The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe

FOOTNOTES:

1 (return)
[ 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;" ]

2 (return)
[ her: Old eds. "his."]

3 (return)
[ of: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "and."]

4 (return)
[ upon: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "on the."]

5 (return)
[ thousand: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "diuers."]

6 (return)
[ them: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "men."]

7 (return)
[ legatur: Old eds. "legatus."]

8 (return)
[ petty: I may notice that 4to 1604 has "pretty," which is perhaps the right reading.]

9 (return)
[ &c.: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 4to 1616.]

10 (return)
[ 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." ]

11 (return)
[ gain: So 4tos 1624, 1631 (and so 4to 1604).—2to 1616 "get."]

12 (return)
[ 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.)" ]

13 (return)
[ enterprise: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "enterprises."]

14 (return)
[ make swift Rhine circle fair: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "WITH swift Rhine circle ALL."]

15 (return)
[ silk: Old eds. "skill."]

16 (return)
[ blest: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "wise."]

17 (return)
[ Swarm: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "Sworne."]

18 (return)
[ to: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

19 (return)
[ have: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "has."]

20 (return)
[ shall they: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "they shall."]

21 (return)
[ huge: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "whole."]

22 (return)
[ stuffs: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "stuff'd."]

23 (return)
[ 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." ]

24 (return)
[ Albertus': Old eds. "Albanus."]

25 (return)
[ that: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "the."]

26 (return)
[ him: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

27 (return)
[ Enter Faustus: Old eds. "Thunder. Enter Lucifer and 4 deuils, Faustus to them with this speech,"—wrongly.]

28 (return)
[ her: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "his."]

29 (return)
[ erring: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "euening."]

30 (return)
[ 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."" ]

31 (return)
[ dicatus: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "dicatis."]

32 (return)
[ came hither: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "came NOW hether."]

33 (return)
[ speeches: So 4to 1604.—Not in the later 4tos.]

34 (return)
[ accidens: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "accident."]

35 (return)
[ fell: So 4to 1604.—The later 4tos "liue."]

36 (return)
[ strike: So 4to 1631.—2tos 1616, 1624, "strikes."]

37 (return)
[ thorough: So 4to 1631.—2tos 1616, 1624, "through."]

38 (return)
[ Sirrah: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

39 (return)
[ save: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "spare."]

40 (return)
[ again: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 4to 1616.]

41 (return)
[ or: Old eds. "for."]

42 (return)
[ vestigiis nostris: Old eds. "vestigias nostras."]

43 (return)
[ backward: So 4to 1616 (and so 4to 1604).—2tos 1624, 1631, "backe."]

44 (return)
[ Why: So 4to 1616 (and so 4to 1604).—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

45 (return)
[ that famous: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "that MOST famous."]

46 (return)
[ of: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "be."]

47 (return)
[ men: So 4tos 1624, 1631 (and so 4to 1604).—2to 1616 "them."]

48 (return)
[ Mephistophile: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "Mephostophilis."]

49 (return)
[ thee: So 4to 1604.—The later 4tos "him."]

50 (return)
[ thine: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "thy."]

51 (return)
[ And: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

52 (return)
[ my: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "thy."]

53 (return)
[ Is it: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "It is."]

54 (return)
[ soul: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

55 (return)
[ an: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—Not in 4to 1624.]

56 (return)
[ should: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "shall."]

57 (return)
[ God: So 4to 1604.—The later 4tos "heauen."]

58 (return)
[ this scroll: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

59 (return)
[ 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.")" ]

60 (return)
[ and: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 4to 1616.]

61 (return)
[ with: So 4to 1604.—Not in the later 4tos.]

62 (return)
[ the: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "that."]

63 (return)
[ are: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "is."]

64 (return)
[ hell's a fable: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "hell's a MEERE fable."]

65 (return)
[ thine: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "thy."]

66 (return)
[ thy: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "thine."]

67 (return)
[ was: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "were."]

68 (return)
[ harness: i.e. armour.]

69 (return)
[ 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.

     RALPH. But, Robin, here comes the Vintner." ]

70 (return)
[ thine: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "thy."]

71 (return)
[ is: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

72 (return)
[ breathes: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "breathe."]

