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    Doctor Faustus
    Doctor Faustus
    Doctor Faustus
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    Doctor Faustus

    By Christopher Marlowe

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    Christopher Marlowe was one of the most famous playwrights in all of literature.  Marlowe's tragic plays, noted for their blank verse and unique protagonists, were a great influence on the legendary William Shakespeare.Some of Marlowe's classics include Doctor Faustus, Edward II, and Tamburlaine the Great.


    Doctor Faustus is a tragic play based off the classic German stories on the character Faust.A table of contents is included.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles River Editors
    Release dateMar 22, 2018
    ISBN9781537804835
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    Christopher Marlowe

    Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) was a 16th century playwright, poet, and translator. Considered to be the most famous playwright in the Elizabethan era, Marlowe is believed to have inspired major artists such as Shakespeare. Marlowe was known for his dramatic works that often depicted extreme displays of violence, catering to his audience’s desires. Surrounded by mystery and speculation, Marlowe’s own life was as dramatic and exciting as his plays. Historians are still puzzled by the man, conflicted by rumors that he was a spy, questions about his sexuality, and suspicions regarding his death.

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      Doctor Faustus - Christopher Marlowe

      DOCTOR FAUSTUS

      ..................

      Christopher Marlowe

      KYPROS PRESS

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      Copyright © 2016 by Christopher Marlowe

      Interior design by Pronoun

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Doctor Faustus

      DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

      DOCTOR FAUSTUS

      ..................

      DRAMATIS PERSONAE.

      ..................

      THE POPE.

      THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY.

      RAYMOND, king of Hungary.

      DUKE OF SAXONY.

      BRUNO.

      DUKE OF VANHOLT.

      MARTINO, |

      FREDERICK, | gentlemen.

      BENVOLIO, |

      FAUSTUS.

      VALDES, | friends to FAUSTUS.

      CORNELIUS, |

      WAGNER, servant to FAUSTUS.

      Clown.

      ROBIN.

      DICK.

      Vintner.

      Horse-courser.

      Carter.

      An Old Man.

      Scholars, Cardinals, ARCHBISHOP OF RHEIMS, Bishops, Monks,

      Friars, Soldiers, and Attendants.

      DUCHESS OF VANHOLT.

      Hostess.

      LUCIFER.

      BELZEBUB.

      MEPHISTOPHILIS.

      Good Angel.

      Evil Angel.

      The Seven Deadly Sins.

      Devils.

      Spirits in the shapes of ALEXANDER THE GREAT, of his Paramour,

      of DARIUS, and of HELEN.

      Chorus.

      FROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.

      ..................

      Enter CHORUS.

      CHORUS. Not marching in the fields of Thrasymene,

      Where Mars did mate the warlike Carthagens;

      Nor sporting in the dalliance of love,

      In courts of kings where state is overturn’d;

      Nor in the pomp of proud audacious deeds,

      Intends our Muse to vaunt her heavenly verse:

      Only this, gentles,—we must now perform

      The form of Faustus’ fortunes, good or bad:

      And now to patient judgments we appeal,

      And speak for Faustus in his infancy.

      Now is he born of parents base of stock,

      In Germany, within a town call’d Rhodes:

      At riper years, to Wittenberg he went,

      Whereas his kinsmen chiefly brought him up.

      So much he profits in divinity,

      That shortly he was grac’d with doctor’s name,

      Excelling all, and sweetly can dispute

      In th’ heavenly matters of theology;

      Till swoln with cunning, of a self-conceit,

      His waxen wings did mount above his reach,

      And, melting, heavens conspir’d his overthrow;

      For, falling to a devilish exercise,

      And glutted now with learning’s golden gifts,

      He surfeits upon cursed necromancy;

      Nothing so sweet as magic is to him,

      Which he prefers before his chiefest bliss:

      And this the man that in his study sits.

      [Exit.]

      FAUSTUS discovered in his study.

      FAUSTUS. Settle thy studies, Faustus, and begin

      To sound the depth of that thou wilt profess:

      Having commenc’d, be a divine in show,

      Yet level at the end of every art,

      And live and die in Aristotle’s works.

      Sweet Analytics, ‘tis thou hast ravish’d me!

      Bene disserere est finis logices.

      Is, to dispute well, logic’s chiefest end?

      Affords this art no greater miracle?

      Then read no more; thou hast attain’d that end:

      A greater subject fitteth Faustus’ wit:

      Bid Economy farewell, and Galen come:

      Be a physician, Faustus; heap up gold,

      And be eterniz’d for some wondrous cure:

      Summum bonum medicinoe sanitas,

      The end of physic is our body’s health.

      Why, Faustus, hast thou not attain’d that end?

      Are not thy bills hung up as monuments,

      Whereby whole cities have escap’d the plague,

      And thousand desperate maladies been cur’d?

      Yet art thou still but Faustus, and a man.

      Couldst thou make men to live eternally,

      Or, being dead, raise them to life again,

      Then this profession were to be esteem’d.

      Physic, farewell! Where is Justinian?

      [Reads.]

      Si una eademque res legatur duobus, alter rem,

      alter valorem rei, &c.

      A petty case of paltry legacies!

      [Reads.]

      Exhoereditare filium non potest pater, nisi, &c.

      Such is the subject of the institute,

      And universal body of the law:

      This study fits a mercenary drudge,

      Who aims at nothing but external trash;

      Too servile and illiberal for me.

      When all is done, divinity is best:

      Jerome’s Bible, Faustus; view it well.

      [Reads.]

      Stipendium peccati mors est.

      Ha!

      Stipendium, &c.

      The reward of sin is death: that’s hard.

      [Reads.]

      Si peccasse negamus, fallimur, et nulla est in nobis veritas;

      If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there

      is no truth in us. Why, then, belike we must sin, and so

      consequently die:

      Ay, we must die an everlasting death.

      What doctrine call you this, Che sera, sera,

      What will be, shall be? Divinity, adieu!

      These metaphysics of magicians,

      And necromantic books are heavenly;

      Lines, circles, scenes, letters, and characters;

      Ay, these are those that Faustus most desires.

      O, what a world of profit and delight,

      Of power, of honour, and omnipotence,

      Is promis’d to the studious artizan!

      All things that move between the quiet poles

      Shall be at my command: emperors and kings

      Are but obeyed in their several provinces;

      But his dominion that exceeds in this,

      Stretcheth as far as doth the mind of man;

      A sound magician is a demigod:

      Here tire, my brains, to gain a deity.

      Enter WAGNER.

      Wagner, commend me to my dearest friends,

      The German Valdes and Cornelius;

      Request them earnestly to visit me.

      WAGNER. I will, sir.

      [Exit.]

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