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THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

FROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.

THE TRAGICAL

HISTORY OF DOCTOR

FAUSTUS BY

CHRISTOPHER

MARLOWE FROM THE

QUARTO OF 1616.

EDITED BY THE REV.

ALEXANDER DYCE.

THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

FROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

THE POPE. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. RAYMOND, king of

Hungary. DUKE OF SAXONY. BRUNO. DUKE OF VANHOLT.

MARTINO,> FREDERICK, > gentlemen. BENVOLIO, >

FAUSTUS. VALDES, > friends to FAUSTUS. CORNELIUS, >

WAGNER, servant to FAUSTUS. Clown. ROBIN. DICK. Vintner. Horse-

courser. Carter. An Old Man. Scholars, Cardinals, ARCHBISHOP OF

RHEIMS, Bishops, Monks, Friars, Soldiers, and Attendants.

DUCHESS OF VANHOLT. Hostess.

LUCIFER. BELZEBUB. MEPHISTOPHILIS. Good Angel. Evil

Angel. The Seven Deadly Sins. Devils. Spirits in the shapes of

ALEXANDER THE GREAT, of his Paramour, of DARIUS, and of

HELEN.

Chorus.

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FROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.

Enter CHORUS.

CHORUS. Not marching in the fields of Thrasymene, Where Mars did

mate the warlike Carthagens;<1> Nor sporting in the dalliance of love, In

courts of kings where state is overturn'd; Nor in the pomp of proud

audacious deeds, Intends our Muse to vaunt her<2> heavenly verse: Only

this, gentles,--we must now perform The form of Faustus' fortunes, good

or bad: And now to patient judgments we appeal, And speak for Faustus in

his infancy. Now is he born of parents base of stock, In Germany, within a

town call'd Rhodes: At riper years, to Wittenberg he went, Whereas his

kinsmen chiefly brought him up. So much he profits in divinity, That

shortly he was grac'd with doctor's name, Excelling all, and sweetly can

dispute In th' heavenly matters of theology; Till swoln with cunning,

of<3> a self-conceit, His waxen wings did mount above his reach, And,

melting, heavens conspir'd his overthrow; For, falling to a devilish

exercise, And glutted now with learning's golden gifts, He surfeits

upon<4> cursed necromancy; Nothing so sweet as magic is to him, Which

he prefers before his chiefest bliss: And this the man that in his study sits.

[Exit.]

FAUSTUS discovered in his study.

FAUSTUS. Settle thy studies, Faustus, and begin To sound the depth

of that thou wilt profess: Having commenc'd, be a divine in show, Yet

level at the end of every art, And live and die in Aristotle's works. Sweet

Analytics, 'tis thou hast ravish'd me! Bene disserere est finis logices. Is, to

dispute well, logic's chiefest end? Affords this art no greater miracle? Then

read no more; thou hast attain'd that end: A greater subject fitteth Faustus'

wit: Bid Economy farewell, and Galen come: Be a physician, Faustus;

heap up gold, And be eterniz'd for some wondrous cure: Summum bonum

medicinoe sanitas, The end of physic is our body's health. Why, Faustus,

hast thou not attain'd that end? Are not thy bills hung up as monuments,

Whereby whole cities have escap'd the plague, And thousand<5>

desperate maladies been cur'd? Yet art thou still but Faustus, and a man.

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Couldst thou make men to live eternally, Or, being dead, raise them<6> to

life again, Then this profession were to be esteem'd. Physic, farewell!

Where is Justinian?

[Reads.] Si una eademque res legatur<7> duobus, alter rem, alter

valorem rei, &c.

A petty<8> case of paltry legacies!

[Reads.] Exhoereditare filium non potest pater, nisi, &c.<9>

Such is the subject of the institute, And universal body of the law: This

study fits a mercenary drudge, Who aims at nothing but external trash; Too

servile and illiberal for me. When all is done, divinity is best: Jerome's

Bible, Faustus; view it well.

[Reads.] Stipendium peccati mors est. Ha! Stipendium, &c.

The reward of sin is death: that's hard.

[Reads.] Si peccasse negamus, fallimur, et nulla est in nobis veritas;

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there is no

truth in us. Why, then, belike we must sin, and so consequently die: Ay,

we must die an everlasting death. What doctrine call you this, Che sera,

sera, What will be, shall be? Divinity, adieu! These metaphysics of

magicians, And necromantic books are heavenly; Lines, circles, scenes,

letters, and characters;<10> Ay, these are those that Faustus most desires.

