You will even find people who write about the 16th century as if magic were a medieval survival and science the new thing that came in to sweep it away.

Those who have studied the period know better.

There was very little magic in the Middle Ages.

The 16th and 17th centuries are the high noon of magic. The serious

magical endeavor and the serious scientific endeavor are twins. One was sickly and died, the other

strong and throve. But they were twins. They were born of the same impulse.

This is Pints with Jack, season 9, episode 20. The Abolition of Man.

Chapter 3, The Abolition of Man, Part 3, The Magicians Bargain.

Have you been looking, everywhere searching for a place where you belong?

Away from the masses among clinking glasses where the hearth fire is on.

Let the laughter welcome you in that eagle and child din.

There's room at this table, so take a seat and tuck right in.

Pints with Jack, Pints with Jack.

Pints with Jack.

Well, welcome, friends, to Pints with Jack.

As we were wrapping up the last episode, Matt dropped

off to take his wife to the hospital as her contractions were starting to pick up. So I'm guessing

you'd like to know how that ended. Well, they came home again. It was a false alarm. Then they

went back to the hospital a few days later,

and we have a birth to celebrate. So today, Matt is at home looking after Mary, Margaret,

and their brand new baby. So he's doing well. How are you doing? I'm doing great. Do you think we

should tell the name or let Matt do it?

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