![]() Over the which two stately Bridges lean, 840That make safe passage, to each part of Rome. With winding banks that cut it in two parts Just through the midst runs flowing Tiber's stream That underprop the ground-work of the same. 835Know that this city stands upon seven hills, ![]() What Rome contains for to delight thine eyes. All's one, for we'll be bold with his venison.īut now, my Faustus, that thou may'st perceive, I have my Faustus, and for proof thereof,Īnd cause we are no common guests, 830I choose his privy chamber for our use. Thus hitherto hath Faustus spent his time.īut tell me now, what resting place is this? 825Hast thou, as erst I did command,Ĭonducted me within the walls of Rome? Meph. Whose frame is paved with sundry coloured stones,Īnd roofed aloft with curious work in gold. In one of which a sumptuous temple stands, 820That threats the stars with her aspiring top, Through a rock of stone in one night's space.įrom thence to Venice, Padua, and the east, ![]() The way he cut an English mile in length, 815There saw we learned Maro's golden tomb, ![]() The streets straight forth, and paled with finest brick. ![]() Whose buildings fair and gorgeous to the eye, Whose banks are set with groves of fruitful vines. With walls of flint and deep entrenched lakes,įrom Paris next, costing the realm of France, 810We saw the river Main fall into Rhine, Faust Having now my good Mephistophilis, 805Passed with delight the stately town of Trier, ![]()
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