The historye of the damnable life and deserued death of Doctor Iohn Faustus Newly imprinted, and in conuenient places, imperfect matter amended: according to the true coppy printed at Franckfort, and translated into English by P.F. Gent. London, Printed by Edw: All-de for Edward White, and are to be solde at his shop neare the little North doore of St. Pauls Church, at the Signe of the Gun, 1618.

THE HISTORYE OF The Damnable Life and deſerued Death of Doctor Iohn Fauſtus.

Newly imprinted, and in conuenient places, imperfect matter amended: according to the true Coppy printed at Franckfort, and tranſlated into Engliſh by P. F. Gent.

LONDON. Printed by Edw: All-de for Edward White, and are to be ſold at his Shop neare the little North doore of St. Pauls Church, at the Signe of the Gun. 1618.

A Diſcourſe of the moſt famous Doctor Iohn Fauſtus of Wittenberg in Germany Coniurer, and Necromancer: wherein is declared many ſtrange things that he himſelfe had ſeene and done in the earth, and in the ayre, with his bringing vp, his Trauailes, Studies, and laſt end.

Of his Parentage and Birth. Chap. 1.

IOHN Fauſtus borne in the Towne of Rhodes, being in the Prouince of Weimer in Germany, his Father a poore husbandman, and not able well to bring him vp, but hauing an Uncle at Wittenberg a rich man, and without iſſue, tooke this Fauſtus from his Father and made him his heire: inſomuch that his Father was no more troubled with him, for he remained with his vncle at Wittenberg, where he was kept at the Vniuerſity in ye ſame City to ſtudy diuinity: but Fauſtus being of a naughty minde and otherwiſe adicted, applyed not his ſtudies but tooke himſelfe to other exerciſes, the which his vncle oftentimes hearing, rebuked him for it, as Eli oftentimes rebuked his children for ſinning againſt the Lord, euen ſo this good man laboured to haue Fauſtus apply his ſtudy of diuinity, that he might come to the knowledge of God and his Lawes, but it is manifeſt that many vertuous parents haue wicked children, as Caine, Reuben, Abſolon, and ſuch like haue béene to their Parents, ſo this Fauſtus hauing godly parents, who ſéeing him to be of a toward wit were very deſirous to bring him by in thoſe vertuous ſtudies, namly of diuinity, but he gaue himſelfe ſecretly to ſtudy Necromancy & Coniuration, inſomuch that few or none could perceiue his profeſſion.

But to the purpoſe: Fauſtus continued at ſtudy in the Vniuerſitie, and was by the Rectors and ſixtéene Maiſters afterwards examined how he had profited in his ſtudies, & being found by them that none for his time were able to argue with him in diuinity, or for the excellency of his wisdome to compare with him, with one conſent they made him Doctor of Diuinity. But Doctor Fauſtus within ſhort time after he had obtained his degree, fell into ſuch fantaſies and déepe cogitations, that he was mocked of many, & of the moſt part of the Students was called the Speculator: and ſomtimes he would throwe the Scriptures from him, as though he had no care of his former profeſſion: ſo that he began a moſt vngodly life, as hereafter more at large may appeare, for the olde prouerbe ſaith, who can hold that will away? ſo who can holde Fauſtus from the deuill that ſeekes after him with all his endeavor? For he accompanied himſelfe with diuers that were ſéene in thoſe deuilliſh artes, and that had the Chaldean, Perſian, Hebrew, Arabian, and Greeke tongues, vſing figures, characters, coniurations, incantations, with many other ceremonies belonging to thoſe internal arts, as necromancy, charmes, ſooth[•] ayings, witchcraft, enchantment, being delighted with their bookes, words, & names ſo well, that he ſtudied day and night therin, inſomuch, that he could not abide to be called D. of Diuinity, but waxed a worldly man, and named himſelfe an Aſtrologian, and a Mathematician, and for ſhadow, ſometimes a Phiſition, and did great cures, namely, with hearbs, roots, waters, drinkes, receits, and clyſters. And without doubt he was paſſing wiſe, and excellent perfect in the holy Scriptures, but he that knoweth his maiſters will and doth it not, is worthy to be beaten with many ſtripes. It is written, No man can ſerue two maiſters: and, Thou ſhalt not tempt the Lord thy God: but Fauſtus threw all this in the winde, and made his ſoule of no eſtimation: regarding more his worldly pleaſures then the ioyes to come: therfore at the day of Iudgement there is no hope of his redemption.

How Doctor Fauſtus began to practiſe in his deuiliſh Art, and how he coniured the deuill, making him to appeare and meet him on the morrow at his owne houſe. Chap. 2.

YOU haue heard before that all Fauſtus minde was ſet to ſtudie the Artes of Necromancy and Coniuration, the which exerciſe he followed day and night: and taking to him the wings of an Eagle, thought to flye ouer the whole world, and to knowe the ſecretes of heauen and earth: for his ſpeculation was ſo wonderfull, being expert in vſing his Vocabula, Figures, Characters, Coniuration, and other Ceremoniall actions, that in all haſte hée put in practiſe to bring the Deuill before him. And taking his way to a thicke Wood néere to Wittenberg, called in the Germane tongue Spiſſer Walt: that is in Engliſh the Spiſſers wood: (as Fauſtus would oftentimes boaſt of it amongſt his crue b[•]ing in his iollity) hée came into the ſame wood towards euening into a cr[•]ſſe way, where he made with a wand a Circle in the duſt, and within that many more Circles and Characters: and thus he p[•]ſt away the time vntill it was nine or tenne of the clocke in the night, then began Doctor Fauſtus to call on Mephoſtophiles the Spirit▪ and to charge him in the name of Belzebub, to appeace there perſonally without any long ſtay: then preſently the deuill began ſo great a rumor in the wood, as if heauen and earth would haue come together, with winde, that trées bowed their tops to the ground: then fell the deuill to bleat as if the whole wood had béen full of Lyons, and ſodainly about the circle ran the deuill, as if a thouſand wagons had béene running together on paued ſtones. After this, at the foure corners of the wood it thundred horribly, with ſuch lightnings, as if the whole world to his ſéeming had béene on fire. Fauſtus all this while halfe amazed at the deuils ſo long tarying, and doubting whether he were beſt to abide any more ſuch horrible coniurings, thought to leaue his circle and depart. whereupon the deuill made him ſuch muſicke of all ſorts, as if the Nymphes themſelues had béene in place: whereat Fauſtus was reuiued, and ſtood ſtoutly in his Circle aſpecting his purpoſe, and began againe to coniure the Spirit Mephoſtophiles, in the name of the Prince of Deuils to appeare in his likenes: whereat ſodainely ouer his head hung honering in the ayre a mighty Dragon: then cals Fauſtus againe after his deuilliſh manner, at which there was a monſtrous crye in the wood, as if hell had béen open, and all the tormented ſoules crying to God for mercy: preſently not thrée fathame aboue his head fell a flame, in manner of a lightning, and changed it ſelfe into a Globe, yet Fauſtus feared it not, but did perſwade himſelfe that the deuill ſhould giue him his requeſt before he would leaue. Oftentimes after to his companions he would boaſt, that he had the ſtouteſt head vnder the cope of heauen at commandement: whereat they anſwered, they knew none ſtouter then the Pope, or Emperor: but Doctor Fauſtus ſaid, the Head that is my ſeruant is aboue all on earth, and repeated certaine words out of Saint Paul to the Epheſians to make his argument good: the Prince of this world is vpon earth, and vnder heauen. Well, let vs come againe to his coniuration where we left him at his fiery Globe. Fauſtus vexed at his ſpirits ſo long tarrying, vſed his charmes, with full purpoſe not to depart before he had his entent, and crying on Mephoſtophiles the Spirit ſodainely the globe opened, and ſprung vp in height of a man, ſo burning a time, in the end it conuerted to the ſhape of a fiery man. This pleaſant beaſt ran about the Circle a great while, and laſtly appeared in the manner of a gray Fryer, asking Fauſtus what was his requeſt? Fauſtus commanded that the next morning at twelue of the clocke he ſhould appeare to him a[•] his houſe: but ye deuill would in no wiſe grant: Fauſtus b[•]gan againe to coniure him in the name of Belzebub, that he ſhould fulfill his requeſt▪ whereupon the Spirit agréed, and ſo they departed each one his way.

The conference of Doctor Fauſtus with his Spirit Mephoſtophiles the morning following at his owne houſe. Chap. 3.

DOctor Fauſtus hauing commanded the Spirit to be with him at his houre appointed, he came and appeared in his chamber, demanding of Fauſtus what his deſire was? then began Doctor Fauſtus anew with him to coniure him that he ſhould be obedient vnto him, and to anſwere him certaine articles, and to fulfill them in all poynts.

1. That the Spirit ſhould ſerue him and be obedient vnto him in all things that he asked of him from that houre till the houre of his death.
2. Further, any thing that he deſired of him he ſhould bring it him.
3. Alſo that in all Fauſtus his demands and interrogations, the ſpirit ſhould tell him nothing but that which was true.

Hereupon the Spirit anſwered, and laid his caſe foorth, that he had no ſuch power of himſelfe, vntill he had firſt giuen his Prince (that was ruler ouer him) to vnder ſtand thereof, and to know if he could obtaine ſo much of his Lord: therefore ſpeake further that & may doe thy whole deſire to my prince, for it is not in my power to fulfil without his leaue. Shew me the cauſe why (ſaid Fauſtus?) the ſpirit anſwered Fauſtus thou ſhalt vnderſtand that with vs it is euen aſwell a Kingdome as with you on earth: yea, we haue our Rulers and Seruants, as I my ſelfe am one, & we name our whole number the Legion: for although that Lucifer is thruſt and fallen out of heauen through his pride and high minde, yet he hath notwithſtanding a Legion of Deuills at his commandement that we call the Orientall Princes, for his power is great and infinite. Alſo there is a power in Meridie, in Septentrio, in Occidente: and for that Lucifer hath his Kingdome vnder heauen, we muſt change and giue our ſelues to men to ſerue them at their pleaſure. It is alſo certaine we haue neuer as yet opened vnto any man the truth of our dwelling, neither of our ruling, neither what ou[•] power is, neither haue we giuen any man any guift, or learned him any thing, except he promiſe to be ours.

Doctor Fauſtus vpon this aroſe where he ſate & ſaid, I will haue my requeſt, and yet I will not be damned. The Spirit anſwered, then ſhalt thou want thy deſire, & yet art thou mine notwithſtanding, if any man would detayne thee it is in vaine, for thy infidelity hath confounded thée.

Hereupon ſpake Fauſtus, get thée hence from me, and take S. Valentines farewell and Criſman with thée, yet I coniure thée that thou be héere at euening, and bethinke thy ſelfe of that I haue asked thée, and aske thy Princes counſaile therein. Mephoſtophiles the ſpirit thus anſwered, vaniſhed away, leauing Fauſtus in his ſtudy, where he ſate pondring with himſelfe, how he might obtaine his requeſt of the Deuill without loſſe of his ſoule: yet fully was reſolued in himſelfe rather then to want his pleaſure, to doe what the ſpirit and his Lord ſhould condition vpon.

The ſecond time of the Spirit appearing to Fauſtus in his houſe and their parley. Chap. 4.

FAuſtus continued in his deuiliſh cogitations, neuer moouing out of the place where the ſpirit left him, ſuch was his feruent lone to the deuill: the night approaching, this ſwift flying ſpirit appeared to Fauſtus, offering himſelfe with all ſubmiſſion to his ſeruice, with full authority from his Prinre to doe whatſoeuer he would requeſt, if ſo be Fauſtus would promiſe to be his: this anſwere I bring thée and an anſwer muſt thou make by me againe, yet will I heare what is thy deſire, becauſe thou haſt ſworne me to be heare at this time. D. Fauſtus gaue him this anſwere, though faintly (for his ſoules ſake) that his requeſt was none other but to become a Deuill, or at the leaſt a limbe of him, and that the ſpirit ſhould agrée vnto theſe articles as followeth.

1. That he might be a ſpirit in ſhape and quallity.
2. That Mephoſtophiles ſhould be his ſeruant at his cōmandement.
3. That Mephoſtophiles ſhould bring him any thing, and doe for him whatſoeuer.
4. That at all times he ſhould be in his houſe inuiſible to all men except onely to himſelfe, and at his commandement to ſhew himſelfe.
5. Laſtly, that Mephoſtophiles ſhould at all times appeare at his command, in what forme or ſhape ſoeuer he would.

Vpon theſe points the ſpirit anſwered Doctor Fauſtus, that all this ſhould be granted him and fulfilled, and more: if he would agrée vnto him vpon certaine articles as followeth.

Firſt that Doctor Fauſtus ſhould giue himſelfe to the Lord Lucifer, body and ſoule.

Secondly, for confirmation of the ſame he ſhould make him a writing written with his owne blood.

Thirdly, that he would be an enemy to all Chriſtian people.

Fourthly, that he would deny the Chriſtian beliefe.

Fiftly, that he let not any man change his opinion, if ſo be any man ſhould goe about to diſſwade or withdraw him from if.

Further, the ſpirit promiſed Fauſtus to giue him certaine yeares to liue in health and pleaſure, and when ſuch yeares were expired, that then Fauſtus ſhould be fetched away, and if he would hold theſe articles and conditions, that then he ſhould haue all whatſoeuer his heart would with or deſire, and that Fauſtus ſhould quickly perceiue himſelfe to be a ſpirit in all manner of actions whatſoeuer. Hereupon Doctor Fauſtus his minde was ſo inflamed, that he forgot his ſoule, and promiſed Mephoſtophiles to hold all things as he had mentioned them: he thought the Deuill was not blacke as they vſe to paint him, nor hell ſo hote as the people ſay, &c.

The third parley betweene Doctor Fauſtus and Mephoſtophiles about a concluſion. Chap. 5.

AFter Doctor Fauſtus had made his promiſe to the Deuill, in the morning betimes he called the ſpirit before him, and cōmanded him that he ſhould alwayes come to him like a Fryer, after the order of St. Francis, with a bell in his hand like S. Anthony, and to ring it once or twice before he appeared, that he might know of his certaine commiyg. Then Fauſtus demanded of his ſpirit what was his name. The ſpirit anſwered, my name is as thou ſayeſt, Mephoſtophiles, and I am a Prince, but a ſeruant to Lucifer, and all the circuit from Septentrio to the Meridian I rule vnder him. Euen at theſe wordes was this wicked wretch Fauſtus inflamed, to heare himſelfe to haue gotten ſo great a Potentate to ſerue him, forgetting the Lord his maker and Chriſt his Redéemer, became an enemy to all man kinde, yea worſe then the Gyants, whome the Poets faine to clime the hilles to make war with the Gods: not vnlike the enemy of God and his Chriſt, that for his pride was caſt into hell: ſo likewiſe Fauſtus forgot that high climbers catch the greateſt falls, and ſwéete meates haue oft the ſowreſt ſauce.

After a while Fauſtus promiſed Mehoſtophiles to write and make his obligation, with full aſſurance of the articles in the chapter before rehearſed. A pittifull caſe (Chriſtian Reader) for certainly this letter or obligation was found in his houſe after his moſt lamentable end, with all the reſt of his damnable practiſes vſed in his whole life.

Therefore I wiſh all Chriſtians to take example by this wicked Doctor, and to be comforted in Chriſt, contenting themſelues with that vocation, whereunto it hath pleaſed God to call them, and not to eſtéeme the vaine delight of this life, as did this vnhappy Fauſtus in giuing his ſoule to the deuil: and to confirme it the more aſſuredly, he tooke a ſmall penknife and prickt a vain in his left hand, & for certainty thereupon, were ſéene on his hand theſe wordes written, as if they had béne written with blood, O homo fuge, whereat the ſpirit vaniſhed, but Fauſtus continued in his damnable minde.

How Doctor Fauſtus ſet his blood in a ſaucer on warme aſhes, and writ as followeth. Chap. 6.

I Iohn Fauſtus Doctor, doe openly acknowledge with mine owne hand, to the greater force & ſtrengthning of this letter, that ſith thence I began to ſtudy and ſpeculate the courſe and order of the Elements, I haue not found through the guilt that is giuen me from aboue, any ſuch learning and wiſdome, that can bring me to my deſires: and for that I finde that men are vnable to inſtruct me any further in the matter, now haue I Doctor Fauſtus, vnto the helliſh Prince of Orient, and his meſſenger Mephoſtophiles, giuen both body and ſoule, vpon ſuch conditions, that they ſhall learne me, and fulfill my deſire in all thinges as they haue promiſed and vowed vnto me, with due obedience vnto me according to the articles mentioned betwéene vs.

Further, I couenant and grant with them by theſe preſents, that at the end of 24. yeares next enſuing the date of this preſent letter, they being expired and I in the meane time, during the ſaid yeares be ſerued of them at my will, they accompliſhing my deſires to the full in all points as we are agréed: that then I giue them all power to doe with me at their pleaſure, to rule, to ſend, fet[•]h, or carry me or mine, be it either body, ſoule, fleſh, blood, or goods, into their habitation, be it whereſoeuer: and hereupon, I defie God and his Chriſt, all the hoaſt of Heauen, and all liuing creatures that beare the ſhape of God, yea all that liues: and againe I ſay it, and it ſhall be ſo. And to the more ſtrengthning of this writing, I haue written it with mine owne hand and blood being in perfect memory: And hereupon, I ſubſcribe to it with my name and title, calling all the infernall, middle, and ſupreme powers to witnes of this my Letter and ſubſcription:

Iohn Fauſtus approued in the Elements and the ſpirituall Doctor.

How Mephoſtophiles came for his writing, and in what manner he appeared, and his ſights he ſhewed him: and how he cauſed him to keepe a coppy of his owne writings. Chap. 7.

DOctor Fauſtus ſitting penſiue, hauing but one onely boy with him, ſodainly there appeared his Spirit Mephoſtophiles, in likenes of a fiery man, from whome iſſued moſt horrible fiery flames, inſomuch that the boy was afraid, but being hardned by his Maſter he had him ſtand ſtill and he ſhould haue no harme: the ſpirit began to bleare as in a ſinging manner. This pretty ſport pleaſed Doctor Fauſtus well, but he would not call his Spirit into his counting-houſe, vntill he had ſéene more: anon was heard a ruſhing of armed men, and trampling of horſes: this ceaſing, came in a kennell of Houndes, and they chaſed a great Hart in the Hall, and there the Hart was ſlaine: Fauſtus tooke heart, came foorth, and looked vpon the Hart, but preſently before him there was a Lyon and a Dragon together fighting ſo fiercely, that Fauſtus thought they would haue brought downe the houſe, but the Dragon ouercame the Lyon and ſo they vaniſhed.

After this came in a Pea-cocke with a Pea-hen, the cocke bruſling of his taile, and turning to the female, beat her and ſo vaniſhed. Afterward followed a furious Bull, that with a full fiercenes ran vpon Fauſtus, but comming néere him vaniſhed away. Afterward followed a great olde Ape, this Ape offered Fauſtus the hand, but he refuſed: ſo the Ape ran out of the hall againe. Hereupon fell a miſt in the hall, that Fauſtus ſaw no light, but it laſted not, and ſo ſoone as it was gone, there lay before Fauſtus 2. great ſackes one full of gold the other full of ſiluer.

Laſtly, was heard by Fauſtus all manner inſtruments of muſicke as Organs, Clarigolds, Lutes, Vialls, Citternes, Waights, Hornpipes, Flutes, Anomes, Harpes, and all manner other inſtruments: which ſo rauiſhed his minde, that he thought he had bin in another world, forgot both body and ſoule, inſomuch that he was minded neuer to change his opinion concerning that which he had done. Hereat came Mephoſtophiles into the hall to Fauſtus, in apparell like vnto a Fryer to whom Fauſtus ſpake, thou haſt done me a wonderfull pleaſure in ſhewing me this paſtime, if thou continue as thou haſt begun, thou ſhalt win my heart and ſoule, yea and haue it. Mephoſtophiles anſwered this is nothing, I will pleaſe thée better, yea, that thou maiſt know my power and all, aske what thou wilt requeſt of me, that ſhalt thou haue, conditisnally hold thy promiſe, and giue me thy hand-writing, at which wordes the wretch thruſt foorth his hand, ſaying hold thée there haſt thou my promiſe: Mephoſtophiles tooke the writing, and willed Fauſtus to take a coppy of it: with that the peruerſe Fauſtus being reſolute in his damnation, wrote a coppy thereof, and gaue the Deuill the one, and kept in ſtore the other. Thus the ſpirit and Fauſtus were agréed and dwelt together, no doubt there was a vertuous houſe-kéeping.

The manner how Fauſtus proceeded in his damnable life and of the diligent ſeruice that Mephoſtophiles vſed towards him. Chap. 8.

DOctor Fauſtus hauing giuen his ſoule to the Deuill, renouncing all the powers of heauen, confirming this lamentable action with his owne blood, and hauing already deliuered his writing, now into the Deuils hand, the which ſo puffed vp his heart, that he forgot the minde of a man, and thought himſelfe to be a ſpirit. This Fauſtus, dwelt at his vncles houſe at Wittenberg, who dyed, and bequeathed it in his Teſtament to his cooſen Fauſtus. Fauſtus kept a boy with him, that was his Scholler, and vnhappy wag, called Chriſtopher Wagner, to whom this ſport and life that he faw his maiſter follow ſéemed pleaſant. Fauſtus leued the boy well, keping to make him as good or better ſéene in his deuilliſh exerciſes then himſelfe, and he was fellow with Mephoſtophiles: otherwiſe Fauſtus had no company in his houſe but himſelfe, his boy, and his ſpirit, that euer was diligent at Fauſtus command, going about the houſe cloathed like a Fryer, with a little bell in his hand ſéene of none but Fauſtus. For his victuals and other neceſſaries, Mehoſtophiles brought him at his pleaſure from the Duke of Saxon, the Duke of Bauaria, and the Biſhop of Saltzburg: for they had many times their beſt wine ſtollen out of their ſellers by Mephoſtophiles: likewiſe their prouiſion for their owne table, ſuch meate as Fauſtus wiſhed for his ſpirit brought him in: beſides that, Fauſtus himſelfe was become ſo cunning that when he opened his window, what fowle ſoeuer he wiſhed for, it came preſently flying into the houſe, were it neuer ſo dainty. Moreouer, Fauſtus, and his boy went in ſumptuous apparell, the which Mephoſtophiles ſtole from the mercers of Norenberg, Auſpurg, Franckford and Libtzig: for it was hard for them to finde a locke to kéepe out ſuch a théefe. All their mainteinance was but ſtoine and borrowed ware: and thus they liued anodious life in the ſight of God though as yet the world were vnacquainted with their wickednes. It muſt be ſo, for their fruites be none other, as Chriſt faith in Iohn, where he calls the Deuill a théefe and a murtherer: and that found Fauſtus, for he ſtole him away both body and ſoule.

How Doctor Fauſtus would haue marryed, and how the deuill had almoſt killed him for it. Chap. 9.

DOrtor Fauſtus continued thus in his Epicuriſh life day and night and beléeued not that there was a God, hell, or deuill: he thought that body and ſoule dyed together: and had quite forgot Diuinity, or the immortality of his ſoule, but ſtood in his damnable hereſie day and night. And bethinking himſelfe of a wife, called Mephoſtophiles to counſaile, which would in no caſe agrée; demaunding of him if hée would breake the couenant made with him, or if he had forget it? Haſt not thou (quoth Mephoſtophiles) ſworne thy ſelfe an enemy to God and all creatures? To this I anſwere thée thou canſt not marry, thou canſt not ſerue two maiſters, God & my Prince: for wedlocke is a chiefe inſtitution ordained of God, and that thou haſt promiſed to deſie, as we doe all, and that haſt thou onely done, & moreouer thou haſt confirmed it with thy bloud: perſwade thy ſelfe that what thou doſt in contempt of wedlocke, it is all to thine owne delight. Therefore Fauſtus looke well about thée, and bethinke thy ſelfe better, and I with thée to change thy minde, for if thou kée not what thou haſt promiſed in thy writing, we will teare thée in peeces like the duſt vnder thy féet: therefore ſweet Fauſtus thinke with what vnquiet life, anger, ſtrife, & debate thou ſhalt liue in when thou takeſt a wife, therefore change thy minde.

