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What could be done?Well, something quite extraordinary.
那应该如何是好呢 当然是采取非常规的措施了
A group of seven leading statesmen sent a message to Holland with an explosive request.
七位政要向波兰传递了一条信息 提出了一个大胆的要求
"Prince William," They asked, "Would you mind invading Britain,"and saving us from a Catholic king?"
威廉王子 他们写道 您不如入侵英国 把我们从天主教中解救出来吧
William of Orange wanted to save his country from Catholic despots alright,
威廉·奥兰治想要 将他的国家从天主教暴政中解救出来
but the country he had in mind first, foremost and always was the Dutch Republic.
但是他心中的国家 首先而且永远都是 波兰共和国
English politics were always a sideshow for William to the main event.
对于威廉来说 和对抗路易十四的伟大欧洲战争相比
That was the great European war against Louis XIV.
英国的政治只是无足轻重的小事
What choice did he have?
他有什么选择呢
There would be British troops in that war.
这场战争中必定有英国军队
To ensure they'd be fighting for him,not against him,
一定要保证他们是为他而战 而不是与他作对
exactly 100 years after the Spanish Armada had failed to do the very same thing,
一百年前西班牙的无敌舰队 正是倒在了英军脚下
William set out to conquer Britain.
威廉决定征服英国
He was nothing if not thorough.
为了此战他必须准备充分
60,000 copies of William's manifesto blanketed England
六万份威廉的战争宣言传遍英国
in an effort to present the planned invasion
这是为了表明入侵
as a response to a spontaneous uprising against the Catholic tyrant.
是对天主教暴政的一个迅速而有力的回应
It was so persuasive that he succeeded in making James seem the foreigner in his own land and the Dutchman the true Brit.
这份宣言很有说服力 他成功地让詹姆斯在英国如同异族 而荷兰人才是真正的英国人
