1 00:00:41,074 --> 00:00:43,167 - What is your name? - Lambert Simnel. 2 00:00:43,243 --> 00:00:45,837 (Bell chiming) 3 00:00:57,424 --> 00:00:59,358 In the name of God, now! 4 00:00:59,426 --> 00:01:01,189 Now, again, what is your name? 5 00:01:01,261 --> 00:01:03,058 Edward Plantagenet, Prince. 6 00:01:03,129 --> 00:01:04,926 - Title? - Earl of Warwick. 7 00:01:04,998 --> 00:01:08,161 - Who is your father? - George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence. 8 00:01:08,234 --> 00:01:11,328 - And where is he now? - He died, in the Tower at London. 9 00:01:11,404 --> 00:01:14,066 - When? - In King Edward's time, my uncle. 10 00:01:14,140 --> 00:01:16,472 - Have you any other uncles? - No. 11 00:01:16,543 --> 00:01:20,138 Oh... Richard, king of the blessed memory. But he's dead, too. 12 00:01:20,213 --> 00:01:21,305 How? 13 00:01:21,381 --> 00:01:24,976 Henry the Tudor, Earl Richmond, slew him at Bosworth field and took the crown. 14 00:01:25,051 --> 00:01:26,643 Are there any others? 15 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:28,448 - Of my family? - Yes. 16 00:01:28,521 --> 00:01:31,888 They're all dead. Uncles, brothers, cousins, all dead. 17 00:01:32,859 --> 00:01:35,828 Not true. There are some left alive! 18 00:01:35,895 --> 00:01:38,557 I have an aunt, in Flanders. 19 00:01:38,631 --> 00:01:39,928 Duchess... 20 00:01:39,999 --> 00:01:43,730 - Margaret! - Duchess Margaret of Burgundy. My aunt. 21 00:01:43,803 --> 00:01:45,361 - Cousins? - No... 22 00:01:45,438 --> 00:01:48,498 Yes! My cousin of Lincoln, John... 23 00:01:48,575 --> 00:01:50,270 John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln. 24 00:01:50,343 --> 00:01:53,779 But he's not of the male line. I am, the first of my house. 25 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:57,374 - The Royal House of York. - Which means? 26 00:01:58,151 --> 00:02:00,984 Come on, come on! The most apparent answer! Which means? 27 00:02:01,054 --> 00:02:02,919 - The rightful king. - Oh...! 28 00:02:02,989 --> 00:02:04,547 I am the true and only king! 29 00:02:04,624 --> 00:02:07,024 - King what? - Failing all others of the male line 30 00:02:07,093 --> 00:02:10,529 and others of the House of York, Edward VI, by the grace of God, 31 00:02:10,597 --> 00:02:14,260 King of England and France, Lord of Ireland, Duke of... 32 00:02:15,235 --> 00:02:16,702 - That's better. - (Tapping) 33 00:02:16,769 --> 00:02:18,134 Who's that?! 34 00:02:18,605 --> 00:02:21,403 Simnel! What in the name of God are you doing here? 35 00:02:21,474 --> 00:02:25,535 What the good brothers of Abingdon pay me for - repairing of organs, Master Simmons. 36 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:28,706 You are also paid to keep out of the abbey while the boy is here! 37 00:02:28,781 --> 00:02:31,875 I'll see my son now and then. Keep an eye on him, like. 38 00:02:31,951 --> 00:02:34,044 He's not your son any more, Simnel. 39 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:37,021 I'm the Earl of Warwick now, Father. Master Simmons told me. 40 00:02:37,090 --> 00:02:38,717 He saved me from my enemies. 41 00:02:38,791 --> 00:02:40,782 I'm going to be King of England! 44 00:02:46,466 --> 00:02:48,297 (Simnel) "Your Highness"! 45 00:02:48,368 --> 00:02:50,063 Simnel was spying, Father Abbot. 46 00:02:50,136 --> 00:02:53,731 You were told to keep away from Abingdon. You're a distraction to the boy. 47 00:02:53,806 --> 00:02:56,798 - (Simnel) He is my son. - Was! You were very well paid for him. 48 00:02:56,876 --> 00:02:59,310 Now, get out and keep silence. 49 00:02:59,379 --> 00:03:02,837 You'll fool a lot of folk, Father Abbot, but you'll not fool me. 50 00:03:02,916 --> 00:03:05,544 Princes, earls and the like. 51 00:03:05,618 --> 00:03:08,280 There be a proper king, Henry the Tudor, up in London. 52 00:03:08,354 --> 00:03:12,313 You'll not fool him neither if what they say on him's true. 53 00:03:12,392 --> 00:03:14,223 Do you hear me, son? 54 00:03:14,294 --> 00:03:16,228 Look at me! 55 00:03:16,296 --> 00:03:18,491 You'll fool nobody in the end. 56 00:03:18,565 --> 00:03:19,827 I like being a prince. 57 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:21,867 You're a pawn in a play. 58 00:03:21,935 --> 00:03:23,368 Simnel, get out! 59 00:03:29,909 --> 00:03:32,139 Was that wise? To let him go? 60 00:03:32,212 --> 00:03:35,147 - He's not safe. - He'll have to be taken care of. 61 00:03:35,215 --> 00:03:38,343 Now, gentlemen. Before I forget. 62 00:03:38,418 --> 00:03:41,581 Father Simmons, this is Master Christopher Swan 63 00:03:41,654 --> 00:03:42,985 and Master John Mayne, 64 00:03:43,056 --> 00:03:47,789 redoubtable citizens of Abingdon and loyal friends of our cause, eh, masters? 65 00:03:47,860 --> 00:03:50,226 This is Father Simmons of Oxford. 66 00:03:50,296 --> 00:03:53,527 A fine clerk, Simmons, and if all goes well, 67 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:56,194 will be our Archbishop of Canterbury, no less. 68 00:03:56,269 --> 00:03:58,703 It will go well! 69 00:03:58,771 --> 00:04:01,035 God has told me. 70 00:04:01,107 --> 00:04:05,441 Father Simmons sleeps lightly and dreams deeply. 71 00:04:05,511 --> 00:04:08,537 The holy spirit has been most communicative. 72 00:04:08,615 --> 00:04:12,711 However, we can't always depend upon heavenly manifestations, 73 00:04:12,785 --> 00:04:15,083 no matter how divine they may appear to be, 74 00:04:15,154 --> 00:04:18,988 so let us limit ourselves to the more mundane aspects of our undertaking. 75 00:04:19,058 --> 00:04:21,049 The situation is this. 76 00:04:21,127 --> 00:04:23,493 You, boy. Go to the door and keep watch. 77 00:04:24,631 --> 00:04:26,758 If Your Highness pleases. 78 00:04:30,970 --> 00:04:33,131 The boy is to go to Ireland. 79 00:04:33,206 --> 00:04:36,107 - So soon? - The sooner the better! 80 00:04:36,175 --> 00:04:39,440 The Irish Lords are prepared to meet our protégé and if they approve of him, 81 00:04:39,512 --> 00:04:43,744 will acknowledge him the true Earl of Warwick and rightful heir to the throne. 82 00:04:43,816 --> 00:04:46,216 The Irish will use any stick to beat the English. 83 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:48,914 That boy is not "any stick"! 84 00:04:48,988 --> 00:04:53,584 The man Simnel calls him "my son". Master Simmons here calls him the Earl of Warwick. 85 00:04:53,660 --> 00:04:55,890 - I know he is! - Either way, he's a child. 86 00:04:55,962 --> 00:04:57,759 He may not have the authority, it's true, 87 00:04:57,830 --> 00:05:01,459 but he will have the prestige if he's accepted and that he must be! 88 00:05:01,534 --> 00:05:03,399 Do you have doubts, Master Mayne? 89 00:05:03,469 --> 00:05:06,666 Henry Tudor is my quarrel, and all his house. 90 00:05:06,739 --> 00:05:12,006 'Gainst that, the cause of York is my cause and in its service I follow any man or child. 91 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:16,242 So if yon boy can be what you say, then let it be so. 92 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:18,113 And you, Master Swan? 93 00:05:21,688 --> 00:05:23,417 I cannot tell. 94 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:26,083 There'll be many as hard to satisfy. 95 00:05:27,193 --> 00:05:30,492 You, boy, go to my parlor and prepare us some wine. 96 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:32,326 You know where it is. 97 00:05:32,832 --> 00:05:37,895 Come, masters, I have something will warm you and bend you perhaps. 98 00:05:44,310 --> 00:05:49,270 Now are you content, Master Swan? There are your captains, your leaders' names. 99 00:05:50,216 --> 00:05:54,778 Lord Francis Lovell? How do you know where he is? 100 00:05:54,854 --> 00:05:57,982 Since the rising of the Staffords last year, no one has seen him. 101 00:05:58,057 --> 00:06:01,754 Lord Lovell's attainder after that affair is good reason for him to lie low. 102 00:06:01,828 --> 00:06:05,594 You will, however, find him in Lancashire with Sir Thomas Broughton. 