1 00:00:00,595 --> 00:00:02,165 ALEXANDER: Previously on The Borgias... 2 00:00:02,166 --> 00:00:03,904 The sentence is banishment. 3 00:00:03,905 --> 00:00:05,306 Cardinal Versucci will be stripped 4 00:00:05,340 --> 00:00:06,874 and his property will be donated 5 00:00:06,975 --> 00:00:09,774 to our Holy Mother Church. 6 00:00:09,808 --> 00:00:11,440 CARDINAL SFORZA: Cardinal Versucci was the last person 7 00:00:11,507 --> 00:00:12,607 in the room. 8 00:00:12,675 --> 00:00:13,975 No one can find him. 9 00:00:14,042 --> 00:00:16,143 LUDOVICO: May I introduce Francesco Gonzaga, 10 00:00:16,178 --> 00:00:17,577 Duke of Mantua, 11 00:00:17,612 --> 00:00:20,248 and his bride, the lovely Bianca. 12 00:00:20,282 --> 00:00:21,615 Divine indeed. 13 00:00:21,683 --> 00:00:22,983 You know what I want. 14 00:00:23,051 --> 00:00:24,884 You wish your son to be acknowledged. 15 00:00:24,952 --> 00:00:26,251 To separate a mother from her child - 16 00:00:26,352 --> 00:00:27,519 Her bastard child. 17 00:00:27,587 --> 00:00:28,720 My feelings on that matter 18 00:00:28,788 --> 00:00:31,523 have already been made abundantly clear. 19 00:00:31,591 --> 00:00:33,526 You sat there, meek as a girl, 20 00:00:33,627 --> 00:00:35,528 [gasp] and said not one word. 21 00:00:35,596 --> 00:00:37,197 IL CERIMONIERE: Catherina Sforza Riario, 22 00:00:37,264 --> 00:00:38,866 Countess of Forli. 23 00:00:38,900 --> 00:00:42,336 We had almost lost hope of having you kneel before us. 24 00:00:42,370 --> 00:00:43,771 ALFONSO: You invite her here? 25 00:00:43,805 --> 00:00:46,808 Into the heart of Rome onto the steps of the Vatican 26 00:00:46,876 --> 00:00:48,343 for the whole world to see? 27 00:00:48,444 --> 00:00:49,979 My invitation of Catherina Sforza 28 00:00:50,013 --> 00:00:51,214 is a move in the game - 29 00:00:51,282 --> 00:00:53,817 as is your marriage to the pope's daughter. 30 00:00:53,852 --> 00:00:55,185 ALFONSO: My marriage is no game. 31 00:00:55,253 --> 00:00:57,187 I love Lucrezia. 32 00:00:57,222 --> 00:00:59,023 Who did this? 33 00:00:59,091 --> 00:01:00,391 Only my brother would've - 34 00:01:00,459 --> 00:01:02,027 Is this what I am to your brother? 35 00:01:02,061 --> 00:01:03,495 A question mark? 36 00:01:03,529 --> 00:01:05,497 Is this what I am to your family? 37 00:01:05,565 --> 00:01:07,298 I would confound this pope. 38 00:01:07,366 --> 00:01:09,000 Our little pack of wolves. 39 00:01:09,034 --> 00:01:10,568 If they pledge their swords to me, 40 00:01:10,636 --> 00:01:12,670 and the Borgia estates I'll divide among them. 41 00:01:14,673 --> 00:01:16,406 What on God's earth? 42 00:01:16,474 --> 00:01:18,375 Am I so hard to love? 43 00:01:18,409 --> 00:01:21,377 Only a Borgia, it seems, can truly love a Borgia. 44 00:01:21,412 --> 00:01:22,779 Why deny ourselves the pleasure 45 00:01:22,846 --> 00:01:25,114 of which we're already accused? 46 00:01:30,219 --> 00:01:33,025 [#] 47 00:01:33,026 --> 00:01:37,026 # The Borgias 3x04 # The Banquet of Chestnuts Original Air Date on May 5, 2013 48 00:01:37,051 --> 00:01:42,050 == sync, corrected by elderman == 49 00:01:42,051 --> 00:03:01,336 [#] 50 00:03:14,959 --> 00:03:19,229 We hereby invest you, Alessandro Farnese, 51 00:03:19,264 --> 00:03:24,468 with the dignity of Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church. 52 00:03:24,502 --> 00:03:27,637 Receive this ring from the hand of Peter 53 00:03:27,738 --> 00:03:30,240 and know that through the love 54 00:03:30,274 --> 00:03:31,514 of the Prince of the Apostles... 55 00:03:31,542 --> 00:03:33,176 [quietly] Who is he? 56 00:03:33,244 --> 00:03:37,081 Your love towards the church is strengthened. 57 00:03:37,182 --> 00:03:39,450 SFORZA: Remember Pope's whore, Giulia Farnese? 58 00:03:40,785 --> 00:03:43,020 That's the brother. 59 00:03:43,088 --> 00:03:44,822 God help us all. 60 00:03:45,890 --> 00:03:47,157 You shall report to Cardinal Grimani 61 00:03:47,192 --> 00:03:48,725 who is in charge of the Treasury. 62 00:03:48,793 --> 00:03:51,034 We need a comprehensive account of all funds and outlays, 63 00:03:51,096 --> 00:03:52,536 with each transaction recorded twice. 64 00:03:52,564 --> 00:03:54,298 I am sure you are aware of the principle of double entry? 65 00:03:54,366 --> 00:03:56,934 Tithes and taxes are garnered in the Treasury and deposited here; 66 00:03:57,002 --> 00:03:59,470 these dockets record the amounts, 67 00:03:59,538 --> 00:04:00,905 the various funds, sub-funds 68 00:04:00,939 --> 00:04:02,940 and sub-funds of sub-funds to which the amounts are due. 69 00:04:03,008 --> 00:04:05,109 You will make two books: one of credit, one of debit. 70 00:04:05,177 --> 00:04:06,477 This is your desk. 71 00:04:06,511 --> 00:04:07,979 MAN: Here. 72 00:04:08,013 --> 00:04:09,447 [sighs] 73 00:04:09,482 --> 00:04:10,816 I'm sure your sister impressed on you 74 00:04:10,850 --> 00:04:12,117 the importance of counting the money 75 00:04:12,185 --> 00:04:13,652 before the client has rinsed off and walked away. 76 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:15,554 [hammering, chatter] 77 00:04:15,622 --> 00:04:17,757 What happened here? 78 00:04:19,126 --> 00:04:21,728 Cardinal Versucci happened here. 79 00:04:21,762 --> 00:04:24,097 [sheep baaing; dogs barking] 80 00:04:24,131 --> 00:04:25,999 [man shouting indistinctly] 81 00:04:26,034 --> 00:04:34,034 [#] 82 00:04:38,746 --> 00:04:40,948 [water running] 83 00:04:42,184 --> 00:04:43,484 Sister... 84 00:04:43,585 --> 00:04:45,386 More water. 85 00:04:47,188 --> 00:04:48,689 ABBESS: There, Brother. 86 00:04:57,765 --> 00:05:00,032 The title deeds to the alum mines 87 00:05:00,067 --> 00:05:03,602 so graciously transferred to the Office of Public Works 88 00:05:03,670 --> 00:05:07,039 are now restored, in perpetuity, 89 00:05:07,140 --> 00:05:09,141 to the Little Sisters of the Poor. 90 00:05:09,209 --> 00:05:12,044 With all the income resultant. 91 00:05:12,078 --> 00:05:15,281 You're a strange messenger to bring such good tidings. 