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John Ball is a recognisable type, a preaching friar who pushes Black Death radicalism to its logical extreme.
約翰·保爾 一名布道的教士 他將黑死病引發的激進主義浪潮推向高潮
Get rid of the priesthood and the property owners,Ball argued,
消滅教會和有產者 保爾主張
And Christ's embrace of the poor will once again be honoured.
上帝一視同仁的擁抱 必將重獲
Are we not descended from the same parents, Adam and Eve?
我們不都是同一祖先亞當夏娃的子孫嗎
What reason can they give why they should be more masters than ourselves?
他們有什么理由認定 他們應該是我們的主人
They are clothed in velvet and rich ermine,while we are forced to wear poor clothing.
他們能夠穿絲絨 披貂皮 而我們只能衣衫襤褸
They have wines and fine spices and fine bread,while we have only rye and the refuse of the straw,
他們享用美酒佳宴 而我們只能粗茶淡飯
and when we drink it must be water.
只能飲水止渴
We are called slaves,and if we do not perform our services, we're beaten.
我們被稱作奴隸 不干活 就要挨打
Let us go to the king and remonstrate with him.We may obtain a favourable answer.
我們去找國王理論理論 也許能得到一個好結果
And if not,we must seek to amend our conditions ourselves.
如果不能 我們必須自己改變現狀
And so they marched,the levelling fever of the Black Death buzzing in their brains,
于是 他們游行 黑死病引發的對均分的狂熱 在他們頭腦中縈繞
slogans of equality and retribution in their mouths.
高舉平等標語 高喊賠償口號
After all, who were Wat Tyler, John Ball and Robert Cave of the Dartford Baker
瓦特·泰勒 約翰·保爾 達特福德的面包師羅伯特·凱夫
but the three dead confronting the spoiled,rich and mighty with their day of judgement.
就像故事中的三個死人一樣 對那些驕縱的 有錢有勢的人進行審判
