1 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:18,120 ♪ I am here for all to see ♪ 2 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:26,000 ♪ In my bones there's dignity ♪ 3 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:28,800 ♪ I will fight them ♪ 4 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:34,160 ♪ I can say that I can change the world ♪ 5 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,400 ♪ But if you let me ♪ 6 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:41,800 ♪ I will make my world stand tall ♪ 7 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:47,960 ♪ Let me show you one last time ♪ 8 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:55,600 ♪ Let me show you one last sign ♪ 9 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:59,840 ♪ I can see it all ♪ 10 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:40,640 Heavenly Father, Your power brings us to earth. 11 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:43,200 It gives us life. 12 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,400 Your providence guides us and by Your command, we return to dust. 13 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,360 Those who die still live in Your presence. 14 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,680 Their lives do not end. 15 00:02:01,760 --> 00:02:05,640 In company with Christ, those who died, live on. 16 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:08,160 May they rejoice in Your kingdom. 17 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:14,600 Where sorrow is unknown and joy prevails. 18 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,920 Today, we ask You to take pity 19 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:22,240 on the souls of our departed brothers, Rinaldo and Orlando Albizzi. 20 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,440 So cruelly torn from this world by the swords of sinners. 21 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:37,560 May You grant Rinaldo and Orlando mercy. 22 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:14,000 The Signoria must move to fill Rinaldo's seat. 23 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:18,640 -Guadagni, his corpse is barely cold. -These things can't wait. Forgive me. 24 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:20,080 The nobles are restless. 25 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,400 We must find a replacement as soon as possible. 26 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:24,880 -Very well. -Someone who's sympathetic to the nobles, 27 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,560 but also amenable to you and your family. 28 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:33,640 You should know, Andrea Pazzi is petitioning for the seat. 29 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:35,120 Of course he is. 30 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,840 Well, there are many in the Signoria who view him as a fine candidate. 31 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:41,920 They may well, but not many of the Medici share their view. 32 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:44,000 Would he be such a bad choice? 33 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,080 You have Florence in the palm of your hand. 34 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:51,320 -The Pazzi are not threat to you. -There are always threats. 35 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:52,520 Enemies. 36 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:55,840 I... I choose to eat with my back to the wall. 37 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,120 Ah, Messer Medici. 38 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:06,320 May I count on your support? 39 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:08,200 Are you sure you're up to such a challenge? 40 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,120 Will you do it? How hard can it be? 41 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:18,520 Let me take the seat in the Restricted council. 42 00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:21,640 If I'm to take over the bank one day, 43 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:25,040 then it's time I got more practical experience in the Signoria. 44 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:29,480 On my own merit. And not just as an observer at your elbow. 45 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,040 -Piero, you know I think you capable. -Then say yes. 46 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:33,120 I cannot. 47 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:36,120 If I was to put your name forward, it would be too obvious. 48 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,520 People would know I was working from behind the scenes. 49 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:45,240 You can deliver the message to my chosen candidate. 50 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:55,720 What am I, a messenger? 51 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:01,120 There are so few people I can trust, son. 52 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:03,800 Do me this favor. 53 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,760 I promise you your time will come. 54 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:12,880 This is a chance for you to prove yourself, 55 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:15,080 but he wouldn't even give you that. 56 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:18,240 -Father has his reasons. -He's giving Albizzi's seat to an idiot. 57 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:20,200 It's a chess move. Nothing more. 58 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:23,280 Your father would rather have a puppet he can manipulate 59 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,080 than a man who knows his own mind. And still you value his judgment? 60 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:31,480 Olive oil! Offering finest olives in Florence! 61 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:34,480 ...olive oil here. 62 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,600 -Mastro Bredani... -Messer Medici. 63 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:38,680 Madonna. 64 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:41,200 My father wishes to know if we can count on your loyalty. 