starthere *** tarquinius tarquinius ' nightmares , the darkness the stone against his head reaching out , and everywhere is stone ... *** tanaquil/faustus sending faustus to head the attack on nomentum at the head of the army - prestige openly , tanaquil has pleaded to forgive faustus but secretly , tanaquil has arranged for the mining of the town defences to be arranged so that faustus will be buried alive with his advance guard she has also arranged for manius to be brought in as leader of the 'diversion ' ... manius waits , and waits deliberately too long buried alive ... swallowing dirt while the main force goes in through the main gate , manius and tanaquil together having organised a neat treachery master he was 'master ' now ; they never called him anything else .