me?

_Devil_. I will lead you from step to step; when we have run through
this course, another scene will immediately open. Get first acquainted
with that which surrounds thee, and then mount upwards. The treasures of
the earth are thine; thou mayst command my power: do but dream--do but
wish.

_Faustus_. That is something.

_Devil_. Only something! Discontented being, thou shalt be able to
force Leviathan to further the projects which thou callest good and
noble, and the consequences of them shall be thy earnings, and the reward
of thy heart.

_Faustus_. That were more, if the Devil did not say it.

_Devil_. Who can boast that he has forced the fiend to do good?
However, let this thought inflate thy bosom. Faustus, step out of the
circle!

_Faustus_. It is not yet time.

_Devil_. Dost thou fear me? I repeat, thou shalt spend the moments
allotted to thee according to thy own pleasure: yes, Faustus, I will fill
for thee the intoxicating cup of enjoyment, as it has never been filled
for any other mortal. Thy nerves shall wear away before thou hast
emptied it. Count the sands of the shore, and thence thou mayst guess
the number of joys that I will strew before thee.

Thereupon he placed a casket of gold near the circle. The figures of the
mayoress and a train of lovely maidens then passed by.

_Faustus_. Ha, devil, who has showed thee the way to my heart?

_Devil_. Is not my name Leviathan? I have weighed thee, and thy
strength. Dost thou respect these?

(He shook upon the ground, from a sack, a quantity of orders of
knighthood, bishops' hats, crosses of honour, and diplomas of nobility.)

"No, no; I know Faustus better: knowledge and pleasure are his gods.
Remain what you are; these things are vain and futile. Thus, by
different bribes may ye all be won; and for the sake of lust or
advancement, ye would work bare your hands and your intellects. But,
whilst fools toil for them in the sweat of their brow, and in the
exhaustion of their mind, do thou enjoy, without care or labour, what I
shall serve up. To-morrow, with thy consent, I will conduct thee to the
mayoress."

_Faustus_. But how?

_Devil_. Accept the conditions, and I will tell thee. Come out of the
circle; thou lookest still like a drunken man.

_Faustus_. I would annihilate myself if it were not for one thought!

_Devil_. Which is--

_Faustus_. That I shall only thereby sooner fall into thy power.

_Devil_. Ho