Doctor Fauſtus was with theſe ſpeaches in diſpaire, and as all that haue forſaken the Lord can build vpon no good foundation, ſo this wretched Doctor hauing forſooke the rocke, fell into deſpaire with himſelfe, fearing if he ſhould motion Matrimony any more, that the deuill would teare him in péeces. For this time (qd. he to Mephoſtophiles) I am not minded to marry. Then doeſt thou well anſweied his ſpirit. But within two houres after Fauſtus called againe his ſpirit, which came in his olde manner like a Fryer. Then Fauſtus ſaid vnto him, I am not able to reſiſt or bridle my fancy, I muſt and will haue a wife, and I pray thée giue thy conſent to it. Sodainely vpon theſe words came ſuch a whirle-winde about the place, that Fauſtus thought the whole houſe would haue come downe, all the doores in the houſe flew off the hookes: after all this his houſe was full of ſmoake, and the floore couered ouer with aſhes, which when Doctor Fauſtus perceiued, hée would haue gone vp ſtaires, and flying vp, he was taken and throwne downe into the hall that he was not able to ſtirre hand nor foote: then round about him ranne a monſtrous circle of fire, neuer ſtanding ſtill, that Fauſtus fryed as he lay, & thought there to haue béene burned. Then cryed he out to his ſpirit Mephoſtophiles for helpe, promiſing him he would liue in all things as he had vowed by his hand-writing. Herevpon appeared vnto him an ougly deuill, ſo feare full and monſtrous to behold, that Fauſtus durſt not looke on him. The deuill ſaid, what wouldeſt thou haue Fauſtus? how likeſt thou thy wedding? what minde art thou in now? Fauſtus anſwered, he had forgot his promiſe, deſiring him of pardon, and he would talke no more of ſuch things. Thou wert beſt ſo to doe, and ſo vaniſhed from him.

After appeared vnto him his fryer Mephoſtophiles, with a bell in his hand, and ſpake to Fauſtus. It is no ieſting with vs, hold thou that which thou haſt vowed, and we will performe as we haue promiſed, and more then that, thou ſhalt haue thy hearts deſire of what woman ſoeuer thou wilt, be ſhe aliue or dead, and ſo long as thou wilt thou ſhalt kéepe her by thée.

Theſe words pleaſed Fauſtus wonderfull well, and repented himſelfe that he was ſo fooliſh to wiſh himſeife marryed, that might haue any woman in the whole Cittye brought to him at his commaund: the which he practiſed and perſeuered in a long time.

Queſtions put foorth by Doctor Fauſtus vnto his ſpirit Mephoſtophiles. Cap. 10.

DOctor Fauſtus liuing in all manner of pleaſure that his heart could deſire, continuing in his amorous drifts, his delicate fare, and coſtly apparell, called on a time his Mephoſtophiles to him, who being come, brought with him a booke in his hand of all manner of deuilliſh and enchanted Arts, the which he gaue Fauſtus, ſaying, hold my Fauſtus, worke now thy hearts deſire: The copy of this enchanting booke was afterwards found by his ſeruant Chriſtopher Wagner. Well (qd. Fauſtus to his ſpirit) I haue called thée to know what thou canſt doe if I haue néed of thy helpe. Then anſwered Mephoſtophiles and ſaid, my Lord Fauſtus, I am a flying ſpirit, yea ſo ſwift as thought can thinke to doe whatſoeuer. Héere Fauſtus ſaid, but how came thy Lord and maiſter Lucifer to haue ſo great a fall from heauen? Mephoſtophiles anſwered: My Lord Lucifer was a faire Angell, created of God as inmortall, and being placed in Seraphins, which are aboue the Cherubins, he would haue preſumed vnto the Throne of God, with, intent to haue thruſt God out of his ſeate. Vpon this preſumption the Lord caſt him downe head-long, and where before he was an Angell of right, now dwells in darkenes, not able to come neare his firſt place, without God ſend for him to appeare before him, as Raphiel: but vnto the lower degrée of Angels, that haue their conuerſation with men, he may come, but not vnto the ſecond degrée of heauens that is kept by the Arch-Angels, namely Michaell and Gabriell, for theſe are called Angels of Gods wonders: yet are theſe farre inferiour places to that from whence my Lord and Maiſter Lucifer fell: and thus farre Fauſtus becauſe thou art one of the beloued children of my Lord Lucifer, following and féeding my minde in manner as he did his, I haue ſhortly reſolued thy requeſt, and more I will doe for thée at thy pleaſure. I thanke thée Mephoſtophiles (quoth Fauſtus) come let vs now goe reſt, for it is night: vpon this they left their communication.

How Doctor Fauſtus dreamed that hee had ſcene hell in his ſleepe, and how he queſtioned with his ſpirit of matters concerning hell, with the ſpirits anſwere. Chap. 11.

THe night folowing after Fauſtus communication with Mephoſtophiles, as concerning the fall of Lucifer, Doctor Fauſtus dreamed that he had ſeen part of hell, but in what maner it was, or in what place, he knew not: wherby he was much troubled in minde, and called vnto him Mephoſtophiles his ſpirit: ſaying vnto him, I pray thée reſolue me in this dout: what is hell, what ſubſtance is it of, in what place ſtands it, and when was it made? Mephoſtophiles anſwered: Fauſtus, thou ſhalt knowe, that before the fall of my Lord Lucifer there was no hell, but euen then was hell ordayned: it is no ſubſtance, but a confuſed thing, for I tell thée, that before all Elements were made, or the earth ſéene, the ſpirit of God mooued vpon the waters, and darknes was ouer all: but when God ſaid, let there be light, it was ſo at his worde, and the light was on Gods right hand, and God prayſed the light. Iudge thou further, God ſtood in the middle, the darknes was on his left hand, in the which my Lord was bound in Chaynes vntil the day of Iudgement: in this confuſed hell, is nought to finde but a ſulphuriſh fire, and ſtinking myſt or fog: Further, we deuils knowe not what ſubſtance it is of, but a confuſed thing: for as a bubble of water flyeth before the winde, ſo doth hell before the breath of God. Moreouer, we deuils know not how God hath layde the foundation of our hell, nor whereof it is, but to be ſhort Fauſtus, we know that hell hath neither bottome nor end.

The ſecond queſtion put forth by Doctor Fauſtus to his ſpirit, what kingdomes there are in hell, how many, & what were the rulers names? Chap. 12.

FAuſtus ſpake againe to his Spirit, ſaying: thou ſpeakeſt of wonderfull things. I pray thée now tell me what kingdomes is there in your hell, how many are there, what are they called, and who rules them? the Spirit anſwered him, my Fauſtus, knowe that hell is, as thou wouldſt thinke with thy ſelfe an other world, in the which we haue our being vnder the earth, euen to the heauens: within the circumference whereof, are contayned tenne kingdomes, namely:

1 Lacus mortis.
2 Stagnum ignis.
3 Terra tenebroſa.
4 Tartarus.
5 Terra obliuionis.
6 Gehenna.
7 Herebus.
8 Barathrum.
9 Stix.
10 Acheron.

The which kingdomes are gouerned by fiue Kings, that is, Lucifer in the Orient, Belzebub in Septentrio, Belial in Meridie, Aſcaroth in the Occident, and Phlegeton in the midſt of them all: whoſe Rule and dominions, haue none end vntill the day of doome. And thus farre Fauſtus haſt thou heard of our rule and Kingdome.

Another queſtion put foorth by Doctor Fauſtus to his ſpirit concerning his Lord Lucifer, with the ſorrow that Fauſtus fell afterwards into. Chap. 13.

DOctor Fauſtus began againe to reaſon with Mephoſtophiles requiring him to tell him in what forme and ſhape and in what eſtimation his Lord Lucifer was when he was in fauour with God? whereupon his ſpirit required of him thrée dayes reſpite, which Fauſtus granted. The thrée dayes being expired, Mephoſtophiles gaue him this anſwer: Fauſtus, my Lord Lucifer (ſo called now, for that hée was baniſhed out of the cléere light of heauen) was at the firſt an Angell of God, yea hée was ſo of God ordained, for ſhape, pompe, authority, worthines, and dwelling, that he farre excéeded all the other creatures of God, yea our gold and precious ſtones: and ſo illuminated, that hée farre ſurpaſſed the brightnes of the Sunne and all other Stars, where God placed him on the Cherubins: he had a Kingly office, and was alwayes before Gods ſeate, to the end he might be the more perfect in all his beings: But when he began to be high minded, proude, and ſo preſumptuous that he would vſurpe the ſeate of Gods maieſty, then was he baniſhed out from amongſt the heauenly powers, ſeperated from their abiding into the manner of a fiery ſtone, that no water is able to quench but continually burneth vntill the end of the world.

Doctor Fauſtus when he had heard the wordes of his ſpirit began to conſider with himſelfe, hauing diuers and ſundry opinions in his head: and very penſiuely, ſaying nothing vnto his ſpirit, he went into his chamber, and laide him on his bed, recording the wordes of Mephoſtophiles, which ſo pierced his heart, that he fell in ſighing and great [••]-mentation, crying out: alas, ah woe is me what haue I done? Euen ſo ſhall it come to paſſe with me: am not I alſo a creature of Gods making, bearing his own Image and ſimilitude, into whom he hath breathed the ſpirit of life and immortality, vnto whome he hath made all things liuing ſubiect? but woe is me my haughty minde, proude aſpiring ſtomacke, and filthy fleſh, hath brought my ſoule into perpetuall damnation, yea pride hath abuſed my vnderſtanding, inſomuch that I haue forgot my Maker, the ſpirit of God is departed from me, I haue promiſed the Deuill my ſoule: and therefore it is but a folly for me to hope for grace, but it muſt be euen with me as with Lucifer, throwne into perpetuall burning fire: ah woe is me that euer I was borne. In this perplexity lay this miſerable Doctor Fauſtus, hauing quite forgot his faith in Chriſt, neuer falling to repentance truly, thereby to attaine the grace and holy ſpirit of God againe, the which would haue béene able to haue reſiſted the ſtrong aſſaults of Sathan: for although he had made him a promiſe, yet he might haue remembred through true repentance, ſinners once come againe into the fauour of God; which faith the faithfull firmely hold, knowing they that kill the body are not able to hurt the ſoule: but he was in all his opinions doubtfull without faith or hope, and ſo he continued.

Another diſputation betwixt Doctor Fauſtus and his Spirit, of the power of the Deuill, and his enuy to man-kinde. Chap. 14.

AFter Doctor Fauſtus had a while pondred and ſorrowed with himſelfe of his wretched eſtate, he called againe Mephoſtophiles vnto him, commanding him to tell him the iudgement, rule, power, attempts, tyrannie, and temptation of the deuill, and why he was moued to ſuch kinde of liuing: whereupon the ſpirit anſwered to his queſtion: that thou demaundſt of me will turne thée to no ſmall diſcontentment, therefore thou ſhouldeſt not haue deſired me of ſuch matters, for it toucheth the ſecrets of our Kingdome, although I cannot deny to reſolue thy requeſt. Therefore know thou Fauſtus, that ſo ſoone as my Lord Lucifer fell from heauen, he became a mortall enemy both to God and man, and hath vſed (as now he doth) all māner of tyranny to the deſtruction of man, as is manifeſt by diuers examples: one falling ſuddainly dead, another hangs himſelfe, another drownes himſelfe, others ſtab themſelues, others vnlawfully diſpaire and ſo come to vtter confuſion: The firſt man Adam that was made perfect to the ſimilitude of God, was by my L. pollicy, the whole decay of man, yea Fauſtus in him was the beginning and firſt tyranny of my Lord Lucifer to man: the like did he with Caine, the ſame with ye children of Iſraell, when they worſhiped ſtrange Gods and fell to whordome with ſtrange women: the like with Saul: ſo did he by the ſeauen husbands of her that after was the wife of Tobias: likewiſe Dagon our fellow brought to deſtruction 50000. men wherupon the Arke of God was ſtolne: and Belial made Dauid to number his men, whereupon were ſlains 60000. alſo he deceiued King Salomon that worſhiped the Gods of the heathen, and there are ſuch ſpirits innumerable that can come by men and tempt them, driue them to ſinne, and weaken their beliefe: for we rule the hearts of Kings and Princes, ſtirring them vp to warre and blood ſhed: and to this intent doe we ſpread our ſelues throughout all the world, as the vtter enemies of God and his ſonne Chriſt, yea, and all that worſhip them: and that thou knoweſt by thy ſelfe Fauſtus, how we haue dealt by thée: To this ſaid Fauſtus, then thou didſt alſo beguile me: I did what I could to help thée forward: for ſo ſoone as I ſawe how thy hart did diſpiſe thy degrée taken in diuinity, & didſt ſtudy to ſearch & know the ſecrets of our kingdome, then did I enter into thée, giuing thée diuers foule & filthy cogitations, pr[••]king thée forward in thine intent, perſwading thée thou couldſt neuer attaine to thy deſire, till thou hadſt the helpe of ſome deuill: and when thou waſt delighted in this, then tooke I roote in thée, & ſo firmly, that thou gaueſt thy ſelfe to vs both body & ſoule, which thou canſt not deny. Hereat anſwerd Fauſtus, Thou ſaiſt true, I cannot deny it: Ah woe is me moſt miſerable Fauſtus, how haue I bene deceiued? had I not had a deſire to know too much, I had not bene in this caſe: for hauing ſtudyed the liues of the holy Saints & Prophets, and therby thought to vnderſtand ſufficient heauenly matters, I thought my ſelfe not worthy to be called Doctor Fauſtus, if I ſhould not alſo know the ſecrets of hell, and be aſſociated with the furious Fiendes thereof: now therfore muſt I be rewarded accordingly. Which ſpéeches being vttred, Fauſtus went very ſorowfully away from his Spirit.

How Doctor Fauſtus deſired againe of his Spirit, to knowe the ſecrets & paynes of hell: & whether thoſe damned deuils & their company might euer come into the fauour & loue of God againe. Chap. 15.

DOctor Fauſtus was euer pondering with him-ſelfe, how he might get looſe from ſo damnable an end as he had giuen himſelfe vnto both of ſoule and body: but his repentance was like to that of Cain and Iudas, he thought his ſins greater then God could forgiue: hereupō reſting his mind, he lookt vp to heauē, but ſaw nothing therein, for his hart was ſo poſſeſſed of the deuill, that he could thinke of nought els but of hell and the paynes thereof. Wherefore in all the haſte he calleth vnto him his Spirit Mephoſtophiles, deſiring him to tell him ſome more of the ſecrets of hell, what paynes the damned were in, and how they were tormented? & whether the damned ſoules might get againe the fauour of God, and ſo be releaſed out of their torments, or not: whereupon the Spirit anſwered, My Fauſtus, thou maiſt well leaue to queſtion any more of ſuch matters, for they will but diſquiet thy minde, I pray thée what meaneſt thou? thinkeſt thou through theſe thy fantaſies, to eſcape vs? No, for if thou ſhouldſt clime vp to heauen, there to hide thy ſelf, yet would I thruſt thée downe againe: for thou art mine, and thou belongſt vnto our ſocietie: therefore ſwéete Fauſtus, thou wilt repent this thy fooliſh demand, except thou be content that I ſhall tell thée nothing. Quoth Fauſtus, ragingly, I will know or I will not liue, wherefore diſpatch and tell me: to whom Mephoſtophiles anſwered, Fauſtus, it is no trouble vnto me at all to tell thée, and therefore ſith thou forceſt me thereto, I will tell thée thinges to the terrour of thy ſoule, if thou wilt abide the hearing. Thou wilt haue me to tell thée of the ſecrets of Hell, and of the paines thereof: know Fauſtus that hell hath many figures, ſemblances and names, but it cannot be named nor figured in ſuch ſort vnto the liuing that are damned, as it is to thoſe that are dead, and doe both ſée and féele the torments thereof: for hell is ſaid to be deadly, out of the which came neuer any to life againe but one, but he is nothing for thée to reckon vpon: hell is blood thirſty, and is neuer ſatisfied: hell is a vally into the which the damned ſoules fall: for ſo ſoone as the ſoule is out of mans body, it would gladly goe to the place from whence it came, and climeth vp aboue the higheſt hills euen to the heauens, where being by the Angells of the firſt Mobile denyed entertainment (in conſideration of their euill life ſpent on the earth) they fall into the déepeſt pit or valley which hath no bottome, into a perpetuall fire, which ſhall neuer bée quenched: for like as the Flint throwne into the water, looſeth not his vertue, neither is his fire extinguiſhed, euen ſo the helliſh fire is vnquenchable: and euen as the flint ſtone in the fire burned red hot, and conſumeth not, ſo likewiſe the damned ſoules in our helliſh fire are euer burning, but their paines neuer diminiſhing. Therefore is hell called the euerlaſting paine, in which is neither hope nor mercy. So it is called vtter darkeneſſe, in which we ſée neither the light of the Sunne, Moone, nor Starre: and were our darkeneſſe like the darkneſſe of the night, yet were there hope of mercy, but ours is perpetuall darkeneſſe, cleane exempt from the face God. Hell hath alſo a place within it called Chaſma, out of the which iſſueth all manner of thunders, lightnings, with ſuch ſhrikings, and waylings, that oftentimes the very Deuils themſelues ſtand in feare thereof: for one while it ſendeth forth winds with excéeding ſnow, haile, and raine, congraling the water into Ice: with the which the damned are frozen, gnaſh their teeth, howle and cry, and yet cannot dye.

Other whiles, it ſendeth foorth moſt horrible hot miſtes or fogges with flaſhing flames of fire and Brimſtone, wherein the ſorrowfull ſoules of the damned lye broiling in their reiterated torments: yea, Fauſtus hell is called a priſon, wherein the damned lie continually bound: it is called Pernicies and Exitium, death, deſtruction, hurtfulneſſe, miſchiefe, a miſchance, a pittifull and an euill thing world without [•]nd. We haue alſo with vs in hell a ladder, reaching of excéeding height, as though the toppe of the ſame would touch the heauens, on which the damned aſcend to ſeeke the bleſſing of God, but through their infidelity, when they are at the very higheſt degrée, they fall downe againe into their former miſeries, complaining of the heate of that vnquenchable fire: yea ſweete Fauſtus, ſo muſt thou vnderſtand of hell, the while thou art ſo deſirous to know the ſecrets of our Kingdome. And marke Fauſtus, hell is the nurſe of death, the heate of all fire, the ſh[•]dow of heauen and earth, the obliuion of all goodneſſe, the paines vnſpeakable, the griefes vnremouable, the dwelling of deuils, Dragons, Serpents, Adders, Toades, Crocodiles, and all manner of venomo us and noyſome creatures: the puddle of ſinne, the ſtinking fogge aſcending from the ſt[•]gian Lake, brimſtome, pitch, and all manner of vncleane mettals, the perpetuall and vnquenchable fire, the end of whoſe miſeries was neuer purpoſed by God: yea, yea, Fauſtus, thou ſaieſt I ſhall, I muſt, nay I will tell thée the ſecrets of our kingdome, for thou buyeſt it dearely, and thou muſt and ſhalt be pertaker of our torments, that (as the Lord God ſaid) neuer ſhall ceaſe: for Hell, the womans belly, and the earth, are neuer ſatisfied: there ſhalt thou abide horrible torments, trembling, gnaſhing of téeth, houling, crying, burning, fréezing, melting, ſwiming in a laborinth of miſeries, ſcalding, ſmoaking in thine eyes, ſtinking in thy noſe, horſenes of thy ſpéech, deafenes of thine eares, trembling of thine handes, biting thine owne tongue with paine, thy heart cruſhed as in a preſſe, thy bones broken, the diuels toſſing firebrands vpon thée, yea thy whole carcaſſe toſſed vpon muck for is, from one deuill to another, yea Fauſtus then wilt thou wiſh for death, and he will fly from thee, thine vnſpeakable torments ſhall be euery day augmented more and more, for the greater the ſinne, the greater is the puniſhment: how likeſt thou this my Fauſtus? a reſolution anſwerable to thy requeſt.

Laſtly, thou wilt haue me tell thée that which belongeth onely to God, which is, if it be poſſible for the damned to come againe in to the fauour of God, or not: why Fauſtus thou knoweſt that this is againſt thy promiſe, for what ſhouldſt thou deſire to know that, hauing alreadie giuen thy ſoule to the deuill, to haue the pleaſure of this world, and to know the ſecrets of hell: therefore art thou damned, and how canſt thou then came againe to the fauour of God? Wherefore I directly anſwere no: for whomſoeuer GOD hath forſaken and throwne into hell, muſt there abide his wrath and indignation in that vnquenchable fire, where is no hope nor mercy to be looked for, but abiding in perpetuall paines world without end: for euen as much it auaileth thée Fauſtus, to hope for the fauour of God againe, as Luciſer himſelfe, who indéed although he and we all haue a hope, yet it is to ſmall auaile, and taketh none effect, for out of that place God will neither heare crying nor ſighing: if he doe, thou ſhalt haue as little remorſe, as Diues, Caine, or Iudas had: what hel[•]eth the Emperour, King, Prince, Duke, Earle, Baron, Lord, Knight, Squire, or Gentleman, to cry for mercy being there? Nothing: for if on earth they would not be tyrants, and ſelfe willed, rich with couetouſnes, proude with pompe, gluttons, drunkards, whoeremongers, back biters, robbers, murtherers, blaſphemers, and ſuch like, then were there ſome hope to be looked for, therefore my Fauſtus, as thou commeſt to hell with theſe quallities, thou maiſt ſay with Caine, My ſins are greater then can be forgiuen, goe hang thy ſelfe with Iudas, and laſtly, be content to ſuffer torments with Diues. Therefore know Fauſtus that the damned haue neither end nor time appointed in the which they may hope to be releaſed, for if there were any ſuch hope, that they by throwing one drop of water out of the Sea in a day vntill it were dry, or if there were an heape of Sand as high as from the earth to the heauens, that a bird carrying away but one corne in a day, at ye end of this ſo long labour, that yet they might hope at the laſt God would haue mercy on them, they would be comforted: but now there is no hope that God once thinkes vpon them, or that their howlings ſhall euer be heard, yea ſo vnpoſſible it is for thée to hide thy ſelfe from God, as vnpoſſible for thée to remoue the Mountaines, or to empty the Sea, or to tell the drops of raine that haue fallen from heauen vntill this day, or to tell what there is moſt in the world: yea and for a Camel to goe thorough the eye of a néedle, euen ſo vnpoſſible it is for thée Fauſtus and the reſt of the damned, to come againe into the fauour of God: and thus Fauſtus haſt thou heard my laſt ſentence, and I pray thée how doſt thou like it? But know this, that I counſell thée to let me be vnmoleſted hereafter with ſuch diſputations, or elſe I will vexe thée euery limbe to thy ſmall contentment. Doctor Fauſtus departed from his ſpirit very penſiue and ſorrowfull, laying him on his bed altogether doubtfull of the grace and fauour of God, wherefore he fell into fantaſticall cogitations: faine he would haue had his ſoule at libertie againe, but the deuill had ſo blinded him, and taken ſuch déepe roote in his heart, that he could neuer thinke to craue Gods mercy, or if by chance he had any good motion, ſtraight wayes the deuill would thruſt in a faire Lady into his chamber, which fell to kiſſing and dalliance with him, through which meanes, he threw his godly motion in the winde, going forward ſtill in his wicked practiſes, to the vtter ruine both of his body and ſoule.

Another queſtion put foorth by Doctor Fauſtus to his Spirit Mephoſtophiles of his owne eſtate. Chap. 16.

DOctor Fauſtus being yet deſirous to heare more ſtrange things, called his ſpirit vnto him ſaying: By Mephoſ[•]ophi[•]es, I haue yet another ſute vnto thée, which I pray thée deny me not to reſolue me of: Fauſtus (qd. the ſpirit) I am loath to reaſon with thee any further, for thou art neuer ſatisfied in thy minde but alwayes bringeſt me anew: Yet I pray thée this once (qd. Fauſtus) doe me ſo much fauour, as to tell me the truth in this matter, and hereafter I will be no more ſo earneſt with thée: the ſpirit was altogether againſt it, but yet once more he would abide him: well (ſaid the ſpirt to Fauſtus) what demandeſt thou of me? Fauſtus ſaid, I would gladly know of thée, if thou wert a man in manner and for[•]e as I am, what wouldſt thou doe to pleaſe both God and man? whereat the ſpirit ſmiled, ſaying: My Fauſtus, if I were a man as thou art, and that God had adorned me with thoſe guifts of nature, as thou once hadſt, euen ſo long as the breath of God were by, and within mée, would I humble my ſelfe vnto his Maieſtie, endeauouring in all that I could to kéepe his commandements, praiſe him and glorifie him, that I might continue in his fauour, ſo were I ſure to enioy the eternall ioy and felicitie of his kingdome: Fauſtus ſaid, but that I haue not done, No, thou ſaiſt true (qd. Mephoſtophiles) thou haſt not done it, but thou haſt denyed the Lord thy maker, which gaue thée the breath of life, ſpéech, hearing, ſight, and all other thy reaſonable ſences, that thou mighteſt vnderſtand his will and pleaſure, to liue to the glory and honour of his name, and to the aduancement of thy body and ſoule: him I ſay being thy maker haſt thou denyed and defied, yea, wickedly thou haſt applyed that excellent guift of thy vnderſtanding, and giuen thy ſoule to the deuill: therfore giue none the blame but thine owne ſelf, will, thy proud and aſpiring minde, which hath brought thée into the wrath of God and vtter damnation. This is moſt true (qd. Fauſtus) but tell me Mephoſtophiles, wouldſt thou be in my caſe as I am now? yea ſaith the ſpirit (and with that fetcht a great ſigh) for yet would I ſo humble my ſelfe that I would win the fauour of God, Then (ſaid D. Fauſtus) it were time inough for me, if I amended. True (ſaid Mephoſtophiles) if it were not for thy great ſinnes, which are ſo odious and deteſtable in the ſight of God that it is too late for thée, for the wrath of God reſteth vpon thée. Leaue off (qd. Fauſtus) and tell me my queſtion to my greater comfort.

