Each crisis must bring
its word and deed.
——Whittier
每逢危急關(guān)頭，必有豪言壯舉。
——［美國］惠蒂爾
John Ball
BONDMEN AND FREEMEN
1381
When Adam delved and Eve span，
Who was then the gentleman？
From the beginning all men by nature were created alike，and our bondage or servitude came in by the unjust oppression of naughty men.For if God would have had any bondmen from the beginning，he would have appointed who should be bond，and who free.And therefore I exhort you to consider that now the time is come，appointed to us by God，in which ye may（if ye will）cast off the yoke of bondage，and recover liberty.I counsel you therefore well to bethink yourselves，and to take good hearts unto you，that after the manner of a good husband that tilled his ground，and riddethout thereof such evil weeds as choke and destroy the good corn，you may destroy first the great lords of the realm，and after，the judges and lawyers，and quest mongers，and all other who have undertaken to be against the commons.For so shall you procure peace and surety to yourselves in time to come；and by dispatching out of the way the great men，there shall be an equality in liberty，and no difference in degrees of nobility；but alike dignity and equal authority in all things brought in among you.
約翰·保爾
奴隸與自由民
1381年
當(dāng)亞當(dāng)和夏娃男耕女織時，
又有誰是紳士呢？
開初，上帝把所有的人都造得彼此相同，我們被束縛、被奴役是惡人不公正的壓迫帶來的。因?yàn)槿绻系垡婚_始就想要奴隸，他會指定誰該受奴役，誰該享自由。因此，我勸你們想一想，現(xiàn)在，上帝為我們指定的時刻已經(jīng)到來，現(xiàn)在你們可以（只要你們愿意）掙脫奴役的枷鎖，重獲自由了。因此我勸你們自己好好想一想，鼓足勇氣，像精明的莊稼漢種地時清除地里扼殺好莊稼的惡草那樣，你們可以首先消滅王國的大貴族，然后清除那些法官、律師、探子和一切企圖與平民百姓作對的人。這樣你們就能在將來獲得和平與自信；除掉了大人物，就有了平等的自由，就不會再有高低貴賤的等級差別；而你們大家得到的是在一切事物中的同等尊嚴(yán)和平等權(quán)力。
its word and deed.
——Whittier
每逢危急關(guān)頭，必有豪言壯舉。
——［美國］惠蒂爾
John Ball
BONDMEN AND FREEMEN
1381
When Adam delved and Eve span，
Who was then the gentleman？
From the beginning all men by nature were created alike，and our bondage or servitude came in by the unjust oppression of naughty men.For if God would have had any bondmen from the beginning，he would have appointed who should be bond，and who free.And therefore I exhort you to consider that now the time is come，appointed to us by God，in which ye may（if ye will）cast off the yoke of bondage，and recover liberty.I counsel you therefore well to bethink yourselves，and to take good hearts unto you，that after the manner of a good husband that tilled his ground，and riddethout thereof such evil weeds as choke and destroy the good corn，you may destroy first the great lords of the realm，and after，the judges and lawyers，and quest mongers，and all other who have undertaken to be against the commons.For so shall you procure peace and surety to yourselves in time to come；and by dispatching out of the way the great men，there shall be an equality in liberty，and no difference in degrees of nobility；but alike dignity and equal authority in all things brought in among you.
約翰·保爾
奴隸與自由民
1381年
當(dāng)亞當(dāng)和夏娃男耕女織時，
又有誰是紳士呢？
開初，上帝把所有的人都造得彼此相同，我們被束縛、被奴役是惡人不公正的壓迫帶來的。因?yàn)槿绻系垡婚_始就想要奴隸，他會指定誰該受奴役，誰該享自由。因此，我勸你們想一想，現(xiàn)在，上帝為我們指定的時刻已經(jīng)到來，現(xiàn)在你們可以（只要你們愿意）掙脫奴役的枷鎖，重獲自由了。因此我勸你們自己好好想一想，鼓足勇氣，像精明的莊稼漢種地時清除地里扼殺好莊稼的惡草那樣，你們可以首先消滅王國的大貴族，然后清除那些法官、律師、探子和一切企圖與平民百姓作對的人。這樣你們就能在將來獲得和平與自信；除掉了大人物，就有了平等的自由，就不會再有高低貴賤的等級差別；而你們大家得到的是在一切事物中的同等尊嚴(yán)和平等權(quán)力。