For it hath taught me that, for all my sin,

Thine heart is turned towards me. But for that,

’Twere better I had died by Gottfried’s hand

Than by mine own!

Gret.Faustus, thou shalt not die.

Oh, Faustus, Faustus! I am marked for death—

Is not one life enough!

Faus.Ay, verily,

So that that life be mine. I must atone!

Gret. Thou shalt atone, for thou hast greatly sinned—