The Works of Christopher Marlowe

Dr. Faustus (A Text)


Act: 2 Scene: 3
Now, Faustus, what would'st thou have me [to] do?
I am a servant to great Lucifer, And may not follow thee without his leave: No more than he commands must we perform.
No, I came hither of mine own accord.
That was the cause, but jtlper acddens;
For when we hear one rack the name of God, Abjure the Scriptures and his Saviour 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.
Arch-regent and commander of all spirits.
Yes, Faustus, and most dearly loved of God.
O, by aspiring pride and insolence; For which God threw him from the face of heaven.
Unhappy spirits that fell with Lucifer Conspired against our God with Lucifer, And are for ever damned with Lucifer.
In Hell.
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 everksting bliss?
O Faustus! leave these frivolous demands,
Which strike a terror to my fainting soul.
I will, Faustus.
[Exit.