Chapter 19: 190-198

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Roman Whore's Time
English epithet for the Catholic Church, the religion of the hated French; the adoption of "Roman Whore's Time" was Protestant England's long-delayed adoption of Pope Gregory XIII's reform (1582) of the Julian calendar which resulted in the loss of eleven days.

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Time, ye see", says the Landlord "is the money of Science". Cf. Time, science in Against the Day thematically.

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