MEPHISTOPHELES

Now Faustus, what wouldst thou have me do? I am a servant to great Luci er, And may not follow Thee without his leave, No more then he commands must we perform. No, I came now hither of mine own accord. That was the cause, but yet per accident, 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 damned: Therefore the shortest cut for conjuring Is stoutly to abjure the Trinity, And pray devoutly to the prince of hell. Arch-regent and commander of all spirits. Yes Faustus, and most dearly loved of God. Oh by aspiring pride and insolence, For which God threw him from the face of heaven. Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer, Conspired against our God with Lucifer, And are for euerdamnd with Lucifer. In hell. Why this is hell, nor am I out of it: Thinkest thou that I who saw the face of God, And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, Am not tormented with ten thousand hels, In being deprived of everlasting bliss: Oh Faustus, leave these frivolous demands, which strike a terror to my fainting soul. I will Faustus. I'll fetch Thee fire to dissolve it straight. Heres fire, come Faustus, set it on. Oh what will not I do to obtain his soul? I'll fetch him somewhat to delight his mind. Nothing Faustus, but to delight thy mind withal, And to show thee what Magic can perform. I Faustus, and do greater things then these. Faustus, I swear by hell and Lucifer To effect all promises between us made. Speak Faustus, do you deliver this as your deed? Now Faustus ask what thou wilt. Under the heavens. Within the bowels of these elements, Where we are tortured and remain for ever, Hell hath no limits, nor is circumscribed In one self place, for where we are is hell, And where hell is, must we ever be: And to conclude, when all the world dissolves, And every creature shall be purified, All places shall be hell that is not heaven. I, think so still, till experience change thy mind. I of necessity, for here's the scroll, Wherein thou hast given thy soul to Lucifer. But Faustus I am and instance to prove the contrary For I am damned, and am now in hell. How, a wife? I prithee Faustus talk not of a wife. Uvell thou wilt have one, fit there till I come, I'll fetch Thee a wife in the devils name. All jointly move from East to West in 24. hours upon the poles of the world, but differ in their motion upon the poles of the Zodiac. I. Nine, the seven planets, the firmament, and the im periall heaven. Per inaequalem motum respectum totius. I will not. Move me not, for I will not tell Thee. Remember this. Faustus I have, and because we will not be vnpro vided, I have taken up his holiness privy chamber for our use. Tut, 'tis no matter man, weel be bold with his good cheer, And now my Faustus, that thou mayest perceive What Room containeth to delight Thee with, Know that this City stands upon seven hills That underprops the groundwor e of the same, Over the which four sta ely bridges lean, That makes safe passage to each partly of Room. Upon the bridge called Ponto Angelo, Erected is a Castle passing strong, Within whose walls such store of ordonnance are, And double Canons, framed of carved brass, As match the days within one complete year, Beside the gates and high piramides, Which Julius Caesar brought from Africa. Nay Faustus stay, I know the worser feign see the Pope, And take some partly of holy Peters feast, Where thou shalt see a troop of baldpate Friars, Whose summum bonum is in bellycheer. Nay I know not, we shall be cursed with bell, book, and candle. well villains, for your presumption, I transform Thee into and Ape, and Thee into a Dog, and so be gone. why sir, what would you? you cannot speak with him. Why he's fast asleep, come some other time. I tell thee he has not slept this eight nights. See where he is fast asleep. Why, thou seest he hears Thee not. Come villain to the Constable. Where be they? Be gone quickly. Thou traitor Faustus, I arrest thy soul For disobedience to my sovereign Lord, Revolt, or I'll in piecemeal tear thy flesh. Do it then quickly, with unfeigned heart, Lest greater danger do attend thy drift. Faustus, this, or what else thou shalt desire, Shall be performed in twinkling of and eye. That I shall wait on Faustus while I live, So he will buy my service with his soul. But Faustus, thou must bequeath it solemnly, And write a deed of gift with thine own blood, For that security craves great Lucifer: If thou deny it, I will back to hell. Enlarge his kingdom. Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris. As great as have the humane souls of men: But tell me Faustus, shall I have thy soul, And I will be thy slave, and wait on Thee, And give Thee more than thou hast wit to ask. Then stab thine arm courageously, And bind thy soul, that at some certain day Great Lucifer may claim it as his own, And then be thou as great as Lucifer. Tell Faustus, how dost thou Like thy wife? Tut Faustus, marriage is but a ceremonial toy, if thou love me, think 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, Be she as chaste as was Penelope, As wise as Saba, or as beautiful As was bright Lucifer before his fallen. H ld, take this book, peruse it thoroughly, The iterating of these lines brings gold, The framing of this circle on the ground, Brings whirlwinds, tempests, thunder and lightning. Pronounce this thrice devoutly to thy self, And men in armour shall appear to thee, Ready to execute what thou desirest. Here they are in this book. Here they are too. Turn to them Tut I warrant Thee. why Faustus, Thinkest thou heaven is such a glorious thing? I tell Thee 'tis not half so fair as thou, Or any man that breathes on earth. It was made for man, therefore is man more excel lent. As are the elements, such are the spheres, Mutually folded in each others orb, And Faustus all jointly move upon one axletree, Whose terminine is termed the world's wide pole, Nor are the names of Saturn, Mars, or Jupiter Feigned, but are erring stars. what, will you go on horse back, or on foot? I pray you let him have him, he is and honest fellow, and he has a great charge, neither wife nor child. His faith is great, I cannot touch his soul, But what I may afflict his body with, I will attempt, which is but little worth. Vanish villains, that one Like and Ape, and other Like a Bear, the third and Ass, for doing this enterprise. Monarch of hell, under whose black survey Great Potentates do kneel with awful fear, Upon whose altars thousand fool's , How am I vexed with these villains charms? From Constantinople am I hither come, Only for pleasure of these damned slaves. I, that is not against our kingdom, but this is, Think thou on hell Faustus, for thou art damned. But Faustus, thou must write it in manner of a deed of gift. So Faustus, now do what thou wilt, thou shalt not be discerned. Here they be.