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From: Gary R. L. Young
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THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS BY
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE FROM THE QUARTO OF 1616.
EDITED BY THE REV. ALEXANDER DYCE.

The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. Written
by Ch. Mar. London, Printed for John Wright, and are to be sold at his
shop without Newgate, at the signe of the Bible, 1616, 4to.
The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. With
new Additions. Written by Ch. Mar. Printed at London for John Wright,
and are to be sold at his shop without Newgate, 1624, 4to.
The Tragicall Historie of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. With
new Additions. Written by Ch. Mar. Printed at London for John Wright,
and are to be sold at his shop without Newgate, 1631, 4to.
In a few places I have amended the text of this play by means of 4to
1604.--I have made no use of the comparatively modern edition, 4to
1663.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE.
THE POPE. THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY. RAYMOND, king of
Hungary. DUKE OF SAXONY. BRUNO. DUKE OF VANHOLT.
MARTINO, > FREDERICK, > gentlemen. BENVOLIO, > FAUSTUS.
VALDES, > friends to FAUSTUS. CORNELIUS, > WAGNER,
servant to FAUSTUS. Clown. ROBIN. DICK. Vintner. Horse-courser.
Carter. An Old Man. Scholars, Cardinals, ARCHBISHOP OF RHEIMS,
Bishops, Monks, Friars, Soldiers, and Attendants.
DUCHESS OF VANHOLT. Hostess.
LUCIFER. BELZEBUB. MEPHISTOPHILIS. Good Angel. Evil Angel.
The Seven Deadly Sins. Devils. Spirits in the shapes of ALEXANDER
THE GREAT, of his Paramour, of DARIUS, and of HELEN.
Chorus.

THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS FROM THE
QUARTO OF 1616.
Enter CHORUS.

CHORUS. Not marching in the fields of Thrasymene, Where Mars did
mate the warlike Carthagens;<1> Nor sporting in the dalliance of love,
In courts of kings where state is overturn'd; Nor in the pomp of proud
audacious deeds, Intends our Muse to vaunt her<2> heavenly verse:
Only this, gentles,--we must now perform The form of Faustus'
fortunes, good or bad: And now to patient judgments we appeal, And
speak for Faustus in his infancy. Now is he born of parents base of
stock, In Germany, within a town call'd Rhodes: At riper years, to
Wittenberg he went, Whereas his kinsmen chiefly brought him up. So
much he profits in divinity, That shortly he was grac'd with doctor's
name, Excelling all, and sweetly can dispute In th' heavenly matters of
theology; Till swoln with cunning, of<3> a self-conceit, His waxen
wings did mount above his reach, And, melting, heavens conspir'd his
overthrow; For, falling to a devilish exercise, And glutted now with
learning's golden gifts, He surfeits upon<4> cursed necromancy;
Nothing so sweet as magic is to him,