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出自BBC記錄篇《英國史》第七集之《女王的誕生》。
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Cecil knew that the majority of the country was still Catholic either actively or passively.
西塞爾知道這個國家絕大多數人仍然或積極或消極地信仰著天主教。
He also knew how little it would take for the hard-earned gains of the Reformation to be undone.
他也知道這來之不易的改革成果可能被輕易地付諸一炬。
Though the queen kept telling everyone it was none of their business, Cecil constantly reminded her that the realm needed her to have a husband.
雖然女王一直在告訴大家這不用他們操心，西塞爾仍不斷地提醒她王朝需要她找個丈夫。
For that matter, her body required it too, since in the 16th century prolonged virginity was thought to bring on the potentially toxic condition known as green sickness, the abnormal retention of female sperm.
而且，她的健康亦須如此。因為16世紀的人們認為長期保持貞潔會引發一種潛在的毒性病——俗稱綠貧血，會讓女性體內的卵子異常阻滯。
Marital copulation, then, was what the doctor ordered for the good of the realm.
因此，為了國家著想夫妻性生活便成了醫囑。
The problem, though, as Cecil was painfully aware, was that if he pushed Elizabeth too hard, she might just end up plumping for the man everyone assumed she really loved.
然后西塞爾痛苦地意識到如果他對伊麗莎白的奉勸過于急迫，她可能會干脆選擇一個大家認為她會愛上的人選。
That man was Cecil's rival on the council, Robert Dudley.
這個人選就是西塞爾在議會的勁敵——羅伯特·達德利。
