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He had a particularly unpleasant form of it,
他得的是種很難看的天花
which was the black variety,
是一種黑色變種
that changed the entire colour of the face
能使整張臉
to a sort of dark copper mask.
猶如一張紅銅色的面具
And so, he was completely disfigured.
因此 他完全毀容了
Even as he approached death,
即使他行將就木
Louis's enemies spread stories about his sex life.
他的敵人仍在散播有關他性生活的謠言
It was suggested that he may have caught his smallpox from a prostitute,
可能是一名妓女把天花傳染給他
but the whole idea of a corrupt body of a corrupt king
但是一名腐敗墮落的國王即將入土
were very resonant,
這消息實在振奮人心
and it is thought that this was a fitting punishment.
民眾皆認為這是因果報應
The outward and visible sign of an inward, invisible damnation.
是一種無形內在本質的有形外在體現
It riddles his body and it produces a horrible stench
疾病侵蝕他的身體 渾身散發惡臭
as his inner organs start decaying.
因為他的內臟開始
Underneath it all, he is very devout.
即便如此 他仍然非常虔誠
And he goes into ultra-devout mode.
他變得極端虔誠
He sends away Madame Du Barry from the court
他遣走了杜巴利夫人
in the same way that he sent away
正如他于1744年在梅斯
the Duchess De Chateauroux in 1744 at Metz.
流放了查特路公爵夫人一樣
Once she had left, it was possible for him
一旦她離開 他就能夠
to receive the last rites of the church,
接受教堂的臨終圣禮
and, in his final hours,
在他最后的幾小時里
he made a great effort, I think,
我覺得他作了很大的努力
to die as a Christian.
希望如基督教徒般死去