65 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:45,360 Well, of course. I am his loyal servant. What is it I can do for you? 66 00:05:57,360 --> 00:06:00,920 Me? A member of the Signoria? 67 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,680 If you would do my father the honor. 68 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:08,000 Who would look amongst the market stalls for a candidate? 69 00:06:08,080 --> 00:06:11,440 Only Cosimo de' Medici, a true man of the people. 70 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:13,200 Wait, wait! 71 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:21,560 My humble gift to your father. It's my best oil. Take it. 72 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:23,600 Take it to Messer Medici. Take it. 73 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,600 I'll let him know you are pleased to accept. 74 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:26,920 Thank you. 75 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:51,960 Now his body's buried, you must put Rinaldo from your mind. 76 00:06:53,200 --> 00:06:54,760 You should have seen his eyes. 77 00:06:56,320 --> 00:07:00,720 No life left in them, yet pain of his death remained. 78 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:02,840 You must not torture yourself. 79 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:06,360 The only torture is uncertainty. 80 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:12,240 Forget Rinaldo's words. I have to know, Marco. 81 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,240 I have to know if he killed my father. 82 00:07:19,640 --> 00:07:23,640 Maybe it is time to accept. You will never have the answer you seek. 83 00:07:23,720 --> 00:07:26,120 But it does not mean you cannot know peace. 84 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:30,160 How can I know peace with this dagger of uncertainty in my side? 85 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:34,400 Every day, it twists a little deeper. I must know for sure. 86 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,040 What if the truth only brought you pain? 87 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:51,240 You know something. 88 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,760 Whatever it is, you must tell me. 89 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:01,920 Tell me. 90 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:06,480 I command you! 91 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:09,600 The dagger used to kill Tancredi, 92 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:13,520 the apothecary, it was here, in this house. 93 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:18,200 -It still is. It was won in a card game. -By whom? 94 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,200 You're telling me my father's killer is here? 95 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:25,600 -In my home? -I cannot say that. 96 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,080 I can only speak of what I know about the dagger. 97 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,000 Then speak! Who does it belong to? 98 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:49,800 -This has already been settled. -Brother, is this yours? 99 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,960 Yes. Where did you get it? 100 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:00,240 What's this all about? 101 00:09:01,640 --> 00:09:06,500 God knows Father could be a difficult man, but to do something as monstrous as this? 102 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:11,880 What exactly is it that you accuse me of? 103 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:16,280 Did you really love that Rosa girl more than your own father? 104 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:31,240 You think that I killed him? 105 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:38,320 Was it because he refused to let you marry her? 106 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:43,960 -Are you out of your mind? -Tell him where you found this, Marco. 107 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,960 It was in the back of the man who sold the poison 108 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:48,600 used to kill your father. 109 00:09:48,680 --> 00:09:50,440 Cosimo! 110 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:54,480 I have no idea how that dagger got there. 111 00:09:54,560 --> 00:09:58,080 But you know that I could not do this. 112 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:03,680 You know! 113 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:07,960 Ugo, talk some sense into my brother! 114 00:10:09,280 --> 00:10:12,680 Cosimo, your brother loved your father. He would never do such a thing. 115 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:15,200 You have no idea what my brother is capable of. 116 00:10:15,280 --> 00:10:18,160 Cosimo, I, I've stood by you. 117 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:21,760 Spoke up for you when no one else would. 118 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:26,360 Spent my whole life in your shadow, always second best in Father's eyes. 119 00:10:28,520 --> 00:10:32,360 And never once did I complain or blame you. 120 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,120 And yet now, you accuse me of this? 121 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:40,960 Come with us. 122 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:43,040 Where? 123 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:45,800 Your rooms, where you will remain under guard. 124 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:47,480 Are you serious? 125 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,520 -You gave him that dagger, didn't you? -Yes. 126 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:05,520 With me out of the way, my brother will rely on you. 127 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:12,240 That's what you want. Isn't it, Marco? That is what you've always wanted. 128 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:15,080 To take my place in Cosimo's affections. 129 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:17,800 What is it, uncle? 