103 00:06:05,665 --> 00:06:06,654 I'll find him? 104 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:09,964 Here are some letters which I trust you will deliver to my Lord. 105 00:06:10,036 --> 00:06:11,936 Yes, Master Swan? 106 00:06:12,004 --> 00:06:14,131 Lord Lovell in Lancashire. 107 00:06:14,207 --> 00:06:16,869 Master Mayne, you will have charge of the boy into Ireland. 108 00:06:16,943 --> 00:06:20,777 Here's your passports and some letters to our friends in Dublin. 109 00:06:20,847 --> 00:06:23,247 You will be sent further instructions there. 110 00:06:23,316 --> 00:06:27,184 My God, Father Abbot. I'm beginning to smell the fruit before the bud. 111 00:06:27,253 --> 00:06:28,914 (Laughter) 112 00:06:28,988 --> 00:06:31,013 (Abbot) Father Simmons is not happy. 113 00:06:31,090 --> 00:06:33,388 My little prince will be taken from me. 114 00:06:33,459 --> 00:06:36,394 In order to pursue the end you promised him. 115 00:06:39,365 --> 00:06:42,061 - The Earl of Lincoln? - You are to sound him out in London. 116 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:46,469 John of Lincoln? He's not interested in us. He was bought by Henry Tudor. 117 00:06:46,539 --> 00:06:48,097 But not paid for. 118 00:06:48,174 --> 00:06:50,938 Ingratitude destroys devotion. 119 00:06:51,010 --> 00:06:54,070 In the Earl's case, Father Simmons is to find out by how much, 120 00:06:54,147 --> 00:06:55,774 is that not so, Father Simmons? 121 00:06:55,848 --> 00:06:58,681 - If it will endorse our cause. - Endorse it?! 122 00:06:58,751 --> 00:07:03,051 If John of Lincoln will come out for us we should need little else. 123 00:07:03,122 --> 00:07:06,114 Now come, gentlemen, drink up and let's about it. 124 00:07:06,192 --> 00:07:08,626 Here are your orders. Nothing remains now but the doing of it. 125 00:07:08,694 --> 00:07:11,390 Quickly and without noise. 126 00:07:11,464 --> 00:07:13,489 A moment, masters. 127 00:07:15,802 --> 00:07:17,895 Before you auspicate this enterprise, 128 00:07:17,970 --> 00:07:21,201 we would like to thank you for your kind service in our cause. 129 00:07:21,274 --> 00:07:25,005 Almighty God, who blessed us with the name Plantagenet, 130 00:07:25,077 --> 00:07:27,978 and preserved us in our title Warwick the Earl, 131 00:07:28,047 --> 00:07:31,244 and will regenerate our Royal House of York 132 00:07:31,317 --> 00:07:35,754 and in due time, anoint us England's lawful king. 133 00:07:35,822 --> 00:07:39,349 That same God who will reward you till I am able, 134 00:07:39,425 --> 00:07:41,916 protect, guard and guide you. 135 00:07:42,495 --> 00:07:45,487 Gentlemen, your hands. 136 00:08:09,622 --> 00:08:12,819 You'll not forget your servant Simmons, Highness. 137 00:08:12,892 --> 00:08:15,360 Come, boy. There's work to be done. 138 00:08:15,428 --> 00:08:17,396 Go with Master Mayne. 139 00:08:21,534 --> 00:08:25,095 Simmons, wake up. Reality's for dreams. 140 00:08:25,171 --> 00:08:29,699 You are to make shift for us in London. The Earl of Lincoln, remember. 141 00:08:32,712 --> 00:08:34,771 John Hoddlestone... 142 00:08:34,847 --> 00:08:38,078 knight, 42 shillings. 143 00:08:38,885 --> 00:08:40,853 Neil Thornborough... 144 00:08:42,154 --> 00:08:43,519 Thomas Otter... 145 00:08:44,590 --> 00:08:47,150 - My Lord of Lincoln. - Your Grace? 146 00:08:47,226 --> 00:08:50,662 There's wine, over there somewhere. Bring it to me. 147 00:08:51,397 --> 00:08:53,126 If you please. 148 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:58,030 Thomas Otter, six shillings eight pence. 149 00:09:00,239 --> 00:09:01,433 Yes. 150 00:09:01,507 --> 00:09:05,841 The post of King's Butler is an honorable one, you know, John. 151 00:09:05,912 --> 00:09:08,506 I consider it so, Highness. 152 00:09:08,581 --> 00:09:12,881 Not as influential post as, er, President of the Council of the North, 153 00:09:12,952 --> 00:09:14,579 or Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. 154 00:09:15,421 --> 00:09:18,754 Both of which were yours once, were they not? 155 00:09:18,824 --> 00:09:21,054 Thank you. 156 00:09:21,127 --> 00:09:22,788 Do you miss them? 157 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:25,758 - Do have some with me. - It's very late, your Grace. 158 00:09:25,831 --> 00:09:28,129 Oh, come, sit, John, sit. And take some wine. 159 00:09:32,805 --> 00:09:34,397 Do you miss these honors? 160 00:09:34,473 --> 00:09:37,033 I am about the King's business, your Grace keeps me occupied. 161 00:09:37,109 --> 00:09:41,011 You have been industrious on our behalf, very true. I only wondered... 162 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,640 if time has been lying heavy on your hands. 163 00:09:44,417 --> 00:09:47,250 Trying treason cases in London and the Midlands. 164 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,756 Three commissions inquiring into felonious practices in roughly the same area, 165 00:09:50,823 --> 00:09:52,256 a council whenever you've commanded... 166 00:09:52,325 --> 00:09:54,054 You make a great deal of noise on our council. 167 00:09:54,126 --> 00:09:56,117 - To little effect. - Oh? How to little effect? 168 00:09:56,195 --> 00:09:59,392 The oath of liveries and maintenance which I am expected to administer. 169 00:09:59,465 --> 00:10:00,989 - It was our... - I'm not satisfied. 170 00:10:01,067 --> 00:10:02,762 Oh? 171 00:10:05,471 --> 00:10:08,998 The returns are inaccurate. The receipt of fines small. 172 00:10:10,009 --> 00:10:11,840 Who is to blame for that? 173 00:10:11,911 --> 00:10:16,871 Perhaps the receipts are small because you are in disagreement with our order. 174 00:10:16,949 --> 00:10:20,407 With care and patience I could come round to it, your Grace. 175 00:10:20,486 --> 00:10:23,421 You have a deal of care and patience, then? 176 00:10:23,489 --> 00:10:25,980 I shouldn't have thought they sat easily on you. 177 00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:31,957 It must be hard for a man to lose his whole future 178 00:10:32,031 --> 00:10:37,435 as well as his past, on the outcome of one day's warring at Bosworth Field. 179 00:10:38,537 --> 00:10:40,664 Live to see it all go. 180 00:10:41,741 --> 00:10:44,938 I think I count Your Highness' trust sufficient compensation. 181 00:10:45,011 --> 00:10:48,208 You think you've got a bargain, then? 182 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,875 Are you sure that my trust is enough? 183 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,551 Can a subject want more than the goodwill of his sovereign? 184 00:10:57,623 --> 00:10:59,488 More wine, your Grace? 185 00:11:02,928 --> 00:11:04,759 It's very late. 186 00:11:12,204 --> 00:11:14,069 Thank you, my Lord. 187 00:11:19,278 --> 00:11:21,109 (Knocking) 188 00:11:28,654 --> 00:11:31,714 The King's guard on business to his Grace the Bishop of Exeter. 189 00:11:31,791 --> 00:11:35,887 - (Bishop) What is it? - I have something for my Lord Bishop. 190 00:11:37,029 --> 00:11:39,054 (Bishop) Bring him in, Captain. 191 00:11:49,775 --> 00:11:50,833 Well? 192 00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:53,572 According to your instructions, my Lord, I had him observed. 193 00:11:53,646 --> 00:11:57,275 First in the kitchens where he took no food but spoke with several persons 194 00:11:57,349 --> 00:12:01,251 and later with the Earl of Lincoln's servant, whom he sought out. 195 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:05,279 He would have nothing to do with him, but this man followed him to my Lord's lodgings. 196 00:12:05,357 --> 00:12:09,157 - Did he enter the Earl's lodgings? - No, my Lord, the Earl was not there. 197 00:12:09,228 --> 00:12:11,253 Where is the Earl of Lincoln? 198 00:12:11,330 --> 00:12:14,299 Here in the palace, on the King's business. 199 00:12:14,366 --> 00:12:15,594 Go on, Captain. 200 00:12:15,668 --> 00:12:20,662 This man, my Lord, made several attempts to speak to the Earl in his chambers. 201 00:12:20,740 --> 00:12:22,537 Did he speak to the Earl? 202 00:12:22,608 --> 00:12:28,638 No, my Lord. He tried to, but the Earl was rather amazed at him 203 00:12:28,714 --> 00:12:31,080 and ordered me to throw him out of the palace. 