[Footnote 52: surgat Mephistophilis, quod tumeraris-- The later 4tos have "surgat Mephistophilis DRAGON, quod tumeraris."--There is a corruption here, which seems to defy emendation. For "quod TUMERARIS," Mr. J. Crossley, of Manchester, would read (rejecting the word "Dragon") "quod TU MANDARES" (the construction being "quod tu mandares ut Mephistophilis appareat et surgat"): but the "tu" does not agree with the preceding "vos."--The Revd. J. Mitford proposes "surgat Mephistophilis, per Dragon (or Dagon) quod NUMEN EST AERIS."] [Footnote 53: dicatus-- So two of the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "dicatis."] [Footnote 54: Re-enter Mephistophilis, &c.-- According to THE HISTORY OF DR. FAUSTUS, on which this play is founded, Faustus raises Mephistophilis in "a thicke wood neere to Wittenberg, called in the German tongue Spisser Wolt..... Presently, not three fathom above his head, fell a flame in manner of a lightning, and changed itselfe into a globe..... Suddenly the globe opened, and sprung up in the height of a man; so burning a time, in the end it converted to the shape of a fiery man[?-- This pleasant beast ran about the circle a great while, and, lastly, appeared in the manner of a Gray Fryer, asking Faustus what was his request?" Sigs. A 2, A 3, ed. 1648. Again; "After Doctor Faustus had made his promise to the devill, in the morning betimes he called the spirit before him, and commanded him that he should alwayes come to him like a fryer after the order of Saint Francis, with a bell in his hand like Saint Anthony, and to ring it once or twice before he appeared, that he might know of his certaine coming." Id. Sig. A 4.] [Footnote 55: came hither-- So two of the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "came NOW hither."] [Footnote 56: accidens-- So two of the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "accident."] [Footnote 57: Why, this is hell, nor am I out of it-- Compare Milton, Par. Lost, iv. 75; "Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell."] [Footnote 58: these-- So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "those."] [Footnote 59: Jove's-- See note ‡, p. 80. [i.e. Note 24] : ] [Footnote 60: four and twenty-- So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "24."] [Footnote 61: resolve-- i.e. satisfy, inform.] [Footnote 62: thorough-- So one of the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "through."] [Footnote 63: country-- So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "land."] [Footnote 64: desir'd-- So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "desire."] [Footnote 65: Enter WAGNER, &c.-- Scene, a street most probably.] [Footnote 66: pickadevaunts-- i.e. beards cut to a point.] [Footnote 67: by'r lady-- i.e. by our Lady.] [Footnote 68: Qui mihi discipulus-- The first words of W. Lily's AD DISCIPULOS CARMEN DE MORIBUS, "Qui mihi discipulus, puer, es, cupis atque doceri, Huc ades," &c.] [Footnote 69: staves-acre-- A species of larkspur.] [Footnote 70: vermin-- Which the seeds of staves-acre were used to destroy.] [Footnote 71: familiars-- i.e. attendant-demons.] [Footnote 72: their-- So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "my."]