130 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,000 Marco has manipulated events to make me look responsible 131 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:22,120 for my own father's murder. 132 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,240 Murder? This can't be true. 133 00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:29,680 Anyone could have taken that dagger from my saddles and killed Tancredi! 134 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:31,160 Anyone, Cosimo! 135 00:11:33,160 --> 00:11:36,480 Someone who wanted to divert attention from their own guilt perhaps? 136 00:11:36,560 --> 00:11:37,560 Someone like you! 137 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,440 - No, please! Please stop it! Stop this! - Guards! 138 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:40,640 Remove his weapons. 139 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,680 My brother is to be confined to his chamber! 140 00:11:42,760 --> 00:11:45,080 No one is to see him. 141 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:23,960 This is ridiculous. 142 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,120 -Lorenzo could not have murdered Giovanni. -Lucrezia, please. 143 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,160 -This is difficult for us to believe. -Then why believe it? 144 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:33,920 You have no idea of what my brother is capable of. 145 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,600 -I know he's not capable of murder! -All men are capable of murder! 146 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:42,160 Given the right circumstances. 147 00:12:46,560 --> 00:12:50,240 Now let me be clear, we do not speak of this again 148 00:12:50,320 --> 00:12:52,240 and this information does not leave this house. 149 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:00,600 Your Holiness. 150 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:03,720 My apologies. 151 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,080 If we'd known you were joining us, we would have waited. 152 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,560 I stayed later than I intended at the Basilica. 153 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,360 Praying with Madonna Albizzi. 154 00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:39,960 I cannot imagine the pain she must feel, 155 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,720 losing her husband and her beloved son. 156 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:49,120 This is a tragic day for all those involved. 157 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:55,240 But God will surely punish the unrepentant sinners responsible. 158 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:30,000 Ah, Signor Pazzi. Good to see you here today. 159 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:32,000 Likewise, Signor Guadagni. 160 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:34,200 Though I wonder what the olive oil merchant 161 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:36,480 is doing in the Signoria? 162 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,240 Perhaps he's mistaken this for a marketplace. 163 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:40,320 Hm. 164 00:14:45,880 --> 00:14:46,880 Messer Medici. 165 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:58,240 What's he doing here? 166 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:00,120 My father promised he would send you a candidate. 167 00:15:01,520 --> 00:15:04,960 -Has your father gone mad? -I'm sure he knows what he's doing. 168 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:08,680 - Gentlemen! 169 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:11,880 Please! Please, take your seats. 170 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:15,640 While we are all still grieving the loss of Rinaldo Albizzi, 171 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:17,960 we can wait no longer. 172 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:22,840 It is time a new member of the Signoria is elected to take his seat. 173 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:09,440 The successful candidate is... 174 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,840 - Mastro Bredani! 175 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:17,200 Yes! Yes! Yes! 176 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:20,400 Thank you. Thank you. 177 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:24,400 Who will join me for a drink to celebrate my new position? 178 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,480 -They let you in? -No. I know where the keys are hidden. 179 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:47,240 -You shouldn't be here. -Neither should you. 180 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,120 If I could just get Cosimo to listen to reason. 181 00:16:52,200 --> 00:16:54,880 -You mustn't interfere, Lucrezia. -Then I should do nothing? 182 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,960 Marco has become more Cosimo's brother than I am. 183 00:16:58,040 --> 00:17:00,160 He believes every word that he says. 184 00:17:00,240 --> 00:17:01,760 There is nothing that you can do. 185 00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:10,600 We must find proof of Lorenzo's innocence. 186 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,240 -I've spoken with Lorenzo and-- -You went against my father's orders? 187 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,920 You know Lorenzo. You know he could never do this. 188 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:20,600 I trust my father's judgment. 189 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:26,760 Even when he has a common olive oil merchant elected to the Signoria? 190 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:31,600 -Your father's judgment is wrong! -Do not disobey him again. 191 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,520 And I trust you will not disobey me. 192 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,880 That concludes the matter of the granary tax. 193 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,040 Now we move on to outstanding matters. 194 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:51,400 The Albizzi were declared traitors, 195 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:55,760 so the Signoria must seize their land and possession. 196 00:17:57,360 --> 00:17:59,240 Their deaths make no difference. 