The Works of Christopher Marlowe

Dr. Faustus (B Text)


Act: 1 Scene: 2
God in heaven knows.
Yes, I know, but that follows not.
That follows not by force of argument, which
you, being licentiates, should stand upon. Therefore, acknow-
ledge your error, and be attentive.
You are deceived, for I will tell you. Yet if you
were not dunces, you would never ask me such a question.
For is he not Corpus naturale? And is not that mobile? Then
wherefore should you ask me such a question? But that I
am by nature phlegmatic, slow to wrath, and prone to lechery
(to love I would say) it were not for you to come within for-
ty foot of the place of execution, although I do not doubt but
to see you both hanged the next sessions. Thus, having tri-
umphed over you, I will set my countenance like a precision,
and begin to speak thus: truly my dear brethren, my master
is within at dinner, with Valdes and Cornelius, as this wine,
if it could speak, would inform your worships. And so
the Lord bless you, preserve you, and keep you, my dear
brethren. Exit.