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There was nothing the pope could do about her plight.
對于她的困境 教皇也無計可施
Money, however, could do the trick.
而金錢始終是萬能的
Two years and 34 tons of gold later,Richard was ransomed into freedom,but his kingdom was bankrupt.
花費兩年時間 繳納了34噸黃金 理查重獲自由 但他的王國已近崩潰
The cost of acting out heroic war games was measured in blood as well as money.
窮兵黷武的代價不止是流血 還得付出金錢
Showing contempt for the defenders of the besieged castle by standing in front of them without armour,
理查的大軍圍于被困的城堡前 理查不穿甲胄站在城前 以表示對守城者的輕蔑
a lone archer's bolt found the join between Richard's neck and his shoulder.
一名弓箭手百步穿楊 直接命中理查的脖子和肩膀之間
The wound turned gangrenous.
傷口腐爛生了壞疽
Within ten days, the Lionheart was dead,a triumph of daredevil romance over common sense.
不到十天 獅心王便與世長辭 超乎常理的崇尚魯莽 獅心王可算是個典范
His body was laid in a tomb at the foot of his father's, in Anjou.
他被葬在安茹的陵墓 緊挨在他父親腳下
The heart of the Lionheart was taken to the great cathedral at Rouen in Normandy, which seems fitting,
獅心王的心臟被帶至 諾曼底的魯昂大教堂 那里似乎更合適
since this city was always more of a capital to Richard than London.
因為對理查而言 相比倫敦 這里才更像他的都城
His brother, John, who succeeded him, was buried in England,mostly in Westminster cathedral,
他的弟弟和繼任者 約翰 被葬在英格蘭 大部分被葬在威斯敏斯特大教堂
because the monks of Craxton Abbey had taken care to steal away his entrails,
因為克萊斯頓修道院的修道士 偷去了他的內臟
making John in death, as he'd been in life,one is intended to say, gutless.
這讓約翰無論是生前 還是死后 都會被人看作是"沒種的人"
