Chapter 6

[Footnote 75: 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;" ]

[Footnote 76: erring: So 4to 1604.--The later 4tos "euening."]

[Footnote 77: motion: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "motions."]

[Footnote 78: Ay: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 79: and: So 4to 1631.--Not in 4tos 1616, 1624.]

[Footnote 80: the: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--Not in 4to 1624.]

[Footnote 81: lips: So 4to 1604.--Not in the later 4tos.]

[Footnote 82: and ever since have run: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "and HAUE EUER SINCE run."]

[Footnote 83: this: So 4to 1604.--The later 4tos "these."]

[Footnote 84: come: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "came."]

[Footnote 85: I: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "I I."]

[Footnote 86: 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." ]

[Footnote 87: Tut: So 4to 1604.--The later 4tos "But."]

[Footnote 88: 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. ]

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

[Footnote 90: not tell: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 91: as fair a: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "a faire."]

[Footnote 92: need'st: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "needs."]

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

[Footnote 94: Prithee: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "I prithee."]

[Footnote 95: him: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--Not in 4to 1631.]

[Footnote 96: He views: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "To view."]

[Footnote 97: with this: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "with HIS." This passage is sufficiently obscure.]

[Footnote 98: round: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 99: Rhine: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "Rhines."]

[Footnote 100: up to: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "vnto."]

[Footnote 101: Quarter the town in four equivalents: So 4to 1604.--Not in the later 4tos.]

[Footnote 102: Thorough: so 4to 1631.--2tos 1616, 1624, "Through."]

[Footnote 103: rest: So 4to 1604.--The later 4tos "East."]

[Footnote 104: me: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--Not in 4to 1624.]

[Footnote 105: us: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "you."]

[Footnote 106: through: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "thorow."]

[Footnote 107: Ponte: Old eds. "Ponto."]

[Footnote 108: match: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "watch."]

[Footnote 109: the: so 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "those."]

[Footnote 110: in state and: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "this day with."]

[Footnote 111: whilst: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "while."]

[Footnote 112: thorough: So 4to 1631.--2tos 1616, 1624, "through."]

[Footnote 113: my: Qy. "one"?]

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

[Footnote 115: this: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "his."]

[Footnote 116: at: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "to."]

[Footnote 117: it: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 118: And smite with death thy hated enterprise: So 4to 1616. --Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 119: our: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]

[Footnote 120: this: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]

[Footnote 121: have right: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "haue SOME right."]

[Footnote 122: shall: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "shalt."]

[Footnote 123: hath: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "haue."]

[Footnote 124: synod: Qy. "HOLY synod"?]

[Footnote 125: Ponte: Old eds. "Ponto."]

[Footnote 126: his: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "this."]

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

Note ||, from p. 91. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):

"Sonnet: Variously written, SENNET, SIGNET, SIGNATE, &c.--A particular set of notes on the trumpet, or cornet, different from a flourish. See Nares's GLOSS. in V. SENNET." ]

[Footnote 128: be: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "are."]

[Footnote 129: them to: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "them FORTH to."]

[Footnote 130: Archbishop.: Old eds. "Bish." and "Bishop" (and so afterwards).]

[Footnote 131: you: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--Not in 4to 1624.]

[Footnote 132: 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." ]

[Footnote 133: such: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "this."]

[Footnote 134: it: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 135: his: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "this."]

[Footnote 136: struck: Here the old eds. have "stroke" and "strooke:" but in the next clause they all agree in having "strucke."]

[Footnote 137: on: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--Not in 4to 1616.]

[Footnote 138: same: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--Not in 4to 1631.]

[Footnote 139: at the hard heels: The modern editors, ignorant of the old phraseology, thought that they corrected this passage in printing "hard at the heels."]

[Footnote 140: 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 cannot properly be addressed as "Drawer." The later 4tos are also inconsistent in the corresponding passage: Dick says, "THE VINTNER'S BOY follows us at the hard heels," and immediately the "VINTNER" enters." ]

[Footnote 141: your: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--Not in 4to 1624.]

[Footnote 142: 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.)]

[Footnote 143: By lady: i.e. By our Lady.]

[Footnote 144: to: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--Not in 4to 1631.]

[Footnote 145: tester: i.e. sixpence.]

[Footnote 146: the state: i.e. the raised chair or throne, with a canopy.]

[Footnote 147: perfect: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "warlike."]

[Footnote 148: rouse: i.e. bumper.]

[Footnote 149: a: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "ten."]

