[Footnote 1: Carthagens: So 4tos 1616, 1624, (and compare 4to 1604,
p. 79).--2to 1631 "Carthagen."
p. 79. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):
"Where Mars did mate the Carthaginians;" ]
[Footnote 2: her: Old eds. "his."]
[Footnote 3: of: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "and."]
[Footnote 4: upon: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "on the."]
[Footnote 5: thousand: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "diuers."]
[Footnote 6: them: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "men."]
[Footnote 7: legatur: Old eds. "legatus."]
[Footnote 8: petty: I may notice that 4to 1604 has "pretty," which is
perhaps the right reading.]
[Footnote 9: &c.: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--Not in 4to 1616.]
[Footnote 10: circles, scenes, letters, and characters: So 4to 1604 (see
note , p. 80).--The later 4tos "circles, letters, characters."
Note , from p. 80. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):
"scenes: "And sooner may a gulling weather-spie
By drawing forth heavens SCEANES tell certainly," &c.
Donne's FIRST SATYRE,--p. 327, ed. 1633." ]
[Footnote 11: gain: So 4tos 1624, 1631 (and so 4to 1604).--2to 1616 "get."]
[Footnote 12: these: See note §, p. 80.
Note §, from p. 80. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):
"these elements: So again, "Within the bowels of THESE
elements," &c., on p. 87, first col,--"THESE" being
equivalent to THE. (Not unfrequently in our old writers
THESE is little more than redundant.)" ]
[Footnote 13: enterprise: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "enterprises."]
[Footnote 14: make swift Rhine circle fair: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631,
"WITH swift Rhine circle ALL."]
[Footnote 15: silk: Old eds. "skill."]
[Footnote 16: blest: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "wise."]
[Footnote 17: Swarm: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "Sworne."]
[Footnote 18: to: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
[Footnote 19: have: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "has."]
[Footnote 20: shall they: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "they shall."]
[Footnote 21: huge: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "whole."]
[Footnote 22: stuffs: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "stuff'd."]
[Footnote 23: renowm'd: So 4to 1616 (See note ||, p. 11).--2tos 1624,
1631, "renown'd."
Note ||, from p. 11. (The First Part of Tamburlaine the
Great):
"renowmed: i.e. renowned.--So the 8vo.--The 4to "renowned."
--The form "RENOWMED" (Fr. RENOMME) occurs repeatedly
afterwards in this play, according to the 8vo. It is
occasionally found in writers posterior to Marlowe's
time. e.g.
"Of Constantines great towne RENOUM'D in vaine."
Verses to King James, prefixed to Lord Stirling's
MONARCHICKE TRAGEDIES, ed. 1607." ]
[Footnote 24: Albertus': Old eds. "Albanus."]
[Footnote 25: that: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "the."]
[Footnote 26: him: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
[Footnote 27: Enter Faustus: Old eds. "Thunder. Enter Lucifer and
4 deuils, Faustus to them with this speech,"--wrongly.]
[Footnote 28: her: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "his."]
[Footnote 29: erring: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "euening."]
[Footnote 30: Mephistophilis Dragon, quod tumeraris: See note *, p. 83.
Note *, from p. 83. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):
"surgat Mephistophilis, quod tumeraris: The later 4tos have
"surgat Mephistophilis DRAGON, quod tumeraris."--There is a
corruption here, which seems to defy emendation. For "quod
TUMERARIS," Mr. J. Crossley, of Manchester, would read
(rejecting the word "Dragon") "quod TU MANDARES" (the
construction being "quod tu mandares ut Mephistophilis
appareat et surgat"): but the "tu" does not agree with the
preceding "vos."--The Revd. J. Mitford proposes "surgat
Mephistophilis, per Dragon (or Dagon) quod NUMEN EST AERIS."" ]
[Footnote 31: dicatus: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "dicatis."]
[Footnote 32: came hither: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "came NOW hether."]
[Footnote 33: speeches: So 4to 1604.--Not in the later 4tos.]
[Footnote 34: accidens: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "accident."]
[Footnote 35: fell: So 4to 1604.--The later 4tos "liue."]
[Footnote 36: strike: So 4to 1631.--2tos 1616, 1624, "strikes."]
[Footnote 37: thorough: So 4to 1631.--2tos 1616, 1624, "through."]
[Footnote 38: Sirrah: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
[Footnote 39: save: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "spare."]
[Footnote 40: again: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--Not in 4to 1616.]
[Footnote 41: or: Old eds. "for."]
[Footnote 42: vestigiis nostris: Old eds. "vestigias nostras."]
[Footnote 43: backward: So 4to 1616 (and so 4to 1604).--2tos 1624, 1631,
"backe."]
[Footnote 44: Why: So 4to 1616 (and so 4to 1604).--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
[Footnote 45: that famous: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "that MOST famous."]
[Footnote 46: of: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "be."]
[Footnote 47: men: So 4tos 1624, 1631 (and so 4to 1604).--2to 1616 "them."]
