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There, Master Warde.
Bristol fowl, Bristol cooked,
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and nothing in the room
from your musical-headed Frenchmen.
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All Bristol fare, sir, hand-picked.
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And, er, Master Elyot, are we quite alone?
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I told the taverner I'd serve myself,
we'll not be disturbed.
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- Where's the Venetian?
- He'll join us later.
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Why not now? He's integral to the matter.
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Fear not, Master Ashurst,
the Venetian is well advised.
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I thought if we called him John.
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John?
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Cabot. It'd look better on the petition.
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No, sir! Of Master Cabot, no mention.
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Not of John Cabot, Giovanni Caboto,
John Caboto or Giovanni whatever, no mention!
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No mention at all?
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You know the court. Call him what you will.
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They'd rather an Englishman trading out of hell
than a foreigner with a chart to heaven.
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But you cannot ask for a fleet
without naming its admiral.
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Passion and the purse do not mix,
Master Ashurst.
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This is a Bristol venture and we employ
the services of a Venetian navigator.
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- That's the bone of the matter.
- He'll not be employed!
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Like as not he'll ask the same of this here...
Christo Columbus.
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We'd best not offend him.
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Ah, he'll get over this offense.
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A Venetian?
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London's the real obstacle.
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Oh... Cardinal Morton,
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and all the cobwebs about Henry's purse.
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No, but we do our cause ill if we depart
from plain dealing at the outset.
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I daresay the Venetian's not here
because he has some idea of your intent.
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He knows exactly,
I sent him the petition in rough.
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With his name omitted?
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He is a poor man, and poor men
do not make conditions.
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Come, good Ashurst. No, er, Venetian bites.
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(Laughter)
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Macché! (Italian accent) Is no good,
I cannot understand!
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- The prodromos.
- Prodromos?
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The preamble. The names!
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Is no good! You read to me, eh?
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Oh, mannaggia!
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Sebastiano, take your brother outside.
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- Oh, Mama...
- Porta Sancio fuori.
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Anche la barca! La barca. Presto.
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Out!
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- "To the King, our Sovereign Lord..."
- Yes, I did read that.
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"Please it Your Highness of your most noble
and abundant Grace
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"to grant unto us, Richard Warde,
Thomas Ashurst
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"and Hugh Elyot, merchants of Bristol,
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"your gracious letters patent under your
great seal in due form to be made...
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"according to the tenor hereafter ensuing."
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So?
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It is not my petition! It is theirs!
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They petition the King!
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The letters patent, they ask for themselves!
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- And you?
- There is no mention.
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- But you sail.
- Not for them!
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But for myself.
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Ah. And the King, eh?
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In the name of the King. To the King
I give my discoveries, but not for nothing.
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No navigator sails for nothing.
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They must think the stars
are behind my eyes to blind me, yes,
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and they would employ me
as they would a bosun.
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Well, they are wrong.
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Do they think I have no thought of my sons?
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- They must have reason.
- Not enough to make me sail.
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They're English,
they do nothing without reason.
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Nor I.
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Giovanni, ask them.
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No. They ask, I accept.
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Perhaps it is for the King, ah?
They are so insular.
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Insular?
They trade with me like a tradesman.
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Because you are poor.
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Poor in pocket.
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Poor in ships.
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But not in spirit!
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Nor devoid of obligation, no.
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The letters patent, I ask for myself,
in my name and my son's after me,
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for one reason.
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As Columbus asked, as every navigator asks,
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to buy a future!
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A future? Ha!
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How can you buy a future?
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For every ship that sails
from such isles as I discover,
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a levy should pass to me and to my sons.
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No cargo can be loaded nor any trade ensue
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except that the discoverer of that isle
receives his tally.
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Ah...
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And they want for themselves this levy,
for their futures, ah?
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Certo. By omitting my name from
the prodromos, they would try,
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but they must cease.
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This day they must cease!
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(Sighs )
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Does he sail?
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Well...
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Why do you send me out of the room
and leave Lewes here?
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- For good reason.
- Why, to be quiet?
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Because already I can see the vanity
on your face, like your father.
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- You would not say that to him!
- I will say what is necessary for me to say.
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Is he going to petition the King?
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- Whoever he petitions, it is for him.
- And whether I sail with him?
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You do not sail with him!
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That is for him too.
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(Coughs )
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- My brother would sail too.
- Mm.
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His eyes are full of it.
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But not yours, eh?
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How would Father provide a future?
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Ha! Promises.
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Like we would have a home of our own.
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If only to wait in.
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Still, we have you, eh?
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Sebastiano put it there.
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Is it so precious?
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It is all your father knows
of where he goes.
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Branches of trees...
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toys.
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Men and children.
