Note ||, from p. 91. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):"Sonnet: Variously written, SENNET, SIGNET, SIGNATE, &c.—Aparticular set of notes on the trumpet, or cornet, differentfrom a flourish. See Nares's GLOSS. in V. SENNET." ]
128 (return)[ be: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "are."]
129 (return)[ them to: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "them FORTH to."]
130 (return)[ Archbishop.: Old eds. "Bish." and "Bishop" (and so afterwards).]
131 (return)[ you: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—Not in 4to 1624.]
132 (return)[ beholding: So 4to 1616 (see note ||, p. 98).—2tos 1624, 1631, "beholden."
Note ||, from p. 98. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):"beholding: i.e. beholden." ]
133 (return)[ such: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "this."]
134 (return)[ it: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
135 (return)[ his: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "this."]
136 (return)[ struck: Here the old eds. have "stroke" and "strooke:" but in the next clause they all agree in having "strucke."]
137 (return)[ on: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 4to 1616.]
138 (return)[ same: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—Not in 4to 1631.]
139 (return)[ at the hard heels: The modern editors, ignorant of the old phraseology, thought that they corrected this passage in printing "hard at the heels."]
140 (return)[ Vintner: So all the old eds.; and presently Robin addresses this person as "vintner:" yet Dick has just spoken of him as "the Vintner's boy." See note ||, p. 93.
Note ||, from p. 93. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):"Drawer: There is an inconsistency here: the Vintner cannotproperly be addressed as "Drawer." The later 4tos are alsoinconsistent in the corresponding passage: Dick says, "THEVINTNER'S BOY follows us at the hard heels," and immediatelythe "VINTNER" enters." ]
141 (return)[ your: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—Not in 4to 1624.]
142 (return)[ much: Equivalent to—by no means, not at all. This ironical exclamation is very common in our old dramatists. (Mr. Hunter, —NEW ILLUST. OF SHAKESPEARE, ii. 56,—explains it very differently.)]
143 (return)[ By lady: i.e. By our Lady.]
144 (return)[ to: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—Not in 4to 1631.]
145 (return)[ tester: i.e. sixpence.]
146 (return)[ the state: i.e. the raised chair or throne, with a canopy.]
147 (return)[ perfect: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "warlike."]
148 (return)[ rouse: i.e. bumper.]
149 (return)[ a: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "ten."]
150 (return)[ a: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "the."]
151 (return)[ renowm'd: Old eds. "renown'd"; but earlier, p. 109, first col., 4to 1616 has "renowm'd": see note 23 and see note ||, p. 11.
Note ||, from p. 11. (The First Part of Tamburlaine theGreat):"renowmed: i.e. renowned.—So the 8vo.—The 4to "renowned."—The form "RENOWMED" (Fr. RENOMME) occurs repeatedlyafterwards in this play, according to the 8vo. It isoccasionally found in writers posterior to Marlowe'stime. e.g."Of Constantines great towne RENOUM'D in vaine."Verses to King James, prefixed to Lord Stirling'sMONARCHICKE TRAGEDIES, ed. 1607." ]
152 (return)[ through: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "thorow."]
153 (return)[ These: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "Those."]
154 (return)[ through: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "thorow."]
155 (return)[ a: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 4to 1616.]
156 (return)[ this: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]
157 (return)[ demand: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "demands."]
158 (return)[ door: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 4to 1616.]
159 (return)[ state: See note §, p. 122. i.e. note 146—So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "seat."]
160 (return)[ These: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "They."]
161 (return)[ renowmed: Old eds. "renowned." See note |, p. 123. i.e. note 151 ]
162 (return)[ thoughts: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "thought."]
163 (return)[ whilst: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "while."]
164 (return)[ I gain'd: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "I HAD gain'd."]
165 (return)[ at window: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "at THE window."]
166 (return)[ is: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 4to 1616.]
167 (return)[ this is: So 4to 1624 (and rightly, as the next line proves).—2tos 1616, 1631, "is this."]
168 (return)[ As: So 4to 1616.—2to 1624 "That."—2to 1631 "And."]
169 (return)[ Belimoth....Asteroth: Old eds. here "Belimote (and "Belimot") ....Asterote": but see p. 126, first col.
