Lifting his lofty head above the clouds, And all society of holy men. "That Peter's heirs should tread on Emperors, FAUSTUS. Despatch it soon: And curse the people that submit to him: I was elected by the Emperor. POPE. We will depose the Emperor for that deed, And, as Pope Alexander, our progenitor, And interdict from church's privilege Both he and thou shall [122] stand excommunicate, And fearless spurn the killing basilisk," Treading the lion and the dragon down, But we'll pull down his haughty insolence; Adding this golden sentence to our praise, [Exeunt FAUSTUS and MEPHISTOPHILIS.] Trod on the neck of German Frederick, MEPHIST. Faustus, I go. Depose him from his regal government. BRUNO. Pope Adrian, let me have right [121] of law: He grows too proud in his authority, And bear him to the states of Germany. The Pope shall curse, that Faustus came to Rome. And, by authority apostolical, And walk upon the dreadful adder's back, BRUNO. Pope Julius swore to princely Sigismond, And, like a steeple, overpeers the church: So will we quell that haughty schismatic,