英國民族12歌詞

Over five years, Henry and Edward manoeuvred against de Montfort for power until finally, words ran out. For this was no three-month paper revolution, like the original signing of the Magna Carta. The issue could now only be settled on the field of battle. For the first time since the Norman Conquest, the political fate of England was completely fluid, its eventual outcome uncertain. In 1264, de Montfort won the first round at the Battle of Lewes on the ****** Downs. King Henry and Edward were both taken prisoner. The year which followed, with de Montfort in charge, was the closest England came to a republic until the days of Oliver Cromwell. And in Parliament, not just aristocrats and bishops, but ordinary knights of the shire and even burgesses from the towns presumed to discuss the fate of their superiors - a Prince and a King.
在五年的時間裡，亨利和愛德華對德·蒙德福特機關算盡，企圖謀得權力。直到最後，意圖昭然天下，這已不再是簽訂《大憲章》時的那種。歷時三個月的紙上革命，這是一個非武力不可解決的問題。自諾曼征服以來，英格蘭的政治命運第一次變得如此動盪不堪，沒人能預測結果將何去何從。1264年，在蘇塞克斯丘陵的劉易斯戰役中。德·蒙德福特首戰告捷，亨利王和愛德華同時淪為戰俘。在接下來的一年裡，德·蒙德福特統帥全局。英格蘭距離共和制一步之遙，未能施行，真正的共和國是後世的奧利弗·克倫威爾建立的。在議會中，不只是貴族和主教，就連平凡的的郡級爵士，甚至是普通鎮民，都敢於討論他們的統治者，國王和王子的命運。