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him, he shall appear invisible to all men, and that he should appear in what shape he pleas’d to which the spirit arswer’d, that all his desires should be granted if he would sign those, articles, he should wish or ask for; whereupon Dr. Faustus withdrew and stabb'd his wrist receiving the blood in a small saucer, which cooled so fast, as if it forwarn’d him of the hellish act he was going to commit; nevertheless he put it over embers to warm it, and wrote as follows.
“I, John Faustus, approved doctor of divinity, with my own hand do acknowledge and testify myself to become a servant to Lucifer Prince of Septentrional and Oriental, and to him I freely and voluntarily give both soul; in consideration for the space of twenty four years, if I be served in all things, which I shall require, or which is reasonable by him to be allowed; at the expiration of which time from the date ensuing. I give to him all power to do with me at his pleasure; to rule, to fetch and carry me where he pleases body and soul; hereupon I defy God and Christ, and the host of angels and good spirits all living creatures that bear ins shape, or on, whom his image is imprinted; and to the better strengthening the validity of this