Here followeth the ſecond part of Doctor Fauſtus his life, and practiſes vntill his end. Chap. 17.

DOctor Fauſtus hauing receiued deniall of his ſpirit, to be reſolued any more in ſuch like queſtions propounded: forgot all good workes, and fell to be a Kalender-maker by the helpe of his ſpirit, and alſo u[•] ſhort time to be a good Aſtronomeror Aſtrologian: he had learned ſo perfectly of his Spirit the courſe of the Sunne, Moone, and Starres, that he had the moſt famous name of all the Mathem atiques that liued in his time, as may well appeare by his workes dedicated vnto ſundry Dukes and Lords: for be did nothing without the aduice of his ſpirit, which learned him to preſage of matters to come, which haue come to paſſe ſince his death. The like praiſe won he with his Kalenders and Almanacks making, for when he preſaged of any thing, operation, and alteration of the weather or Elements: as winde, rame, fogs, ſnow, haile, moyſt, dry, warme, colde, thunder, lightning it fell ſo duely out, as if an Angell of heauen had forewarned it. He did not, like the vnskilfull Aſtronomers of our time, that ſet in Winter, cold, moyſt airy, froſty: and in the Dog-dayes, hot, dry, thunder, fire, and ſuch like, but he ſet in all his workes, day and haure when, where, and how it ſhould dappen. If any wonderfull thing were at hand, as mortalitie, famine, plague, or warres, he would ſet the time and place, in true and iuſt order, when it ſhould come to paſſe.

A queſtion put forth by Doctor Fauſtus to his Spirit, concerning Aſtronomy. Chap. 18.

NOw Fauſtus falling to practice and making his Progneſtications, he was doutfull in many points: wherefore he called vnto him mephoſtophiles his Spirit, ſaying: I finde the ground of this ſcience very difficult to attaine vnto: for when that I conferre Aſtronomia, and Aſtrologia, as the Mathematicians, and ancient writers haue left in memorye, I finde them to barry, and very much to diſagree: wherefore I pray thée to teach me the truth in this matter: to whome his ſpirit anſwered, Fauſtus, thou ſhalt knowe, that the practicioners or ſpeculators, or at leaſt the firſt inuenters of theſe Artes, haue done nothing of themſelues certaine, whereupon thou maiſt attaine to the true prognoſticating or preſaging of things concerning the heauens: or of the influence of the planets: for if by chaunce ſome one Mathematician or Aſtronomer hath left behinde him any thing worthy of memory, they haue ſo blinded it with Enigmaticall wordes, blinde Characters, and ſuch obſcure ſ[•]gures, that it is impoſſible for an earthly man to attaine to the knowledge thereof, without the ayde of ſome ſpirit, or els the ſpeciall guift of God, for ſuch are the hidden works of God from men, yet doe we ſpirits that die and fléete in all Elements, know ſuch, and there is nothing to be done, or by the heauens pretended, but we know it, except onely the day of Doome. Wherefore Fauſtus learne of me, I will teach thée the courſe & recourſe of ♄ ♃ ♀. ☉ ☿ and ☾. the cauſe of winter and ſummer, the exaltation and declination of the Sunne, and Ecclipſe of the Moone, the diſtance and height of the Poles, and euery fixed ſtarre, the nature and operation of the Elements, fire, ayre, water and earth, and all that is contained in them, yea herein there is nothing hidden from me, but onely the filthy eſſence which once thou hadſt Fauſtus at liberty, but now Fauſtus thou haſt loſt it paſt recouery: wherefore leauing that which wil not be again had, learn now of me to make thunder, lightning, haile, ſnow and raine, the cloudes to rent, the earth and craggy rocks to ſhake and ſplit in ſunder: the Seas to ſwell & rore, and ouer-run their markes: knoweſt not thou that the déeper the Sunne ſhines the hotter he pierces? ſo the more thy Art is famous whileſt thou art héere, the greater ſhall be thy name when thou art gone. Knoweſt not thou that the earth is frozen, cold and dry: the water running, cold, and moiſt, the ayre flying, hot and moiſt: the fire conſuming hot and dry? Yea Fauſtus, ſo muſt thy heart be inflamed like the fire to mount on high: learne Fauſtus to flie like my ſel[••] as ſwift as thought from one kingdome to another, to ſit at Princes tables, to eate their dain tieſt fare, to haue thy pleaſure of their Ladyes, wiues and concubines, to vſe all their iewels and coſtly robes as thinges belonging vnto thée, and not vnto them: learne of me Fauſtus to runne through walles, doores, and gates of ſtone and yron, to créepe into the earth like a Worme: to ſwim in the water like a fiſh, to fly in the ayre like a Bird, and to liue and nouriſh thy ſelfe in the fire like a Salamander, ſo ſhalt thou be famous, renowned, farre ſpoken of, and extolled for thy skill: going on kniues not hurting thy féete, carrying fire in thy boſome and not burning thy ſhirt, ſéeing through the heauens as through a Chriſtall, wherein is placed the planets, with all the reſt of the preſaging Comets, the whole circuit of the world from the Eaſt to the Weſt, North and South: there ſhalt thou know Fauſtus, wherefore the fiery ſphere aboue, and the ſignes of yt Zodiack doth not burne and conſume the whole face of the earth, being hindered by placing the two moiſt elements between thein, the airy cloudes and the wauering wanes of water: yea Fauſtus, I will learne thee the ſecrets of nature, what the cauſe is that the ſun in ſommer being at the higheſt, giueth all his heate downewards on the earth: and being in Winter at the loweſt, giueth all his heate vpward into the Heauens, that the ſnow ſhould be of ſo great vertue as the honny, and the Lady Saturnia in Occulto, more hotter then the Sun in Manifeſto. Come on my Fauſtus, I will make thée as perfect in theſe thinges as my ſelfe, I will learne thée to goe inuiſible, to finde out the mines of gold and ſiluer: the fodines of precions ſtones, as the Carbuncle, the Diamond, Saphir, Emerald, Ruby, Topas, Iacinet, Granat, Iaſpis, Amachiſt: vſe all theſe at thy pleaſure, take thy hearts deſire, thy time Fauſtus weareth away, then why wilt thou not take thy pleaſure of the world? Come vp we will goe vnto Kinges at their owne Courts and at their moſt ſumptuous banquets be their gueſts: if willingly they inuite vs not, then perforce we will ſerue our owne turne with their beſt meate, and daintieſt wine: Agréed qd. Fauſtus, but let me pauſe a while vpon this thou haſt euen now declared vnto me.

How Doctor Fauſtus fell into deſpaire with himſelfe, for hauing put foorth a queſtion vnto his ſpirit, they fell at variance, whereupon the rout of Deuils appeared vnto him, threatning him ſharply. Chap. 19.

DOctor Fauſtus reuoluing with himſelfe the ſpéeches of his ſpirit, he became ſo woful and ſorrowfull in his cogitations, that he thought himſelfe already frying in the hotteſt flames of [〈◊〉] & lying in this muſe, ſuddenly there appeared vnto him his ſpirit, de[••]unding what thing ſo grieued and troubled his conſcience? where at Doctor Fauſtus gaue no anſwer: yet the ſpirit very earneſtly lay vpon him to know the cauſe, and if it were poſſible, he would finde remedy for his griefe and eaſe him of his ſorrowes. To whom Fauſtus anſwered, I haue taken thee vnto me as a ſeruant to do me ſeruice, and thy ſeruice will be very deare vnto me: yet I cannot haue any diligence of thée further then thou liſt thy ſelfe, neither doeſt thou in any thing as it becommeth thée. The ſpirit replyed. My Fauſtus thou knoweſt that I was neuer againſt thy commandements as yet, but ready to ſerue and reſolue thy queſtions, although I am not bound vnto thée in ſuch reſpects as concerne the hurt of our Kingdome, yet was I alwayes willing to anſwer thée and ſo am ſtill: therefore my Fauſtus ſay on boldly, what is thy will and pleaſure? At which words the ſpirit ſtole away the heart of Fauſtus, who ſpake in this ſort, Mephoſtophiles, tell me how and after what ſort God made the world, and all the creatures in them, and why man was made after the Image of God? the ſpirit hearing this: anſwered, Fauſtus thou knoweſt that all this is in vaine for thée to aske, I know that thou art ſory for that thou haſt done, but it auaileth thée not, for I will thouſand péeces if thou change not thine opinions, and hereat he vaniſhed away. Whereat Fauſtus all ſorrowfull for that he had put forth ſuch a queſtion, fell to wéeping and to howling bitterly, not for his ſinnes towards God, but that the Deuill was departed from him ſo ſodainly and in ſuch a rage. And being in this perplexity, he was ſuddainly taken in ſuch an extreame colde, as if he ſhould haue frozen in the place where he ſate, in which the greateſt deuill in hell appeared vnto him, with certaine of his hideous and infernall company in moſt vglieſt ſhapes, that it was vnpoſſible to thinke vpon, and trauerſing the chamber round about where Fauſtus ſate, Fauſtus thought to himſelfe, now are they come for me though my time be not come, and that becauſe I haue aſked ſuch queſtions of my ſeruant Mephoſtophiles: at whoſe cogitations the chiefeſt deuill which was the Lord, vnto whome he gaue his ſoule, that was Lucifer, ſpake in this ſort: Fauſtus, I haue ſéene thy thoughts, which are not as thou haſt vowed vnto me, by vertue of this Letter, and ſhewed him the Obligation which he had written with his owne blood, wherefore I am come to viſite thée, and to ſhew thée ſome of our helliſh paſtimes, in hope that will drawe and confirme thy minde a little more ſtedfaſt vnto vs. Content quoth Fauſtus, goe too, let me ſée what paſtime you can make. At which wordes the great deuill in his likenes ſate him downe by Fauſtus, commaunding the reſt of the deuils to appeare in their forme, as if they were in hell: Firſt entred Belial in forme of a Beare with curled blacke haire to the ground, his eares ſtanding vpright: within the eare was as red as blood, out of which iſſued flames of fire, his téeth were at leaſt a foote long, as white as ſnow, with a taile thrée elles long (at the leaſt) hauing two winges one behinde each arme, and thus one after another they appeared to Fauſtus in forme as they were in hell: Lucifer himſelfe ſate in manner of a man all hairy, but of a browne colour like a Squirrell curied, and his taile turning vpward on his backe as the Squirrels vſe, I thinke he could crack nuts too, like a Squirrell. After him came Belzebub in curled haire of a horſe-fleſh colour, his head like the head of a Bul, with a mighty paire of hornes, and two long eares downe to the ground, and two wings on his backe with pricking things like thornes: out of his wings iſſued flames of fire, his taile was like a Cowes. Then came Aſtoroth in forme of a worme going vpright on his taile, & had no féete, but a taile like a Slow-worme: vnder his chappes grew two ſhort hands, and his barke was cole-blacke, his belly thicke in the middle, yellow like golde, hauing many briſtles on his backe like a Hedge-heg. After him came Chaniagoſta, being white and gray mixed, excéeding curled and hairy, he had a head like the head of an Aſſe, and a taile like a Cat, and clawes like an Oxe, lacking nothing of an ell broad. Then came Anobis, this deuill had a head like a dog, white and blacke haire, in ſhape like a hog, ſauing that he had but two féete, one vnder his threate, the other at his taile, he was foure elles long, with hanging cares like a blood-hound. After him came Dithican, he was a ſhort théefe, in forme of a Feaſant, with ſhining feathers, and toure féete, his necke was grée[•]e, his body re[•], and his féete blacke. The laſt was called Brachus, with foure ſhort féete like a Hedge hog, yellow and gréene, the vpper ſide of his body was browne, and the belly like blew flames of fire: the taile red like the taile of a Monkey. The reſt of the deuils were in forme of vnſenſible beaſts, as Swine, Harts Beares, Woolfes, Apes, Buffes, Goates, Antlops, Elephants, Dragons, Horſes, Aſſes, Lyons, Cats, Snakes, Loades, and all manner of vgly odious Serpents and wormes: yet came in ſuch ſort, that euery one at his entry into the Hall, made their reuerence vnto Lucifer and ſo tooke their places, ſtanding in order as they came, vntill they had filled the whole Hall, wherewith ſodainly fell a moſt horrible thunder-clap, that the houſe ſhooke as though it would haue fallen to the ground, vpon which euery monſter had a muck forke in his hand, holding them towards Fauſtus, as though they would haue run at tilt at him: which when Fauſtus perceiued, he thought vpon the wordes of Mephoſtophiles, when he told him how the ſoules in hell were tormented being caſt from deuill to deuill vpon mucke-forkes, he thought verily to haue béene tormented there of them in like ſort. But Lucifer perceiuing his thought, ſpake to him, My Fauſtus how likeſt thou this crew of mine? quoth Fauſtus why came not you in another manner of ſhape? Lucifer replyed, we cannot change our helliſh forme, we haue ſhewed our ſelues héere, as we are there: yet can we blinde mens eyes in ſuch ſort, that when we will we repaire vnto them, as if we were men or Angels of light, although our dwelling be in darkenes. Then ſaid Fauſtus, I like not ſo many of you together, whereupon Lucifer commanded them to depart, except 7. of the principali, forthwith they preſently vaniſhed, which Fauſtus perceiuing, he was ſomewhat better comforted, and ſpake to Lucifer, where is my ſeruant Mephoſtophiles? let me ſee if he can doe the like, whereupon came a fierce Dragon flying, and ſpitting fire round about the houſe, and comming towards Lucifer, made reuerence, and then changed himſelfe to the forme of a Frier ſaying Fauſtus what wilt thou? Fauſtus ſaid, I will that thou teach me to transforme my ſelfe in like ſort as thou and the reſt haue done: then Lucifer put foo[••]h his paw and gaue Fauſtus a booke, ſaying, hold, doe what thou wilt, which hée looking vpon, ſtraight wayes changed himſelfe into a hogge, then into a Worme, then into a Dragon, and finding this for his purpoſe, it liked him well. Quoth he to Lucifer, and how commeth it that ſo many filthy formes are in the world? Lucifer anſwered, they are ordained of God as plagues vnto men, and ſo ſhalt thou be plagued (quoth he) whers vpon came Scorpions, Waſpes, Emits, Bées, and Enats, which fell to ſtinging and b[•]t[•]ng him, and all the whole houſe was f[••]led with a moſt horrible ſtinking fogge, inſomuch that Fauſtus ſaw nothing, but ſtill was tormented: wherefore he cryed for helpe, ſaying, Mephoſtophiles my faithfull ſeruant where art thou? helpe, helpe I pray thée: hereat the ſpirit anſwering nothing, but Lucifer himſelfe ſaid, ho, ho, ho Fauſtus, how likeſt thou the creation of the world? and incontinent it wes cleare againe, and the diuels and all the filthy cattell were vaniſhed, onely Fauſtus was left alone, ſéeing nothing, but hearing the ſwéeteſt muſicke that euer he heard before, at which he was ſo rauiſhed with delight, that he forgot his feares hée was in before, and it repented him that he had ſéene no more of their paſtime.

How Doctor Fauſtus deſired to ſee hell, and of the manner how he was vſed therein. Chap. 20.

DOctor Fauſtus bethinking how his time went away, and how hee had ſpent eight yeares thereof, he ment to ſpend the reſt to his better contentment, intending quite to forget any ſuch motions as might offend the deuill any more: wherefore on a time he called his Spirit Mephoſtophiles, and ſaid vnto him, bring thou hither vnto mee thy Lord Lucifer or Behall: he brought him (notwithſtanding) one that was called Belzebub, the which asked Fauſtus his pleaſure? Quoth Fauſtus, I would know of thoe if I may ſee hell and take a view thereof? That thou ſhalt ſaid the diuell, and at midnight I will fetch thée. W[•]ll, night being come, Doctor Fauſtus awaited very diligently for the comming of the diuell to fetch him, and thinking that he tarryed all too long, hee went to the window, where he pulled open a cazement, and looking into the Element, he ſaw a cloude in the North, more blacke, darker and obſcure, then all the reſt of the skie, from whence the winde blew moſt horrible right into Fauſtus his chamber, and filled the whole houſe with ſmoke, that Fauſtus was almoſt ſmothered: hereat fell an excéeding thunder clap, and withall came a great rugged blacke Beare all cu[•]led and vpon his backe a chaire of beaten gold, and ſpake to Fauſtus, ſaying, ſit vp and away with me: and Doctor Fauſtus, that had ſo long abode the ſmoake, wiſht rather to be in hell then there, got on the diuell, and ſo they went together. But marke how the diuell blinded him, and made him beléeue they carryed him into hell, for he carryed him into the ayre, where Fauſtus fell into a ſound ſléepe, as if he had ſate in a warme water or bath: at laſt they came to a place which burneth continually with flaſhing flames of fire and brimſtone: where aut iſſued an excéeding mighty clap of thunder, with ſo horrible a noiſe, that Fauſtus awaked: but the deuill went foorth on his way, and carried Fauſtus thereinto, yet notwithſtanding howſoeuer it burnt. D. Fauſtus ſelf no more heate, then as it were the glimps of the Sunne in May, there heard he all manner of muſicke to welcome him, but ſaw none playing on them, it pleaſed him well but he durſt not aske, for he was forbidden it before. To méete the deuill and the gueſt that came with him, came 3. other vgly deuils, the which ranne backe againe before the Beare, to make the way, againſt whome there came running an excéeding great Hart which would haue thruſt Fauſtus out of his chaire, but being defended by the other thrée deuils, the Hart was put to the repulſe: thence going on their way Fauſtus looked, and beholde, there was nothing but Snakes and all manner of venemous beaſts about him, which were excéeding great, vnto the which Snakes came many Storkes and ſwallowed vp all the whole multitude of Snakes, that they left not one: which when Fauſtus ſaw, he maruailed greatly, but procéeding further on their helliſh dayage, there came foorth of an bollow cliffe an excéeding great flying Bull, the which with ſuch a force hit Fauſtus his chaire with his head and hornes, that he turned Fauſtus and his Beare ouer and ouer, ſo that the Beare vaniſhed away, whereat Fauſtus began to cry, oh, woe is me that euer I came héere: for he thought there to haue béene beguiled of the deuill, and to make his end before his time appointed or conditioned of the deuill, but ſhortly after came vnto him amonſtrous Ape, kidding Fauſtus to be of good chéere and ſaid, get vpon me: all the fire in hell ſeemed to Fauſtus to haue beene put out, whereupon followed a monſtrous thicke fogge, that he ſaw nothing, but ſhortly it ſeemed to him to waxe cleere, where he ſaw two great Dragons faſined vnto a Waggon, into the which the Ape aſcended and ſet Fauſtus therein, foorth ſlew the Dragons into an exceeding darke cloude. where Fauſtus ſaw neither Dragon nor Chariot wherein he ſate, and ſuch were the cries of tormented ſoules, with mighty thunder claps and flaſhing lightnings about his eares, that poore Fauſtus ſhooke for feare. Vpon this came they to a water, ſtincking and filthy, thicke like mudde, into the which ranne the Dragon, ſincking vnder with waggon and all, but Fauſtus felt no water, but as it were a ſmall miſt, ſauing that the waues beate ſo ſore vpon him, that he ſaw nothing vnder and ouer him but onely water, in the which he leſt his Dragons, Ape, and Waggon: and ſinking yet déeper and déeper, he came at laſt as it were vpon a high Rocke, where the waters parted and left him thereon: but when the water was gone, it ſéemed to him he ſhould there haue ended his life, for he ſaw no way but death: the Rocke was as high from the bottome as heauen is from the earth, there ſate he, ſéeing nor hearing any man, and looked euer vpon the Rocke: at length he ſawe a little hole, out of the which iſſued [••]re: thought he, how ſhall I now doe? I am forſaken of the deuils, and they that brought me hither, héer muſt I either fall to the bottome, or burns in the fire, or ſit ſtill in diſpaire: with that in his madnes he gaue a skip into the fiery hole, ſaying: holde you infernall hags, take here this ſacrifice as my laſt end, that which I iuſtly haue deſerued: vpon this he was entred, and finding himſelfe as yet vnburned or touched of that fire, he was the beter appaied, but there was ſo great a noiſe, as he neuer heard the like before, it paſſed all the thunder that euer he had heard, and comming downe further to the bottome of the rocke, he ſaw a fire, wherein were many worthy and noble perſonages, as Emperors, Kings, Dukes and Lords, and many thouſands more of tormented ſoules, at the edge of which fire ran a moſt pleaſant, cleare, and cold water to behold, into the which many formented ſoules ſprang out of the fire to coole themſelues, but being ſo fréezing cold, they were conſtrained to returne again into the fire, and thus wearied themſelues, & ſpent their endles torments out of one laborinth into another, one while in heate, another while in colde: but Fauſtus ſtanding héere all this while gazing on them that were thus tormented, he ſawe one leaping out of the fire and ſcriching horribly, whome he thought to haue knowne, wherefore he would faine haue ſpoken vnto him, but remembring that he was forbidden, he refrained ſpeaking. Then this deuill that brought him in, came to him againe in likenes of a Beare, with the chaire on his backe, and bad him ſit vp for it is time to depart: ſo Fauſtus got vp, and the deuill carryed him out into the ayre, where he had ſo ſwéet muſicke that he fell a ſléep by the way. His boy Chriſtopher being all this while at home, and miſſing his maſter ſo long, thought his maiſter would haue tarryed and dwelt with the deuill foreuer: but whilſt his boy was in theſe cogitations, his maiſter came home, for the deuill brought him home faſt aſléepe as he ſate in the chaire, and threw him on his bed, where (being thus leſt of the deuill) he lay vntill day. When he awaked, he was amazed, like a man that had béene in a darke dungeon: muſing with himſelfe if it were true or falſe that he had ſéene Hell, or whether he was blinded or not, but he rather perſwaded himſelfe that he had béene there then otherwiſe, becauſe he had ſéene ſuch wonderfull thinges: wherefore he moſt carefully tooke pen and inke, and wrote thoſe thinges in order as he had ſéene: the which writing was afterwards found by his boy in his ſtudy: which afterwards was publiſhed to the whole Citty of Wittenberg in print, for example to all Chriſtians.

How Doctor Fauſtus was carryed through the ayre vp to the heauen to ſee the whole world, and how the Skie and Planets ruled, after the which he wrote a letter to his friend of the ſame to Liptzig, and how he went about the world in eight dayes. Chap. 19.

THis Letter was found by a frée man and Cittizen of Wittenberg, written with his own hand, and ſent to his friend at Liptzig a Phyſitian, named Ioue Victory: the contents of which were as followeth: Amongſt other things, (my louing friend and brother) I remember yet the former friendſhip had together, when we were ſchoole fellowes and Students in the Vniuerſitie at Wittenberg whereas you firſt ſtudied Phyſick, Aſtronomy, Aſtrology, Grometry, and Coſmographie, I to the contrary (you know) ſtudied Diuinity, notwithſtanding now in any of your owne ſtudies I am ſeen (I am perſwaded) further then your ſelfe: for ſithence I began I haue neuer e[•]red, for ([•]ight I ſpeake it without affecting my own praiſe) my Kalenders, and other practiſes haue not only the commendations of the common ſort, but alſo of the chiefeſt Lords and Nobles of this our Dutch nation becauſe (which is chiefly to be noted) I write and preſage of matters to come w[•]ic[•] all accord and fall out ſo right, as if they had bin already ſéne b[•]fore. And for that (my beloued Victory) you write to know my voyage which I made vnto ye heauens, the which (as you certifie me you haue had ſome ſuſpition of) although you parrly perſwaded your ſelfe, that it is a thing vnpoſſible, no matter for that, it is as it is, & let it be as it will, once it was done in ſuch māner as now according vnto your requeſt I giue you héere to vnderſtand.

I being once laide on my bed, and could not ſléepe for thinking on my Kalender and practiſe. I maruailed with my ſelfe how it were poſſible that the Firmament ſhould be knowne and ſo largely written of men, or whether they write true or falſe, by their owne opinions, or ſuppoſitions, or by due obſeruations and true courſe of the heauens. Behold, I thought my houſe would haue bene blowne downe, ſo that all my doores and cheſts flew open, whereat I was not a little aſtonied, for withall I heard a groaning voyce, which ſaid, get vp, the deſire of thy heart, minde, and thought ſhalt thou ſée, at the which I anſwered, what my heart deſireth, that would I faine ſée, and to make proofe, if I ſhall ſée I will away with thée. Why then (quoth he) looke out at thy window, their commeth a meſſenger for thée, that did I, and behold there ſtood a Waggon, with two Dragons before it, to draw the ſame, and all the Waggon was of a light burning fire, and for that the Moone ſhone, I was the willinger at that time to depart, but the voice ſpake againe▪ ſir vp and let vs away: I will (ſaid I) goe with thée, but vpon this condition, that I may aske after all thinges that I ſée, heare, or thinke on: the voice anſwered, I am content for this time. Hereupon I got me into the Waggon, ſo that the Dragons carried me vpright into the ayre.

