...seasons never to decay.' And this, curiously enough, is much more like the words of Edward II (2052 f.), 'Stand still you watches of the element, All times and seasons rest you at a stay,' than like the parallel lines of Faustus (1422 f.), 'Stand stil you euer moouing spheres of heauen,...

...wished right. Continue euer thou celestiall sunne, 2050 Let neuer silent night possesse this dime, Stand still you watches of the element, All times and seasons rest you at a stay, That Edward may he still faire Englands king : But dayes hright heames dooth vanish fast away, 2055 And needes I must...

...sharper every instant. His speech at his deposition is a definite reminiscence of the earlier play: Continue ever, thou celestial Sun; Let never silent...times and seasons, rest you at a stay, That Edward still may be fair England's king. (vi 64ff) (Compare Faustus, v. ii. 140-6.) Edward, in his refusal...

...attributes of kingship now assume an arresting symbolic power. But stay awhile, let me be king till night, That I may gaze upon this glittering crown. So shall my eyes receive their last content. (Vi59-61) He is asked to resign the kingship. He recognises, however, as Shakespeare's Richard was...

...off the crown. Two kings in England cannot reign at once. But stay awhile, let me be king till night, That I may gaze upon this glittering crown; So shall...jointly both yield up their wished right. Continue ever, them celestial sun, Let never silent night possess this clime; Stand still, you watches of the element,2...

...at once. But stay a while. Let me be king till night, That I may gaze upon this glittering crown; 60 So shall my eyes receive their last content, My head...due to it, And jointly both yield up their wished right.0 Continue ever, thou celestial sun; Let never silent night possess this clime; 65 Stand still,...

...from the tragedy it must become: Continue ever thou celestiall sunne, Let never silent night possesse this clime, Stand still you watches of the element,...seasons rest you at a stay, That Edward may be still faire Englands king: 14 By, eg, Stephen J. Greenblatt, 'Marlowe and Renaissance Self-Fashioning', in...

...at once. But stay awhile; let me he king till night, That I may gaze upon this glittering ctown; 60 So shall my eyes receive their last content. My head, the latest honour due to it, And jointly hoth yield up their wished right. Conttnue ever, thou celestial sun; Let never silent night possess...

...So shall my eyes receive their last content, My head, the latest honour due to it, And jointly hoth yield up their wished right. Continue ever, thou celestial sun; Let never silent mght possess this clime. Stand still, you watches of the element; All times and seasons rest you at...

...and desire: Two Kings in England cannot reign at once. But stay awhile, let me be King till night, That I may gaze upon this glittering crown, So shall...it, And jointly both yield up their wished right. (Q, P. 36) The speech is illustrated perfectly by the Narcissus motif before us, and we are asked implicitly...