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wrist, receiving the blood in a small saucer which cooled so fast, as if it forewarned him of the hellish act he was going to commit; nevertheless he put it over embers to warm it, and writ as followeth:
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 Orient, and to him I freely and voluntary give both body and soul; in consideration for the space of twenty four years, if I be served in all things I shall require, or which is reasonable by him to be allowed: at the expiration of which 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 all the host of angels and good spirits; 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 own blood, and subscribed my name to it, calling all the powers and infernal potentates to witness it is my true intent and meaning.
