pleasant, clear, and cold water to behold;
into the which many tormented souls sprang out of the fire to cool
themselves, but being so freezing cold, they were constrained to return
again into the fire, and thus wearied themselves and spent their endless
torments out of one labyrinth into another, one while in heat, another
while in cold. But Faustus, standing here all this while gazing on them
that were thus tormented, he saw one leaping out of the fire, shrieking
horribly, whom he thought to have known, wherefore he would fain
have spoken unto him, but remembering he was forbidden, he refrained
speaking. Then this devil that brought him in, came to him again in
likeness of a bear, with the chair on his back, and bid him sit up, for
it was time to depart. So Faustus got up, and the devil carried him out
into the air, where he had so sweet music that he fell asleep by the
way.

His boy Christopher, being all this while at home, and missing his
master so long, thought his master would have tarried and dwelt with the
devil for ever; but whilst the boy was in these cogitations, his master
came home; for the devil brought him home fast asleep as he sate in his
chair, and threw him on his bed, where (being thus left of the devil) he
lay until day. When he awaked, he was amazed, like a man who had been in
a dark dungeon; musing with himself, if it were true or false that he
had seen hell, or whether he was blinded or not; but he rather persuaded
himself he had been there than otherwise, because he had seen such
wonderful things; wherefore he most carefully took pen and ink, and
wrote those things in order as he had seen; which writing was afterwards
found by his boy in his study, which afterwards was published to the
whole city of Wittenburg in print, for example to all Christians.

CHAPTER XXI.

_How Dr. Faustus was carried through the Air, up to the Heavens to see
the whole World, and how the Sky and Planets ruled; after the which he
wrote a Letter to his Friend of the same to Liptzig, and how he went
about the World in eight days._

This letter was found by a freeman and citizen of Wittenburg, written
with his own hand, and sent to his friend at Liptzig, a physician, named
Love Victori, the contents of which were as followeth:

"Amongst other things, my beloved friend and brother, I remember yet the
former friendship we had together when we were schoolfellows and
students in the university at Wittenburg; wherea