e nor fall, neither could any man pull him
up. With this was the hall so light as if the sun had shined in the
house. Then came Faustus in form of a pope to the Great Turk, saying,
"All hail, emperor, now art thou honoured, that I so worthily appear
unto thee as thy Mahomet was wont to do." Hereupon he vanished, and
forthwith it thundered that the whole palace shook. The Turk greatly
marvelled what this should be that so vexed him, and was persuaded by
the chiefest counsellors that it was Mahomet, his prophet, which had so
appeared unto them; whereupon the Turk commanded them to fall down on
their knees and to give him thanks for doing them so great honour as to
show himself unto them. But the next day Faustus went into the castle
where he kept his wives and concubines, in which castle might no man,
upon the pain of death, come, except those that were appointed by the
Great Turk to do him service, and they were all eunuchs, which when
Faustus perceived, he said to his spirit Mephistophiles, "How likest
thou this sport? Are not these fair ladies greatly to be pitied that
thus consume their youth at the pleasure of one only man?"

"Why," quoth the spirit, "mayst not thou instead of the emperor embrace
these fair ladies? Do what thy heart desireth herein, and I will aid
thee, and what thou wishest thou shalt have it performed."

Wherefore Faustus (being before this counsel apt enough to put such
matters in practice) caused a great fog to be round about the castle,
both within and without, and he himself appeared amongst the ladies in
all points as they used to paint Mahomet; at which sight the ladies fell
on their knees and worshipped him. Then Faustus took the fairest by the
hand, and when he had delighted himself sufficiently with her, he put
her away, and made his spirit bring him another; and so he passed away
six days, all which time the fog was so thick and so stinking that they
within the house thought that they had been in hell for the time, and
they without wondered thereat, in such sort that they went to their
prayers, calling on their God Mahomet, and worshipping of the image;
where the sixth day Faustus exalted himself into the air like a pope, in
the sight of the Great Turk and all his people, and he had no sooner
departed the castle but the fog vanished away. Whence presently the Turk
went to his wives and concubines, demanding of them if they knew the
cause why the castle was beset with a mist so long. They