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An aura of invincibility began to cling to him.
他漸漸成了不敗的象征
He became the driving force of the Godly Revolution.
成了清教革命的中流砥柱
When the vanquished king defied God's judgement,his blood was needed to expiate the crime.
當(dāng)落敗的國(guó)王反抗上帝的審判 他的罪惡只能通過(guò)鮮血來(lái)洗清
But it became obvious that doing away with the monarch was no guarantee of doing away with the monarchy.
但顯而易見(jiàn)的是 江山易主 并不代表著君主制的廢除
For if Charles couldn't be among his subjects in person,his proxy could.
因?yàn)榧词共槔硪皇辣救艘咽?他的代替品仍與民同在
The Greek word 'icon' means both an image and a copy.
希臘語(yǔ)中的"象征" 既代表圖像 也代表復(fù)制品
The "Eikon Basilike", the spitting image of the king,appeared within a week of his execution.
"圣容" 即國(guó)王的畫(huà)像 在其被處死后一周內(nèi)問(wèn)世
It was an instant bestseller,going through 35 editions in a year,
并立刻為人爭(zhēng)相購(gòu)買(mǎi) 一年之內(nèi)加印35版
and it made Charles an imperishable martyr,a latter-day Christ sacrificed for the sins of his people.
使查理一世成了不朽的殉道者 一位為其人民獻(xiàn)祭贖罪的現(xiàn)世基督
Like Christ,Charles, too, would be resurrected wearing his heavenly crown
與基督一樣 查理一世亦將頭戴圣冠復(fù)活
and made flesh in the person of his son, Charles II,awaiting the call from exile in France.
以他兒子 查理二世的身份重降人間 后者流亡于法國(guó) 期待著祖國(guó)的召喚
The poet John Milton,an ardent champion of the Parliamentary Commonwealth,
詩(shī)人約翰·彌爾頓 英聯(lián)邦議會(huì)的積極倡導(dǎo)者
was hired to attack the cult of the king martyr as so much wicked idolatry,
受雇抨擊對(duì)國(guó)王的狂熱崇拜 稱(chēng)之為罪惡的偶像崇拜
to persuade the fearful and gullible they didn't need a Charles I.
勸導(dǎo)那些心存恐懼和輕信謠傳的人 放棄對(duì)查理一世的依賴(lài)
In fact, they didn't need any Stuart monarch.
聲稱(chēng)他們不再需要任何斯圖亞特家族的君主
