Spirits in the shapes of ALEXANDER THE GREAT, of his Paramour Whereas[4] his kinsmen chiefly brought him up. CHORUS. Not marching now in fields of Thrasymene, So soon he profits in divinity, Excelling all whose sweet delight disputes Nor in the pomp of proud audacious deeds, That shortly he was grac'd with doctor's name, Enter CHORUS. and of HELEN. Evil Angel. Only this, gentlemen,--we must perform To patient judgments we appeal our plaud, The form of Faustus' fortunes, good or bad: Devils. Nor sporting in the dalliance of love, THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS Intends our Muse to vaunt[2] her[3] heavenly verse: In Germany, within a town call'd Rhodes: Where Mars did mate[1] the Carthaginians; FROM THE QUARTO OF 1604. Now is he born, his parents base of stock, The Seven Deadly Sins. In courts of kings where state is overturn'd; Of riper years, to Wertenberg he went, Chorus. The fruitful plot of scholarism grac'd, And speak for Faustus in his infancy.