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Every second bastard born
is fathered by a priest.

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But in Utopia that couldn't be.

3
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For why?

4
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-For there the priests are very holy.
-Therefore very few.

5
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Is it anything interesting, Matthew?

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-Bless you, sir. I don't know.
-Bless you too, Matthew.

7
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To be sure, we have
some holy priests in England.

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-Oh, name some.
-Brother James.

9
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Man's a simpleton.

10
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It's from Cardinal Wolsey.

11
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What's he want?

12
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-Me.
-When?

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Now.

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In Hampton Court?
You won't be there by midnight.

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-The King's business.
-Queen's business.

16
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Mistress Anne Boleyn's business.

17
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Well, it's all the Cardinal's business.

18
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That's very true. And when the Cardinal
calls, you all come running, day or night.

19
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What is the man? A butcher's son.

20
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Chancellor of England, too.

21
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No, that's his office. What's the man?

22
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Surely, Your Grace,
when a man rises so high and so swiftly...

23
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...we must think he was misplaced
in his origins.

24
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That, at least,
was the opinion of Aristotle and....

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A butcher's son and looks it.

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His looks, yes, I give you his looks.

27
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What was that you said, Richard?

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Nothing, Sir Thomas, it was out of place.

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And Wolsey's still a butcher.

30
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And you're a member of the King's
High Council, not an errand boy.

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That is why I must go.

32
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The Duke would go
if the Cardinal called him.

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I might.

34
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I'll be back for breakfast.

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Go to bed.

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"Dear Lord, give us rest tonight,
or if we must be wakeful, cheerful.

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"Careful only for our soul's salvation.
For Christ's sake. Amen."

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And bless our lord, the King.

39
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-"And bless our lord, the King."
-Amen!

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Excuse me, gentlemen.
Goodnight, Your Grace.

41
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Keep clear of Wolsey, Thomas.
He's a frightened man.

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-Who is that?
-A young friend from Cambridge.

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-What's he want?
-What do they all want? A position.

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-Can you give him a position?
-Do you recommend him?

45
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No.

46
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-Sir Thomas.
-No.

47
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-Did you recommend me?
-No.

48
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Richard, I may have a position for you.

49
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-What? What position?
-Not now, Richard. Tomorrow.

50
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For you all, boatman.

51
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Thank you, sir.

52
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Sir Thomas is here, Your Grace.
Sir Thomas.

53
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Master Cromwell.

54
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You opposed me in the Council
this morning, Thomas.

55
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Yes, Your Grace.

56
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-You were the only one.
-Yes, Your Grace.

57
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You're a fool.

58
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Thank God there is only one fool
on the Council.

59
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Why did you oppose me?

60
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I thought Your Grace was wrong.

61
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A matter of conscience.

62
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You're a constant regret to me, Thomas.

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If you could just see facts flat on...

64
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...without that horrible moral squint.

65
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With a little common sense,
you could have made a statesman.

66
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The King.

67
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Where's he been? Do you know?

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I, Your Grace?

69
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Spare me your discretion.

70
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He's been to play in the muck again.

71
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He's been to Mistress Anne Boleyn.

72
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More, are you going to help me?

73
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If Your Grace will be specific.

74
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You're a plodder! All right, we'll plod.

75
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The King wants a son.
What are you going to do about it?

76
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I'm very sure the King needs no advice
from me on what to do about it.

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Thomas, we're alone.
I give you my word, there's no one here.

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I didn't suppose there was, Your Grace.

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Do you favour a change of dynasty?
Do you think two Tudors are sufficient?

80
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For God's sake, Your Grace!

81
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Then he needs a son. I repeat,
what are you going to do about it?

82
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I pray for it daily.

83
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God's death, he means it.

84
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That thing out there, at least she's fertile.

85
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-But she's not his wife.
-No, Catherine's his wife...

86
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...and she's barren as a brick.
Are you going to pray for a miracle?

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There are precedents.

88
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All right. Good. Pray by all means.

89
00:12:06,140 --> 00:12:11,498
But in addition to prayer there is effort.
And my effort is to secure a divorce.

90
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Have I your support, or have I not?

91
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The Pope gave a dispensation,
so that the King might marry...

92
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...his brother's widow for state reasons.

93
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We are to ask the Pope to dispense with
his dispensation, also for state reasons?

94
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I don't like plodding, Thomas. Well?

95
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Then, clearly all we have to do is
to approach His Holiness and ask him.

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I think we might influence
the decision of His Holiness.

97
00:12:42,860 --> 00:12:43,895
By argument?

98
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Argument certainly. And pressure.

99
00:12:48,940 --> 00:12:53,013
Pressure, applied to the Church?
The Church has its church property.

100
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Pressure.

101
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No, Your Grace, I'm not going to help you.

102
00:13:08,660 --> 00:13:11,777
Then goodnight, Master More.

103
00:13:14,980 --> 00:13:19,690
Let the dynasty die with Henry Vlll
and we'll have dynastic wars again.

104
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Blood-witted barons ramping the country
from end to end.

105
00:13:23,900 --> 00:13:27,336
Is that what you want? Very well.

106
00:13:28,380 --> 00:13:30,257
England needs an heir.

107
00:13:31,620 --> 00:13:35,772
Certain measures, perhaps regrettable...

108
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...perhaps not, there's much in the Church
which needs reformation, Thomas.

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All right, regrettable.
But necessary to get us an heir.

110
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Now, explain how you, as a councillor
of England, can obstruct these measures...

111
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...for the sake
of your own private conscience.

112
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I think that when statesmen forsake
their own private conscience...

113
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...for the sake of their public duties...

114
00:14:03,460 --> 00:14:06,975
...they lead their country
by a short route to chaos.

115
00:14:10,820 --> 00:14:13,380
And we shall have my prayers
to fall back on.

116
00:14:14,060 --> 00:14:18,099
You'd like that, wouldn't you?
To govern the country with prayers?

117
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Yes, I should.

118
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I'd like to be there when you try.

119
00:14:24,940 --> 00:14:26,771
Who will wear this after me?

120
00:14:28,300 --> 00:14:32,532
Who's our next chancellor?
You? Fisher? Suffolk?

121
00:14:32,980 --> 00:14:35,050
-Fisher for me.
-Aye, but for the King?

122
00:14:35,460 --> 00:14:38,532
What about my secretary,
Master Cromwell?

123
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Cromwell. He's a very able man.

124
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But?

125
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Me rather than Cromwell.

126
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Then, come down to earth.

127
00:14:53,580 --> 00:14:54,774
Until you do...

128
00:14:57,140 --> 00:14:58,971
...you and I are enemies.

129
00:15:00,780 --> 00:15:02,259
As Your Grace wishes.

130
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As God wills.

131
00:15:07,060 --> 00:15:08,539
Perhaps, Your Grace.

132
00:15:10,340 --> 00:15:13,377
More! You should have been a cleric!

133
00:15:14,180 --> 00:15:15,898
Like yourself, Your Grace?

134
00:15:29,260 --> 00:15:30,818
Goodnight, Sir Thomas.

135
00:15:37,660 --> 00:15:38,729
Sir Thomas.

136
00:15:39,580 --> 00:15:40,695
Sir Thomas.

137
00:15:41,780 --> 00:15:42,895
Sir Thomas.

138
00:15:45,140 --> 00:15:48,257
-What's this?
-From some grateful poor folk, in Leicester.

139
00:15:48,980 --> 00:15:52,097
-Leicester?
-You do more good than you know, sir.

140
00:15:54,220 --> 00:15:58,213
My daughter has a case, sir,
in the Court of Poor Man's Causes.

141
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Baked apples, sir.

142
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To sweeten my judgement.

143
00:16:04,220 --> 00:16:07,451
I'll give your daughter the same judgement
I would give my own.

144
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A fair one, quickly.

145
00:16:10,260 --> 00:16:11,409
Bless you, sir.

146
00:16:11,500 --> 00:16:15,015
I understand. Yes. I'll read it.
Yes. Thank you.

147
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Good evening, Sir Thomas.

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00:16:23,100 --> 00:16:25,250
-I'll read it.
-It's an awkward case.

149
00:16:25,340 --> 00:16:27,535
-I could illuminate it for you--
-I'll read it.

150
00:16:27,620 --> 00:16:29,178
Just a moment or two....

151
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Boat!

152
00:16:32,780 --> 00:16:33,292
Sir?

153
00:16:55,100 --> 00:16:56,169
Chelsea, sir?

154
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Chelsea.

155
00:16:57,900 --> 00:17:00,209
I expect you'll make it worth my while, sir.

156
00:17:00,300 --> 00:17:03,576
-You've got a licence?
-Bless you, yes sir, I've got a licence.

157
00:17:03,660 --> 00:17:06,128
-Well then, the fares are fixed.
-They are, sir.

158
00:17:06,260 --> 00:17:08,774
Hampton to Chelsea downstream,
a penny halfpenny.

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00:17:08,860 --> 00:17:10,930
Chelsea to Hampton upstream,
a penny halfpenny.

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00:17:11,020 --> 00:17:13,375
Whoever makes the regulations
doesn't row a boat.

161
00:17:13,860 --> 00:17:17,250
No. Threepence if you get me home
for breakfast.

162
00:17:17,340 --> 00:17:18,568
Thank you, sir.

163
00:17:45,540 --> 00:17:46,859
A nice cup, sir.

164
00:17:48,620 --> 00:17:49,496
Yes.

165
00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:08,098
That's worth money, sir.

166
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Mind a way, sir.

167
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Thank you, sir.

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00:19:00,060 --> 00:19:02,176
-Have you been here all night?
-Yes.

169
00:19:03,700 --> 00:19:05,930
You said there was a post?

170
00:19:06,540 --> 00:19:11,739
Yes. I'll offer you a post, with a house,
a servant and �50 a year.

171
00:19:12,060 --> 00:19:13,129
What post?

172
00:19:13,780 --> 00:19:15,452
At the new school.

173
00:19:18,220 --> 00:19:19,289
A teacher!

174
00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:23,218
Richard, no one's going to give you
a place at court.

175
00:19:24,860 --> 00:19:27,249
Master Cromwell says
he'll do something for me.

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00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:29,889
Cromwell?

177
00:19:31,220 --> 00:19:33,734
Well, if you know Cromwell
you don't need my help.

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00:19:35,140 --> 00:19:36,255
Sir Thomas?

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00:19:38,780 --> 00:19:42,534
If only you knew how much,
much rather, I had your help than his.

180
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Not to a place at court.

181
00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:48,135
Why not?

182
00:19:50,500 --> 00:19:51,376
Look.

183
00:19:52,860 --> 00:19:55,328
-What is it?
-It's a bribe!

184
00:19:57,980 --> 00:20:00,972
"l am the gift of Averil Machin."

185
00:20:02,300 --> 00:20:05,451
And Averil Machin has a lawsuit
in the Court of Requests.

186
00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:10,851
Italian silver. Take it. No joke.

187
00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:14,449
Thank you.

188
00:20:17,460 --> 00:20:18,893
What will you do with it?

189
00:20:19,660 --> 00:20:20,297
Sell it.

190
00:20:20,380 --> 00:20:22,610
-And buy what?
-A decent gown!

191
00:20:23,780 --> 00:20:25,896
But Richard, that's a little bribe.

192
00:20:26,620 --> 00:20:31,853
At court they offer you all sorts of things,
home, manor houses, coats of arms.

193
00:20:32,540 --> 00:20:34,974
A man should go
where he won't be tempted.

194
00:20:35,980 --> 00:20:40,610
Why not be a teacher? You'd be
a fine teacher. Perhaps a great one.

195
00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:46,057
-lf I was, who would know it?
-You! Your pupils. Your friends.

196
00:20:46,420 --> 00:20:49,093
God. Not a bad public, that.

197
00:20:52,940 --> 00:20:54,737
And a quiet life.

198
00:20:55,060 --> 00:20:57,858
You say that.
You come from talking with the Cardinal.

199
00:20:57,940 --> 00:21:00,249
Yes, talking with the Cardinal.

200
00:21:01,460 --> 00:21:04,816
It's eating your heart out, isn't it?
The high affairs of state.

201
00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:06,049
The divorce?

202
00:21:07,300 --> 00:21:08,415
Boatman!

203
00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:09,730
Sir?

204
00:21:09,860 --> 00:21:12,374
-Take this gentleman to the New lnn!
-Right, sir.

205
00:21:12,460 --> 00:21:13,779
Sir Thomas?

206
00:21:14,780 --> 00:21:15,849
Thank you.

207
00:21:17,220 --> 00:21:18,778
Be a teacher.

208
00:21:28,860 --> 00:21:29,736
-Matthew.
-Sir.

209
00:21:29,820 --> 00:21:31,651
-Lady Alice in bed?
-Yes, sir.

210
00:21:32,140 --> 00:21:33,619
-Lady Margaret?
-No, sir.

211
00:21:34,060 --> 00:21:35,891
The Master Roper's here, sir.

212
00:21:35,980 --> 00:21:37,857
At this hour? Who let him in?

213
00:21:38,620 --> 00:21:40,690
He's a hard man to keep out, sir.

214
00:22:03,220 --> 00:22:05,211
Will wants to marry me, Father.

215
00:22:06,060 --> 00:22:07,698
Well, he can't marry you.

216
00:22:09,140 --> 00:22:11,051
Sir Thomas, I'm called to the Bar.

217
00:22:11,140 --> 00:22:13,654
Oh, congratulations, Roper.

218
00:22:13,980 --> 00:22:16,255
My family may not be at the palace,
but in the city--

219
00:22:16,540 --> 00:22:18,690
There's nothing wrong
with your family, Will.

220
00:22:20,420 --> 00:22:22,411
There's not much wrong with you.

221
00:22:23,580 --> 00:22:25,571
Except you seem to need a clock.

222
00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:27,858
I can buy a clock, sir.

223
00:22:28,100 --> 00:22:29,579
Roper, the answer is no...

224
00:22:29,660 --> 00:22:32,128
...and will be no as long as you're a heretic.

225
00:22:32,220 --> 00:22:34,370
Now, that's a word I don't like,
Sir Thomas!

226
00:22:34,460 --> 00:22:36,337
It's not a likeable word or thing.

227
00:22:36,420 --> 00:22:39,890
The Church is heretical!
Dr. Luther's proved that to my satisfaction!

228
00:22:39,980 --> 00:22:41,652
Luther is an excommunicate!

229
00:22:41,740 --> 00:22:44,538
From a heretic Church!
Church? It's a shop!

230
00:22:44,820 --> 00:22:48,051
-Salvation by the shilling! And divorces!
-Will, no!

231
00:22:48,220 --> 00:22:51,212
-What I know, I'll say!
-You've no sense of the place!

232
00:22:52,340 --> 00:22:54,058
He's no sense of the time.

233
00:22:54,620 --> 00:22:56,178
Now listen well.

234
00:22:56,540 --> 00:22:58,974
Two years ago you were
a passionate churchman.

235
00:22:59,060 --> 00:23:00,937
Now you're a passionate Lutheran.

236
00:23:01,020 --> 00:23:03,932
We must just pray
that when your head's finished turning...

237
00:23:04,020 --> 00:23:06,136
...your face is to the front again.