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Vanity and dreams.
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Oh, mannaggia!
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What you must understand, Signor Caboto,
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is that addressing the King of England
is no small matter.
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The prodromos is no small matter!
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Quite so, but for the King
it is a matter of speculation.
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And there's nothing like a speculation
to sweeten the bile of princely discontent.
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The prodromos is my discontent!
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We ask that you consider it
from the kingly view.
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- "The kingly view!"
- What would please King Henry more
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than a crusade for the digestive juices
of England?
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A crusade of juices?
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In search of spices to dampen the taste
of winter brine.
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A quick route to Cathay, spices from Mecca,
profit to the treasury.
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That's why it is important the petition
be in the name of Englishmen!
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No, it is not only spices but discovery.
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And it is my petition.
The letters patent are for me, I ask.
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- You may well ask.
- Oh, thanking you!
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After me, for my sons, oh yes.
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Sebastiano and Sancio.
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Your sons?
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Please to be so good.
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(Elyot) You mean you want your sons
named in the petition?
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Certo. All countries discovered by me
shall not be visited by other subjects
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except by trading license from me
and after me from my sons.
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- (Warde ) Lewes, Sebastiano...
- And Sancio. He is the little one.
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(Warde ) Impossible!
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- No possible?
- (Elyot) We might be able to accommodate...
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No, no. For me and for my sons,
the license alone.
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(Warde ) Exclusive in perpetuity?
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Yes.
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(Clears throat) Now, my dear, dear Giovanni.
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- John.
- Er, my dear John.
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You decide John, I agree. But a merchant
is a merchant, whatever he is called.
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And my name will be on the petition
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before my eyes light on a compass
or my feet upon a deck because...
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I know there is no Englishman
you would trust.
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Now, let us not be hasty. Suppose...
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No suppose! (Slaps table )
Only petition.
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Well, if your mainmast
has the strength of your purpose,
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it will not lift its truck an inch
to the elements.
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You do not bend a jot!
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I did not come here to be bent!
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I come to Bristol because it is the center
of maritime enterprise
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and to ask your help in presenting my petition,
and that is all.
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If your name alone is on this petition,
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have you thought of the consequences
of failure? You're a navigator!
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Suppose you get the blessing of the
King of England and find nothing, what then?
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- Then nothing.
- Ah, you admit that.
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As stated, it is a fact,
but please, the prodromos, my name.
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I fear no. Good day, Signor Caboto.
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- Master Warde!
- Rest, Master Ashurst.
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I rapidly am losing interest in the matter.
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Signor Warde.
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I fear...no!
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That is no way to treat a Venetian.
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Ah, without us they'll crack him in London
like a squirrel a nut.
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Not so. He has too much will in him.
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Then let us put it to the test here first.
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I tell you, I will not sit here
and see him treated so.
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Ah, sparks, Master Ashurst?
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More than sparks.
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My foreclosure on your debts to me.
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- Oh, come now...
- No!
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Ah, he'll come round to English ways
in the morning.
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If I am in it,
we'll not ask him in the morning.
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We'll hurry forth this day. He asks his name
on the petition, an edge on the profits.
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And I say grant it!
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This day!
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Lest he find his way to France or Spain.
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France?
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Now that Columbus has found his way
by the south,
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the maritime interests
are stirring everywhere...
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but England.
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- I did not think of that.
- You weaken, Master Elyot.
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I see my profit endangered.
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I tell you flat, I want a yes from you, or quit.
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The terrier's out, its tongue about my deficits.
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Oh, principle!
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We make gluttons of ourselves with virtue.
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In Spain, they deceive you with promises.
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In France, they eat you into the floor, ah?
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But here in England, it's waiting, waiting.
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They break you with indifference
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and the winter of their indifference
never ends.
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I wait no more.
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- What?
- They bid me good day.
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Then you do not sail? You do not sail!
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And now we can go home to the sun!
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The western passage falls to another
as to the sun.
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Ha! A fig for a western passage
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when I could have my husband in my arms!
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Oh, it is a sad state.
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You leech upon my failures
like they were savory, no?
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No, Giovanni, your failures,
they give me a husband beside me,
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and my children a father at home.
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There's other safer seas
closer to journey, ah?
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(Horses approaching)
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Horses? At night?
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English horses, they pass by.
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Not when there's fodder in front!
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(Horse whinnying)
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- Agreed.
- My name?
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And your sons', as you asked.
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Oh, I am grateful to you, Signor Ashurst.
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We can begin!
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Oh! We can begin to petition.
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There are more difficulties yet.
You will have to learn to wait, still.
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- If Henry receives you...
- If Henry receives me?
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There are more unnatural things in London
than at the ends of the seas.
