The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus - From the Quarto of 1604 by Christopher Marlowe
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page 85 of 101 (84%)
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LECTURES ON SHAKESPEARE AND MILTON, p. cviii.
<109> Away, to hell, to hell] In 4to 1604, these words stand on a line by themselves, without a prefix. (In the later 4tos, the corresponding passage is as follows; "------ begins with Lechery. LUCIFER. Away to hell, away! On, piper! [Exeunt the SINS. FAUSTUS. O, how this sight doth delight my soul!" &c.) <110> I will send for thee at midnight] In THE HISTORY OF DR. FAUSTUS, we have a particular account of Faustus's visit to the infernal regions, Sig. D 2, ed. 1648. <111> Enter CHORUS] Old ed. "Enter WAGNER solus." That these lines belong to the Chorus would be evident enough, even if we had no assistance here from the later 4tos.--The parts of Wagner and of the Chorus were most probably played by the same actor: and hence the error. <112> Learned Faustus, To know the secrets of astronomy, &c.] See the 21st chapter of THE HISTORY OF DR. FAUSTUS,--"How Doctor Faustus was carried through the ayre up to the heavens, to see the whole world, and how the sky and planets ruled," &c. <113> Enter FAUSTUS and MEPHISTOPHILIS] Scene, the Pope's privy-chamber. <114> Trier] i.e. Treves or Triers. |
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