Faustus Quotations

‘his waxen…

‘His waxen wings did mount above his reach,/ And, melting, heaven conspir’d his overthrow’ (Chorus, Prologue)

‘Yet thou…

‘Yet thou art still but Faustus, and a man’

‘Bene disserere…

‘Bene disserere est finis logices./ Is to dispute well logic’s chief end?’

‘Divinity, adieu…

‘Divinity, adieu!/ These metaphysics of magicians/ And necromantic books are heavenly’

‘fly to India…

‘fly to India for gold,/ Ransack the ocean for orient pearl,/ And search all corners of the new-found world’

[Enter Devils…

[Enter Devils, giving crowns and rich apparel to Faustus.]

[Faustus and Mephostophilis…

[Faustus and Mephostophilis beat the Friars, and fling fireworks among them]

‘lay that damned…

‘lay that damned book aside […] lest it tempt thy soul […] Read, read the scriptures’ (Good Angel)

‘I’ll burn…

‘I’ll burn my books!’

‘Regard…

‘Regard his hellish fall’ (Chorus, Epilogue)

‘Despair in God…

‘Despair in God, and trust in Beelzebub’

‘I think hell’s…

‘I think hell’s a fable’

‘I do repent…

‘I do repent, and yet I do despair’

‘My blood…

‘My blood congeals, and I can write no more’

‘[Aside] What…

‘[Aside] What will not I do to obtain his soul!’

‘Homo…

‘Homo fuge!’

‘For the vain pleasure…

‘For the vain pleasure of four-and-twenty years hath Faustus lost eternal joy and felicity’

‘Show thyself…

‘Show thyself an obedient servant’ (Lucifer)

‘Her lips doth…

‘Her lips doth suck forth my soul […] heaven is in these lips, / And all is dross that is not Helena’

‘All places…

‘All places shall be hell that is not heaven.’

[Thunder…

[Thunder. Enter Lucifer and four Devils above.]

[Dragon…

[Dragon appears briefly above]