Act 4 - Scene 3

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_ ACT IV - SCENE III

[Enter the ambushed SOLDIERS.] [192]

[Footnote 192: Enter the ambushed Soldiers: Here (though it seems that Faustus does not quit the stage) a change of scene is supposed.]

FIRST SOLDIER.
Come, sirs, prepare yourselves in readiness;
Make haste to help these noble gentlemen:
I heard them parley with the conjurer.

SECOND SOLDIER.
See, where he comes! despatch and kill the slave.

FAUSTUS.
What's here? an ambush to betray my life!
Then, Faustus, try thy skill.--Base peasants, stand!
For, lo, these [193] trees remove at my command,
And stand as bulwarks 'twixt yourselves and me,
To shield me from your hated treachery!
Yet, to encounter this your weak attempt,
Behold, an army comes incontinent!

[FAUSTUS strikes the door, [194] and enter a DEVIL playing on a drum; after him another, bearing an ensign; and divers with weapons; MEPHISTOPHILIS with fire-works. They set upon the SOLDIERS, drive them out, and exeunt.] _

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