P. 126. (this play):"But wherefore do I dally my revenge?—Asteroth, Belimoth, Mephistophilis?" ]
170 (return)[ has: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "hath."]
171 (return)[ horns: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "horne."]
172 (return)[ sir: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—Not in 4to 1624.]
173 (return)[ of: i.e. on.]
174 (return)[ sway: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "stay."]
175 (return)[ this attempt against the conjurer: See note, * p. 95.
Note *, from p. 95. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):"Mephistophilis, transform him straight: According to THEHISTORY OF DR. FAUSTUS, the knight was not present duringFaustus's "conference" with the Emperor; nor did he offerthe doctor any insult by doubting his skill in magic. Weare there told that Faustus happening to see the knightasleep, "leaning out of a window of the great hall," fixeda huge pair of hart's horns on his head; "and, as the knightawaked, thinking to pull in his head, he hit his hornesagainst the glasse, that the panes thereof flew about hiseares: thinke here how this good gentleman was vexed, forhe could neither get backward nor forward." After the emperorand the courtiers, to their great amusement, had beheld thepoor knight in this condition, Faustus removed the horns.When Faustus, having taken leave of the emperor, was a leagueand a half from the city, he was attacked in a wood by theknight and some of his companions: they were in armour, andmounted on fair palfreys; but the doctor quickly overcamethem by turning all the bushes into horsemen, and "socharmed them, that every one, knight and other, for thespace of a whole moneth, did weare a paire of goateshornes on their browes, and every palfry a paire of oxehornes on his head; and this was their penance appointedby Faustus." A second attempt of the knight to revengehimself on Faustus proved equally unsuccessful. Sigs. G 2,I 3, ed. 1648." ]
176 (return)[ that: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]
177 (return)[ my: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "thy."]
178 (return)[ that: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]
179 (return)[ an: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
180 (return)[ boldly: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "brauely."]
181 (return)[ heart's: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "heart."]
182 (return)[ that: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]
183 (return)[ the: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "that."]
184 (return)[ now: so 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
185 (return)[ art: Old eds. "heart" (which, after all, may be right).]
186 (return)[ there: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "here."]
187 (return)[ his: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 3to sic 1616.]
188 (return)[ pull: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "put."]
189 (return)[ all: Old eds. "call."]
190 (return)[ through: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "thorow."]
191 (return)[ Amongst: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "Among."]
192 (return)[ Enter the ambushed Soldiers: Here (though it seems that Faustus does not quit the stage) a change of scene is supposed.]
193 (return)[ these: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]
194 (return)[ the door: i.e. the stage-door,—the writer here addressing himself to THE ACTOR only, for the scene lies in a wood.]
195 (return)[ Zounds: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616, "Zons."]
196 (return)[ all are: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "are all."]
197 (return)[ these: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "this."]
198 (return)[ escape: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "scape."]
199 (return)[ has: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "hath."]
200 (return)[ you: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
201 (return)[ guess: A corruption of guests (very frequent in our early dramatists) which occurs again at p. 130. first col. So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "guests." See note 226. ]
202 (return)[ thou: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
203 (return)[ now: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
204 (return)[ sir: Qy. "sirs"? but see the next speech of the Carter, and the next speech but one of the Horse-courser, who, in his narrative, uses both "sirs" and "sir."]
205 (return)[ As I was going to Wittenberg, t'other day, &c.: See THE HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS, Chap. xxxv,—"How Doctor Faustus eat a load of hay."—The Carter does not appear in the earlier play.]
206 (return)[ my: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
207 (return)[ cursen: i.e. christened.]
208 (return)[ some quality: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "some RARE quality."]
209 (return)[ rid: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "ride."]
210 (return)[ that enchanted castle in the air: This is not mentioned in the earlier play: but see THE HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS, Chap xl, —"How Doctor Faustus through his charmes made a great Castle in presence of the Duke of Anholt."]
211 (return)[ delighted: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "delighteth."]
212 (return)[ it pleaseth: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "it HATH PLEASED."]
213 (return)[ come: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "came."]
214 (return)[ these ripe grapes: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "these grapes."]
215 (return)[ The Clowns bounce, &c: 2to 1616 "The CLOWNE bounce." 2tos 1624, 1631, "The CLOWNE BOUNCETH." (In the next stage-direction all the 4tos have "THEY knock again," &c.)]