238
00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:10,614
-ls your horse here?
-No, sir, I walked.

239
00:23:11,580 --> 00:23:14,219
Well, take a horse from the stables
and get back home.

240
00:23:16,060 --> 00:23:17,049
Go along.

241
00:23:18,620 --> 00:23:19,973
May I come again?

242
00:23:22,220 --> 00:23:24,097
Yes. Soon.

243
00:23:29,420 --> 00:23:30,978
Is that final, Father?

244
00:23:31,220 --> 00:23:33,939
As long as he's a heretic, Meg,
that's absolute.

245
00:23:37,700 --> 00:23:39,372
What did Wolsey want?

246
00:23:42,500 --> 00:23:44,013
Nice boy, young Will.

247
00:23:46,260 --> 00:23:48,569
Terribly strong principles, though.

248
00:23:49,620 --> 00:23:51,053
Clumsy, too.

249
00:23:51,820 --> 00:23:54,539
-You're very pensive.
-You're very gay.

250
00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,533
Was it the divorce?

251
00:23:58,140 --> 00:23:59,129
To bed.

252
00:24:00,020 --> 00:24:04,218
They're a cantankerous lot, the Ropers.
Always swimming against the stream.

253
00:24:04,420 --> 00:24:06,490
Old Roper was just the same--

254
00:24:07,980 --> 00:24:09,971
You don't want to talk about it.

255
00:24:10,860 --> 00:24:11,736
No.

256
00:24:16,580 --> 00:24:20,255
-I'm sorry you were awakened, chick.
-I wasn't sleeping very deeply.

257
00:24:20,700 --> 00:24:22,213
What did Wolsey want?

258
00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:26,814
-Will Roper's been.
-Will Roper?

259
00:24:27,060 --> 00:24:29,813
Yes, he's been here all night.
He wants to marry Meg.

260
00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:32,334
-Why you don't beat that girl l--
-No.

261
00:24:32,860 --> 00:24:36,330
She's full of education
and it's a delicate commodity.

262
00:24:37,020 --> 00:24:38,248
Goodnight, Meg.

263
00:24:38,540 --> 00:24:39,609
Goodnight.

264
00:24:43,620 --> 00:24:46,339
Marry Meg. A lawyer's son.

265
00:24:46,420 --> 00:24:48,172
Well, she's a lawyer's daughter.

266
00:24:51,460 --> 00:24:55,612
Norfolk spoke of you
for Chancellor of England before he left.

267
00:24:56,460 --> 00:24:58,291
Well, he's a dangerous friend then.

268
00:24:59,340 --> 00:25:01,410
Wolsey's chancellor, God help him.

269
00:25:01,700 --> 00:25:03,770
But Norfolk said, if Wolsey fell, you--

270
00:25:03,860 --> 00:25:07,648
If Wolsey fell, the splash would swamp
a few small boats like ours.

271
00:25:08,140 --> 00:25:09,129
No.

272
00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:12,578
There'll be no new chancellors
while Wolsey lives.

273
00:26:00,700 --> 00:26:03,294
The Duke of Norfolk,
Earl Marshal of England.

274
00:26:17,380 --> 00:26:19,610
Have you any message for His Majesty?

275
00:26:21,980 --> 00:26:23,538
If I had served God...

276
00:26:23,940 --> 00:26:26,579
...one half so well as I've served my King...

277
00:26:27,740 --> 00:26:31,813
...God would not have left me here,
to die in this place.

278
00:26:33,540 --> 00:26:37,328
Thank God you're dying here.
The King would have you die in the Tower.

279
00:27:00,620 --> 00:27:03,532
"l am straightly charged
by the King himself...

280
00:27:04,300 --> 00:27:07,770
"...here openly to declare
how much all England...

281
00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:09,970
"...is beholden to this man.

282
00:27:10,380 --> 00:27:15,010
"And how worthy he is
to have the highest room in the realm.

283
00:27:15,500 --> 00:27:19,334
"And how dearly
the King's grace doth love and trust him...

284
00:27:20,260 --> 00:27:22,490
"...not only for much good council...

285
00:27:22,900 --> 00:27:26,370
"...deliberate council,
but for better council yet...

286
00:27:27,100 --> 00:27:29,694
"...that which is privy to the King's person.

287
00:27:30,820 --> 00:27:32,811
"This same Sir Thomas More...

288
00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:35,739
"...here made before you all to be...

289
00:27:36,300 --> 00:27:38,973
"...Lord Chancellor of the Realm."

290
00:29:14,500 --> 00:29:15,979
Calm yourself, Matthew.

291
00:29:16,060 --> 00:29:17,652
Fetch Lady Alice.

292
00:29:29,540 --> 00:29:31,178
That's very well.

293
00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:37,252
My lady! The King!

294
00:30:39,980 --> 00:30:42,050
Now remember, the visit's a surprise.

295
00:30:42,140 --> 00:30:43,937
But he'll know we're expecting him--

296
00:30:44,020 --> 00:30:46,659
It's a very great honour.
One friend calling on another.

297
00:30:46,740 --> 00:30:48,332
What's he really coming for?

298
00:30:48,420 --> 00:30:50,695
To talk about the divorce.
He wants an answer.

299
00:30:50,780 --> 00:30:53,135
-But he's had his answer.
-He wants another.

300
00:30:53,220 --> 00:30:54,175
Thomas!

301
00:31:01,260 --> 00:31:05,014
Your Majesty does my house more honour
than I fear my household will bear.

302
00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:07,216
No ceremony Thomas, no ceremony!

303
00:31:07,340 --> 00:31:09,808
A passing fancy.
I happened to be on the river.

304
00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:11,174
Look. Mud.

305
00:31:15,020 --> 00:31:17,898
By heaven, what an evening.

306
00:31:18,820 --> 00:31:21,618
Lady Alice,
I fear we came upon you unexpectedly.

307
00:31:21,700 --> 00:31:24,168
Yes, Your Grace. Well, no, Your Grace.

308
00:31:24,460 --> 00:31:26,610
Well, that is, we are ready to entertain--

309
00:31:26,700 --> 00:31:29,009
This is my daughter Margaret, sire.

310
00:31:30,700 --> 00:31:33,419
She's not yet had the honour
to meet Your Grace.

311
00:31:33,620 --> 00:31:36,612
Why Margaret,
they told me you were a scholar.

312
00:31:37,380 --> 00:31:39,018
Answer, Margaret.

313
00:31:39,220 --> 00:31:41,859
Among women, I pass for one, Your Grace.

314
00:32:11,620 --> 00:32:13,292
Can you dance, too?

315
00:32:13,980 --> 00:32:15,493
Not well, Your Grace.

316
00:32:17,540 --> 00:32:19,610
Well, I dance superlatively!

317
00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:22,809
That's a dancer's leg, Margaret!

318
00:32:35,380 --> 00:32:37,530
Lady Alice,
the river's given me an appetite.

319
00:32:37,620 --> 00:32:40,657
If Your Grace would share
a very simple supper.

320
00:32:40,740 --> 00:32:42,731
It would please me. Lead them in.

321
00:32:42,820 --> 00:32:44,219
Thomas and I will follow.

322
00:32:44,300 --> 00:32:45,619
Matthew.

323
00:32:46,020 --> 00:32:48,215
My lords and gentlemen!

324
00:32:53,620 --> 00:32:54,848
Margaret?

325
00:32:55,140 --> 00:32:56,459
Your Grace?

326
00:32:56,540 --> 00:32:58,098
Do you like music?

327
00:32:58,220 --> 00:32:59,733
Yes, Your Grace.

328
00:33:00,220 --> 00:33:01,972
They'll play to you.

329
00:33:24,660 --> 00:33:27,049
Now, listen to this.

330
00:33:29,700 --> 00:33:30,974
Sit down.

331
00:33:32,700 --> 00:33:34,895
Be seated. No courtship, Thomas.

332
00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:41,295
You're my friend, are you not?

333
00:33:41,820 --> 00:33:42,809
Your Majesty.

334
00:33:42,900 --> 00:33:45,334
Thank God I have a friend
for my chancellor.

335
00:33:45,420 --> 00:33:48,332
Readier to befriend, I trust,
than he was to be chancellor.

336
00:33:48,420 --> 00:33:50,536
My own knowledge of my poor abilities--

337
00:33:50,620 --> 00:33:52,815
I will judge of your abilities.

338
00:33:53,700 --> 00:33:54,689
Thomas?

339
00:33:57,700 --> 00:34:00,498
You know that Wolsey named you
for chancellor?

340
00:34:01,540 --> 00:34:05,579
Before he died, Wolsey named you,
and Wolsey was no fool.

341
00:34:06,140 --> 00:34:09,610
He was a statesman
of incomparable ability, Your Grace.

342
00:34:11,820 --> 00:34:13,014
Was he?

343
00:34:14,380 --> 00:34:15,699
Was he so?

344
00:34:16,740 --> 00:34:18,696
Then, why did he fail me?

345
00:34:21,220 --> 00:34:22,972
It was villainy then.

346
00:34:23,540 --> 00:34:25,849
Yes, villainy. Secret opposition, secret.

347
00:34:25,940 --> 00:34:29,216
But deliberate, wilful,
meditated opposition.

348
00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:31,734
Wanted to be pope to master me, Wolsey.

349
00:34:31,820 --> 00:34:33,253
What is it? Thought!

350
00:34:33,340 --> 00:34:37,618
Because I'm simple and plain and deal
with every man straightforwardly.

351
00:34:37,700 --> 00:34:41,454
Because of that I say,
do they take me for a simpleton?

352
00:34:46,220 --> 00:34:50,816
Wolsey was a proud man, Thomas.

353
00:34:51,860 --> 00:34:53,373
Pride right through.

354
00:34:53,620 --> 00:34:54,973
And he failed me.

355
00:34:56,100 --> 00:34:59,297
Failed me in the one thing that matters,
then as now.

356
00:35:02,940 --> 00:35:04,009
But look.

357
00:35:04,940 --> 00:35:06,055
Be seated.

358
00:35:11,220 --> 00:35:12,539
What an evening.

359
00:35:13,700 --> 00:35:15,736
A man could fight a lion.

360
00:35:16,140 --> 00:35:18,176
Some men could, Your Grace.

361
00:35:19,460 --> 00:35:20,575
Thomas...

362
00:35:21,660 --> 00:35:24,220
...touching this matter of my divorce.

363
00:35:24,620 --> 00:35:26,770
Have you thought of it
since we last spoke?

364
00:35:26,860 --> 00:35:27,895
Of little else.

365
00:35:27,980 --> 00:35:29,777
Then you see your way clear to me?

366
00:35:29,860 --> 00:35:32,613
That you should put away
Queen Catherine, sire?

367
00:35:32,860 --> 00:35:34,851
Alas, as I think of it, I see so clearly...

368
00:35:34,940 --> 00:35:37,932
...that I cannot come with Your Grace,
that my endeavour is...

369
00:35:38,020 --> 00:35:39,339
...not to think of it at all.

370
00:35:39,420 --> 00:35:41,729
Then you haven't thought enough!

371
00:35:48,620 --> 00:35:49,769
Lilac.

372
00:35:51,260 --> 00:35:52,898
We have them at Hampton.

373
00:35:53,780 --> 00:35:55,532
Not so fine as this, though.

374
00:35:57,780 --> 00:36:00,214
I'm in an excellent frame of mind.

375
00:36:04,700 --> 00:36:08,329
Thomas, you must consider,
I stand in peril of my soul.

376
00:36:08,420 --> 00:36:09,853
It was no marriage.

377
00:36:10,380 --> 00:36:13,417
I have lived in incest
with my brother's widow.

378
00:36:14,340 --> 00:36:19,175
Leviticus: "Thou shalt not uncover
the nakedness of thy brother's wife."

379
00:36:19,260 --> 00:36:21,490
Leviticus. Chapter 18, verse 16.

380
00:36:21,580 --> 00:36:23,377
Yes, Your Grace. But Deuteronomy--

381
00:36:23,460 --> 00:36:25,371
Deuteronomy is ambiguous!

382
00:36:25,460 --> 00:36:28,020
Your Grace, I'm not fitted
to meddle in these matters.

383
00:36:28,100 --> 00:36:30,136
To me, it seems a matter for the Holy See--

384
00:36:30,220 --> 00:36:33,815
Thomas, does a man need a pope
to tell him where he's sinned?

385
00:36:35,420 --> 00:36:36,853
It was a sin.

386
00:36:37,660 --> 00:36:39,332
God's punished me.

387
00:36:40,300 --> 00:36:41,699
I've no son.

388
00:36:43,100 --> 00:36:44,852
Son after son she's borne me.

389
00:36:44,940 --> 00:36:47,818
All dead at birth, or dead within the month.

390
00:36:47,980 --> 00:36:50,574
I never saw the hand of God
so clear in anything.

391
00:36:50,660 --> 00:36:52,730
It's my bounden duty
to put away the Queen.

392
00:36:52,820 --> 00:36:56,256
And all the popes, back to Peter,
shall not come between me and my duty!

393
00:36:58,700 --> 00:37:01,089
How is it that you cannot see?
Everyone else does.

394
00:37:01,180 --> 00:37:04,172
Then, why does Your Grace
need my poor support?

395
00:37:04,660 --> 00:37:06,013
Because you're honest.

396
00:37:06,500 --> 00:37:09,219
And what is more to the purpose,
you're known to be honest.

397
00:37:09,300 --> 00:37:11,734
Those like Norfolk follow me
because I wear the crown.

398
00:37:11,820 --> 00:37:15,130
Those like Cromwell follow
because they're jackals with sharp teeth...

399
00:37:15,220 --> 00:37:17,336
...and I'm their tiger. A mass follows me...

400
00:37:17,420 --> 00:37:19,297
...because it follows anything that moves.

401
00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:22,934
And then there's you.

402
00:37:24,820 --> 00:37:28,335
I am sick to think
how much I must displease Your Grace.

403
00:37:28,940 --> 00:37:32,489
No, Thomas, I respect your sincerity.

404
00:37:35,700 --> 00:37:37,258
But respect...

405
00:37:37,860 --> 00:37:40,533
...man, that's water in the desert.

406
00:37:45,860 --> 00:37:47,213
How'd you like our music?

407
00:37:47,300 --> 00:37:49,336
That air they played, it had a certain....

408
00:37:49,420 --> 00:37:51,809
Well, tell me what you thought of it.

409
00:37:51,900 --> 00:37:54,050
Could it have been Your Grace's own?

410
00:37:54,420 --> 00:37:55,535
Discovered!

411
00:37:56,340 --> 00:37:59,173
Now I'll never know your true opinion,
and that's irksome.

412
00:37:59,260 --> 00:38:02,570
Well, we artists, we love praise,
yet we love truth better.

413
00:38:02,780 --> 00:38:05,055
-Then I will tell my true opinion.
-Well?

414
00:38:05,140 --> 00:38:08,212
To me it seemed delightful.

415
00:38:10,060 --> 00:38:14,099
Thomas, I chose the right man
for chancellor.

416
00:38:14,180 --> 00:38:18,253
I should in fairness add that my taste
in music is reputedly deplorable.

417
00:38:19,060 --> 00:38:21,210
Your taste in music is excellent!

