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 â—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 â—â—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 beâ—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
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 â—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 bussaâ—dly Asse denyes sâ—ving that his horses were all weary and he woulâ— not let him get vp Doctor Faustus did this but to prooue this Clowne if there were any câ—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 â—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 hriâ—â—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 froÌ„ a Christian far worse then a heathen person oh consider what you haue done it is not only the pleasure of the 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 trasâ—ed out of the way affirming that he was Simon homo Sanctus This mâ—n was notwithstanding in the end
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 the 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 soothâ— 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 bâ—ing in his iollity hée came into the same wood towards euening into a crâ—sse way where he made with a wand a Circle in the dust and within that many more Circles and Characters and thus he pâ—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
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 maÌ„ner 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 the 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 prâ—â—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 hereupoÌ„ resting his mind he lookt vp to heaueÌ„ 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
conuerted after that he had â—â—aâ— the sermon of Philip for he was baptized and saw his sinne and repented Likewise I beséech you good broâ—her Doctor Faustus lâ—t my rude sermon be vnto you a conuertion and forget the filthy life that yet hauâ— leddâ— â—ezent aske mercy and liue for Christ saith Come vnto me all yeâ— that â—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 proâ—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 intendâ—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 perswaâ—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 that 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 â—â—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