92 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:18,284 You look like a man in a hurry. 93 00:05:18,352 --> 00:05:20,287 What is it you are hurrying from, Father? 94 00:05:21,756 --> 00:05:24,325 Oh, at first I thought I was hurrying from. 95 00:05:24,359 --> 00:05:27,929 But now, I rather think I am hurrying towards. 96 00:05:27,963 --> 00:05:29,497 Towards God? 97 00:05:31,200 --> 00:05:35,136 Towards whatever destiny I have wrought for myself. 98 00:05:38,507 --> 00:05:40,475 CESARE: So, Rome is well stocked 99 00:05:40,509 --> 00:05:41,876 with cardinals once more. 100 00:05:41,977 --> 00:05:43,478 ALEXANDER: With loyal cardinals. 101 00:05:43,513 --> 00:05:45,033 When the garden is overcome with weeds, 102 00:05:45,047 --> 00:05:47,148 it is sometimes best to burn it down and sow again. 103 00:05:47,216 --> 00:05:48,416 CESARE: Are they competent? 104 00:05:48,517 --> 00:05:49,984 Do any of them know their duties? 105 00:05:50,019 --> 00:05:52,887 ALEXANDER: Their only duty is loyalty to us. 106 00:05:52,955 --> 00:05:55,156 The rest they can learn as they go along. 107 00:05:55,224 --> 00:05:56,758 Father, the envoy from Venice. 108 00:05:56,792 --> 00:05:58,693 [sighs] What does Venice want? 109 00:05:58,794 --> 00:06:00,795 An audience. He's been waiting three days. 110 00:06:00,829 --> 00:06:02,063 [sighs] 111 00:06:02,131 --> 00:06:03,231 Ah! 112 00:06:03,332 --> 00:06:06,167 The new bride finally appears. 113 00:06:06,235 --> 00:06:08,603 How are you, my dear? 114 00:06:08,670 --> 00:06:10,671 Are you well? [chuckles] 115 00:06:10,706 --> 00:06:12,173 Yes, Father. 116 00:06:12,241 --> 00:06:13,808 Married life suits you? 117 00:06:13,875 --> 00:06:17,712 Last night brought you everything you could desire? 118 00:06:17,779 --> 00:06:18,813 [giggles] 119 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:20,982 [chuckles] Oh! 120 00:06:21,049 --> 00:06:22,617 We brought a blush to your cheeks. 121 00:06:22,685 --> 00:06:26,587 Look, Cesare. Your sister, the blushing bride. 122 00:06:26,622 --> 00:06:29,157 [chuckles] 123 00:06:29,224 --> 00:06:30,458 Well, there we are. 124 00:06:41,137 --> 00:06:43,372 So... 125 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,875 What brings Venice so far south? 126 00:06:45,909 --> 00:06:47,643 The price of indigo? 127 00:06:47,711 --> 00:06:51,080 The illiberal duties charged on imports 128 00:06:51,181 --> 00:06:52,915 from the Baltic states? 129 00:06:52,983 --> 00:06:56,419 Or are mosquitoes in the lagoon getting too much to bear? 130 00:06:56,453 --> 00:06:58,421 [chuckles] 131 00:06:58,456 --> 00:07:00,723 It is the Turks, Your Holiness. 132 00:07:00,824 --> 00:07:01,925 The Turks? 133 00:07:01,992 --> 00:07:04,060 We have lost three trade convoys this year. 134 00:07:04,095 --> 00:07:06,896 Uh-huh... Innumerable smaller merchant vessels. 135 00:07:06,964 --> 00:07:09,265 The price of doing business. 136 00:07:09,366 --> 00:07:10,766 This past month they've been raiding 137 00:07:10,801 --> 00:07:12,435 the coastal towns along the province. 138 00:07:12,470 --> 00:07:14,637 They've not done that before. 139 00:07:14,738 --> 00:07:17,373 If trade suffers, we all suffer. 140 00:07:17,474 --> 00:07:19,108 Rome as well. 141 00:07:20,476 --> 00:07:22,811 So Venice's suffering is Rome's suffering. 142 00:07:22,912 --> 00:07:24,646 Exactly so, Holiness. 143 00:07:24,714 --> 00:07:26,881 Except with rather more mosquitoes. 144 00:07:26,916 --> 00:07:29,183 Well, we thank you 145 00:07:29,251 --> 00:07:31,252 for bringing our suffering to our attention. 146 00:07:31,286 --> 00:07:33,187 We were not aware. 147 00:07:35,023 --> 00:07:36,657 We will give this matter 148 00:07:36,725 --> 00:07:38,993 the consideration that it merits. 149 00:07:41,997 --> 00:07:44,165 FERDINAND: So our cousin has married the woman 150 00:07:44,199 --> 00:07:47,469 all of Italy talks about. 151 00:07:47,570 --> 00:07:51,806 Who would have thought, of all those suitors, 152 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,844 she would choose our little Alfonsito? 153 00:07:55,911 --> 00:07:58,212 You've done well, 154 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:00,915 for our family and yourself. 155 00:08:01,016 --> 00:08:03,284 Very, very well, I might say. 156 00:08:05,354 --> 00:08:07,488 Lucrezia Borgia! 157 00:08:07,556 --> 00:08:09,490 Even a king hears tales. 158 00:08:09,524 --> 00:08:12,393 So tell me... What's she like? 159 00:08:12,428 --> 00:08:15,296 She is, uh, 160 00:08:15,364 --> 00:08:16,931 kind, and gentle. 161 00:08:16,999 --> 00:08:18,466 [chuckles] 162 00:08:19,835 --> 00:08:21,636 You idiot. Not like that. 163 00:08:21,670 --> 00:08:24,305 I mean in bed. What's she like in bed? 164 00:08:26,642 --> 00:08:29,110 She's everything you could wish for, I suppose. 165 00:08:29,178 --> 00:08:31,379 You suppose? 166 00:08:31,413 --> 00:08:34,849 Cousin, we're men talking here! 167 00:08:34,917 --> 00:08:36,918 I mean, how does she like it? 168 00:08:36,953 --> 00:08:40,488 Dog style? Up the back alley? 169 00:08:40,589 --> 00:08:41,956 How? 170 00:08:43,025 --> 00:08:44,559 The usual way. 171 00:08:50,199 --> 00:08:52,567 "The usual way?" 172 00:08:52,601 --> 00:08:54,669 What is it you're not telling me? 173 00:08:54,770 --> 00:08:56,838 What happened on your wedding night? 174 00:08:59,208 --> 00:09:00,842 Nothing. 175 00:09:00,876 --> 00:09:04,245 Nothing? What do you mean, nothing? 176 00:09:04,313 --> 00:09:06,681 Nothing happened. The marriage wasn't consummated? 177 00:09:06,749 --> 00:09:08,483 Nothing happened! 178 00:09:08,517 --> 00:09:10,418 Nothing happened? Nothing at all? 179 00:09:10,486 --> 00:09:11,753 But it must happen. 180 00:09:11,787 --> 00:09:16,125 For the sake of both our families, it must happen. 181 00:09:16,159 --> 00:09:17,759 And it will! 182 00:09:17,794 --> 00:09:20,962 Yes, it most certainly will. 183 00:09:26,669 --> 00:09:28,502 Father. Your Grace. 184 00:09:29,771 --> 00:09:31,506 Cardinal Farnese. 