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
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
hath 528 stréetes 160. welles foure great two small Clockes six great Gates two smal doores eleuen stone Bridges twelue small hills ten faire market-places 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 the 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 froÌ„ theâ—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 maÌ„ner 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 dâ—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 Sandâ—â—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