The Tragical History of Doctor FaustusFrom the Quarto of 1616
man. Faustus is gone:  regard his hellish fall, Whose fiendful fortune may exhort the wise, Only to wonder at unlawful things, Whose deepness doth entice such forward wits To practise more than heavenly power permits.           [Exit.]       Terminat hora diem; terminat auctor opus. 

  

       FOOTNOTES:     

  

       1 (return) [ Carthagens: So 4tos 1616, 1624, (and compare 4to 1604, p. 79).—2to 1631 "Carthagen."     

      p. 79. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):      "Where Mars did mate the Carthaginians;" ] 

  

       2 (return) [ her: Old eds. "his."]     

  

       3 (return) [ of: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "and."]     

  

       4 (return) [ upon: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "on the."]     

  

       5 (return) [ thousand: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "diuers."]     

  

       6 (return) [ them: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "men."]     

  

       7 (return) [ legatur: Old eds.       "legatus."]     

  

       8 (return) [ petty: I may notice that 4to 1604 has "pretty," which is perhaps the right reading.]     


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