The Waggon had alſo 4. whéeles, the which ratled ſo, and made ſuch a noiſe, as if we had all this while béene running on the ſtones: & round about vs flew out flames of fire, and the higher that I came, the more the earth ſéemed to be darkened, ſo that me thought I came out of a dungeon: and looking downe from heauen, behold Mephoſtophiles my Spirit and ſeruant was behind me, and when he perceiued that I ſaw him, he came and ſate by me, to whome I ſaid, I pray thée Mephoſtophiles whether ſhal I goe now? Let not that trouble thy mind, ſaid he, and yet they carryed vs higher vp, And now will I tell thée (good friend and ſchoole-fellow) what thinges I haue ſéene and prooued, for on the Tueſday went I out, and on Tueſday ſeauen night following, I came home againe, that is eight dayes, in which time I ſlept not, no not one winke came in mine eyes: and we went inniſible of any man: and as the day began to appeare, after my firſt nights iourney, I ſaid to my Spirit Mephoſtophiles, I pray thée how farre haue we now ridden, I am ſure thou knoweſt: for me thinkes that we are ridden excéeding farre, the world ſéemeth ſo little: Mephoſtophiles anſwered mee, my Fauſtus, beléeue me that from the place from whence thou cameſt, vnto this place where we are now, is already forty ſeauen leagues right in height, and as the day increaſed, I looked downe vpon the world. Aſia, Europa, and Africa, I had a ſight of: and being ſo high, qd. I to my Spirit, tell me now how theſe Kingdomes lie, and what they are called: the which he denied not, ſaying, ſee this on our left hand is Hungaria, this is alſo Pruſſia on our left hand, and Poland, Muſcouia, Tartaceleſia, Bohemia, Saxony: and héere on our right hand, Spaine, Portugall, France, England, and Scotland: then right on before vs lie the kingdoms of Perſia India, Arabia, the King of Althar, and the great Cham: now are we come to Wittenberg, and are right ouer the towne of Weim in Auſtria, and ere long will be at Conſtantinople, Tripolie, and Ieruſalem, and after will we pierce the frozen Zone, and ſhortly touch the Horizon, and the zenith of Wittenberg. There looked I on the Ocean Sea, and beheld a great many Shippes, and Gallyes ready to the battaile one againſt another: and thus I ſpent my iourney: now caſt I my eyes héere, now there, towards South, North, Eaſt, and Weſt, I haue béene in one place where it rained and hailed, and in another where the Sun ſhone excellent faire, and ſo I thinke that I ſaw moſt thinges in and about the world, with great admiration, that in one place it tained, and in another haile and ſnow: on this ſide, the Sun ſhone bright, ſome hills couered with ſnow neuer conſuming, other were ſo hot that graſſe and trées were burned and conſumed therewith. Then looked I vp to the heauens, and behold they went ſo ſwift, that I thought they would haue ſprung in thouſands. Likewiſe it was ſo cléere and ſo hot, that I could not long gaze into it, it ſo dimmed my ſight: and had not my ſpirit Mephoſtophiles couered me as it were with a ſhadowing cloude, I had béene burnt with the extreame heate thereof: for the Sky the which we behold héere when we looke vp from the earth, is ſo faſt and thicke as a wall, cléere and ſhining bright as Chriſtall, in the which is placed the Sunne, which caſteth foorth his raies and beames ouer the vniuerſal world, to the vttermoſt confines of the earth. But we thinke that the ſun is very little: no, it is altogether as big as the world: Indéed the body ſubſtantiall is but little in compas, but the raies or ſtreames that it caſteth forth, by reaſon of the thing wherein it is placed, maketh him to extend and ſhew himſelfe ouer the whole world: and we thinke that the ſunne tunneth his courſe, and that the heauens ſtand ſtill: no it is the heauens that mooue his courſe, and the Sunne abideth perpetually in his place, he is permanent and fixed in his place, and although we ſée him beginning to aſcend in the Orient or Eaſt, at the higeſt in the Meridian or South, ſetting in the occident or Weſt, yet is he at the loweſt in Septentrion or North, and yet he mooueth not. It is the axle of the heauens that mooueth the whole firmrment, being a Chaos or confuſed thing, and for that proofe, I will ſhew thée this example: like as thou ſéeſt a bubble made of water and ſope blowne forth of a quill, is in forme of a confuſed maſſe or Chaos, and being in this forme, is moued at pleaſure of the winde which runneth round about that Chaos and mooueth him alſo round: euen ſo is the whole firmament or Chaos wherein are placed the ſun, and the reſt of the planets turned and carryed at the pleaſure of the ſpirit of God, which is winde: Yea Chriſtian Reader, to the glory of God, and for the profite of thy ſoule, I will open vnto thée the diuine opinion, touching the rule of this confuſed Chaos, farre more then my rude Germane Author, being poſſeſſed with the deuill, was able to vtter, and to proue ſome of my ſentences before to be true, looke into Geneſis, vnto the works of God, at the creation of the world, there ſhalt thou finde, that the ſpirit of God mooued vpon the waters, before heauen and earth were made. Mark how he made it, and how by his word euery element tooke his place: theſe were not his works but is wordes, for all the words he vſed before, he concluded afterwards in one worke, which was in making man: marke reader with patience, for thy ſoules health, ſée into all that was done by the worde and worke of God: light and darknes was, the firmament ſtood, and there great ☿ and little light ☽ in it: the moſt waters were in one place, the earth was drye, and euery element brought forth according to the word of God: now foloweth his workes, he made man after his owne Image, how, out of the earth? The earth will ſhape no Image without water: there was one of the elements. But all this while where was winde? All elements were at the worde of God: Man was made, & in a forme by the worke of God, yet mooued not that worke, before God breathed the ſpirit of life into his noſthrils, & made him a liuing ſoule: Here was the firſt winde and ſpirit of God, out of his own mouth, which we haue likewiſe from the ſame ſéede, which was only planted by God in Adam, which wind, breth or ſpirit, when he had receiued, he was liuing and mouing on earth, for it was ordayned of God for his habitation, but ſhe heauens are the habitation of the Lord: and like as I ſhewed before of the hubble, or confuſed (Chaos made of water and ſope) through the wind & breath of man is turned round, and caryed with euery winde, euen ſo the Firmament wherein the Sunne and the reſt of the planets are fixed, moued, turned, and caried, with the winde, breath, and ſpirit of God: for the heauens and firmaments are mooueable as the Chaos, but the Sunne is fixed in the firmament. And further (my good School-fellow) I was thus nigh the heauens, where me thought euery planet was but as half the earth, and vnder the firmament ruled the ſpirits in the aire, & as I came down I looked vpon the world and the heauens, and me thought that the earth was incloſed (in compariſon) within the firmament, as the yolke of an Egge within the white & me thought that the whole length of the earth was not a ſpan long: and the water was as if it had bin twice as broad and as long as the earth: euen thus at the eight daies end came I home againe, and fell aſléepe, and ſo I continued ſléeping, thrée dayes & thrée nightes together: and the firſt houre I awaked, I fell freſh againe to my Kalender, and haue made them in right ample maner as you know, and to ſatiſfie your requeſt, for that you writ vnto me, I haue (in conſideration of our olde friendſhip had at the vniuerſitie of Wittenberge) declared vnto you my heauenly voyage, wiſhing no worſe vnto you then vnto my ſelfe, that is, that your minde were as mine in all reſpectes. Dixi. Doctor Fauſtus the Aſtrologian.

How Doctor Fauſtus made his iourney through the principall and moſt famous lands in the world.

DOctor Fau. hauing ouer-run fiftéene yeares of his appointed time, he tooke vpon him a iourney, with full pretence to ſée the whole world, and calling his Spirit Mephoſtophiles vnto him he ſaid: Thou knoweſt that thou art bound to me vpon conditions, to performe and fulfill my deſire in all thinges, wherefore my pretence is to viſite the whole face of the earth viſible and inuiſible when it pleaſeth me, therefore I enioyne and commaund thée to the ſame. Wherevpon Mephoſtophiles anſwered, I am ready my Lord at thy command, and forthwith the ſpirit changed himſelfe into the likeneſſe of a flying horſe, ſaying, Fauſtus ſit vp, I am ready. Doctor Fauſtus loftily fate vpon him, and forwards they went: Fauſtus came through many a Land and Prouince, as Pauonia, Auſtria, Germania, Bohemia, Sleſia, Saxony, Miſſene, During, Franckland, Shawblandt, Byerlandt, Styria, Carinthia, Poland, Litaw, Lieſland, Pruſſia, Denmarke, Muſcouia, Tartaria, Turkie, Perſia, Cathai, Alexandria, Barbaria, Ginney, Peru, the ſtraightes Magenelanes, India, all about the frozen Zone, and Terra Incognita, Nona Hiſpaniola, the Iles of Terzera, Mederi, Saint Michaels, the Canaries, and the Tenorifocie, into Spaine, the maine land, Portugall, Italie, Campania, the Kingdome of Naples, the Iles of Sicilia, Malta maioris, minoria, to the Knightes of the Rhodes, Candie, or Creet, Ciprus, Corinthe, Switzerland, France, Freeſland, Weſtphalia, Zeland, Holland, Brabant, and all the 17 prouinces in Netherland, England, Scotland, Ireland, all America & Iſland, the out Iles of Scotland, the Orchades, Norway, the Biſhopricke of Breame, and ſo home again: all theſe kingdoms prouinces & countries he paſſed in 25 daies, in which time he ſaw very little that delighted his mind: wherefore he took little reſt at home, & burning in deſire to ſée more at large, & to behold the ſecretes of each Kingdome, he ſet forwards againe on his iourney vpon his ſwift horſe Mephoſtophiles, & came to Trent, for that he chiefly deſired to ſée this towne and the monuments thereof: but there he ſaw not many wouders, except one faire pallace that belonged vnto the Biſhop, and alſo a mighty large caſtle that was built of brick, with 3 walls, & 3 great trenches, ſo ſtrong that it was impoſſible for any princes power to win it: then he ſaw a Church wherin was buried Simeon, & the Biſhop Popo: their tombes are of moſt ſumptuous Marble ſtone, cloſed and ioyned together with great bars of yron: frō whence he departed to Paris where he liked well the Academie: and what place or kingdom ſoeuer fel to his mind, the ſame he viſited. He came from Paris to Mentz where the riuer of Maine fals into the Rhine, notwithſtanding he taried not long there but went into Campania in the kingdome of Neapolis in which he ſaw an innumerable ſort of Cloiſters. Nunries, and Churches, great & high houſes of ſtone, the ſtréets faire & large, and ſtraight foorth from one end of the towne to the other as a line, and all the pauement of ye Citty was of bricke, and the more it rayned in the towne the fairer the ſtréetes were: there ſaw he the tombe of Virgill, and the high way that he cut through the mighty hill of ſtone in one night, the whole length of an Engliſh mile: when he ſaw the number of Gallies & Argozis that lay there at the citty head, the wind-mill that ſtood in the water, the caſtle in the water, and the houſes aboue the water, where vnder gallies might ride moſt ſafely from raine or wind: then he ſaw the Caſtle on the hill euer the towne, and many monuments therein, alſo that hill called Veſuuius, wheron groweth all the Gréekiſh wine, & moſt pleaſant ſwéet Oliues. From thence he came to Venice, whereas he wondered not a little, to ſée a Citty ſo famouſly built ſtanding in the Sea, where through euery ſtréete the water came into ſuch largeneſſe, that great ſhips and barkes might paſſe from one ſtréete to another, hauing yet a way on both ſides the water whereon men and horſe might paſſe: He maruailed alſo how it was poſſible ſo much virtuall to be found in the towne, and ſo good cheape, conſidering that for a whole league, nothing grew néere the ſame. He wondred not a little at the faireneſſe of S. Matkes place, and the ſumptuous Church ſtanding thereon, called S. Marke, how all the pauement was ſet with coloured ſtones, and all the Roode or loft of the Church double gilded ouer. Leauing this, he came to Padua beholding their manner of their Academie, which is called the mother or nurſe of Chriſtendome, there he heard the Doctors, and ſawe the moſt monuments in the Towne, entred his name in the Vniuerſitie of the Germane Nation, and wrote himſelfe Doctor Fauſtus, the vnſatiable ſpeculator: then ſaw he the worthieſe monument in the world for a Church, named S. Anthonies cloiſter, which for the pinacles thereof, and the contriuement of the Church, hath not the like in Chriſtendome. This towne is fenced about with thrée mighty walles of ſtone and earth, betwixt the which runneth goodly ditches of water: twice euery 24. houres paſſeth boates betwixt Padua and Venice with paſſengers, as they doe here betwixt London and Graueſend, and euen ſo farre they differ in diſtance: Fauſtus beheld likewiſe the counſaile-houſe and the Caſtle with no ſmall wonder. Well, forward he went to Rome, which lay, and doth yet lye on the Riuer Tibris, the which deuideth the City into two parts: ouer the Riuer are foure great ſtone Bridges, and vpon the one Bridge called Ponte S. Angelo, is the Caſtle of Saint Angelo, wherein are ſo many great, caſt Péeces as there are dayes in the yeare, and ſuch Péeces as will ſhoote ſeauen bullets off with one fire & to this Caſtle commeth a pring vault from the Church and Pallace of Saint Peter, through the which the Pope, (if any danger be) paſſeth from his Pallace to the Caſtle for ſafegard: the Citty hath eleuen Gates, and a hill called Vaticinium, whereon St. Peters Church is built: In that Church the holy Fathers will heare no confeſſion, without the penitent bring money in his hand. Adioyning to this Church, is the Campo Santo the which Carolus Magnus built: where euery day thirtéene Pilgrimes haue their dinners ſerued of the beſt: that is to ſay, Chriſt and his twelue Apoſtles. Hard by this he viſited the Churchyard of S. Peters, where he ſaw the Pyramides that Iulius Ceſar brought forth of Africa: it ſtood in Fauſtus his time leaning againſt the Church wall of Saint Peters, but now Pope Sextus hath erected it in the middle of S. Peters Churchyard, it is 24. fatham long, and at the lower end ſixe fatham foure ſquare, and ſo foorth ſmaller vpwards: on the top is a Crucifixe of beaten Gold, the ſtone ſtandeth on foure Lyons of braſſe. Then he viſited the 7. Churches of Rome that were St. Peters, S. Paules, S. Sebaſtians, S. Iohn Lateran, S. Laurence, S. Mary Magdalen, and S. Mary Maiora. Then went he without the towne, where he ſaw the Conduits of water that runne leuell through hill and dale, bringing water into the Towne fifteene Italian wiles off: other Monuments he ſaw too many to recits, but amongſt the reſt he was deſirous to ſée the Popes Court, and his manner of ſeruice at his Table, wherfore he and his ſpirit made themſelues inuiſible and came to the Popes Court, and priuy chamber, where he was: there ſaw he many ſeruants attending on his holines, with many a flattering Sycophant carying of his meate, and there he marked the Pope and the manner of his ſeruice, which he ſeeing to be ſo vnmeaſurable and ſumptuous: Fie (quoth Fauſtus) why had not the diuell made a Pope of me? Fauſtus ſawe there notwithſtanding, ſuch as were like to himſelfe, proude, ſtoute, wilfull, gluttons, drunkards, whoremongers, breakers of wedlocke, and followers of all manner of vngodly exerciſes: wherefore he ſaid to his ſpirit, I thought that I had béene alone a hog or pork of the Diuels, but he muſt beare with me yet a little longer, for theſe hogs of Rome are already fatted, and fitted to make his roſt meate, the diuell might do well now to ſpit them all, and haue them to the fire, and let him ſummon the Nuns to turne the ſpits: for as none muſt confeſſe the Nun but the Fryer, ſo none ſhould turne the roſting Fryer but the Nun. Thus continued Fauſtus thrée dayes in the Popes Pallace and yet had no luſt to his meat, but ſtood ſtill in the Popes chamber and ſaw euery thing whatſoeuer it was: on a time the Pope would haue a feaſt prepared for the Cardinall of Pauia, and for his firſt welcome the Cardinall was bidden to dinner: and as he ſate at meate, the Pope would euer be bleſſing and croſſing ouer his mouth, Fauſtus could ſuffer it no longer, but vp with his fiſt and ſmote the Pope on his face, and withall he laughed that the whole houſe might heare him, yet none of them ſaw him nor knew where he was: the Pope perſwaded his company that it was a damned ſoule, commanding Maſſe preſently to be ſaid for his deliuery out of Purgatory, which was done: the Pope ſate ſtil at meat, but when the latter meſſe came in to the Popes boord D. Fauſtus laide hands thereon ſaying, this is mine, and ſo he tooke both diſh and meate and flew vnto the Capitoll or Campadolia, calling his ſpirit vnto him, and ſaid, come let vs be merry for thou muſt fetch me ſome wine and the cup that the Pope drinkes of, and here vpon monte caual, we will make good chéere in ſpight of the Pope and all his fat Abby-lubbers. His ſpirit hearing this, departed towards the Popes chamber, where he found them yet ſitting and quaffing: wherefore he tooke from before the Pope the faireſt péece of plate or drinking goblet, and a flaggon of wine, and brought it to Fauſtus: but when the Pope and the reſt of his crue perceiued they were robbed, and knew not after what ſort, they perſwaded themſelues that it was that damned ſoule that before had vexed the Pope ſo, and that ſmot him on the face, wherfore he ſent commandment through the whole Citty of Rome, that they ſhould ſay Maſſe in euery Church, and ring all the bels for to lay the walking ſpirit, and to curſe him with bel, booke, and candle, that ſo inuiſibly had miſuſed the Popes holines, with the Cardinall of Pauia, and the reſt of their company: but Fauſtus notwithſtanding made good chéere with that which he had beguiled the Pope of, and in the middeſt of the order of S. Barnards barefooted Fryers, as they were going on proceſſion through the marketplace called campa de fiore, he let fal his plate, diſhes and cup: and with all for a farwell, he made ſuch a thunder-clap and ſtorme of raine, as though Heauen and earth ſhould haue met together, and ſo left Rome and came to Millaine in Italy, néere the Alpes or borders of Switzerland, where he praiſed much to his ſpirit the pleaſures of the place, the citty being founded in ſo braue a plaine, by the which ran moſt pleaſant riuers on euery ſide of the ſame, hauing beſides within the compaſſe or circuit of ſeauen miles, ſeauen ſmall Seas: He ſaw alſo therein many faire Pallaces and goodly buildings, the Dukes pallace, and the mighty ſtrong Caſtle which is in mānēr halfe the bignes of the towne: Moreouer, it liked him well to ſée the Hoſpitall of Saint Maries with diuers other thinges. He did there nothing worthy of memory, but he departed backe againe towards Bolognia, and from thence to Florence where he was well pleaſed to ſée the pleaſant walke of Marchants, the goodly vaults of the Citty, for that almoſt the whole Citty is vaulted, and the houſes themſelues are built outwardly, in ſuch ſort, that the people goe vnder them as vnder a vault: Then he peruſed the ſumptuous Church in the Dukes caſtle, called Noſtra Dama, our Ladyes Church, in which he ſaw many Monuments, as a marble doore, moſt huge to looke vpon: the gates of the caſtle are Bel-mottel, wherein are grauen the holy Patriarkes, with Chriſt and his twelue Apoſtles, and diuers other Hiſtories, out of the olde and new Teſtament. Then went he to Sena, where he highly praiſed the Church and Hoſpitall of Santa Maria Formoſa, with the goodly buildings, and eſpecially the fairenes and greatnes of the Citty & beautifull women. Then came he to Lions in France, where he marked the ſcituation of the Citty, which lay betwéene two hills, inuironed with 2. waters: one worthy Monument in the Citty pleaſed him well, that was the great Church with the Image therein: he commended the Cittie highly for the great reſort that it had vnto it of ſtrangers. From thence he went to Cullin, which lyeth vpon the riuer of Rhine, wherein he ſaw one of the auncienteſt Monuments of the world, the which was the Tombe of thrée Kinges, that came by the Angell of God, and their knowledge they had in the ſtarre, to worſhip Chriſt: which when Fauſtus ſaw he ſpake in this manner, Ah alas good men how haue you erred, and loſt your way? you ſhould haue gone to Paleſtina and Bethlem in Iudea, how came you hither? Or belike after your death you were throwne into Mare Medeterraneum, about Tripolis in Syria, and ſo you fléeted out of the ſtraigts of Gibalterra, into the Ocean ſea, and ſo into the bar of Portugall, and not finding any reſt you were driuen alongſt the coaſt of Gallicia, Biskay and France, and into the narrow Seas, then from thence vnto Mare Germanicum, and ſo taken vp I thinke about the towne of Dort in Holland, you were brought to Cullin to be buried, or elſe I thinke you came more eaſily with a whirl-winde ouer the Alpes, and being thrown into the riuer of Rhine, it conuayed you to this place, where you are kept a Monument. There ſaw he the Church of S. Vrſula, where remaines a Monument of the 1000. Virgins: it pleaſed him alſo to ſée the beauty of the women. Not farre from Cullin lyeth the towne of Ach, where he ſaw the gorgeous temple that the Emperour Carolus quartus built of Marble ſtone for a remembrance of him, to the end that all his ſucceſſors ſhould there be crowned. From Cullin & Ach he went to Geneua, a city in Sauoy, lying néere Switzerland, it is a towne of great traffike, the Lord thereof is a Biſhop, whoſe wine ſeller Fauſtus and his ſpirit viſited, for the loue of his good wine. From thence he went to Strasburg, where he beheld the faireſt temple that euer he had ſéene in his life before, for on euery ſide thereat he might ſée through it, euen from the couering of the Minſter to the top of the Pinicle, and it is named one of the wonders of the world: wherefore he demanded why it was called Strasburg? his ſpirit anſwered, becauſe it hath ſo many high wayes comming to it on euery ſide, for Stros in Dutch is a high way, and hereof came the name: yea (ſaid Mephoſtophiles) the Church which thou ſo wondereſt at, hath more reuenues belonging to it then the twelue Duks of Sleſia are worth, for there pertaine vnto this Church fifty ſiue townes, and foure hundreth ſixtie thrée Villages, beſides many houſes in the Towne. From thence went Fauſtus to Baſil in Switzerland, where the riuer of Rhine runneth through the Towne, parting the ſame as the Riuer of Thames doth London: in this towne of Baſil he ſaw many rich monuments, the towne walled with bricke, and round about it without it goeth a great trench: no Church pleaſed him but the Ieſuites Church, which was ſumptuouſly builded, and ſet full of Alablaſter Pillars: Fauſtus demanded of his Spirit how it tooke the name of Baſil? his Spirit made anſwere and ſaid, that before this cittie was found, there vſed a Bafiliſcus a kinde of Serpent, this Serpent killed as many men, women, and children as he tooke a fight of, but there was a Knight that made himſelfe a couer of chriſtall to come ouer his head and ſo downe to the ground, and being firſt couered with a blacke cloath, ouer that he put the chriſtall, and ſo boldly went to ſée the Baſiliſcus, and finding the place where ſhe haunted, he expecting her comming, euen before the mouth of her caue, where ſtanding a while, the Baſiliſcus came foorth, who when ſhe ſawe her owne venomous ſhadow in the Chriſtall, ſhe ſplit in a thouſand péeces: wherefore the Knight was richly rewarded of the Emperour: after the which the Knight founded this towne vpon the place where he had flaine the Serpent, and gaue it the name of Baſil, in remembrance of his déed.

