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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.

History

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

durst presume to tempt his glorious Majesty. And finally, unless
repentance breed a more speedy remorse, such is the fatal end of such
proud attempts. And surely this is most true, for I myself have seen
the ground where the house stood, and yet the moats dammed up and the
Water breaking through the stones even to this day, there did I see a
skull and a shank bone of them not yet rotten: and there did I see the
huge heap of stones wherewith they are covered, a fearful example of
God’s wrath and justice against such infidel Christians.

[Illustration: A CARICATURE OF THE POPE]

[Footnote 69: Baggy breeches.]




CHAPTER XI


The great Turk called Soldan, Alias Chan, comprehending as many
victories in his sword as some Emperors in their thoughts, arrived at
length afore Vienna, having made his preamble with the destroying and
burning of the country before him, thinking upon the ancient politic
rule, _Better it is to have a spoiled country than a lost_, with a
brave prepared Army of two hundred thousand Saracens, horse and foot,
and so many it is certain he had, because they doubted not but there
were 300,000. The mighty Cham having erected his royal Pavilions, and
entrenched himself to besiege the noble Vienna, munified his camp with
Artillery and deep ditches, and then he sent a Letter of defiance unto
the honourable Alphonsus, as being principal in his own City, who was
environed within the walls of the City expecting the day of battle, for
to this intent the states of Italy and the Emperor of Germany, with
the Dukes of Saxony, Bavaria, and the other Provinces near assembled
(for now necessity bred unity) with a brave company of Soldiers to
exterminate this monster out of their confines: unto the Duke of
Austrich only (for he had no intelligence of their assembled forces)
he directed his Letters with defiance, meaning to conclude his long
travails with a certain victory; fearing neither the peril which so
many gallant soldiers thoroughly resolved might bring, nor that ever
God or fortune (as they call it) would once shew him any disfavour,
whose only favour is only in show. Nor yet that the heaven’s great God
would not with severe revengement chastise the Leviathan’s insolency
and slaughter of so many Martyrs, rather deferring than forgetting so
just a punishment.




CHAPTER XII

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History

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

durst presume to tempt his glorious Majesty. And finally, unless
repentance breed a more speedy remorse, such is the fatal end of such
proud attempts. And surely this is most true, for I myself have seen
the ground where the house stood, and yet the moats dammed up and the
Water breaking through the stones even to this day, there did I see a
skull and a shank bone of them not yet rotten: and there did I see the
huge heap of stones wherewith they are covered, a fearful example of
God’s wrath and justice against such infidel Christians.

[Illustration: A CARICATURE OF THE POPE]

[Footnote 69: Baggy breeches.]




CHAPTER XI


The great Turk called Soldan, Alias Chan, comprehending as many
victories in his sword as some Emperors in their thoughts, arrived at
length afore Vienna, having made his preamble with the destroying and
burning of the country before him, thinking upon the ancient politic
rule, _Better it is to have a spoiled country than a lost_, with a
brave prepared Army of two hundred thousand Saracens, horse and foot,
and so many it is certain he had, because they doubted not but there
were 300,000. The mighty Cham having erected his royal Pavilions, and
entrenched himself to besiege the noble Vienna, munified his camp with
Artillery and deep ditches, and then he sent a Letter of defiance unto
the honourable Alphonsus, as being principal in his own City, who was
environed within the walls of the City expecting the day of battle, for
to this intent the states of Italy and the Emperor of Germany, with
the Dukes of Saxony, Bavaria, and the other Provinces near assembled
(for now necessity bred unity) with a brave company of Soldiers to
exterminate this monster out of their confines: unto the Duke of
Austrich only (for he had no intelligence of their assembled forces)
he directed his Letters with defiance, meaning to conclude his long
travails with a certain victory; fearing neither the peril which so
many gallant soldiers thoroughly resolved might bring, nor that ever
God or fortune (as they call it) would once shew him any disfavour,
whose only favour is only in show. Nor yet that the heaven’s great God
would not with severe revengement chastise the Leviathan’s insolency
and slaughter of so many Martyrs, rather deferring than forgetting so
just a punishment.




CHAPTER XII

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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.

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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