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We have only begun to begin.
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But if Henry does not receive me?
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Well, we'll deal with that when it comes.
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Take heart that from Bristol at least
you have what you wanted. See for yourself.
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At last. Victory, no?
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Well, a footstep on the road.
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A merchant victory.
The first of my ambitions.
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- Signora...
- Have you bought your future?
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The petition is in my name.
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- Is that the future?
- It is a beginning.
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You must forgive us, Signora.
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In matters of trade, the best bargain
is often struck after second thoughts.
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Bargain, you call it? A parchment!
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How many ships?
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That is for King Henry.
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And men, ah? Fools to accompany him?
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King Henry's gift also.
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So! Widows are made by King Henry's gift,
at one stroke of the pen!
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00:14:51,257 --> 00:14:52,884
What is this talk of widows?
246
00:14:52,958 --> 00:14:56,359
It is my foreigner's fear, this disgraceful thing.
247
00:14:56,428 --> 00:14:58,794
It is universal, Signori.
248
00:14:58,864 --> 00:15:01,697
But England was not made
by women wreathed in failure
249
00:15:01,767 --> 00:15:04,167
and tugging at the sleeves of stout men.
250
00:15:04,236 --> 00:15:08,002
Then pity England, whose nobility
would rest on the venture of foreign men!
251
00:15:08,073 --> 00:15:11,338
A voyage of discovery, Signora,
is for the world.
252
00:15:11,410 --> 00:15:14,470
- And a widow's grief?
- For the world also.
253
00:15:14,546 --> 00:15:16,878
Noble Signor Ashurst.
254
00:15:16,949 --> 00:15:20,316
So, you have overcome
your comrades' greed...
255
00:15:20,386 --> 00:15:22,911
all for the sake of the world, ah?
256
00:15:22,988 --> 00:15:26,685
No, for Signor Cabot, whom I trust.
257
00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:28,556
There you have your answer.
258
00:15:28,627 --> 00:15:32,825
No! My answer is in King Henry's gift.
259
00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:36,864
I pray it will not take as long
as an English winter!
260
00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:40,770
Nor chill your spirit as sorely as it does mine!
261
00:15:43,275 --> 00:15:47,143
Would she were face to face with Morton...
and on our side!
262
00:15:51,417 --> 00:15:55,376
And here's the most impertinent of all.
An appeal for letters patent.
263
00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:58,821
- A voyage of discovery, if you please.
- From?
264
00:15:58,891 --> 00:16:01,121
A man called Cabot from Bristol.
265
00:16:01,193 --> 00:16:04,651
He names his sons jointly.
Foreigners, by their names.
266
00:16:04,730 --> 00:16:09,064
- Bristol?
- Five ships are asked for, as bland as you like.
267
00:16:09,134 --> 00:16:13,264
Your Majesty can't possibly consider it.
It would offend the Spanish mortally.
268
00:16:13,339 --> 00:16:14,966
Mortally?
269
00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:18,203
Their own exploration from their own land
seals off the hemisphere.
270
00:16:18,277 --> 00:16:20,370
What passage does this man propose?
271
00:16:20,446 --> 00:16:23,438
- He speaks of a western passage.
- Well, that is not Spanish waters.
272
00:16:23,515 --> 00:16:25,176
It's verging on it.
273
00:16:25,250 --> 00:16:29,016
It's not even as if it were new.
The Genoese Columbus has done it before.
274
00:16:29,088 --> 00:16:30,715
This man only seeks to follow him.
275
00:16:30,789 --> 00:16:32,416
What other objection is there?
276
00:16:34,193 --> 00:16:38,459
It's unwise to give royal favor
to such enterprises.
277
00:16:38,530 --> 00:16:40,225
It's unholy and immoral.
278
00:16:40,299 --> 00:16:41,823
How so?
279
00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:45,427
If the Lord God had intended
unknown waters to be made known,
280
00:16:45,504 --> 00:16:47,472
He would have done so.
281
00:16:47,539 --> 00:16:51,202
There are boundaries to all things
which must not be transgressed,
282
00:16:51,276 --> 00:16:52,903
for it's unnatural to do so.
283
00:16:52,978 --> 00:16:55,173
- Unnatural?
- Yes, Your Majesty.
284
00:16:55,247 --> 00:16:57,772
It's a blasphemy to venture out
into these waters,
285
00:16:57,850 --> 00:16:59,442
flying in the face of nature.
286
00:16:59,518 --> 00:17:03,852
No doubt this man will ask the power
to take other souls with him to perdition.
287
00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:09,354
I would consider it a mortal sin
to risk the soul of a dog...or a monkey.
288
00:17:09,428 --> 00:17:11,919
I've never heard you so concerned
about these creatures.
