The Tragical History of Doctor FaustusFrom the Quarto of 1616
  

       9 (return) [ &c.: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—Not in 4to 1616.]     

  

       10 (return) [ circles, scenes, letters, and characters: So 4to 1604 (see note ||, p. 80).—The later 4tos       "circles, letters, characters."     

      Note ||, from p. 80. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):      "scenes: "And sooner may a gulling weather-spie By drawing forth heavens SCEANES tell certainly," &c. Donne's FIRST SATYRE,—p. 327, ed. 1633." ] 

  

       11 (return) [ gain: So 4tos 1624, 1631       (and so 4to 1604).—2to 1616 "get."]     

  

       12 (return) [ these: See note §, p. 80.     

      Note §, from p. 80. (Doctor Faustus, from the quarto of 1604):      "these elements: So again, "Within the bowels of THESE elements," &c., on p. 87, first col,—"THESE" being equivalent to THE.  (Not unfrequently in our old writers THESE is little more than redundant.)" ] 

  

       13 (return) [ enterprise: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "enterprises."]     

  

       14 (return) [ make swift Rhine circle fair: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "WITH swift Rhine circle ALL."]     

  

       15 (return) [ silk: Old eds. "skill."]     

  

       16 (return) [ blest: So 4to 1616.—2tos 1624, 1631, "wise."]     

  

       17 (return) [ Swarm: So 4tos 1624, 1631.—2to 1616 "Sworne."]     


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