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Literature | Devil and Dr. Faustus (The). Faust was the first printer of Bibles, and issued a large number in imitation of those sold as manuscripts. These he passed off in Paris as genuine, and sold for sixty crowns apiece, the usual price being five hundred crowns. The uniformity of the books, their rapid supply, and their unusual cheapness excited astonishment. Information was laid against him for magic, and, in searching his lodgings, the brilliant red ink with which his copies were adorned was declared to be his blood. He was charged with dealings with the Devil, and condemned to be burnt alive. To save himself, he revealed his secret to the Paris Parlement, and his invention became the admiration of the world. N.B. - This tradition is not to be accepted as history. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 45 56 49 4C 41 4E 44 44 52 2E 46 41 55 53 54 55 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01000101 01010110 01001001 01001100 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000100 01010010 00101110 00100000 01000110 01000001 01010101 01010011 01010100 01010101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D E V I L   A N D   D R .   F A U S T U S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0045 0056 0049 004C 0041 004E 0044 0044 0052 002E 0046 0041 0055 0053 0054 0055 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)383956434623548382385216240355553545553 |
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