培根散文随笔集第15章：Of Seditions & Troubles 论谋叛与变乱（中英对照）
培根散文随笔集中英对照，通过阅读文学名著学语言，是掌握英语的绝佳方法。既可接触原汁原味的英语，又能享受文学之美，一举两得，何乐不为？
15 of seditions & troubles 论谋叛与变乱
shepherds of people had need know the calendars of tempests in state; which are commonly greatest, when things grow to equality; as natural tempests are greatest about the equinoxes. and as there are certain hollow blasts of wind, and secret swellings of seas, before a tempest, so are there in states: ille etiam caecos instare tumultus sa epe monet,fraudesqu et operta tumescere bella. libels, and licentious discourses against the state, when they are frequent and open; and in like sort, false news, often running up and down, to the disadvantage of the state, and hastily embraced; are amongst the signs of troubles. virgil giving the pedigree of fame, saith, she was sister to the giants.
牧民之人必须要知道国家中风波底朕兆；这些风波在诸事将达平衡的时候最为剧烈；就好象自然界底暴风雨在将近春分秋分的时候最为剧烈一样。并且，有如在一场暴风雨之前，有中虚的大风和海波底暗涨一样，国家中也有这样的东西：他（太阳）常给警告，预示暗潮将发，并预示叛逆与潜袭即将来临。毁谤与无视法律，背叛国家的言辞，当它们是多见而且公开的时候；还有那些与之类似的不利国家，屡屡传播上下而易为人所信的谣言，这些都是祸乱将来底预兆。委吉尔在叙述谣言之神底家世的时候说她是巨人们底姊妹之一：
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