197 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:03,120 Their deaths make no difference. 198 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,720 Their deaths make no difference. 199 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:09,000 You don't find that a little heartless? 200 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,400 A mother has lost her husband and son. 201 00:18:18,560 --> 00:18:20,520 Would you steal Madonna Albizzi's home from her? 202 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:23,160 Take her money? 203 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,440 The golden leaf from the frames of her family portraits? 204 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,040 We must think of the good of Florence. 205 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:33,400 Surely, 206 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,520 not of the individual. 207 00:18:36,600 --> 00:18:39,400 If her husband was a traitor, then all that was his, 208 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:41,200 rightfully belongs to the Republic. 209 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,920 And besides, Messer Medici, it is the law. 210 00:18:47,120 --> 00:18:49,080 I am well aware of the law. 211 00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:54,400 You would deprive this innocent woman of the home where she bore her son? 212 00:18:56,520 --> 00:19:00,200 Take away all that she has left to remind her of her loved ones? 213 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:04,320 Have you no mercy? 214 00:19:06,760 --> 00:19:07,760 None of you? 215 00:19:10,120 --> 00:19:12,440 I suppose, Messer Medici, 216 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:17,360 if you so wish it, an exception could be made. 217 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:18,520 I do wish it. 218 00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:24,240 And I wish all of you to share my compassion for this woman. 219 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:32,880 Do I have your votes, gentlemen? 220 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:09,320 Messer Medici? 221 00:20:11,080 --> 00:20:12,080 Madonna Albizzi. 222 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:17,280 -Thank you. -You have no need to thank me. 223 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:21,040 I-- I only did what any good Christian man would do. 224 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:23,280 I know you and Rinaldo were no longer close, 225 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:26,600 but I won't forget this. 226 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:29,080 May God bless you. 227 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:41,680 How magnanimous of you to show such kindness 228 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:43,600 to the wife of your fiercest enemy. 229 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:25,200 Your Holiness, please... 230 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:37,560 I want to thank you for blessing the Duomo. 231 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:38,920 It may seem a small act, 232 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,240 but it means a great deal to the people of Florence 233 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:45,120 that the completion of the Dome will be a glory to God. 234 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:47,800 And to the Medici. 235 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:52,600 All our family's good deeds are in humble service to God. 236 00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:56,600 Is that why the Medici seal graces to many edifices your family 237 00:21:56,680 --> 00:22:00,360 constructs in its humble service to God? 238 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:02,600 God sees all. 239 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:07,160 He knows of the family's good work with or without the seal, but we have... 240 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:10,480 many enemies. 241 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,800 The seals are not needed to remind God, but to remind the people of Florence 242 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:15,960 of the genuine piety of the Medici. 243 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:21,000 Genuine piety indeed. 244 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:27,720 God does see all. 245 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:31,280 All our good deeds... 246 00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:34,600 and all our sins. 247 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:42,600 We are all sinners until we seek God's forgiveness. 248 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:47,600 Then let us pray together. 249 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:07,720 I'm a new member of the Signoria. 250 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:17,360 ♪ Questa fanciulla l'amor ♪ 251 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:23,440 ♪ Fallami pia ♪ 252 00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:47,840 Couldn't sleep? 253 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:51,400 Perhaps I should run away. 254 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,400 Nobody would even notice if I was gone. 255 00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:08,680 So what's keeping you awake? 256 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,720 Worrying about a friend. 257 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,200 What's there to worry about? 258 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,560 He has the whole of Florence at his command. 259 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:21,880 You sound bitter. 260 00:24:23,560 --> 00:24:25,520 In Venice, I was his only distraction. 261 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:31,720 Here he has Contessina, 262 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,760 the Signoria and a million other things more important than me. 263 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,560 And he's made it quite clear that there's no room left for... 264 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:43,640 Oh, whatever it was we had. 265 00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:47,800 Perhaps he will move you into another Medici house. 