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The Major Generals.
他的將軍們
It was their job to take righteousness out into the shires the Protestant Taliban on horseback.
將"道義"帶到了英國諸郡 去收服那些不肯安分守己的塔利班式新教徒
Muffle the bell-ringers, snoop on the ale-houses,Lock up the fornicators,cancel Christmas!
他們抓起敲鐘人 偷偷監視著酒館 監禁私通者 取消圣誕節
John Evelyn, ardent royalist and gentleman of letters,
約翰·伊夫林 激進的保皇黨人 作家
who grudgingly endured the Leviathan of the Cromwellian state,
他不堪忍受克倫威爾的高壓統治
was one of countless people who were on the short end of the generals' bullying.
受到將軍們欺侮的人不計其數 而他也是其中之一
I went with my wife to London to celebrate Christmas Day,Mr Gunning preaching in Exeter Chapel.
我和我的妻子去倫敦慶祝圣誕節 岡寧先生正在埃克塞特城教堂布道
As he gave us the Holy Sacrament,the chapel was surrounded by soldiers.
當他分發圣餐時 士兵們包圍了教堂
all the communicants and assembly surprised and kept prisoner by them,
所有領受圣餐者和觀禮者 都在驚慌失措中 被抓了起來
some in the house, others carried away!
一些被關在屋子里 另一些被帶走了
It was a public relations disaster for the Protectorate.
這對于護國公來說 這不啻為一場民意災難
The prudent Cromwell reasserted himself over the pious
謹慎的克倫威爾再次申明自己的虔誠之心
and he got rid of the Major Generals in a hurry!
并迅速與將軍們劃清了界限
There were some places where the two instincts worked together,
有一些地方 對于不同信仰兼容并包
and changed Britain as a result, and this is one of them
并最終改變了英國 這里就是其中之一
the Synagogue of Bevis Marks in London.
倫敦貝維馬克猶太教堂