185 00:09:31,607 --> 00:09:34,075 Your Holiness. 186 00:09:34,143 --> 00:09:36,077 Hard at work, I see. 187 00:09:36,145 --> 00:09:37,879 Yes, Holiness. 188 00:09:37,947 --> 00:09:40,615 I am reconciling dockets, Holiness. 189 00:09:40,683 --> 00:09:45,487 Ascertaining the true level of Vatican funds. 190 00:09:45,522 --> 00:09:47,423 Please, don't let me stop you. 191 00:09:51,895 --> 00:09:53,262 Your sister Giulia 192 00:09:53,297 --> 00:09:55,398 requested that you be created a cardinal. 193 00:09:55,432 --> 00:09:57,333 Yes, Holiness. 194 00:09:57,368 --> 00:09:58,801 You did not put yourself forward. 195 00:09:58,902 --> 00:10:00,470 No, Holiness. 196 00:10:00,537 --> 00:10:03,239 [hammering continues] 197 00:10:03,340 --> 00:10:06,509 Not even to her? 198 00:10:06,543 --> 00:10:10,880 A suggestion, the merest hint? 199 00:10:10,981 --> 00:10:12,515 No, Holiness. 200 00:10:12,549 --> 00:10:14,717 It - it was her idea. 201 00:10:15,719 --> 00:10:18,822 So, you are not like the others. 202 00:10:18,889 --> 00:10:20,623 No ambition. 203 00:10:20,724 --> 00:10:23,627 I am deeply honoured by the - Yes, yes, yes. 204 00:10:26,531 --> 00:10:29,333 She told me that you have a felicity 205 00:10:29,367 --> 00:10:34,538 for numbers, for accounts. 206 00:10:34,606 --> 00:10:38,076 Which is why we have placed you 207 00:10:38,177 --> 00:10:40,912 in a position in our Treasury. 208 00:10:41,013 --> 00:10:42,647 Holiness. 209 00:10:47,186 --> 00:10:49,454 [whispering] Now listen to me very carefully. 210 00:10:49,522 --> 00:10:51,890 Yes, Holiness. 211 00:10:51,925 --> 00:10:56,061 You'll not report to Cardinal Grimani. 212 00:10:56,096 --> 00:10:59,198 You will not report to Cardinal Sforza. 213 00:10:59,266 --> 00:11:02,568 To none of them. 214 00:11:02,636 --> 00:11:06,839 You will detail the full extent of Vatican finances, 215 00:11:06,907 --> 00:11:10,543 and your report you will place in our hands 216 00:11:10,611 --> 00:11:14,982 and our hands alone. 217 00:11:15,049 --> 00:11:17,818 Am I clear? 218 00:11:17,919 --> 00:11:21,022 Yes, Holiness. 219 00:11:21,090 --> 00:11:22,624 Good. 220 00:11:50,918 --> 00:11:53,853 [gasps in fright] 221 00:11:53,921 --> 00:11:57,657 Giulia! What brings you here? 222 00:11:57,725 --> 00:11:59,126 A sister's devotion. 223 00:11:59,193 --> 00:12:01,128 [sighs] 224 00:12:01,196 --> 00:12:03,564 Is your head above the water still? 225 00:12:03,665 --> 00:12:06,367 In truth - I fear the waves closed over me long ago. 226 00:12:12,408 --> 00:12:14,475 What is this? 227 00:12:14,509 --> 00:12:16,310 I no longer know. 228 00:12:16,378 --> 00:12:18,780 Lies and confusion. 229 00:12:21,716 --> 00:12:23,584 Would sisterly devotion go so far 230 00:12:23,618 --> 00:12:25,419 as to help me make sense of it? 231 00:12:44,569 --> 00:12:45,669 [sighs] 232 00:12:45,737 --> 00:12:47,972 Are you awake? 233 00:12:48,039 --> 00:12:49,840 Yes. 234 00:12:51,777 --> 00:12:54,612 I wanted to say I'm sorry for last night. 235 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:58,316 I wish it never happened. 236 00:13:14,434 --> 00:13:16,435 Can we pretend it never happened, 237 00:13:16,503 --> 00:13:18,571 and start anew? 238 00:13:33,620 --> 00:13:37,422 [struggling slightly] 239 00:13:39,859 --> 00:13:41,693 I'm sorry. 240 00:13:41,794 --> 00:13:44,328 I cannot. I - 241 00:13:45,898 --> 00:13:48,398 We're married now. We're married. 242 00:13:51,302 --> 00:13:54,972 [struggling slightly] 243 00:13:55,040 --> 00:14:02,347 Last night... 244 00:14:02,414 --> 00:14:04,983 something more happened 245 00:14:05,084 --> 00:14:08,620 than just a question mark on a place setting. 246 00:14:11,623 --> 00:14:13,090 What happened? 247 00:14:21,266 --> 00:14:24,168 I don't understand. What else happened? 248 00:14:31,376 --> 00:14:33,544 A cloud descended on me - 249 00:14:36,014 --> 00:14:38,549 my heart. 250 00:14:44,623 --> 00:14:47,925 Let me lift it then. 251 00:15:01,538 --> 00:15:04,073 Can you feel nothing? 252 00:15:05,175 --> 00:15:07,376 I feel your hand. 253 00:15:08,612 --> 00:15:12,848 Help me... to love you. 254 00:15:12,916 --> 00:15:14,850 Please - just - 255 00:15:16,085 --> 00:15:18,253 [struggling slightly] 256 00:15:19,222 --> 00:15:23,192 Maybe... 257 00:15:23,259 --> 00:15:27,763 maybe our love has to be more of the soul. 258 00:15:34,471 --> 00:15:37,306 Like... 259 00:15:37,374 --> 00:15:39,942 brother and sister? 260 00:15:42,946 --> 00:15:45,948 No. Not like that. 261 00:15:52,022 --> 00:15:54,457 [sighs] 262 00:15:57,995 --> 00:15:59,829 We've been stripped bare. 263 00:15:59,863 --> 00:16:02,031 Yes. 264 00:16:02,099 --> 00:16:04,467 Extraordinary, isn't it? 265 00:16:04,501 --> 00:16:07,770 With such ease. 266 00:16:07,838 --> 00:16:11,040 [chuckles] 267 00:16:11,141 --> 00:16:13,676 You're laughing? 268 00:16:13,744 --> 00:16:16,045 Where is the outrage? The fury? 269 00:16:16,146 --> 00:16:17,313 Because... 270 00:16:17,414 --> 00:16:19,782 we never would have thought he had it in him. 271 00:16:22,219 --> 00:16:27,223 Oh, we'll replenish the coffers. 272 00:16:27,324 --> 00:16:31,294 Meanwhile, seek him out, the old goat. 273 00:16:32,330 --> 00:16:35,933 Teach him the error of his ways. 274 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:02,161 Find him. 275 00:17:07,702 --> 00:17:14,807 [gasping; struggling] 276 00:17:43,238 --> 00:17:44,906 Leave us. 277 00:17:45,007 --> 00:17:47,142 Holy Father, 278 00:17:47,176 --> 00:17:48,877 if you wish me to visit you, 279 00:17:48,911 --> 00:17:51,179 you have but to say the word. 280 00:17:51,281 --> 00:17:54,349 There is no need for Vatican Guards in the night. 281 00:18:02,191 --> 00:18:05,560 Your handwriting on Vatican accounts. 282 00:18:05,628 --> 00:18:08,463 Your notes. 283 00:18:08,531 --> 00:18:13,533 Here and here. 284 00:18:13,634 --> 00:18:14,834 Don't try and deny it. 285 00:18:14,902 --> 00:18:17,102 Yes, I was helping Alessandro to make sense - 286 00:18:17,170 --> 00:18:19,371 You told us he was capable! 