266 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:53,160 -You could still have a good life. -If Contessina will allow it? 267 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:56,480 She'll probably just have me sold. 268 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,520 -She is a merciful woman. -Yes. 269 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,280 But I suspect that her mercy ends... 270 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,520 when it comes to her husband's whore. 271 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:17,320 You shouldn't talk that way about yourself. 272 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:20,680 You're so much more than that. 273 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:06,520 Cosimo? 274 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:09,120 Is that you? 275 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,560 Cosimo, I beg you, can we just talk as brothers? 276 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,280 I confess that, yes, I loved Rosa, 277 00:26:21,360 --> 00:26:23,720 just as you loved Bianca so many years ago, 278 00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:27,960 but, but no quarrel could ever have provoked me 279 00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:30,200 to raise a hand against Father. 280 00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:33,560 These troubles that you are having, 281 00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:36,800 they are clouding your judgment, but you must put them aside 282 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:39,160 and see only what is staring you in the face. 283 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,040 That I am innocent. 284 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:48,240 That Marco Bello has done this to me. 285 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,440 He's not worthy of your trust. 286 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:56,760 Cosimo? 287 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:02,840 Cosimo? 288 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,360 Messer? 289 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,720 Help a drunken fool inside his home, please. 290 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:42,760 Who's there? 291 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,480 Please... Have mercy. 292 00:28:34,600 --> 00:28:35,520 No! 293 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:43,480 Cosimo! Cosimo, what is it? 294 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,120 I saw him. 295 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:46,840 -Who did you see? -Rinaldo. 296 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,880 It was just a dream. It's all right. I'm here. 297 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:56,560 You blame yourself, don't you? 298 00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,320 But you must not. 299 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,280 It was not your fault that they were ambushed. 300 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:10,800 You cannot carry this blame. 301 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:17,840 I will stay with you. 302 00:29:17,920 --> 00:29:19,560 In case your nightmares return. 303 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,680 No. 304 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,320 I'll sleep better alone. 305 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:34,920 As you wish. 306 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:04,240 What's happened? 307 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:08,040 I couldn't wake you before, but Bredani was murdered. 308 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,880 I tried to stop the voting, but it was impossible. 309 00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,360 A slip with your mark was given to Guadagni this morning, 310 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,760 and I told him it couldn't be from you, but it was too late. 311 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:20,680 -Congratulations. -Thank you very much. 312 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:30,840 Madonna Albizzi. 313 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:35,240 I came to offer our sincere condolences for your loss. 314 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:38,720 And why would you do that? 315 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,160 Rinaldo's death has hit Cosimo hard. 316 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:45,360 He blames himself for sending them into exile. 317 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:47,120 Hm. 318 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,960 Well, perhaps he has other reasons to blame himself. 319 00:30:51,760 --> 00:30:53,880 I'm sorry, I don't understand your meaning. 320 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:03,080 Do you really not know what your own husband did? 321 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,960 It was Cosimo who ordered my family murdered. 322 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:13,960 Grief plays tricks with us all. 323 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,480 You are mistaken if you think my husband had any part in this. 324 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:18,800 This isn't grief speaking. 325 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,000 Do you think I'm the only one who believes it was him? 326 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:25,280 A woman of your intelligence should not delude herself. 327 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:30,360 It was a great show, sending Rinaldo and Ormanno into exile. 328 00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:34,800 So all Florence could see how merciful the great Cosimo de' Medici is. 329 00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:37,040 But there is no mercy in his heart. 330 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:39,720 It is made of stone. 331 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:47,320 You have lost your family. 