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The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus - From the Quarto of 1604 by Christopher Marlowe
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Verses to King James, prefixed to Lord Stirling's
MONARCHICKE TRAGEDIES, ed. 1607.>

<42> Albertus'] i.e. Albertus Magnus.--The correction of I. M.
in Gent. Mag. for Jan. 1841.--All the 4tos "Albanus."

<43> cunning] i.e. skill.

<44> Enter two SCHOLARS] Scene, perhaps, supposed to be before
Faustus's house, as Wagner presently says, "My master is within
at dinner."

<45> upon] So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "vpon't."

<46> speak, would] So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "speake, IT would."

<47> my dear brethren] This repetition (not found in the later 4tos)
is perhaps an error of the original compositor.

<48> Enter FAUSTUS to conjure] The scene is supposed to be a grove;
see p. 81, last line of sec. col.
"VALDES. Then haste thee to some solitary grove,">

<49> anagrammatiz'd] So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "and
Agramithist."

<50> Th' abbreviated] So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "The breuiated."

<51> erring] i.e. wandering.
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