From Baſil Fauſtus went to Coſtuitz in Sweitz at the head of the Rhine, where is a moſt ſumptuous bridge that goeth ouer the Rhine, euen from the gates of the towne, vnto the other ſide of the ſtreame: at the head of the riuer of Rhine, is a ſmall Sea, called of the Switzers the blacke ſea, twenty thouſand paces long, and fifty hundred paces broad. The towne Coſtuitz tooke the name of this: the Emperour gaue it to a Clowne, for expounding of his Riddle, wherfore the Clowne named the towne Coſtuitz, that is in Engliſh, coſt nothing. From Coſtuitz he came to Vim, where he ſawe the ſumptuous Town-houſe, built by two and fifty of the auncient Senators of the Citye, It tooke the name of Vlm, for that the whole land there about, are full of Elmes: but Fauſtus minding to departe from thence, his ſpirit ſaid vnto him, Fauſtus, thinke of the Towne as thou wilt, it hath three Dukdomes belonging to it, the which they haue bought with ready money. From Vlm he came vnto Wartzburg, the chiefeſt Towne in Frankeland, wherein the Biſhop altogether kéepeth his Court, through the which Towne paſſeth the riuer of Mayne, that runs into the Rhine: there about groweth ſtrong and pleaſant wine, the which Fauſtus well prooued: The Caſtle ſtandeth on a hill, on the north ſide of the Towne, at the foote whereof runneth the riuer: this towne is ful of beggerly Fryers, Nuns, prieſts and Ieſuites: for there are fiue ſortes of begging Fryers, beſides thrée Cloyſters of Nunnes: At the foot of the Caſtle ſtands a Church, in the which there is an Alter, where are engrauen all the foure Elements and all the orders and degrées in heauen, that any man of vnderſtanding whoſoeuer that hath a ſight thereof, may ſay, that it is the Artificialleſt thing that euer he behold. From thence he went to Norenberg, whither as he went by the way, his ſpirit informed him, that the town was named of Claudius Tiberius, the ſonne of Nero the tyrant. In the towne are two famous Cathedral Churches, the one called S. Sabolt, th'other Saint Laurence: in which Church ſtandeth all the Reliques of Carolus magnus, that is to ſay, his Cloake, his hoſe and doblet▪ his Sword and Crowne, his Scepter and his Apple: It hath a very glorious guilden Conduit in the Market place of S. Laurence: in which Conduit is the ſpear that thruſt our Sauiour into the ſide, & a péece of the holy Croſſe: the wall is called, The faire wall of Norenberg, and hath 528 ſtréetes, 160. welles, foure great & two ſmall Clockes, ſix great Gates, & two ſmal doores, eleuen ſtone Bridges, twelue ſmall hills, ten faire marketplaces, thirtéen common Hot-houſes, ten Churches: within the towne are thirty whéeles of water-milles: it hath 132 tall Ships, two mighty Towne walles of hewen Stone and earth, with very déep trenches: the wals haue 180 Towres about them, and foure faire platforms, ten Apothecaries, ten Doctors of the Common Lawe, fourtéene Doctors of Phiſicke. From Norenburg, he went to Auſpurg where, at the breake of the day, he demanded of his ſpirit, whereupon the towne tooke his name: this towne (quoth he) hath had many names, when it was firſt built, it was called Vindelica: ſecondly it was called Zizaria, the yron bridge: laſtly, by the Emperour Octauius Auguſtus it was called Auguſta, and by the corruption of language, the Germans haue named it Auſpurg. Now for becauſe that Fauſtus had béene there before, he departed without viſiting their monuments to Rauenſpurg, where his ſpirit certified him that the Citty had ſeauen names: the firſt Tyberia, the ſecond Quadratis, the third Heaſpalis, the fourth Regionopolis, the fift Imbripolis, the ſixt Ratisbona, the laſt Rauenſpurg. The ſcituation of this Citty pleaſed Fauſtus well, alſo the ſtrong and ſumptuous buildings: by the walles thereof runneth the riuer Danubia, in Dutch called Donow, into the which not farre from the compaſſe of the Citty, falleth neere hand thréeſcore other ſmall riuers & freſh waters: Fauſtus alſo liked the ſumptuous ſtone Bridge ouer the ſame water, with the Church ſtanding thereon, the which was founded An. 1115. the name whereof is called S. Remadian: in this towne Fauſtus went into the Celler of an Inholder, and let out all the wine and béere that was in the celler. After the which feate he returned into Mentz in Bauaria a right princely towne, the Towne appeared as if it were new, with great ſtréets therein both of breadth and length from Mentz to Saitburg, where the Biſhop is alwaies reſident: here ſaw he all the commodities that were poſſible to be ſéene, for at the hill he ſawe the forme of a bell made in Chriſtall, an huge thing to looke vpon, that euery yeare groweth bigger and bigger, by reaſon of the fréezing colde. From thence he went to Vienna in Auſtria, this Towne is of ſo great antiquitie, that it is not poſſible to finde the like. In this towne (ſaid the ſpirit) is more wine then water, for all vnder the towne are wels, the which are filled euery yeare with wine, and all the water that they haue, runneth by the Towne, that is, the riuer Danubia. From thence he went into Prage, the chiefe Citty in Bohemia: this is deuided into thrée partes, that is, old Prage, new Prage, and little Prage. Little Prage is the place where the Emperors court is placed, vpon an excéeding high mountaine, there is a Caſtle where are two faire Churches, in the one he found a monument which might well haue béene a mirror for himſelfe, and that was the Sepulcher of a notable Coniurer, which by his magicke had ſo inchanted his Sepulcher, that whoſouer ſet foote thereon, ſhould be ſure neuer to dye in their beds. From this Caſtle he came downe and went euer ye bridge. This bridge hath twenty & foure Arches. In the middle of the bridge ſtands a very faire Monument, being a croſſe builded of ſtone, and moſt artificially carued. From thence he came into the olde Prage, the which is ſeperated from the new Prage, with an excéeding déepe ditch, and round about incloſed with a well of bricke. Vnto this is adioyning the Iewes Towne, wherein are thirteene thouſand men, women and children, all Iewes. There he viewed the Colledge and the Garden where all manner of ſauage beaſts are kept, and frō the[•]ce he ſet a compas round about the thrée townes, whereat he wondred greatly, to ſée ſo mighty a Citty ſtand all within the walls. From Prage he flew in the ayre and bethought himſelfe what he might doe, or which way to take, ſo he looked round about, & behold be eſpied a paſſing faire Citty which lay not farre from Prage, about ſome foure and twenty miles, and that was Breſſaw in Sclefia, in the which when he was entred, it ſéemed to him that he had béene in Paradiſe, ſo neate and cleane was the ſtréets, and ſo ſumptuous was their buildings. In the Citty he ſaw not many wonders, except the braſen Virgin that ſtandeth on a bridge ouer the water, and vnder the which ſtandeth a mill like a powder mill, which virgin is made to doe execution vpon thoſe diſobedient towne borne children that be ſo wilde that their parents cannot bridle them: which when any ſuch are found with ſome haynous offence turning to the ſhame of their parents & kindred, they are brought to kiſſe this virgin, which openeth her arme, the perſon then to be executed kiſſeth her, then doth ſhe cloſe her armes together with ſuch violence, that ſhe cruſheth out the breath of the partie, breaketh his bulke & ſo dyeth, but being dead, ſhe openeth her armes againe and letteth the party fall into the mill, where he is ſtamped in ſmall morſels, which the water carryeth away▪ ſo that no part of him is found againe. From Breſſaw he went toward Cracona, in the kingdome of Polonia, where he beheld the Acadamie the which pleaſed him wonderfull will. In this Citty the King moſt commonly holdeth his Court at a caſtle, in which Caſtle are many famous Monuments. There is a moſt ſumptuous Church in the ſame, in which ſtandeth a ſiluer Altar gilded, & ſet with rich ſtones, and ouer it is a conueyance ful of all māner of ſiluer ornaments belonging to the Maſſe. In the church hangeth the iawbones of a huge dragon that kept the rocke before the Caſtle was edified thereon. It is full of all manner of munition, and hath alwaies virtual for 3. yeares to ſerue 2. thouſand men. Through the towne runneth a riuer called the Veſtual or Wiſſell, where ouer is a faire woodden bridge. This water d[•]uideth the towne and Caſmere, in this Caſmere dwelleth the Iewes being a ſmall walled Towne by themſelues, to the number of 25000. men, women and children: within one mile of the towne there is a ſalt mine where they finde ſiones of pure ſalt of 1000. pound, 2000. pound, or more in weight, and that in great quantity. This ſalt is as blacke as the Newcaſtle coales when it comes out of the mines, but being beaten to powder it is as white as ſnowe. The like they haue foure mile from thence at a towne called Buchma. From thence Fauſtus went to Sand[••]z, the captaine therof was called Deu Spiket Iordan: in this towne are many monuments, as the tombe or ſepulcher of Chriſt, in as ample maner as that is at Ieruſalem, at the proper coſts of a Gentleman that went thriſe to Ieruſalem from that place and returned againe. Not far from that towne is a new towne, wherein is a Nunry of the order of S. Diocleſian, into which order may none come except they be Gentlewomen, and well formed, and faire to looke vpon, the which pleaſed Fauſtus well, but hauing a will to trauaile further, and to ſée more wonders, mounting vp towards the eaſt, ouer many lands and prouinces, as into Hungaria, Tranſiluania, Shede, Ingatz, Sardenia, and ſo into Conſtantinople, where the Turkiſh Emperor kept his court: this citty was ſurnamed by Conſtantine the founder thereof, being builded of very faire ſtone. In the ſame the great Turke hath thrée faire pallaces, the walls are ſtrong, the pinacles are very huge, and the ſtreets large, but this liked not Fauſtus that one man might haue ſo many wiues as he would: the ſea runneth hard by the Citie, the wall hath 11. gates: Fauſtus abode th[•]re a certaine time to ſée the manner of the Turkiſh Emperours ſeruice at his table, where he ſaw his royall ſeruice to be ſuch, that he thought if all the Chriſtian Princes ſhould banquet together, and euery one adorne the feaſt to the vttermoſt, they were not able to compare with the Turke for his table, and the reſt of his country ſeruice: wherefore it ſo ſpighted Fauſtus, that he vowed to be reuenged on him, for his pomp he thought was more fit for himſelfe, wherefore as the turke ſat at meate Fauſtus ſhewed him a little apiſh play: for round about the priuy chamber he ſent forth flaſhing flames of fire, inſomuch that the whole company forſooke their meate and fled, except onely the great Turke himſelfe, him Fauſtus charmed in ſuch ſort, that he could neither riſe nor fall, neither could any man pull him vp: With this was the hall ſo light, as if the Sunne had ſhined in the houſe, then came Fauſtus in forme of a Pope to the great Turke, ſaying, all haile Emperour, now art thou honoured that I ſo worthily appeare vnto thée as thy Mahomet was wont to doe, hereupon he vaniſhed, & forthwith it thundred, that the whole Pallace ſhooke: the Turke greatly meruailed what this ſhould be that ſo vexed him, and was perſwaded by his chiefeſt counſellors that it was Mahomet his Prophet which had ſo appeared vnto them, whereupon the Turke commanded them to fall downe on their knées, and to giue him thankes for doing them ſo great honour as to ſhew himſelfe vnto them: but the next day Fauſtus went into the Caſtle where he kept his Wiues and Concubines, in the which Caſtle might no man vpon the paine of death come, except thoſe that were appointed by the great Turke to doe them ſeruice, and they were all gelded: which when Fauſtus perceiued, he ſaid to his Spirit Mephoſtophiles, how likeſt thou this ſport? are not theſe faire ladies greatly to be pittied that thus conſume their youth at ye pleaſure of one only man? Why (quoth the ſpirit) maiſt not thou in ſtead of the Emperour embrace his faire ladies? doe what thy heart deſireth heerein, and I will aid thée, and what thou wiſheſt thou ſhalt haue it performed: wherefore Fauſtus (being before this counſaile apt enough to put ſuch matters in practiſe) cauſed a great fogge to be round about the Caſtle, both within and without, and he himſelfe appeared amongſt the Ladies in all points as they vſe to paint their Mahomet: at which ſight the Ladies fell on their knées and worſhipped him. Then Fauſtus tooke the faireſt by the hand and led her into a chamber, where after his maner he fell to dalliance, and thus he continued a whole day and a night: and when he had delighted himſ[•]lfe ſufficiently with her he put her away. and made his ſpirit bring him another, ſo likewiſe he kept with her 24. houres play, cauſing his ſpirit to fetch him moſt dainty fare, and ſo he paſſed away ſixe dayes, hauing each day his pleaſure of a ſundry Ladie, and that of the faireſt: all which time the fog was ſo thicke and ſo ſtinking, that they within the houſe thought they had béene in hell for the time and they without wondred thereat, in ſuch ſort that they went to their prayers, calling on their God Mahomet, and worſhiping of his Image. Wherfore the ſixt day Fauſtus exalted himſelfe into the aire like to a Pope, in ſight of the great Turke and his people. And he had no ſooner departed the Caſtle but the fog vaniſhed away: whence preſently the Turke ſent for his Wiues and Concubines, demaunding of them if they knew the cauſe why the Caſtle was beſet with a miſt ſo long? They ſaid that it was the God Mahomet himſelfe that cauſed it, and how he was in the Caſtle perſonally full ſixe dayes: and for more certainty he hath line with ſixe of vs ſixe nights one after another. The Turke hearing this, fell downe vpon his knées, and gaue Mahomet thankes, deſiring him to forgiue him for béeing offended with his viſiting his Caſtle & wiues thoſe ſixe daies but the Turke commanded that thoſt whom Mahomet ha[•] line by ſhould be moſt carefully looked vnto, perſwading himſelfe (and ſo did all ye whole people that knew of it) that out of them Mahomet ſhould be raiſed a mighty generation, but firſt he demanded of the ſixe Ladies if Mahomet had not actuall copulation with them according as earthly men haue? yea my Lord (quoth one) as if you had béen there your ſelfe you could not haue mended it, for he lay with vs ſtarke naked, kiſſed and colled vs, and ſo delighted me, that for my part I would he came two or thrée times a weeke to ſerue me in ſuch ſort againe. From whence Fauſtus went to Alkar, the which before times was called Chairam or Memphis. In this Citty the Egyptian Souldan holdeth his court. From thence the riuer Nilus hath his firſt head and ſpring, it is the greateſt freſh water riuer that is in the whole world, and alwaies when the Sun is in Cancer it ouerfloweth the whole land of Egypt: Then he returned againe towards the Northeaſt, and to the Towne of Ofen and Sebata in Hungaria. This Of[•]n is the chiefeſt Citty in Hungaria, and ſtandeth in a fertile ſoyle, wherein groweth moſt excellent wine, and not farre from the Towne there is a Well called Zipzar, the water whereof changeth Iron into Copper: there are mines of gold and ſiluer, & all manner of metall: we Germanes call this towne Ofen; but in the Hungarian ſpeach it is Start. In the towne ſtandeth a very faire Caſtle and very well fortified. From thence he went to Auſtria, & through Sleſia into Saxony, vnto the towns of Magdeburg and Lipzig, and Lubeck, Magdeburg is a Biſhoprick: in this citty is one of the pittchers wherein Chriſt changed the water into wine at Cana in Gallile. At Lipzig nothing pleaſed Fauſtus ſo well as the great veſſell in the Caſtle made of wood, the which is bound about with 24 yron hoopes, and euery hoope weigheth 200 pound weight: you muſt goe vpon a ladder 30 ſteppes high before you can looke into it: he ſaw alſo the new churchyard where it is walled, & ſtandeth vpon a faire plaine, the yard is 200 paces long, and round about the ſide of the wall are goodly places ſeparated due from each other to ſée ſepulchers in, which in the middle of the yard ſtandeth very ſumptuous: therein ſtandeth a Pulpit of white worke and gold. From hence he came to Lubeck and Hamburg, where he made no abode, but away againe to Erford in Duringen, where he viſited the Freſcold, and from Erfold he went home to Wittenberg, when he had ſéen and viſited many a ſtrange place, being from home one yeare and a halfe, in which time he wrought more wonders then are here declared.

How Fauſtus had a ſight of Paradiſe. Chap. 34.

AFter this Doctor Fauſtus ſet forth againe to viſite the countries of Spaine, Portugall, France, England, Scotland, Denmarke, Sweden Poland, Muſcouy, India, Cataia, Affrica, Perſia, and laſtly into Barbaria amongſt the Blackamoores. And in all his wandring he was deſirous to viſite the ancient monuments and mighty hills: amongſt the reſt beholding the high hill called the Treno Reife, was deſirous to reſt vpon it: from thence he went into the Ile of Britanny, wherein he was greatly delighted to ſée the faire water, and warme Bathes, the diuers ſorts of metal, with many precious ſtones, & diuers other comm[••]ities, the which Fauſtus brought thence with him: He was alſo at the O[••]hades behind Scotland, where he ſaw the trée that bringeth forth fruite, that when it is ripe openeth and falleth into the water, wherein engendreth a certaine kinde of fowle or bird, theſe Ilands are in number 23. but ten of them are not habitable, the other thirtéene are inhabited. From hence he went to the Hill Caucaſus, which is the higheſt in all that Tropick, it lieth néere the borders of Scythia: hereon Fauſtus ſtood and beheld many lands and Kingdomes, Fauſtus being on ſuch an high hill, thought to looke ouer all the world, & beyond, for he went to ſée Paradiſe, but he durſt not commune with his Spirit thereof: and being on the hill of Caucaſus he ſaw the whole land of India and Scytbia, and as he looked towards the Eaſt, he ſaw a mighty cleare ſtrike of fire comming from heauen vpon the earth, euen as it had béene one of the beams of the Sunne, he ſaw in the valley foure mighty waters ſpringing: one had his courſe towards India, the ſecond towards Egypt, the third and fourth towards Armenia. When he ſaw theſe, he would néeds know of his ſpirit what waters they were, and from whence they came: His ſpirit gaue him gently an anſwere, ſaying▪ it is Paradiſe that lieth ſo farre in the Eaſt, the Garden that God himſelfe hath planted with all manner of pleaſure, and the fiery ſtreame that thou ſéeſt, is the walls or fence of the garden, but the cléere light thou ſéeſt ſo farre off, that is the Angell that hath the cuſtody therof with a fiery ſword, and although that thou thinkeſt thy ſelfe to be hard by, thou haſt yet further thether from hence then thou haſt euer béene: the water that thou ſéeſt diuided in foure parts is the water that iſſueth out of the well in the middle of Paradiſe. The firſt is called Ganges or Piſſon, the ſecond Gihon, the 3. Tygris, and the 4. Euphrates: alſo thou ſéeſt that he ſtandeth vnder Libra and Aries, right toward the Zenith, and vpon this fiery wall ſtandeth the Angell Michaell with his flaming ſword to kéepe the frée of life, the which he hath in charge: but the ſpirit ſaid to Fauſtus, neither then nor I, nor any after vs, yea all men whoſoeuer are denied to viſit it, or to come any néerer then we be.

Of a certaine Comet that appeared in Germany, and how Doctor Fauſtus was deſired by certaine friends of his to knowe the meaning thereof. Chap. 24.

IN Germany, ouer the Towne of St. Eizleben was ſéene a mightie great Comet, whereat the people wondred: but Doctor Fauſtus. being there was asked of certaine of his friends his iudgement or opinion in ſhe matter? Whereupon he anſwered, it falleth out often by the courſe and change of the ſun and moone, that the ſun is vnder the earth, and the moone aboue: but when the moone draweth néere the change, then is the ſun ſo ſtrong, that it taketh away all the light of the moone, in ſuch ſort, that he is as red as blood, and the contrary, after they haue béene together, the moone taketh her light againe from him, and ſo increaſing in light to the full, ſhe will be as red as the ſunne was before, and changeth her ſelfe into diuers and ſundry colours, of the which ſpringeth a prodigious Monſter or as you call it a Comet, which is a figure or token appointed of God as a forewarning of his diſpleaſure: as at one time, he ſendeth hunger, plague, ſword, or ſuch like: being all tokens of his iudgement: the which Comet commeth through the coniunction of the ſunne and moone begetting a monſter, whoſe father is the Sunne, and whoſe mother is the Moone ☉ and ☾.

A queſtion put forth to D. Fauſtus concerning the ſtarres. Chap. 25.

THere was a learned man of the towne of Holberſtat, named N.W. who inuited D. Fauſtus to his table, but falling into communication before ſupper was ready, they looked out of the window, and ſéeing many ſtars in the firmament, this man being a Doctor of Phiſicke and a good Aſtrologian, ſaid, D Fauſtus, I haue inuited you as my gueſt, hoping that you will take it in good part with me, and withall I requeſt you to impart vnto me ſome of your experience in the ſtars and planets. And ſéeing a ſtar fall, he ſaid, I pray you Fauſtus what is the condition, qualitie or greateſt of the ſtarres in the firmament? Fauſtus anſwered him: My friend and brother, you ſée that the ſtarres that fall from heauen, when they come to the earth they be very ſmall to our thinking as candels, but being fixed in the firmament, there are many as great as this Citty, ſome as great as a Prouince or Dukedome, other as great as the whole earth: other ſome far greater then the earth: as the length and the breadth of the heauen is greater then the earth twelue times, and from the height of the heauens there is ſcarſe and earth to be ſéene, yea the planets in the heauens are ſome ſo great as this land, ſome ſo great as the whole Empire of Rome, ſome as Turky, yea one ſo great as the whole world.

How Fauſtus was asked a queſtion concerning the Spirits that vexe men. Chap. 26.

THat is moſt true (ſaith he to Fauſtus) concerning the Starres and Planets: but I pray you, in what kinde or manner doe the ſpirits vſe to vex men ſo little by day, and ſo greatly by night? Doctor Fauſtus anſwered, becauſe the Spirits are by God forbidden the light, their dwelling is in darknes, and the clearer the Sun ſhineth the further the ſpirits haue their abiding from it, but in the night when it is darke, they haue their familiarity and abiding néere vnto vs men. For although in the night we ſée not the Sun, yet the brightnes thereof ſo lightneth the firſt moouing of the firmament, as it doth héer on earth in the day, by which reaſon we are able to ſee the Stars and Planets in the night: euen ſo the raies of the Sun piercing vpwards into the firmament, the Spirits abandon the place and ſo come néere vs on earth, the darknes filling our heads with heauy dreames and fond fancies, with ſchrikng and crying in many deformed ſhapes: and ſome times when men goe foorth without light, there falleth to them a feare, that their haire ſtandeth on end: ſo many ſtart in their ſléepe, thinking there is a ſpirit by him, gropeth or féeleth for him, going round about the houſe in his ſléepe, and many ſuch like fancies: and all this is for becauſe in the night the ſpirits are more familiarly by vs, that we are deſirous of their company, and ſo they cary vs, blinding vs, and plaguing vs more then we are able to perceiue.

How Doctor Fauſtus was asked a queſtion cuncerning the Starres that fall from heauen. Chap. 27.

DOctor Fauſtus being demaunded the cauſe why the ſtars fell from heauen, he anſwered that it is but our opinion, for if one ſtar fall, it is the great iudgement of God vpon vs, as a forewarning of ſome great thing to come, for when we thinke that a ſtarre falleth, it is but a ſparke that iſſueth from a candle or a flame of fire, for if it were a ſubſtantiall thing, we ſhould not ſo ſoone looſe the ſight of them as we doe. And likewiſe if ſo be that we ſée as it were a ſtreame of fire fall from the firmament as it oft hapneth, yet are they no ſtarres, but as it were a flame of fire vaniſhing, but the ſtars are ſubſtantiall, therfore are they firme & not falling: if there fall any, it is a ſigne of ſome great matter to come as a ſcourge to a people or country, and then ſuch ſtars falling, the gates of heauen are opened, and the clouds ſend foorth floods, or other plagues, to the dammage of the whole land and people.

Fauſtus was asked a queſtion concerning thunder. Chap. 28.

IN the month of Auguſt, there was ouer Wittenberg a mighty great lightning and thunder, and as Doctor Fauſtus was ieſting merily in the market place with certaine of his friends & companions being Phyſitions, they deſired him to tell them the cauſe of that weather? Fauſtus anſwered: It hath béen commonly ſéene heretofore, that before a thunder-clap, fell a ſhower of raine, or a gale of winde, for commonly after a winde followeth a raine, and after a raine a thunder-clap, ſuch things come to paſſe when the foure windes méet together in the heauens, the ayrie clouds are by force beaten againſt the fixed Chriſtall firmament, but when the ayrie clouds méet with the firmament, they are congealed, and ſo ſtrike and ruſh againſt the firmament, as great péeces of yee when they méet on the water, the each other ſoundeth in our eares, and that we call Thunder, which indéed is none other then you haue heard.

The third and laſt of Doctor Fauſtus his merry conceits, ſhewing after what ſort he practiſed Nicromancie in the Courts of great Princes, and laſtly of his fearefull and pittifullend.

How the Emperour Carolus Quintus requeſted of Fauſtus to ſee ſome of his cunning, wherunto he agreed. Chap. 29.

