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 Meo Peric’ulo (Latin).Mephistoph’eles, Mephistoph’ilis, Mephostoph’ilus. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Mephib’osheth,
 
in Absalom and Achitophel, by Dryden and Tate, is meant for Pordage, a poetaster (ii. 403).   1
 


 Meo Peric’ulo (Latin).Mephistoph’eles, Mephistoph’ilis, Mephostoph’ilus. 

 
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