O, what a world of profit and delight, Of power, of honour, and

omnipotence, Is promis'd to the studious artizan! All things that move

between the quiet poles Shall be at my command: emperors and kings

Are but obeyed in their several provinces; But his dominion that exceeds

in this, Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man; A sound magician is a

demigod: Here tire, my brains, to gain<11> a deity.

Enter WAGNER.

Wagner, commend me to my dearest friends, The German Valdes and

Cornelius; Request them earnestly to visit me.

WAGNER. I will, sir. [Exit.]

FAUSTUS. Their conference will be a greater help to me Than all my

labours, plod I ne'er so fast.

Enter GOOD ANGEL and EVIL ANGEL.

GOOD ANGEL. O, Faustus, lay that damned book aside, And gaze not

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FROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.

on it, lest it tempt thy soul, And heap God's heavy wrath upon thy head!

Read, read the Scriptures:--that is blasphemy.

EVIL ANGEL. Go forward, Faustus, in that famous art Wherein all

Nature's treasure is contain'd: Be thou on earth as Jove is in the sky, Lord

and commander of these<12> elements. [Exeunt ANGELS.]

FAUSTUS. How am I glutted with conceit of this! Shall I make spirits

fetch me what I please, Resolve me of all ambiguities, Perform what

desperate enterprise<13> I will? I'll have them fly to India for gold,

Ransack the ocean for orient pearl, And search all corners of the new-

found world For pleasant fruits and princely delicates; I'll have them read

me strange philosophy, And tell the secrets of all foreign kings; I'll have

them wall all Germany with brass, And make swift Rhine circle fair<14>

Wertenberg; I'll have them fill the public schools with silk,<15>

Wherewith the students shall be bravely clad; I'll levy soldiers with the

coin they bring, And chase the Prince of Parma from our land, And reign

sole king of all the provinces; Yea, stranger engines for the brunt of war,

Than was the fiery keel at Antwerp-bridge, I'll make my servile spirits to

invent.

Enter VALDES and CORNELIUS.

Come, German Valdes, and Cornelius, And make me blest<16> with

your sage conference. Valdes, sweet Valdes, and Cornelius, Know that

your words have won me at the last To practice magic and concealed arts.

Philosophy is odious and obscure; Both law and physic are for petty wits:

'Tis magic, magic that hath ravish'd me. Then, gentle friends, aid me in

this attempt; And I, that have with subtle syllogisms Gravell'd the pastors

of the German church, And made the flowering pride of Wittenberg

Swarm<17> to my problems, as th' infernal spirits On sweet Musaeus

when he came to hell, Will be as cunning as Agrippa was, Whose shadow

made all Europe honour him.

VALDES. Faustus, these books, thy wit, and our experience, Shall

make all nations to<18> canonize us. As Indian Moors obey their Spanish

lords, So shall the spirits of every element Be always serviceable to us

three; Like lions shall they guard us when we please; Like Almain rutters

with their horsemen's staves, Or Lapland giants, trotting by our sides;

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FROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.

Sometimes like women, or unwedded maids, Shadowing more beauty in

their airy brows Than have<19> the white breasts of the queen of love:

>From Venice shall they<20> drag huge<21> argosies, And from America

the golden fleece That yearly stuffs<22> old Philip's treasury; If learned

Faustus will be resolute.

FAUSTUS. Valdes, as resolute am I in this As thou to live: therefore

object it not.

CORNELIUS. The miracles that magic will perform Will make thee

vow to study nothing else. He that is grounded in astrology, Enrich'd with

tongues, well seen in minerals, Hath all the principles magic doth require:

Then doubt not, Faustus, but to be renowm'd,<23> And more frequented

for this mystery Than heretofore the Delphian oracle. The spirits tell me

they can dry the sea, And fetch the treasure of all foreign wrecks, Yea, all

the wealth that our forefathers hid Within the massy entrails of the earth:

Then tell me, Faustus, what shall we three want?

FAUSTUS. Nothing, Cornelius. O, this cheers my soul! Come, shew

me some demonstrations magical, That I may conjure in some bushy

grove, And have these joys in full possession.

VALDES. Then haste thee to some solitary grove, And bear wise

Bacon's and Albertus'<24> works, The Hebrew Psalter, and New

Testament; And whatsoever else is requisite We will inform thee ere our

conference cease.

CORNELIUS. Valdes, first let him know the words of art; And then,

all other ceremonies learn'd, Faustus may try his cunning by himself.

