The Works of Christopher Marlowe
Dr. Faustus (B Text)
Act:
1
Scene:
4
Wagner
Come hither sirrah boy.
Wagner
Sirrah, hast thou no comings in?
Wagner
Alas poor slave. See how poverty jests in his naked-
ness. I know the villain's out of service and so hungry
that I know he would give his soul to the devil for a shoul-
der of mutton, though it were blood raw.
Wagner
Sirrah, wilt thou be my man and wait on me? And
I will make thee go, like Qui mihi discipulus.
Wagner
No, slave, in beaten silk, and stavesacre.
Wagner
Why, so thou shalt be, whether thou dost it or no.
For, sirrah, if thou dost not presently bind thyself to me for
seven years, I'll turn all the lice about thee into familiars,
and make them tear thee in pieces.
Wagner
Well, sirrah, leave your jesting, and take these guilders.
Wagner
So, now thou art to be at an hour's warning,
whensoever and wheresoever the devil shall fetch thee.
Wagner
Not I. Thou art pressed. Prepare thyself, for I will
presently raise up two devils to carry thee away: Banio,
Belcher!
Wagner
How now, sir, will you serve me now?
Wagner
Spirits, away! Now, sirrah, follow me.
Wagner
Ay, sirrah, I'll teach thee to turn thyself to a dog,
or a cat, or a mouse, or a rat, or anything.
Wagner
Villain, call me master Wagner, and see that you
walk attentively, and let your right eye be always Dia-
metrically fixed upon my left heel, that thou may'st, Quasi vesti-
gias nostras insistere.