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出自BBC记录篇《英国史》第七集之《女王的诞生》。
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Cecil knew that the majority of the country was still Catholic either actively or passively.
西塞尔知道这个国家绝大多数人仍然或积极或消极地信仰着天主教。
He also knew how little it would take for the hard-earned gains of the Reformation to be undone.
他也知道这来之不易的改革成果可能被轻易地付诸一炬。
Though the queen kept telling everyone it was none of their business, Cecil constantly reminded her that the realm needed her to have a husband.
虽然女王一直在告诉大家这不用他们操心，西塞尔仍不断地提醒她王朝需要她找个丈夫。
For that matter, her body required it too, since in the 16th century prolonged virginity was thought to bring on the potentially toxic condition known as green sickness, the abnormal retention of female sperm.
而且，她的健康亦须如此。因为16世纪的人们认为长期保持贞洁会引发一种潜在的毒性病——俗称绿贫血，会让女性体内的卵子异常阻滞。
Marital copulation, then, was what the doctor ordered for the good of the realm.
因此，为了国家着想夫妻性生活便成了医嘱。
The problem, though, as Cecil was painfully aware, was that if he pushed Elizabeth too hard, she might just end up plumping for the man everyone assumed she really loved.
然后西塞尔痛苦地意识到如果他对伊丽莎白的奉劝过于急迫，她可能会干脆选择一个大家认为她会爱上的人选。
That man was Cecil's rival on the council, Robert Dudley.
这个人选就是西塞尔在议会的劲敌——罗伯特·达德利。