287 00:18:19,439 --> 00:18:21,006 That he had a felicity for numbers! 288 00:18:21,107 --> 00:18:23,808 We took your word! He does. 289 00:18:23,876 --> 00:18:26,277 That rat's nest of figures would make a saint weep. 290 00:18:26,378 --> 00:18:28,378 You lied to gain your brother a position! 291 00:18:28,446 --> 00:18:29,913 He is capable! 292 00:18:29,981 --> 00:18:33,016 Moreover, we ordered him explicitly 293 00:18:33,083 --> 00:18:34,717 to answer to no one but us, 294 00:18:34,785 --> 00:18:36,185 and he runs straight to you! 295 00:18:36,286 --> 00:18:38,186 I was merely helping him! [scoffs] 296 00:18:38,254 --> 00:18:40,655 As I once helped you. 297 00:18:42,823 --> 00:18:44,090 Give me one reason 298 00:18:44,158 --> 00:18:45,992 why we should not have him defrocked this instant! 299 00:18:46,093 --> 00:18:48,360 There is nothing underhand here. 300 00:18:48,395 --> 00:18:50,460 He could not understand the numbers. 301 00:18:50,527 --> 00:18:51,807 Could not understand the numbers! 302 00:18:51,828 --> 00:18:53,829 That is all! I helped him! 303 00:18:53,930 --> 00:18:55,997 No one else, nothing more. 304 00:18:56,098 --> 00:18:59,366 Just a sister helping a brother to serve his pope. 305 00:19:01,336 --> 00:19:04,638 But he is a man, is he not? 306 00:19:04,739 --> 00:19:06,206 What do you mean? 307 00:19:08,543 --> 00:19:11,644 Men are false. 308 00:19:11,745 --> 00:19:14,347 We had thought to purge our Vatican. 309 00:19:14,381 --> 00:19:18,617 As though the fresh blood of new cardinals 310 00:19:18,652 --> 00:19:21,019 would wash it clean. 311 00:19:21,087 --> 00:19:22,454 But it will not. 312 00:19:22,555 --> 00:19:24,823 New cardinals become old cardinals, 313 00:19:24,858 --> 00:19:28,093 and it will all begin again - 314 00:19:28,161 --> 00:19:30,663 the plotting, the scheming. 315 00:19:30,697 --> 00:19:35,935 We can see it all - as inevitable as the tide. 316 00:19:36,003 --> 00:19:38,204 You are not yourself, Holiness. 317 00:19:38,272 --> 00:19:40,574 But we are not mistaken either. 318 00:19:43,645 --> 00:19:47,381 We are so utterly alone. 319 00:19:50,285 --> 00:19:53,920 You are not alone, Holiness. 320 00:19:54,021 --> 00:19:55,555 How can I prove it? 321 00:19:55,589 --> 00:19:58,357 You can't... 322 00:19:58,391 --> 00:20:02,494 unless you can ensure a loyalty of an entire Consistory. 323 00:20:08,467 --> 00:20:11,569 If that will bring me your forgiveness, 324 00:20:11,637 --> 00:20:17,776 and you some peace of mind, then I shall find a way. 325 00:20:19,546 --> 00:20:24,584 [sheep bleating throughout] 326 00:20:35,328 --> 00:20:37,862 ADVISOR: It does require your attention. 327 00:20:37,930 --> 00:20:39,497 [clearing throat] 328 00:20:41,934 --> 00:20:46,737 You wished to speak to us? In private? 329 00:20:46,772 --> 00:20:49,607 It's a matter of delicacy, Holiness, 330 00:20:49,641 --> 00:20:54,011 but a matter that can no longer go unattended. 331 00:20:54,046 --> 00:20:56,480 Then speak. 332 00:20:56,514 --> 00:20:58,949 The marriage of your daughter to our cousin. 333 00:20:59,050 --> 00:21:00,884 It has come to my attention 334 00:21:00,919 --> 00:21:02,886 that it is a marriage in name only. 335 00:21:04,322 --> 00:21:05,589 Hm? 336 00:21:05,657 --> 00:21:08,325 It is unfulfilled. 337 00:21:08,393 --> 00:21:09,860 Unconsummated. 338 00:21:09,927 --> 00:21:13,063 What? [chuckling] 339 00:21:13,131 --> 00:21:14,431 It's only been a few days. 340 00:21:14,498 --> 00:21:16,232 Still. A few days become a few weeks 341 00:21:16,267 --> 00:21:17,467 and then come the lovers. 342 00:21:17,501 --> 00:21:20,136 ALEXANDER: Do not speak of our daughter thus. 343 00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:21,604 You are a guest here! 344 00:21:21,672 --> 00:21:25,141 Forgive me, Holiness, but God himself tells us, 345 00:21:25,175 --> 00:21:26,943 "Thou shalt enter unto her - " 346 00:21:26,977 --> 00:21:28,311 Do not preach to us about what God tells us. 347 00:21:28,345 --> 00:21:29,946 "...and thou shalt know her, 348 00:21:29,980 --> 00:21:31,881 and she shall be to thee for a woman." 349 00:21:31,949 --> 00:21:34,584 Now, unless this is done, 350 00:21:34,618 --> 00:21:36,486 this marriage is a sham. 351 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,055 If it is unconsummated, then whose fault is that? 352 00:21:39,156 --> 00:21:40,790 How am I to tell? 353 00:21:40,891 --> 00:21:43,693 Well, you tell me, you seem to know everything else! 354 00:21:43,761 --> 00:21:47,530 I will tell you what I know. 355 00:21:47,597 --> 00:21:51,133 I know your daughter is married to my kinsman. 356 00:21:51,168 --> 00:21:54,069 Now, he's an honourable man. 357 00:21:54,137 --> 00:21:55,971 Meanwhile, your daughter - 358 00:21:56,072 --> 00:21:57,439 You should - 359 00:21:57,506 --> 00:22:00,075 - has a son already whose father is unknown. 360 00:22:00,142 --> 00:22:02,043 You tread carefully, sir. 361 00:22:02,077 --> 00:22:04,178 I am careful, my lord. 362 00:22:04,246 --> 00:22:06,447 I am careful of myself and my family. 363 00:22:06,515 --> 00:22:09,350 Now I will see this marriage consummated, 364 00:22:09,384 --> 00:22:12,721 lest there be any doubt, any confusion, 365 00:22:12,789 --> 00:22:14,457 weeks or months hence. 366 00:22:14,524 --> 00:22:16,158 Then just tell your little cousin to get on with it! 367 00:22:16,226 --> 00:22:17,727 No. 368 00:22:17,794 --> 00:22:19,428 I will take no one's word on this matter, 369 00:22:19,462 --> 00:22:20,629 do you understand? 370 00:22:20,697 --> 00:22:22,365 There must be proof. 371 00:22:26,603 --> 00:22:28,638 What do you mean, proof? 372 00:22:30,441 --> 00:22:33,443 It is a petty revenge for the slight you gave him. 373 00:22:33,511 --> 00:22:35,011 It is an insult to Lucrezia! 374 00:22:35,045 --> 00:22:36,546 It is an insult to us! 375 00:22:36,647 --> 00:22:37,981 Oh, quieten yourself. 376 00:22:38,082 --> 00:22:39,762 On how many fronts would you have us fight? 