报夫仇(英中对照)

古德明《征服英语》之英语军事故事，古德明，香港英语教育作家，他开了一个《征服英语专栏》，在专栏中专门用英语写了世界近代史上的军事小故事，用英语讲述历史中那些惊心动魄的战争。
报夫仇
jane de belleville was a french noblewoman. in 1343, when her husband, oliver, was beheaded by the king of france on unauthenticated suspicion of treason, jane sold off her estates, bought three warships, and took to the english channel. she proceeded to hunt down french ships, and was utterly merciless with the crews of the ships she captured.
jane also made several descents on normandy, whose inhabitants saw this beautiful woman, with a sword in one hand and a torch in another, eyeing with pleasure all the horrors of her misplaced revenge.
in 1356, jane retired from piracy to marry an english lieutenant. she eventually returned to france, and in 1359 died there, near the land she and her beloved oliver had once owned.

简.德贝勒维尔是个法国贵妇。一三四三年,她丈夫奥立佛在未能证实的叛国嫌疑下,被法王斩首。简卖去所有房地产,买了三艘战船,开往英伦海峡,专门掠夺法国船只,对被俘虏的船员,手辣心狠。
简还几次袭击诺曼底。当地居民见到这个美丽女郎一手执剑,一手持火把,望着找错了对象的恐怖报复行为,沾沾自喜。
一三五六年,简终止其海盗生涯,和英国一名上尉结婚。她后来回到法国,一三五九年,在她和她心爱的奥立佛一度拥有的土地附近,溘然去世。
【附注】 descent的动词是 descend,两字都可解作「袭击」。