[Footnote 48: Mephistophile: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "Mephostophilis."]
[Footnote 49: thee: So 4to 1604.--The later 4tos "him."]
[Footnote 50: thine: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "thy."]
[Footnote 51: And: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
[Footnote 52: my: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "thy."]
[Footnote 53: Is it: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "It is."]
[Footnote 54: soul: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
[Footnote 55: an: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--Not in 4to 1624.]
[Footnote 56: should: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "shall."]
[Footnote 57: God: So 4to 1604.--The later 4tos "heauen."]
[Footnote 58: this scroll: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
[Footnote 59: he desires: Not in the 4tos. See note , p. 86.
Note , from p. 86. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):
"he desires: Not in any of the four 4tos. In the tract just
cited, i.e. THE HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS, ed. 1648. the
"3d Article" stands thus,--"That Mephostophiles should bring
him any thing, and doe for him whatsoever." Sig. A 4, ed.
1648. A later ed. adds "he desired." Marlowe, no doubt,
followed some edition of the HISTORY in which these words,
or something equivalent to them, had been omitted by mistake.
(2to 1661, which I consider as of no authority, has "he
requireth.")" ]
[Footnote 60: and: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--Not in 4to 1616.]
[Footnote 61: with: So 4to 1604.--Not in the later 4tos.]
[Footnote 62: the: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "that."]
[Footnote 63: are: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "is."]
[Footnote 64: hell's a fable: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "hell's a
MEERE fable."]
[Footnote 65: thine: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "thy."]
[Footnote 66: thy: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "thine."]
[Footnote 67: was: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "were."]
[Footnote 68: harness: i.e. armour.]
[Footnote 69: This will I keep as chary as my life.
[Exeunt.:
Enter FAUSTUS, in his study, and MEPHISTOPHILIS.
FAUSTUS. When I behold the heavens, &c.:
Old eds. (that is, 4tos 1616, 1624, 1631) thus;
"This will I keepe, as chary as my life.
[Exeunt.:
Enter WAGNER solus.
WAGNER. Learned Faustus
To know the secrets of Astronomy
Grauen in the booke of Joues high firmament,
Did mount himselfe to scale Olympus top,
Being seated in a chariot burning bright,
Drawne by the strength of yoaky [2to 1624 "yoaked": Dragons necks,
He now is gone to proue Cosmography,
And as I gesse will first arriue at Rome,
To see the Pope and manner of his Court;
And take some part of holy Peters feast,
That to [2tos 1624, 1631, "on": this day is highly solemnized.
Exit WAGNER.
Enter FAUSTUS in his Study, and MEPHISTOPHILIS.
FAUSTUS. When I behold the heauens," &c.
The lines which I have here omitted belong to a subsequent part
of the play, where they will be found with considerable additions,
and are rightly assigned to the CHORUS. (As given in the present
place by the 4tos 1616, 1624, 1631, these lines exhibit the text
of the earlier FAUSTUS; see p. 90, sec. col.) It would seem that
something was intended to intervene here between the exit of Faustus
and Mephistophilis, and their re-appearance on the stage: compare,
however, the preceding play, p. 88, first col.
p. 90, sec. col. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):
"FAUSTUS. Great thanks, mighty Lucifer!
This will I keep as chary as my life.
LUCIFER. Farewell, Faustus, and think on the devil.
FAUSTUS. Farewell, great Lucifer.
[Exeunt LUCIFER and BELZEBUB.:
Come, Mephistophilis.
[Exeunt.:
Enter CHORUS.
CHORUS. Learned Faustus,
To know the secrets of astronomy
Graven in the book of Jove's high firmament,
Did mount himself to scale Olympus' top,
Being seated in a chariot burning bright,
Drawn by the strength of yoky dragons' necks.
He now is gone to prove cosmography,
And, as I guess, will first arrive at Rome,
To see the Pope and manner of his court,
And take some part of holy Peter's feast,
That to this day is highly solemniz'd.
[Exit.:
Enter FAUSTUS and MEPHISTOPHILIS.
FAUSTUS. Having now, my good Mephistophilis,
Pass'd with delight the stately town of Trier," etc.
p. 88, first col. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):
This part of the play does not have any relevance to characters
leaving the stage and re-entering.
Perhaps the editor meant p. 93, first column.
p. 93, first col. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):
"RALPH. O, brave, Robin! shall I have Nan Spit, and to mine
own use? On that condition I'll feed thy devil with horse-
bread as long as he lives, of free cost.
ROBIN. No more, sweet Ralph: let's go and make clean our
boots, which lie foul upon our hands, and then to our conjuring
in the devil's name.
[Exeunt.:
Enter ROBIN and RALPH with a silver goblet.
ROBIN. Come, Ralph: did not I tell thee, we were for ever
made by this Doctor Faustus' book? ecce, signum! here's a
simple purchase for horse-keepers: our horses shall eat
no hay as long as this lasts.