377 00:22:39,818 --> 00:22:42,553 And besides, there is a precedent. 378 00:22:42,654 --> 00:22:44,622 I will see him burn for this. 379 00:22:44,657 --> 00:22:46,891 There is a precedent! 380 00:22:46,926 --> 00:22:50,097 It may stick in your gullet as it sticks in mine, 381 00:22:50,198 --> 00:22:54,002 but when all is said and done, he is in the right. 382 00:22:54,036 --> 00:22:55,904 Do you honestly think it matters one jot to me? 383 00:22:56,005 --> 00:22:57,840 Well it should! It must! 384 00:22:57,907 --> 00:23:00,275 Would you have this alliance soured with Naples 385 00:23:00,310 --> 00:23:02,377 the moment it is struck? Huh? 386 00:23:05,014 --> 00:23:07,281 [loud crash] 387 00:23:08,650 --> 00:23:12,886 Naples was, and always will be, an infected swamp. 388 00:23:16,290 --> 00:23:18,992 What about Lucrezia? 389 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:22,094 [sigh] 390 00:23:22,162 --> 00:23:23,829 She must be told. 391 00:23:26,532 --> 00:23:28,732 I will tell her. 392 00:23:30,301 --> 00:23:31,935 No. 393 00:23:32,036 --> 00:23:33,470 No... 394 00:23:35,306 --> 00:23:36,940 I will. 395 00:23:41,378 --> 00:23:45,080 What perversion is this? 396 00:23:45,115 --> 00:23:47,950 You would put me on display 397 00:23:48,017 --> 00:23:52,288 for every vile, lecherous creature to fondle himself to? 398 00:23:52,355 --> 00:23:54,023 We had no choice. 399 00:23:54,057 --> 00:23:57,761 You weak, shameless, pitiful excuse. 400 00:23:57,862 --> 00:24:00,297 If I was a man I would have run him through. 401 00:24:00,364 --> 00:24:02,566 I would have cut out his tongue 402 00:24:02,634 --> 00:24:05,302 before I let him speak about my own sister in this way. 403 00:24:05,337 --> 00:24:06,658 It was for the good of the family. 404 00:24:06,672 --> 00:24:09,673 We had no choice. You had every choice! 405 00:24:09,775 --> 00:24:11,776 Where is your honour? 406 00:24:11,844 --> 00:24:13,410 Where is your strength? 407 00:24:13,478 --> 00:24:15,746 Where is your love for me? 408 00:24:15,780 --> 00:24:18,048 [sobbing] 409 00:24:18,082 --> 00:24:19,416 I love you. 410 00:24:27,492 --> 00:24:31,495 [sobbing] 411 00:24:31,530 --> 00:24:33,831 I would have killed him where he stood. 412 00:24:33,865 --> 00:24:36,667 I would have cut his heart out of his body. 413 00:24:36,702 --> 00:24:39,303 But I stayed my hand for the good of the family. 414 00:24:39,404 --> 00:24:43,975 [sobbing] 415 00:24:45,744 --> 00:24:48,880 So the King of Naples is to watch me in bed - 416 00:24:48,947 --> 00:24:50,681 for the good of the family. 417 00:24:57,857 --> 00:25:01,159 Very well... 418 00:25:01,227 --> 00:25:03,663 Very well. 419 00:25:03,697 --> 00:25:06,132 When is it to be? 420 00:25:06,166 --> 00:25:08,067 Tonight. 421 00:25:13,707 --> 00:25:15,875 And from our family who is to bear witness? 422 00:25:15,943 --> 00:25:17,610 Whomever you wish. 423 00:25:25,687 --> 00:25:27,788 Then I want you. 424 00:25:38,065 --> 00:25:41,633 [quiet conversations and music throughout] 425 00:25:44,704 --> 00:25:46,638 Just tell us who is who. 426 00:25:46,706 --> 00:25:50,041 Bankers, guilds, merchants. [applause] 427 00:25:53,346 --> 00:25:55,614 [applause ends] 428 00:26:07,060 --> 00:26:09,462 Dear friends. 429 00:26:09,496 --> 00:26:14,166 We have invited you to break bread with us tonight, 430 00:26:14,234 --> 00:26:19,639 because the news we bring affects you most of all. 431 00:26:19,706 --> 00:26:25,078 God is our guide, but trade is our lifeblood. 432 00:26:25,146 --> 00:26:26,746 [crowd] Hear, hear. 433 00:26:26,814 --> 00:26:29,649 As bankers, as merchants, 434 00:26:29,716 --> 00:26:32,351 you know this best of all. 435 00:26:32,452 --> 00:26:36,522 But a dusky menace shadows our prosperity. 436 00:26:36,556 --> 00:26:40,826 The Turk threatens our shipping. 437 00:26:40,927 --> 00:26:44,529 Our cousins in Venice find their storehouses raided, 438 00:26:44,564 --> 00:26:46,731 their cargoes stolen, 439 00:26:46,766 --> 00:26:51,001 their lifeblood seeping into the sand. 440 00:26:51,069 --> 00:26:55,906 But Venice is suffering. 441 00:26:55,974 --> 00:26:59,710 And I ask you, if Venice suffers, 442 00:26:59,745 --> 00:27:02,613 does not Rome suffer also? 443 00:27:02,648 --> 00:27:06,384 [applause] 444 00:27:06,485 --> 00:27:11,455 We must meet this menace head on. 445 00:27:11,557 --> 00:27:13,624 With God's help, 446 00:27:13,659 --> 00:27:16,461 we will raise a Mighty Crusade 447 00:27:16,562 --> 00:27:20,098 to drive the Turk back into the desert whence he came. 448 00:27:20,199 --> 00:27:21,666 [banging on table; applause] 449 00:27:21,734 --> 00:27:24,736 And protect our homeland, 450 00:27:24,804 --> 00:27:29,041 and to sweep the seas clean once more. 451 00:27:29,108 --> 00:27:33,746 Christ walked upon the water. 452 00:27:33,780 --> 00:27:38,217 If the Infidel would prevent us, 453 00:27:38,285 --> 00:27:42,188 then we will consign him to the Gates of Hell! 454 00:27:42,222 --> 00:27:44,858 [banging on table; cheering] 455 00:27:44,892 --> 00:27:47,861 [applause] 456 00:27:47,928 --> 00:27:49,662 Venice will do everything in its power 457 00:27:49,730 --> 00:27:51,564 to be behind this Crusade, Holiness. 458 00:27:51,599 --> 00:27:53,466 We could not have asked for more. 459 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:54,567 Then it is agreed. 460 00:27:54,635 --> 00:27:56,102 In the name of Christ, 461 00:27:56,136 --> 00:27:57,670 we thank you for your unhesitating 462 00:27:57,771 --> 00:27:59,939 and unstinting support 463 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:03,677 for this, our Holy War. 464 00:28:03,745 --> 00:28:08,215 [applause] 465 00:28:13,688 --> 00:28:15,122 In order to fund the Holy Crusade 466 00:28:15,156 --> 00:28:16,490 against the Turkish Menace, 467 00:28:16,558 --> 00:28:17,958 the following papal levies are hereby enacted 468 00:28:17,993 --> 00:28:20,027 upon trade goods outgoing from Rome to Venice, 469 00:28:20,062 --> 00:28:21,562 and incoming from Venice to Rome - 470 00:28:21,596 --> 00:28:23,497 More taxes? [murmuring in protest] 471 00:28:23,532 --> 00:28:25,032 and also on assets in coin, note of hand, 472 00:28:25,067 --> 00:28:27,034 drafts upon banking houses, promissory notes, 473 00:28:27,068 --> 00:28:31,304 gold, silver, precious metals, and stones. 