The history of the damnable life and deserved death of Doctor John Faustus, 1592, together with The second report of Faustus, containing his appearances and the deeds of Wagner, 1594.
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The history of the damnable life and deserved death of Doctor John Faustus, 1592, together with The second report of Faustus, containing his appearances and the deeds of Wagner, 1594.
Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Legends
To this therefore he determined
a time for the raising of his Master’s spirit: and therewith he fell
to read earnestly of other matters, so long that he began to leave as
wearied and wearied began to muse. Suddenly the air began to receive
an alteration and change with a thick foggy mist, as if it would have
shut up the desired day from man’s view, the winds raged, the thunder
lifted up his voice above the common strain, hail and rain immediately
following, and all these but the ordinary presages of an appearing
Spirit. At this Kit began to tremble, not as afraid of that which came,
but struck with inward horror of conscience, thinking that no other
time had been appointed to be his doomsday. Suddenly (for always such
haps are sudden) the doors flew open as if they would have fled from
flying, and in all pomp entered as it were the Prologue of a Comedy,
a fellow so short and little as if he should be of one year, and yet
not so brief as ill-favoured, in his hands a Club, on his head a Crown
of Laurel, riding upon a low Mule, his name was Gomory, a strong and
mighty Duke, the ruler of six and twenty Legions: and next in bravery
appeared Volac, a great Governor, in the shape of a Boy with wings like
an Angel of Hell, seeming to be of old rusty iron, riding upon a Dragon
with four heads, in his hands he held a flaming Torch to give light
to the after-comers and beholders: next after him appeared Asmoday,
a King mighty and puissant, ragged and bristled like a Boar on foot,
bearing a banner or a lance. After him issued Lucifer the King of the
Orient with the four Monarchs of his dominions, betwixt them were two
mighty Spaniels which drew in a fiery Cart Doctor John Faustus, whom if
reason had not better ruled Wagner would have saluted, for so natural
was his semblance, so lively his countenance, as if it had either been
a new Faustus, or not the old murdered Faustus, but the fear which
his Master’s harm put him in, cast him besides the renewing of his
old acquaintance, after these came divers others with trumpets and
excellent melody.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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