VALDES. First I'll instruct thee in the rudiments, And then wilt thou

be perfecter than I.

FAUSTUS. Then come and dine with me, and, after meat, We'll

canvass every quiddity thereof; For, ere I sleep, I'll try what I can do: This

night I'll conjure, though I die therefore. [Exeunt.]

Enter two SCHOLARS.

FIRST SCHOLAR. I wonder what's become of Faustus, that was wont

to make our schools ring with sic probo.

SECOND SCHOLAR. That shall we presently know; here comes his

boy.

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FROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.

Enter WAGNER.

FIRST SCHOLAR. How now, sirrah! where's thy master?

WAGNER. God in heaven knows.

SECOND SCHOLAR. Why, dost not thou know, then?

WAGNER. Yes, I know; but that follows not.

FIRST SCHOLAR. Go to, sirrah! leave your jesting, and tell us where

he is.

WAGNER. That follows not by force of argument, which you, being

licentiates, should stand upon: therefore acknowledge your error, and be

attentive.

SECOND SCHOLAR. Then you will not tell us?

WAGNER. You are deceived, for I will tell you: yet, if you were not

dunces, you would never ask me such a question; for is he not corpus

naturale? and is not that mobile? then wherefore should you ask me such a

question? But that I am by nature phlegmatic, slow to wrath, and prone

to lechery (to love, I would say), it were not for you to come within forty

foot of the place of execution, although I do not doubt but to see you both

hanged the next sessions. Thus having triumphed over you, I will set my

countenance like a precisian, and begin to speak thus:-- Truly, my dear

brethren, my master is within at dinner, with Valdes and Cornelius, as this

wine, if it could speak, would inform your worships: and so, the Lord

bless you, preserve you, and keep you, my dear brethren! [Exit.]

FIRST SCHOLAR. O Faustus! Then I fear that which I have long

suspected, That thou art fall'n into that<25> damned art For which they

two are infamous through the world.

SECOND SCHOLAR. Were he a stranger, not allied to me, The

danger of his soul would make me mourn. But, come, let us go and inform

the Rector: It may be his grave counsel may reclaim him.<26>

FIRST SCHOLAR. I fear me nothing will reclaim him now.

SECOND SCHOLAR. Yet let us see what we can do. [Exeunt.]

Enter FAUSTUS.<27>

FAUSTUS. Now that the gloomy shadow of the night, Longing to

view Orion's drizzling look, Leaps from th' antartic world unto the sky,

And dims the welkin with her<28> pitchy breath, Faustus, begin thine

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FROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.

incantations, And try if devils will obey thy hest, Seeing thou hast pray'd

and sacrific'd to them. Within this circle is Jehovah's name, Forward and

backward anagrammatiz'd, Th' abbreviated names of holy saints, Figures

of every adjunct to the heavens, And characters of signs and erring<29>

stars, By which the spirits are enforc'd to rise: Then fear not, Faustus, to be

resolute, And try the utmost magic can perform. [Thunder.] Sint mihi dii

Acherontis propitii! Valeat numen triplex Jehovoe! Ignei, aerii, aquatani

spiritus, salvete! Orientis princeps Belzebub, inferni ardentis monarcha,

et Demogorgon, propitiamus vos, ut appareat et surgat Mephistophilis

Dragon, quod tumeraris:<30> per Jehovam, Gehennam, et consecratam

aquam quam nunc spargo, signumque crucis quod nunc facio, et per vota

nostra, ipse nunc surgat nobis dicatus<31> Mephistophilis!

Enter MEPHISTOPHILIS.

I charge thee to return, and change thy shape; Thou art too ugly to

attend on me: Go, and return an old Franciscan friar; That holy shape

becomes a devil best. [Exit MEPHISTOPHILIS.]

I see there's virtue in my heavenly words. Who would not be proficient

in this art? How pliant is this Mephistophilis, Full of obedience and

humility! Such is the force of magic and my spells.

Re-enter MEPHISTOPHILIS like a Franciscan friar.

MEPHIST. Now, Faustus, what wouldst thou have me do?

FAUSTUS. I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live, To do whatever

Faustus shall command, Be it to make the moon drop from her sphere, Or

the ocean to overwhelm the world.

MEPHIST. I am a servant to great Lucifer, And may not follow thee

without his leave: No more than he commands must we perform.

FAUSTUS. Did not he charge thee to appear to me?

MEPHIST. No, I came hither<32> of mine own accord.

FAUSTUS. Did not my conjuring speeches<33> raise thee? speak!

