[Footnote 164: is-- So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "be."] merry with the attempts of the evil powers to hurt him. "About [Footnote 166: Enter the OLD MAN-- Scene, a room in the Old Man's house. [Footnote 167: Enter Faustus, &c.-- Scene, a room in the house of Faustus.] Sig. I 2, ed. 1648.] --In THE HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS the Old Man makes himself very it had beene the groaning of a sow, which lasted long: whereupon With these and such like words the spirit departed," &c. lay in his bed, suddenly there was a mighty rumbling in the were don in forraign countrys; but in the end, when Faustus lost two dayes after that he had exhorted Faustus, as the poore man [Footnote 168: cunning-- i.e. knowledge, skill.] the good old man began to jest and mocke, and said, Oh, what a THE HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS, Sig. I 4, ed. 1648.] [Footnote 162: Faustus, this-- Qy. "This, Faustus"?] [Footnote 161: Those-- So the later 4tos.--2to 1604 "These."] [Footnote 169: Why did not Faustus tell us of this before, &c.-- "Wherefore one of them said unto him, Ah, friend Faustus, what have you done chamber, the which he was never wont to heare, and he heard as hast no power, and wert not able to keepe thy owne two dayes? his life, the mother and the childe vanished away both together." barbarian cry is this? Oh faire bird, what foul musicke is this? [Footnote 165: shalt-- So all the 4tos; and so I believe Marlowe wrote, though the grammar requires "shall."] A[h--, faire angell, that could not tarry two dayes in his place! beginnest thou now to runne into a poore mans house, where thou [Footnote 163: topless-- i.e. not exceeded in height by any.]