Anonymous / Marlowe, Christopher · published 1604 · first performed or written 1592 [1592-1593] (Annals) tragedy · Unknown T56 Magic, spells and conjuring typicality 0.81 · 458 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T56: magic, faustus, charms, charm, conjure, spirits, skill, ho, power, spells.
Faustus, these books thy wit and our experience Shall make all nations to canonize us, As Indian Moores obey their Spanish Lords, So shall the subjects of every element Be always serviceable to us three, Like lions shall they guard us when we please, Like Almain Rutters with their horsemen's staves, Or Lapland Giants trotting by our sides, Sometimes like women, or unwedded maids, Shadowing more beauty in their airy brows, Then in their white breasts of the queen of Love: For Venice shall they drag huge argosies, And from America the golden fleece, That yearly stuffs old Philip's treasury If learned Faustus will be resolute. Valdes as resolute am I in this As thou to live, therefore object it not. The miracles that Magic will perform, Will make thee vow to study nothing else, He that is grounded in Astrology, Enriched with tongues well seen minerals, Hath all the principles Magic doth require, Then doubt not (Faustus) but to be renowned, And more frequented for this mystery, Then heretofore the Dolphian Oracle. The spirits tell me they can dry the sea, And fetch the treasure of all foreign wracks, ay, all the wealth that our forefathers hid Within the massy entrails of the earth. Then tell me Faustus, what shall we three want? Nothing Cornelius, O this cheers my soul, Come show me some demonstrations magical, That I may conjure in some lusty grove, And have these joys in full possession. Then haste thee to some solitary grove, And bear wise Bacons and Albanus works, The Hebrew Psalter, and new Testament, And whatsoever else is requisite we will inform thee ere our conference cease. Valdes, first let him know the words of art, And then all other ceremonies learned, Faustus may try his cunning by himself. First I'll instruct thee in the rudiments, And then wilt thou be perfecter than I. Then come and dine with me, and after meat we'll canvas every quiddity thereof: For ere I sleep I'll try what I can do, This night I'll conjure though I die therefore. I wonder what's become of Faustus, that was wont to make our schools ring with, sic probo. That shall we know, for see here comes his boy. How now sirrah, where's thy master? God in heaven knows. Why, dost not thou know? Yes I know, but that follows not. Go too sirrah, leave your jesting, and tell us where he is. That follows not necessary by force of argument, that you being licentiate should stand upon't, therefore acknowledge your error, and be attentive. Why, didst thou not say thou knewst? Have you any witness on't? Yes sirrah, I heard you. Ask my fellow if I be a thief. Well, you will not tell us.
nodes 146–206 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 3 of 23 in this edition
Length
458 words · 617 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T56 — Magic, spells and conjuringcross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.805 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T45 · seed 44: T51 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Faustus▪ these bookes thy wit and our experience Shall make all nations to cononize vs, As Indian Moores obey their Spanish Lords, So shall the subiects of euery element Be alwaies seruiceable to vs thrée, Like Lyons shall they guard vs when we please, Like Almaine Rutters with their horsemens staues, Or Lapland Gyants trotting by our sides, Sometimes like women, or vnwedded maides, Shadowing more beautie in their ayrie browes, Then in their white breasts of the queene of Loue: For Venice shall they dregge huge Argoces, And from America the golden fléece, That yearely nffes olde Philips treasury If learned Faustus will be resolute. Valdes as resolute am I in this As thou to liue, therefore obiect it not. The myracles that Magicke will performe, Will make thée vow to studie nothing else, He that is grounded in Astrologie, Inricht with tongues well séene minerals, all the principles Magicke doth require, The doubt nt (Fstus) but to be renowmd, And more frequented for this mystery, Then heretofore the Dolphian Oracle. The spirits tell me they can drie the sea, And feth the treaure of all forraine wrackes, I, all the wealth that our foreathers hid the maie enrails of the earth. Thn tell me Faustus, what shal we three want? Nothng Cornelius, O this cheares my soule, Come shewe me some demonstrations magiall, That I may coniure in some lustie groue, And haue these ioyes in full possession. Then haste thée to some solitary groue, And beare wise Bacons and Albanus workes, The Hbrew Psalter, and new Testament, And whatsoeuer else is requisit Wee will enforme thée ere our conference cease. Valdes, first let him know the words of art, And then all other ceremonies learnd, Faustus may trie his cunning by himselfe. First Ile instruct thee in the rudiments, And then wilt thou be perfecter then I. Then come and dyne with me, and after meate Wéele cauas euery quidditie thereof: For ere I sleepe le trie what I can do, This night Ile coniure though I die therefore. I wonder whats become of Faustus, that was wont to make our schooles ring with, sic probo. That shall we know, for see here comes his boy. How now sirra, wheres thy maister? God in heauen knowes. Why, dost not thou know? Yes I know, but that followes not. Go too sirra, leaue your ieasting, and tell vs where hée is. That follows not necessary by force of argument, that you being licentiate should stand vpon't, therefore acknowledge your error, and be attentiue. Why, didst thou not say thou knewst? Haue you any witnesse on't? Yes sirra, I heard you. Aske my fellow if I be a thiefe. Well, you will not tell vs.