474 00:28:31,339 --> 00:28:36,410 [quiet conversations throughout] 475 00:28:40,215 --> 00:28:41,783 The matter of which we spoke before 476 00:28:41,851 --> 00:28:43,752 needs to be set in motion. 477 00:28:43,786 --> 00:28:45,887 Is he ready to join our cause? 478 00:28:45,955 --> 00:28:47,889 He is. 479 00:28:47,957 --> 00:28:50,592 He has many reasons to hate Rome. 480 00:28:50,660 --> 00:28:53,595 And does he fully understand what will be required? 481 00:28:53,663 --> 00:28:56,232 More than that. He relishes it. 482 00:28:59,603 --> 00:29:02,871 I believe I have found a way, Holy Father, 483 00:29:02,973 --> 00:29:05,040 to bring you some peace of mind. 484 00:29:05,074 --> 00:29:06,241 Go on. 485 00:29:06,342 --> 00:29:09,678 You fear treachery. 486 00:29:09,712 --> 00:29:13,949 Now, a compromised man cannot plan treason. 487 00:29:13,983 --> 00:29:16,718 The sword hangs above his head day and night; 488 00:29:16,786 --> 00:29:19,087 he never knows when it may fall. 489 00:29:21,858 --> 00:29:26,529 But if he's compromised, and weak, 490 00:29:26,630 --> 00:29:28,364 that's when he's loyal. 491 00:29:29,533 --> 00:29:31,801 Go on. 492 00:29:31,868 --> 00:29:34,070 We are listening. 493 00:29:34,137 --> 00:29:36,172 Let me ask you this. 494 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:39,609 What compromises a man more than anything else? 495 00:29:39,643 --> 00:29:41,911 His prick. 496 00:29:44,281 --> 00:29:48,084 And the horns of a cuckold are only sharpened by time. 497 00:29:51,055 --> 00:29:52,722 My Lord Gonzaga. 498 00:29:54,158 --> 00:29:56,259 My lady. 499 00:29:57,829 --> 00:29:59,463 Please, join us. 500 00:30:00,765 --> 00:30:03,434 GIULIA: They are men, Holy Father. 501 00:30:03,469 --> 00:30:06,905 And as you said, all men are false. 502 00:30:06,972 --> 00:30:08,707 And, because they are also weak... 503 00:30:10,410 --> 00:30:13,478 I propose a night's festivities 504 00:30:13,546 --> 00:30:17,382 that might expose just how weak they are. 505 00:30:17,450 --> 00:30:19,718 It would need to be chronicled. Why? 506 00:30:19,752 --> 00:30:23,555 For posterity's sake. 507 00:30:23,656 --> 00:30:26,091 Ah. 508 00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:29,094 Well, Master Burchard would enjoy that. 509 00:30:29,129 --> 00:30:32,465 Now, if all goes according to plan, 510 00:30:32,533 --> 00:30:35,168 that chronicle would, I believe, 511 00:30:35,202 --> 00:30:38,805 ensure the loyalty of the entire Consistory. 512 00:30:43,111 --> 00:30:45,713 If this succeeds, we would grant you a cardinal's hat. 513 00:30:47,115 --> 00:30:49,751 Now leave us, if you please. 514 00:30:49,852 --> 00:30:52,187 Our daughter's ordeal approaches. 515 00:30:59,461 --> 00:31:02,764 Do I look pleasing? 516 00:31:02,832 --> 00:31:06,635 You look beautiful. 517 00:31:06,669 --> 00:31:09,838 Beautiful enough to satisfy a King of Naples? 518 00:31:09,906 --> 00:31:13,642 One night, and it will be done. 519 00:31:13,676 --> 00:31:15,577 It will soon be behind you. 520 00:31:15,645 --> 00:31:19,314 The act may be done in a night 521 00:31:19,382 --> 00:31:21,583 but I will have blood for this. 522 00:31:21,684 --> 00:31:32,827 [bell tolling] 523 00:31:32,829 --> 00:31:40,234 [bell tolling] 524 00:31:40,302 --> 00:31:42,303 It is time. 525 00:31:57,652 --> 00:32:01,587 [door closing] 526 00:32:11,964 --> 00:32:15,067 [humming] 527 00:32:33,521 --> 00:32:36,690 [door closing and latching] 528 00:32:36,791 --> 00:32:38,992 [clicking his tongue rhythmically] 529 00:32:39,060 --> 00:32:40,694 [blows kiss] 530 00:32:50,404 --> 00:32:51,604 Dear God. God's sake. 531 00:32:51,705 --> 00:32:53,706 My eyes. 532 00:32:53,807 --> 00:32:54,973 Remember. 533 00:33:03,349 --> 00:33:05,450 KING FERDINAND: Oh! Beautiful! 534 00:33:38,717 --> 00:33:40,719 [gasping] 535 00:33:40,820 --> 00:33:45,992 [gasping] 536 00:33:46,026 --> 00:33:50,696 [sounds of lovemaking] 537 00:33:57,970 --> 00:33:59,271 [kiss noise] 538 00:33:59,372 --> 00:34:01,172 Hey, hey. Here with me. 539 00:34:02,741 --> 00:34:04,642 Here with me. 540 00:34:06,278 --> 00:34:08,912 Just me... 541 00:34:09,014 --> 00:34:11,014 Just me. 542 00:34:16,921 --> 00:34:19,390 Just me. 543 00:34:31,102 --> 00:34:34,370 [breathing heavily; gasping] 544 00:34:42,178 --> 00:34:50,652 [breathing quickly] 545 00:35:02,565 --> 00:35:06,768 [Ferdinand chuckling] 546 00:35:16,745 --> 00:35:22,916 [panting] 547 00:35:28,122 --> 00:35:33,827 [panting] 548 00:35:33,861 --> 00:35:35,595 [moaning] 549 00:35:35,663 --> 00:35:38,465 [moaning] 550 00:35:38,499 --> 00:35:45,505 [moaning] 551 00:36:02,924 --> 00:36:04,324 Excellent. 552 00:36:17,071 --> 00:36:18,831 Your sister's a lucky woman to have a husband 553 00:36:18,839 --> 00:36:22,575 that can bring her to ecstasy on his very first time. 554 00:36:22,610 --> 00:36:25,611 I didn't know the boy had it in him. 555 00:36:25,679 --> 00:36:27,513 Now, you may tell your father 556 00:36:27,581 --> 00:36:30,749 the matter has been dealt with to my satisfaction. 557 00:36:34,788 --> 00:36:37,256 And you may get out of my house. 558 00:36:54,608 --> 00:37:04,617 [#] 559 00:37:12,159 --> 00:37:13,426 [knocking] 560 00:37:13,494 --> 00:37:15,595 Father, a man has come for you. 561 00:37:17,632 --> 00:37:19,066 Oh. 562 00:37:19,134 --> 00:37:21,903 I have been expecting him. 563 00:37:22,004 --> 00:37:27,776 Tell him he will find me at the old Roman baths at dusk. 564 00:37:30,647 --> 00:37:34,816 Any French princess of your choosing? 565 00:37:34,884 --> 00:37:38,787 I believe that was the ambassador's suggestion. 