THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS FROM THE QUARTO OF 1604. Enter Chorus. Chorus. Not marching now in fields of Thrasy mene, Where Mars did mate* the Carthaginians; In courts of kings where state is overturn'd; verse: Only this, gentlemen,-we must perform The fruitful plot of scholarism grac'd, That shortly he was grac'd with doctor's name, And glutted now with learning's golden gifts, * mate] i. e. confound, defeat. [Exit. + vaunt] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "daunt." ther] All the 4tos "his." § Whereas] i. e. where. cunning] i. e. knowledge. now] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "more." FAUSTUS discovered in his study.* Faust. Settle thy studies, Faustus, and begin To sound the depth of that thou wilt profess: Having commenc'd, be a divine in shew, Yet level at the end of every art, And live and die in Aristotle's works. Sweet Analytics, 'tis thou hast ravish'd me! Is, to dispute well, logic's chiefest end? Then read no more; thou hast attain'd that end: A greater subject fitteth Faustus' wit: cus: Be a physician, Faustus; heap up gold, * Faustus discovered in his study] Most probably, the Chorus, before going out, drew a curtain, and discovered Faustus sitting. In B. Barnes's Divils Charter, 1607, we find; "Scen. Vltima. Alexander vnbraced betwixt two Cardinalls in his study looking vpon a booke, whilst a groome draweth the Curtaine." Sig. L 3. + Analytics, 'tis thou, &c.] Qy. "Analytic"? (but such phraseology was not uncommon). that] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "the" (the printer having mistaken "yt" for "ye”). § Economy] So the later 4tos (with various spelling).2to 1604 "Oncaymaon." [and] So the later 4tos.-Not in 4to 1604. [Reads. When all is done, divinity is best: And necromantic books are heavenly; Lines, circles, scenes, ‡‡ letters, and characters; All things that move between the quiet poles But his dominion that exceeds in this, Here, Faustus, tire §§ thy brains to gain a deity. Couldst] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "Wouldst." + men] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "man." legatur] All the 4tos "legatus." § &c.] So two of the later 4tos.-Not in 4to 1604. law] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "Church." This] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "His." ** Too servile] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "The deuill." tt Che sera, sera] Lest it should be thought that I am wrong in not altering the old spelling here, I may quote from Panizzi's very critical edition of the Orlando Furioso, "La satisfazion ci serà pronta." C. xviii. st. 67. 1 scenes] "And sooner may a gulling weather-spie By drawing forth heavens Sceanes tell cortainly," &c. Donne's First Satyre,-p. 327, ed. 1633. 88 tire] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "trie." Faust. How am I glutted with conceit of this! Shall I make spirits fetch me what I please, Resolve me of all ambiguities, Perform what desperate enterprise I will? And search all corners of the new-found world * Enter Wagner, &c.] Perhaps the proper arrangement is,"Wagner! Enter WAGNER, Commend me to my dearest friends," &c. ↑ treasure] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "treasury.” Jove] So again, p. 84, first col., "Seeing Faustus hath incurr'd eternal death By desperate thoughts against Jove's deity," &c. : and I may notice that Marlowe is not singular in applying the name Jove to the God of Christians :— "Beneath our standard of Joues powerfull sonne [i. e. Christ]". Mir. for Magistrates, p. 642, ed. 1610. "But see the judgement of almightie Joue," &c. Id. p. 696. "O sommo Giove per noi crocifisso," &c. Pulci,-Morgante Mag. C. ii. st. 1. these elements] So again, "Within the bowels of these elements," &c., p. 87, first col,-"these" being equivalent to the. (Not unfrequently in our old writers these is little more than redundant.) Resolve] i. e. satisfy, inform. silk] All the 4tos "skill" (and so the modern editors!). Wherewith the students shall be bravely clad; Enter VALDES and CORNELIUS. Come, German Valdes, and Cornelius, Yet not your words only, but mine own fantasy, Both law and physic are for petty wits; Unpleasant, harsh, contemptible, and vile :§ And made the flowering pride of Wertenberg experience, Shall make all nations to canonize us. So shall the spirits § of every element Be always serviceable to us three; Like lions shall they guard us when we please; staves, Or Lapland giants, trotting by our sides; love: From ** Venice shall they drag huge argosies, And from America the golden fleece Faust. Valdes, as resolute am I in this Enrich'd with tongues, well seen in++ minerals, * the] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "our." the flery keel at Antwerp's bridge] During the blockade