and now he's arriving among the rude,

现在却来到了殖民地
ruffled dunces of the colonies.

与当地"东施们"为伍
He assumes he's someone who deserves what he wants.

他认为自己应该得到想要的一切
Lo and behold, he gets there and he finds that

他来到弗吉尼亚发现这里
actually in Virginia there's a kind of an inner core of men,

实际上有一个白手起家的人组成的社交圈
self-made men, who had been there for awhile,

这些人以及他们的家族
or their families had been there for awhile,

已经在这里经营了一段时间
and basically they controlled most of the land,

他们控制着大部分的土地
they controlled most of the government offices,

占据着政府中的大部分职位
they had most of the power,

享有大部分实权
and thus they could exclude Bacon and others

这样他们可以阻碍贝肯和其他人
from getting what they wanted.

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