566 00:37:38,821 --> 00:37:42,090 The French King must truly desire to be rid of his wife. 567 00:37:44,427 --> 00:37:46,194 [sighs] 568 00:37:46,261 --> 00:37:47,462 Look at me. 569 00:37:50,833 --> 00:37:53,468 What happened before. 570 00:37:53,535 --> 00:37:56,738 What all but happened again last night. 571 00:37:56,772 --> 00:37:59,274 It belongs in the past. 572 00:37:59,375 --> 00:38:04,280 It has no place in your future, nor in mine. 573 00:38:04,347 --> 00:38:05,448 All is done now. 574 00:38:05,482 --> 00:38:07,116 You can go off and love your husband, 575 00:38:07,184 --> 00:38:09,352 and I can go off and find myself a bride. 576 00:38:11,889 --> 00:38:15,992 Maybe we both can work our way to happiness. 577 00:38:24,201 --> 00:38:26,202 Come back soon. 578 00:38:38,283 --> 00:38:41,285 [lively conversations throughout] 579 00:38:45,290 --> 00:38:47,024 Listen now. 580 00:38:47,092 --> 00:38:49,928 There will be a dinner tonight here in the Vatican. 581 00:38:50,029 --> 00:38:52,464 All the cardinals are to be invited. 582 00:38:52,498 --> 00:38:54,199 You will not attend. 583 00:38:54,300 --> 00:38:55,300 Why not? 584 00:38:55,367 --> 00:38:57,502 Because your sister tells you so. 585 00:38:57,570 --> 00:38:59,738 Become ill, stay at home. 586 00:38:59,772 --> 00:39:01,940 Don't come to the Vatican. 587 00:39:13,952 --> 00:39:15,754 Francesco Gonzaga, the Duke of Mantua, 588 00:39:15,821 --> 00:39:18,056 requests an audience. 589 00:39:18,124 --> 00:39:20,759 Has he brought the duchessa with him? 590 00:39:25,966 --> 00:39:28,968 Oh well. Fit him in. 591 00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:35,608 ALEXANDER: So, all set for France? 592 00:39:35,675 --> 00:39:37,609 Now, before you give Louis his annulment, 593 00:39:37,677 --> 00:39:41,413 look to our advantage. 594 00:39:41,514 --> 00:39:44,316 Get him to renounce his claim on Naples and beyond that, 595 00:39:44,417 --> 00:39:46,584 whatever else you can to strengthen our position. 596 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,053 I understand. 597 00:39:49,121 --> 00:39:52,723 You hold the fate of Rome in your hands. 598 00:39:57,297 --> 00:39:58,430 Go on. 599 00:39:59,799 --> 00:40:05,704 [#] 600 00:40:05,772 --> 00:40:07,406 GUARD: Rider! 601 00:40:09,776 --> 00:40:13,312 [dripping water] 602 00:40:18,318 --> 00:40:20,252 So... 603 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,054 You have found me. 604 00:40:23,489 --> 00:40:25,858 Yes. 605 00:40:25,892 --> 00:40:27,426 I have found you. 606 00:40:27,494 --> 00:40:29,061 Now I would find the money you have stolen 607 00:40:29,129 --> 00:40:30,696 from His Holiness. [chuckles] 608 00:40:30,730 --> 00:40:34,800 How could I steal that which was already stolen? 609 00:40:34,867 --> 00:40:37,536 [quietly groans] 610 00:40:37,604 --> 00:40:42,073 From good men and bad, from rich and poor, 611 00:40:42,141 --> 00:40:45,343 the pope steals from all Italy, regardless. 612 00:40:45,377 --> 00:40:48,246 I have merely redistributed. 613 00:40:48,347 --> 00:40:51,315 Where is it? Gone. 614 00:40:51,350 --> 00:40:53,718 Where? Gone. 615 00:40:53,753 --> 00:40:55,987 All gone. 616 00:40:56,089 --> 00:40:57,823 [groans quietly] 617 00:40:57,891 --> 00:41:02,962 I have wiped him clean away. 618 00:41:07,801 --> 00:41:11,637 Did I hurt his Holiness? 619 00:41:11,739 --> 00:41:14,173 Where it hurts most? 620 00:41:14,274 --> 00:41:16,342 In his pocket? 621 00:41:22,849 --> 00:41:25,417 You wish to know the truth? Yes. 622 00:41:29,522 --> 00:41:31,556 He laughed. 623 00:41:33,993 --> 00:41:36,728 [chuckles] 624 00:41:37,797 --> 00:41:39,732 [water sloshes] 625 00:41:44,738 --> 00:41:46,205 [splash] 626 00:41:46,272 --> 00:41:48,374 Be seated. 627 00:41:48,441 --> 00:41:51,744 Eminences, Sisters. 628 00:41:51,811 --> 00:41:54,013 Now, the Holy Father calls upon us all 629 00:41:54,081 --> 00:41:55,615 to give what we can 630 00:41:55,649 --> 00:41:58,117 to support his endeavours. 631 00:41:58,185 --> 00:42:00,019 Sister, please stand up. 632 00:42:01,455 --> 00:42:02,922 Your name, please. 633 00:42:02,956 --> 00:42:04,890 Sister Angela, my lady. 634 00:42:04,925 --> 00:42:07,025 Step to the front now. 635 00:42:07,093 --> 00:42:09,628 Don't be shy. Come on. 636 00:42:14,468 --> 00:42:18,037 May I ask you to begin? [whispering] 637 00:42:18,104 --> 00:42:20,306 But - my lady - 638 00:42:20,374 --> 00:42:22,442 we have sworn a vow of poverty. 639 00:42:22,476 --> 00:42:24,377 I have nothing to give. 640 00:42:24,478 --> 00:42:27,481 All I own is the clothes I wear. 641 00:42:27,549 --> 00:42:30,284 Then, they will have to do. 642 00:42:30,318 --> 00:42:33,387 Who will give ten ducats to the Crusade 643 00:42:33,455 --> 00:42:36,590 for Sister Angela's veil? 644 00:42:36,658 --> 00:42:38,826 [cardinals murmuring] 645 00:42:38,861 --> 00:42:40,728 Cardinals, this is your night. 646 00:42:40,763 --> 00:42:42,663 Do not be shy. 647 00:42:42,764 --> 00:42:44,498 I know you have gold. 648 00:42:44,566 --> 00:42:47,134 Sister Angela only has her clothes. 649 00:42:47,202 --> 00:42:50,938 Now let's exchange the one for the other. 650 00:42:51,006 --> 00:42:52,907 Ten ducats! 651 00:42:52,941 --> 00:42:54,508 Cardinal Grimani! 652 00:42:54,576 --> 00:42:58,211 Please, Sister Angela, show us what you have. 653 00:42:58,279 --> 00:42:59,746 [cardinals murmuring] 654 00:42:59,781 --> 00:43:01,581 There we go. 655 00:43:02,717 --> 00:43:04,952 Look at that. 656 00:43:05,019 --> 00:43:07,588 Sister Angela, oh! [murmuring in approval] 657 00:43:07,689 --> 00:43:13,126 Eminences, how much for Sister Angela's habit? 658 00:43:13,227 --> 00:43:14,961 Fifty ducats! Fifty ducats. 659 00:43:15,029 --> 00:43:16,596 Anyone? Sixty! 660 00:43:16,630 --> 00:43:18,765 GIULIA: Sixty ducats! MAN: Eighty ducats! 661 00:43:18,799 --> 00:43:20,500 BURCHARD: Item. 662 00:43:20,535 --> 00:43:21,968 Twenty-one nuns' habits, 663 00:43:22,036 --> 00:43:25,205 from the Carmelite convent in Trastevere. 