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| Why Simon Gave to Faustus His Own Shape.
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Chapter XVI.—Why Simon Gave to Faustus His Own
Shape.
And my father said: “I have sinned; I
confess it.” And Annubion said: “I also along
with him beg you to forgive the noble and good old man who has been
deceived: for the unfortunate man has been the sport of that
notorious fellow. But I shall tell you how it took
place.1529
| 1529 An emendation of
Dressel’s. | The good
old man came to salute us. But at that very hour we who were
there happened to be listening to Simon, who wished to run away that
night, for he had heard that some people had come to Laodicea in search
of him by the command of the emperor. But as Faustus was
entering, he turned1530
| 1530 Supplied by
Dressel from the Recognitions. | his own rage on
him, and thus addressed us: ‘Make him, when he comes, share
your meals; and I will prepare an ointment, so that, when he has
supped, he may take some of it, and anoint his face with it, and then
he will appear to all to have my shape. But I will anoint you
with the juice1531
| 1531 An emendation of
Wieseler’s. | of some plant,
and then you will not be deceived by his new1532
| 1532 ms. reads “empty.” Wieseler proposed
“new” or “assumed.” |
shape; but to all others Faustus will seem to be
Simon.’
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