Doctor Faustus

noun

( The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus ) a play (c1588) by Christopher Marlowe, based on the medieval legend of Faust.

And if the spirits come and snatch me, as they snatched off Doctor Faustus, you shall see all the pageant, and not a penny to pay.

Plain man, as you see me, I find myself getting quite the reputation of a Doctor Faustus in the popular mind.

Doctor Faustus answered hereupon, Gracious lady, this is a small thing for me to doe, for I can doe more than this.

Thus Doctor Faustus, the Gamaliel of those whose study are the arcana of nature and the world of shadows.

I shall now proceed to describe the etching of "Doctor Faustus," a copy of which I have given.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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