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There was just one more stop, one more castle
那位女王再也不會顛沛流離了
in the career of the wandering Queen:Fotheringhay in Northamptonshire.
她的下一站只有一個地方 北安普敦郡的福瑟陵格
It's just a grassy mound now, which is just as well,
一直以來 那里只是一個長滿野草的高地
since no ruin, no standing building for that matter,
但在今后的歲月里 無論歲月枯榮
could possilbly take the weight of the drama that was to follow.
那里接下來要發(fā)生的事情必將載入史冊
Anyone expecting Mary Stuart to crumble into tearful confession had seriously misjudged her.
以為瑪麗·斯圖亞特會痛哭流涕地 在懺悔中走向末路的人們 完全誤讀了她
Up against it,she drew on something inside her long and mostly disastrous career
恰恰相反 她在自己漫長而悲慘的人生中 書寫了濃重的一筆
which made her resolute and unnervingly lofty,as if she was above this squalid charade.
讓她的形象變得堅毅 崇高 令人敬仰 這場陰謀與她相比如此渺小不堪
From the moment of her arrest to the moment of her execution,she gave as good as she got.
從被逮捕到處刑 她始終從容不迫
As a sinner, I am truly conscious of having often offended my creator.
作為罪人 我清楚地意識到 曾經(jīng)冒犯過我主
I beg him to forgive me.But as Queen and sovereign,
我懇求他原諒我 但是作為女王和一國之君
I am aware of no fold of offence for which I have to render account to anyone here below.
我知道這并不算冒犯 在這之下的任何人
Her second tactic was to lie her head off,denying all knowledge of the Babington plot,
她第二個策略就是說謊 否認所有和巴賓頓計劃的事情
athough she was on stronger ground when she accused Walsingham of having set up the whole thing to get rid of her.
雖然她有更強的證據(jù)表明 這一切都是沃爾辛海姆 為了除掉她一手設(shè)計的陷阱
Elizabeth did not see it exactly in this way.
伊麗莎白并不是這樣想的
She wrote to Mary as if the Queen of the Scots somehow,
她給瑪麗寫了一封信 好像蘇格蘭女王
had been an ungrateful house guest who'd made off with the towels.
是一個行為不端 偷走毛巾的客人一樣
