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The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus - From the Quarto of 1604 by Christopher Marlowe
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<68> Qui mihi discipulus] The first words of W. Lily's
AD DISCIPULOS CARMEN DE MORIBUS,--
"Qui mihi discipulus, puer, es, cupis atque doceri,
Huc ades," &c.

<69> staves-acre] A species of larkspur.

<70> vermin] Which the seeds of staves-acre were used to destroy.

<71> familiars] i.e. attendant-demons.

<72> their] So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "my."

<73> slop] i.e. wide breeches.

<74> vile] Old ed. "vild." See note || p. 68.

Great):

Vile] The 8vo "Vild"; the 4to "Wild" (Both eds. a little
before, have "VILE monster, born of some infernal hag", and,
a few lines after, "To VILE and ignominious servitude":--the
fact is, our early writers (or rather transcribers), with
their usual inconsistency of spelling, give now the one form,
and now the other: compare the folio SHAKESPEARE, 1623,
where we sometimes find "vild" and sometimes "VILE.")>

<75> vestigiis nostris] All the 4tos "vestigias nostras."

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