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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

you shall see them, yet upon this condition that you demand no question
of them, nor speak unto them, which the Emperor agreed unto. Wherewith
Doctor Faustus opened the privy chamber door, where presently entered
the great and mighty Emperor Alexander Magnus, in all things to look
upon as if he had been alive, in proportion a strong thick-set man,
of a middle stature, black hair, and that both thick and curled head
and beard, red cheeks, and a broad face, with eyes like a Basilisk,
he had on a complete harness burnished and graven exceeding rich to
look upon; and so passing towards the Emperor Carolus, he made low
and reverent curtsy: whereat the Emperor Carolus would have stood up
to receive and greet him with the like reverence, but Faustus took
hold of him and would not permit him to do it. Shortly after Alexander
made humble reverence and went out again, and coming to the door
his Paramour met him, she coming in, she made the Emperor likewise
reverence, she was clothed in blue Velvet, wrought and embroidered with
pearl and gold, she was also excellent fair like Milk and blood mixed,
tall and slender, with a face round as an Apple, and thus she passed
certain times up and down the house, which the Emperor marking, said to
himself: now have I seen two persons, which my heart hath long wished
for to behold, and sure it cannot otherwise be, said he to himself, but
that the Spirits have changed themselves into these forms, and have
not deceived me, calling to his mind the woman that raised the Prophet
Samuel: and for that the Emperor would be the more satisfied in the
matter, he thought, I have heard say, that behind her neck she had a
great wart or wen, wherefore he took Faustus by the hand without any
words, and went to see if it were also to be seen on her or not, but
she perceiving that he came to her, bowed down her neck, where he saw a
great wart, and hereupon she vanished, leaving the Emperor and the rest
well contented.




CHAPTER XXX

_How Doctor Faustus in the sight of the Emperor conjured a pair of
Hart’s horns upon a Knight’s head that slept out of a casement_


[Illustration]

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

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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

you shall see them, yet upon this condition that you demand no question
of them, nor speak unto them, which the Emperor agreed unto. Wherewith
Doctor Faustus opened the privy chamber door, where presently entered
the great and mighty Emperor Alexander Magnus, in all things to look
upon as if he had been alive, in proportion a strong thick-set man,
of a middle stature, black hair, and that both thick and curled head
and beard, red cheeks, and a broad face, with eyes like a Basilisk,
he had on a complete harness burnished and graven exceeding rich to
look upon; and so passing towards the Emperor Carolus, he made low
and reverent curtsy: whereat the Emperor Carolus would have stood up
to receive and greet him with the like reverence, but Faustus took
hold of him and would not permit him to do it. Shortly after Alexander
made humble reverence and went out again, and coming to the door
his Paramour met him, she coming in, she made the Emperor likewise
reverence, she was clothed in blue Velvet, wrought and embroidered with
pearl and gold, she was also excellent fair like Milk and blood mixed,
tall and slender, with a face round as an Apple, and thus she passed
certain times up and down the house, which the Emperor marking, said to
himself: now have I seen two persons, which my heart hath long wished
for to behold, and sure it cannot otherwise be, said he to himself, but
that the Spirits have changed themselves into these forms, and have
not deceived me, calling to his mind the woman that raised the Prophet
Samuel: and for that the Emperor would be the more satisfied in the
matter, he thought, I have heard say, that behind her neck she had a
great wart or wen, wherefore he took Faustus by the hand without any
words, and went to see if it were also to be seen on her or not, but
she perceiving that he came to her, bowed down her neck, where he saw a
great wart, and hereupon she vanished, leaving the Emperor and the rest
well contented.




CHAPTER XXX

_How Doctor Faustus in the sight of the Emperor conjured a pair of
Hart’s horns upon a Knight’s head that slept out of a casement_


[Illustration]

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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