<76> of] So the later 4tos.--Not in 4to 1604.

<77> me] So the later 4tos.--Not in 4to 1604.

<78> he lives] So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "I liue."

<79> why] So the later 4tos.--Not in 4to 1604.

<80> Solamen miseris, &c.] An often-cited line of modern Latin
poetry: by whom it was written I know not.

<81> Why] So the later 4tos.--Not in 4to 1604.

<82> torture] So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "tortures."

<83> Faustus] So the later 4tos.--Not in 4to 1604.

<84> Bill] i.e. writing, deed.

<85> Here's fire; come, Faustus, set it on] This would not
be intelligible without the assistance of THE HISTORY OF
DR. FAUSTUS, the sixth chapter of which is headed,--"How Doctor
Faustus set his blood in a saucer on warme ashes, and writ as
followeth." Sig. B, ed. 1648.

<86> But what is this inscription, &c.] "He [Faustus] tooke
a small penknife and prickt a veine in his left hand; and for
certainty thereupon were seen on his hand these words written,
as if they had been written with blood, O HOMO, FUGE."
THE HISTORY OF DR. FAUSTUS, Sig. B, ed. 1648.