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Nowhere in Cromwell's strong-arm regime did his shock troops seem to enjoy their work more thoroughly than in the visitations to the monasteries,
在克倫威爾的高壓統(tǒng)治下 他的突擊隊從修道院中攫取了前所未有的滿足感
done with lightning speed during the course of 1535 and early 1536.
他們以迅雷不及掩耳之勢 于1535至1536年初橫掃各地
The uprooting of nearly 10,000 monks and nuns,
幾近一萬名僧尼慘遭迫害
the destruction of an entire ancient way of life had little to do with reforming zeal.
舊時生活方式的毀滅 也無法消退改革的狂熱
When you look at Cromwell's flying squads up close and in action,
當(dāng)你看到克倫威爾的爪牙行動時
you don't really get the impression of a bunch of men who thought of themselves as renovators. Wreckers, more likely.
定不會覺得他們有"革新者"的自覺 而更像是一群強盜
For one thing, they seemed to enjoy their work a bit too much.
一來 他們似乎過于沉醉于其中
I laid unto him a concealment of treason,
我揭發(fā)了他的叛國罪
wrote one of Cromwell's hit men to his chief about a prior he had at his mercy.
克倫威爾的一名打手 在向其長官報告一名修道院長的信中寫道
I called him heinous traitor in the worst terms I could devise,
我極盡惡語辱罵這個叛國賊
And him all the time kneeling and making intercession unto me,Not to utter to you the premises of his undoing.
他一直跪在那里向我求饒 并供出了沒完全坦白他霸占的地產(chǎn)
Such were the pleasures of reform.
這些就是改革帶來的愉悅
The property bonanza that followed the dissolution of the monasteries was on a scale no other English revolution ever approached.
另外 解散修道院帶來豐厚的不義之財 數(shù)字之龐大 英國任何革命都無法企及
Abbeys like this one at Laycock were offered at bargain basement prices,
諸如萊科克這樣的修道院 都被作為廉價物品一般
and loyalty to the new order secured with bricks and mortar.
為新構(gòu)建的體制占有