MEPHIST. That was the cause, but yet per accidens;<34> For, when

we hear one rack the name of God, Abjure the Scriptures and his Saviour

Christ, We fly, in hope to get his glorious soul; Nor will we come, unless

he use such means Whereby he is in danger to be damn'd. Therefore the

shortest cut for conjuring Is stoutly to abjure all godliness, And pray

THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS BY CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE

FROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.

devoutly to the prince of hell.

FAUSTUS. So Faustus hath Already done; and holds this principle,

There is no chief but only Belzebub; To whom Faustus doth dedicate

himself. This word "damnation" terrifies not me, For I confound hell in

Elysium: My ghost be with the old philosophers! But, leaving these vain

trifles of men's souls, Tell me what is that Lucifer thy lord?

MEPHIST. Arch-regent and commander of all spirits.

FAUSTUS. Was not that Lucifer an angel once?

MEPHIST. Yes, Faustus, and most dearly lov'd of God.

FAUSTUS. How comes it, then, that he is prince of devils?

MEPHIST. O, by aspiring pride and insolence; For which God threw

him from the face of heaven.

FAUSTUS. And what are you that live with Lucifer?

MEPHIST. Unhappy spirits that fell<35> with Lucifer, Conspir'd

against our God with Lucifer, And are for ever damn'd with Lucifer.

FAUSTUS. Where are you damn'd?

MEPHIST. In hell.

FAUSTUS. How comes it, then, that thou art out of hell?

MEPHIST. Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it: Think'st thou that I,

that saw the face of God, And tasted the eternal joys of heaven, Am not

tormented with ten thousand hells, In being depriv'd of everlasting bliss?

O, Faustus, leave these frivolous demands, Which strike<36> a terror to

my fainting soul!

FAUSTUS. What, is great Mephistophilis so passionate For being

deprived of the joys of heaven? Learn thou of Faustus manly fortitude,

And scorn those joys thou never shalt possess. Go bear these tidings to

great Lucifer: Seeing Faustus hath incurr'd eternal death By desperate

thoughts against Jove's deity, Say, he surrenders up to him his soul, So he

will spare him four and twenty years, Letting him live in all

voluptuousness; Having thee ever to attend on me, To give me whatsoever

I shall ask, To tell me whatsoever I demand, To slay mine enemies, and to

aid my friends, And always be obedient to my will. Go, and return to

mighty Lucifer, And meet me in my study at midnight, And then resolve

me of thy master's mind.

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FROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.

MEPHIST. I will, Faustus. [Exit.]

FAUSTUS. Had I as many souls as there be stars, I'd give them all for

Mephistophilis. By him I'll be great emperor of the world, And make a

bridge thorough<37> the moving air, To pass the ocean with a band of

men; I'll join the hills that bind the Afric shore, And make that country

continent to Spain, And both contributary to my crown: The Emperor shall

not live but by my leave, Nor any potentate of Germany. Now that I have

obtain'd what I desir'd, I'll live in speculation of this art, Till

Mephistophilis return again. [Exit.]

Enter WAGNER and CLOWN.

WAGNER. Come hither, sirrah boy.

CLOWN. Boy! O, disgrace to my person! zounds, boy in your face!

You have seen many boys with beards, I am sure.

WAGNER. Sirrah,<38> hast thou no comings in?

CLOWN. Yes, and goings out too, you may see, sir.

WAGNER. Alas, poor slave! see how poverty jests in his nakedness! I

know the villain's out of service, and so hungry, that I know he would give

his soul to the devil for a shoulder of mutton, though it were blood-raw.

CLOWN. Not so neither: I had need to have it well roasted, and

good sauce to it, if I pay so dear, I can tell you.

WAGNER. Sirrah, wilt thou be my man, and wait on me, and I will

make thee go like Qui mihi discipulus?

CLOWN. What, in verse?

WAGNER. No, slave; in beaten silk and staves-acre.

CLOWN. Staves-acre! that's good to kill vermin: then, belike, if I

serve you, I shall be lousy.

WAGNER. Why, so thou shalt be, whether thou dost it or no; for,

sirrah, if thou dost not presently bind thyself to me for seven years, I'll

turn all the lice about thee into familiars, and make them tear thee in

pieces.

CLOWN. Nay, sir, you may save<39> yourself a labour, for they are

as familiar with me as if they paid for their meat and drink, I can tell you.

WAGNER. Well, sirrah, leave your jesting, and take these guilders.

[Gives money.]

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