216 (return)[ for: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "to."]
217 (return)[ pardons: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "pardon."]
218 (return)[ me: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
219 (return)[ spake: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "spoke."]
220 (return)[ Dost hear him: So 4to 1616.—2to 1624 "dost THOU heare ME." 2to 1631 "dost THOU heare him."]
221 (return)[ him: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 4to 1616.]
222 (return)[ you: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 4to 1616 (but compare the Carter's next speech).]
223 (return)[ I: So 4to 1616.—Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]
224 (return)[ not I: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "I not."]
225 (return)[ Ha': So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "Haue."]
226 (return)[ guess: See note §, p. 127. i.e. note 201 So 4to 1616. —2tos 1624, 1631, "guests."]
227 (return)[ beholding: So 4tos 1616, 1624, (see note ||, p. 98).—2to 1631 "beholden."
Note ||, from p. 98. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):"beholding: i.e. beholden." ]
228 (return)[ sport: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "sports."
229 (return)[ I think my master, &c.: The alterations which this speech has undergone will hardly admit of its arrangement as verse: compare the earlier play, p. 98, first col.
p. 98, first col. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):"Enter WAGNER.WAGNER. I think my master means to die shortly,For he hath given to me all his goods:And yet, methinks, if that death were near,He would not banquet, and carouse, and swillAmongst the students, as even now he doth,Who are at supper with such belly-cheerAs Wagner ne'er beheld in all his life.See, where they come! belike the feast is ended.[Exit.:" ]
230 (return)[ goods: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—2to 1624 "good."]
231 (return)[ ne'er: so 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "neuer."]
232 (return)[ ended: so 4tos 1624, 1631, (and so 4to 1604).—2to 1616 "done."]
233 (return)[ war: Old eds. "warres."]
234 (return)[ wit: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—2to 1631 "will."]
235 (return)[ Or envy of thee: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "Or OF enuie TO thee."]
236 (return)[ MEPHIST.: This and the next prefix are omitted in the old eds.]
237 (return)[ torments: So 4tos 1624, 1631 (and so 4to 1604).—2to 1616 "torment."]
238 (return)[ I may afflict: So 4to 1616.—2to 1624 "I afflict."—2to 1631 "I CAN afflict."]
239 (return)[ clean: So 4to 1604.—The later 4tos "clear."]
240 (return)[ oath: So 4to 1604.—The later 4tos "vow."]
241 (return)[ evening: So 4to 1604.—The later 4tos "euenings."]
242 (return)[ azur'd: So 4to 1624 (a reading which I prefer only because it is also that of 4to 1604.)—2tos 1616, 1631, "azure."]
243 (return)[ shalt: See note *, p. 100.]
Note *, from p. 100. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):"shalt: So all the 4tos; and so I believe Marlowe wrote,though the grammar requires "shall."" ]
244 (return)[ his: So 4tos 1616, 1631.—Not in 4to 1624.]
245 (return)[ Gramercy: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "Gramercies."]
246 (return)[ sir: So 4tos 1616, 1624.—Not in 4to 1631.]
247 (return)[ of deadly: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "of A deadly."]
248 (return)[ me: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 4to 1616.]
249 (return)[ never: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "nere."]
250 (return)[ 'tis: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "IT is."]
251 (return)[ And led thine eye: A portion of this line has evidently dropt out.]
252 (return)[ Exit: It seems doubtful whether Lucifer and Belzebub should also make their exeunt here, or whether they remain to witness the catastrophe: see p. 132, first col.
P. 132, first column. (this play):"MEPHIST. And, this gloomy night,Here, in this room, will wretched Faustus be.BELZEBUB. And here we'll stay,To mark him how he doth demean himself." etc. ]
253 (return)[ hell-pains: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "HELS paines."]
254 (return)[ sit: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "set."]
255 (return)[ are open: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "IS READIE."]
256 (return)[ boil: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "BROYLE."]
257 (return)[ See, where Christ's blood streams in the firmament: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 4to 1616.]
258 (return)[ an: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "and."]
259 (return)[ hath: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "haue."]
260 (return)[ yon: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "your."]
261 (return)[ you, &c.: See note *, p. 101.]