418
00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:23,416
It exactly coincides with my own.

419
00:38:27,660 --> 00:38:28,809
Music.

420
00:38:30,340 --> 00:38:31,568
Music.

421
00:38:32,540 --> 00:38:36,579
Send them back without me, Thomas.
I'll live here in Chelsea and make music.

422
00:38:36,660 --> 00:38:38,776
My house is at Your Grace's disposal.

423
00:38:38,860 --> 00:38:41,249
Touching this other business, mark you...

424
00:38:43,540 --> 00:38:45,371
...I'll have no opposition.

425
00:38:47,060 --> 00:38:48,413
Your Grace.

426
00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:52,573
No opposition, I say. No opposition.

427
00:38:53,500 --> 00:38:54,819
Be seated.

428
00:38:57,740 --> 00:39:02,018
I'll leave you out of it
but you are my chancellor.

429
00:39:03,220 --> 00:39:07,054
I don't take it kindly
and I'll have no opposition!

430
00:39:09,460 --> 00:39:11,257
I see how it will be.

431
00:39:12,420 --> 00:39:14,490
The bishops will oppose me!

432
00:39:14,900 --> 00:39:19,337
The full-fed princes of the Church!
Hypocrites! All hypocrites!

433
00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:21,730
Mind they do not take you in, Thomas!

434
00:39:21,860 --> 00:39:23,373
Your Grace is unjust.

435
00:39:23,460 --> 00:39:26,452
If I cannot serve Your Grace
in this great matter of the Queen.

436
00:39:26,540 --> 00:39:28,815
I have no queen!

437
00:39:29,460 --> 00:39:31,416
Catherine's not my wife!

438
00:39:32,140 --> 00:39:34,176
No priest can make her so.

439
00:39:34,860 --> 00:39:38,409
They that say she is my wife
are not only liars, but traitors!

440
00:39:40,340 --> 00:39:41,819
Yes, traitors!

441
00:39:42,620 --> 00:39:44,338
That I will not brook now!

442
00:39:44,940 --> 00:39:46,055
Treachery!

443
00:39:47,140 --> 00:39:48,289
I will not brook.

444
00:39:48,380 --> 00:39:49,654
It maddens me!

445
00:39:50,060 --> 00:39:55,418
It is a deadly canker in the body politic,
and I will have it out!

446
00:40:04,860 --> 00:40:05,929
See?

447
00:40:08,020 --> 00:40:10,215
You see how you've maddened me?

448
00:40:10,780 --> 00:40:12,975
I hardly know myself.

449
00:40:20,500 --> 00:40:23,458
If you could come with me,
there's no man I'd sooner raise...

450
00:40:23,540 --> 00:40:25,337
...yes, with my own hand.

451
00:40:25,660 --> 00:40:27,651
Your Grace overwhelms me.

452
00:40:37,180 --> 00:40:38,579
What's that?

453
00:40:39,060 --> 00:40:40,652
Eight o'clock, Your Grace.

454
00:40:42,580 --> 00:40:44,377
Lift yourself up, man.

455
00:40:48,180 --> 00:40:50,774
Have I not promised I'll leave you out of it?

456
00:40:52,340 --> 00:40:53,568
Shall we eat?

457
00:40:53,700 --> 00:40:55,258
If Your Grace pleases.

458
00:40:59,420 --> 00:41:00,899
Eight o'clock, you said.

459
00:41:02,420 --> 00:41:04,092
The tide will be turning.

460
00:41:04,460 --> 00:41:07,497
-I was forgetting the tide. I must go.
-I'm sorry, Your Grace.

461
00:41:07,980 --> 00:41:10,813
If I don't catch the tide
I'll not get back to Richmond.

462
00:41:10,900 --> 00:41:12,379
No, don't come.

463
00:41:15,820 --> 00:41:19,335
Lady Alice, I must go and catch the tide.
Affairs call me to court.

464
00:41:19,420 --> 00:41:21,980
So we give you our thanks
and we say goodnight!

465
00:41:43,420 --> 00:41:44,648
What's this?

466
00:41:45,220 --> 00:41:47,017
-You crossed him!
-Somewhat.

467
00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:49,136
-Why?
-I couldn't find the other way.

468
00:41:49,220 --> 00:41:51,176
You're too nice altogether, Thomas.

469
00:41:51,260 --> 00:41:54,616
-Woman, mind your house!
-I am minding my house!

470
00:41:57,820 --> 00:41:59,651
God save Your Majesty!

471
00:42:00,940 --> 00:42:02,692
God save Your Grace!

472
00:42:09,580 --> 00:42:11,252
God save the King!

473
00:42:13,940 --> 00:42:15,168
Lift!

474
00:42:22,860 --> 00:42:24,009
Drop blades!

475
00:42:26,460 --> 00:42:28,610
Sire! Sire! Sire!

476
00:42:59,180 --> 00:43:01,330
Are you coming my way, Rich?

477
00:43:03,540 --> 00:43:04,575
No.

478
00:43:06,500 --> 00:43:08,650
I think you should, you know.

479
00:43:09,100 --> 00:43:11,136
I can't tell you anything.

480
00:43:17,540 --> 00:43:18,655
Well?

481
00:43:30,820 --> 00:43:32,014
Thomas?

482
00:43:34,380 --> 00:43:36,098
Stay friends with him.

483
00:43:37,540 --> 00:43:41,135
Whatever may be done by smiling,
you may rely on me to do.

484
00:43:48,100 --> 00:43:50,170
Set your mind at rest.

485
00:43:50,460 --> 00:43:53,577
This is not the stuff
of which martyrs are made.

486
00:44:02,860 --> 00:44:05,738
Good evening, sir, Lady Alice.

487
00:44:07,100 --> 00:44:08,977
Will wants to talk to you, Father.

488
00:44:10,420 --> 00:44:12,251
I told him it wouldn't be convenient.

489
00:44:12,340 --> 00:44:13,295
You were quite right.

490
00:44:14,060 --> 00:44:16,858
You're very free
with my daughter's hand, Roper.

491
00:44:17,380 --> 00:44:18,210
Yes.

492
00:44:18,820 --> 00:44:20,651
It's of that I wish to speak.

493
00:44:21,020 --> 00:44:23,818
Sir, you've had a disagreement
with His Majesty.

494
00:44:24,660 --> 00:44:26,890
-Have l?
-So Meg tells me.

495
00:44:26,980 --> 00:44:28,857
I offer my congratulations.

496
00:44:29,220 --> 00:44:32,018
If it's true,
is it a matter for congratulation?

497
00:44:32,100 --> 00:44:33,089
Yes!

498
00:44:36,340 --> 00:44:40,811
Sir, when last I asked you
for your daughter's hand...

499
00:44:41,060 --> 00:44:44,132
...you objected to my unorthodox opinions.

500
00:44:44,660 --> 00:44:45,809
-I did.
-Yes.

501
00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:48,460
Well, since then my views
have somewhat modified.

502
00:44:52,780 --> 00:44:54,498
Well, that's good hearing, Will.

503
00:44:55,420 --> 00:44:58,969
Mind you, I modify nothing concerning
the various corruptions in the Church.

504
00:44:59,060 --> 00:45:01,779
-Quite right.
-But an attack upon the Church herself...

505
00:45:01,860 --> 00:45:04,294
...no. I see behind that an attack on God.

506
00:45:04,380 --> 00:45:05,813
-Roper!
-The Devil's work...

507
00:45:05,900 --> 00:45:07,618
...to be done by the Devil's ministers!

508
00:45:07,700 --> 00:45:09,531
For heaven's sake, remember my office.

509
00:45:09,620 --> 00:45:11,019
If you stand on your office--

510
00:45:11,100 --> 00:45:15,139
No, I don't stand on it,
but there are certain things I may not hear.

511
00:45:15,820 --> 00:45:16,457
Sir Thomas.

512
00:45:18,900 --> 00:45:20,128
Richard?

513
00:45:20,860 --> 00:45:21,975
I fell.

514
00:45:23,740 --> 00:45:24,934
Lady Alice.

515
00:45:25,260 --> 00:45:26,773
-Lady Margaret.
-Good evening.

516
00:45:26,860 --> 00:45:29,169
Do you know William Roper, the younger?

517
00:45:29,340 --> 00:45:31,137
By reputation, of course.

518
00:45:31,380 --> 00:45:33,575
-Good evening, Master....
-Rich.

519
00:45:40,780 --> 00:45:42,213
You've heard of me?

520
00:45:42,460 --> 00:45:43,529
Yes.

521
00:45:43,860 --> 00:45:47,136
In what connection?
I don't know what you can have heard.

522
00:45:52,780 --> 00:45:54,850
I sense that I'm not welcome here.

523
00:45:55,100 --> 00:45:58,058
Why Richard? Have you done something
to make you not welcome?

524
00:45:58,140 --> 00:45:59,459
Cromwell is asking questions.

525
00:45:59,540 --> 00:46:02,816
About you. He's always asking
questions about you and your opinions.

526
00:46:03,300 --> 00:46:04,528
Of whom?

527
00:46:05,540 --> 00:46:07,690
Of him, for one. That's one of his sources.

528
00:46:09,300 --> 00:46:11,575
Of course. That's one of my servants.

529
00:46:13,180 --> 00:46:14,738
All right, Matthew.

530
00:46:19,540 --> 00:46:21,849
Well, you look at me
as though I were an enemy.

531
00:46:24,380 --> 00:46:26,257
Why Richard, you're shaking.

532
00:46:27,940 --> 00:46:29,168
Help me.

533
00:46:30,060 --> 00:46:31,015
How?

534
00:46:31,140 --> 00:46:32,368
Employ me.

535
00:46:33,060 --> 00:46:34,095
No.

536
00:46:34,620 --> 00:46:36,338
-Employ me!
-No.

537
00:46:51,300 --> 00:46:53,052
I would be faithful.

538
00:46:56,660 --> 00:47:00,653
You couldn't answer for yourself
even so far as tonight.

539
00:47:12,300 --> 00:47:13,449
Arrest him!

540
00:47:13,580 --> 00:47:15,013
-For what?
-He's dangerous!

541
00:47:15,100 --> 00:47:16,818
-Libel. He's a spy!
-That man's bad!

542
00:47:16,900 --> 00:47:19,016
-There's no law against that.
-God's law!

543
00:47:19,100 --> 00:47:21,568
-Then God can arrest him.
-While you talk, he's gone!

544
00:47:21,660 --> 00:47:24,572
Go he should, if he were the Devil,
until he broke the law.

545
00:47:24,660 --> 00:47:28,175
-Now you give the Devil benefit of law!
-Yes, what would you do?

546
00:47:28,260 --> 00:47:30,694
Cut a road through the law
to get after the Devil?

547
00:47:30,780 --> 00:47:33,613
Yes. I'd cut down every law in England
to do that.

548
00:47:34,420 --> 00:47:37,378
And when the last law was down,
and the Devil turned on you...

549
00:47:37,460 --> 00:47:40,372
...where would you hide, Roper,
the laws all being flat?

550
00:47:40,460 --> 00:47:43,054
This country is planted with laws
from coast to coast...

551
00:47:43,140 --> 00:47:45,654
...Man's laws, not God's,
and if you cut them down...

552
00:47:45,740 --> 00:47:47,412
...and you're just the man to do it...

553
00:47:47,500 --> 00:47:51,812
...do you really think you could stand
upright in the wind that would blow then?

554
00:47:52,740 --> 00:47:53,536
Yes.

555
00:47:53,620 --> 00:47:57,738
I give the Devil benefit of law
for my own safety's sake.

556
00:48:34,100 --> 00:48:35,772
-Master Rich?
-Yes.

557
00:48:35,900 --> 00:48:37,379
In there, sir.

558
00:48:43,180 --> 00:48:45,136
Rich? Come in.

559
00:48:49,020 --> 00:48:51,056
Taken you long enough to get here.

560
00:48:51,140 --> 00:48:52,778
Have I kept you waiting?

561
00:48:53,940 --> 00:48:55,134
Months.

562
00:48:57,420 --> 00:48:59,536
-Here.
-Thank you.

563
00:49:00,900 --> 00:49:02,379
Do you know the news?

564
00:49:02,700 --> 00:49:05,692
-What news?
-Sir Thomas Paget is retiring.

565
00:49:07,180 --> 00:49:09,171
And I succeed him.

566
00:49:10,340 --> 00:49:12,012
Secretary to the Council?

567
00:49:12,100 --> 00:49:13,169
You?

568
00:49:13,700 --> 00:49:15,338
'Tis surprising, isn't it?

569
00:49:16,660 --> 00:49:19,333
I mean, one sees that's logical.

570
00:49:21,220 --> 00:49:23,973
Sit down, Rich.
No ceremony, no courtship...

571
00:49:24,100 --> 00:49:26,091
...as His Majesty would say.

572
00:49:29,420 --> 00:49:31,138
You see how I trust you.

573
00:49:32,060 --> 00:49:34,699
I'd never repeat or report a thing like that.

574
00:49:35,940 --> 00:49:38,613
What kind of thing
would you repeat or report?

575
00:49:40,620 --> 00:49:42,338
Nothing said in friendship.

576
00:49:42,740 --> 00:49:44,014
Do you believe that?

577
00:49:44,100 --> 00:49:46,011
-Why, yes.
-No, seriously.

578
00:49:46,100 --> 00:49:47,419
Well, yes.

579
00:49:47,740 --> 00:49:51,528
Rich, seriously.

580
00:49:56,540 --> 00:49:59,737
That would depend what I was offered.

581
00:50:01,540 --> 00:50:03,098
Don't say it just to please me.

582
00:50:03,180 --> 00:50:05,774
It's true. It would depend
what I was offered.

583
00:50:07,780 --> 00:50:10,613
Well, there is another post vacant.

584
00:50:11,060 --> 00:50:13,176
Collector of Revenues for York.

585
00:50:13,780 --> 00:50:15,338
Is it in your gift?

586
00:50:15,420 --> 00:50:16,739
Effectively.

587
00:50:17,740 --> 00:50:19,458
What must I do for it?

588
00:50:21,780 --> 00:50:24,931
I know a man
who wants to change his woman.

589
00:50:26,500 --> 00:50:29,298
Normally a matter of small importance,
but in this case...

590
00:50:29,380 --> 00:50:32,417
...it's our liege, Lord Henry,
the eighth of that name.

591
00:50:33,140 --> 00:50:37,338
Which is a quaint way of saying that
if he wants to change his woman, he will.

592
00:50:37,420 --> 00:50:39,490
And our job as administrators...

593
00:50:40,060 --> 00:50:44,212
...is to minimise the inconvenience
which this is going to cause.

594
00:50:44,340 --> 00:50:48,458
That's our only job, Rich,
to minimise the inconvenience of things.

595
00:50:48,900 --> 00:50:51,778
A harmless occupation
you would say, but no.

596
00:50:52,020 --> 00:50:54,898
We administrators are not liked, Rich.

597
00:50:55,340 --> 00:50:57,058
We are not popular.

598
00:50:57,140 --> 00:51:01,179
I say "we" on the assumption you'll accept
the post at York I've offered you.

599
00:51:05,940 --> 00:51:07,009
Yes.

600
00:51:14,540 --> 00:51:17,771
It's a bad sign when people are depressed
by their own good fortune.