THe Emperour Carolus the fift of that name was perſonally with the reſt of his Nobles and Gentlemen at the towne of Inſzburck, where he kept his Court, vnto the which alſo Doctor Fauſtus reſorted, and being there well known of diuers Nobles & gentlemen, he was inuited into the court to meat, euen in the preſence of the Emperor, whom when the Emperor ſaw, he looked earneſtly on him, thinking him by his lookes to be ſome wonderfull fellow: wherefore he asked one of his Nobles whom he ſhould be? he anſwered that he was called Doctor Fauſtus. Whereupon the Emperor held his peace vntill he had taken his repaſt: after which he called vnto him Fauſtus into his priuie chamber: whither being come, he ſaid vnto him: Fauſtus I haue heard much of thée, that thou art excellent in the blacke Art, and none like thée in mine Empire, for men ſay that thou haſt a familiar ſpirit with thée, and that thou canſt do what thou liſt: it is therfore (ſaid the Emperor) my requeſt of thée, that thou let me ſée a proofe of thine experience, and I vow vnto thee by the honor of my Emperiall Crowne, none euill ſhall happen vnto thée for ſo doing. Hereupon Doctor Fauſtus anſwered his Maieſtie, that vpon theſe conditions he was ready in any thing that he could, to doe his highnes commaundment in what ſeruice he would appoint him. Well, heare then what I ſay (quoth the Emperor.) Being once ſolitary in my houſe, I called to minde mine elders and anceſters, how it was poſſible for them to attaine vnto ſo great degrée of authority, yea ſo high, that we the ſucceſſours of that line are neuer able to come neere. As for example, the great and mighty Monarch of the world Alexander Magnus, was ſuch a Lanterne and ſpectacle to all his ſucceſſors, as the chronicles makes mention of ſo great riches, conquering and ſubduing ſo many kingdomes, the which I and theſe that follow me (I feare) ſhall neuer be able to attaine vnto: wherefore Fauſtus, my hearty deſire is, that thou wouldeſt vouchſafe to let me ſee that Alexander and his Paramour the which was praiſed to be ſo faire, and I pray thée ſhew mée them in ſuch ſort that I may ſée their perſonages, ſhape, geſture and apparell, as they vſed in their life time, and that héere before my face, to the end that I may ſay I have my long deſire fulfilled, and to praiſe thee to be a famous man in thine art and experience. D. Fauſtus anſwered: My moſt excellent Lord, I am ready to accompliſh your requeſt in all things, ſo farre foorth as I and my ſpirit are able to performe: yet your maieſty ſhal know, that their dead bodies are not able ſubſtantially to be brought before you, but ſuch ſpirits as haue ſéene Alexander and his Paramour aliue, ſhall appeare vnto you in maner and forme as they both liued in their moſt flouriſhing time: and herewith I hope to pleaſe your imperiall maieſty. Then Fauſtus went a little aſide to ſpeake to his ſpirit, but he returned againe preſently, ſaying: now if it pleaſe your maieſty you ſhall ſée them, yet vpon this condition yt you demand no queſtion of them, nor ſpeake vnto them, which the Emperour agréed vnto. Wherewith Doctor Fauſtus opened the priuie chamber doore, where preſently entred the great and mighty Emperour Alexander Magnus, in all thinges to looke vpon as if he had bin gliue, in proportion a ſtrong thicke ſet man, of a middle ſtature, blacke haire, and that both thicke and curled, head and beard, red chéekes, and a broad face, with eyes like a Baſilicke, he had a compleat harnes burniſhed and grauen exceeding rich to looke vpon: and ſo paſſing towards the Emperour Carolus, he made lowe and reuerent curteſie: whereat the Emperour Carolus would haue ſtood vp to receiue and gréete him with the like reuerence: but Fauſtus tooke holde of him, and would not permit him to doe it. Shortly after Alexander made humble reuerence and w[•]nt out again: and cōming to the doore his paramour met him, ſhe cōming in, made the Emperour likewiſe reuerence: ſhe was cloathed in blew veluer, wrought and imbroidered with Pearles and gold, ſhe was alſo excellent faire, like milke and bloud mixed, tall and ſlender, with a face round as an apple: and thus ſhe paſſed certain times vp and downe the houſe, which the Emperour marking, ſaid to himſelfe: now haue I ſéene two perſons which my heart hath long wiſhed to behold: and ſure it cannot otherwiſe be (ſaid he to himſelfe) but that the ſpirits haue changed themſelues into theſe formes, and haue not deceiued me, calling to minde the woman that raiſed the Prophet Samuell: and for that the Emperor would be the more ſatiſfied in the matter he ſaid I haue often heard that behinde her necke ſhe had a great wart or wen, wherfore he tooke Fauſtus by the hand without any words, and went to ſée if it were alſo to be ſéen on her or not: but ſhe perceiuing that he came to her, bowed downe her neck, where he ſaw a great wart, and hereupon ſhe vaniſhed, leauing the Emperor and the reſt well contented.

How Doctor Fauſtus in the ſight of the Emperour, coniured a paire of Harts hornes vpon a Knights head that ſlept out at a cazement. Chap. 30.

VVHen Doctor Fauſtus had accompliſhed the Emperors deſire in all things as he was requeſted, he went foorth into a gallery, and leaning ouer a raile to looke into the priuy garden, he ſaw many of the Emperors courtiers walking and talking together, and caſting his eyes now this way, now that way, he eſpied a Knight leauing out at a window of the great hall, who was faſt a ſléepe (for in thoſe daies it was hote) but the perſon ſhall be nameles that ſlept, for that he was a knight. Though it was all done to a little diſgrace of the Gentleman: it pleaſed Doctor Fauſtus (through the helpe of his ſpirit Mephoſtophiles) to firme vpon his head as he ſlept an huge paire of Harts horns, and as the Knight awaked thinking to pull in his head, he hit his hornes againſt the glaſſe that the panes therof flew about his eares. Thinke here how this good Gentleman was vexed, for he could neither get backward nor forward, which when the Emperor heard, all the courtiers laught, and came foorth to ſée what was happened. The Emperor alſo when he beheld the Knight with ſo faire a head, laughed heartily thereat, and was therewithall well pleaſed: at laſt Fauſtus made him quit of his hornes againe, but the Knight perceiued not how they came.

How the aboue mentioned Knight went about to be reuenged of Doctor Fauſtus. Chap. 31.

DOctor Fauſtus tooke his leaue of the Emperor and the reſt of the Courtiers, at whoſe departure they were ſory, giuing him many rewards and guifts▪ but being a league and a halfe from the city, he came into a wood, where he beheld the Knight that he had i[•]ſted with at the Court, with others in harneſſe, mounted on faire palfrayes, and running with full charge towards Fauſtus, but he ſéeing their entent, ran towards the buſhes, and before he came amongſt the buſhes he returned againe, running as it were to méete them that chaſed him, whereupon ſodainly all the buſhes were turned into horſemen, which alſo ran to incounter with the Knight and his company: and comming to them, they encloſed the Knight and the reſt, and told them that they muſt pay their ranſome before they departed: whereupon the Knight ſéeing himſelfe in ſuch diſtreſſe, beſought Fauſtus to be good to them, which he deitied not, but let them looſe: yet he ſo charmed them that euery one, Knight and other for the ſpace of a whole month did weare a paire of Goates hornes on their browes, and euery Palfray a paire of Oxchornes on his head, and this was their penance appointed by Fauſtus,

Vniuerſitie requeſted Fauſtus to helpe them at a wiſh to the towne, of Menchen in Bauaria, there to ſee the Duke of Bauaria his Sonnes wedding. Chap. 32.

THrée worthy yong Dukes, the which are not héere to be named, but being Students all together at the vniuerſity of Wittenberg, met on a time all together, where they fell to reaſoning concerning the pompe and brauery that would be at the Cittie of Menchen in Bauaria, at the wedding of the Dukes Sonne, wiſhing themſelues there but one halfe houre to ſée the manner of their iollity: to whome one replied ſaying to the other two Gentlemen, if it pleaſe you to giue me the heating I will giue you good counſaile that we may ſée the wedding and be here againe to night, and this is my meaning: let vs ſend to Doctor Fauſtus, make him a preſent of ſome rare thing, and ſo open our minds vnto him, deſiring him to aſſiſt vs in our enterpriſe, and aſſure ye he will not deny to fulfill our requeſt: hereupon they all concluded, ſent for Fauſtus, told him their minde, and gaue him a guift, and inuited him to a ſumptuous banquet, wherewith Fauſtus was well contented, and promiſed to further their iourney to the vttermoſt: and when ye time was come that the Duke his Sonne ſhould be maryed Doctor Fauſtus called vnto him the thrée yong Gentlemen into his houſe, commaunding them that they ſhould put on their beſt apparell, & adorne themſelues as richly as they could: he tooke off his own great large cloak, went into the garden that was adioyning vnto his houſe, and ſet the thrée young Dukes on his Cloake, and he himſelfe ſate in the middeſt, but he gaue them in charge that in any wiſe they ſhould not once open their mouthes to ſpeake, or make anſwere to any man ſo ſoone as they were out, not ſo much as if the Duke of Bauaria or his Sonne ſhould ſpeake to them or offer them courteſie they ſhould giue no word or anſwere againe: to the which they all agréed. Theſe conditions being made, Doctor Fauſtus began to coniure: and on a ſodaine aroſe a mighty winde, heauing vp the cloake, and ſo caryed them away in the ayre, and in due time they came vnto Menchen to the Dukes Court, where being entred into the vtmoſt Court the Marſhall had eſpied them, who preſently went to the Duke, ſhewing his grace that al the Lords and Gentlemen were already ſet at the table▪ notwithſtanding there were newly come thrée goodly Gentlemen with one ſeruant, the which ſtood without in the Court, wherefore the good old Duke came out vnto them welcomming them, requiring what they were, and whence? but they made no anſwere at all, whereat the Duke wondred, thinking they were all foure dumb: notwithſtanding for his honor ſake he tooke them into the court and feaſted them. Fauſtus notwithſtanding ſpake to them: if any thing happen otherwiſe then well when I ſay ſit vp, then fall you all on the cloake, and good enough: well, the water being brought, and that they muſt waſh, one of the thrée had ſo much manners as to deſire his friend to waſh firſt: which when Fauſtus heard, he ſaid, ſit vp, and all at once they got on the cloake, but he that ſpake fell off againe, the other two with Doctor Fauſtus were againe preſently at Wittenberg, but he that remained was taken & laid in priſon, wherfore the other two Gentlemen were very ſorrowfull for their friend, but Fauſtus comforted them, promiſing that on the morrow he ſhould alſo be at Wittenberg. Now all this while was the Duke taken in great feare, and ſtricken into an excéeding dump, wondring with himſelfe that his hap was ſo hard to be left behind and not the reſt: and now being weked and watched with ſo many kéepers, there were alſo certaine of the gueſts that fell to reaſoning with him to know what he was, and alſo what the other were that were vaniſhed away? but the poore priſoner thought with himſelfe, if I open what they are, then it will be euill alſo with me, whereofore all this while he gaue no man any anſwere, ſo that he was there a whole day and gaue no man a word: wherefore the old Duke gaue in charge that the next morning they ſhould racke him vntill he had confeſſed: which when the young Duke heard he began to ſorrow, and to ſay with himſelfe, it may be that to morrowe (if Doctor Fauſtus come not to aid me) ſhall I be rached and grieuouſly tormented, inſomuch that I ſhall be conſtrained by force to tell more then willingly I would doe: but he comforted himſelfe, with hope that his friends would intreat Doctor Fauſtus about his delinerance, as alſo it came to paſſe: for before it was day Doctor Fauſtus was by him, and he coniured them that watched him into ſuch a heauy ſléepe, that he with his charmes made open all the locks in the priſon, and there withall brought the young Duke againe in ſafety to the reſt of his fellowes and friends, where they preſented Fauſtus with a ſumptuous guift, and ſo departed one from the other.

How Doctor Fauſtus borrowed money of a Iew, and laid his owne legge to pawne for it. Chap. 33.

IT is a common Prouerb in Germany, that although a coniurer haue all things at commandement the day will come that he ſhall not be worth a peny: ſo is it like to fall out with Doctor Fauſtus, in promiſing the deuil ſo largely: and as the deuill is the author of lyes, euen ſo he led Fauſtus his minde in practiſing of things to deceiue the people, and blinding them, wherin he tooke his whole delight, thereby to bring himſelfe to riches, yet notwithſtanding in the end he was neuer the richer. And although during foure and twenty yeares of his time that the deuill ſet him, he wanted nothing, yet was he beſt pleaſed when he might deceiue any body: for out of the mightieſt Potentates courts in all thoſe countries he would ſend his ſpirit to fetch away their beſt chéere: And on a time being in his merriment where he was banquetting with other Students in an Inne, whereunto reſorted many Iewes, which when D. Fauſtus perceiued, he was minded to play ſome merry ieſt to deceiue a Iew, deſiring one of them to lend him ſome money for a time, the Iew was content, & lent Fauſtus thréeſcore dollers for a month, which time being expired, the Iew came for his money and intreſt, but Doctor Fauſtus was neuer minded to pay the Iew againe: at length the Iew comming home to his houſe, and calling importunately for his money, doctor Fauſtus made him this anſwer: Iew I haue no mony, nor know I how to pay thée, but notwithſtanding to the end that thou maieſt be contented I will cut off a limme of my body, be it arme or legge, and the ſame thou ſhalt haue in pawne of thy money, yet with this condition, that when I ſhall pay thée thy mony againe, then thou ſhalt giue me my limbe. The Iew that was neuer friend to a Chriſtian, thought with himſelfe, this is a fellow right for my purpoſe, that will lay his lints to pawn for mony, and was therwith very well content: wherfore doctor Fauſtus tooke a ſaw, and therwith ſéemed to cut off his leg (being notwithſtanding nothing ſo) well, he gaue it to the Iew, yet vpon this condition, that when he got mony to pay, the Iew ſhould deliuer him his leg, to the end he might ſet it on againe. The Iew was with this matter very well pleaſed, took his leg and departed: and hauing far home, he was ſomewhat weary, and by the way he thus bethought him: what helpeth me a knaues leg? if I ſhould cary it home it would ſtinke, and ſo infect my houſe, beſides, it is too hard a péece of work to ſet it on again, wherefore what an aſſe was Fauſtus to lay ſo déere a pawne for ſo ſmal a ſomme of mony: and for my part quoth the Iew to himſelfe, this will neuer profite me any thing, and with theſe wordes he caſt the leg away from him into a ditch. All this Doctor Fauſtus knew right well, therfore within thrée daies after he ſent for the Iew to make him payment of his 60. dollers: the Iew came, and Doctor Fauſtus demanded his pawne, there was his mony ready for him: the Iew anſwered, the pawne was not profitable or neceſſary for any thing, and he had caſt it away: but Fauſtus threatning, replied, I will haue my leg againe, or elſe one of thine for it. The Iew fell to intreat, promiſing him to giue him what money he would aske, if he would not deale ſtraigtly with him, wherefore the Iew was conſtrained to giue him ſixty dollers more to be rid of him, and yet Fauſtus had his leg on, for he had but blinded the Iew.

How Doctor Fauſtus deceiued a Horſe-courſer. Cap. 34.

AFter the like manner he ſerued a Horſe courſer, at a Frayre called Pheiffring, for Fauſtus through his Coniuring, had got an excellent faire Horſe, whereupon he rid to the Fayre, where he had many Chapmen that offred him money: laſtly he ſolde him for forty dollors, willing him that bought him, that in any wiſe he ſhould not ride him ouer any water, but the horſe-courſer maruelled with himſelfe that Fauſtus had him ride him ouer no water: but (quoth he) I will proue, and foorthwith he rid him into the Riuer▪ preſently the horſe vaniſhed from vnder him, and he ſate on a bottle of ſtraw, inſomuch that the man was almoſt drowned. The horſe-courſer knewe well where he lay that had ſold him his Horſe, wherefore he went angerly to his Inne, where he found Doctor Fauſtus faſt a ſléep[•], and ſnorting on a bed, but the Horſe-courſer could no longer for beare him tooke him by the leg and began to pull him off the bed, but he pulled him ſo, that he pulled his leg from his body, inſomuch that the Horſe-courſer fell backwards in the place, then began Doctor Fauſtus to cry with an open throate, hée hath murthered me: Hereat the Horſe-courſer was afraid and gaue the ſlight, thinking none other with himſelfe but that he had pulled his leg from his body, by this meanes Doctor Fauſtus kept his money.

How Doctor Fauſtus eate a loade of Hay. Chap. 35.

DOctor Fauſtus being in a Towne of Germany called Zwickow where he was accompanyed with many Doctors and Ma[•]ſ[•]ers, and going foorth to walke after Supper, they me[•]te with adowne that droue a loade of Hay. Good euen good fellow, ſaid Fauſtus to the clowne, what ſhall I giue thée to let me eate my belly full of hay? the clowne thought with himſelfe, what a mad man is this to eate hay, thought he with himſelfe, thou wilt not eate much: they agréed for thrée farthings he ſhould eat as much as he could: wherfore Doctor Fauſtus began to eate, and that ſo rauenouſly, that all the reſt of his company fell a laughing: blinding ſo the poore clowne, that he was ſory at his hart, for he ſéemed to haue eaten more then the halfe of his hay: wherefore the clowne began to ſpeake him faire, for feate he ſhould haue eaten the other halfe alſo, Fauſtus made as though he had had pitty on the clowne, and went his way. When the clowne came in place where he would be, he had his hay againe as he had before, a full loade.

How Doctor Fauſtus ſerued the twelue ſtudents. Chap. 36.

AT Wittinberg before Fauſtus his houſe, there was a quarrell betwéen ſeauen ſtudents, and fiue that came to part the reſt, one part being ſtronger then the other. Wherefore Fauſtus ſéeing them to be ouer matched, coniured them all blinde, inſomuch that the one could not ſée the other, and yet he ſo delt with them, they fought and ſmote at one another ſtill: whereat all the beholders fell a laughing: and thus they continued blind beating one another, vntill the people parted them and led each one to his owne houſe: where being entred into their houſes, they receiued their ſight perfectly againe.

How Doctor Fauſtus ſerued the drunken clownes. Chap. 37.

DOctor Fauſtus went into an Inne wherein were many tables full of clownes the which were tipling can after can of excellent wine: and to be ſhort they were all drunken: and as they ſat they ſo ſung and hollowed, that one could not heare a man ſpeake for them: this angred Doctor Fauſtus: wherfore he ſaid to thoſe that had called him in, marke my maiſters, I will ſhew you a merry ieſt: the clownes continuing ſtill hollowing and ſinging, he ſo coniured them, that their mouthes ſtood as wide open as it was poſſible for them to holde them, and neuer a one of them was able to cloſe his mouth again. By and by the noiſe was gone, the clownes notwithſtanding looked carneſtly one vpon another, and wiſt not what was happened: one by one they went out, and ſo ſoone as they came without, they were all as well as euer they were: but none of them deſired to goe in anymore.

How Doctor Fauſtus ſolde fiue Swine for ſixe Dollers a peece. Chap. 38.

DOctor Fauſtus began another ieſt, he made him ready fiue fatte Swine, the which he ſold to one for ſixe dollers a péee, vpon this condition, that the ſwine driuer ſhould not driue them into the water: Doctor Fauſtus went home againe, and as the Swine had fyled themſelues in the mud, the ſwine-driuer droue them into a water, where preſently they were changed into ſo many bundles of ſtraw ſwimming vpright in the water: the buyer looked wiſhly about him, and was ſory in his heart, but he knew not where to finde Fauſtus, ſo he was content to let all goe, and to looſe both mony and hogs.

How Doctor Fauſtus played a merry ieſt with the Duke of Anholt in his Court. Chap. 39.

DOctor Fauſtus on a time came to the Duke of Anholt, who welcomed him very courteouſly: this was ye month of Ianuary, where ſitting at the table, he perceiued the Ducheſſe to be with childe, and forbearing himſelfe vntill the meat was taken from the table, and that they brought in ye banquetting diſhes, Doctor Fauſtus ſaid to the Dutcheſſe, gracious Lady, I haue alwaies heard that great bellied women doe alwaies long for ſome dainties, I beſéech therefore your grace hide not your mind from me, but tell me what you deſire to eat? ſhe anſwered him, Doctor Fauſtus now truly I will not hide from you what my heart doth moſt deſire, namely, that if it were now harueſt I would cat my belly full of grapes, and other dainty fruite: Doctor Fauſtus anſwered hereupon, Gratious Lady, this is a ſmall thing for me to doe, for I can doe more then this: wherefore he tooke a plate, and ſet open one of the Cazements of the Window, holding it forth, where incontinent he had his diſh full of all manner of fruite, as red and white Grapes, Peares and Apples, the which came from out of ſtrange countries: all theſe he preſented the Ducheſſe, ſaying: Madam I pray you vouchſafe to taſt of this dainty fruit, the which came from a farre countrie, for there the ſummer is not yet ended. The Dutches thanked Fauſtus highly, and ſhe fell to her fruit with full appetite. The Duke of Anholt notwithſtanding could not withhold to aſke Fauſtus with what reaſon there were ſuch young fruit to be had at that time of the yeare. Doctor Fauſtus told him, may it pleaſe your grace to vnderſtand, that the yeare is diuided into two circles ouer the whole world that when with vs it is winter, in the contrary circle it is notwithſtanding ſummer, for in India and Saba there falleth or ſetteth the ſun, ſo that it is ſo warme that they haue twiſe a yeare fruit: and gracious Lord I haue a ſwift ſpirit, the which can in the twinckling of an eye fulfill my deſire in any thing, wherefore I ſent him into thoſe countries, who hath brought this fruit as you ſee: whereat the Duke was in great admiration.

How Doctor Fauſtus through his charmes made a great Caſtle in preſence of the Duke of Anholt. Chap. 40.

DOctor Fauſtus deſired the Duke of Anholt to walke a little forth of the Court with him, wherefore they went together into the field, where Doctor Fauſtus (through his ſki[•]l) had placed a mightie Caſtle, which when the Duke ſaw[•], he wondred thereat, ſo did the Dutcheſſe, and all the beholders▪ that on that Hill which is called the Rohumbuel, ſhould on the ſuddain be ſo faire a Caſtle. At laſt, Doctor Fauſtus deſired the Duke and the Dutcheſſe to walke with him into the Caſtle, which they denyed not. This Caſtle was ſo wonderfull ſtrong, hauing about it a great and déep trench of water, the which was full of fiſh, and all manner of water-foules, as Swannes, Duckes, Gooſe, Bitters, and ſuch like. About the wall, was fine ſtone do[•]es, and two other dores: alſo within, was a great open Court, wherein were inchaunted, all manner of wilde Beaſts, ſpecially ſuch as were not to be found in Germany: as Apes, Beares, Buffes, Antelops, and many other ſtrange Beaſtes. Al[•]o, there were Hartes, Hurdes, Roe buckes and Does and wilde Soome: All manner of land-Fowle that any man could think on, which flewe from one tree to an other. After all this, he ſet his gueſts to the Table, being the Duke and Dutcheſſe, with all their traine, for he had prouided them a moſt ſump[•]uous Fea[•]t, both of meat, and alſo of any kind of drinke: for he ſet nine Meſſe of meat v[•]on the boord at once, and all this muſt his Wagner doe, to place all thinges on the boord, the which was brought vnto him by the ſpirit, inuiſible, of all thinges their hartes could deſire, as wild-foule, veniſon, and all manner of dayntie Fiſh that could be thought on: of wine alſo great plenty, and of diuers ſortes, as French wine, Cullen wine, Crabaſhir wine, Rhemiſh wine, Spauiſh wine, Hungarian wine, Watzburg wine, Malmeſey, & Sacke: In the whole, there were a 100 Cans ſtanding round about the houſe. This ſumptuous banquet, the Duke took thankfully, and afterwards he departed homewards, and to their thinking they had neither eaten or drunke: ſo were they blinded while they were in the Caſtle. But as they were in their Pallace, they looked towards the Caſtle, and beheld it all on a flame of fire, and all thoſe which ſaw it, wondred to heare ſo ſtrange anoyſe, as if it had bene great Ordnance ſhould haue bene ſhot off: and thus the Caſtle burned, & conſumed away cleaue. Which done, Doctor Fauſtus raturned to the Duke, who gaue him great thankes for ſhewing them ſo great curteſie, and gaue him a hundred dollors, and libertie to departe, or ſtay there at his owne diſcretion.

How Doctor Fauſtus with his Company, viſited the Biſhop of Saltzburgs Wine-Celler. Chap. 41.

