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7 blood in a small saucer, which cooled so last, as if it forwarned 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 Septenrional 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 retch and carry me where he pleases body and soul; hereupon I defy God and Christ, and the host of angels and good spirit’s all living creatures that bear his shape, or on whom his image is imprinted; and to the better strengthening the validity of this covenant and firm agreement between us, I have writ it with my blood. and subscribe my name to it, calling all the powers and infernal potentates to witness it is my true intent and meaning.”

JOHN FAUSTUS.