204 00:12:31,150 --> 00:12:34,608 Very sensible of the Earl. Has he spoken to you, Captain? 205 00:12:34,687 --> 00:12:37,918 Only to beg his freedom of me and not without a bribe. 206 00:12:37,990 --> 00:12:40,652 I found these on him, my Lord, which I took from him. 207 00:12:40,726 --> 00:12:44,093 Thank you, Captain. Leave him with me. 208 00:12:44,163 --> 00:12:46,063 My Lord. 209 00:12:46,132 --> 00:12:47,929 But stay within call. 210 00:12:48,934 --> 00:12:50,561 Come. 211 00:12:56,876 --> 00:13:00,312 You have not been unnoticed, Master... What is your name? 212 00:13:04,550 --> 00:13:06,211 Richard Simmons. 213 00:13:07,386 --> 00:13:09,013 Who sent you, Simmons? 214 00:13:14,093 --> 00:13:17,893 That hotbed of malcontents again. The Abbot of Abingdon will never learn. 215 00:13:24,970 --> 00:13:28,633 Captain, bring that man to his Grace of Canterbury's chamber. 216 00:13:33,412 --> 00:13:37,143 I am the Archbishop of Canterbury, Master Simmons. 217 00:13:37,216 --> 00:13:40,947 There is no provision in canon law nor room in England for two. 218 00:13:41,887 --> 00:13:45,220 Contrary to your heavenly expectations. 219 00:13:45,291 --> 00:13:49,625 I'm also Lord Chancellor of this realm so I have you on both counts, 220 00:13:49,695 --> 00:13:51,959 religious and secular. 221 00:13:52,598 --> 00:13:55,692 I'm afraid you'll have to tell us a little more. 222 00:13:55,768 --> 00:13:58,168 And you will. 223 00:13:58,237 --> 00:14:02,936 Take him to Lambeth. He'll perhaps recall the names of his friends in prison. 224 00:14:03,008 --> 00:14:05,806 Full up, my Lord. All the ecclesiastical prisons are. 225 00:14:05,878 --> 00:14:11,111 Oh, dear. Then in my secular capacity, I must put him on the King's payroll. 226 00:14:11,183 --> 00:14:12,480 The Tower. 227 00:14:12,551 --> 00:14:15,884 I am a priest! You cannot send me to the Tower! 228 00:14:15,955 --> 00:14:21,393 A king's Grace does not like conspiracy or insurrection, Master Simmons. 229 00:14:21,460 --> 00:14:24,054 And I do not like priests of that color! 230 00:14:24,129 --> 00:14:26,893 They give the Church a bad name. Take him away. 231 00:14:32,838 --> 00:14:34,703 How far is this gone, my Lord? 232 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:40,740 When the frogs croak, my dear Fox, do not imagine that they alone inhabit the pond. 233 00:14:40,813 --> 00:14:45,273 The pike, below the waterline, silent, unseen, 234 00:14:45,351 --> 00:14:47,911 is far more dangerous and harder to catch. 235 00:14:47,987 --> 00:14:49,249 Lincoln. 236 00:14:49,321 --> 00:14:51,516 No names, friend Fox. 237 00:14:51,590 --> 00:14:57,551 But with a little care and the right bait... that pike might be taken. 238 00:14:58,497 --> 00:15:02,058 And Lovell. Have they made contact with him? 239 00:15:03,102 --> 00:15:07,562 If they found that traitor, and these papers suggest they know of his whereabouts, 240 00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:09,631 they know more than we do. 241 00:15:09,708 --> 00:15:11,642 The devil will find his own. 242 00:15:11,710 --> 00:15:13,701 True... 243 00:15:13,779 --> 00:15:18,182 But the fact that no one has betrayed him, not a man has come forward 244 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:20,650 with information concerning Lovell... 245 00:15:20,719 --> 00:15:24,746 suggests that we are confronted with hell itself. 246 00:15:25,691 --> 00:15:30,526 We do possess a sovereign prince anointed and approved of by the Church of God 247 00:15:30,596 --> 00:15:33,258 in whose hand is the power of the law. 248 00:15:34,366 --> 00:15:36,766 Lovell and his friends would do well to remember that. 249 00:15:41,473 --> 00:15:44,169 - Take me to Lord Lovell. - What should I know of his whereabouts? 250 00:15:44,243 --> 00:15:45,676 Oh, God. 251 00:15:48,747 --> 00:15:53,150 (Sighs ) This is Furness and you are Sir Thomas Broughton. 252 00:15:53,218 --> 00:15:56,381 - I have said so! - Then take me to Lord Francis Lovell! 253 00:15:56,455 --> 00:16:00,016 I have also told you I don't know where Viscount Lovell is. 254 00:16:00,092 --> 00:16:03,960 Oh, God in heaven, we waste time. I know he is here! 255 00:16:04,964 --> 00:16:08,127 Sir Thomas, I have letters for him and news. 256 00:16:08,901 --> 00:16:10,368 You have nothing to fear. 257 00:16:10,436 --> 00:16:12,404 Who sent you? 258 00:16:12,471 --> 00:16:15,440 I come from John Sante and his friends in Oxfordshire. 259 00:16:15,507 --> 00:16:17,441 Well, this is Lancashire! 260 00:16:17,509 --> 00:16:20,478 What should I know of a priest in Abingdon? 261 00:16:22,114 --> 00:16:25,208 I mentioned neither priest nor Abingdon. 262 00:16:26,018 --> 00:16:27,747 Lovell is here. 263 00:16:28,854 --> 00:16:30,685 My Lord! 264 00:16:30,756 --> 00:16:32,781 Lord Francis Lovell! 265 00:16:34,994 --> 00:16:36,689 Lord Lovell? 266 00:16:39,898 --> 00:16:42,332 Abingdon Bridge is falling down! 267 00:16:48,207 --> 00:16:51,574 Then the Guild of Holy Crafts must build it up again. 268 00:16:51,643 --> 00:16:53,736 I was with you, my Lord, at Bosworth. 269 00:16:53,812 --> 00:16:56,076 I fought with you for blessed Richard the King. 270 00:16:56,148 --> 00:16:59,640 - And "Holy Cross" was our battle cry. - And shall be so again. 271 00:17:00,152 --> 00:17:02,017 Christopher Swan, my Lord, of Abingdon. 272 00:17:02,087 --> 00:17:05,523 - (Broughton ) My Lord Francis Viscount Lovell. - I know. 273 00:17:06,258 --> 00:17:08,089 I did my best, my Lord. 274 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,526 It is not easy harboring an outlaw. 275 00:17:10,596 --> 00:17:12,894 Well, having found the fugitive, what have you for him? 276 00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:15,263 From John Sante and his friends in Oxfordshire, my Lord. 277 00:17:15,334 --> 00:17:17,461 You'll find them to some purpose. 278 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:20,528 - Fresh stirrings? - Aye, most potent. 279 00:17:20,606 --> 00:17:22,039 But now urgent. 280 00:17:22,107 --> 00:17:25,634 Before I left the Midlands, I heard that one of our number has already been taken 281 00:17:25,711 --> 00:17:26,871 and is now in the Tower. 282 00:17:26,945 --> 00:17:29,106 - Which one? - Richard Simmons. 283 00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:33,049 God alone knows what he said, how much the King or his council know, 284 00:17:33,118 --> 00:17:35,951 or how far the usurper's arm has reached to break the venture. 285 00:17:36,021 --> 00:17:38,649 If I know Henry Tudor, he will wait until he's sure. 286 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:41,192 He has a great capacity for patience. 287 00:17:41,260 --> 00:17:44,525 - That must be used for our advantage. - We must act speedily! 288 00:17:44,596 --> 00:17:46,996 - This boy. - Yes. 289 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:48,260 The Earl of Warwick. 290 00:17:48,333 --> 00:17:50,028 (Laughs ) Oh, come now. 291 00:17:50,102 --> 00:17:51,865 He is, so. To the life. 292 00:17:51,937 --> 00:17:55,304 Only if the real Earl is dead, and who's seen him alive? 293 00:17:55,374 --> 00:17:57,433 Since Bosworth, Tudor keeps him in the Tower. 294 00:17:57,509 --> 00:18:01,138 But Simmons rescued the Earl. He saved him, proved his birth, 295 00:18:01,213 --> 00:18:04,011 and showed him to us. His claim is true, he is... 296 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:07,917 Whoever he is, if you say he is the Earl of Warwick, Master Swan... 297 00:18:07,986 --> 00:18:10,250 - Many do. - Then he'll serve our turn. 298 00:18:10,322 --> 00:18:13,291 The name Warwick is enough, no matter who bears it. 299 00:18:13,358 --> 00:18:15,622 - And he's out of the country? - Aye, safe in Ireland. 300 00:18:15,694 --> 00:18:17,662 The Irish Lords to a man have come out for him. 301 00:18:17,729 --> 00:18:20,994 Good. John Mayne has already left Ireland and is in Flanders. 302 00:18:21,066 --> 00:18:24,331 If anyone were to espouse our cause, it'll be the Duchess Margaret. 