
Episode 168: Witches, Demons and Fairies
The History of English Podcast
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Faustus and the Demon
Faustus is repeatedly visited by a good angel and a bad angel that each try to influence his decisions. The demon then gives Faustus a book of spells and incantations, in return the doctor says, thanks methastophiles. That's one of the first, if not the first recorded use of the word thanks to mean thank you as an expression of gratitude. After these events Faustus travels to Rome and makes his way into the Pope's private chamber where the Pope is joined by several friars. At this point Faustus starts to worry about what he has done and ponders his fate. He realizes that time is quickly passing and his powers will soon come to end.
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