601
00:51:17,860 --> 00:51:19,816
-I'm not depressed.
-You look depressed.

602
00:51:19,900 --> 00:51:22,209
I was lamenting. I've lost my innocence.

603
00:51:22,300 --> 00:51:25,053
Some time ago.
Have you only just noticed?

604
00:51:26,500 --> 00:51:30,493
Your friend, our present Lord Chancellor,
now there's an innocent man.

605
00:51:32,540 --> 00:51:34,337
The odd thing is, he is.

606
00:51:34,580 --> 00:51:37,458
Yes, I say he is. Unhappily...

607
00:51:37,540 --> 00:51:39,815
...his innocence is tangled up
in this problem...

608
00:51:39,900 --> 00:51:42,539
...that you can't change your woman
without a divorce...

609
00:51:42,620 --> 00:51:45,737
...and you can't get a divorce
unless the Pope says so.

610
00:51:45,860 --> 00:51:50,217
And from this meaningless circumstance,
I foresee a certain measure of....

611
00:51:50,540 --> 00:51:52,735
-lnconvenience?
-Just so.

612
00:51:53,780 --> 00:51:56,419
This goblet he gave you,
how much was it worth?

613
00:51:58,260 --> 00:52:02,299
Come along, he gave you a silver goblet.
How much did you get for it?

614
00:52:02,620 --> 00:52:03,769
Fifty shillings.

615
00:52:03,860 --> 00:52:06,738
It was a gift, wasn't it,
from a litigant, a woman?

616
00:52:07,300 --> 00:52:09,211
-Yes.
-Which court? Chancery?

617
00:52:10,900 --> 00:52:12,891
Don't get drunk!

618
00:52:13,380 --> 00:52:15,848
Which court was the litigant's case?

619
00:52:17,700 --> 00:52:19,372
Court of Requests.

620
00:52:21,380 --> 00:52:24,019
There. That wasn't too painful, was it?

621
00:52:26,540 --> 00:52:27,893
-No.
-No.

622
00:52:28,020 --> 00:52:30,534
And you'll find it easier, next time.

623
00:53:04,500 --> 00:53:07,219
My Lord Archbishop, my lords...

624
00:53:07,580 --> 00:53:09,855
...Reverend Doctors of the Church.

625
00:53:10,060 --> 00:53:12,858
The answer of our liege, Lord Henry...

626
00:53:12,940 --> 00:53:15,295
...to his trusty well-beloved subjects...

627
00:53:15,380 --> 00:53:18,019
...pontiffs in the Canterbury Convocation.

628
00:53:19,660 --> 00:53:20,888
"His Majesty...

629
00:53:21,020 --> 00:53:24,808
"...acknowledges your humble admission
of many grievous errors...

630
00:53:25,940 --> 00:53:27,339
"...for which he accepts...

631
00:53:27,420 --> 00:53:31,891
"...the manumission of �100,000 in token.

632
00:53:34,300 --> 00:53:37,975
"Mindful for the well-being of the realm
and the quietness of his subjects...

633
00:53:38,060 --> 00:53:42,292
"...His Majesty requires that you do now
straightly renounce your pretended...

634
00:53:42,380 --> 00:53:44,689
"...allegiance to the See of Rome.

635
00:53:45,220 --> 00:53:48,257
"And admit the statute
passed through parliament...

636
00:53:48,580 --> 00:53:51,014
"...acknowledging the King's good title...

637
00:53:51,580 --> 00:53:54,253
"...Supreme Head of the Church
in England."

638
00:53:59,660 --> 00:54:02,493
Well, my lords, what's your answer?

639
00:54:04,380 --> 00:54:06,655
Yea or nay?

640
00:54:08,860 --> 00:54:11,294
His Majesty accepts your resignation
very sadly.

641
00:54:11,660 --> 00:54:13,935
He's mindful of your goodness
and past loyalty.

642
00:54:14,020 --> 00:54:18,332
And in any matter concerning your honour
and welfare he'll continue your good lord.

643
00:54:19,660 --> 00:54:21,810
You will convey my humble gratitude.

644
00:54:27,820 --> 00:54:30,129
-Help me with this.
-Not l.

645
00:54:33,540 --> 00:54:35,337
-Alice?
-No.

646
00:54:36,260 --> 00:54:40,811
Sun and moon, Master More, you're taken
for a wise man. Is this wisdom?

647
00:54:41,100 --> 00:54:42,738
To betray your ability...

648
00:54:42,820 --> 00:54:46,335
...abandon your station
and forget your duty to your kith and kin?

649
00:54:47,020 --> 00:54:48,612
Shall l, sir?

650
00:54:50,220 --> 00:54:52,734
No, thank you, son Roper.

651
00:54:54,500 --> 00:54:55,615
Margaret...

652
00:54:56,860 --> 00:54:58,179
...will you?

653
00:54:59,460 --> 00:55:00,654
Yes.

654
00:55:05,580 --> 00:55:07,411
If you want.

655
00:55:12,340 --> 00:55:14,137
There's my clever girl.

656
00:55:17,380 --> 00:55:21,612
Well done, sir! In my opinion,
that thing's a degradation.

657
00:55:21,740 --> 00:55:24,208
I'll tell you my opinion
of the King's title, too--

658
00:55:24,300 --> 00:55:28,009
Don't! Will, silence!
Remember, you have a wife now...

659
00:55:28,860 --> 00:55:30,532
...and may have children.

660
00:55:41,900 --> 00:55:43,891
All right, Thomas, make me understand...

661
00:55:43,980 --> 00:55:46,653
...because I tell you,
to me this looks like cowardice!

662
00:55:46,740 --> 00:55:47,650
All right, I will.

663
00:55:47,940 --> 00:55:51,330
This isn't reformation,
this is war against the Church.

664
00:55:51,540 --> 00:55:55,055
Our King has declared war on the Pope
because the Pope will not declare...

665
00:55:55,140 --> 00:55:57,893
-...that our Queen is not his wife.
-And is she?

666
00:56:00,860 --> 00:56:02,134
Is she?

667
00:56:04,540 --> 00:56:07,338
Have I your word that what we say here
is between us two?

668
00:56:07,420 --> 00:56:08,569
Very well.

669
00:56:08,700 --> 00:56:12,090
And if the King should command you
to repeat what I may say?

670
00:56:12,220 --> 00:56:14,097
I should keep my word to you.

671
00:56:14,220 --> 00:56:17,895
Then what has become of your oath
of obedience to the King?

672
00:56:20,500 --> 00:56:22,252
You lay traps for me!

673
00:56:22,340 --> 00:56:24,854
No, I show you the times.

674
00:56:28,020 --> 00:56:31,729
We are at war with the Pope.
For the Pope's a prince, isn't he?

675
00:56:31,820 --> 00:56:35,699
He is. He's also the descendant
of St. Peter, our only link with Christ.

676
00:56:35,780 --> 00:56:39,489
So you believe.
And will you forfeit all you have...

677
00:56:39,580 --> 00:56:42,413
...which includes the respect
of your country, for a belief?

678
00:56:42,500 --> 00:56:45,651
Because what matters
is that I believe it, or rather, no...

679
00:56:46,220 --> 00:56:49,257
...not that I believe it, but that I believe it.

680
00:56:50,020 --> 00:56:53,251
-I trust I make myself obscure?
-Perfectly.

681
00:56:55,900 --> 00:56:59,575
Why do you insult me
with this lawyer's chatter?

682
00:57:00,260 --> 00:57:02,091
Because I'm afraid.

683
00:57:02,260 --> 00:57:03,818
Man, you're ill.

684
00:57:06,500 --> 00:57:09,014
This isn't Spain, you know.
This is England.

685
00:57:27,660 --> 00:57:31,539
My friends, you all know
why I've called you here.

686
00:57:32,260 --> 00:57:35,536
I have today resigned my office.

687
00:57:37,900 --> 00:57:40,778
I am no longer a great man.

688
00:57:41,940 --> 00:57:45,091
Sir, we want you to know
that we're all on your side.

689
00:57:45,900 --> 00:57:48,255
My side? What side is that?

690
00:57:48,620 --> 00:57:50,451
Well, sir, we all know what you think.

691
00:57:50,540 --> 00:57:52,929
None of you knows what I think.
And if you guess...

692
00:57:53,020 --> 00:57:55,932
...and babble it about,
you do me no good service.

693
00:57:57,660 --> 00:58:01,369
Since I am no more a great man,
I no longer need a great household.

694
00:58:01,460 --> 00:58:06,056
Nor can I afford one. You will have to go.

695
00:58:06,420 --> 00:58:09,378
However, I still number some great men
among my friends...

696
00:58:09,460 --> 00:58:11,655
...and they still need great households.

697
00:58:11,740 --> 00:58:15,016
No one will be turned away
until we've found another place for him.

698
00:58:15,100 --> 00:58:17,898
-We can't find places for them all.
-Yes, we can.

699
00:58:20,020 --> 00:58:21,453
Thank you.

700
00:58:22,700 --> 00:58:24,133
That is all.

701
00:58:34,420 --> 00:58:36,012
What about you, Matthew?

702
00:58:39,540 --> 00:58:41,019
Will you stay?

703
00:58:41,140 --> 00:58:43,017
Well, sir, that's according.

704
00:58:43,100 --> 00:58:45,773
There will be more work and less money.

705
00:58:47,060 --> 00:58:50,939
Well then, I don't see how I can then, sir.
After all, I've got my own--

706
00:58:51,020 --> 00:58:54,808
Quite right, Matthew. Why should you?
I shall miss you, Matthew.

707
00:58:55,900 --> 00:58:58,573
Oh, no, sir, you see through me, sir.
I know that.

708
00:59:03,060 --> 00:59:04,698
I shall miss you.

709
00:59:15,820 --> 00:59:18,015
Damn me! Isn't that them all over!

710
00:59:18,460 --> 00:59:20,735
Miss me? What's in me for him to miss?

711
00:59:20,820 --> 00:59:24,972
"Matthew, will you take a cut in wages?"
No, Sir Thomas, I will not.

712
00:59:25,060 --> 00:59:29,770
And that's it. And that's all of it! All right,
so he's down on his luck, I'm sorry.

713
00:59:30,540 --> 00:59:32,690
I don't mind saying
that I'm sorry, bad luck.

714
00:59:32,980 --> 00:59:35,050
If I had good luck to spare
he could have some!

715
00:59:35,140 --> 00:59:37,051
I wish we could have good luck
all the time.

716
00:59:37,140 --> 00:59:41,577
I wish rainwater was beer!
I wish we had wings! But we don't.

717
00:59:52,260 --> 00:59:54,535
Well, there's an end of you.

718
00:59:55,380 --> 00:59:57,336
What'll you do now? Sit by the fire...

719
00:59:57,420 --> 00:59:59,490
...and make goslings in the ash?

720
00:59:59,580 --> 01:00:01,536
Not at all, Alice.

721
01:00:02,380 --> 01:00:04,689
I expect I'll write a bit...

722
01:00:05,820 --> 01:00:07,139
...I'll write...

723
01:00:07,980 --> 01:00:10,050
...I'll read, I'll think.

724
01:00:11,620 --> 01:00:13,372
I think I'll learn to fish.

725
01:00:15,060 --> 01:00:18,848
I'll play with my grandchildren
when son Roper's done his duty.

726
01:00:20,540 --> 01:00:23,816
-Alice, shall I teach you to read?
-No, by God!

727
01:00:27,140 --> 01:00:29,938
Poor, silly man,
you think they'll leave you here to think?

728
01:00:30,020 --> 01:00:32,375
If we govern our tongues, they will!

729
01:00:35,900 --> 01:00:40,257
I have a word to say on that. I've made
no statement. I've resigned, that's all.

730
01:00:41,540 --> 01:00:45,328
The King is made, by act of parliament,
Supreme Head of the Church in England.

731
01:00:45,420 --> 01:00:49,538
This English Church will divorce him from
the Queen, then marry him to Lady Anne.

732
01:00:49,620 --> 01:00:53,329
But on any of these matters,
have you heard me make a statement?

733
01:00:53,460 --> 01:00:54,449
No.

734
01:00:54,740 --> 01:00:58,369
If I'm to lose my rank and fall to
housekeeping, I want to know the reason.

735
01:00:58,460 --> 01:01:00,416
-So make a statement now.
-No.

736
01:01:00,500 --> 01:01:03,378
Alice, it's a point of law.
Accept it from me...

737
01:01:03,460 --> 01:01:06,258
...that in silence is my safety,
under the law.

738
01:01:06,340 --> 01:01:09,855
And my silence must be absolute,
it must extend to you.

739
01:01:09,940 --> 01:01:11,976
In short, you don't trust me.

740
01:01:15,540 --> 01:01:19,328
I'm the Lord Chief Justice,
I'm Cromwell, I'm the keeper of the Tower.

741
01:01:19,660 --> 01:01:20,979
I take your hand...

742
01:01:21,060 --> 01:01:24,769
...I clamp it on the Bible,
on the blessed Cross and I say:

743
01:01:24,860 --> 01:01:28,091
"Woman, has your husband
made a statement on these matters?

744
01:01:28,660 --> 01:01:31,970
"On peril of your soul remember,
what is your answer?"

745
01:01:33,980 --> 01:01:35,015
No.

746
01:01:36,220 --> 01:01:38,893
And so it must remain.

747
01:01:47,500 --> 01:01:49,889
Have you opened your mind to Meg?

748
01:01:50,340 --> 01:01:53,013
Would I tell Meg what I won't tell you?

749
01:01:53,700 --> 01:01:56,931
Meg has your heart.
I know that well enough.

750
01:02:08,180 --> 01:02:10,250
This is a dangerous matter then...

751
01:02:11,180 --> 01:02:12,898
...if you've not told Meg.

752
01:02:13,540 --> 01:02:16,373
I don't think so. No.

753
01:02:17,660 --> 01:02:19,696
When they find I'm silent...

754
01:02:20,420 --> 01:02:23,457
...they'll want nothing better
than to leave me silent.

755
01:02:24,660 --> 01:02:26,139
You'll see.

756
01:02:47,380 --> 01:02:50,611
But he's silent, Master Secretary,
why not leave him silent?

757
01:02:50,780 --> 01:02:53,692
Your Grace, not being a man of letters...

758
01:02:54,300 --> 01:02:57,019
...you perhaps don't realise
the extent of his reputation.

759
01:02:57,100 --> 01:02:59,933
This silence of his
is bellowing up and down Europe!

760
01:03:00,020 --> 01:03:02,136
In Europe he is claimed
as the King's enemy.

761
01:03:02,220 --> 01:03:04,575
Rubbish! Crank he may be,
traitor he is not.

762
01:03:04,660 --> 01:03:06,969
Exactly. And with a little pressure....

763
01:03:07,940 --> 01:03:10,056
With a little pressure
he can be got to say so.

764
01:03:10,140 --> 01:03:12,779
That's all we need.
A brief declaration of his loyalty...

765
01:03:12,860 --> 01:03:16,614
-...to the present administration.
-I still say, let sleeping dogs lie.

766
01:03:17,460 --> 01:03:19,655
The King does not agree with you.

767
01:03:24,500 --> 01:03:28,459
What kind of pressure do you think
you can bring to bear?

