中英文本

She didn't have much to laugh about in 1599．
但1599年时就没多少事能令她开心了。
There was a lot of trouble in Ireland，and the Queen sent the Earl of Essex with 20，000 men to fight a war．
爱尔兰经常发生动乱，女王派遣爱塞克斯伯爵率兵2万去征战，
Lord Southampton，Will's friend，went with him．
随同出征的还有威尔的好友索桑普敦勋爵。
All London came out on to the streets to watch when Essex and his men left for Ireland．
当爱塞克斯率兵出征爱尔兰时，所有的伦敦市民都走上街头夹道欢送。
Will wrote an exciting play about war that summer，and he put in a word or two about Ireland．
那年夏天，威尔写了一部关于战争的鼓舞斗志的历史剧《亨利五世》，其中有一两处提到了爱尔兰的动乱。
That was Henry V，about a very famous English King who fought a war in France．
这部历史剧描绘了一位在法国征战的功名显赫的英国君主形象。
But Essex was not Henry the Fifth．
爱塞克斯毕竟不是亨利五世，
He didn't know how to fight a war，and he ran away back to England later that year．
他压根不懂如何作战，不久就逃回英国，
The Queen never spoke to him again．
女王也从此不再理他。
In September we opened the Globe theatre．
9月我们开放环球剧院。
It was a grand，new building near the Rose．
这座富丽堂皇的新剧院紧邻玫瑰剧院，
Will，Richard Burbage，and the others paid for it themselves．
由威尔，理查·白贝芝和其他股东出资建成，
It was the best playhouse in London，and soon the most famous．
是伦敦当时最好的一座剧院，不久就成为最负盛名的剧院。
The other companies had good theatres and some good actors，
尽管其它剧团的剧院设备和演员配备都不错，
but we had the famous Richard Burbage—and the best plays．
但是我们有著名的理查·白贝芝和最好的剧本。
莎翁经典

心上的瑕疵是真的垢污；无情的人才是残废之徒。善即是美；但美丽的奸恶，是魔鬼雕就文彩的空椟。《第十二夜》