DOctor Fauſtus hauing taken leaue of the Duke, he went to Wittenberg, néere about Shroue tide, and being in company with certaine ſtudents, Doctor Fauſtus was himſelfe the God of Bacchus, who hauing well feaſted the Students before with dainty fare, after the manner of Germany, where it is counted no feaſt except all the bidden gueſts be drunke, which Doctor Fauſtus intanding, ſaid: Gentlemen, and my gueſts, will it pleaſe you to take a cup of Wine with me in a place or Celler whereunto I will bring you: they all ſaid willingly we will: which when Doctor Fauſtus heard he tooke them forth, ſet either of them vpon an Holly wand, and ſo was coniured into the Biſhop of Saltzburg his Celler, for there about grew excellent pleaſant Wine: there fell Fauſtus and his company to drinking and ſwilling, not of the worſt but of the beſt. And as they were merry in the celler, came downe to draw drinke the Biſhops Butler: which when he perceiued ſo many perſons there, he cryed with a loude voyce, théeues théeues. This ſpited Doctor Fauſtus wonderfully, wherfore he made euery one of his company to ſit on their holly wand, & ſo vaniſhed away: and in parting D. Fauſtus tooke the butler by the haire of the head, and carried him away with them vntill they came to a mighty high lopped trée, and on the top of that huge tree he ſet the Butler: where he remained in a moſt fearefull perplexitie: D. Fauſtus departed to his houſe, where they tooke their valete one of another, drinking the wine the which they had ſteine in great bottels of glaſſe out of the Biſhops celler. The Butler that had helo himſelfe by the hands vpon the lopped trée all the night, was almoſt frozen with colde, eſpying the day, and ſéeing the trée of ſo huge great gighnes, thought with himſelfe it is vnpoſſible to come off this trée without perill of death; at length he eſpied certaine clownes which were paſſing by, he cried, for the loue of God helpe me down, the clownes ſeeing him ſo high, wondred what mad man would clime to ſo huge a trée, wherefore as a thing moſt miraculous, they caryed tydings to the biſhop of Saltzburg: then was there great running on euery ſide to ſee him in the trée, and many deuiſes they practiſed ſo get him downe with ropes: and being demanded by the Biſhop how he came there, he ſaid, yt he was brought thither by the haire of ye head of certaine the nes that were robbing of the wine celler, but what they were he knew not, for (ſaid he) they had faces like men, but they wrought like Diuels.

How Doctor Fauſtus kept his Chroue-tide. Chap. 42.

THere were ſeuen ſtudents and maſters that ſtudied Diuinity, Iuris prudentia & medicina, all theſe hauing conſented, were ag[•]ad to viſit Doctor Fauſtus, and to celebrate Shro[•••]de with him: who being come to his houſe, he gaue them their welcome, for they were his déere friends, deſiring them to ſit downe, where he ſerued them with a very good ſupper of Mens, fiſh and other roſt, yet were they but ſlightly chéered: wherefore Doctor Fauſtus comforted his gueſts, excuſing himſelfe that they ſtole vpon him ſo ſuddainly, that he had not leyſure to prouide for them ſo well as they were worthy: but my good friends (quoth he) according to the vſe of our Country, we muſt drinke all this night & ſo a draught of the beſt wine to bedward is commendable. For you know that in great Potentates courts they vſe as this night great feaſting, the like will I doe for you: for I haue thrée great flaggens of Wine, the fieſt is full of Hungarian Wine, containing eight gallons, the ſecond of Italian Wine contaning ſeuen gallons, the third containing ſixe gallons of Spaniſh wine, all the which we will tipple out before it be day: beſides, we haue fiftéene diſhes of meate, the which my ſpirit Mephoſtophiles hath fette ſo farre, that it was colde before hée brought it, and they are all full of the daintieſt thinges that ones heart can deuiſe, but (ſaith Fauſtus) I muſt make them hote againe, and you may beléeue me Gentlemen, that this is no blinding of you, whereas you thinke that it is no natural food, verily it is as good and as pleaſant as euer you eate. And hauing ended his tale, he commaunded his boy to lay the cloath, which done, he ſerued them with fiftéene meſſe of meate, hauing thrée diſhes to a meſſe, the which were all manner of Veniſon, and dainty wild fowle, and for wine there was no lacke, as Italian wine, Hungarian wine, and Spaniſh wine: and when they were all made drunke, and that they had almoſt eaten all their good cheere, they began to ſing and to dance vntill it was day, and then they departed euery one to his owne habitation at whoſe parting, Doctor Fauſtus, deſired them to be his gueſts againe the next day following.

How Doctor Fauſtus feaſted his gueſts on the Aſhwedneſday. Chap. 43.

VPon Aſh wedneſday came vnto Doctor Fauſtus his bidden gueſts the Students, whom he feaſted very royally, inſomuch that they were all full and luſtie, dauncing and ſinging as the night before: and when the high glaſſes and goblets were carouſed one to another doctor Fauſtus began to play them ſome pretty feates, inſomuch that round about the hall was heard moſt pleaſant muſick, & that in ſundry places: in this corner a Lute in another corner a Cornet, in another a Cithern, Clarigolds, Harpe, Horne-pipe: in fine, all manner of Muſicke was heard there at that inſtant, whereat all the glaſſes and goblets, cups, and pots, diſhes, and all that ſtoods on the boord began to daunce: then Doctor Fauſtus tooke ten ſtone pots, and ſet them downe on the floore where preſently they began to dance, and to ſmite one againſt the other that the ſhiuers flew round about the whole houſe, whereat the whole company fell a laughing. Then he began another ieſt, he ſet an inſtrument on the table, and cauſed a mōſtrous great Ape to come in amongſt them, which Ape began to dance and to ſkip, ſhewing them many merry conceits. In this and ſuch like paſtime they paſſed away the whole day, where night being come, Doctor Fauſtus bad them all to Supper, which they lightly agréed vnto, for Students in theſe caſes are eaſily intreated: wherefore he promiſed to feaſt them with a banket of fowle, and afterward they would goe all about with a mask: then D. Fauſtus put forth a long pole out of ye window, wherupon preſently there came innumerable of birds & wild fowle, and ſo many as came, had not any power to flie away againe, but he tooke them and flang them to the ſtudents, who lightly pulled of the neckes of them, and being roaſted they made their ſupper: which being ended, they made themſelues ready to the mask. Doctor Fauſtus commanded euery one to put on a cleane ſhirt ouer his other cloaths, which being done, they looked one vpon another, it ſéemed to each one of them they had no heads, and ſo they went forth vnto certaine of their neighbours, at which ſight the people were wonderfully afraid. And as the vſe of Germany is, that wherſoeuer a mask entreth, the good man of the houſe muſt feaſt them: ſo when theſe maſkers were ſet to their banquet, they ſéemed againe in their former ſhape with heads, inſomuch that they were all knowne what they were, and hauing ſate and well eate and drunke, D. Fauſtus made that euery one had an Aſſes head on, with great and long eares, ſo they fell to dancing and to drine away the time vntill it was midnight, and then euery man departed home: and aſſoone as they were out of the houſe, each one was in his naturall ſhape againe, and ſo they ended and went to ſléepe.

How Doctor Fauſtus the day following was feaſted of the ſtudents, and of his merry ieſts with them while he was in their company. Chap. 44.

THe laſt Bacchanal[•] was held on Thurſday, where inſued a great ſnow, and D. Fauſtus was inuited vnto the Students that were with him the day before, where they had prepared an excellent banket for him, which banket being ended, doctor Fauſtus began to play his old pranks, and forthwith were in the place thirtéen Apes, that tooke hands and danced round in a ring together, then they ſell to tumbling & vauting one ou[•]r another, that it was moſt pleaſent to beheld, thē they leaped out of the window and vaniſhed away: then they ſet before Doctor Fauſtus a roaſted calues head, which one of the Students cut a péece of, and laid it on Doctor Fauſtus his trencher, which péece being no ſooner laid downe, but the Ca[•]nes head began to cry mainly out like a man, murther, murther, out alas what doſt thou to me? whereat they were all amazed, but after a while, conſidering of Fauſtus his teſting tucks, they began to laugh, and then they pulled in ſunder the calues head, and cate it vp, Whereupon Doctor Fauſtus asked leane to depart, but they would in no wiſe agrée to let him goe, except that he would promiſe to come again preſently: then Fauſtus through his cunning made a fledge the which was drawne about the houſe with foure firy dragons: this was fearefull for the ſtudents to beholde, for they ſaw Fauſtus ride vp and downe as though he ſhould haue fired and ſlaine all them in the houſe. This ſport continued vntil midnight, with ſuch a noiſe that they could not heare one another, and the heads of the ſtudents were ſo light that they thought themſelues to be in the ayre all that time,

How Doctor Fauſtus ſhewed the faire Helena vnto the ſtudents vpon the Sunday following. Chap. 45.

THe Sunday following came thoſe ſtudents home to Doctor Fauſtus his owne houſe, and brought their meat and drinke with them, theſe men were right welcome gueſts vnto Fauſtus wherefore they all fell to drinking wine ſmoothly: and being merry, they began ſome of them to talke of the beauty of women, and euery one gaue forth his verdit what he had ſéene, and what he had heard: So one among the reſt ſaid, I neuer was ſo deſirous of any thing in this world, as to haue a ſight (if it were poſſible) of faire Helena of Greece, for whom the worthy towne of Troy was deſtroyed and razed downe to the ground, therefore, ſaith he, that in all mens iudgement ſhe was more then commonly faire, becauſe that when ſhe was ſtolne away from her husband, there was for her recouery ſo great bloodſhed.

Doctor Fauſtus anſwered: for that you are all my friends, and are ſo deſirous to ſée that ſtately pearle of Greece, faire Helena, the wife of King Menelaus and daughter of Tendalus and Leda, ſiſter to Caſtor and Pollux who was the faireſt Lady in all Greece: I will therefore bring her into your preſence perſonally and in the ſame forme of attire as ſhe vſed to goe when ſhe was in her chiefeſt flowers, and pleaſanteſt pria[•]e of youth. The like haue I done for the Emperour Carolus Magnus, at his deſire I ſhewed him Alexander the great and his Paramout: but (ſaid Doctor Fauſtus) I charge you all that vpon your perils you ſpeake not a word, nor riſe vp from the table ſo long as ſhe is in your preſence. And ſo he went out of the hall, returning preſently againe: after whom immediatly folowed the faire and beautiful Helena, whoſe beauty was ſuch that the ſtudents were all amazed to ſée her, eſteeming her rather to be a heauenly then an earthly Creature: This Lady appeared before them in a moſt rich Gowne of purple Velnet, coſily imbroadred: her haire hanged downe looſe, as fairs as the beaten golde, and of ſuch length, that it reached downe to her h[•]mmes, hauing moſt amorous colebla[•••] eyes, a ſwéet & pleaſant round ace, with lips as red as a Cherry, he chéeks of a roſe colour, her mouth ſmall, her neck white like a ſwan, tall & ſlender of perſonage In ſumme, there was no imperfect place in her: ſhe looked round about with a rolling Haukes eye a ſmiling and wanton countenance, which nere hand inflamd the harts of al ſtudents, but that they perſwaded themſelues ſhe was a ſpirit, which made them lightly paſſe away ſuch fancyes: and thus faice Helen and Fauſtus went out againe one with an an other. But the ſtudents, at Fauſtus entring into the Hall againe, requeſted him to let them ſee her againe the next day, for that they would bring with them a Painter▪ to take her Counterfet: which he denyed, affirming that he could not alwayes raiſe vp her ſpirit, but onely at certaine tunes: yet ſaid he, I will gine you her Counterfet, which ſhall be as good to you, as if your ſelfe ſhould ſée the drawing therof, which they receiued according to his promiſe, but ſoone loſt it againe. The ſtudents departed from Fauſtus to their ſeueral lodgings, but none of them could ſleep that night, for thinking on the beauty of faire Hellen. Therfore a man may ſée, that the deuill blindeth and inflameth the hart oft times with luſt, that men fall in in loue with harlots, wherby their mindes can afterwards be hardly remoued.

How Doctor Fauſtus Coniured away the foure wheeles from a Clownes Waggon. Chap. 46.

DOctor Fauſtus was ſent for, to come to the Marſhall of Brunſwick, who was maruailouſly troubled with the falling ſickeneſſe: Now Fauſtus had this quality, he ſildome rid, but walkt on foote, to eaſe himſelfe when [•]e liſt: And as he came néere vnto the Towne of Brunſwicke, there ouertooke him a Clowne with foure horſes and an empty Waggon: to whome▪ Doctor Fauſtus (ieſtingly to try him) ſaid vnto him, I pray thée good fellow let mer dea little to eaſe my weary leggs, which the buſſa[•]dly Aſſe denyes, ſ[•]ving, that his horſes were all weary: and he woul[•] not let him get vp: Doctor Fauſtus did this but to prooue this Clowne if there were any c[•]rtery to be found in him if need were: But ſuch churliſhnes is commonly found among Clownes but he was well requited by Fauſtus, euen with the like payment, for pe ſaid vnto him. Thou doltiſh clowne, voyd of all humility, ſéeing thou art of ſo currith diſpoſition I will pay thée as thou haſt deſerued: for the foure wheeles of thy Wagon thou ſhalt haue taken from thée, let me ſée then how thou canſt ſhift: hereupon his whéeles were gone, his horſes alſo fell downe to the ground as though they had béene dead: whereat the clowne was ſore afrighted, meaſuring it a iuſt ſcourge of God for his ſinnes and churliſhnes, wherfore all trembling and wailing, he humbly beſought Doctor Fauſtus to be good vnto him, confeſſing he was worthy of it, notwithſtanding if it pleaſed him to forgiue him, he would herafter doe better. Which humility made Fauſtus his heart to repent, anſwering him on this maner: Well doe ſo no more, but when a poore man deſireth thée, ſée that thou let him ride, but yet thou ſhalt not goe altogether cléere, for although thou haue againe thy foure whéeles, yet ſhalt thou fetch them at the foure gates of the City, ſo he threw duſt on the horſes and reuiued them againe, and the Clowne for his churliſhnes was faine to fetch his whéeles, ſpending his time with wearines, whereas before he might haue done a good déede, and gone about his buſines quietly.

How foure Iuglers cut one anothers head off, and ſet them on againe and how Doctor Fauſtus deceiued them. Chap. 47.

DOctor Fauſtus came in the Lent vnto Frankford fayre, where his Spirit Mephoſtophiles gaue him to vnderſtand that in an Inne were foure Iuglers that cut one anothers head off, and after their cutting off ſent them to the barber to be trimmed, which many people ſaw. This angred Fauſtus, for he meant to haue himſelfe the onely Cocke in the deuills baſket, and he went to the place where they were to behold them. And as theſe Iuglers were together ready one to cut off anothers head, there ſtood alſo the barbers ready to trim them, and by them vpon the table ſtood likewiſe a glaſſe full of ſtilled water, and he that was the chiefeſt amongſt them ſtood by it. Thus they began, they ſmote off the bead of the firſt, & preſently there was a Lilly in the glaſſe of diſtilled water, where Fauſtus perceiuing this Lilly as it was ſpringing, and the chiefe Iugler named it the trée of life, thus dealt he with the firſt, making the barber waſh and comb his head, and then he ſet it on again, preſently the Lilly vaniſhed away out of the water, hereat the man had his head whole and ſound againe, the like did they with the other two: and as the turne and lot came to the chiefe Iugler that he alſo ſhould be beheaded, & that this Lilly was moſt pleaſant, faire, & floriſhing gréene, they ſmote his head off, & when it came to be barbed, it troubled Fauſtus his conſcience, inſomuch that he could not abide to ſée another doe any thing, for he thought himſelfe to be the principal Coniurer in the world: wherefore Doctor Fauſtus went to the table whereas the other Iuglers kept that Lilly, and ſo he tooke a ſmall knife and cut off the ſtalke of the Lilly, ſaying to himſelfe, none of them ſhould blinde Fauſtus: yet no man ſaw Fauſtus to cut the Lilly, but when the reſt of the Iuglers thought to haue ſet on their maiſters head, they could not, wherefore they looked on the Lilly, and found it bléeding, by this meanes the Iugler was beguiled, and ſo dyed in his wickedues, yet not one thought that Doctor Fauſtus had done it.

How an olde man the neighbour of Fauſtus ſought to perſwade him to amend his euill life and to fall vnto repentance. Chap. 48.

A Good Chriſtian, an honeſt and vertuous olde man a louer of the [•]oly Scriptures, who was neighbour vnto D. Fauſtus, when he perceiued that many ſtudents had their recourſe in and out vnto Doctor Fauſtus he ſuſpected his euill life, wherefore like a friend he inuited Doctor Fauſtus to ſupper vnto his houſe, to the which he agréed: and hauing ended their banquet, the olde man began with theſe words: My louing friend and neighbour Doctor Fauſtus, I am to deſire of you a friendly and a hri[••]tan requeſt, beſeeching you that you will vouchſafe not to be angry with me, but friendly reſolue me in my doubt and take my poore inuiting in good part. To whom D. Fauſtus anſwered: my louing neighbour, I pray you ſay your mind. Then began the olde Patron to ſay: My good neighbour, you know in the beginning how that you haue defied God, and all the hoaſt of Heauen, and giuen your ſoule to the diuell, wherewith you haue incurred Gods high diſpleaſure, and are become frō a Chriſtian, far worſe then a heathen perſon: oh conſider what you haue done, it is not only the pleaſure of ye body, but that ſafety of the ſoule that you muſt haue reſpect vnto: of which if you be careleſſe, then are you caſt away, and ſhall remaine in the anger of the Almighty God. But yet it is time enough D. Fauſtus, if you repent and call vnto the Lord for mercy, as we haue example in the Acts of the Apoſtles the 8. Chap. of Simon in Samaria, who tras[•]ed out of the way, affirming that he was Simon homo Sanctus. This m[•]n was notwithſtanding in the end conuerted, after that he had [••]a[•] the ſermon of Philip, for he was baptized and ſaw his ſinne and repented. Likewiſe I beſéech you good bro[•]her Doctor Fauſtus, l[•]t my rude ſermon be vnto you a conuertion: and forget the filthy life that yet hau[•] ledd[•]: [•]ezent, aske mercy, and liue: for Chriſt ſaith, Come vnto me all ye[•] that [•]e weary, and heauy laden, and I will refreſh you. And in Ezechiel, I deſire not the death of a ſinner, but rather that he will conuert and liue.

Let my wordes good Brother Fauſtus, pierce into your Adamant heart, and deſire God for his ſon Chriſt his ſake to forgiue you. Wherfore haue you ſo long liued in your diueliſh practiſes, knowing that in the olde and new teſtament you are forbidden, and that men ſhould not ſuffer any ſuch to liue, neither haue any conuerſation with them, for it is an abhomination vnto the Lord: and that ſuch perſons haue no part in the Kingdome of God. All this while Doctor Fauſtus heard him very attentiuely, and replyed. Father your perſwaſions like me wondrous well, and I thanke you with all my heart for your good will and counſell, pro[•]iſing you as farre as I may to allow your diſcipline: whereupon he tooke his leaue. And being come home, he lay him very penſiue on his bed, bethinking himſelfe of the wordes of the olde man, and in a manner began to repent that he had giuen his ſoule to the diuell, intend[•]ng to deny all he had promiſed to Lucifer. Continuing in theſe cogitations, ſuddainly his ſpirit appeared vnto him clapping him vpon the head: and wrung it as though he would haue pulled his head from his ſhaulders ſaying vnto him: Thou knoweſt Fauſtus that thou haſt giuen thy ſelfe, body and ſoule, to my Lord Lucifer, and thou haſt vowed thy ſelfe an enemy to God and vnto all men, and now thou beginneſt to hearken vnto an olde doting foole which perſwa[•]eth thée as it were vnto good when indéed it is too lace, for that thou art the Diuels, and he hath good power preſently to fetch thée: wherefore he hath ſent me vnto thée, to tell thée, that ſéeing thou haſt ſorrowed for that thou haſt done, begin againe and write another writing with thine owne blood, if not, then will I teare thée all to péeces. Hereat Doctor Fauſtus was ſore afraid and ſaid: My Mephoſtophiles, I will write againe what thou wilt: wherefore he ſate him downe, and with his owne blood he wrote as followeth: which writing was afterward ſent to a deare friend of the ſaid Doctor Fauſtus being his kinſ-man.

How Doctor Fauſtus, wrote the ſecond time with his owne blood and gaue it to the deuill. Chap. 49.

I Doctor Iohn Fauſtus, acknowledge by this my déed and hand writing, that ſith my firſt writing, which is ſeuentéen yeares, that I haue right willingly held, and hath béen an vtter enemy vnto God & all men, the which I once againe confirme, and giue fully and wholy my ſelfe vnto the deuill both body and ſoule, euen vnto the great Lucifer, & that at the end of ſeauen yeares inſuing after the date of this letter, he ſhall haue to doe with me according as it pleaſeth him, either to lengthen or ſhorten my life as pleaſeth him: and hereupon I renounce all perſwaders that ſéeke to withdraw me from my purpoſe by the word of God, either ghoſtly or bodily: and further, I wil neuer giue eare vnto any man be he ſpirituall or temporall, that moueth any matter for the ſaluation of my ſoule. Of all this writing, and that therein conteined, be witnes my bloud, the which with my hands I haue begun and ended.

Dated at VVittenberg the 25. of Iuly.
And preſently vpon the making of this letter, he became ſo great an enemy to the poore old man, that he ſought his life by all meanes poſſible, but this godly man was ſtrong in the holy Ghoſt that he could not be vanquiſhed by any meanes, for about two dayes after that he had exhorted Fauſtus, as the poore man lay in his bed, ſuddainly there was a mighty rumbling in the chamber, yt which he was neuer wont to heare, and he heard as it had béene the groaning of a Sow, which laſted long: whereupon the good old man began to ieſt and mocke, and ſaid: oh what Barbarian cry is this: oh faire bird, what ſoule muſick is this? a faire Angell, that could not tary two daies in his place? beginneſt thou now to rim into a poore mans houſe, where thou haſt no power, and wert not able to kéepe thy owne two dayes? With theſe and ſuch like words the ſpirit departed. And when he came home, Fauſtus asked him how hée had ſped with the olde man? to whome the ſpirit anſwered, the olde man was harneſſed, and that he could not once lay holde vpon him: but hée would not tell how the olde man had mocked him, for the Diuels can neuer abide to heare of their fall. Thus doth God defend the hearts of all honeſt Chriſtians, that be take themſelues vnder his tuition.

How Doctor Fauſtus made a marriage between two louers. Cap. 50.

IN the Citty of Wittenberg was a Student, a gallant Gentleman, named N. N. This Gentleman was farre in loue with a Gentlewoman, faire and proper of perſonage: This Gentlewoman had a knight that was a ſuter vnto her, and many other Gentlemen the which deſired her in mariage, but none could obtain her: ſo it was that this N.N. was very well acquainted with Fauſtus, and by that meanes became a ſuter vnto him to aſſiſt him in the matter, for he fell ſo farre in diſpaire with himſelfe, that he pined away to the skin and bones, But when he had opened the matter vnto Doctor Fauſtus, he asked counſell of his ſpirit Mephoſtophiles, the which tolde him what to doe. Hereupon Doctor Fauſtus went home to the Gentleman and bad him be of good chéere, for he ſhould haue his deſire, for he would helpe him to that he wiſhed for, and that this Gentlewoman ſhould loue none other but him onely, wherefore D. Fauſtus ſo changed the mind of the damſell by a practiſe he wrought, that ſhe ſhould doe no other thing but think on him whom before ſhe had hated, neither cared ſhe for any man but him alone. The deuice was thus: Fauſtus commaunded the Gentleman that he ſhould cloath himſelfe in all the beſt apparell that he had, and that he ſhould goe vnto this Gentlewoman, [••]d ſhowe himſelfe▪ giuing him a King, commaunding him in any wiſe that he ſhould daunce with her before he departed: who folowing his Counſel, went to her, and when they began to daunce, they that were ſuiters began to take euery one his Lady by the hand: this Gentleman tooke her woo before had ſo diſdayned him, and in the daunce, he put the King into her hand that Fauſtus had giuen him, which ſhe no ſooner toucht, but ſhe fell preſently in loue with him, ſmiling at him in the daunce, and many times winking at him, rolling her eyes, and in the end ſhe aſked him if be could loue her, and make her his wife? he gladly anſwered, that he was content: whereupon they concluded, and were maryed, by the meanes and help of Fauſtus, for the which, the Gentleman will rewarded hun.

How Doctor Fauſtus, led his friends into his Garden at Chriſtmas, and ſhowed them many ſtrange ſights, in his ninteenth yeare. Chap. 51.

IN December, about Chriſtmas▪ in the City of Wittenberg were man[•] y[•]ng Gentlemen which were come out of the Country to be merry with their friends: amongſt whome, there were certaine well acquainted with Doctor Fauſtus, who often inuited them home vnto his houſes they being there on a certaine time, after dinner he had them into his Garden, where they beheld all maner of flowers and freſh hearbes, and trées bearing fruit and bloſſomes of all ſortes, who wondred to ſée that his garden ſhould ſo flouriſh at that time, as in the midſt of Sommer: and abroad in the ſtreets and all the countrey lay full of ſnowe and yee: Wherefore this was noted of them, as a thing miraculous: euery one gathering and carying away, all ſuch thinges as they beſt liked, and ſo departed, delight[•]d with their ſwéet ſmelling flowers.

How Doctor Fauſtus, gathered together, a great Army of men, in his extremity, againſt a Knight that would haue miured him on his iourney. Chap. 52.