303 00:18:24,403 --> 00:18:26,894 She'd wed the devil to see the Welshman dead. 304 00:18:26,972 --> 00:18:29,566 - Right. You've never met her, Swan? - No. 305 00:18:29,641 --> 00:18:32,576 Broughton has. A great charming widow. 306 00:18:32,644 --> 00:18:37,047 The last of old York's brood, and as fierce a fighter as ever her brothers were. 307 00:18:37,116 --> 00:18:40,916 She sits in Mechlin keeping open house for the enemies of the House of Lancaster 308 00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:44,444 and her greatest enemy is Henry Tudor himself. 309 00:18:44,523 --> 00:18:46,684 Oh, it'll be good to see her again. 310 00:18:46,758 --> 00:18:50,421 Will you come, Swan? Oxfordshire will not be safe if they have Abbot John and his friends. 311 00:18:50,496 --> 00:18:53,932 Safe or not, sir, I must tell Abbot John your plans. 312 00:18:53,999 --> 00:18:55,660 And I must receive further instructions. 313 00:18:55,734 --> 00:18:58,498 Well, have a care. We shall need every man. 314 00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:00,834 Some more wine, Sir Thomas. 315 00:19:07,980 --> 00:19:11,245 Holy Cross. And the Earl of Warwick. 316 00:19:11,316 --> 00:19:13,978 (Both) Holy Cross. And the Earl of Warwick. 317 00:19:19,391 --> 00:19:22,519 - (Squeaking) - An organ mender's son? 318 00:19:22,594 --> 00:19:24,789 So... (Laughs ) 319 00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:29,298 ..they will crown apes at last! 320 00:19:31,336 --> 00:19:34,863 When will these arrogant fools stop battering their heads together? 321 00:19:34,940 --> 00:19:39,707 Opportunists and adventurers squabbling over a prize that has already been won. 322 00:19:39,778 --> 00:19:40,870 I won it. 323 00:19:40,946 --> 00:19:44,040 It is not realized that diplomacy has replaced brute force. 324 00:19:44,116 --> 00:19:46,607 Power is politicians, not soldiery. 325 00:19:46,685 --> 00:19:50,587 Power...may be using anything we can lay our hands on. 326 00:19:50,656 --> 00:19:52,453 To be sure, 327 00:19:52,524 --> 00:19:55,550 when Almighty God called me to this high office, 328 00:19:55,627 --> 00:19:59,688 I never for a moment imagined that I should sit secure. 329 00:19:59,765 --> 00:20:04,793 Not, that is, until every man in this realm was convinced of my right to its crown 330 00:20:04,870 --> 00:20:08,465 and acknowledged the privilege and power invested in me... 331 00:20:09,575 --> 00:20:11,167 alone. 332 00:20:11,910 --> 00:20:13,639 How long have men called me king? 333 00:20:13,712 --> 00:20:18,206 - Two years, your Grace. - Yet we're still fighting for what we won then. 334 00:20:19,418 --> 00:20:22,216 We will wage war forever! 335 00:20:22,287 --> 00:20:27,281 Till it dawns on Englishmen that Henry Tudor is their master and means to remain so. 336 00:20:28,493 --> 00:20:31,587 Rebels. One here, 337 00:20:31,663 --> 00:20:33,392 two there... 338 00:20:33,465 --> 00:20:37,993 and the Earl of Kildare threatens a pretender? 339 00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:41,039 Well, he shall learn to his hurt that we are Lord of Ireland, too, 340 00:20:41,106 --> 00:20:42,835 and not an Oxfordshire peasant. 341 00:20:42,908 --> 00:20:45,672 - What has your Grace in mind? - What? 342 00:20:45,744 --> 00:20:48,338 Brain-picking? What is in your mind? 343 00:20:49,114 --> 00:20:51,708 What is in the mind of Sir William Stanley? 344 00:20:51,783 --> 00:20:53,842 And Suffolk and Lincoln? 345 00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:55,682 Especially Lincoln. 346 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:59,880 It's time this administration, every man jack of it, stood up and was counted. 347 00:20:59,958 --> 00:21:01,118 I can trust no one. 348 00:21:01,193 --> 00:21:03,855 - A council. - Yes, Fox, a council. 349 00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:05,487 Here in this palace of Sheen. 350 00:21:05,564 --> 00:21:09,432 Summon every lord, knight and gentleman who owes his bread to me. 351 00:21:09,501 --> 00:21:11,196 If necessary, summon those who don't. 352 00:21:11,270 --> 00:21:13,465 Summon especially the Earl of Lincoln. 353 00:21:14,406 --> 00:21:16,033 Yes? 354 00:21:17,309 --> 00:21:19,675 Is my Lord of Lincoln not still loyal? 355 00:21:19,745 --> 00:21:21,144 Your Grace. 356 00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:23,044 You will do nothing. 357 00:21:24,316 --> 00:21:26,978 He is our devoted servant. 358 00:21:28,153 --> 00:21:29,984 Thank you, my Lords. 359 00:21:41,033 --> 00:21:45,493 I am doing my best to trust everyone. 360 00:21:51,109 --> 00:21:52,076 (Low chatter) 361 00:21:58,817 --> 00:22:02,719 The Duchess Margaret left early to hunt, my Lord. She has been told you're here. 362 00:22:02,788 --> 00:22:04,949 I have waited too long. Too long! 363 00:22:05,023 --> 00:22:08,584 Patience, my Lord. I've brought good news from Dublin. 364 00:22:08,660 --> 00:22:11,788 The Irish Lords. Look. 365 00:22:11,863 --> 00:22:14,297 Proclamations, even coins. 366 00:22:14,366 --> 00:22:16,391 (Margaret) Why wasn't I informed? 367 00:22:16,468 --> 00:22:20,029 High and mighty Princess Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy. 368 00:22:20,105 --> 00:22:23,541 Where is he? Oh, Francis! 369 00:22:24,242 --> 00:22:29,202 On your feet, friend. I thought that Tudor pirate had you by the heels. 370 00:22:29,281 --> 00:22:31,579 It was getting hard to find holes to hide in. 371 00:22:31,650 --> 00:22:36,610 I can just see that face when he hears you're away, that thin mouth tight with fury. 372 00:22:36,688 --> 00:22:38,553 He'll be gnashing his teeth now. 373 00:22:38,623 --> 00:22:40,989 I hope he breaks some! Come. 374 00:22:41,059 --> 00:22:44,324 I wish I could break his thin, Welsh head. 375 00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:46,762 Well, the opportunity is about to present itself. 376 00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:49,323 And not before time. Tell me. 377 00:22:49,401 --> 00:22:52,234 We have produced an heir to your brother's crown. 378 00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:53,965 One Earl of Warwick? 379 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:58,408 The Irish have come out for him. Kildare, the Butlers, the Archbishop, all recognize him. 380 00:22:58,477 --> 00:23:01,674 And England. (Laughing) Oh, no. 381 00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:03,806 It's bored with earls and princes. 382 00:23:03,882 --> 00:23:07,648 England wants a king by right of blood, not by force of bloodshed. 383 00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:09,482 And you think you've got one? 384 00:23:09,554 --> 00:23:13,456 Well, this boy. Has he the features of my brother Edward 385 00:23:13,525 --> 00:23:16,983 that drove women mad and made every man follow him? 386 00:23:17,062 --> 00:23:21,328 Or King Richard's ferocity? Oh, you should have seen brother Richard in a rage. 387 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:22,628 I did. 388 00:23:22,701 --> 00:23:24,328 Well, is he like? 389 00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:26,803 Mayne has seen him. Have you, Lovell? 390 00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:27,930 No. 391 00:23:28,006 --> 00:23:29,997 But the Irish are not fools. 392 00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:34,512 Look. Coins, minted at Dublin, with the boy's head and his device. 393 00:23:34,579 --> 00:23:37,514 Now, why should the Irish Lords commit themselves so far 394 00:23:37,582 --> 00:23:40,483 if they are not convinced the lad is your nephew? 395 00:23:40,552 --> 00:23:42,213 My nephew. 396 00:23:42,287 --> 00:23:44,881 Poor, stupid, George's son. 397 00:23:45,757 --> 00:23:47,520 Edward Plantagenet. 398 00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:52,461 I was certain that of all my father York's brood, 399 00:23:52,531 --> 00:23:54,931 I was the last in whom the blood ran true. 400 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,729 (Mayne ) No one knows for sure, madam. 