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xxxvi Curs'd be the parents that engendered me— No, Faustus! curse thyself, curse Lucifer, That hath depriv'd thee of the joys of heaven.

The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus/Scene 19It strikes! it strikes!-Now, body! turn to air, Or Lucifer will bear thee quick to Hell. O soul! be chang'd into small water-drops, And fall into the ocean—ne'er be found.

Oh! mercy, Heaven! look not so fierce on me! Adders and serpents! let me breathe awhile!— Oh! Mephistophiles !—" (Rolling thunder.)

The foregoing horrible picture demands such a relief as will gently lead the shaken mind to a calmer region, and hush it into a meek-eyed