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Oldcastle:i.e.Sir John Oldcastle (c. 1375-1417),oneof Prince Hal (later King Henry V)'s friends. He wasconverted to Lollardy and executed as a heretic. AfterReformation,he came to be regarded as a Protestantmartyr.Oldcastle is the original name of Falstaff,butShakespeare changed the name of this character soonafter writing 1 and 2 Henry IV. 欧尔卡苏,指约翰·欧尔卡苏爵士,莎剧中的福斯塔夫原用此名,后因该爵士的后人抗议,改用现名。 △2H.IV.Epi.34(31):“for Oldcastle died a mar-tyr,and this(i.e. Falstaff) is not the man.”因为欧尔卡苏是作为殉教者而死的,这个人物并不是他。 |