The English Faust-book of 1592, Volume 24Henri Logeman |
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ÆGYPT againe agayne AKERCOCKE appeared vnto BASILISCUS beholde called CAROLUS CAROLUS MAGNUS Castle Chap Church Citie Clowne commaunded coniured damned demaunded desire Diuel diuers Doctor FAUSTUS Duke earth edition Emperour euen euery farre Fascicule FAUSTUS answered Faustus-Notes fayre fell fire firmament foorth gaue German text giue giuen hath haue hauing heauen hee saw hell himselfe HUNGARIA iest inuited liue looke vpon Lord LUCIFER MAHUMET maner mighty Milchsack monuments neere neuer night ouer Pallace peece perceiued Pope PRAGE RHINE Riuer Saint MARKES place sate sayd saying Schedel SCYTHIA seruant serue seruice seuen shalt shewed soule Spies Spirit MEPHOSTOPHILES standeth Starres stone Students sumptuous Sunne Teuffel themselues thence thereof thing Thoms thou hast thought TOPHILES towne translation Turke vnder vntill vnto vpon whereat wherefore wherein whereupon whole whome wine WITTENBERG Wolfenbüttel text word
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Page 103 - Doctor Faustus answered: For that you are all my friends and are so desirous to see that famous...
Page 91 - Faustus fast asleep, and snorting on a bed, but the horsecourser could no longer forbear him, took him by the leg and began to pull him off the bed; but he pulled him so, that he pulled his leg from his body, in so much that the horse-courser fell down backwards in the place, then began Doctor Faustus to cry with an open throat, He hath murdered me.
Page 10 - ... this swift flying spirit appeared to Faustus, offering himself with all submission to his service, with full authority from his prince to do whatsoever he would request, if so be Faustus would promise to be his: This answer I bring thee, and an answer must thou make by me again, yet will I hear what is thy desire, because thou hast sworn me to be here at this time.
Page 15 - Faustus to take a copy of it, with that the perverse Faustus being resolute in his damnation, wrote a copy thereof, and gave the Devil the one, and kept in store the other. Thus the Spirit and Faustus were agreed, and dwelt together : no doubt there was a virtuous housekeeping.
Page 130 - The house before was so dark, that scarce anybody could abide therein. The same night Doctor Faustus appeared unto his servant lively, and shewed unto him many secret things the which he had done and hidden in his lifetime. Likewise there were certain which saw Doctor Faustus look out of the window by night as they passed by the house.
Page 86 - Faustus, make him a present of some rare thing, and open our minds unto him, desiring him to assist us in our enterprise, and assure ye he will not deny to fulfil our request.
Page 91 - Good even good fellow said Faustus to the Clown, what shall I give thee to let me eat my belly full of Hay ? The Clown thought with himself, what a mad man is this to eat Hay, thought he with himself, thou wilt not eat much, they agreed for three farthings he should eat as much as he could : wherefore Doctor Faustus began to eat, and that so ravenously, that all the rest of his company fell a-laughing, blinding so the poor Clown, that he was sorry at his heart, for he seemed to have eaten more than...
Page 102 - Calues head began to crie maynly out like a man, murther, murther, out alas what doest thou to me ! Whereat they were all amazed, but after a while considering of Faustus his iesting trickes they began to laugh, and then they pulled in sunder the Calues head and eat it vp. Whereupon Doctor Faustus asked leaue to depart, but they would in no wise agree to let him goe, except that he would promise to come againe : presently then Faustus, through his cunning, made a sleadge, the which was drawne about...
Page 106 - ... so he threw dust on the horses, and revived them again ; and the clown for his churlishness, was fain to fetch his wheels, spending his time with weariness, whereas...
Page 129 - Shortly after they heard him no more. But when it was day, the students, that had taken no rest that night, arose and went into the hall in which they had left Dr.