768
01:03:29,100 --> 01:03:32,888
I have evidence that Sir Thomas,
while he was a judge, accepted bribes.

769
01:03:32,980 --> 01:03:34,333
What?

770
01:03:34,620 --> 01:03:38,374
Goddammit! He was the only judge
since Cato who didn't accept bribes!

771
01:03:38,460 --> 01:03:41,611
When was there a chancellor
whose possessions, after three years...

772
01:03:41,700 --> 01:03:44,419
...totalled �100 and a gold chain?

773
01:03:48,260 --> 01:03:50,490
It is, as you imply, common practice...

774
01:03:50,580 --> 01:03:53,492
...but a practice may be common
and remain an offence.

775
01:03:53,580 --> 01:03:56,048
This offence could send a man
to the Tower.

776
01:04:01,020 --> 01:04:02,248
Come here.

777
01:04:03,220 --> 01:04:06,417
This woman's name is Averil Machin.
She comes from Leicester.

778
01:04:06,500 --> 01:04:08,536
-She entered a case--
-A property case it was.

779
01:04:08,620 --> 01:04:10,019
Shut your mouth.

780
01:04:10,900 --> 01:04:13,494
A property case in the Court of Requests
in April, 1528.

781
01:04:13,580 --> 01:04:15,059
And got a wicked false judgement!

782
01:04:15,140 --> 01:04:17,859
And got an impeccably correct judgement
from Sir Thomas.

783
01:04:17,940 --> 01:04:19,931
-No, sir, it was not!
-Tell the gentleman...

784
01:04:20,020 --> 01:04:22,614
...about the gift you gave the judge.

785
01:04:23,700 --> 01:04:25,338
I gave him a cup, sir.

786
01:04:25,460 --> 01:04:28,770
A silver ltalian cup I bought in Leicester,
for 100 shillings.

787
01:04:28,860 --> 01:04:30,771
Did Sir Thomas accept this cup?

788
01:04:31,020 --> 01:04:32,169
Yes, sir, he did.

789
01:04:32,260 --> 01:04:35,570
He did accept it. We can corroborate that.
You can go.

790
01:04:35,900 --> 01:04:37,731
-To my way of thinking--
-Go!

791
01:04:46,300 --> 01:04:48,860
-ls that your witness?
-No.

792
01:04:49,620 --> 01:04:54,171
By an odd coincidence that cup later
came into the hands of Master Rich here.

793
01:04:55,900 --> 01:04:56,969
How?

794
01:04:59,780 --> 01:05:02,738
-He gave it to me, Your Grace.
-Gave it to you? Why?

795
01:05:03,140 --> 01:05:04,334
A gift.

796
01:05:05,300 --> 01:05:08,292
Yes, you were a friend, weren't you?

797
01:05:08,900 --> 01:05:11,050
When did Thomas give you this thing?

798
01:05:11,860 --> 01:05:13,657
I can't exactly remember.

799
01:05:16,380 --> 01:05:18,689
Do you "remember" what you did with it?

800
01:05:19,100 --> 01:05:20,818
-I sold it.
-Where?

801
01:05:21,460 --> 01:05:23,576
-A shop.
-Has the shop still got it?

802
01:05:24,620 --> 01:05:26,690
No. They've lost all track of it.

803
01:05:26,940 --> 01:05:28,339
How convenient.

804
01:05:30,380 --> 01:05:32,416
You doubt Master Rich's word,
Your Grace?

805
01:05:32,500 --> 01:05:34,730
It had occurred to me.

806
01:05:37,660 --> 01:05:39,651
This is the bill of sale.

807
01:05:50,020 --> 01:05:54,616
That cow put her case into court in April,
you said. This is dated May.

808
01:05:55,700 --> 01:05:58,533
In other words, the moment Thomas knew
the cup was a bribe...

809
01:05:58,620 --> 01:06:01,896
...he dropped it into the nearest gutter.

810
01:06:04,660 --> 01:06:07,538
The facts will bear that interpretation,
I suppose.

811
01:06:08,740 --> 01:06:11,379
This is a horse that won't run,
Master Secretary.

812
01:06:11,460 --> 01:06:14,133
Just a trial gallop.
We'll find something better.

813
01:06:14,220 --> 01:06:16,688
-I want no part of it.
-You have no choice.

814
01:06:18,500 --> 01:06:20,172
What's that you say?

815
01:06:21,580 --> 01:06:25,812
The King particularly wishes you
to be active in this matter of Sir Thomas.

816
01:06:26,260 --> 01:06:27,739
He's not told me that.

817
01:06:27,820 --> 01:06:29,651
Indeed? He told me.

818
01:06:33,620 --> 01:06:35,178
Look here, Cromwell...

819
01:06:35,460 --> 01:06:37,530
...what's the purpose of all this?

820
01:06:37,660 --> 01:06:39,139
There you have me.

821
01:06:40,460 --> 01:06:42,610
It's a matter of conscience, I think.

822
01:06:42,820 --> 01:06:46,176
The King wants Sir Thomas
to bless his marriage.

823
01:06:46,620 --> 01:06:50,932
If Sir Thomas appeared at the wedding
now, it might save us all a lot of trouble.

824
01:06:53,380 --> 01:06:55,689
He won't attend the wedding.

825
01:06:55,820 --> 01:06:58,209
If I were you, I'd try and persuade him.

826
01:06:58,820 --> 01:07:01,857
I really would try, if I were you.

827
01:07:04,260 --> 01:07:07,138
Cromwell, are you threatening me?

828
01:07:07,260 --> 01:07:10,457
My dear Norfolk, this isn't Spain.

829
01:07:11,300 --> 01:07:12,892
This is England!

830
01:09:23,700 --> 01:09:26,089
Thomas? Thomas!

831
01:10:29,340 --> 01:10:30,409
Lady Margaret?

832
01:10:30,500 --> 01:10:31,330
Yes.

833
01:10:33,540 --> 01:10:36,896
We've been cutting greens.
We use them for fuel.

834
01:10:39,060 --> 01:10:43,212
I have a letter for your father,
Lady Margaret. From Hampton Court.

835
01:10:46,500 --> 01:10:50,459
He's to answer certain charges
before Secretary Cromwell.

836
01:10:53,500 --> 01:10:55,297
Good of you to come, Sir Thomas.

837
01:11:01,060 --> 01:11:03,494
Master Rich will make a record
of our conversation.

838
01:11:03,580 --> 01:11:05,536
Good of you to tell me, Master Secretary.

839
01:11:05,620 --> 01:11:07,053
I think you know one another.

840
01:11:07,140 --> 01:11:09,370
Indeed yes, we're old friends.

841
01:11:10,300 --> 01:11:12,530
That's a nice gown you have, Richard.

842
01:11:17,500 --> 01:11:19,650
Sir Thomas, believe me.

843
01:11:19,860 --> 01:11:23,773
No, that's asking too much.
But let me tell you all the same.

844
01:11:24,060 --> 01:11:27,689
You have no more sincere admirer
than myself.

845
01:11:28,780 --> 01:11:31,055
No, not yet, Rich, not yet.

846
01:11:34,900 --> 01:11:36,652
If I might hear the charges.

847
01:11:36,740 --> 01:11:39,573
-The charges?
-I understand there are certain charges.

848
01:11:39,660 --> 01:11:43,130
Some ambiguities of behaviour
I should like to clarify, hardly charges.

849
01:11:43,220 --> 01:11:46,735
Make a note of that, will you, Master Rich?
There are no charges.

850
01:11:47,700 --> 01:11:49,850
Sir Thomas, Sir Thomas.

851
01:11:54,660 --> 01:11:57,572
The King is not pleased with you.

852
01:11:58,340 --> 01:11:59,773
I am grieved.

853
01:12:00,540 --> 01:12:03,896
And yet, do you know that even now,
if you could bring yourself...

854
01:12:03,980 --> 01:12:07,450
...to agree with the Church,
universities, the Lords and the Commons...

855
01:12:07,540 --> 01:12:11,169
...there is no honour which His Majesty
would be likely to deny you?

856
01:12:11,700 --> 01:12:14,851
I am well acquainted with
His Grace's generosity.

857
01:12:17,820 --> 01:12:18,889
Very well.

858
01:12:21,260 --> 01:12:25,333
You have heard of the so-called
"Holy Maid of Kent"...

859
01:12:25,740 --> 01:12:28,129
...who was executed for prophesying
against the King?

860
01:12:28,220 --> 01:12:30,290
-Yes, I met her.
-Yes, you met her.

861
01:12:30,460 --> 01:12:33,930
Yet you did not warn His Majesty
of her treason. How was that?

862
01:12:34,020 --> 01:12:37,251
She spoke no treason.
Our talk was not political.

863
01:12:37,620 --> 01:12:40,498
But the woman was notorious.
Do you expect me to believe that?

864
01:12:40,580 --> 01:12:43,652
-Happily, there were witnesses.
-You wrote a letter to her.

865
01:12:43,740 --> 01:12:48,450
Yes. I wrote, advising her to abstain
from meddling in the affairs of state.

866
01:12:48,540 --> 01:12:52,294
I have a copy of the letter. Also witnessed.

867
01:12:54,380 --> 01:12:59,249
-You have been cautious.
-I like to keep my affairs regular.

868
01:13:06,060 --> 01:13:09,814
In the June of 1521,
the King published a book.

869
01:13:10,780 --> 01:13:12,213
A theological work.

870
01:13:13,660 --> 01:13:16,254
It was called,
A Defence of the Seven Sacraments.

871
01:13:16,340 --> 01:13:21,095
For which he was named "Defender
of the Faith" by His Holiness, the Pope.

872
01:13:21,180 --> 01:13:24,411
By the Bishop of Rome,
or do you insist on "pope"?

873
01:13:24,500 --> 01:13:28,493
No. "Bishop of Rome" if you like.
It doesn't alter his authority.

874
01:13:29,580 --> 01:13:34,700
Thank you. You come to the point
very readily. What is that authority?

875
01:13:34,780 --> 01:13:36,771
For example, in the Church of England...

876
01:13:36,860 --> 01:13:39,579
...what exactly is
the Bishop of Rome's authority?

877
01:13:40,460 --> 01:13:44,612
You will find it very ably set out
and defended, Master Secretary...

878
01:13:44,860 --> 01:13:46,578
...in the King's book.

879
01:13:47,140 --> 01:13:50,337
In the book published under
the King's name, would be more accurate.

880
01:13:50,420 --> 01:13:52,809
-You wrote this book.
-I wrote no part of it.

881
01:13:52,900 --> 01:13:54,697
I don't mean you actually held the pen.

882
01:13:54,780 --> 01:13:57,499
I answered to my best ability,
some points of common law...

883
01:13:57,580 --> 01:13:59,810
...which the King put to me,
as I was bound to do.

884
01:13:59,900 --> 01:14:01,413
Do you deny you instigated it?

885
01:14:01,500 --> 01:14:04,936
It was from first to last
the King's own project.

886
01:14:05,020 --> 01:14:06,089
The King says not.

887
01:14:09,420 --> 01:14:11,650
The King knows the truth of it.

888
01:14:12,500 --> 01:14:14,695
And whatever he may have said to you...

889
01:14:14,780 --> 01:14:17,852
...he will not give evidence
to support this accusation.

890
01:14:19,220 --> 01:14:20,448
Why not?

891
01:14:20,540 --> 01:14:24,658
Because evidence is given on oath,
and he will not perjure himself.

892
01:14:25,220 --> 01:14:28,815
If you don't know that,
then you don't yet know him.

893
01:14:34,260 --> 01:14:35,579
Sir Thomas More.

894
01:14:35,740 --> 01:14:36,889
Have you anything to say...

895
01:14:36,980 --> 01:14:39,255
...regarding the King's marriage
with Queen Anne?

896
01:14:40,140 --> 01:14:42,370
I understood
I was not to be asked that again.

897
01:14:42,460 --> 01:14:44,496
Then you understood wrongly.
These charges--

898
01:14:44,580 --> 01:14:48,858
They are terrors for children,
Master Secretary, not for me!

899
01:14:54,340 --> 01:14:56,979
Then know that the King
commands me to charge you...

900
01:14:57,060 --> 01:14:59,528
...in his name, with great ingratitude!

901
01:15:00,300 --> 01:15:04,213
And to tell you that there never was,
nor could be, so villainous a servant...

902
01:15:04,300 --> 01:15:07,053
...nor so traitorous a subject, as yourself!

903
01:15:08,820 --> 01:15:09,809
So...

904
01:15:12,420 --> 01:15:14,615
...I am brought here at last.

905
01:15:15,540 --> 01:15:16,529
Brought?

906
01:15:17,780 --> 01:15:20,340
You've brought yourself
to where you stand now.

907
01:15:22,500 --> 01:15:23,615
You may go.

908
01:15:28,940 --> 01:15:30,259
For the present.

909
01:15:36,420 --> 01:15:37,978
What will you do now?

910
01:15:40,100 --> 01:15:41,897
Whatever's necessary.

911
01:15:50,500 --> 01:15:51,489
Boat!

912
01:16:07,700 --> 01:16:10,578
Oh, come, come, it's not as bad as all that!

913
01:16:15,820 --> 01:16:17,014
Howard!

914
01:16:22,820 --> 01:16:24,333
I can't get home.

915
01:16:25,060 --> 01:16:26,812
They won't bring me a boat.

916
01:16:27,100 --> 01:16:28,772
Do you blame them?

917
01:16:28,940 --> 01:16:30,498
Is it as bad as that?

918
01:16:30,940 --> 01:16:33,170
It's every bit as bad as that!

919
01:16:34,220 --> 01:16:36,654
Then it's good of you to be seen with me.

920
01:16:36,740 --> 01:16:38,253
I followed you.

921
01:16:39,340 --> 01:16:41,012
Were you followed?

922
01:16:51,140 --> 01:16:53,256
-You're dangerous to know!
-Then don't know me.

923
01:16:53,340 --> 01:16:55,217
-I do know you.
-I mean as a friend.

924
01:16:55,300 --> 01:16:59,179
-I am your friend. I wish I wasn't, but I am.
-What's to be done then?

925
01:16:59,300 --> 01:17:01,291
-Give in.
-I can't give in, Howard.

926
01:17:01,380 --> 01:17:03,575
Our friendship's more mutable than that.

927
01:17:03,660 --> 01:17:06,299
The one fixed point in the world
of turning friendship...

928
01:17:06,380 --> 01:17:09,975
-...is that Sir More won't give in.
-To me it has to be, for that's myself.

929
01:17:10,060 --> 01:17:12,574
Affection goes as deep in me
as you, I think.

930
01:17:13,020 --> 01:17:17,298
But only God is love right through,
Howard, and that's my self.

931
01:17:18,820 --> 01:17:20,139
And who are you?

932
01:17:21,820 --> 01:17:23,811
A lawyer! And a lawyer's son!

933
01:17:23,900 --> 01:17:27,779
We're supposed to be the proud ones,
the arrogant ones, we've all given in.

934
01:17:27,860 --> 01:17:29,452
Why must you stand out?

935
01:17:29,540 --> 01:17:32,771
Goddammit man! It's disproportionate!