73 (return)
[ ears: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "eare."]

74 (return)
[ this I: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "this TIME I."]

75 (return)
[ termine: I may notice that 4to 1604 (see p. 88, sec. col.) has "terminine," which at least is better for the metre.

p. 88, second column, (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):

"Whose terminine is term'd the world's wide pole;" ]

76 (return)
[ erring: So 4to 1604.—The later 4tos "euening."]

77 (return)
[ motion: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "motions."]

78 (return)
[ Ay: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

79 (return)
[ and: So 4to 1631.—Not in 4tos 1616, 1624.]

80 (return)
[ the: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—Not in 4to 1624.]

81 (return)
[ lips: So 4to 1604.—Not in the later 4tos.]

82 (return)
[ and ever since have run: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "and HAUE EUER SINCE run."]

83 (return)
[ this: So 4to 1604.—The later 4tos "these."]

84 (return)
[ come: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "came."]

85 (return)
[ I: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "I I."]

86 (return)
[ L: Old eds. "Lechery." See note ||, p. 90.

     Note ||, from p. 90. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):

    "L.: All the 4tos "Lechery."—Here I have made the alteration
     recommended by Mr. Collier in his Preface to COLERIDGE'S
     SEVEN LECTURES ON SHAKESPEARE AND MILTON, p. cviii." ]

87 (return)
[ Tut: So 4to 1604.—The later 4tos "But."]

88 (return)
[ Robin: Old eds. "the Clowne" (and so frequently afterwards): but he is evidently a distinct person from the "Clown," Wagner's attendant, who has previously appeared (see p. 111). Most probably the parts of the Clown and Robin were played by the same actor; and hence the confusion in the old eds.

     P. 111. (this play):

          "Enter WAGNER and CLOWN.

     WAGNER. Come hither, sirrah boy." etc. ]

89 (return)
[ faith: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631 "i'faith." (And so afterwards in this scene.)]

90 (return)
[ not tell: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

91 (return)
[ as fair a: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "a faire."]

92 (return)
[ need'st: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "needs."]

93 (return)
[ hold, belly, hold: Compare Florio's DICT., 1611; "IOSA, GOOD STORE, hold-bellie-hold."]

94 (return)
[ Prithee: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "I prithee."]

95 (return)
[ him: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—Not in 4to 1631.]

96 (return)
[ He views: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "To view."]

97 (return)
[ with this: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "with HIS." This passage is sufficiently obscure.]

98 (return)
[ round: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

99 (return)
[ Rhine: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "Rhines."]

100 (return)
[ up to: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "vnto."]

101 (return)
[ Quarter the town in four equivalents: So 4to 1604.—Not in the later 4tos.]

102 (return)
[ Thorough: so 4to 1631.—2tos 1616, 1624, "Through."]

103 (return)
[ rest: So 4to 1604.—The later 4tos "East."]

104 (return)
[ me: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—Not in 4to 1624.]

105 (return)
[ us: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "you."]

106 (return)
[ through: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "thorow."]

107 (return)
[ Ponte: Old eds. "Ponto."]

108 (return)
[ match: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "watch."]

109 (return)
[ the: so 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "those."]

110 (return)
[ in state and: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "this day with."]

111 (return)
[ whilst: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "while."]

112 (return)
[ thorough: So 4to 1631.—2tos 1616, 1624, "through."]

113 (return)
[ my: Qy. "one"?]

114 (return)
[ cunning: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "comming." (And so in the fourth line of the next speech.)]

115 (return)
[ this: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "his."]

116 (return)
[ at: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "to."]

117 (return)
[ it: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

118 (return)
[ And smite with death thy hated enterprise: So 4to 1616. —Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

119 (return)
[ our: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]

120 (return)
[ this: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]

121 (return)
[ have right: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "haue SOME right."]

122 (return)
[ shall: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "shalt."]

123 (return)
[ hath: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "haue."]

124 (return)
[ synod: Qy. "HOLY synod"?]

125 (return)
[ Ponte: Old eds. "Ponto."]

126 (return)
[ his: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "this."]

127 (return)
[ Sennet: Old eds. "Senit" and "Sonet". See note ||, p. 91.