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As the doors were being closed,one MP, Sir John Eliot, stood up and roared
当议会的大门关闭时 一位议员 约翰·艾略特爵士站出来 怒吼道
that anyone imposing a tax without parliament's consent
如果有人未经议会同意强行征税
would be a capital enemy to this kingdom and commonwealth.
那么他将是这个国家和整个英帝国的敌人
Charles disagreed, Eliot was the traitor,
查理否决了他 艾略特被定为叛国者
so off to the Tower of London he went,where he died in 1632.
所以在1632年 他在伦敦塔的监狱中结束了生命
But for Charles, the rainstorm of words had now mercifully stopped.
但对于查理 满城的风雨 终于慢慢平息下来
In their place beamed sunlight from the heavens.
在他们的世界 终于有点阳光了
Triumphantly too, the war with Spain was now over.
很愉悦 与西班牙的战争也结束了
So no more begging for money, no more of that aggravation.
再也不用到处要钱 恶语相向了
So in 1630, as far as Charles was concerned,peace had broken out in Britannia.
在1630年 就查尔斯所关心的来说 英国上下一片和谐
His father James had always preached peace,and James was much on Charles's mind.
他的父亲詹姆斯一直看重和平 而现在查理也在为此努力
Charles decided his father's memory deserved something special,
查理认为对他父亲应有些特殊的纪念
and courtesy of the Flemish Catholic painter,Peter Paul Rubens, he would get it.
而承蒙来自弗兰德斯的天主教画家 彼得·保罗·鲁宾斯 他如愿以偿
Not one, but three huge painted tributes.
不是一幅 而是三件油画巨作
A go-for-broke manifesto for the Stuart dynasty.
斯图亚特王朝挥金如土的典范
They would be placed way up high on the ceiling of the building he had inherited from James,
它们将高高地安放在天花板上 在詹姆斯传给他的
Inigo Jones's masterpiece, the Banqueting House in Whitehall.
依理高·琼斯的杰作 白厅国宴厅里