936
01:17:35,860 --> 01:17:37,373
You'll break my heart.

937
01:17:38,540 --> 01:17:42,249
No one is safe, Howard,
and you have a son.

938
01:17:45,460 --> 01:17:47,655
We'll end our friendship now.

939
01:17:48,060 --> 01:17:50,096
-For friendship's sake?
-Yes.

940
01:17:50,860 --> 01:17:51,736
Daft!

941
01:17:59,180 --> 01:18:01,011
Norfolk, you're a fool!

942
01:18:02,380 --> 01:18:04,735
You can't place a quarrel,
you haven't the style.

943
01:18:04,820 --> 01:18:08,290
Hear me out. You and your class
have given in, as you rightly call it...

944
01:18:08,380 --> 01:18:11,258
...'cause this country's religion
means nothing to you at all.

945
01:18:11,340 --> 01:18:13,490
Well, that's a foolish saying for a start!

946
01:18:14,420 --> 01:18:15,899
The nobility of England--

947
01:18:15,980 --> 01:18:19,939
The nobility of England would have
snored through the Sermon on the Mount!

948
01:18:20,020 --> 01:18:23,649
But you'll labour like scholars
over a bulldog's pedigree.

949
01:18:24,140 --> 01:18:25,937
An artificial quarrel is not a quarrel.

950
01:18:26,020 --> 01:18:29,569
We've had a quarrel since the day we met.
Our friendship was mere sloth.

951
01:18:29,860 --> 01:18:32,579
You can be cruel when you want,
but I've always known that.

952
01:18:32,660 --> 01:18:35,732
What do you value in your bulldogs?
Gripping, is it not?

953
01:18:37,660 --> 01:18:38,854
-Yes.
-It's their nature?

954
01:18:38,940 --> 01:18:40,658
-Yes.
-It's why you breed them?

955
01:18:40,740 --> 01:18:41,889
It's so with men.

956
01:18:42,300 --> 01:18:44,211
I will not give in, because I oppose it.

957
01:18:44,300 --> 01:18:49,658
Not my pride, not my spleen,
nor any other of my appetites, but I do, l.

958
01:18:50,500 --> 01:18:54,413
Is there, in the midst of all this muscle,
no sinew that serves no appetite...

959
01:18:54,500 --> 01:18:56,730
...of Norfolk's, but is just Norfolk?
There is!

960
01:18:56,820 --> 01:18:58,697
-Give that some exercise, my lord!
-Thomas!

961
01:18:58,780 --> 01:19:01,692
As you stand you'll go before your Maker
ill conditioned!

962
01:19:01,780 --> 01:19:02,451
Now steady.

963
01:19:02,540 --> 01:19:07,250
And he'll think that, somewhere back along
your pedigree, a bitch got over the wall!

964
01:19:21,060 --> 01:19:24,939
Cast in this very house
on April 3, last year...

965
01:19:25,300 --> 01:19:29,498
...it is a matter very fit
for the Commons, gathered here...

966
01:19:29,580 --> 01:19:32,048
...in parliament, to take in hand.

967
01:19:32,300 --> 01:19:36,293
Or, in consequence of the decay of guilds...

968
01:19:36,580 --> 01:19:40,539
...the woolen cloth, now coming out
of Yorkshire, Lincoln...

969
01:19:40,620 --> 01:19:43,976
...and the like, is not to blame and this....

970
01:19:46,020 --> 01:19:49,057
I will defer the rest of my matter to later.

971
01:19:56,260 --> 01:20:00,492
That the loyal Commons, here assembled,
will speedily enact this bill, I doubt not.

972
01:20:00,740 --> 01:20:04,972
For as much as it concerns the King's
new title and his marriage to Queen Anne.

973
01:20:05,260 --> 01:20:08,855
Both matters pleasing to a loyal subject.

974
01:20:10,420 --> 01:20:12,092
Mark, my Masters...

975
01:20:12,420 --> 01:20:16,732
...there is among us
a brood of discreet traitors...

976
01:20:17,100 --> 01:20:19,330
...to which deceit
the King can brook no longer.

977
01:20:19,420 --> 01:20:25,211
And we, his loyal huntsmen, must now
drive these subtle foxes from their covert.

978
01:20:52,900 --> 01:20:53,650
Father?

979
01:20:53,740 --> 01:20:54,775
Margaret!

980
01:20:56,300 --> 01:20:57,938
I couldn't get a boat.

981
01:20:58,460 --> 01:21:00,018
What is it, Meg?

982
01:21:00,100 --> 01:21:02,660
Father, there's a new act
going through parliament.

983
01:21:04,780 --> 01:21:07,169
And by this act,
they're going to administer an oath...

984
01:21:07,260 --> 01:21:08,978
...about the marriage.

985
01:21:09,620 --> 01:21:11,292
On what compulsion is the oath?

986
01:21:12,500 --> 01:21:14,730
-High treason.
-But what is the wording?

987
01:21:14,820 --> 01:21:17,095
Do the words matter?
We know what it means.

988
01:21:17,180 --> 01:21:18,249
Tell me the words.

989
01:21:18,340 --> 01:21:20,934
An oath is made of words.
It may be possible to take it.

990
01:21:21,020 --> 01:21:21,611
Take it?

991
01:21:21,900 --> 01:21:24,016
And if it can be taken,
you must take it, too.

992
01:21:25,060 --> 01:21:25,697
No!

993
01:21:25,780 --> 01:21:30,012
Listen, Meg. God made the angels
to show him splendour.

994
01:21:30,500 --> 01:21:35,016
As he made animals for innocence
and plants for their simplicity.

995
01:21:35,140 --> 01:21:39,770
But Man he made to serve him wittily,
in the tangle of his mind.

996
01:21:40,220 --> 01:21:43,417
If he suffers us to come to such a case
that there is no escaping...

997
01:21:43,500 --> 01:21:46,219
...then we may stand to our tackle
as best we can.

998
01:21:46,300 --> 01:21:51,135
And yes, Meg, then we can clamour
like champions, if we have the spittle for it.

999
01:21:51,460 --> 01:21:55,248
But it's God's part, not our own,
to bring ourselves to such a pass.

1000
01:21:55,340 --> 01:21:58,571
Our natural business lies in escaping.

1001
01:22:00,700 --> 01:22:02,611
If I can take this oath, I will.

1002
01:22:07,500 --> 01:22:09,252
I would, for my sake,
you could take the oath.

1003
01:22:09,340 --> 01:22:11,808
I never took a man into the Tower
less willingly.

1004
01:22:12,220 --> 01:22:13,972
Thank you, Master Governor.

1005
01:22:16,860 --> 01:22:18,179
Thank you.

1006
01:22:20,380 --> 01:22:21,495
Sir Thomas.

1007
01:23:51,300 --> 01:23:52,449
Sir Thomas.

1008
01:23:55,500 --> 01:23:56,694
Sir Thomas!

1009
01:24:16,540 --> 01:24:18,451
This is iniquitous.

1010
01:24:22,060 --> 01:24:24,335
-Where to this time?
-Richmond Palace.

1011
01:25:19,140 --> 01:25:20,414
Sit down.

1012
01:25:27,740 --> 01:25:30,812
This is the Seventh Commission
to inquire into the case...

1013
01:25:30,900 --> 01:25:33,778
...of Sir Thomas More, appointed
by His Majesty's Council.

1014
01:25:33,860 --> 01:25:35,737
Have you anything to say?

1015
01:25:35,820 --> 01:25:36,855
No.

1016
01:25:39,580 --> 01:25:41,457
-Seen this document before?
-Many times.

1017
01:25:41,540 --> 01:25:43,098
It is the Act of Succession.

1018
01:25:43,180 --> 01:25:45,569
These are the names
of those who have sworn to it.

1019
01:25:45,660 --> 01:25:48,538
-I have, as you say, seen it before.
-Will you swear to it?

1020
01:25:48,620 --> 01:25:49,655
No.

1021
01:25:50,460 --> 01:25:52,337
Thomas, we must know--

1022
01:25:56,220 --> 01:26:00,213
We must know plainly whether you
recognise the offspring of Queen Anne...

1023
01:26:00,300 --> 01:26:02,211
...as heirs to the throne.

1024
01:26:02,300 --> 01:26:04,814
The King in parliament
tells me that they are.

1025
01:26:04,900 --> 01:26:07,334
-Of course I recognise them.
-Will you swear to it?

1026
01:26:07,420 --> 01:26:10,298
-Yes.
-Then why won't he swear to the act?

1027
01:26:10,380 --> 01:26:13,099
Because there is more than that in the act.

1028
01:26:13,180 --> 01:26:17,537
Just so. Sir Thomas, it states in the
preamble that the King's former marriage...

1029
01:26:17,620 --> 01:26:19,531
...to the Lady Catherine was unlawful...

1030
01:26:19,620 --> 01:26:24,136
...she being his brother's widow and
the Pope having no authority to sanction it.

1031
01:26:25,340 --> 01:26:27,171
Is that what you deny?

1032
01:26:32,900 --> 01:26:34,891
Is that what you dispute?

1033
01:26:41,140 --> 01:26:43,938
Is that what you are not sure of?

1034
01:26:49,900 --> 01:26:54,178
You insult His Majesty and Council
in the person of the Lord Archbishop!

1035
01:26:54,260 --> 01:26:55,454
I insult no one.

1036
01:26:55,540 --> 01:26:59,249
I will not take the oath.
I will not tell you why I will not.

1037
01:26:59,380 --> 01:27:02,770
-Then your reasons must be treasonable!
-Not "must be," may be.

1038
01:27:02,860 --> 01:27:04,498
It's a fair assumption!

1039
01:27:04,580 --> 01:27:08,289
The law requires more than an assumption,
the law requires a fact.

1040
01:27:08,380 --> 01:27:11,452
Of course, I cannot judge
your legal standing in the case...

1041
01:27:11,540 --> 01:27:14,259
...but until I know the ground
of your objections...

1042
01:27:14,340 --> 01:27:18,174
...I can only guess
your spiritual standing, too.

1043
01:27:18,540 --> 01:27:22,328
If you're willing to guess that, it should be
small matter to guess my objections.

1044
01:27:22,420 --> 01:27:24,331
Then you do have objections to the act?

1045
01:27:24,420 --> 01:27:26,172
Well, we know that, Cromwell!

1046
01:27:26,380 --> 01:27:27,699
No, my lord, you don't.

1047
01:27:27,780 --> 01:27:31,568
You may suppose I have objections,
all you know is that I will not swear to it...

1048
01:27:31,660 --> 01:27:34,572
...for which you cannot lawfully
harm me further.

1049
01:27:34,820 --> 01:27:39,177
But if you were right in supposing me
to have objections, and right again...

1050
01:27:39,260 --> 01:27:41,694
...in supposing my objections
to be treasonable...

1051
01:27:41,780 --> 01:27:44,977
...the law would let you cut my head off.

1052
01:27:46,420 --> 01:27:47,978
Oh, yes.

1053
01:27:49,100 --> 01:27:50,658
Well done, Sir Thomas.

1054
01:27:50,740 --> 01:27:54,574
I've been trying to make that clear
to His Grace for some time.

1055
01:27:54,660 --> 01:27:56,855
Oh, confound all this! I'm not a scholar.

1056
01:27:56,940 --> 01:27:59,010
I don't know if the marriage
was lawful or not...

1057
01:27:59,100 --> 01:28:01,091
...but damn it, Thomas,
look at these names.

1058
01:28:01,580 --> 01:28:04,890
Why can't you do as I did,
and come with us, for fellowship?

1059
01:28:06,300 --> 01:28:09,895
And when we die, and you are sent
to heaven for doing your conscience...

1060
01:28:09,980 --> 01:28:14,815
...and I am sent to hell for not doing mine,
will you come with me, for fellowship?

1061
01:28:16,060 --> 01:28:19,211
So, those of us whose names are there,
are damned, Sir Thomas?

1062
01:28:19,300 --> 01:28:22,178
I have no window to look into
another man's conscience.

1063
01:28:22,260 --> 01:28:23,488
I condemn no one.

1064
01:28:23,580 --> 01:28:26,048
-Then the matter is capable of question?
-Certainly.

1065
01:28:26,140 --> 01:28:29,257
But that you owe obedience to the King
is not capable of question.

1066
01:28:29,340 --> 01:28:32,412
So weigh a doubt against a certainty
and sign.

1067
01:28:35,260 --> 01:28:40,095
Some men think the earth is round,
others think it flat.

1068
01:28:40,300 --> 01:28:42,734
It is a matter capable of question.

1069
01:28:43,500 --> 01:28:47,618
But if it is flat,
will the King's command make it round?

1070
01:28:47,700 --> 01:28:50,897
And if it is round,
will the King's command flatten it?

1071
01:28:51,700 --> 01:28:54,453
No, I will not sign.

1072
01:28:54,860 --> 01:28:58,136
Then you have more regard for
your own doubt than the King's command?

1073
01:28:58,220 --> 01:29:00,415
-For myself I have no doubt.
-No doubt of what?

1074
01:29:00,500 --> 01:29:02,695
No doubt that I will not take this oath.

1075
01:29:02,780 --> 01:29:06,898
But why I will not, you,
Master Secretary, will not trick out of me.

1076
01:29:07,300 --> 01:29:10,053
I might get it out of you in other ways.

1077
01:29:11,260 --> 01:29:13,728
You threaten like a dockside bully.

1078
01:29:13,900 --> 01:29:15,094
How should I threaten?

1079
01:29:15,180 --> 01:29:18,855
Like a minister of state, with justice!

1080
01:29:19,540 --> 01:29:22,054
Justice is what you're threatened with.

1081
01:29:22,180 --> 01:29:23,977
Then I am not threatened.

1082
01:29:30,100 --> 01:29:32,295
Gentlemen, can't I go to bed?

1083
01:29:32,500 --> 01:29:34,855
Aye. The prisoner may retire
as he requests.

1084
01:29:34,940 --> 01:29:37,977
-Unless you--
-I see no purpose in prolonging this.

1085
01:29:41,820 --> 01:29:44,812
Then, goodnight, Thomas.

1086
01:29:49,780 --> 01:29:52,169
May I have one or two more books?

1087
01:29:53,020 --> 01:29:54,453
Why, you have books?

1088
01:29:54,900 --> 01:29:55,730
Yes.

1089
01:29:55,820 --> 01:29:58,254
I didn't know, you shouldn't have.

1090
01:30:06,180 --> 01:30:07,932
May I see my family?

1091
01:30:08,020 --> 01:30:09,055
No.

1092
01:30:15,260 --> 01:30:16,249
Captain!

1093
01:30:16,540 --> 01:30:18,178
Master Secretary?

1094
01:30:18,980 --> 01:30:22,450
Have you ever heard the prisoner speak
of the King's divorce, supremacy...

1095
01:30:22,540 --> 01:30:24,735
-...or the King's marriage?
-No, not a word.

1096
01:30:24,820 --> 01:30:27,414
If he does, you will repeat it to me.

1097
01:30:28,380 --> 01:30:29,699
Of course.

1098
01:30:34,620 --> 01:30:35,450
Rich.

1099
01:30:35,580 --> 01:30:36,410
Secretary?

1100
01:30:36,500 --> 01:30:39,094
Tomorrow morning,
remove the prisoner's books.

