<87> me] So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "thee."

<88> he desires] Not in any of the four 4tos. In the tract
just cited, the "3d Article" stands thus,--"That Mephostophiles
should bring him any thing, and doe for him whatsoever." Sig. A 4,
ed. 1648. A later ed. adds "he desired." Marlowe, no doubt,
followed some edition of the HISTORY in which these words,
or something equivalent to them, had been omitted by mistake.
(2to 1661, which I consider as of no authority, has "he
requireth.")

<89> that, &c.] So all the 4tos, ungrammatically.

<90> these] See note §, p. 80.

<91> there] So the later 4tos.--Not in 4to 1604.

<92> are] So two of the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "is."

<93> fond] i.e. foolish.

<94> What! walking, disputing, &c.] The later 4tos have "What,
SLEEPING, EATING, walking, AND disputing!" But it is evident
that this speech is not given correctly in any of the old eds.

<95> let me have a wife, &c.] The ninth chapter of THE HISTORY
OF DR. FAUSTUS narrates "How Doctor Faustus would have married,
and how the Devill had almost killed him for it," and concludes
as follows. "It is no jesting [said Mephistophilis] with us: