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Then Queen Elizabeth died，on the 24th of March 1603，at Richmond．
1603年3月24日，伊麗莎白女王死于里士滿宮。
I remember the day well．
這天我記憶猶新，
The theatres were closed—you can't have plays when a queen is dying—and we were all at Henry Condell's house．
各家劇院關門息演—女王快要駕崩時，是不許演出的—于是大家都聚到亨利·康德爾家。
He and John Heminges lived verg near our lodgings in Cripplegate．
他和約翰·海明就住在我們住處附近的克里普勒門大街。
We were all very worried．
大家都憂心忡忡。
The new King of England was James the First．
新繼位的英國國王是詹姆士一世。
He was already King of Scotland，and he had a young wife，Queen Anne of Denmark，and three young children．
他已經是蘇格蘭國王了，年輕的妻子是丹麥的安妮王后，膝下有三個孩子。
But what was he like？
不知這國王為人怎么樣？
Would he be a good king？And，most importantly，did he like plays？
他是不是位好國王呢？最重要的是，他是否愛看戲？
If King James doesn't like plays，said Henry Condell，we're finished．
萬一詹姆士國王不愛看戲，亨利·康德爾說道，那我們全完了。
There are already a lot of Puritans on the London City Council，and they'd love to close the theatres down．
倫敦市政參議會中有許多清教徒，他們巴不得關閉劇院呢。
Henry always looked at the black side of everything．
亨利總是想到事情的陰暗面。
