The Tragical History of Doctor FaustusFrom the Quarto of 1604
vox est, et nullis unquam latrociniis attentatum, patet:  Criptam Neapolitanam dicunt, cujus et in epistolis ad Lucilium Seneca mentionem fecit. Sub finem fusci tramitis, ubi primo videri coelum incipit, in aggere edito, ipsius Virgilii busta visuntur, pervetusti operis, unde haec forsan ab illo perforati montis fluxit opinio."  ITINERARIUM SYRIACUM,—OPP. p. 560, ed. Bas.] 

 

 117 (return) [ From thence to Venice, Padua, and the rest, In one of which a sumptuous temple stands, &c.— So the later 4tos.—2to 1604 "In MIDST of which," &c.—THE HISTORY OF DR. FAUSTUS shews WHAT "sumptuous temple" is meant:  "From thence he came to Venice....He wondred not a little at the fairenesse of S. Marks Place, and the sumptuous church standing thereon, called S. Marke, how all the pavement was set with coloured stones, and all the rood or loft of the church double gilded over."  Sig. E 2, ed. 1648.] 

 

 118 (return) [ Just through the midst, &c.— This and the next line are not in 4to 1604. I have inserted them from the later 4tos, as being absolutely necessary for the sense.] 

 

 119 (return) [ Ponte— All the 4tos "Ponto."] 

 

 120 (return) [ of— So the later 4tos.—Not in 4to 1604.] 

 

 121 (return) [ Then charm me, that I, &c.— A corrupted passage.—Compare THE HISTORY OF DR. FAUSTUS, Sig. E 3, ed. 1648; where, however, the Cardinal, whom the Pope entertains, is called the Cardinal of PAVIA.] 

 

 122 (return) [ Sonnet— Variously written, SENNET, SIGNET, SIGNATE, &c.—A particular set of notes on the trumpet, or cornet, different from a flourish. See Nares's GLOSS. in V. SENNET.] 

 

 123 (return) [ Enter ROBIN, &c.— Scene, near an inn.] 

 


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