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 I le 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 commâ—â—ities the which Faustus brought thence with him He was also at the Oâ—â—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
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 aâ— his house but the deuill would in no wise grant Faustus bâ—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 ouâ— 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 coÌ„mandement 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
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 â—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 shâ—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 stâ—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 helâ—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 the 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 Mephosâ—ophiâ—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
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 that 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 deâ—â—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
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 â—â—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 eâ—red for â—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 wâ—icâ— all accord and fall out so right as if they had bin already séne bâ—fore And for that my beloued Victory you write to know my voyage which I made vnto the 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 maÌ„ner 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
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 the 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
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
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 â—â—-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
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