401 00:23:58,837 --> 00:24:01,965 Your ladyship understands these things and feels them. 402 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,941 I know that we have a boy who carries the name 403 00:24:05,010 --> 00:24:07,478 and all it lacks is men, arms and money. 404 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:13,274 Well, let it be so. I have the means to give him a kingdom, 405 00:24:13,351 --> 00:24:18,448 but this boy will never have sufficient strength nor courage nor style to take command. 406 00:24:18,523 --> 00:24:20,423 Who will lead you? 407 00:24:20,492 --> 00:24:24,758 A boy of 14, 15 years can never hope to order such a force as you hope to muster. 408 00:24:24,830 --> 00:24:27,162 There are many captains who will join the standard. 409 00:24:27,232 --> 00:24:29,700 Lead you, Master Mayne, in heaven's name, a leader! 410 00:24:29,768 --> 00:24:33,329 - Well, my Lord Lovell here. - No. No, I am not great enough. 411 00:24:33,939 --> 00:24:37,466 But there is one. You have another nephew, Duchess. 412 00:24:37,542 --> 00:24:40,534 - Your sister's son. - No. 413 00:24:40,612 --> 00:24:43,103 But her son is alive. 414 00:24:43,181 --> 00:24:44,876 To me he is not. 415 00:24:46,518 --> 00:24:50,545 The Earl of Lincoln is my nephew but he is a minion of Henry Tudor's. 416 00:24:50,622 --> 00:24:52,112 He's a traitor to me. 417 00:24:52,190 --> 00:24:56,354 And for what cause? He might have had the throne of England for himself. 418 00:24:56,428 --> 00:24:58,123 What bought his hopes? 419 00:24:58,196 --> 00:25:00,664 - Despair? - Cowardice and lethargy. 420 00:25:00,732 --> 00:25:03,098 Yet he is the one who can make this insurrection good. 421 00:25:03,168 --> 00:25:04,430 Lincoln must be roused. 422 00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:06,664 There is blood in this. Pride will not move him! 423 00:25:06,738 --> 00:25:09,036 Then ambition and ingratitude must. 424 00:25:09,107 --> 00:25:13,134 I don't think it will be long before John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, is on our side. 425 00:25:13,211 --> 00:25:16,942 - But who'll bring him round? - We have an ally who'll persuade him. 426 00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:18,448 Who? 427 00:25:18,517 --> 00:25:20,485 Henry Tudor himself. 428 00:25:23,054 --> 00:25:27,115 We are on the verge of bankruptcy! The exchequer is empty. 429 00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:28,819 Are we expected to fill it? 430 00:25:28,894 --> 00:25:31,055 - We will defend it. - Most generous! 431 00:25:31,129 --> 00:25:33,495 You'll fight blind for an empty treasury. 432 00:25:33,565 --> 00:25:35,658 We're at Your Highness' disposal to fight. 433 00:25:35,734 --> 00:25:37,998 For me, or against me? 434 00:25:38,069 --> 00:25:41,266 Er, look, nephew, if you prefer bullion to blood, 435 00:25:41,339 --> 00:25:43,899 I have little of the one and at my age, less of the other! 436 00:25:43,975 --> 00:25:46,000 (Laughter) 437 00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:50,442 Mother of God, we face a bloody insurrection! 438 00:25:51,483 --> 00:25:54,281 Do you think you'll laugh it out of the kingdom, 439 00:25:54,352 --> 00:25:58,288 or would you all rather crawl under the tyranny of the white rose, 440 00:25:58,356 --> 00:26:01,052 serve Irish savages and brigands? 441 00:26:01,126 --> 00:26:05,028 To be sure, there is no army nor fleet to keep our shores. 442 00:26:05,096 --> 00:26:07,564 Raise the levies, commandeer ships. 443 00:26:07,632 --> 00:26:08,997 And pay them with what? 444 00:26:09,868 --> 00:26:13,463 If your Grace pursued a friendly policy abroad in Europe, 445 00:26:13,538 --> 00:26:17,702 the city fathers would welcome the expanding trade and might then be forthcoming. 446 00:26:17,776 --> 00:26:20,074 And the crown would never be out of pawn. 447 00:26:20,145 --> 00:26:22,705 So be it, as long as it stays on your head. 448 00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:24,942 (Suffolk) Where it rightfully belongs. 449 00:26:25,016 --> 00:26:30,420 May I take your words, my Lord of Suffolk, as a token of your good faith? 450 00:26:30,989 --> 00:26:33,219 And do you speak for the whole country? 451 00:26:33,825 --> 00:26:35,759 Who is disloyal here, then? 452 00:26:35,827 --> 00:26:37,124 I wonder! 453 00:26:37,195 --> 00:26:38,560 Derby. 454 00:26:44,669 --> 00:26:46,728 This way, my Lord. I will announce you. 455 00:26:46,805 --> 00:26:49,239 Don't bother. They all know who I am. 456 00:26:49,307 --> 00:26:51,138 Even if the King's Grace doesn't. 457 00:26:51,209 --> 00:26:53,109 The Earl of Lincoln! 458 00:26:53,178 --> 00:26:55,942 So we see. My Lord. 459 00:26:56,615 --> 00:26:58,242 You're late. 460 00:26:58,316 --> 00:27:01,308 I was delayed, your Grace. The roads have never been worse. 461 00:27:01,386 --> 00:27:04,583 If we could maintain the peace, we would mend them. 462 00:27:04,656 --> 00:27:06,556 As we would mend your manners, Lincoln. 463 00:27:06,625 --> 00:27:08,058 (Chuckling) 464 00:27:08,126 --> 00:27:11,220 However, you are welcome. Take your place. 465 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:19,366 I was beginning to think you had business more important than mine. 466 00:27:20,972 --> 00:27:23,236 - (Whispers ) - I'm not sure yet, Father. 467 00:27:23,308 --> 00:27:24,707 Then have a care. 468 00:27:24,776 --> 00:27:27,973 The King does not like secrets and you look as though you have secrets. 469 00:27:28,046 --> 00:27:31,777 - My Lord of Suffolk. - Your Highness. 470 00:27:31,850 --> 00:27:33,442 This threat from Ireland. 471 00:27:33,518 --> 00:27:35,418 We shall be ready for them when they choose to come. 472 00:27:35,487 --> 00:27:39,184 So you said. Easier said than done on an empty purse. 473 00:27:39,257 --> 00:27:42,021 The country is loyal and will come when needed. 474 00:27:42,093 --> 00:27:45,585 They proclaim an upstart title and many are convinced. 475 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:48,428 Pretenders and impostors are declared excommunicate. 476 00:27:48,500 --> 00:27:50,832 But still they rally to this Lambert Simnel. 477 00:27:50,902 --> 00:27:53,632 It seems that we too are dazzled by his audacity. 478 00:27:53,705 --> 00:27:55,764 There is but one true Earl of Warwick. 479 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,001 If Simnel is not he, then who is? 480 00:27:58,076 --> 00:27:59,737 Where is the real one? 481 00:28:00,879 --> 00:28:03,712 - He is in good hands. - Whose? 482 00:28:03,782 --> 00:28:05,272 (Henry ) Mine! 483 00:28:05,850 --> 00:28:08,216 The Earl has apartments in the Tower of London. 484 00:28:08,286 --> 00:28:10,811 Where he will be safe, my Lord. 485 00:28:11,656 --> 00:28:15,023 So, we do possess an Earl of Warwick. Then let us see him, meet him. 486 00:28:15,827 --> 00:28:17,556 That would create another center of dissention! 487 00:28:17,629 --> 00:28:21,463 On the contrary, Oxford - eliminate doubt, let him be seen and dispel the dissatisfaction. 488 00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:23,364 - (Man shouting) - It would spike the rebels' guns. 489 00:28:23,435 --> 00:28:26,097 And spike my Lord of Lincoln's guns too! 490 00:28:26,171 --> 00:28:28,799 - The Lady Elizabeth... - Out of my way, you fool! 491 00:28:28,873 --> 00:28:30,773 Here, Dorset, follow me. 492 00:28:30,842 --> 00:28:33,208 Madam Mother-in-law, you are disturbing us. 493 00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:36,042 And you have disturbed me, son Henry! 494 00:28:36,114 --> 00:28:39,311 - My mother is distraught. - Do be seated, my Lord. 495 00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:44,947 Oh, yes! Do sit, do! Sit in judgment like so many Solomons but without his wit! 496 00:28:45,023 --> 00:28:47,890 (Henry ) Madam! What is the matter? 497 00:28:47,959 --> 00:28:49,620 You know well enough. 498 00:28:49,694 --> 00:28:54,097 I guess...that the matter has been decided and agreed by our council. 499 00:28:54,165 --> 00:28:57,259 You have our order. There is nothing more for you to discuss here. 500 00:28:57,335 --> 00:28:58,962 (Elizabeth) Then where if not here? 501 00:28:59,037 --> 00:29:01,062 (Dorset) We expect redress. 