast,

I Seii

solemnized.

Exit WAGNER.

Enter FAUSTUs in his Study, and MEPHISTOPHILIS. FAUST. When I behold the heauens," &c. The lines which I have here omitted belong to a subsequent part of the play, where they will be found with considerable additions, and are rightly assigned to the Chorus. (As given in the present place by the 4tos 1616, 1624, 1631, these lines exhibit the text of the earlier Faustus; see p. 90, sec. col.). It would seem that something was intended to intervene bere between the exit of Faustus and Mephistophilis, and their re-appearance on the stage: compare, however, the preceding play, p. 88, first col.

thine] So 4tos 1616, 1624.-2to 1631 "thy." tis] So 4to 1616.-Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.

t breathes] So 4tos 1624, 1631.-2to 1616 "breathe."

"This will I keepe, as chary as my life.

[Exeunt.

§ ears] So 4tos 1616, 1631.-2to 1624 "care.”

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 Enon'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?

Meph. 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.

Faust. But have they all one motion, both situ et tempore?

Meph. All move from east to west in four-andtwenty hours upon the poles of the world; but differ in their motions upon the poles of the zodiac.

Faust. 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 twentyeight days. These are freshmen's questions. But tell me, hath every sphere a dominion or intelligentia?

Luc. So shalt thou shew thyself an obedient servant,

And we will highly gratify thee for it.

Belz. 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.

Faust. That sight will be as pleasant unto me, As Paradise was to Adam the first day Of his creation.

Luc. Talk not of Paradise or creation; but mark the show.

Go, Mephistophilis, and* fetch them in.

MEPHISTOPHILIS brings in the Seven Deadly Sins.

Belz. Now, Faustus, question them of their names and dispositions.

Faust. 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.

Faust. Thou art a proud knave, indeed.-What art thou, the second?

Covet. 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!

Faust. And what art thou, the third?

Envy. I am Envy, begotten of a chimneysweeper 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!

Faust. 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

and] So 4to 1631.-Not in 4tos 1616, 1624. ↑ the] So 4tos 1616, 1631.-Not in 4to 1624. lips] So 4to 1604.-Not in the later 4tos.

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.

Faust. And what art thou, the fifth?

Glut. 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, and 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? Faust. Not I.

Glut. Then the devil choke thee!

Faust. 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.

Faust. 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.

Luc. Away to hell, away! On, piper!

[Exeunt the Sins. Faust. O, how this sight doth delight my soul!

Luc. Tut, Faustus, in hell is all manner of delight.

Faust. O, might I see hell, and return again safe,

How happy were I then!

Luc. 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.

Faust. Thanks, mighty Lucifer! This will I keep as chary as my life.

Dick. What, Robin! you must come away and walk the horses.

Rob. 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.

Rob. 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.

Rob. 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.

Rob. 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?

Rob. Do but speak what thou'lt have me to do, and I'll do't: if thou'lt dance naked, put off thy

Robin] Old eds. "the Clowne" (and so frequently afterwards): but he is evidently a distinct person from the "Clown," Wagner's attendant, who has previously appeared (see p. 111). Most probably the parts of the Clown and Robin were played by the same actor; and hence the confusion in the old eds.

↑ faith] So 4to 1616.-2tos 1624, 1631 "i'faith." (And

so afterwards in this scene.)

not tell] So 4to 1616.-Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.

§ as fair a] So 4to 1616.-2tos 1624, 1631, "a faire."

I need'st] So 4tos 1616, 1624.-2to 1631 "needs."

To find the secrets of astronomy
Graven in the book of Jove's high firmament,
Did mount him up to scale Olympus' top;
Where, sitting in a chariot burning bright,
Drawn by the strength of yokèd dragons' necks,
He views the clouds, the planets, and the stars,
§
The tropic zones, and quarters of the sky,
From the bright circle of the horned moon
Even to the height of Primum Mobile;
And, whirling round with this|| circumference,
Within the concave compass of the pole,
From east to west his dragons swiftly glide,
And in eight days did bring him home again.
Not long he stay'd within his quiet house,
To rest his bones after his weary toil;
But new exploits do hale him out again:
And, mounted then upon a dragon's back,
That with his wings did part the subtle air,
He now is gone to prove cosmography,
That measures coasts and kingdoms of the earth;
And, as I guess, will first arrive at Rome,
To see the Pope and manner of his court,
And take some part of holy Peter's feast,
The which this day is highly solemniz'd. [Exit.
Tu sei

Enter FAUSTUS and MEPHISTOPHILIS.

Faust. Having now, my good Mephistophilis, Pass'd with delight the stately town of Trier, Environ'd round ¶ with airy mountain-tops, With walls of flint, and deep-entrenched lakes, Not to be won by any conquering prince; From Paris next, coasting the realm of France, We saw the river Maine fall into Rhine,'

*hold, belly, hold] Compare Florio's Dict., good store, hold-bellie-hold."

**

+ Prithee] So 4to 1616-2tos 1624, 1631, "I prithee." him] So 4tos 1616, 1624.-Not in 4to 1631.

§ He views] So 4to 1616.-2tos 1624, 1631, "To view." with this] So 4tos 1616, 1631.-2to 1624 "with his."

This passage is sufficiently obscure.

¶round] So 4to 1616.-Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.

**

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