1101
01:30:39,260 --> 01:30:40,898
Is that necessary?

1102
01:30:40,980 --> 01:30:43,892
With regards to this case,
the King is becoming impatient.

1103
01:30:43,980 --> 01:30:45,777
-Aye, with you.
-With all of us.

1104
01:30:45,860 --> 01:30:49,011
The King's impatience
will embrace a duke or two.

1105
01:30:58,420 --> 01:30:59,819
Master Secretary.

1106
01:31:01,700 --> 01:31:03,770
Sir Redvers Llewellyn has retired.

1107
01:31:04,740 --> 01:31:06,696
The Attorney General for Wales.

1108
01:31:06,940 --> 01:31:08,658
His post is vacant.

1109
01:31:09,740 --> 01:31:11,856
You said that I might approach you.

1110
01:31:12,980 --> 01:31:14,857
Not now, Rich.

1111
01:31:17,820 --> 01:31:19,936
He must submit. He must!

1112
01:31:21,060 --> 01:31:22,049
Rack him.

1113
01:31:25,900 --> 01:31:29,449
No. The King's conscience
will not permit it.

1114
01:31:29,820 --> 01:31:32,095
We have to find some other way.

1115
01:31:41,020 --> 01:31:42,373
Sir Thomas!

1116
01:31:44,700 --> 01:31:45,496
Father!

1117
01:31:45,580 --> 01:31:46,899
What? Margaret?

1118
01:31:47,740 --> 01:31:49,173
Father!

1119
01:31:49,860 --> 01:31:52,897
Meg. For God's sake,
they haven't put you in here?

1120
01:31:52,980 --> 01:31:55,289
-No, sir, a visit.
-A brief one, Sir Thomas.

1121
01:31:55,380 --> 01:31:56,733
Father.

1122
01:31:57,740 --> 01:31:59,970
-Good morning, husband.
-Good morning.

1123
01:32:03,420 --> 01:32:05,138
Good morning, Will.

1124
01:32:10,300 --> 01:32:12,530
Well, this is a hellish place!

1125
01:32:12,780 --> 01:32:15,692
Except it's keeping me from you,
my dears, it isn't so bad.

1126
01:32:15,780 --> 01:32:17,452
It's remarkably like any other place.

1127
01:32:17,540 --> 01:32:20,338
-lt drips!
-Yes. It's too near the river.

1128
01:32:31,740 --> 01:32:32,809
Well, what is it?

1129
01:32:35,180 --> 01:32:38,570
Father, come out!
Swear to the act and come out!

1130
01:32:40,700 --> 01:32:42,770
Is this why they've let you come?

1131
01:32:42,900 --> 01:32:43,889
Yes.

1132
01:32:46,500 --> 01:32:48,650
Meg's under oath to persuade you.

1133
01:32:50,260 --> 01:32:52,012
That was silly, Meg.

1134
01:33:00,020 --> 01:33:02,090
How do you plan to do that?

1135
01:33:04,060 --> 01:33:05,209
Father.

1136
01:33:05,820 --> 01:33:09,210
"God more regards the thoughts
of the heart than the words of the mouth."

1137
01:33:09,300 --> 01:33:11,575
-Well, so you've always told me.
-Yes.

1138
01:33:11,660 --> 01:33:14,697
Then say the words of the oath
and in your heart think otherwise.

1139
01:33:14,780 --> 01:33:17,897
What is an oath then,
but words we say to God?

1140
01:33:24,300 --> 01:33:25,528
Listen, Meg.

1141
01:33:26,300 --> 01:33:30,213
When a man takes an oath, he's holding
his own self in his own hands...

1142
01:33:30,500 --> 01:33:31,728
...Iike water.

1143
01:33:31,940 --> 01:33:36,775
And if he opens his fingers then,
he needn't hope to find himself again.

1144
01:33:37,940 --> 01:33:42,650
Some men aren't capable of this, but I'd be
loathed to think your father one of them.

1145
01:33:45,660 --> 01:33:47,935
-I have another argument.
-Oh, Meg.

1146
01:33:48,220 --> 01:33:53,169
In any state that was half good,
you would be raised up high, not here...

1147
01:33:53,340 --> 01:33:56,218
-...for what you've done already.
-All right.

1148
01:33:56,540 --> 01:33:59,054
It's not your fault
the state's three-quarters bad.

1149
01:33:59,140 --> 01:33:59,856
No.

1150
01:33:59,940 --> 01:34:02,454
If you elect to suffer for it,
you elect to be a hero.

1151
01:34:02,540 --> 01:34:04,019
That's very neat.

1152
01:34:04,500 --> 01:34:08,652
But look now. If we lived in a state
where virtue was profitable...

1153
01:34:08,980 --> 01:34:11,175
...common sense would make us saintly.

1154
01:34:11,260 --> 01:34:15,492
But since we see that avarice, anger,
pride and stupidity...

1155
01:34:15,740 --> 01:34:20,530
...commonly profit far beyond charity,
modesty, justice and thought...

1156
01:34:20,700 --> 01:34:23,168
...perhaps we must stand fast a little...

1157
01:34:23,340 --> 01:34:25,729
...even at the risk of being heroes.

1158
01:34:30,220 --> 01:34:31,573
But in reason!

1159
01:34:31,660 --> 01:34:34,970
Haven't you done as much
as God can reasonably want?

1160
01:34:39,540 --> 01:34:43,294
Well, finally it isn't a matter of reason.

1161
01:34:43,420 --> 01:34:45,695
Finally, it's a matter of love.

1162
01:34:48,820 --> 01:34:51,812
You're content then to be shut up here
with mice and rats...

1163
01:34:51,900 --> 01:34:54,095
-...when you might be home with us?
-Content?

1164
01:34:54,180 --> 01:34:59,174
If they'd open a crack that wide, I'd be
through it like a bird and back to Chelsea.

1165
01:35:03,620 --> 01:35:06,214
I haven't told you
what the house is like without you.

1166
01:35:06,300 --> 01:35:07,415
Don't, Meg.

1167
01:35:07,500 --> 01:35:10,617
-What we do in the evening without you.
-Meg, have done.

1168
01:35:10,700 --> 01:35:12,850
We don't read because we've no candles.

1169
01:35:13,060 --> 01:35:15,813
We don't talk because we wonder
what they're doing to you.

1170
01:35:15,900 --> 01:35:18,494
The King is more merciful.
He doesn't use the rack.

1171
01:35:18,580 --> 01:35:20,252
Two minutes to go, sir.

1172
01:35:20,340 --> 01:35:22,900
-I thought you'd like to know.
-Two minutes!

1173
01:35:23,500 --> 01:35:25,934
-Jailer!
-Sorry, sir. Two minutes.

1174
01:35:27,660 --> 01:35:31,414
Listen, you must leave the country.
All of you must leave the country.

1175
01:35:31,500 --> 01:35:33,411
-And leave you?
-lt makes no difference.

1176
01:35:33,500 --> 01:35:35,218
They won't let me see you again.

1177
01:35:35,300 --> 01:35:38,098
You must all go on the same day,
but not on the same boat.

1178
01:35:38,180 --> 01:35:41,377
-Different boats from different ports.
-After the trial, then.

1179
01:35:41,460 --> 01:35:43,928
There'll be no trial, they have no case.

1180
01:35:45,460 --> 01:35:47,371
Do this for me, I beseech you.

1181
01:35:47,500 --> 01:35:49,252
-Will?
-Yes, sir.

1182
01:35:49,340 --> 01:35:51,092
-Margaret?
-Yes.

1183
01:35:51,740 --> 01:35:52,729
Alice?

1184
01:35:58,460 --> 01:36:01,099
-Alice, I command you!
-Right.

1185
01:36:08,180 --> 01:36:10,091
This is splendid.

1186
01:36:10,780 --> 01:36:13,533
-I know who packed this.
-I packed it.

1187
01:36:13,620 --> 01:36:14,609
Yes.

1188
01:36:17,260 --> 01:36:19,728
You still make a superlative custard, Alice.

1189
01:36:19,820 --> 01:36:20,855
Do l?

1190
01:36:23,300 --> 01:36:25,530
That's a nice dress you have on.

1191
01:36:26,820 --> 01:36:28,492
Nice colour anyway.

1192
01:36:28,780 --> 01:36:30,816
My God, you think little of me!

1193
01:36:31,380 --> 01:36:32,290
I know I'm a fool...

1194
01:36:32,380 --> 01:36:35,497
...but I'm not such a fool
as to be lamenting for my dresses...

1195
01:36:35,580 --> 01:36:37,935
...or to relish complimenting
on my custards.

1196
01:36:38,100 --> 01:36:39,738
I'm well rebuked.

1197
01:36:41,060 --> 01:36:42,618
-Alice--
-No!

1198
01:36:45,660 --> 01:36:50,256
I'm sick with fear when I think of the worst
they may do to me.

1199
01:36:50,420 --> 01:36:55,335
But worse than that will be to go
with you not understanding why I go.

1200
01:36:55,420 --> 01:36:56,409
I don't.

1201
01:36:56,500 --> 01:37:01,449
If you can tell me that you understand,
I might make a good death, if I have to.

1202
01:37:01,540 --> 01:37:05,579
-Your death's no good to me.
-You must tell me that you understand.

1203
01:37:05,660 --> 01:37:06,775
I don't!

1204
01:37:07,140 --> 01:37:08,858
I don't believe this had to happen!

1205
01:37:08,940 --> 01:37:11,090
If you say that
I don't see how I'm to face it.

1206
01:37:11,180 --> 01:37:12,454
It's the truth!

1207
01:37:12,860 --> 01:37:15,897
-You're an honest woman.
-Much good may it do me.

1208
01:37:16,660 --> 01:37:18,776
I'll tell you what I'm afraid of...

1209
01:37:18,860 --> 01:37:21,658
...that when you've gone,
I shall hate you for it.

1210
01:37:25,900 --> 01:37:27,538
You mustn't, Alice.

1211
01:37:30,900 --> 01:37:32,128
You mustn't.

1212
01:37:36,660 --> 01:37:40,812
As for understanding, I understand you're
the best man I ever met or ever likely to.

1213
01:37:41,260 --> 01:37:46,015
And if you go, God knows why I suppose,
though as God's my witness...

1214
01:37:46,100 --> 01:37:48,250
...God's kept deadly quiet about it.

1215
01:37:48,940 --> 01:37:52,819
And if any one wants to know
my opinion of the King and his Council...

1216
01:37:52,940 --> 01:37:55,500
...he only has to ask for it!

1217
01:37:58,940 --> 01:38:02,137
Why, it's a lion I married.

1218
01:38:02,380 --> 01:38:04,098
A lion. A lion.

1219
01:38:09,780 --> 01:38:11,930
This is good.

1220
01:38:14,540 --> 01:38:15,859
It's very good.

1221
01:38:16,620 --> 01:38:18,258
Sorry, Sir Thomas!

1222
01:38:18,700 --> 01:38:20,770
-Oh, for pity's sake!
-Time's up, sir.

1223
01:38:20,860 --> 01:38:23,579
-But one more minute!
-You don't know what you're asking.

1224
01:38:23,660 --> 01:38:25,457
-Come along, Miss.
-For heaven's sake.

1225
01:38:25,540 --> 01:38:27,212
Now, don't do that, sir.

1226
01:38:30,020 --> 01:38:32,250
Now, madam, don't make trouble.

1227
01:38:35,060 --> 01:38:37,290
Come along, please, Lady Alice.

1228
01:38:41,020 --> 01:38:43,250
Take your muddy paws off me!

1229
01:38:43,780 --> 01:38:46,738
Filthy, stinking, gutter-fed, turnkey!

1230
01:38:47,460 --> 01:38:49,655
I'll see you suffer for this!

1231
01:38:50,860 --> 01:38:52,054
Goodbye.

1232
01:39:06,580 --> 01:39:08,855
You must understand my position, sir.

1233
01:39:09,180 --> 01:39:12,650
I'm a plain, simple man
and I just want to keep out of trouble.

1234
01:39:22,140 --> 01:39:26,577
Dear Lord Jesus, my soul Saviour,
clear my wits.

1235
01:39:27,860 --> 01:39:31,978
Dear Lady, Blessed Mother of God,
comfort my wife and daughter...

1236
01:39:32,900 --> 01:39:34,856
...and forgive me for them.

1237
01:40:36,700 --> 01:40:40,978
Sir Thomas More, though you have
heinously offended the King's majesty...

1238
01:40:41,060 --> 01:40:46,009
...we hope that if you'll even now
forethink and repent of obstinate opinion...

1239
01:40:46,420 --> 01:40:49,093
...you may still taste his gracious pardon.

1240
01:40:50,420 --> 01:40:52,217
My lords, I thank you.

1241
01:40:52,940 --> 01:40:55,329
As for the matters
you may charge me with...

1242
01:40:55,420 --> 01:40:59,049
...I fear from my present weakness,
that neither my wit...

1243
01:40:59,140 --> 01:41:01,290
...nor my memory will serve...

1244
01:41:01,900 --> 01:41:03,811
...to make sufficient answer.

1245
01:41:05,060 --> 01:41:07,255
I should be glad to sit down.

1246
01:41:07,420 --> 01:41:09,092
A chair for the prisoner.

1247
01:41:22,980 --> 01:41:25,130
Master Secretary Cromwell,
have you the charge?

1248
01:41:25,220 --> 01:41:27,529
-I have, my lord.
-Then read the charge.

1249
01:41:31,100 --> 01:41:34,251
"That you did wilfully and maliciously
deny and deprive...

1250
01:41:34,340 --> 01:41:38,015
"...our liege, Lord Henry,
of his undoubted certain title...

1251
01:41:38,260 --> 01:41:41,058
"...Supreme Head of the Church
in England."

1252
01:41:42,500 --> 01:41:45,651
But, I have never denied this title.

1253
01:41:47,940 --> 01:41:51,615
At Westminster Hall, at Lambeth,
and again at Richmond...

1254
01:41:51,740 --> 01:41:54,129
...you stubbornly refused the oath.

1255
01:41:54,300 --> 01:41:55,574
Was this no denial?

1256
01:41:55,660 --> 01:41:57,651
No, this was silence.

1257
01:41:57,980 --> 01:42:01,177
And for my silence,
I am punished with imprisonment.

1258
01:42:02,420 --> 01:42:06,459
-Why have I been called again?
-On a charge of high treason, Sir Thomas.

1259
01:42:07,220 --> 01:42:10,132
For which the punishment
is not imprisonment.

1260
01:42:10,540 --> 01:42:11,575
Death...

1261
01:42:12,100 --> 01:42:14,375
...comes for us all, my lords.

1262
01:42:14,660 --> 01:42:16,776
Yes, even for kings he comes.

1263
01:42:16,860 --> 01:42:19,818
The death of kings is not in question,
Sir Thomas.

1264
01:42:20,060 --> 01:42:22,972
Nor mine, I trust, until I'm proven guilty.

1265
01:42:23,100 --> 01:42:26,376
Your life lies in your own hands, Thomas,
as it always has!

1266
01:42:26,460 --> 01:42:28,212
Is that so, my lord?

1267
01:42:28,820 --> 01:42:30,492
Then I'll keep a good grip on it.