502 00:29:01,139 --> 00:29:04,131 I was once the queen in this realm. 503 00:29:04,642 --> 00:29:08,908 And these gentlemen, who had their life and liberty of me, 504 00:29:08,980 --> 00:29:13,747 are now persuaded that I must lose mine and you, son-in-law, 505 00:29:13,818 --> 00:29:16,150 subscribe to my close confinement! 506 00:29:16,221 --> 00:29:20,555 Our order specifies an honorable retirement to your convent home in Bermondsey. 507 00:29:20,625 --> 00:29:23,924 Honorable retirement! (Laughs ) 508 00:29:23,995 --> 00:29:25,929 You've imprisoned me! 509 00:29:25,997 --> 00:29:27,464 (Dorset) It is not worthy, my Lords. 510 00:29:27,532 --> 00:29:31,662 The dowager queen may not be aware of the imminent dangers facing the country. 511 00:29:31,736 --> 00:29:34,671 - Disturbances of the gravest nature. - They are nothing to do with me. 512 00:29:34,739 --> 00:29:38,197 Nor will they be, madam, if you are with the good monks of Bermondsey 513 00:29:38,276 --> 00:29:40,836 - for your own safety. - For my own safety? 514 00:29:40,912 --> 00:29:44,780 I know of others who are immured for their own safety, and where? 515 00:29:44,849 --> 00:29:47,977 That vile and bloody hole of hell, the Tower! 516 00:29:48,052 --> 00:29:49,417 You are not going to the Tower. 517 00:29:49,487 --> 00:29:53,048 No, but you can see it from Bermondsey! 518 00:29:54,092 --> 00:29:56,287 My royal sons... 519 00:29:57,162 --> 00:30:00,029 Or have you all forgotten? 520 00:30:00,098 --> 00:30:03,590 ..were sent to that place for their own safety. 521 00:30:04,669 --> 00:30:07,570 My babies a blessed memory, 522 00:30:07,639 --> 00:30:11,473 they went to the Tower and they never came out, not even dead! 523 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:13,170 That's enough, woman! 524 00:30:13,745 --> 00:30:16,578 You have played, madam, and lost, in the royal game 525 00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:18,309 and you have no stake to bid further. 526 00:30:18,383 --> 00:30:22,114 You have sons born when you were common. 527 00:30:22,187 --> 00:30:26,089 Marquis Dorset there is one. There is no royalty in him but he is your son. 528 00:30:27,058 --> 00:30:29,526 Get comfort if you can from him. 529 00:30:29,594 --> 00:30:33,360 It is our wish that you go to your convent home in Bermondsey as we decreed. 530 00:30:33,431 --> 00:30:37,731 Marquis Dorset, conduct your mother to her barge. Good day, madam. 531 00:30:40,205 --> 00:30:43,766 Crowns are dear in England, son-in-law. 532 00:30:45,376 --> 00:30:48,436 But heads are cheap that wear them. 533 00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:59,084 She may be the Queen's mother but she's an intolerable woman. 534 00:30:59,157 --> 00:31:00,351 (Laughter) 535 00:31:00,425 --> 00:31:05,419 I wonder, has Edward Earl of Warwick suffered the fate of that lady's bastards? 536 00:31:05,496 --> 00:31:07,396 Lincoln! 537 00:31:07,465 --> 00:31:09,330 We were discussing the Earl of Warwick, weren't we? 538 00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,994 Your Highness, I must apologize for my son. 539 00:31:12,070 --> 00:31:15,005 My Lord of Lincoln. 540 00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:17,007 Too many people are under the impression 541 00:31:17,075 --> 00:31:20,408 that we have been overzealous in disposing of our enemies. 542 00:31:21,913 --> 00:31:26,577 Though I'm thinking that in some cases we have been too lenient. 543 00:31:27,852 --> 00:31:29,717 However, 544 00:31:29,787 --> 00:31:33,223 if you think that the Earl of Warwick has been destroyed - 545 00:31:33,291 --> 00:31:37,421 this Irish impersonation appears to be based on that assumption - 546 00:31:37,495 --> 00:31:40,259 then you must be made to change your mind. 547 00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:44,025 It seems a wise course, as well as an expedient one, 548 00:31:44,102 --> 00:31:47,162 to produce the Earl and set all minds at rest. 549 00:31:48,006 --> 00:31:49,473 We are able to do so. 550 00:31:49,540 --> 00:31:53,840 The convocation of our Holy Church convenes next month at St. Paul's. 551 00:31:53,912 --> 00:31:58,679 If it please your Grace, the person of the Earl of Warwick may attend a session or two. 552 00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:00,342 It does please us. 553 00:32:00,418 --> 00:32:04,514 Let it be recorded that Edward Plantagenet, known as the Earl of Warwick, 554 00:32:04,589 --> 00:32:07,786 shall be present at Paul's and there shown to the people. 555 00:32:07,859 --> 00:32:11,192 Publish it, and let's have no more impostors. 556 00:32:11,963 --> 00:32:14,261 Or thoughts of impostors. 557 00:32:17,402 --> 00:32:19,097 (Low chatter) 558 00:32:38,656 --> 00:32:41,318 - Well? - Simmons has made his statement. 559 00:32:41,392 --> 00:32:43,622 - Himself? - He read his confession. 560 00:32:43,695 --> 00:32:46,220 - In full? - Loudly and clearly. 561 00:32:47,165 --> 00:32:50,293 - And? - The lords shuffled a bit, 562 00:32:50,368 --> 00:32:55,305 the Lord Mayor was satisfied and the citizens of London were delighted. 563 00:32:55,373 --> 00:32:58,399 And grateful, I hope, for the experience. 564 00:33:01,045 --> 00:33:05,482 Bring forth Master Simmons and let him face the Earl of Warwick. 565 00:33:05,550 --> 00:33:07,177 We will wait. 566 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:14,856 Lambert! 567 00:33:15,927 --> 00:33:18,555 Oh... Oh, they have you too? 568 00:33:21,132 --> 00:33:24,465 Oh, you look splendid, Lambert, 569 00:33:24,535 --> 00:33:26,400 in your finery. 570 00:33:28,106 --> 00:33:30,870 This, Master Simmons, is the Earl of Warwick, 571 00:33:30,942 --> 00:33:32,910 whom you would supplant. 572 00:33:33,978 --> 00:33:35,275 Really? 573 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:37,541 Greet the Earl of Warwick. 574 00:33:38,883 --> 00:33:41,477 Oh, they've done us proudly. 575 00:33:42,887 --> 00:33:46,288 You look well, Lambert. Very well. 576 00:33:46,724 --> 00:33:48,419 My name's Edward. 577 00:33:48,493 --> 00:33:50,154 Who are you? 578 00:33:55,233 --> 00:33:58,066 (Whispers ) Very good. Keep it up. 579 00:33:59,637 --> 00:34:01,969 And when we have done, 580 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,770 I am your Archbishop of Canterbury. 581 00:34:04,842 --> 00:34:06,639 You promised. 582 00:34:06,711 --> 00:34:10,203 When they have kinged you, don't forget your friend Simmons. 583 00:34:10,281 --> 00:34:11,942 Lambert, don't forget. 584 00:34:12,016 --> 00:34:15,008 - Enough. - Turn him loose and let him go. 585 00:34:21,592 --> 00:34:24,857 Who was that and what does he mean? Lambert? 586 00:34:24,929 --> 00:34:27,363 - A fool. - And a failure, Prince. 587 00:34:27,432 --> 00:34:28,865 Don't bother your head with him. 588 00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:31,595 Come, you must be presented to your peers. 589 00:34:31,669 --> 00:34:33,534 My Lord of Derby, lead on. 590 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:41,606 Edward, Earl of Warwick. 591 00:34:45,183 --> 00:34:47,777 (Organ plays ) 592 00:34:51,389 --> 00:34:55,120 - I'll take my oath on it. - Oh, he's Clarence's son all right. 593 00:34:55,193 --> 00:34:56,785 No doubt about it. 594 00:34:57,862 --> 00:35:01,821 I hardly knew the Earl of Warwick. This one certainly has an air about him. 595 00:35:01,899 --> 00:35:03,662 True, of vacuous stupidity. 596 00:35:03,734 --> 00:35:09,001 My Lords, not surprising considering he comes of York stock. 597 00:35:09,073 --> 00:35:11,337 The priest's confession was convincing enough. 598 00:35:11,409 --> 00:35:13,240 It was wrung out of him. 599 00:35:13,311 --> 00:35:15,211 The King would never touch an anointed priest. 600 00:35:15,279 --> 00:35:17,213 No, Father, but Morton would. 601 00:35:17,782 --> 00:35:21,582 - What's the matter with him? - Something is gnawing at my son's brain. 602 00:35:21,652 --> 00:35:25,782 I pray God for your sake, my Lord Suffolk, it be not the canker of treachery. 