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==Page 585==
'''"Sandwich"'''<br>
See pages [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_36:_362-370#Page_366 366 & 367].

==Page 586==
'''Quit-Rent'''<br>
See page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_35:_349-361#Page_359 359].

==Page 587==
'''Draco, the Dragon'''<br>[[File:Example.jpg]]
Draco is among the earliest of the constellations to have been defined; in one of the oldest known astronomical records, the ancient Egyptians identified it as Tawaret, the goddess of the northern sky in their pantheon of deities.  Considered ever-vigilant because the constellation never set, she was depicted a fierce protective goddess whose body was a composite of crocodile, human, lioness, and hippopotamus parts.  The Greeks named it Draco the dragon.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(constellation) WIKI]

'''Lambton Worm'''<br>
The Lambton Worm is a legend from the North East of England in the UK.  The story is one of the area's most famous pieces of folklore, having been adapted from written and oral tradition into pantomime and song formats.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm WIKI]

'''Lambton Castle'''<br>
Lambton Castle, located in County Durham, England, between the towns of Washington and Chester-le-Street, is a stately home, the ancestral seat of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Castle WIKI]

'''Cockfield'''<br>
Cockfield is a village on the edge of Teesdale, County Durham, in England.  It is situated a few miles to the south-west of Bishop Auckland.  Remains found on Cockfield Fell suggest there was a settlement in the area in the Iron Age.  The parish church, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin, probably dates from the late 12th century.  Coal mining began in the area in the medieval period.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockfield,_County_Durham WIKI]  Also, see page [http://masondixon.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chapter_52:_499-510#Page_504 504].

==Page 588==
'''John Lambton'''<br>[[File:Lambtonworm.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Illustration of John Lambton battling the Worm]]The story revolves around John Lambton, an heir of the Lambton Estate, County Durham, and his battle with a giant worm which had been terrorising the local villages.  As with most myths, details of the story change with each telling.  From [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm WIKI]

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'''if God should allow him victory over the Worm, he would sacrifice unto Him the first living thing he then happen'd to see'''<br>
Biblical allusion. In [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Judges%2011&version=9; ''Judges'' 11], Jephthah vowes to sacrifice whoever first comes into his house, should God grant him victory over the Ammonites. It is actually Jephthah's daughter, and the sacrifice is accomplished. Interpretations disagree though on whether "sacrifice" has to be taken literally.

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