At this time, Faustus also makes a pair of horns suddenly appear on one of the knights who had been skeptical about Faustus' powers. After this, Mephistophilis takes Faustus to Rome and leads him into the pope's private chambers, where the two become invisible and play pranks on the pope and some unsuspecting friars.Īfter this episode, Faustus and Mephistophilis go to the German emperor's court, where they conjure up Alexander the Great. To divert Faustus, Mephistophilis and Lucifer both appear and parade the seven deadly sins before Faustus. Mephistophilis appears and Faust agrees to sign a contract in blood with the devil even though several omens appear which warn him not to make this bond.įaustus begins to repent of his bargain as the voice of the Good Angel continues to urge him to repent. Later, in his study, when Faustus begins to despair, a Good Angel and a Bad Angel appear to him each encourages Faustus to follow his advice.

Faustus sends Mephistophilis back to hell with the bargain that if Faustus is given twenty-four years of absolute power, he will then sell his soul to Lucifer. Faustus discovers that it is not his conjuring which brings forth Mephistophilis but, instead, that when anyone curses the trinity, devils automatically appear. Faustus sends him away, telling him to reappear in the form of a friar. When he is alone in his study, Faustus begins experimenting with magical incantations, and suddenly Mephistophilis appears, in the form of an ugly devil. Faustus tells them that he has decided to experiment in necromancy and needs them to teach him some of the fundamentals. He has his servant Wagner summon Valdes and Cornelius, two German experts in magic. Faustus becomes dissatisfied with his studies of medicine, law, logic and theology therefore, he decides to turn to the dangerous practice of necromancy, or magic.

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