289
00:17:11,997 --> 00:17:14,522
Your ministry is suddenly enlarged?
290
00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:16,830
It is the evil nature of the thing, sire.
291
00:17:16,902 --> 00:17:20,736
- What about Columbus and his theories?
- Foreign theories, Your Majesty.
292
00:17:20,806 --> 00:17:21,966
Mmm.
293
00:17:22,041 --> 00:17:24,339
The petitioner is known to you?
294
00:17:24,410 --> 00:17:28,176
God forbid.
I'm against all such enterprises on sight.
295
00:17:28,247 --> 00:17:31,341
I daresay the Bristol merchants are behind it,
296
00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:34,386
anxious to regain the money
that they have expended.
297
00:17:34,453 --> 00:17:37,445
They must have hoped for profit, then,
at the outset, being merchants.
298
00:17:37,523 --> 00:17:43,257
Just so. They spent so long gazing in vain
at the waters, it softened their heads.
299
00:17:43,328 --> 00:17:46,297
Your Majesty is well advised to ignore them.
300
00:17:46,365 --> 00:17:49,334
There are too many other claims
on Your Majesty's purse.
301
00:17:49,401 --> 00:17:51,164
Oh, very well, very well.
302
00:17:51,236 --> 00:17:55,502
Would I had some of the merchants' cloves
to lighten my tooth of this ache.
303
00:17:55,574 --> 00:17:57,633
Some oil of vinegar, Your Majesty?
304
00:17:57,709 --> 00:18:02,146
I have taken so much, my Lord Cardinal,
that it all but spurts from my pores.
305
00:18:02,214 --> 00:18:04,546
Perhaps we could attend
to the remaining matters
306
00:18:04,616 --> 00:18:07,346
without the benefit of your advice
on medicaments known to us.
307
00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:09,182
(Gasps )
308
00:18:14,059 --> 00:18:17,654
I was informed privately
that the King had toothache.
309
00:18:17,729 --> 00:18:19,196
Tooth... Toothache?
310
00:18:20,232 --> 00:18:25,864
Cardinal Morton raised the usual objections
and the matter was dealt with summarily.
311
00:18:25,938 --> 00:18:29,806
Objections? What objections?
Do they think I ask them to sail?
312
00:18:29,875 --> 00:18:33,402
The objections are the objections
of God-fearing Englishmen.
313
00:18:33,479 --> 00:18:36,141
They think it a blasphemy
to venture the expense.
314
00:18:36,215 --> 00:18:40,811
And when such matters are mentioned,
they plead the cause of poor people.
315
00:18:40,886 --> 00:18:42,251
But the two things are separate.
316
00:18:42,321 --> 00:18:45,085
Well, London always has one deaf ear
for the populace.
317
00:18:45,157 --> 00:18:47,284
They flatter the poor when it suits them.
318
00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,055
But blasphemous? Why blasphemous?
319
00:18:50,129 --> 00:18:52,859
(Sighs ) There is much ignorance
on this island.
320
00:18:52,931 --> 00:18:54,455
Then profit.
321
00:18:54,533 --> 00:18:57,058
No doubt it was not properly explained.
322
00:18:57,136 --> 00:18:58,501
Then honor!
323
00:18:58,570 --> 00:19:01,061
Honor is with success, not venture.
324
00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:03,768
But I have not come here to London to fail!
325
00:19:03,842 --> 00:19:08,176
That, they do not know. Worse still,
they think that you follow this Columbus,
326
00:19:08,247 --> 00:19:10,943
who likewise slipped from Henry's grasp,
327
00:19:11,016 --> 00:19:13,849
and that you will propose to merge
on Spanish waters.
328
00:19:13,919 --> 00:19:16,046
Not so, I go by the west.
329
00:19:16,121 --> 00:19:20,717
Yes. It is my hope that Henry's ear
can be bent to see that.
330
00:19:20,792 --> 00:19:22,157
Bent?
331
00:19:22,227 --> 00:19:24,889
You speak of bent? Ho-ho!
332
00:19:24,963 --> 00:19:30,299
Your Signor Warde would have me bend
to his petition, and here it is again, "bend".
333
00:19:30,369 --> 00:19:33,031
Is there no upright man in England?
334
00:19:33,105 --> 00:19:36,541
Not when it comes to voyages
at the King's expense.
335
00:19:36,608 --> 00:19:38,200
But we are not done yet.
336
00:19:38,277 --> 00:19:40,211
- We're not?
- No.
337
00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:42,804
I will summon Mr. Warde.
338
00:19:44,316 --> 00:19:47,945
The King of Spain has his ambassador,
De Puebla, here.
339
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:50,250
Close to the ear of Henry.