603 00:35:31,929 --> 00:35:35,092 - Cousin, you have a fine white horse. - A gelding, yes. 604 00:35:35,166 --> 00:35:38,397 I remember. Bring him to the Tower that I may ride him. 605 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:42,530 There's very little room in that place for riding and he doesn't like to be confined. 606 00:35:42,607 --> 00:35:44,302 I don't either. 607 00:35:44,375 --> 00:35:46,775 Neither I think does my Lord of Lincoln. 608 00:35:46,844 --> 00:35:48,402 We'll, think about it, little cousin. 609 00:35:48,479 --> 00:35:50,970 See you do, cousin, see you do. 610 00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:54,517 Satisfied with him, my Lord? 611 00:35:54,585 --> 00:35:58,521 - Most authentic, a splendid performance. - Good. 612 00:36:08,566 --> 00:36:10,796 - Sir Thomas. - The same, my Lord. 613 00:36:11,469 --> 00:36:14,063 - Where are my horses? - At the inn as arranged. 614 00:36:14,138 --> 00:36:17,574 - Swan will take you there. - Wait for us in Lancashire, Broughton. 615 00:36:17,642 --> 00:36:21,134 - Without fail. When you are good and ready. - We'll be that. 616 00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:25,847 Cousin, can I ask you? You knew my uncle of Gloucester well. 617 00:36:25,917 --> 00:36:28,147 King Richard was my friend and my patron, yes. 618 00:36:28,219 --> 00:36:30,710 Was he the devil? Everyone says so. 619 00:36:30,788 --> 00:36:33,018 I believe him to be the devil. Was he? 620 00:36:36,127 --> 00:36:40,427 Begging your Lordship's pardon. For my Lord of Lincoln. 621 00:36:42,366 --> 00:36:44,334 It is urgent, my Lord. 622 00:36:44,402 --> 00:36:47,769 You will excuse me, my Lords, I must go. It is the King's business. 623 00:36:50,541 --> 00:36:52,941 I'd swear there was nothing on that paper. 624 00:36:53,010 --> 00:36:56,639 Mother of God, we have been too mild! 625 00:36:56,714 --> 00:36:58,409 He's gone! 626 00:37:00,818 --> 00:37:06,120 The Earl of Lincoln has betrayed us and we shall see to it that he feels our pain. 627 00:37:06,190 --> 00:37:11,127 And any of you proud men with gall enough to try your strength against mine 628 00:37:11,195 --> 00:37:13,527 shall see how we stomach treason! 629 00:37:13,598 --> 00:37:16,658 Dear heaven! If a beast you'd have me, 630 00:37:16,734 --> 00:37:18,463 then a beast I'll be! 631 00:37:20,271 --> 00:37:22,535 Why? Why? 632 00:37:22,607 --> 00:37:24,507 - He missed his best prospects. - He had none. 633 00:37:24,575 --> 00:37:26,338 - He had ambitions. - Which of you has not? 634 00:37:26,410 --> 00:37:28,503 - You're all stiff with them. - His were thwarted. 635 00:37:28,579 --> 00:37:30,979 He had our trust and goodwill. 636 00:37:31,048 --> 00:37:33,175 Evidently that wasn't enough for him. 637 00:37:33,951 --> 00:37:37,250 The Earl of Lincoln priced his allegiance higher than we thought 638 00:37:37,321 --> 00:37:42,349 by aligning himself with the Simnel conspiracy, for that is surely what he has done. 639 00:37:42,426 --> 00:37:45,418 He now demands his payment and with interest. 640 00:37:45,496 --> 00:37:48,226 He should have suffered the full rigor of the law after Bosworth. 641 00:37:48,299 --> 00:37:50,733 He was a bad risk! We all knew it. 642 00:37:50,801 --> 00:37:53,201 - Your Grace knew it. - It's not my way, Uncle. 643 00:37:53,271 --> 00:37:55,796 If it possible for a man to submit to another's rule, 644 00:37:55,873 --> 00:37:58,398 he must be given the opportunity to do so. 645 00:37:59,277 --> 00:38:02,735 Holy Mother, if I destroyed every man I did not trust, 646 00:38:02,813 --> 00:38:04,872 who feared to see me King, 647 00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:07,144 there'd be nobody left to rule. 648 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:09,586 Let him be. 649 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:11,812 Well? 650 00:38:11,889 --> 00:38:14,722 Your Highness, I can find no trace of my son. 651 00:38:14,792 --> 00:38:18,990 His people have reported nothing, his departure was obviously well planned. 652 00:38:19,764 --> 00:38:22,597 We did not expect to see you again either, Suffolk. 653 00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:26,535 I am your Grace's man. I gave my oath at your crowning. 654 00:38:27,338 --> 00:38:29,806 I am shamed enough by what my son has done. 655 00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:32,900 You abuse me the more if you think me disloyal too. 656 00:38:35,946 --> 00:38:37,436 Well, well. 657 00:38:37,948 --> 00:38:39,472 Your Grace. 658 00:38:41,686 --> 00:38:43,517 What, then, is to be done? 659 00:38:43,587 --> 00:38:44,986 Prepare to levy war. 660 00:38:45,056 --> 00:38:48,685 Those malcontents and rebels we are certain of must be arrested, 661 00:38:48,759 --> 00:38:50,818 and the full punishment for treason meted out to them. 662 00:38:50,895 --> 00:38:53,989 No, we then drive those we are not sure of into the rebels' camp. 663 00:38:54,065 --> 00:38:59,264 No, no, no. We will proclaim a full pardon for all offences, even that of high treason, 664 00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:01,100 to those who submit themselves now. 665 00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:03,197 - A pardon? - It's madness! 666 00:39:03,274 --> 00:39:05,174 We are not strong enough to punish them. 667 00:39:05,242 --> 00:39:06,937 But if we can't effect outright action 668 00:39:07,011 --> 00:39:10,310 we can at least detach the waverers from Lincoln's side. 669 00:39:11,215 --> 00:39:12,546 Where is that wretched man? 670 00:39:12,616 --> 00:39:15,312 Presenting his credentials to the player king. 671 00:39:15,386 --> 00:39:18,514 - Not to Ireland yet. - His aunt in Flanders, more like. 672 00:39:18,589 --> 00:39:20,648 Yes, that termagant. 673 00:39:20,725 --> 00:39:23,421 She'd sell her shriveled soul to see me hanged. 674 00:39:23,494 --> 00:39:25,394 In that case she'll move heaven and earth 675 00:39:25,463 --> 00:39:28,899 to ensure that the Earl has an army large enough to invade us. 676 00:39:28,966 --> 00:39:33,801 And soon. Now then, if this host is to come on us, as we think, from Flanders, 677 00:39:33,871 --> 00:39:35,600 we must look to our defenses in the east. 678 00:39:35,673 --> 00:39:38,938 Lord Derby, issue our Commission of Array to the eastern counties. 679 00:39:39,009 --> 00:39:42,001 And in spite of the pardon, more traitors follow Lincoln into Flanders. 680 00:39:42,079 --> 00:39:46,038 Then those forces keeping the invaders out must keep the rebels from leaving. 681 00:39:46,117 --> 00:39:49,348 Warwick must be helped out of the Tower again. Show him to the people. 682 00:39:49,420 --> 00:39:52,480 A public mass through St. Paul's? Something like that. 683 00:39:52,556 --> 00:39:56,617 Uncle, see that the beacons along the coast are kept in constant repair and ready for us. 684 00:39:56,694 --> 00:39:58,286 Your Highness. 685 00:39:58,362 --> 00:39:59,488 We are busy. 686 00:39:59,563 --> 00:40:02,361 I'm badly used, your Grace, and I'm quite innocent. 687 00:40:03,167 --> 00:40:04,657 What does the idiot want? 688 00:40:04,735 --> 00:40:06,635 His Grace is in council, Lord Dorset. 689 00:40:06,704 --> 00:40:08,865 I know, discussing me. 690 00:40:09,707 --> 00:40:12,198 There is no truth in all these rumors. 691 00:40:12,276 --> 00:40:14,710 I have done nothing. 692 00:40:14,779 --> 00:40:18,340 What cause have I to offend the King? None have I? Tell me. 693 00:40:18,416 --> 00:40:20,145 You're offending him now. 694 00:40:20,217 --> 00:40:22,742 Slander says I'm about to ruin the King, bring down his government. 695 00:40:22,820 --> 00:40:26,119 - And are you, Dorset? - I? Oh, I'd sooner ruin myself. 696 00:40:26,190 --> 00:40:28,750 Perhaps you have, as there seems to be some doubt. 697 00:40:28,826 --> 00:40:31,386 Perhaps you'd better make sure in the Tower. Take him away. 698 00:40:31,462 --> 00:40:33,293 No! Not to the Tower! 