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Later，I asked Will who he was．
后來，我向威爾問起這個人。
The Earl of Southampton，Will said．
他是索桑普敦伯爵，威爾說道，
He's only eighteen，but he loves poetry and plays．
他年僅18歲，酷愛詩歌和戲劇。
Isn't he a friend of the Earl of Essex？
他是不是愛塞克斯伯爵的朋友？
I asked．Everybody knew the Earl of Essex．
我問他。愛塞克斯伯爵無人不曉。
He was young and good-looking—and some people said that Queen Elizabeth was in love with him．
他年輕英俊—有人說伊麗莎白女王也愛著他。
I don't know about that．
這件事我倒不清楚。
The Queen was fifty-nine years old，and a very，very clever woman．
女王年已59歲，是個非常非常聰明的女人。
But it was true that she liked to have good-looking young men around her，
但是女王喜歡年輕的、面目俊俏的男人陪伴左右是千真萬確的，
and the Earl of Essex was her favourite．
而愛塞克斯伯爵最得寵。
Then．It all changed later，of course.
不過后來一切都變了。
Yes，he is.said Will．But I think Essex is a dangerous man Henry needs better friends than him．
他的確是這樣的人，威爾說道，但我認為愛塞克斯是個危險的人物，亨利需要結交比他更好的朋友。
