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The Pastons got over these bumps in the road to become a settled presence in their county,
帕斯頓坎坷前行 沖破重重障礙 成為郡中有聲望的家族
and that would be true for countless other English men and women just like them.
還有無數的英格蘭人 也如他們一般歷經滄桑 終見彩虹
Essentially, they were survivors.They'd survived the plague, they'd survived dethronement,they'd survived civil war.
最終 他們有幸存活下來 他們躲過鼠疫之災 躲過政變之嘩 躲過內戰之亂
Kings came and went, but the village men the same sort of men who'd marched on London in 1381,
經歷改朝換代 村民們 那些于1381年在倫敦游行的
who'd been revolutionaries and desperados were now on their way to becoming squires of the village.
革命者和亡命徒 正在逐漸變成村落中的鄉紳
People like this knew what the worst could be.
這些人們歷經重重磨難
They knew that the plague could come and carry off babies and children.
他們目睹鼠疫奪走孩子們的生命
They knew that knights over the hill might go on a rampage,
他們經歷騎士的狂怒咆哮
but they also knew that with an equal measure of prudence and prayer,they would get through it.
但是 他們也堅信 帶著一顆平等的心去審慎和祈禱 苦難終將過去
So come to an English village like this,far from the mayhem,
因此在1480年前后 來到遠離暴亂的英格蘭小村莊
say around 1480, and you'd see what you'd expect
會看到如你所愿的一番景象
a church built in the economic elegance of the perpendicular style.
教堂優雅屹立 典型的哥德式建筑
For the first time,an ale house was a name like "The Swan" or "The Frog".
首次 啤酒屋被稱作"天鵝"或"青蛙"
And at the heart, a grand handsome dwelling for the biggest tenant farmer in the area.
在村莊中央 有一座漂亮的小房子 為當地最大的佃農所有
No longer just a wattle and daub single-roomed glorified hut,but a miniature manor with its own hall and servants to wait on the master and mistress.
不再是個用藤條和涂料 隨意裝飾的單間小木屋 而是個應有盡有微縮莊園 還有仆人等待著男女主人的歸來
A buttery, a cellar and private retiring chambers.
一個酒窖 一個地下室 還有幾間私密的房間
One shouldn't be too complacent about the condition of Britain at the end of its first century of plague.
人們不應該 在鼠疫剛剛過去百年后 對不列顛自鳴得意
The end of the road through trauma was not all buttercups and beer.
創傷過后 并未迎來繁榮
There was still grinding poverty alongside plenty.But all the same, the improbable had happened.
仍有大量的窮苦人民掙扎在貧困邊緣 但盡管如此 仍存在奇跡
Out of the fires of pestilence and bloodshed had emerged that most unlikely example of survivor the English country gent.
在接受了鼠疫以及戰亂的洗禮之后 出現了不可思議的幸存者 即英格蘭鄉紳