699 00:40:33,364 --> 00:40:35,662 You'll be safe from slander there, Dorset, 700 00:40:35,733 --> 00:40:39,294 and I will know where to find you when rumor makes up its mind. 701 00:40:40,371 --> 00:40:43,067 - Oxford, he's your charge. See to it. - As you please, my Lord. 702 00:40:43,140 --> 00:40:46,041 You will answer for this at Judgment Day, Lord King. 703 00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:48,738 The Queen my mother you shamed with prison and for being my mother's son... 704 00:40:48,813 --> 00:40:50,371 You have no cause to love us. 705 00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:52,040 I am your Grace's brother! 706 00:40:52,116 --> 00:40:57,247 In law. All the more reason why you should be under lock and key. 707 00:40:57,321 --> 00:41:02,190 - Get out! - No! Not to the Tower! I'm innocent! 708 00:41:02,259 --> 00:41:03,556 Imbecile. 709 00:41:05,963 --> 00:41:08,329 Derby, those Commissions are to be published immediately. 710 00:41:08,399 --> 00:41:10,993 Fox, make order for the court to move. I'll go into East Anglia myself - 711 00:41:11,068 --> 00:41:12,399 that is imperative. 712 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:14,938 And let us pray to God and His Holy Mother 713 00:41:15,005 --> 00:41:17,997 that the Irish keep King Lambert in Dublin, 714 00:41:18,075 --> 00:41:21,238 at least until matters are sorted out in Flanders. 715 00:41:33,991 --> 00:41:36,186 Item, a cart of John Ferret. 716 00:41:37,261 --> 00:41:43,097 Item two, bill hooks and sundry parts of mail armor of Martin Coton. 717 00:41:43,567 --> 00:41:47,196 Item, a yoke of oxen and a short sword of Hugh Whitney. 718 00:41:48,472 --> 00:41:52,238 - That appears to be all for now. - A creditable list. 719 00:41:52,309 --> 00:41:57,542 The men of Berkshire will give Henry Tudor reason enough to remember us. 720 00:41:59,984 --> 00:42:01,747 I thank you, Brother. 721 00:42:08,158 --> 00:42:10,092 Simmons. 722 00:42:11,228 --> 00:42:14,163 I never thought we'd see you again. 723 00:42:15,733 --> 00:42:18,258 - They let me go. - Why? 724 00:42:19,336 --> 00:42:23,033 I came here... Where else was I to go? 725 00:42:23,107 --> 00:42:25,439 - Alone? - Yes. 726 00:42:25,509 --> 00:42:27,807 You're sure you weren't followed? 727 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,848 I didn't look behind. 728 00:42:38,155 --> 00:42:41,420 Now, what do they know? 729 00:42:43,994 --> 00:42:45,985 What did you tell them? 730 00:42:48,132 --> 00:42:49,997 Hm? 731 00:42:50,067 --> 00:42:51,193 Everything. 732 00:42:55,339 --> 00:42:57,364 Oh, dear God in heaven. 733 00:42:58,909 --> 00:43:01,400 My nails, Father Abbot. 734 00:43:03,414 --> 00:43:05,507 Where are they? 735 00:43:05,583 --> 00:43:07,847 My fingernails! 736 00:43:10,854 --> 00:43:13,379 Oh, it was no great matter to me. 737 00:43:14,792 --> 00:43:18,728 They have our boy, Lambert. 738 00:43:20,230 --> 00:43:23,358 They've dressed him up and made him into a prince. 739 00:43:24,501 --> 00:43:26,799 Oh, he looked splendid. 740 00:43:28,105 --> 00:43:33,566 It would have been martyrdom to have died then and there, seeing how fine he looked. 741 00:43:33,644 --> 00:43:37,205 No, Simmons. Dear, good Simmons, 742 00:43:37,281 --> 00:43:40,148 that was not the truth you saw, that was some play-actor they gave you, 743 00:43:40,217 --> 00:43:43,948 a dressed-up nobody to betray you... and us. 744 00:43:50,928 --> 00:43:53,089 It'll be the end of us. 745 00:43:54,999 --> 00:43:57,900 Brother Simmons, you must rest with the Brothers. 746 00:43:57,968 --> 00:44:01,301 You can't stay here long. As soon as you are well, you must leave. 747 00:44:03,240 --> 00:44:05,333 You'd like to see the Earl of Warwick again? 748 00:44:07,878 --> 00:44:09,778 I saw him. 749 00:44:09,847 --> 00:44:12,782 In Ireland, Simmons, for that's where he is. 750 00:44:13,851 --> 00:44:16,820 Yes, the Prince is safe in Dublin. 751 00:44:17,454 --> 00:44:21,857 As soon as may be, you will travel there. Be with him, be his mentor, as you were. 752 00:44:21,925 --> 00:44:25,053 You'll not fail him. He needs you. 753 00:44:27,431 --> 00:44:31,060 These are my notes of hand for the merchants of Bruges. 754 00:44:32,136 --> 00:44:35,697 And these are bills of exchange for those in Amsterdam. 755 00:44:37,941 --> 00:44:39,704 Ah, yes. 756 00:44:39,777 --> 00:44:45,579 Two thousand German mercenaries, which I will pay for under one Martin Schwartz. 757 00:44:45,649 --> 00:44:47,947 The jewels will be assayed and you shall have an inventory. 758 00:44:48,018 --> 00:44:51,249 - I'd prefer cash. - You shall have that too. 759 00:44:54,591 --> 00:44:56,923 I am glad you speak plain at last. 760 00:44:56,994 --> 00:44:58,962 You have pondered long enough. 761 00:44:59,029 --> 00:45:01,327 I fled England, I'm here. 762 00:45:01,398 --> 00:45:03,798 You saw a boy at London, at Paul's. 763 00:45:03,867 --> 00:45:06,165 He was named the Earl of Warwick. 764 00:45:06,236 --> 00:45:09,000 If that boy now lodged in the Tower is my nephew... 765 00:45:09,073 --> 00:45:11,007 Oh, there's no question, I saw him. 766 00:45:11,075 --> 00:45:13,771 Then why have you come out for the other in Ireland? 767 00:45:13,844 --> 00:45:17,336 On a crooked road, a fit ass is better than a sick horse. 768 00:45:17,414 --> 00:45:20,713 Oh. You'll not mind how you ride, then. 769 00:45:21,351 --> 00:45:22,841 It'll bear me well enough. 770 00:45:24,088 --> 00:45:26,955 Common consent is cause and power enough. 771 00:45:27,024 --> 00:45:30,323 The general belief is that Warwick is in Ireland and that's where our success lies, 772 00:45:30,394 --> 00:45:32,294 not with another, languishing in the Tower. 773 00:45:32,362 --> 00:45:34,990 And after, when that boy in Ireland has served your turn? 774 00:45:35,065 --> 00:45:38,159 Served my turn? I will make him King Edward at Westminster. 775 00:45:38,235 --> 00:45:41,762 I don't see it's in your interest to pull one master down to set up another. 776 00:45:41,839 --> 00:45:44,569 - I protest, madam, my interest... - No, no, don't. 777 00:45:44,641 --> 00:45:49,669 You're right. A false claim in time will fall away of itself. 778 00:45:50,848 --> 00:45:55,444 This is your chance, John. You're Richard's heir, so be it. 779 00:45:55,519 --> 00:45:59,148 Take the heritage you missed before by what means you will. 780 00:45:59,223 --> 00:46:02,659 A way is open for you to assume the crown of England. Take it. 781 00:46:03,894 --> 00:46:05,589 It makes no difference to me. 782 00:46:06,263 --> 00:46:09,596 All I ask is that you topple this Tudor upstart. 783 00:46:09,666 --> 00:46:11,361 Destroy him! 784 00:46:11,435 --> 00:46:13,665 Send me his head if you like. 785 00:46:13,737 --> 00:46:15,796 You have the spirit of a man... 786 00:46:15,873 --> 00:46:18,034 but the malice of a woman. 787 00:46:18,108 --> 00:46:20,099 And the hopes of both. 788 00:46:21,745 --> 00:46:23,337 And fear. 789 00:46:23,413 --> 00:46:25,779 Fear for that child in the Tower. 790 00:46:26,817 --> 00:46:29,843 Perhaps he's a player king too, 791 00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:33,549 but if he's of my blood his life will not be worth a fig. 792 00:46:35,359 --> 00:46:38,590 The Tower is the quickest way out of this world I know. 793 00:46:41,198 --> 00:46:42,961 God help him. 794 00:46:45,536 --> 00:46:49,495 I've never been in this room before, you know. What's usually served here? 795 00:46:50,774 --> 00:46:53,743 It was nice to go out, and for a whole week. 796 00:46:53,811 --> 00:46:58,510 I'd not been out of the Tower for so long. Quite a long time, really, for me. 797 00:46:58,582 --> 00:47:02,018 I saw the great Earl of Lincoln, though. He has a fine white horse. 798 00:47:02,085 --> 00:47:04,986 He's promised to bring it here to the Tower for me to ride. 799 00:47:05,556 --> 00:47:09,754 It'll make a change from hunting rats, riding on Lincoln's horse. 800 00:47:11,261 --> 00:47:15,129 You're to follow me. This isn't my chamber! I don't live here! 801 00:47:15,199 --> 00:47:16,291 (Door slams ) 802 00:47:16,366 --> 00:47:18,800 I'm the Earl of Warwick! Let me out! 803 00:47:18,869 --> 00:47:24,136 I'm the Earl of Warwick! Let me out! Let me out! Let me out!