332 00:31:48,800 --> 00:31:52,160 I understand why you wish to lash out against mine. 333 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:54,680 You have no idea. 334 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,360 Ormanno was my life. 335 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:07,720 Without him I have no purpose, no reason to go on. 336 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:12,920 And it is Cosimo who did this! 337 00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:21,560 The only comfort I have... 338 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:28,320 is that you now know what sort of a monster you are married to. 339 00:32:37,640 --> 00:32:39,120 Show Madonna Medici out. 340 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:51,200 -How dare you say such filth! -It's what all the servants are saying. 341 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:55,000 -Cosimo would never do such a thing. -You think you know him better than I do? 342 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,160 You're only saying that because he's tossed you aside. 343 00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:00,040 Just as I told you he would. 344 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:02,440 Your position in this house is no longer safe. 345 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,200 Speak against Messer Cosimo again and you'll find yourself 346 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:07,680 at the slave market in Genoa before you know it! 347 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:10,000 -What is the meaning of this? -Madonna, I'm so sorry. 348 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,880 Tell me what has been said against my husband. 349 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,760 No, it's nothing. It's just rumors. Idle tongues. 350 00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:15,280 Tell me! 351 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:21,480 People are saying... he ordered the Albizzi's deaths. 352 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,560 -Do not repeat these lies again. -Of course not. 353 00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:34,000 Your Holiness. 354 00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:38,440 I have outstayed my welcome, 355 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,680 but there is a room waiting for me at Santa Maria Novella. 356 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:43,880 Of course you haven't outstayed your welcome. 357 00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:47,280 -We are honored to have you as our guest. -But now it is time to go. 358 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,440 At least remain until Cosimo returns. He will be so sad to have missed you. 359 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:53,000 I'm sure that your husband will understand. 360 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,160 Whatever you may have heard, you must believe me 361 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,120 when I say that there are many people jealous of Cosimo's position. 362 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:00,800 People who would tell the most vicious lies 363 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,480 if it meant that they might destabilize this family. 364 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:13,280 Yes, I'm confident. 365 00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:17,280 May I wish you congratulations on your appointment, signore. 366 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,760 No congratulations from you, Messer Medici? 367 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,720 Of course. Congratulations. 368 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,520 I really hope our families can work together. 369 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,720 After all, we are both bankers. 370 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:34,720 Both committed to the modern world of commerce and trade. 371 00:34:35,720 --> 00:34:39,160 -It could be mutually beneficial. -I'd like that very much. 372 00:34:39,240 --> 00:34:41,680 I always assumed the Medicis disliked working with anyone 373 00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:43,160 and preferred people to work for them. 374 00:34:43,240 --> 00:34:44,840 We all like to be our own masters, 375 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,720 -but I'm sure we can find a way. -Indeed. 376 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:52,160 I only hope one day, my family will achieve the success of the great Medici. 377 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:56,160 Do not underestimate what it takes to scale such heights. 378 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:00,720 I don't underestimate anyone. 379 00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:19,120 His Holiness has gone. 380 00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,000 Gone? Where? 381 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:28,440 He claimed he'd be more comfortable at Santa Maria Novella than here. 382 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:32,000 But in truth, I suspect he did not wish to be tainted by scandal. 383 00:35:33,560 --> 00:35:34,960 What scandal? 384 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:39,080 There are rumors, Cosimo. 385 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:41,400 Rumors you ordered the Albizzi deaths. 386 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:47,720 Of course, I'm surprised anyone would believe such lies. 387 00:36:06,240 --> 00:36:08,040 Cosimo, what are you doing here? 388 00:36:08,120 --> 00:36:10,880 I came to ensure your new home is comfortable enough. 389 00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:14,680 It is sufficient. I have no need for luxury. 390 00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,320 You haven't forgotten what Matthew taught us 391 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,680 about rich men entering the kingdom of heaven? 392 00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:22,120 The Medicis may enjoy some luxury. 393 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:23,920 But we enjoy God's favor too. 394 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,000 The family's relationship with the church has always been a strong one. 395 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,200 -I hope that it will continue that way. -Hm. 396 00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:38,280 Have you come here out of concern for my wellbeing... 