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This was not what Oliver Cromwell had expected from Jerusalem.It got worse.
這可不是奧利弗·克倫威爾 期望的耶路撒冷式社會 情況繼續(xù)惡化
In May 1649, some hundreds of soldiers mutinied and tried to combine forces in Oxfordshire.
在1649年5月 數(shù)百士兵嘩變 并試圖聯(lián)合牛津郡的人馬
Cromwell rode hell for leather,50 miles in a day
克倫威爾策馬飛馳 一日八十公里
and caught them in the middle of the night at Burford.
午夜時分在伯福德抓住了他們
One of the prisoners, Anthony Sedley, locked in the church,
囚徒之一安東尼·賽得利被囚禁于教堂中
expecting the worst, carved his name into the font.
知道自己在劫難逃 將名字刻在了圣洗池上
The next morning,three of his comrades were led into the churchyard and shot.
第二天清晨 他的三位戰(zhàn)友 被帶進教堂墓地槍決
Then Oliver went off to get an honorary degree in law from Oxford.
奧利佛離開此地 獲得牛津大學(xué)法學(xué)榮譽學(xué)位
He made sure that the mutinous soldiers were shipped off to a place where they could vent their frustration on someone else.
他保證 嘩變的士兵將被流放到一個 可盡情發(fā)泄其沮喪情緒的地方
"Angry, are we?" Was his line."Want to know who's to blame for prolonging the civil wars?"
我們難道不氣憤么 他說道 想知道是誰讓內(nèi)戰(zhàn)遲遲無法結(jié)束么
Say hello to the Antichrist across the Irish Sea.
問候一下愛爾蘭海對岸的反基督徒吧
The target of Cromwell's march through blood
克倫威爾浴血遠征的目標(biāo)是
was an army of royalists holding out in Ireland in the name of the King Charles' son.
一支保皇黨控制的軍隊 打著查理王之子的旗號 盤踞于愛爾蘭
In fact it was as much Protestant as Catholic,
雖然愛爾蘭的新教徒和天主教徒人數(shù)旗鼓相當(dāng)
but in his conviction they were the legions of the Devil,
但克倫威爾卻認(rèn)為他們都是魔鬼的軍隊
Cromwell was not about to make nice distinctions.
他并不打算將兩者區(qū)別對待
