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to see this my dreadful end: and I pray let my miserable death be a warning to you all, how you study the devilish art of conjuring; for if once you begin it a thousand to one but it will lead you to the devil, whither I am ⟨this⟩ night to go whether I will or not. They hearing of this sad story blamed him fer concealing it so long, telling them if he had made them acquainted before that they ⟨thought⟩ it might have been prevented. He ⟨told⟩ them he had a desire several times to ⟨have⟩ disclosed this intrigue; but the devil told ⟨him⟩, that if he did, he wonld presently fetch him away; He also told them, he had a desire ⟨to⟩ join with the godly, and to leave off that wicked course, but immediately the devil used ⟨to⟩ come and torment him &c. "But now, ⟨saith⟩ Faustus, it is but in vain for me to talk ⟨of⟩ what I did intend, for I have sold myself to ⟨the⟩ devil. body and soul is his" No sooner ⟨had⟩ he spoke these words, but suddenly it fell ⟨to⟩ thundering and lightening, the like was ⟨never⟩ heard; whereupon Faustus went into the ⟨great⟩ hall, the doctors and masters staying in ⟨the⟩ next room, intending to hear his end. About twelve o'clock the house shook so terribly that they thought it would have been ⟨down⟩ upon them, and suddenly the windows