340
00:19:50,322 --> 00:19:53,416
If Henry is put off by De Puebla's talk,
341
00:19:53,492 --> 00:19:55,722
Henry may think again.
342
00:19:55,794 --> 00:19:59,127
As Master Warde says,
there's mustard in gossip.
343
00:20:00,132 --> 00:20:01,394
Gossip?
344
00:20:01,466 --> 00:20:06,301
We'll dangle this proposal before
De Puebla's ears, no doubt he'll pass it on.
345
00:20:06,371 --> 00:20:08,862
Mustard, gossip, talk...
346
00:20:08,941 --> 00:20:13,810
Has the court its own navigators that they find
their way by the smile on King Henry's face?
347
00:20:13,879 --> 00:20:17,542
Or the frowns of Cardinal Morton
or the coughs of his barons?
348
00:20:17,616 --> 00:20:21,746
(Chuckles ) Skilled pilots all,
but Henry's the master.
349
00:20:21,820 --> 00:20:25,051
He treads his way as on a spider's web.
350
00:20:25,123 --> 00:20:27,785
Why, the Tower's full of eggs
he would not crush.
351
00:20:27,859 --> 00:20:30,225
- The Tower?
- His citadel.
352
00:20:30,295 --> 00:20:34,026
The treasury's there, and we'll crack it yet.
353
00:20:34,099 --> 00:20:37,296
Be of good heart, John,
this remains a Bristol matter.
354
00:20:38,203 --> 00:20:40,103
I'll keep this, hm?
355
00:20:41,673 --> 00:20:44,733
"John!" My name is gone already.
356
00:20:48,280 --> 00:20:50,771
- Well?
- The petition is done
357
00:20:50,849 --> 00:20:53,977
but now we try again with, er, gossip.
358
00:20:54,052 --> 00:20:55,644
- Gossip?
- Yes.
359
00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:57,814
They would influence the Spanish ambassador.
360
00:20:57,889 --> 00:21:01,848
If he hears the gossip he might warn Henry
and act unwittingly as our agent.
361
00:21:01,927 --> 00:21:04,054
"If he hears the gossip?"
362
00:21:04,129 --> 00:21:09,533
Ha! No wonder Englishmen are the only race
who cannot live with women.
363
00:21:09,601 --> 00:21:11,626
They are women themselves!
364
00:21:11,703 --> 00:21:15,230
What a pity the children are left in Bristol.
They could play with them.
365
00:21:15,307 --> 00:21:17,036
- Oh, shush.
- Why?
366
00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:19,907
I have noticed how they keep
their women separate,
367
00:21:19,978 --> 00:21:23,436
so as not to disturb the comfort of the dogs
whom they love like...
368
00:21:23,515 --> 00:21:25,278
like they give birth to them.
369
00:21:27,519 --> 00:21:31,182
Perhaps it would be better if you returned.
370
00:21:31,256 --> 00:21:33,884
Oh, no. I stay.
371
00:21:33,959 --> 00:21:36,587
Because who will mend your heart
when it is broken, ah?
372
00:21:36,662 --> 00:21:39,256
As it will be, and mine too.
373
00:21:39,331 --> 00:21:41,697
Here is a tale for the grave.
374
00:21:41,767 --> 00:21:44,600
A wailing woman and a shipless mariner.
375
00:21:44,670 --> 00:21:50,006
Have we naught better to do than fan our
failures like a flame, here alone in London?
376
00:21:50,075 --> 00:21:51,838
Do? What?
377
00:21:51,910 --> 00:21:55,710
It struck me then.
I should find a name for you,
378
00:21:55,781 --> 00:21:57,373
like an English bride.
379
00:21:57,449 --> 00:21:59,644
- Me? Never!
- Why not?
380
00:21:59,718 --> 00:22:04,587
Such caterwauling.
And the thought has not struck you?
381
00:22:04,656 --> 00:22:06,089
What thought?
382
00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:07,523
Listen.
383
00:22:07,592 --> 00:22:09,651
- You see?
- Huh?
384
00:22:09,728 --> 00:22:12,424
Listen, come closer.
385
00:22:13,565 --> 00:22:16,466
- What thought? I hear nothing.
- Then I'll tell you.
386
00:22:16,535 --> 00:22:19,026
My two arms are about you
387
00:22:19,104 --> 00:22:22,437
and there is not so much
as a sniffle of a child.
388
00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:25,174
We're alone.
389
00:22:26,211 --> 00:22:28,941
- Giovanni!
- No, John, John, John, John, John.
390
00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:30,106
It's like Don.
391
00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:32,047
No. Giovanni.
392
00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:40,748
Perhaps there are women at the ends of
the seas, speechless women, think on that.
