Having commenc'd, be a Divine in show, And live and die in Aristotle's works. Is, to dispute well, Logic's chiefest end? Then read no more; thou hast attain'd that end. Bid Economy farewell: and Galen come. Exhereditari filium non potest pater, nisi, &c. Such is the subject of the Institute, And universal body of the Law. This study fits a mercenary drudge, Who aims at nothing but eternal trash, Too servile and illiberal for me. When all is done, Divinity is best. Jerome's Bible, Faustus: view it well. Stipendium peccati mors est: ha! Stipendium, &c. 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. These Metaphysics of Magicians, Aye, these are those that Faustus most desires. All things that move between the quiet poles How am I glutted with conceit of this! Perform what desperate enterprises I will? Ransack the ocean for orient pearl, And search all corners of the new-found world And tell the secrets of all foreign kings: Enter VALDES and CORNELIUS. Faust. Valdes, sweet Valdes, and Cornelius, Both Law and Physic are for petty wits: Whose shadow made all Europe honour him. Vald. Faustus, these books, thy wit, and our experience, Shall make all nations 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; He that is grounded in astrology, Inricht with tongues, well seen in minerals, Hath all the principles magic doth require. Faust. Come, show me some demonstrations magical, That I may conjure in some bushy grove, And have these joys in full possession. Vald. Then haste thee to some solitary grove, We will inform thee, ere our conference cease. Faustus being instructed in the elements of magic by his friends Valdes and Cornelius, sells his soul to the devil, to have an Evil Spirit at his command for twenty-four years.—When the years are expired, the devils claim his soul. FAUSTUS-the night of his death. WAGNER, his servant. Faust. Say, Wagner, thou hast perused my Will, How dost thou like it? Wag. Sir, so wondrous well, As in all humble duty I do yield My life and lasting service for love. your Three Scholars enter. Faust. Gramercy, Wagner. Welcome, Gentlemen. [Exit. 40 First Sch. Now, worthy Faustus, methinks your looks are chang'd. Faust. Oh, Gentlemen. Sec. Sch. What ails Faustus? Faust. Ah, my sweet chamber-fellow, had I lived with thee, then had I liv'd still, but now must die eternally. Look, Sirs, comes he not? comes he not? First Sch. Oh my dear Faustus, what imports this fear? Sec. Sch. Is all our pleasure turned to melancholy? Third Sch. He is not well with being over solitary. Sec. Sch. If it be so, we will have physicians, and Faustus shall be cured. Third Sch. 'Tis but a surfeit, Sir; fear nothing. Faust. A surfeit of a deadly sin that hath damn'd both body and soul. Sec. Sch. Yet, Faustus, look up to heaven, and remember mercy is infinite. Faust. But Faustus' offence can ne'er be pardoned. The serpent that tempted Eve may be saved, but not Faustus. O Gentlemen, hear me with patience, and tremble not at my speeches. Though my heart pant and quiver to remember that I have been a student here these thirty years. O would I had ne'er seen Wirtemberg, never read book! and what wonders have I done, all Germany can witness, yea, all the world: for which, Faustus hath lost both Germany and the world: yea, heaven itself, heaven the seat of God, the throne of the blessed, the kingdom of joy, and must remain in hell for ever. Hell, O hell, for ever. Sweet friends, what shall become of Faustus being in hell for ever? Sec. Sch. Yet Faustus call on God. Faust. On God whom Faustus hath abjured? on God whom Faustus hath blasphemed? O my God, I |