[Footnote 150: a: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "the."]

[Footnote 151: 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 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 152: through: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "thorow."]

[Footnote 153: These: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "Those."]

[Footnote 154: through: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "thorow."]

[Footnote 155: a: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--Not in 4to 1616.]

[Footnote 156: this: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]

[Footnote 157: demand: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "demands."]

[Footnote 158: door: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--Not in 4to 1616.]

[Footnote 159: state: See note §, p. 122. i.e. note 146--So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "seat."]

[Footnote 160: These: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "They."]

[Footnote 161: renowmed: Old eds. "renowned." See note ‡, p. 123. i.e. note 151 ]

[Footnote 162: thoughts: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "thought."]

[Footnote 163: whilst: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "while."]

[Footnote 164: I gain'd: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "I HAD gain'd."]

[Footnote 165: at window: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "at THE window."]

[Footnote 166: is: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--Not in 4to 1616.]

[Footnote 167: this is: So 4to 1624 (and rightly, as the next line proves).--2tos 1616, 1631, "is this."]

[Footnote 168: As: So 4to 1616.--2to 1624 "That."--2to 1631 "And."]

[Footnote 169: 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?" ]

[Footnote 170: has: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "hath."]

[Footnote 171: horns: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "horne."]

[Footnote 172: sir: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--Not in 4to 1624.]

[Footnote 173: of: i.e. on.]

[Footnote 174: sway: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "stay."]

[Footnote 175: 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 THE HISTORY OF DR. FAUSTUS, the knight was not present during Faustus's "conference" with the Emperor; nor did he offer the doctor any insult by doubting his skill in magic. We are there told that Faustus happening to see the knight asleep, "leaning out of a window of the great hall," fixed a huge pair of hart's horns on his head; "and, as the knight awaked, thinking to pull in his head, he hit his hornes against the glasse, that the panes thereof flew about his eares: thinke here how this good gentleman was vexed, for he could neither get backward nor forward." After the emperor and the courtiers, to their great amusement, had beheld the poor knight in this condition, Faustus removed the horns. When Faustus, having taken leave of the emperor, was a league and a half from the city, he was attacked in a wood by the knight and some of his companions: they were in armour, and mounted on fair palfreys; but the doctor quickly overcame them by turning all the bushes into horsemen, and "so charmed them, that every one, knight and other, for the space of a whole moneth, did weare a paire of goates hornes on their browes, and every palfry a paire of oxe hornes on his head; and this was their penance appointed by Faustus." A second attempt of the knight to revenge himself on Faustus proved equally unsuccessful. Sigs. G 2, I 3, ed. 1648." ]

[Footnote 176: that: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]

[Footnote 177: my: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "thy."]

[Footnote 178: that: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]

[Footnote 179: an: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 180: boldly: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "brauely."]

[Footnote 181: heart's: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "heart."]

[Footnote 182: that: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]

[Footnote 183: the: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "that."]

[Footnote 184: now: so 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 185: art: Old eds. "heart" (which, after all, may be right).]

[Footnote 186: there: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "here."]

[Footnote 187: his: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--Not in 3to sic 1616.]

[Footnote 188: pull: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "put."]

[Footnote 189: all: Old eds. "call."]

[Footnote 190: through: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "thorow."]

[Footnote 191: Amongst: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "Among."]

[Footnote 192: Enter the ambushed Soldiers: Here (though it seems that Faustus does not quit the stage) a change of scene is supposed.]

[Footnote 193: these: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "the."]

[Footnote 194: the door: i.e. the stage-door,--the writer here addressing himself to THE ACTOR only, for the scene lies in a wood.]

[Footnote 195: Zounds: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616, "Zons."]

[Footnote 196: all are: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "are all."]

[Footnote 197: these: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "this."]

[Footnote 198: escape: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "scape."]

[Footnote 199: has: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "hath."]

[Footnote 200: you: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 201: 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. ]

[Footnote 202: thou: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 203: now: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 204: 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."]

[Footnote 205: 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.]

[Footnote 206: my: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 207: cursen: i.e. christened.]

[Footnote 208: some quality: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "some RARE quality."]

[Footnote 209: rid: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "ride."]

[Footnote 210: 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."]

[Footnote 211: delighted: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "delighteth."]

[Footnote 212: it pleaseth: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "it HATH PLEASED."]

[Footnote 213: come: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "came."]

[Footnote 214: these ripe grapes: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "these grapes."]

[Footnote 215: 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.)]

