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Faustus begin thine incantations, take good care to draw thy circle true,

By God must you prevail - for if you fail these demons make a meal of you.

Your soul shall be their meat - a kingly feast for them to eat,

Beware your future at hand, alas for thou art damned.

[GOOD ANGEL:]

"Faustus seek repentance, abjure this evil art,

Cease this wretched wickedness and cleanse thy foolish heart,

For the evil that once served you has made of you a slave,

And transformed your 'bed of roses' to a premature grave."

Then in a mighty flash of light before thee Mephistopheles appears.

[FAUSTUS:]

"I charge thee go and change thy shape, for you fill my soul with fear.

Now swift-as-hell back to the fire return an old Franciscan Friar."

[MEPHISTOPHELES:]

"Mortal command me while you can, for surely thou art dammed."

[BAD ANGEL:]

"Faustus be thou resolute in what thou wilst perform,

Ignore these righteous idiots - their trinity to scorn,

For years of deprivation you receive eternal life,

But fame and wealth and maidens-fair are by far the better price."

[FAUSTUS:]

"Temptations all around me, is there nowhere I can turn?

Hellfire is all about me, now I know that I shall burn,

I face excommunication for the error of my ways -

To burn in Hell for all my days.

Bell, book and candle, candle, book, bell,

Forwards and backwards to damn me to Hell.

Jehova I beg thee have mercy on my soul.

Be gone foul beast that stands before me, my God! The midnight hour chimes,

Oh Lord have mercy he comes for me, I haven't got much time,

I am awake this is no dream, I cry - but terror takes my scream,

And now my future is at hand, alas for I am dammed."

[GOOD ANGEL:]

"Think for just one moment and I'm sure that you will see,

The moral of this story - that what shall be must be.

He who gives his soul to Hell, must dare to pay the price,

He versed in divinity must live a noble life -

OR ELSE HE IS DAMNED!