397 00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:42,240 or for where the church banks? Hm? 398 00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:47,800 Or perhaps it is not the bank you fear for. 399 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,160 Perhaps it is for your immortal soul? 400 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:56,960 -I know you have heard rumors. -I hear everything. 401 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,440 There is a conspiracy against me, led by the Pazzi. 402 00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:05,360 My downfall would do great things for that family. I am-- 403 00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:11,120 I implore you not to listen to their lies. 404 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,080 Is it possible that in the shadow of the Albizzi murders 405 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,000 and your own father's death, 406 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:24,720 you have become a little... 407 00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:27,120 sensitive? 408 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:31,760 And now if you'll excuse me, I have work to do. 409 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:03,040 Out. 410 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:06,040 Stefano. 411 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,440 -Ugo, I need 20,000 florins. -What for? 412 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:20,160 I'm leaving Florence. 413 00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:22,200 Ugo, please, make him see sense. 414 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:23,960 Help me persuade him. 415 00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:26,360 You must stay and defend yourself from these false accusations. 416 00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,440 It's too late, Lucrezia. 417 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:31,280 There is a change in Cosimo. 418 00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:34,920 A coldness. And he has locked me out of his heart. 419 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,800 Please, have the bill of exchange drawn up while I prepare my escape. 420 00:38:57,480 --> 00:39:00,000 -Where were you? -With Pope Eugenio. 421 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:02,520 Is everything well? 422 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:05,560 Why wouldn't it be? 423 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,600 Or did you really think he'd believe these vicious rumors? 424 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:13,000 Perhaps you believe them? 425 00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:15,320 What is it they say? 426 00:39:17,240 --> 00:39:20,200 Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. 427 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,280 Do not presume to lecture me, woman. 428 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:27,080 As we sit here, conspirators are plotting our downfall. 429 00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:30,120 Does that justify murder? 430 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:33,760 Alessandra Albizzi believes it was you who ordered their deaths. 431 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:35,720 Perhaps she was right, after all. 432 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:38,600 Tell me, Cosimo. 433 00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,200 Is your soul lost? 434 00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:45,200 Was it you who ordered the deaths of the Albizzi? 435 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:52,840 Of course not. 436 00:39:56,520 --> 00:39:58,680 We had our differences. 437 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,840 But to think that I could live with that man's death on my conscience... 438 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,880 Then you must not allow this situation to get out of your control. 439 00:40:17,960 --> 00:40:20,480 The Pope cannot afford to be tainted by association with such lies. 440 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,080 You must ensure we have his undivided loyalty. 441 00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,120 Contessina? 442 00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:32,720 Contessina, will you not eat? 443 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,680 I've lost my appetite. 444 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:58,560 There are rumors, Cosimo. 445 00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:02,360 Alessandra Albizzi believes it was you who ordered their deaths. 446 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,080 Perhaps it is your immortal soul? 447 00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,400 - ...dig two graves. 448 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:07,600 ...dig two graves. 449 00:41:36,080 --> 00:41:37,080 What are you doing? 450 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,680 How dare you disobey my orders! 451 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:42,480 I had no choice. 452 00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:45,880 I couldn't stand by and watch an innocent man be locked up. 453 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:49,120 -You don't know he's innocent. -But I do believe he is. 454 00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:52,320 I cannot let you go. 455 00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:54,840 You must let me leave, Contessina. He will not listen to reason. 456 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:56,600 This family will break-- 457 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:57,680 What is this? 458 00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:01,600 Who released him without my authority? 459 00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,760 You both need to hear what Ugo has told me. 460 00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:23,480 Ugo, what is this about? 