So soon he profits in divinity, The fruitful plot of scholarism grac❜d, That shortly he was grac'd with doctor's name, Till swoln with cunning*, of a self-conceit, And glutted now + with learning's golden gifts, Nothing so sweet as magic is to him, FAUSTUS discovered in his study.‡ [Exit. FAUST. Settle thy studies, Faustus, and begin Yet level at the end of every art, * cunning] i. e. knowledge. + now] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "more." Faustus discovered in his study] Most probably, the Chorus, before going out, drew a curtain, and discovered Faustus sitting. In B. Barnes's Divils Charter, 1607, we find; "Scen. Vltima. Alexander vnbraced betwixt two Cardinalls in his study looking vpon a booke, whilst a groome draweth the Curtaine." Sig. L 3. * Sweet Analytics, 'tis thou hast ravish'd me! Is, to dispute well, logic's chiefest end? Affords this art no greater miracle? Then read no more; thou hast attain'd thatt end: A greater subject fitteth Faustus' wit: 1 Bid Economy farewell, and§ Galen come, Seeing, ubi desinit philosophus, ibi incipit medicus: * Analytics, 'tis thou, &c.] Qy. “ Analytic"? (but such phraseology was not uncommon). ↑ that] So the later 4tos.—2to 1604 “the” (the printer having mistaken "yt” for “ ye”). Economy] So the later 4tos (with various spelling).—2to 1604" Oncaymæon." Sand] So the later 4tos.-Not in 4to 1604. bills] i. e. placards. ¶ Couldst] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "Wouldst." ** men] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "man." Physic, farewell! Where is Justinian ? [Reads. Si una eademque res legatur* duobus, alter rem, alter valorem rei, &c. A pretty case of paltry legacies! [Reads. Exhæreditare filium non potest pater, nisi, &c.† Such is the subject of the institute, And universal body of the Law‡: This study fits a mercenary drudge, Who aims at nothing but external trash; Too servile and illiberal for me. When all is done, divinity is best: Jerome's Bible, Faustus; view it well. [Reads. Stipendium peccati mors est. Ha! Stipendium, &c. The reward of sin is death: that's hard. [Reads] Si peccasse negamus, fallimur, et nulla est in nobis veritas; If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there's no truth in us. Why, then, belike we must sin, and so consequently die: Ay, we must die an everlasting death. What doctrine call you this, Che sera, sera,↓ These metaphysics of magicians, And necromantic books are heavenly; * legatur] All the 4tos "legatus." + &c.] So two of the later 4tos.-Not in 4to 1604. Law] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 " Church." This] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604" His." Too servile] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "The deuill." Lines, circles, scenes, letters, and characters; All things that move between the quiet poles Here, Faustus, tire† thy brains to gain a deity. Enter WAGNER 1. Wagner, commend me to my dearest friends, The German Valdes and Cornelius; Request them earnestly to visit me. WAG. I will, sir. [Exit. FAUST. Their conference will be a greater help to me Than all my labours, plod I ne'er so fast. scenes] "And sooner may a gulling weather-spie By drawing forth heavens Sceanes tell certainly," &c. t tire] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604 "trie." Enter Wagner, &c.] Perhaps the proper arrangement is,— 66 'Wagner! Enter Wagner. Commend me to my dearest friends," &c. Enter GOOD ANGEL and EVIL ANGEL. G. ANG. Oh, Faustus, lay that damned book aside, And gaze not on it, lest it tempt thy soul, And heap God's heavy wrath upon thy head! Lord and commander of these elements +. [Exeunt Angels. FAUST. How am I glutted with conceit of this! Shall I make spirits fetch me what I please, Resolve me of all ambiguities, Perform what desperate enterprise I will? And search all corners of the new-found world treasure] So the later 4tos.-2to 1604". treasury." + these elements] I should have supposed that the right reading was "the elements," but that we find in a subsequent scene, "Within the bowels of these elements," &c. p. 32. Resolve] i. e. satisfy, inform. § silk] All the 4tos" skill" (and so the modern editors!). |