393
00:22:42,027 --> 00:22:43,722
(Both laugh)
394
00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:46,527
(Raucous laughter)
395
00:22:46,598 --> 00:22:49,431
(Music and chatter)
396
00:23:15,527 --> 00:23:18,087
Where is she? Ah!
397
00:23:19,731 --> 00:23:22,859
Yes, to the land of the dog-eared fellow!
398
00:23:22,934 --> 00:23:24,458
And the great hand!
399
00:23:24,536 --> 00:23:27,869
- The great hand!
- To Herjolfsson and Red Eric!
400
00:23:27,939 --> 00:23:32,467
And Hop Hip! Traveler in the land
of the men with the marked bodies.
401
00:23:32,544 --> 00:23:34,068
Couldn't you speak up?
402
00:23:34,146 --> 00:23:38,242
Hop Hip! And the Vinlanders
and all the sailor men.
403
00:23:40,752 --> 00:23:44,813
(Elyot) From Cape St. Vincent to Finisterre,
a thousand a raft!
404
00:23:44,890 --> 00:23:46,824
(Cheering)
405
00:23:50,896 --> 00:23:54,457
- Bristol men, you say?
- Yes, my Lord Ambassador.
406
00:23:54,533 --> 00:23:56,967
- Bent on celebration.
- Oh.
407
00:23:57,035 --> 00:23:59,333
What do they celebrate?
408
00:23:59,404 --> 00:24:04,103
Gossip is they're merchant adventurers
and they've struck a bargain with a Venetian.
409
00:24:04,176 --> 00:24:07,976
Venetian? There is, er, no Venetian there.
410
00:24:08,046 --> 00:24:12,005
They have him hid. They're on the make,
prospecting for new lands,
411
00:24:12,083 --> 00:24:13,607
riches and that.
412
00:24:13,685 --> 00:24:14,879
Englishmen?
413
00:24:14,953 --> 00:24:17,922
They say this Venetian
has found the back ways to Cathay,
414
00:24:17,989 --> 00:24:22,221
so they spend mightily and have ordered
what they call Bristol vittles.
415
00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:24,319
Bristol vittles?
416
00:24:26,665 --> 00:24:29,395
Master Warde, your Thames water.
417
00:24:32,904 --> 00:24:35,168
Bristol vittles, eh?
418
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,470
There must be profit.
419
00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:42,345
Here we are, Signor.
There's coin about tonight.
420
00:24:42,414 --> 00:24:45,941
Hey, did you hear this talk of exploration?
421
00:24:46,017 --> 00:24:48,645
Oh, that? Wouldn't get me on it, no.
422
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:53,282
Not for a barrel of beef would I step off
the edge of the land, let alone the water.
423
00:24:53,358 --> 00:24:55,758
What's the good of going somewhere
you can't see
424
00:24:55,827 --> 00:24:58,159
for something you don't know
till you get there?
425
00:24:58,230 --> 00:25:00,698
Ah, it's the road to nowhere, I say.
426
00:25:00,765 --> 00:25:03,131
And what do they say?
427
00:25:03,969 --> 00:25:05,368
Full of it.
428
00:25:07,739 --> 00:25:10,799
This morning, they had the map cards out.
429
00:25:10,876 --> 00:25:13,572
And there was talk of the sea passage.
430
00:25:13,645 --> 00:25:15,579
Loud, confident talk.
431
00:25:15,647 --> 00:25:17,581
A passage to where?
432
00:25:18,650 --> 00:25:23,110
Another way to India, I heard,
round the back way.
433
00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:26,180
Your man Columbus, if you ask me,
he started a fever.
434
00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:28,055
Now they're onto his pickings.
435
00:25:28,126 --> 00:25:30,117
Got a foreigner with them, too.
436
00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:31,890
By all accounts.
437
00:25:31,963 --> 00:25:35,023
- Did you hear his name?
- No, I give up listenin'.
438
00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:38,365
More I hear of it,
the more I reckon it's against nature.
439
00:25:38,436 --> 00:25:42,236
You should have seen them map cards.
Wicked it was, all lines on 'em.
440
00:25:42,307 --> 00:25:44,275
That's not right, is it?
441
00:25:44,342 --> 00:25:48,642
They say this Venetian thinks so little of us
he's brought his wife with him.
442
00:25:48,713 --> 00:25:51,079
Imagine! A wife to London!
443
00:25:51,149 --> 00:25:54,448
- And she stays where?
- Wherever they've hid him I wish I knew.
444
00:25:54,519 --> 00:26:00,151
I've a taste for foreign gentlemen.
They've such graces and smell so nice...
445
00:26:00,892 --> 00:26:05,158
Is, er, is his Excellency watching us?