of Antwerp by the Prince of Parma in 1585, "They of Antuerpe knowing that the bridge and the Stocadoes were finished, made a great shippe, to be a meanes to breake all this worke of the prince of Parmaes: this great shippe was made of masons worke within, in the manner of a vaulted caue: vpon the hatches there were layed myll-stones, graue-stones, and others of great weight; and within the vault were many barrels of powder, ouer the which there were holes, and in them they had put matches, hanging at a thred, the which burning vntill they came vnto the thred, would fall into the powder, and so blow vp all. And for that theyWithin the massy entrails of the earth: could not haue any one in this shippe to conduct it, Lanckhaer, a sea captaine of the Hollanders, being then in Antuerpe, gaue them counsell to tye a great beame at the end of it, to make it to keepe a straight course in the middest of the streame. In this sort floated this shippe the fourth of Aprill, vntill that it came vnto the bridge; where (within a while after) the powder wrought his effect, with such violence, as the vessell, and all that was within it, and vpon it, flew in pieces, carrying away a part of the Stocado and of the bridge. The marquesse of Roubay Vicont of Gant, Gaspar of Robles lord of Billy, and the Seignior of Torchies, brother vnto the Seignior of Bours, with many others, were presently slaine; which were torne in pieces, and dispersed abroad, both vpon the land and vpon the water." Grimeston's Generall Historie of the Netherlands, p. 875, ed. 1609. Then tell me, Faustus, what shall we three want? only] Qy. "alone"? (This line is not in the later 4tos.) § vile] Old ed. "vild": but see note 1, p. 68. (This line is not in the later 4tos.) concise syllogisms] Old ed. "Consissylogismes." Faust. Nothing, Cornelius. O, this cheers my Come, shew me some demonstrations magical, Vald. Then haste thee to some solitary grove, * cunning] i. e. knowing, skilful. ↑ Agrippa] i. e. Cornelius Agrippa. I have the] So two of the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "in their." **From] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "For." First Schol. How now, sirrah! where's thy master? Wag. God in heaven knows. Sec. Schol. Why, dost not thou know? Wag. Yes, I know; but that follows not. First Schol. Go to, sirrah! leave your jesting, and tell us where he is. Wag. That follows not necessary by force of argument, that you, being licentiates, should stand upon: § therefore acknowledge your error, and be attentive. Sec. Schol. Why, didst thou not say thou knewest ? Wag. Have you any witness on't? Wag. Yes, sir, I will tell you: yet, if you were not dunces, you would never ask me such a question; for is not he corpus naturale? and is not that mobile? then wherefore should you ask me such a question? But that I am by nature * Albertus'] i. e. Albertus Magnus.-The correction of I. M. in Gent. Mag. for Jan. 1841.-All the 4tos "Albanus." t cunning] i. e. skill. Enter two Scholars] Scene, perhaps, supposed to be before Faustus's house, as Wagner presently says, "My master is within at dinner." § upon] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "vpon't." phlegmatic, slow to wrath, and prone to lechery (to love, I would say), it were not for you to come within forty foot of the place of execution, although I do not doubt to see you both hanged the next sessions. Thus having triumphed over you, I will set my countenance like a precisian, and begin to speak thus:-Truly, my dear brethren, my master is within at dinner, with Valdes and Cornelius, as this wine, if it could speak, would inform your worships: and so, the Lord bless you, preserve you, and keep you, my dear brethren, my dear brethren!+ [Erit. First Schol. Nay, then, I fear he is fallen into that damned art for which they two are infamous through the world. Sec. Schol. Were he a stranger, and not allied to me, yet should I grieve for him. But, come, let us go and inform the Rector, and see if he by his grave counsel can reclaim him. First Schol. O, but I fear me nothing can reclaim him! Sec. Schol. Yet let us try what we can do. [Exeunt. Se lii Enter FAUSTUS to conjure.t Faust. Now that the gloomy shadow of the Longing to view Orion's drizzling look, And try if devils will obey thy hest, Within this circle is Jehovah's name, speak, would] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "speake, it would." ↑ my dear brethren] This repetition (not found in the later 4tos) is perhaps an error of the original compositor. Enter Faustus to conjure] The scene is supposed to be a grove; see p. 81, last line of sec. col. § anagrammatiz'd] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "and Agramithist." Th' abbreviated] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "The breuiated." ¶erring] i. e. wandering. |