461 00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:27,640 Something I should have told you, both of you, long ago. 462 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:28,720 What? 463 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:31,080 It's about Rosa. 464 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:40,040 I knew how much you loved that girl, Lorenzo. 465 00:42:41,560 --> 00:42:42,560 Your father knew too. 466 00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:46,480 What of it? 467 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:50,440 After your father refused to allow Lorenzo to marry Rosa, 468 00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:52,800 he ordered me to get rid of her. 469 00:42:52,880 --> 00:42:56,200 Just as he got rid of Bianca all those years ago. 470 00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,600 Get rid of her? 471 00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:03,640 How? 472 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,160 You were in love with her. Everyone could see that. 473 00:43:10,240 --> 00:43:14,320 But your father deemed her an inappropriate match. 474 00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:18,680 I offered her money, as your father instructed. 475 00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:24,120 But she refused. She said she had something more valuable. 476 00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:29,240 Something that meant more to her than all the money in the world. 477 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:39,320 She was carrying your baby. 478 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:52,760 -Rosa had my child? -He insisted she leave. 479 00:43:52,840 --> 00:43:54,160 To protect you. 480 00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:57,440 Your father had me take her to a home 481 00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:01,160 for unmarried mothers, near Arezzo. 482 00:44:01,240 --> 00:44:02,560 She was frightened. 483 00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:08,400 But I told her it was for the best. That she could rely on me. 484 00:44:11,760 --> 00:44:14,160 Why, Ugo, did you not say anything? 485 00:44:16,800 --> 00:44:20,560 Your, your father ordered me to keep her whereabouts secret. 486 00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:25,480 The last time I went to see her was a few weeks before the baby was due. 487 00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:27,520 The woman who ran the place tried to stop me. 488 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:32,200 She, she said she'd left. But I knew she was lying. 489 00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:34,760 I found her in her room. 490 00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:38,280 Both she and the baby were dead. 491 00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:11,200 This does nothing to relieve the burden of guilt on my brother. 492 00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:13,240 But this does. 493 00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:18,920 I found it in Marco Bello's saddlebag. 494 00:45:20,600 --> 00:45:21,600 What is it? 495 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:25,920 A bill of sale. For hemlock. 496 00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:40,360 Summon Marco Bello to my study. 497 00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:52,920 What is it? 498 00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:03,880 Tancredi's bill of sale. 499 00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:07,080 Who gave you this? 500 00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:09,440 The name of the buyer was torn off. 501 00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:12,120 And it was found in your saddlebags. 502 00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:16,120 You could have easily stolen my brother's dagger from his chambers. 503 00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,000 You can't think I killed your father? 504 00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:21,840 You accuse me with evidence far less conclusive. 505 00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:25,480 I was the one who demanded Tancredi surrender this. Remember? 506 00:46:25,560 --> 00:46:26,640 So you said. 507 00:46:26,720 --> 00:46:31,520 After you murdered the surgeon who conducted our father's autopsy. 508 00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:35,960 -What possible motive could I have? -You didn't need a motive. 509 00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:38,320 All you needed was to be paid. 510 00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:39,680 Who was it, Albizzi? 511 00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:46,120 You know I have been a loyal friend and servant to you, Cosimo. 512 00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:49,320 Loyal? Is it loyal to accuse my brother? 513 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:52,840 Was it loyal to sleep with Maddalena? 514 00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:56,240 Did you think I wouldn't find out? 515 00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:02,520 There's no sum of money in the world large enough 516 00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:04,840 to make me raise a hand against this family. 517 00:47:05,920 --> 00:47:08,920 Your money has given you enormous power, Cosimo. 518 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:13,560 But I wonder, do you understand the price you've paid? 519 00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,800 You expect us to just let you walk out of here? 520 00:47:41,400 --> 00:47:45,560 If you believe that I killed your father, then kill me. 521 00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:48,400 -Go ahead. -Do it, Cosimo. 522 00:47:51,720 --> 00:47:53,080 Do it. 523 00:47:55,160 --> 00:47:58,720 I don't fear death. Death is easy. 524 00:47:59,880 --> 00:48:01,320 Do it. 525 00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:02,760 Do it! 526 00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:27,520 --I'll call the guards. 527 00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:29,920 No. 528 00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:32,040 Let him go. 529 00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:35,120 What? 530 00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:38,960 Let him go.