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Aged 76, and after 72 years on the throne,
路易十四76歲時已為王72年
Louis was once again taken seriously ill.
他又一次身患重疾
No-one expected Louis XIV to live as long as he did.
沒人想到路易會如此長壽
When Louis finally weakens in the last year of his life,
路易在最后一年里逐漸衰弱
it's the result of a gangrenous infection which gradually spreads
因為嚴重的感染已經
from his leg to the rest of the left side of his body.
從腿部蔓延身體左側其他部位
Even Louis' own death became a public performance.
就連他的死亡也變成了公共表演
In spite of their long intimacy,
盡管他們長期親密無間
Maintenon wasn't actually at the King's side when he died.
國王死時曼特儂并不在其身邊
That was not the practice.
這并非慣例
By her own wish she went off to a convent
她按照自己的愿望去了修道院
to be among ladies who would sucker her
加入會接受
and sympathise with her,
并同情她的其他女性
leaving him to priest and, ultimately, to God.
將路易留給神父 最終留給上帝
He died rather slowly, and so she came back once I think, twice,
他慢慢逝去 所以她兩次返回
to be with him again.
陪伴在他身側
But ultimately, it was time for her to go.
但最終 她還是要放手
The heir to the throne was a really tiny child,
王位繼承人非常幼小
a little five-year-old boy,
是個5歲的小男孩
and he's brought in to see his grandfather,
他被帶來面見他的祖父
and his grandfather sort of tells him to be a good king,
路易教導他要成為好國王
but says, "I have loved war too much."
但他說"我太過熱愛戰爭"
Very sad dying words from Louis XIV, certainly true.
他的遺言格外傷感 卻一語中的
