Monologue

Spirits Ascend Monologue from The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce

From The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce by William Mountfort

male · dark · 59 sec

Faust. How am I glutted with conceit of this? Shall I make Spirits fetch me what I please? I'll have 'em fly to India for Gold, Ransack the Ocean for Orient Pearl. I'll have 'em Wall all Germany with Brass: I'll levy Soldiers with the Coin they bring, And chase the Prince of Parma from our Land. [ (Rises.) 'Tis now the Dead nigh Noon of Night, And Lucifer his Spirits freedom gives; I'll try if in this Circle I can Raise A Daemon to inform me what I long for. Sint mihi Dii Acherontis propitii, Orientis Princeps, Beelzebub, German. Demogorgon. [Thunders. Mephostopholis, Mephostopholis, surgat Spiritus. Mephostopholis speaks under Ground. [Thunders.

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