On sweet Musaeus when he came to hell,
Will be as cunning<33> as Agrippa<34> was,
Whose shadow<35> made all Europe honour him.

VALDES. Faustus, these books, thy wit, and our experience,
Shall make all nations to canonize us.
As Indian Moors obey their Spanish lords,
So shall the spirits<36> of every element
Be always serviceable to us three;
Like lions shall they guard us when we please;
Like Almain rutters<37> with their horsemen's staves,
Or Lapland giants, trotting by our sides;
Sometimes like women, or unwedded maids,
Shadowing more beauty in their airy brows
Than have the<38> white breasts of the queen of love:
From<39> Venice shall they drag huge argosies,
And from America the golden fleece
That yearly stuffs old Philip's treasury;
If learned Faustus will be resolute.

FAUSTUS. Valdes, as resolute am I in this
As thou to live: therefore object it not.

CORNELIUS. The miracles that magic will perform
Will make thee vow to study nothing else.
He that is grounded in astrology,
Enrich'd with tongues, well seen in<40> minerals,
Hath all the principles magic doth require:
Then doubt not, Faustus, but to be renowm'd,<41>
And more frequented for this mystery