446
00:26:06,197 --> 00:26:08,688
His eyes bore into us.
447
00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:10,701
(Chuckles )
448
00:26:10,769 --> 00:26:13,704
- Would I could see the melons on that wench.
- I can.
449
00:26:13,772 --> 00:26:16,332
What I do for exploration!
450
00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:21,645
If she can say enough and not too much...
451
00:26:36,895 --> 00:26:40,126
- Carmichael.
- Signor De Puebla.
452
00:26:41,333 --> 00:26:45,667
I seek His Majesty. At Westminster
they tell me he left for his observatory here.
453
00:26:45,737 --> 00:26:48,934
- No, Signor, he's at his ledgers.
- His ledgers. Ah...
454
00:26:49,874 --> 00:26:54,811
Tell me, among the petitions most recent,
there has been a Venetian's?
455
00:26:54,879 --> 00:26:58,781
Oh, yes, Signor, but Cardinal Morton
was against it.
456
00:26:58,850 --> 00:27:02,752
Ah, good Cardinal Morton, a pious man.
457
00:27:02,821 --> 00:27:04,083
And His Majesty?
458
00:27:04,155 --> 00:27:05,952
His Majesty had toothache.
459
00:27:06,024 --> 00:27:08,151
Almighty God is wise.
460
00:27:08,226 --> 00:27:12,287
But the other day at his observatory,
he had a sextant in his hand.
461
00:27:12,364 --> 00:27:14,559
- A sextant?
- An instrument for navigation.
462
00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:16,123
Navigation?
463
00:27:16,201 --> 00:27:18,795
The matter must have passed
through his mind once more.
464
00:27:18,870 --> 00:27:20,838
He had a captain there.
465
00:27:21,973 --> 00:27:23,736
- Take me to him.
- Oh, Signor...
466
00:27:23,808 --> 00:27:26,504
Tell him a matter most urgent! I insist!
467
00:27:27,479 --> 00:27:31,142
Oh, come, His Majesty does not look unkindly
on his minions.
468
00:27:31,216 --> 00:27:35,482
And besides, I have looked after you
in the past, Carmichael.
469
00:27:36,988 --> 00:27:39,752
Oh, it so happens
I have no coin on me this early,
470
00:27:39,824 --> 00:27:41,223
but take me to him, I insist!
471
00:27:41,292 --> 00:27:44,227
- Signor, I...
- I crave an audience, man!
472
00:27:44,295 --> 00:27:46,456
In the name of their most
Catholic Majesties of Spain.
473
00:27:46,531 --> 00:27:48,692
- If you insist.
- I must!
474
00:28:05,617 --> 00:28:09,144
- Pray leave to disturb Your Majesty.
- You do so at risk.
475
00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:12,087
It is the Spanish Ambassador, sire,
he craves an audience.
476
00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:16,116
- A matter most urgent, he insists.
- De Puebla? Is there news from Scotland?
477
00:28:16,194 --> 00:28:18,856
- I know not, sir.
- No dispatches most recently come?
478
00:28:18,930 --> 00:28:20,397
Not to this place, sire.
479
00:28:20,465 --> 00:28:22,399
What troubles De Puebla, then?
480
00:28:23,268 --> 00:28:24,895
Very well.
481
00:28:29,307 --> 00:28:32,640
Your Majesty, I disturb you at peril
I know well,
482
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:36,078
but I do so only with the very best
of intentions
483
00:28:36,147 --> 00:28:40,311
and with Your Majesty's most precious welfare
ever close to my heart.
484
00:28:40,385 --> 00:28:42,216
You bud like a bouquet, Doctor.
485
00:28:42,287 --> 00:28:45,188
I'm surprised you came to the Tower,
there's precious little to eat.
486
00:28:45,256 --> 00:28:47,816
Oh, indeed, I have not eaten.
487
00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:50,417
Is it your creditors or a whore gone astray?
488
00:28:50,495 --> 00:28:51,860
- (Laughs )
- Not poxed, are you?
489
00:28:51,930 --> 00:28:56,230
- Your Majesty jests.
- What? We know you of old, friend.
490
00:28:56,301 --> 00:29:00,067
Ah, Your Majesty graces me
with his friendship.
491
00:29:00,138 --> 00:29:02,629
Come, get down to it, man.
492
00:29:02,707 --> 00:29:08,168
Your Majesty, it has come to my ears
of a certain venture afoot in the west.
493
00:29:08,246 --> 00:29:10,612
- A rebellion?
- No, no, no, a merchant venture.
494
00:29:10,682 --> 00:29:14,482
Bristol merchants and a certain navigator.
495
00:29:14,552 --> 00:29:16,918
- A Venetian.
- A Venetian?