DOctor Fauſtus trauayld towards Eyzelben, and when he was nigh halfe the way, he eſpyed ſeuen horſe-men, and the chiefe of them be knewe to be the Knight with whome he had Ieſted in the Emperours Court: for he had ſet a huge payre of Harts hornes vpon his head, and when the Knight now ſawe that he had fit oportunity to be reuenged of Fauſtus, he ran vpon him (and thoſe that were with him) to miſchiefe him, intending priuile to ſlay him: which when Fauſtus eſpyed, he vaniſhed away into a wood which was hard by them: But when the Knight perceiued that he w[•]s vaniſhed away, he cauſed his men to ſtand ſtill, but where they remained, they heard all maner of warlike Inſtruments of muſick, as Drums, Flutes, Trumpets, and ſuch like, and a certaine troope of horſ-men [•]ū [••]ing toward them: then they turned another way, and they were alſo met on that ſide thē another way, & yet were freſhly aſſaulted, ſo that which way ſo euer they turned themſelues, he was incountred, inſomuch that when the Knight perceiued that he could eſcape no way, but that they his enemies laid on him which way ſoeuer hée offered to flye, hée tooke a good heart, and ran amongſt the thickeſt, and thought with himſelfe, better to dye then to liue with ſo great an infamy. Therefore being at handy blowes with them he demanded the cauſe why they ſhould ſo vſe him? but none of them would giue him anſwer vntill Doctor Fauſtus ſhewed himſelfe vnto the Knight, whereupon they incloſed him round, and Doctor Fauſtus ſaid vnto him ſir, yéeld your weapon, and your ſelfe, other wiſe it will goe ha[•]d with you. The Knight knew no other but that he was inuironed with an hoaſt of men (where indeed they were none other th[•]n diuels) yéelded: then Fauſtus tooke away his ſword, his péece, and horſe, with all the reſt of his companions. And further he ſaid vnto him, Sir: the chiefe Generall of our army hath commaunded to deale with you according to the Law of Arm[•]s, you [•]hall depart in peace whither you pleaſe, and then he gaue the Knight a horſe after the manner, and ſet him thereon, ſo he rode, the reſt went on foote, vntill they came to their Inne, where being alighted, his Page rode on his horſe to the water, and preſently the horſe vaniſhed away, the Page being almoſt ſunke and drowned, but he eſcaped, and comming home, the Knight perceiued his Page ſo bemyred and on foote, asked where his horſe was become: who anſwered that he was vaniſhed away: which when the Knight heard, hee ſaid, of a truth this is Fauſtus his doing, for he ſerueth me now as he did before at the Court, onely to make me a ſcorne and a laughing ſtocke.

How Doctor Fauſtus cauſed Mephoſtophiles to bring him 7. of the faireſt women he could finde in all the Countries he had trauailed in, in the 20 yeare. Chap. 53.

WHen D. Fauſtus called to minde that his time from day to day drew nigh, he began to liue a ſwini[•]h & epicuriſh life, wherefore he commaunded his Spirit Mephoſtophiles, to bring him ſeauen of the faireſt women that he had ſeene in all the time of his trauell: which being brought, firſt one, then another, he lay with them all, inſomuch that he liked them ſo well, that he continued with them in all manner of loue and made them to trauell with him in all his iourners: Theſe women were 2. Netherlands, 1. Hungarian, 1. Engliſh, 2. Wallons, 1. Francklander: and with theſe ſwéet perſonages he continued long, yea euen to his laſt [•]nd.

How Doctor Fauſtus found a maſſe of money, when he had conſumed 22. of his yeares. Chap. 54.

TO the end that the Diuell would make Fauſtus his onely heire, hée ſhewed vnto him, where he ſhould goe and finde a mighty huge maſſe of money, and that he ſhould haue it in an olde Chappell that was fallen downe: halfe a mile diſtant from Wittenberg, there he had him to dig, and ſhould finde it, the which he did, and hauing digged reaſonable déep, he ſaw a mighty huge ſerpent, the which lay on the treaſure it ſelfe, the treaſure it ſelfe lay like a huge light burning: but Doctor Fauſtus charmed the Serpent that he crept into a hole, and when he digged déeper to get vp the treaſure, he found nothing but coales of fire: there alſo he heard and ſaw many that were tormented, yet notwithſtanding he brought away the coales, and when he was come home: it was all turned into ſiluer and gold, and after his death it was found by his ſeruant, the which was almoſt about eſtimation a thouſand Gilders.

How Doctor Fauſtus made the ſpirit of faire Helena of Greece his owne Paramour and bedfellow in his 23. yeare. Chap. 55.

TO the end that this miſerable Fauſtus might fill the luſt of his fleſh, and liue in all manner of voluptuous pleaſures, it came in his mind after he had ſlept his firſt ſléepe, and in the 23. yeare paſt of his time, that he had a great deſire to lye with faire Helena of Greece, eſpecially her whome he had ſéene and ſhewed vnto the ſtudents at Wittenberg, wherefore he called vnto his ſpirit Mephoſtophiles, commanding him to bring him the faire Helena, which he alſo did, wherupon he fell in loue with her, and made her his common concubine, and bedfellow, for ſhe was ſo beautifull and delightfull a péece, that he could not be one houre from her, if he ſhould therfore haue ſuffred death, ſhe had ſo ſtolue away his heart, and to his ſéeming in time ſhe was with childe, and in the end brought him a man childe, whom Fauſtus named Iuſtus Fauſtus: This child tolde D. Fauſtus many things that were to come, and what ſtrange things were done in forraine Countries: but in the end when Fauſtus loſt his life, the mother and the childe vaniſhed away both together.

How Doctor Fauſtus made his will, in which he named his ſeruant Wagner to be his heire. Chap. 56.

DOctor Fauſtus was now in this 24. and laſt yeare, and hée had a pretty ſtripling to his ſeruant, the which had ſtudied alſo at the Vniuerſity of Wittenberg: this youth was very well acquainted with his knaueries and ſorceries ſo that he was hated aſwell for his owne knauerie, as alſo for his maiſters: for no man would giue him entertainment into his ſeruice, becauſe of his vnhappineſſe, but Fauſtus: This Wagner was ſo well brioued with Fauſtus that he vſed him as his ſon: for doe what he would, his maſter was alwayes therewith well contented. And when the time drew nigh that Fauſtus ſhould end, hée called vnto him a Notary and certaine Maiſters, the which were his friends, and often conuerſant with him, in whoſe proſence he gaue this Wagner his houſe and garden. Item he gaue him in ready money 16000. Gilders. Item a Farme. Item a Gold chaine, much Plate, and other houſhold ſtuffe. That gaue he all to his ſeruant and the reſt of his time he meant to ſpend in Innes and Students company, drinking and eating, with other iollitie: and thus he finiſhed his will for that time.

How Doctor Fauſtus fell in talke with his ſeruant touching his Teſtament, and the couenants thereof. Chap. 57.

NOw when his will was made Doctor Fauſtus called vnto his ſeruant, ſaying, I haue thought vpon thée in my Teſtament, for that thou haſt béene a truſty ſeruant vnto me, and a faithfull, and haſt not opened my ſecrets, and yet further (ſaid he) aske of me before I die what thou wilt and I will giue it vnto thée. His ſeruant raſhly anſwered, I pray you let me haue your cunning. To which Doctor Fauſtus anſwered I haue giuen thée all my books, vpon this condition that thou wouldſt not let them be common, but vſe them for thine owne pleaſure, and ſtudy carefully in them. And doſt thou alſo deſire my cunning? That maiſt thou peraduenture haue, if thou loue and peruſe my bookes well. Further (ſaid Doctor Fauſtus) ſéeing that thou deſireſt of me this requeſt, I will reſolue thée: my Spirit Mephoſtophiles his time is out with me, and I haue nought to command him as touching thée, yet wil I helpe thée to another if thou like well therof. And within three dayes after he called his ſeruent vnto him, ſaying, art thou reſolued: wouldſt thou verily haue a ſpirit: Then tell me in what manner or forme thou wouldſt haue him: To whom his ſeruant anſwered, that he would haue him in the forme of an Ape: whereupon appeared preſently a Spirit vnto him in manner and forme of an Ape, the which leaped about the houſe. Then ſaid Fauſtus ſée, there haſt thou thy requeſt, but yet he will not obey thee vntill I be dead, for when my ſpirit Mephoſtophiles ſhall fetch me away, then ſhall thy ſpirit be bound vnto thée, if thou agree: and thy Spirit ſhalt thou name Abercocke: for ſo he is called: but all this is vpon condition that you publiſh my cunning and my merry conceits: with all that I haue done (when I am dead) in an hiſtorie: and if thou canſt not remember all, the ſpirit Abercocke will helpe thée: ſo ſhall the great acts that I haue done be manifeſt vnto the world.

How Doctor Fauſtus hauing but one month of his appointed time to come, fell to mourning and ſorrow with himſelfe, for his diueiliſh exerciſe. Chap. 58.

TIme ran away with Fauſtus, as the houre-glaſſe, for he had but one month to come of his 24. yeares, at the end whereof he had giuen himſelfe to the diuell body and ſoule, as it is before ſpecified. Here was the firſt token for hée was like a taken murtherer, or a theefe, the which findeth himſelfe guilty in conſcience, before the Iudge haue giuen ſentence, fearing euery houre to dye for he was grieued, and in wayling ſpent the time, went talking to himſelfe, wringing of his hands, ſobbing and ſighing, he fell away from fleſh, and was very leane and kept himſelfe cloſe: neither could he abide to ſée or heare of his Mephoſtophiles any more.

How Doctor Fauſtus complained that hee ſhould in his luſty time and youthfull yeares dye ſo miſerably. Chap. 59.

THis ſorrowfull time drawing néere ſo troubled Doctor Fauſtus, that he began to write his minde, to the end he might peruſe it often, and not forget it, and which was in manner as followeth.

Ah Fauſtus, thou ſorrowfull and wofull man now muſt thou goe to the damned company in vnquenchable fire, whereas thou mighteſt haue had the ioyfull immortalitie of the ſoule, the which thou now haſt loſt. Ah groſſe vnderſtanding and wilfull will, what ſeazeth on my limbes, other then a robbing of my life? Bewaile with me my ſound and healthfull body, and wit and ſoule: bewaile with me my ſences, for you haue had your part and pleaſure aſwell as I. Oh enuy and diſdaine, how haue you crept both at once into mée, and how for your ſakes, I muſt ſuffer all theſe torments! Ah whither is pitty and mercy fled? Vpon what occaſion hath heauen repayed me with this reward, by ſufferance to ſuffer me to periſh? Wherefore was I created of man? The puniſhment I ſée prepared for mée, of my ſelfe now muſt I ſuffer. Ah miſerable wretch, there is nothing in this world to ſhew mée comfort: then woe is me what helpeth my wailing?

Another complaint of Doctor Fauſtus. Chap. 60.

OH poor[•], wofull and weary wretch: oh ſorrowfull ſoule of Fauſtus, now art thou in he number of the damned, for now muſt I waite for vnmeaſurable paines of death, yet farre more lamentable then euer yet any creature hath ſuffered. Ah ſenceles, wilfull, and deſperate forgetfulnes! Oh curſed and vnſtable life! O blind and careleſſe wretch, that ſo haſt abuſed thy body, ſence, and ſoule! O fooliſh pleaſure, into what a weary laborinth haſt thou brought me, blinding mine eyes in the cléereſt day? Ah weake hart, Oh troubled ſoule, where is become thy knowledge to comfort thée? Oh deſperate hope, now ſhall I neuer more be thought vpon: Oh care vpon carefulneſſe, and ſorrowes on heapes: Ah grieuous paines, that pierce my panting heart, whom is there now that can deliuer me? Would to God I knew where to hide me, or into what place to créepe or flie. Ah, woe, woe is me, be where I will, yet am I taken. Herewith poore Fauſtus was ſo ſorrowfully troubled, that he could not ſpeake or vtter his minde any further.

How Doctor Fauſtus bewailed to thinke on hell and of the miſerable paines therein prouided for him. Chap. 61.

NOw thou Fauſtus, damned wretch, how happy wert thou if as an vnreaſonable beaſt thou mighteſt die without ſoule, ſo ſholdeſt thou not fale any more doubts? But now the Deuill will take thée away both body and ſoule, and ſet thée in an vnſpeakable place of darkeneſſe: for although others ſoules haue reſt & peace, yet I poore damned wretch muſt ſuffer all manner of filthy ſtench, paines, colde, hunger, thirſt, heate, fréezing, burning, hiſſing, gnaſhing and all the wrath and curſe of God, yea all the Creatures that God hath created are enemies to me. And now too late I remember that my ſpirit Mephoſtophiles did once tell mee there was great difference amongſt the damned: for the greater the ſinne the greater the torment: for as the twigs of a tree makes greater flame then the truncke thereof, and yet the truncke continueth longer in burning, euen ſo the more that a man is rooted in ſinne, the greater is his puniſhment. Ah thou perpetuall damned wretch, now art thou throwne into the euerlaſting fiery lake that neuer ſhall be quenched: there muſt I dwell in all manner of wailing, ſorrow, miſery, paine, torment, griefe, howling, ſighing, ſobbing, running of eyes, ſtinking at noſe, gnaſhing of féeth, feare to the eares, horror to the conſcience, and ſhaking both of hand and foote. Ah that I could carry the heauens vpon my ſhoulders, ſo that there were time at laſt to quit me of this euerlaſting damnation: Oh who can deliuer me out of the fearefull formenting flame, the which I ſee prepared for me? Oh there is no helpe, nor any man that can deliuer me, nor any wailing of ſinnes can helpe me, neither is there reſt to be found for me day or night. Ah woe is me, for there is no helpe for me, no ſhield, no defence, no comfort. Where is my hold? knowledge dare I not truſt: and for a ſoule to God wards, that haue I not, for I ſhame to ſpeake vnto him: if I doe, no anſwere ſhall be made me, but he will hide his face from me, to the end that I ſhould not behold the ioyes of the choſen, What meane I then to complaine where no helpe is? No I know no hope reſteth in my groanings. I haue deſired that it ſhould be ſo, and God hath ſaid Amen to my miſdoings: for now I muſt haue ſhame to comforme in my calamities.

Here followeth the miſerable and lamentable end of Doctor Fauſtus, by the which all Chriſtians may take an example and warning. Chap. 62.

THe full time of Doctor Fauſtus his 24. yeares being come, his ſpirit appeared vnto him giuing him his writing again and commanding him to make preparation, for that the deuill would fetch him againſt a certaine time appointed. Doctor Fauſtus mourned and ſighed wonderfully, and neuer went to bed, nor ſlept winke for ſorrow. Wherefore his ſpirit appeared againe comforting him and ſaying: My Fauſtus, be not thou ſo cowardly minded, for although that thou loſeſt thy body, it is not long vnto the day of Iudgement, and thou muſt dye at the laſt, although thou liue many thouſand yeares. The Turks, the Iewes, and many a vnchriſtian Emperour are in the ſame condemnation: therefore my Fauſtus be of good courage, and be not diſcomforted, for the deuil hath promiſed that thou ſhalt not be in paine as the reſt of the damned are. This and ſuch like comfort he gaue him, but he tolde him falſe, and againſt the ſaying of holy Scriptures. Yet Doctor Fauſtus that had none other expectation but to pay his debts with his owne skin, went (on the ſame day that his ſpirit ſaid the deuill would fetch him) vnto his truſty and déereſt beloued brethren and companions, as Maiſters and Batchelers of Art, and other ſtudents more, the which did often viſite him at his houſe in merriment: theſe he intreateth that they would walke into the Village called Rimlich, halfe a mile from Wittenberg, and that they would there take with him for their repaſt of a ſmall banquet, the which they all agréed vnto: ſo they went together: and there held their dinner in a moſt ſumptuous manner. D. Fauſtus with them (diſſemblingly) was merry but not from the heart: wherefore he requeſted them that they would alſo take part of his rude ſupper: the which they agréed vnto, for (quoth he) I muſt tell you what is the Victulers due: and when they ſleeped (for drinke was in their heads) then Doctor Fauſtus paid and diſcharged the ſhot, and bound the ſtudents and the Maiſters to goe with him into another roome, for he had many wonderfull matters to tell them, and when they were entred the roome as he requeſted, Doctor Fauſtus ſaid vnto them as hereafter followeth.

An Oration of Fauſtus to the Students. Chap. 63.

MY truſty and welbeloued friends, the cauſe why I haue inuited you into this place is this: Foraſmuch as you haue knowne me this many yeares in what manner of life I haue liued, practiſing all manner of Coniurations and wicked exerciſes, the which I obtained through the helpe of the deuill, into whoſe deuilliſh fellowſhip they haue brought me, the which vſe the like Art and practiſe, vrged by the deteſtable prouocations of my fleſh, and my ſtiff-necked and rebellious will, with my filthy infernall thoughts, the which were euer before me, pricking me forward ſo earneſtly, that I muſt perforce haue the conſent of the deuill to ayde me in my deuiſes. And to the end I might the better bring my purpoſe to paſſe, to haue the deuils aide and furtherance, which I neuer haue wanted in my actions, I haue promiſed vnto him at the end and accompliſhing of 24. yeares, both body and ſoule, to doe therewith at his pleaſure: and this day, this diſmall day, thoſe 24. yeares are fully expired, for night beginning, my houre-glaſſe is at an end, the direfull finiſhing whereof I carefully expect: for out of all doubt this night he will fetch me, to whome I haue giuen my ſelfe in recompence of his ſeruice, both body and ſoule, and twiſe confirmed writings with my proper blood. Now haue I called you my welbeloued Lords, friends, brethren, and fellowes, before that fatall houre, to take my friendly fare-well, to the end that my departure may not hereafter be hidden from you, beſéeching you herewith (curteous louing Lords, and brethren) not to take in euill part any thing done by me, but with friendly commendations to ſalute all my friends and companions whereſoeuer, deſiring both you and them if euer I haue treſpaſſed againſt your mindes in any thing that you would heartily forgiue me: and as for thoſe lewd practiſes the which is full 24. yeares I haue followed, you ſhall hereafter finde them in writing: and I beſéech you let this my lamentable end to the reſidue of your liues be a ſufficient warning that you haue God always before your eyes, praying vnto him that he would euer defend you from the temptations of the Deuill and all his falſe deceits, not falling altogether from GOD, as I wretched and vngodly damned creature haue done, hauing denied and defied Baptiſme, the Sacraments of Chriſts body, God himſelfe, all heauenly powers, and earthly men: yea, I haue denyed ſuch a God that deſireth not to haue one loſt. Neither let the euill fellowſhip of wicked companions miſleade you as it hath done me, viſite earneſtly and oft the Church, warre and ſtriue continually againſt the Deuill with a good and ſtedfaſt beliefe in God, and Ieſus Chriſt, and vſe your vocation in holines. Laſtly, to knit vp my troubled oration, this is my friendly requeſt that you would goe to reſt, and let nothing trouble you▪ alſo if you chance to heare any noiſe [〈◊〉] rumbling about the houſe be not therewith afraid: for there ſhall no euill happen vnto you: alſo I pray you ariſe not out of your beds. [•]at aboue all things I intreat you, if you hereafter find my dead earkaſſe, conuey it in the earth, for I dye both a good and bad Chriſtian, for that I knowe the deuill will haue my body, and that would I willingly giue him, ſo that he would leaue my ſoule in quiet: wherefore I pray you that you would depart to bed, and ſo I wiſh you a quiet night, which vnto mee notwithſtanding will be horrible and fearefull.

This Oration or declaration was made by Doctor Fauſtus, and that with a hearty and reſolute minde, to the end he might not diſcomfort them: but the Students wondred greatly thereat, that he was ſo blinded for knauery, coniuration, and ſuch like fooliſh things, to giue his body and ſoule vnto the deuill, for they loued him intirely, and neuer ſuſpected any ſuch things before he had opened his mind vnto them: wherfore one of them ſaid vnto him: Ah friend Fauſtus, what haue you done to conceale this matter ſo long from vs? we would by the helpe of good Diuines, and the grace of God haue brought you out of this net, and haue torne you out of the bondage and chaines of Sathan, whereas now we feare it is too late, to the vtter ruine of your body and ſoule. Doctor Fauſtus anſwered, I durſt neuer doe it, although I often minded to ſettle my ſelfe vnto godly people, to deſire counſell and helpe, and once mine olde neighbour counſelled me, that I ſhould follow his learning and leaue all my coniurations, yet when I was minded to amend, and to follow that good mans councell, then came the deuill and would haue had me away, as this night he is like to doe, and ſaid, ſo ſoone as I turned againe to God he would diſpatch me altogether. Thus euen thus, (good gentlemen and deare friends) was I inthralled in that ſatanicall band, all good deſires drowned, all pitty baniſhed, all purpoſe of amendment vtterly exiled, by the tyrannous threatnings of my deadly enemie. But when the Students heard his words, they gaue him councell to doe nought elſe but call vpon God, deſiring him for the loue of his ſwéet ſon Ieſus Chriſts ſake to haue mercy vpon him, teaching him this forme of prayer: O God be mercifull vnto me, poore and miſerable ſinner, and enter not into iudgement with me, for no fleſh is able to ſtand before thée: although O Lord I muſt leaue my ſinfull body vnto the Deuill, being by him deluded: yet thou in mercy maiſt preſerue my ſoule.

This they repeated vnto him, yet it could take no holt, but euen as Caine, he alſo ſaid his ſinnes were greater then God was able to forgiue▪ for all his thought was an his writing, he [••]ant he had made it too filthy, in writing with his owne blood. The Students and the other that were there, when they had prayed for him, they wept, and ſo went foorth, but Fauſtus tarryed in the Hall: and when the Gentlemen were laid in bed, none of them could ſtéepe, for that they attended to heare if they might be priuy of his end: It hapned betwéene twelue and one a clocke at midnight, there blew a mighty ſtorme of winde againſt the houſe, as though it would haue blowne the foundation thereof out of his place. Hereupon the ſtudents began to feare, and got out of their beds comforting one another, but they would not ſtirre out of the chamber: and the Hoſt of the houſe ranne out of doores thinking the houſe would fall. The Students lay néere vnto the hall wherein Doctor Fauſtus lay, and they heard a mighty noiſe and hiſſing, as if the hall had beene full of Snakes and Adders: with that the hall doore ſtowe open wherin doctor Fauſtus was, that he began to crie for help, ſaying: murther, murther, but it came foorth with halfe a voice, hollowly: ſhortly after, they heard him no more. But when it was day, the Students that had taken no reſt that night, aroſe and went into the hall, in the which they left doctor Fauſtus, where notwithſtanding they found not Fauſtus, but all the hall lay deſprinckled with blood, his braines cleauing to the wall, for the deuill had beaten him from one wall againſt another: In one corner lay his eyes, in an other his téeth, a pittifull and fearefull ſight to behold. Then be[•]an the Students to waile and wéep for him, and ſought for his body in many places: laſtly they came into the yard, where they found his body lying on the horſe, dung moſt monſtrouſly torne, and fearefull to behold, for his head and all his ioynts were daſhed in péeces.

The fore-named Students and Maſters that were at his death, haue obtained ſo much, that they buryed him in the village where he was ſo gréeuouſly tormented. After the which, they returned to Wittenberg, and comming into the houſe of Fauſtus, they found the ſeruant of Fauſtus very ſad, vnto whome they opened all the matter, who tooke it excéeding heauily. There found they alſo this hiſtorie of Doctor Fauſtus noted and of him written, as is before declared, all ſaue onely his end, the which was after by the Students thereto annexed: further, what his ſeruant had noted thereof, was made in another booke. And you haue heard that he held by him in his life the ſpirit of faire Helena: the which had by him one Sonne, the which he named Iuſtus Fauſtus, euen the ſame day of his death they vaniſhed away, both mother and ſonne. The houſe before was ſo darke, that ſcarfe any body could abide therein. The ſame night Doctor Fauſtus appeared vnto his ſeruant liuely, and ſhewed vnto him many ſecret thinges, the which he had done and hidden in his life time. Likewiſe there were certaine which ſaw Doctor Fauſtus looke out of the window by night as they paſſed by the houſe.

And thus ended the whole hiſtorie of Doctor Fauſtus his Coniuration, and other acts that he did in his life: out of the which example euery Chriſtian may learne, but chiefly the ſtiffe-necked and high minded may thereby learne to feare God, and to be carefull of their vocation, and to be at defiance with all deuilliſh workes, as God hath moſt preciſely forbidden, to the end we ſhould not inuite the deuill as a Gueſt, nor giue him place as that wicked Fauſtus hath done: for here we haue a feareful example of his writing, promiſe, and end, that we may remember him: that we goe not aſtray, but take God alwayes before our eyes, to call alone vpon him, and to honour him all the dayes of our life, with heart and harty prayer, and with all our ſtrength and ſoule to glorifie his holy name, defying the deuill and all his workes, to the end we may remaine with Chriſt in all endleſſe ioy: Amen, Amen: that wiſh I vnto euery Chriſtian heart, and Gods name to be glorified Amen.

FINIS.

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The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus. London, 1618. Hermetic Cloud, https://hermeticcloud.com/library/english-faust-book/. Public-domain edition reproduced from the TCP transcription; its gaps and missing figures are marked.

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