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出自BBC記錄片《英國史》第7集《女王的誕生》。
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For the next few years, Elizabeth swung mercurially between endearment and exasperation,
在接下來的幾年中,伊麗莎白的情緒起伏不定:時而親切,時而惱怒。
drawing up documents to make Dudley an Earl only to shred them in front of him.
她起草了晉升達德利為伯爵詔書,只為了在他面將其撕成碎片。
And other times, especially when she felt nagged by the council,
還有幾次,每當議會對她吹毛求疵時,
she would torment them by pretending their marriage was just about to happen. It never did.
她就假裝暗示他們即將結婚以捉弄這些議員,而結婚的事從沒成真。
By 1563, Elizabeth had given up on the possibility of ever marrying Dudley.
到了1563年,伊麗莎白徹底放棄了嫁給達德利的可能。
She was prepared to offer him to someone else, someone whose own marriage prospects were of
tremendous significance for the balance of power in Britain.
她將他介紹給了別人 而這兩人的婚姻對整個不列顛權利的平衡具有重大的意義。
Mary Stuart, Queen of the Scots.
她就是瑪麗·斯圖亞特——蘇格蘭的女王。