The Works of Christopher Marlowe

Dr. Faustus (B Text)


Act: 1 Scene: 1
The miracles that magic will perform
Will make thee vow to study nothing else.
He that is grounded in Astrology,
Enriched with tongues, well seen in minerals,
Hath all the principles magic doth require.
Then doubt not, Faustus, but to be renowned,
And more frequented for this mystery,
Then heretofore the Delphian oracle.
The spirits tell me they can dry the sea,
And fetch the treasure of all foreign wrackes,
Yea, all the wealth that our fore-fathers hid
Within the messy entrails of the earth;
Then tell me, Faustus, what shall we three want?
Valdes, first let him know the words of art,
And then all other ceremonies learned,
Faustus may try his cunning by himself.