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CHAPTER VII RICHARD II. AND QUEEN ANNE
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Edward the Black Prince, that flower of English chivalry1, had left his little son Richard as his legacy2 to the people who loved him so well.
"I commend to you my son," he said, as he lay dying in Westminster Palace, "for he is but young and small. And I pray that as you have served me, so from your heart you will serve him."
One year afterwards, this boy of eleven was crowned in Westminster, and so "young and small" was he that the long day with all its wearying ceremony was too much for him; he fainted away, and had to be carried from the Abbey to the Palace on a litter.
Never before had there been a coronation on so magnificent a scale: the citizens of London, with their good wives and daughters, were learning to enjoy pageants3 and holidays, and it was now better than half a century since a king had been crowned. First Richard had spent some days in the Tower, that great fort of the capital, and then had come the wonderful procession through Cheapside, Fleet Street, and the Strand4, the boy riding bareheaded, surrounded by a band of young knights6 in new attire7, forerunners8 of the knightly9 Order of the Bath, winning all hearts by his beautiful face and his lavish10 generosity11. For the young king was from the first recklessly extravagant12, and while he with his nobles feasted in the Palace at the coronation banquet, he caused the fountains outside to pour
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n.骑士气概,侠义;(男人)对女人彬彬有礼,献殷勤 | |
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(基督教某些教派管辖大教区的)主教( bishop的名词复数 ); (国际象棋的)象 | |
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bustle
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crimson
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tapestry
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scarlet
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monks
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transcribed
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(用不同的录音手段)转录( transcribe的过去式和过去分词 ); 改编(乐曲)(以适应他种乐器或声部); 抄写; 用音标标出(声音) | |
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reign
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stature
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prominence
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sanctuary
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n.圣所,圣堂,寺庙;禁猎区,保护区 | |
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tolled
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entirely
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