1268
01:42:37,180 --> 01:42:38,693
So, Sir Thomas...

1269
01:42:39,260 --> 01:42:41,216
...you stand on your silence?

1270
01:42:41,860 --> 01:42:42,975
I do.

1271
01:42:43,700 --> 01:42:45,691
But, gentlemen of the jury...

1272
01:42:46,460 --> 01:42:49,133
...there are many kinds of silence.

1273
01:42:49,580 --> 01:42:52,572
Consider first the silence of a man
when he is dead.

1274
01:42:52,900 --> 01:42:55,937
Suppose we go into the room
where he is laid out and we listen.

1275
01:42:56,020 --> 01:42:57,135
What do we hear?

1276
01:42:58,580 --> 01:42:59,808
Silence.

1277
01:43:00,260 --> 01:43:03,252
What does it betoken, this silence?

1278
01:43:03,820 --> 01:43:06,380
Nothing. This is silence pure and simple.

1279
01:43:06,700 --> 01:43:08,418
But let us take another case.

1280
01:43:08,500 --> 01:43:11,253
Suppose I were to take a dagger
from my sleeve...

1281
01:43:11,340 --> 01:43:13,251
...and make to kill the prisoner with it.

1282
01:43:13,340 --> 01:43:17,492
And my lordships there, instead of crying
out for me to stop, maintain their silence.

1283
01:43:17,580 --> 01:43:19,411
That would betoken!

1284
01:43:19,700 --> 01:43:22,897
It would betoken a willingness
that I should do it.

1285
01:43:23,100 --> 01:43:25,898
And under the law,
they would be guilty with me.

1286
01:43:26,820 --> 01:43:30,369
So silence can,
according to the circumstances...

1287
01:43:31,260 --> 01:43:32,329
...speak.

1288
01:43:32,980 --> 01:43:37,178
Let us consider now the circumstances
of the prisoner's silence.

1289
01:43:37,780 --> 01:43:41,409
The oath was put to loyal subjects
all over the country who all declared...

1290
01:43:41,500 --> 01:43:43,570
...His Grace's title to be just and good!

1291
01:43:43,660 --> 01:43:46,618
But when it came to the prisoner,
he refused!

1292
01:43:48,460 --> 01:43:50,690
He calls this "silence."

1293
01:43:51,820 --> 01:43:54,459
Yet, is there a man in this court....

1294
01:43:55,220 --> 01:43:58,053
Is there a man in this country...

1295
01:43:58,340 --> 01:44:02,413
...who does not know
Sir Thomas More's opinion of this title?

1296
01:44:04,980 --> 01:44:06,732
Yet, how can this be?

1297
01:44:07,100 --> 01:44:09,933
Because this silence betokened...

1298
01:44:10,420 --> 01:44:15,130
...nay, this silence was not silence at all,
but most eloquent denial!

1299
01:44:17,580 --> 01:44:18,774
Not so.

1300
01:44:20,620 --> 01:44:22,292
Not so, Master Secretary.

1301
01:44:24,980 --> 01:44:28,177
The maxim of the law is,
"Silence gives consent."

1302
01:44:28,260 --> 01:44:31,252
If, therefore, you wish to construe
what my silence betokened...

1303
01:44:31,340 --> 01:44:35,379
...you must construe that I consented,
not that I denied.

1304
01:44:36,620 --> 01:44:39,339
Is that in fact what the world
construes from it?

1305
01:44:39,420 --> 01:44:42,571
Do you pretend that is what you wish
the world to construe from it?

1306
01:44:42,660 --> 01:44:45,811
The world must construe
according to its wits.

1307
01:44:45,980 --> 01:44:49,097
This court must construe
according to the law.

1308
01:44:58,260 --> 01:45:01,093
My lords, I wish to call Sir Richard Rich!

1309
01:45:02,700 --> 01:45:05,339
Richard Rich, come into court.

1310
01:45:05,620 --> 01:45:07,212
Richard Rich!

1311
01:45:27,660 --> 01:45:31,209
"l do swear the evidence I'll give
before the court shall be the truth...

1312
01:45:31,300 --> 01:45:33,575
"...the whole truth,
and nothing but the truth."

1313
01:45:33,660 --> 01:45:35,298
"So help me God," sir.

1314
01:45:35,700 --> 01:45:37,053
"So help me God."

1315
01:45:39,740 --> 01:45:43,335
Now Rich, on May 12,
you were at the Tower?

1316
01:45:43,620 --> 01:45:45,258
-I was.
-For what purpose?

1317
01:45:45,340 --> 01:45:47,535
I was sent to carry away
the prisoner's books.

1318
01:45:47,620 --> 01:45:49,770
-Did you talk with the prisoner?
-Yes.

1319
01:45:49,860 --> 01:45:52,499
Did you talk of the King's supremacy
of the Church?

1320
01:45:52,580 --> 01:45:53,569
Yes.

1321
01:45:53,860 --> 01:45:55,418
What did you say?

1322
01:45:56,060 --> 01:45:59,018
I said to him, "Supposing there were
an act of parliament...

1323
01:45:59,100 --> 01:46:01,660
"...to say that l, Richard Rich,
were to be king.

1324
01:46:01,740 --> 01:46:04,538
"Would not you, Master More,
take me for king?"

1325
01:46:04,740 --> 01:46:06,139
"That I would," he said.

1326
01:46:09,740 --> 01:46:11,935
"For then you would be king."

1327
01:46:14,260 --> 01:46:15,249
Yes?

1328
01:46:16,500 --> 01:46:19,856
Then he said,
"But I will put you a higher case.

1329
01:46:20,540 --> 01:46:25,330
"How, if there were an act of parliament,
to say that God should not be God?"

1330
01:46:25,700 --> 01:46:28,294
-This is true and then you said--
-Silence!

1331
01:46:28,900 --> 01:46:30,049
Continue.

1332
01:46:32,620 --> 01:46:36,329
But then I said,
"l will put you a middle case.

1333
01:46:36,820 --> 01:46:39,380
"Parliament has made our King
Head of the Church.

1334
01:46:39,460 --> 01:46:41,371
"Why will you not accept him?"

1335
01:46:44,660 --> 01:46:45,695
Well?

1336
01:46:48,980 --> 01:46:52,609
And then he said,
"Parliament had not the power to do it."

1337
01:46:54,300 --> 01:46:56,450
Repeat the prisoner's words.

1338
01:46:58,180 --> 01:46:59,215
He said:

1339
01:47:00,580 --> 01:47:02,969
"Parliament had not the competence."

1340
01:47:05,460 --> 01:47:07,257
Or words to that effect.

1341
01:47:07,540 --> 01:47:09,610
He denied the title!

1342
01:47:09,940 --> 01:47:11,214
He did.

1343
01:47:19,100 --> 01:47:23,810
In good faith, Rich,
I am sorrier for your perjury than my peril.

1344
01:47:23,940 --> 01:47:26,454
-Do you deny this?
-Yes!

1345
01:47:27,020 --> 01:47:30,137
You know if I were a man
who heeded not the taking of an oath...

1346
01:47:30,220 --> 01:47:31,619
...I need not be here.

1347
01:47:32,180 --> 01:47:34,569
Now, I will take an oath.

1348
01:47:36,340 --> 01:47:39,093
If what Master Rich has said is true...

1349
01:47:39,500 --> 01:47:43,288
...I pray I may never see God in the face.

1350
01:47:44,300 --> 01:47:47,849
Which I would not say, were it otherwise,
for anything on earth!

1351
01:47:47,980 --> 01:47:50,574
-That is not evidence.
-ls it probable....

1352
01:47:51,340 --> 01:47:55,731
Is it probable
that after so long a silence on this...

1353
01:47:55,820 --> 01:47:58,288
...the very point so urgently sought of me...

1354
01:47:58,380 --> 01:48:02,009
...I should open my mind
to such a man as that?

1355
01:48:03,540 --> 01:48:06,771
Sir Richard, do you wish
to modify your testimony?

1356
01:48:07,860 --> 01:48:08,929
No, my lord.

1357
01:48:09,020 --> 01:48:11,534
Is there anything you wish
to take away from it?

1358
01:48:11,620 --> 01:48:12,689
No, my lord.

1359
01:48:12,780 --> 01:48:14,577
Have you anything to add?

1360
01:48:14,860 --> 01:48:16,088
No, my lord.

1361
01:48:17,340 --> 01:48:20,457
-Have you, Sir Thomas?
-To what purpose?

1362
01:48:24,260 --> 01:48:25,852
I am a dead man.

1363
01:48:29,420 --> 01:48:31,251
You have your will of me.

1364
01:48:32,340 --> 01:48:34,570
Then the witness may withdraw.

1365
01:48:41,620 --> 01:48:44,692
There is one question
I would like to ask the witness.

1366
01:48:47,140 --> 01:48:50,212
That's a chain of office you're wearing.
May I see it?

1367
01:48:57,940 --> 01:48:59,259
The Red Dragon.

1368
01:48:59,580 --> 01:49:00,729
What's this?

1369
01:49:00,820 --> 01:49:03,812
Sir Richard is appointed
Attorney General for Wales.

1370
01:49:04,020 --> 01:49:05,294
For Wales.

1371
01:49:06,780 --> 01:49:11,729
Why Richard, it profits a man nothing
to give his soul for the whole world.

1372
01:49:13,540 --> 01:49:14,973
But for Wales.

1373
01:49:23,020 --> 01:49:24,453
My lords! I've done.

1374
01:49:25,500 --> 01:49:28,014
The jury will retire
and consider the evidence.

1375
01:49:30,020 --> 01:49:34,411
Considering the evidence, it shouldn't
be necessary for them to retire.

1376
01:49:36,820 --> 01:49:38,412
Is it necessary?

1377
01:49:44,940 --> 01:49:47,579
Then is the prisoner guilty or not guilty?

1378
01:49:52,540 --> 01:49:54,132
Guilty, my lord!

1379
01:50:04,220 --> 01:50:07,849
Sir Thomas More,
you have been found guilty of high treason.

1380
01:50:07,980 --> 01:50:10,335
-The sentence of the court--
-My lords!

1381
01:50:11,100 --> 01:50:14,888
When I was practising the law,
the manner was to ask the prisoner...

1382
01:50:15,020 --> 01:50:18,774
...before pronouncing sentence,
if he had anything to say.

1383
01:50:19,140 --> 01:50:20,858
Have you anything to say?

1384
01:50:21,500 --> 01:50:22,489
Yes.

1385
01:50:33,180 --> 01:50:36,138
Since the court has determined
to condemn me...

1386
01:50:37,220 --> 01:50:38,892
...God knoweth how...

1387
01:50:39,940 --> 01:50:43,091
...I will now discharge my mind...

1388
01:50:43,660 --> 01:50:47,812
...concerning the indictment
and the King's title.

1389
01:50:51,220 --> 01:50:55,532
The indictment is grounded
in an act of parliament...

1390
01:50:55,900 --> 01:50:58,619
...which is directly repugnant...

1391
01:50:58,700 --> 01:51:02,215
...to the law of God and His Holy Church.

1392
01:51:02,380 --> 01:51:06,453
The supreme government of which
no temperable person...

1393
01:51:06,540 --> 01:51:10,533
...may by any law
presume to take upon him.

1394
01:51:11,380 --> 01:51:13,018
This was granted...

1395
01:51:13,740 --> 01:51:15,173
...by the mouth...

1396
01:51:15,900 --> 01:51:18,334
...of our Saviour, Christ Himself...

1397
01:51:19,180 --> 01:51:23,537
...to St. Peter and the bishops of Rome
whilst He lived...

1398
01:51:24,220 --> 01:51:27,371
...and was personally present...

1399
01:51:29,700 --> 01:51:31,258
...here on earth.

1400
01:51:33,420 --> 01:51:37,095
It is therefore insufficient in law...

1401
01:51:37,700 --> 01:51:40,533
...to charge any Christian to obey it.

1402
01:51:41,940 --> 01:51:43,373
And more than this...

1403
01:51:43,460 --> 01:51:48,090
...the immunity of the Church is promised
both in Magna Carta...

1404
01:51:48,220 --> 01:51:51,656
...and in the King's own coronation oath.

1405
01:51:53,420 --> 01:51:55,934
Now, we plainly see you are malicious!

1406
01:51:56,420 --> 01:51:57,614
Not so.

1407
01:51:59,940 --> 01:52:01,931
I am the King's true subject...

1408
01:52:02,780 --> 01:52:06,250
...and I pray for him and all the realm.

1409
01:52:07,980 --> 01:52:09,493
I do none harm.

1410
01:52:10,620 --> 01:52:12,417
I say none harm.

1411
01:52:13,380 --> 01:52:15,575
I think none harm.

1412
01:52:17,580 --> 01:52:20,492
And if this be not enough
to keep a man alive...

1413
01:52:20,900 --> 01:52:24,336
...then in good faith, I long not to live.

1414
01:52:26,340 --> 01:52:27,568
Nevertheless...

1415
01:52:28,500 --> 01:52:32,891
...it is not for the supremacy
that you have sought my blood...

1416
01:52:32,980 --> 01:52:37,019
...but because I would not bend
to the marriage!

1417
01:52:45,100 --> 01:52:48,092
You have been found guilty of high treason.

1418
01:52:48,900 --> 01:52:51,812
The sentence of the court
is that you be taken...

1419
01:52:51,940 --> 01:52:53,771
...to the Tower of London...

1420
01:52:55,820 --> 01:52:59,017
...until the day hence to the appointment...

1421
01:52:59,980 --> 01:53:01,971
...for your execution!

1422
01:53:16,940 --> 01:53:20,057
I am commanded by the King to be brief...

1423
01:53:20,780 --> 01:53:23,578
...and since I am
the King's obedient subject...

1424
01:53:24,100 --> 01:53:25,579
...brief I will be.

1425
01:53:27,020 --> 01:53:30,137
I die His Majesty's good servant...

1426
01:53:31,100 --> 01:53:32,613
...but God's first.

1427
01:53:39,180 --> 01:53:41,375
I forgive you, right readily.

1428
01:53:47,180 --> 01:53:49,375
Be not afraid of your office.

1429
01:53:49,780 --> 01:53:51,418
You send me to God.

1430
01:53:53,780 --> 01:53:55,657
You're very sure of that, Sir Thomas?

1431
01:53:55,740 --> 01:53:58,937
He will not refuse one who is so blithe
to go to him.

1432
01:54:20,780 --> 01:54:24,090
Thomas More's head was stuck
on Traitor's Gate for a month.

1433
01:54:24,180 --> 01:54:27,889
Then his daughter, Margaret,
removed it and kept it 'til her death.

1434
01:54:28,660 --> 01:54:32,414
Cromwell was beheaded for high treason
five years after More.

1435
01:54:32,900 --> 01:54:35,460
The Archbishop was burned at the stake.

1436
01:54:36,060 --> 01:54:39,097
The Duke of Norfolk should have
been executed for high treason...

1437
01:54:39,180 --> 01:54:42,058
...but the King died of syphilis
the night before.

1438
01:54:42,980 --> 01:54:45,778
Richard Rich became
Chancellor of England...

1439
01:54:46,380 --> 01:54:48,132
...and died in his bed.