The life and horrible adventures of the celebrated Dr. Faustus; relating his first introduction to Lucifer, and connection with infernal spirits; his method of raising the Devil, and his final dismissal to the tremendous abyss of Hell.

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[1825?]
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Credit: The life and horrible adventures of the celebrated Dr. Faustus; relating his first introduction to Lucifer, and connection with infernal spirits; his method of raising the Devil, and his final dismissal to the tremendous abyss of Hell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    standing granted me by heaven, which are not adequate to bring me to the extent of my desires, and that 1 have not been able to find any man with sufficient learning and penetration to instruct me farther in the means by which I may obtain the object of my ambition. Being unwilling to relinquish this pursuit, and fully deter¬ mined at all hazards, and at whatever risk or cost to accom¬ plish my purpose—1 Doctor John Faustus, finding that none other except the Devil himself can bring me to the desired end, have entered into a solemn agreement with the Prince of darkness, monarch of the infernal regions, common¬ ly called the Devil, through the medium of his messenger and agent Mepiiostophiles, one of the infernal spirits, serv¬ ing his infernal Majesty, that provided he the Devil shall yield me all due obedience, and fulfil my desires in all things; in that case, I shall bind myself, both body and soul to him for ever and ever, and renounce heaven, salvation, religion, and all religious ceremonies. Therefore, provided his Satanic Majesty does for the full space of twenty-four years, to be reckoned from the day of the date hereof, faithfully serve me, and the twenty-four years covenanted for being fully expired, I, Doctor John Faustus, do by these presents, resign myself, my soul, my body, my goods, and all that may belong to me,without reserve, to him the Devil, and do invest him with full power over me, to send for, fetch or carry me alive or dead, to v/hatever place he may choose, and hereupon I defy all the host of heaven and all living creatures, whether man or beast, and in his name I say amen, it shall be so. And that this instrument may have its proper force, and not be liable to any evasion, I hereby again renounce heaven and all its glory, for the darkness of the infernal regions, and have thereunto written and signed it with a pen dipped in my own blood, drawn from my left arm, and mixed with boiling r brimstone brought by Mephostophiles from hell, and I call upon the whole host of Devils to witness my signature. John Faustus*. When this dreadful instrument was signed, the spirit Me* phostopholrs said his instructions were on the part of the Devil, to give him a counter bond, “ for his master,” he said, was one of the most honorable beings existingy and he accord¬ ingly wrote the following: c
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