664 00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:26,740 Item. 665 00:43:26,774 --> 00:43:29,209 Twenty - one decent prostitutes 666 00:43:29,243 --> 00:43:32,145 from the best Roman establishments. 667 00:43:32,213 --> 00:43:35,149 And as chronicler to our beloved Vatican, 668 00:43:35,250 --> 00:43:37,785 it is my sad duty to report 669 00:43:37,887 --> 00:43:42,891 that the said habits did not remain on the comely maidens 670 00:43:42,959 --> 00:43:45,961 long beyond the first course. 671 00:43:46,062 --> 00:43:48,064 GIULIA: Mm. Sister Angela. 672 00:43:48,098 --> 00:43:50,033 BURCHARD: They divested themselves 673 00:43:50,067 --> 00:43:51,434 for gold and silver 674 00:43:51,502 --> 00:43:53,136 of garment after garment 675 00:43:53,170 --> 00:43:55,805 till they were naked as the day they were born. 676 00:43:55,873 --> 00:43:57,674 [cheering, leering] 677 00:43:57,708 --> 00:44:00,610 They flaunted their nakedness for the cardinals 678 00:44:00,677 --> 00:44:02,245 with the abandon 679 00:44:02,346 --> 00:44:05,515 for which Roman prostitutes are renowned. 680 00:44:05,583 --> 00:44:07,717 And as they auctioned their clothes, 681 00:44:07,785 --> 00:44:09,853 soon they auctioned their bodies 682 00:44:09,887 --> 00:44:13,156 to the considerable delight of the cardinals assembled. 683 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:25,635 Who's there? 684 00:44:28,038 --> 00:44:31,140 SERVANT: Guards! 685 00:44:31,175 --> 00:44:33,242 Guards! 686 00:44:36,881 --> 00:44:38,682 BIANCA: It is a friend, Your Holiness. 687 00:44:38,716 --> 00:44:40,417 [exhales in relief] [running footsteps approaching] 688 00:44:40,451 --> 00:44:42,619 Who means you no harm. 689 00:44:42,654 --> 00:44:44,889 Leave us! 690 00:44:47,726 --> 00:44:49,628 How did you get past the guards? 691 00:44:49,729 --> 00:44:52,163 They know me well enough by now. 692 00:44:52,198 --> 00:44:53,431 Ah. 693 00:44:56,002 --> 00:44:58,704 My Lord Gonzaga had business in Rome. 694 00:44:58,738 --> 00:45:01,807 I know. He requested an audience. 695 00:45:08,881 --> 00:45:11,916 As do I. 696 00:45:19,993 --> 00:45:21,527 RUFIO: Knowing this pope, 697 00:45:21,561 --> 00:45:24,196 I'd say he's entering your wife... 698 00:45:24,297 --> 00:45:28,367 just about...now. 699 00:45:35,042 --> 00:45:36,743 Consider the bitch's insanity 700 00:45:36,811 --> 00:45:39,546 my contribution to your lady's war on Rome. 701 00:45:43,552 --> 00:45:49,657 BURCHARD: Item: 200 candied chestnuts. 702 00:45:49,758 --> 00:45:52,260 GIULIA: Dear sisters, 703 00:45:52,294 --> 00:45:55,130 Eminences, please follow me. 704 00:45:55,164 --> 00:45:57,565 BURCHARD: The festivities began at ten 705 00:45:57,666 --> 00:46:00,202 and descended into debauchery around midnight. 706 00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:05,107 Go at it! 707 00:46:05,142 --> 00:46:06,642 [Cardinals and women laughing] 708 00:46:06,677 --> 00:46:09,045 BURCHARD: La Farnese distributed the chestnuts on the floor 709 00:46:09,112 --> 00:46:11,547 and challenged the valiant damsels 710 00:46:11,581 --> 00:46:16,018 to pick them up using only their nether regions - 711 00:46:16,119 --> 00:46:21,290 in which enterprise they showed considerable invention. 712 00:46:25,028 --> 00:46:28,964 Prizes were offered for those cardinals 713 00:46:29,032 --> 00:46:32,034 most successful with the prostitutes. 714 00:46:39,943 --> 00:46:47,216 Cardinal Constanzo was awarded six silken doublets. 715 00:46:47,284 --> 00:46:49,152 Dear Lord. 716 00:46:49,220 --> 00:46:51,955 Who would have thought that youngster had it in him? 717 00:46:52,056 --> 00:46:55,660 Cardinal Pertucci... Oh. 718 00:46:55,694 --> 00:46:58,429 ...seven pairs of shoes. 719 00:46:58,497 --> 00:47:02,066 Seven? Enough for a lifetime! 720 00:47:02,134 --> 00:47:03,768 Cardinal Grimani... 721 00:47:05,839 --> 00:47:08,207 ...three feathered hats. 722 00:47:09,876 --> 00:47:13,346 Master Burchard, we will spare you further elucidation. 723 00:47:13,413 --> 00:47:19,418 We will keep this record - under lock and key - 724 00:47:19,519 --> 00:47:21,853 for posterity. 725 00:47:21,888 --> 00:47:24,690 BURCHARD: For history, Your Holiness. 726 00:47:24,757 --> 00:47:26,258 Well, you think future generations 727 00:47:26,325 --> 00:47:28,326 will be interested in such shameful antics? 728 00:47:28,361 --> 00:47:29,861 No, no, no, no. 729 00:47:29,895 --> 00:47:33,131 This will be for our own eyes... 730 00:47:33,165 --> 00:47:35,867 alone. 731 00:47:35,902 --> 00:47:40,972 [bell tolling; conversations] 732 00:47:51,283 --> 00:47:57,789 You request from us a decree of annulment. 733 00:47:57,823 --> 00:47:59,624 You heard me, Holiness. 734 00:47:59,692 --> 00:48:04,796 But annulment can only be granted with a papal brief - 735 00:48:04,830 --> 00:48:07,799 in the gravest of circumstances. 736 00:48:07,866 --> 00:48:12,370 The circumstances are grave - and gross - 737 00:48:12,438 --> 00:48:15,874 and constant. 738 00:48:15,908 --> 00:48:17,276 Infidelity. 739 00:48:20,714 --> 00:48:24,017 With whom? 740 00:48:24,084 --> 00:48:26,987 With His Holiness the Pope of Rome. 741 00:48:27,054 --> 00:48:39,900 [cardinals murmuring] 742 00:48:39,934 --> 00:48:42,102 The night before the battle of Fornovo, 743 00:48:42,170 --> 00:48:45,472 where I spilled my blood for our Holy Mother Church, 744 00:48:45,540 --> 00:48:47,841 and subsequently. 745 00:48:49,744 --> 00:48:51,912 The very implication is outrageous. 746 00:48:51,946 --> 00:48:53,546 Indeed it is. 747 00:48:53,648 --> 00:48:56,282 It would scandalize the whole of Italy. 748 00:49:03,089 --> 00:49:05,991 Where is this wife of whom you speak? 749 00:49:06,026 --> 00:49:09,395 Your Holiness, I presume, has no idea? 750 00:49:15,968 --> 00:49:17,936 No idea. 751 00:49:18,004 --> 00:49:23,107 Well, if you happen upon her, 752 00:49:23,209 --> 00:49:27,111 please inform her of my desire. 753 00:49:27,179 --> 00:49:29,581 And of your decision. 754 00:49:29,615 --> 00:49:37,222 [murmurs continue] 755 00:49:37,247 --> 00:49:42,247 == sync, corrected by elderman ==