SCENE 3

[ Enter FAUSTUS to conjure .] FAUSTUS
Now that the gloomy shadow of the earth,
Longing to view Orion's drizzling look,
Leaps from th'antarctic world unto the sky,
And dims the welkin┬░ with her pitchy breath,
Faustus, begin thine incantations,
And try if devils will obey thy hest,
Seeing thou hast prayed and sacrificed to them.
Within this circle is Jehovah's name,
Forward and backward anagrammatized;
Th'abbreviated names of holy saints,
Figures of every adjunct to the heavens,
And characters of signs and erring stars,
By which the spirits are enforced to rise.
Then fear not Faustus, but be resolute,
And try the uttermost magic can perform.
Sint mihi dei Acherontis propitii! Valeat numen triplex Jehovae! Ignei, aerii, aquatici, terreni spiritus salvete! Orientis princeps, Belzebub inferni ardentis monarcha, et Demogorgon, propitiamus vos ut appareat et surgat Mephastophilis. Quid tu moraris? Per Jehovam, Gehennam, et consecratam aquam quam nunc spargo, signumque crucis quod nunc facio, et per vota nostra, ipse nunc surgat nobis dicatus Mephastophilis.
[ Enter a DEVIL .]
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 DEVIL .]
I see there's virtue┬░ in my heavenly words!
Who would not be proficient in this art?
How pliant is this Mephastophilis,
Full of obedience and humility,
Such is the force of magic and my spells.
Now Faustus, thou art conjurer laureate
That canst command great Mephastophilis.
Quin redis, Mephastophilis, fratris imagine!
[ Enter MEPHASTOPHILIS .] MEPHASTOPHILIS
Now Faustus, what would'st 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. MEPHASTOPHILIS
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? MEPHASTOPHILIS
No, I came now hither of mine own accord. FAUSTUS
Did not my conjuring speeches raise thee? Speak! MEPHASTOPHILIS
That was the cause, but yet per accidens ,
For when we hear one rack the name of God,
Abjure the Scriptures, and his savior 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 damned:
Therefore the shortest cut for conjuring
Is stoutly to abjure the Trinity,
And pray 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 him,
For he confounds hell in Elysium:
His ghost be with the old philosophers.
But leaving these vain trifles of men's souls,
Tell me, what is that Lucifer thy lord? MEPHASTOPHILIS
Arch-regent and commander of all spirits. FAUSTUS
Was not that Lucifer an angel once? MEPHASTOPHILIS
Yes Faustus, and most dearly loved of God. FAUSTUS
How comes it then that he is prince of devils? MEPHASTOPHILIS
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? MEPHASTOPHILIS
Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer,
Conspired against our God with Lucifer,
And are forever damned with Lucifer. FAUSTUS
Where are you damned? MEPHASTOPHILIS
In hell. FAUSTUS
How comes it then that thou art out of hell? MEPHASTOPHILIS
Why this is hell, nor am I out of it.
Think'st thou that I, who saw the face of God,
And tasted the eternal joys of heaven,
Am not tormented with ten thousand hells
In being deprived of everlasting bliss?
O Faustus, leave these frivolous demands,
Which strike a terror to my fainting soul. FAUSTUS
What, is great Mephastophilis 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 incurred 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 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. MEPHASTOPHILIS
I will, Faustus.[ Exit .] FAUSTUS
Had I as many souls as there be stars,
I'd give them all for Mephastophilis.
By him I'll be great emperor of the world,
And make a bridge through 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 land continent to Spain,
And both contributory to my crown.
The emperor shall not live but by my leave,
Nor any potentate of Germany.
Now that I have obtained what I desire,
I'll live in speculation┬░ of this art
Till Mephastophilis return again.[ Exit .]