[Footnote 216: for: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "to."]

[Footnote 217: pardons: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "pardon."]

[Footnote 218: me: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 219: spake: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "spoke."]

[Footnote 220: Dost hear him: So 4to 1616.--2to 1624 "dost THOU heare ME." 2to 1631 "dost THOU heare him."]

[Footnote 221: him: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--Not in 4to 1616.]

[Footnote 222: you: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--Not in 4to 1616 (but compare the Carter's next speech).]

[Footnote 223: I: So 4to 1616.--Not in 4tos 1624, 1631.]

[Footnote 224: not I: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "I not."]

[Footnote 225: Ha': So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "Haue."]

[Footnote 226: guess: See note §, p. 127. i.e. note 201 So 4to 1616. --2tos 1624, 1631, "guests."]

[Footnote 227: 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." ]

[Footnote 228: sport: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "sports."

[Footnote 229: 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 swill Amongst the students, as even now he doth, Who are at supper with such belly-cheer As Wagner ne'er beheld in all his life. See, where they come! belike the feast is ended. [Exit.:" ]

[Footnote 230: goods: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--2to 1624 "good."]

[Footnote 231: ne'er: so 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "neuer."]

[Footnote 232: ended: so 4tos 1624, 1631, (and so 4to 1604).--2to 1616 "done."]

[Footnote 233: war: Old eds. "warres."]

[Footnote 234: wit: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--2to 1631 "will."]

[Footnote 235: Or envy of thee: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "Or OF enuie TO thee."]

[Footnote 236: MEPHIST.: This and the next prefix are omitted in the old eds.]

[Footnote 237: torments: So 4tos 1624, 1631 (and so 4to 1604).--2to 1616 "torment."]

[Footnote 238: I may afflict: So 4to 1616.--2to 1624 "I afflict."--2to 1631 "I CAN afflict."]

[Footnote 239: clean: So 4to 1604.--The later 4tos "clear."]

[Footnote 240: oath: So 4to 1604.--The later 4tos "vow."]

[Footnote 241: evening: So 4to 1604.--The later 4tos "euenings."]

[Footnote 242: azur'd: So 4to 1624 (a reading which I prefer only because it is also that of 4to 1604.)--2tos 1616, 1631, "azure."]

[Footnote 243: 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."" ]

[Footnote 244: his: So 4tos 1616, 1631.--Not in 4to 1624.]

[Footnote 245: Gramercy: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "Gramercies."]

[Footnote 246: sir: So 4tos 1616, 1624.--Not in 4to 1631.]

[Footnote 247: of deadly: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "of A deadly."]

[Footnote 248: me: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--Not in 4to 1616.]

[Footnote 249: never: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "nere."]

[Footnote 250: 'tis: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "IT is."]

[Footnote 251: And led thine eye: A portion of this line has evidently dropt out.]

[Footnote 252: 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. ]

[Footnote 253: hell-pains: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "HELS paines."]

[Footnote 254: sit: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "set."]

[Footnote 255: are open: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "IS READIE."]

[Footnote 256: boil: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--2to 1616 "BROYLE."]

[Footnote 257: See, where Christ's blood streams in the firmament: So 4tos 1624, 1631.--Not in 4to 1616.]

[Footnote 258: an: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "and."]

[Footnote 259: hath: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "haue."]

[Footnote 260: yon: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "your."]

[Footnote 261: you, &c.: See note *, p. 101.]

Note *, from p. 101. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):

"That, when you, &c.: So all the old eds.; and it is certain that awkward changes of person are sometimes found in passages of our early poets: but qy.,-- "That, when THEY vomit forth into the air, My limbs may issue from THEIR smoky mouths," &c.?" ]

[Footnote 262: 0, if, &c.: 2to 1604, in the corresponding passage, has "Oh, GOD, if," &c. (see p. 101, sec. col.), and that reading seems necessary for the sense.

P. 101, sec. col. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):

"Ah, half the hour is past! 'twill all be past anon O God, If thou wilt not have mercy on my soul, Yet for Christ's sake, whose blood hath ransom'd me, Impose some end to my incessant pain;" etc. ]

[Footnote 263: at last: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "at THE last."]

[Footnote 264: Enter Scholars: Here, of course, a change of scene is supposed. (This is not in the earlier play.)]

[Footnote 265: heaven: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "heauens."]

[Footnote 266: devils.... have: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "DIUELL.... HATH."]

[Footnote 267: self: So 4to 1616.--2tos 1624, 1631, "same."]