Third Schol. The devils whom Faustus served have torn him thus: For 'twixt the hours of twelve and one methought ΤΟ At which self time the house seem'd all on fire, For wondrous knowledge in our German schools, And all the students, clothed in mourning black, Enter Chorus. [Exeunt. Chor. Cut is the branch that might have grown full straight, And burnèd is Apollo's laurel-bough, That sometime grew within this learnèd man. Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits Terminat hora diem; terminat auctor opus. 20 [Exit. GLOSSARY ACTEON; an allusion to the story of Acteon changed by Diana into a stag; xii. 132. ADJUNCT, 'every adjunct to the heavens,' i.e. 'every star joined to, belonging to, the heavens'; iii. 11. AGE, old man; xvii. 76. AGRIPPA, an allusion to Cornelius Agrippa, the famous magician; i. 118. ALBANUS, perhaps a reference to Pietro d'Abano, an Italian physician and alchemist (circa 12501301). According to Mitford, 'Albanus' is an error for 'Albertus,' i.e. the famous scientist and theologian, Albertus Magnus, 'Doctor Universalis'; i. 155. ALEXANDER, Paris, Priam's son; vi. 27. ALLIED, connected by friendship; ii. 38. ALMAIN, German; i. 126. ANAGRAMMATIZ'D (A, 'and Agramithist'), made into anagrams, i.e. 'conceits arising from the transposition of the letters of a name '; iii. 9. ANALYTICS (A, 'Anulatikes'), i.e. 'the resolution of reasoning into its elements and general powers'; i. 6. ANTARCTIC, i.e. 'opposed to the north,' southern; iii. 3. ANTWERP'S BRIDGE, 'the fiery keel at Antwerp's Bridge'; alluding to the breach made by the famous fire-ship at the siege of Antwerp (cp. Motley's United Netherlands, i.); i. 97. ARETHUSA, a water-nymph, pursued by Alpheos, the river-god, and changed into a fountain; the rivergod mingled his stream with the fountain (Marlowe's mythology seems incorrect in this instance); xvii. 116. ARGOSIES (originally 'ragusies,' i.e. vessels of Ragusa), vessels of heavy burden; i. 131. ARRAS, 'cloth of arras,' i.e. cloth from Arras in Artois,' where it was made; tapestried carpets; vi. 122. ARTIZAN, skilled artist; i. 56. ASSURE, pledge; v. 55. AZURED (B, 'azure'), azure; xvii. 116. BASILISK, a kind of snake whose gaze was fatal, unless first vanquished by the gaze of its victim; viii. 143. BEATEN SILK, a special kind of silk, referred to quibblingly: iv. 19. BELIKE, it may be like; i. 44. BENE DISSERERE EST FINIS LOGICES, 'to argue well is the end of logic'; probably quoted from Ramus' Dialectica; i. 7. BEVERS, refreshments between meals; vi. 149. BILLS, placards, advertisements, prescriptions; i. 20. chum; xix. 11. CHARACTERS, magical signs; i. 52. CHE SERA, SERA, i.e. che sarà sara' (Italian proverb), 'What shall be, will be '; i. 48. CIRCLE, encircle; i. 90. COMMENC'd, used technically for 'having proceeded to the full degree' being a doctor of theology; 1. 3. COMPARE, comparison; xvii. 33. CONCEIT, thought, fancy of attaining; i. 79. CONFERENCE, conversation; i 69. CONFERENCE, 'conference of,' conversation on; Chor. viii. 320. CONFOUNDS, confuses; iii. 63. CONSISTORY, place of assembly; viii. ale seu mobile, the current scholastic expression for the subject matter of Physics' (Ward); ii. 21. COSMOGRAPHY, the science which 'measures coasts and kingdoms of the earth'; Chor. vii. 59. COST, 'of free cost,' at no expense; ix. 38. CONTINENT TO, adjoining, contingent, forming a whole with; iii. 112. CUNNING, knowledge; Chor. i. 20. DARDANIA, Troy; xvii. 24. DECRETAL, belonging to the papal decrees; viii. 105. DELICATES, delicacies; i. 86. DEMOGORGON, one of the chief of the evil spirits, 'master of the fates'; iii. 19. DETERMINED, 'determined with ourselves,' decided, agreed with one another; xvii. 11. DIAMETARILY, diametrically; iv. 80. DIRGE, funeral service; viii. 287. DIs, 'infernal Dis,' i.e. Pluto, hell; xviii. 1. DOUBLE, 'double cannons,' (?) can nons with double bore; viii. 42. DRIFT, tendency, intention; xvii. 82. EMBDEN, Emden, near the mouth of the Ems, formerly an important commercial port; v. 23. EMPYREAL, the empyreal heaven (A, 'imperiall'), i.e. the highest heaven, where the pure element of fire (μTUρos) was supposed to exist; vi. 62. EQUIVALENTS (A, B, 'equivolence '), equal parts; viii. 12. ERRING STARS, planets; iii. 12. ETERNIS'D, immortalised; i. 15. EXHÆREDITARE FILIUM, etc., i.e. a father cannot disinherit his son, except,' etc.; i. 31. |