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The Major Generals.
他的将军们
It was their job to take righteousness out into the shires the Protestant Taliban on horseback.
将"道义"带到了英国诸郡 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!
他们抓起敲钟人 偷偷监视着酒馆 监禁私通者 取消圣诞节
John Evelyn, ardent royalist and gentleman of letters,
约翰·伊夫林 激进的保皇党人 作家
who grudgingly endured the Leviathan of the Cromwellian state,
他不堪忍受克伦威尔的高压统治
was one of countless people who were on the short end of the generals' bullying.
受到将军们欺侮的人不计其数 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.
我和我的妻子去伦敦庆祝圣诞节 冈宁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.
当他分发圣餐时 士兵们包围了教堂
all the communicants and assembly surprised and kept prisoner by them,
所有领受圣餐者和观礼者 都在惊慌失措中 被抓了起来
some in the house, others carried away!
一些被关在屋子里 另一些被带走了
It was a public relations disaster for the Protectorate.
这对于护国公来说 这不啻为一场民意灾难
The prudent Cromwell reasserted himself over the pious
谨慎的克伦威尔再次申明自己的虔诚之心
and he got rid of the Major Generals in a hurry!
并迅速与将军们划清了界限
There were some places where the two instincts worked together,
有一些地方 对于不同信仰兼容并包
and changed Britain as a result, and this is one of them
并最终改变了英国 这里就是其中之一
the Synagogue of Bevis Marks in London.
伦敦贝维马克犹太教堂
