here these thirty years, O, would I had never [249] seen Wittenberg, FIRST SCHOLAR. Why did not Faustus tell us of this before, that divines might have prayed for thee? O, he stays my tongue! I would lift up my hands; but see, they witness, yea, all the world; for which Faustus hath lost both threatened to tear me in pieces, if I named God, to fetch me my tears. Gush forth blood, instead of tears! yea, life and soul! them my soul for my cunning! hold 'em, they hold 'em? ('?' sic) the date is expired; this is the time, and he will fetch me. hath blasphemed! O my God, I would weep! but the devil draws in FAUSTUS. Oft have I thought to have done so; but the devil God, the throne of the blessed, the kingdom of joy; and must what shall become of Faustus, being in hell for ever? the vain pleasure of four-and-twenty years hath Faustus lost eternal joy and felicity. I writ them a bill with mine own blood: SECOND SCHOLAR. Yet, Faustus, call on God. my heart pant and quiver to remember that I have been a student remain in hell for ever, hell. O, hell, for ever! Sweet friends, Germany and the world, yea, heaven itself, heaven, the seat of never read book! and what wonders I have done, all Germany can ALL. Who, Faustus? ALL. O, God forbid! FAUSTUS. Why, Lucifer and Mephistophilis. O gentlemen, I gave FAUSTUS. On God, whom Faustus hath abjured! on God, whom Faustus body and soul, if I once gave ear to divinity: and now 'tis [250] FAUSTUS. God forbade it, indeed; but Faustus hath done it: for