496
00:29:16,988 --> 00:29:21,482
So learned in the discovery of new lands
the merchants are already celebrating.
497
00:29:22,927 --> 00:29:27,694
- So...?
- Your Majesty, I say this with delicacy.
498
00:29:27,766 --> 00:29:32,703
There is talk of a venture to seek
a western passage to Cathay.
499
00:29:33,371 --> 00:29:37,000
- Talk's cheap.
- But Your Majesty knows of the discoveries
500
00:29:37,075 --> 00:29:40,738
in the name of their most
Catholic Majesties of Spain.
501
00:29:40,812 --> 00:29:43,406
The passage of Christo Columbus
to the spice islands...
502
00:29:43,481 --> 00:29:45,847
We know. And?
503
00:29:45,917 --> 00:29:49,284
Such a voyage from England
would come perilously close.
504
00:29:49,354 --> 00:29:51,948
- Not by the west.
- Oh, perilously close, Your Majesty,
505
00:29:52,023 --> 00:29:55,049
and run the risk of bringing grave offense.
506
00:29:55,126 --> 00:29:58,960
I felt it my duty to lay it before Your Majesty
at the outset.
507
00:29:59,030 --> 00:30:00,429
At the outset?
508
00:30:00,498 --> 00:30:01,829
It has not begun, then?
509
00:30:02,834 --> 00:30:05,166
Ah, Your Majesty knows?
510
00:30:05,236 --> 00:30:07,704
This Columbus, he was a Genoese.
511
00:30:08,773 --> 00:30:11,264
- Yes, sire.
- And the other discoverer?
512
00:30:11,342 --> 00:30:14,038
Your Majesty does not know him?
513
00:30:14,112 --> 00:30:16,239
No, indeed. I've misplaced his name.
514
00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:18,748
Oh, then I have no need to remind you.
515
00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:23,886
Tell me, Doctor,
516
00:30:23,955 --> 00:30:26,981
what do they do with prisoners in Spain?
517
00:30:27,058 --> 00:30:29,720
Oh, they send them to sea, sire.
518
00:30:29,794 --> 00:30:31,261
To sea?
519
00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:34,787
Er, to the hulks as oarsmen, to rot there.
520
00:30:34,866 --> 00:30:36,731
Do they?
521
00:30:36,801 --> 00:30:41,738
Well, that's one way of reducing the burden
on the royal exchequer.
522
00:30:46,411 --> 00:30:49,209
Oh, come. Will you have a lozenge?
523
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,215
- Ah.
- It will sweeten the mercury
524
00:30:52,283 --> 00:30:54,012
you're no doubt in pain of.
525
00:30:54,085 --> 00:30:57,646
Oh, no, Your Majesty,
not for six weeks I abstain.
526
00:30:57,722 --> 00:31:00,714
- Oh! I thought you was pinched.
- (Laughs )
527
00:31:00,792 --> 00:31:02,225
Good day.
528
00:31:08,633 --> 00:31:11,966
Did Master Cabot say for what reason
he had left?
529
00:31:12,036 --> 00:31:13,560
He gave no reason.
530
00:31:13,638 --> 00:31:15,663
We have good news for him.
531
00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:18,140
An audience with His Majesty.
532
00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:21,269
- Is that good news?
- (Both) 'Tis what he came for.
533
00:31:21,346 --> 00:31:22,506
Is it good news?
534
00:31:22,580 --> 00:31:25,743
'Tis what he sought
and by our diligence we have procured it.
535
00:31:25,817 --> 00:31:27,409
Macché.
536
00:31:28,486 --> 00:31:30,249
Master Ashurst.
537
00:31:30,321 --> 00:31:35,258
Perhaps if you would move elsewhere,
my cheeks would spread more easily.
538
00:31:35,326 --> 00:31:37,260
I'm cramped sore!
539
00:31:37,328 --> 00:31:40,126
(Sighs and clears throat)
540
00:31:40,198 --> 00:31:41,631
The Signora will excuse us?
541
00:31:41,699 --> 00:31:43,530
You excuse yourselves.
542
00:31:43,601 --> 00:31:46,365
Madam, we are about
your husband's business.
543
00:31:48,172 --> 00:31:50,970
Perhaps it would be better
that I remained alone.
544
00:31:51,042 --> 00:31:54,478
Yes, it would indeed.
There's not room here to swing a cat.
545
00:31:57,248 --> 00:31:59,079
Good day to you, ma'am.
546
00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:00,640
Be of good cheer.
547
00:32:00,718 --> 00:32:04,415
Your husband's a stout fellow,
and with us behind him,
548
00:32:04,489 --> 00:32:07,049
we'll push him to the ends of the earth.
549
00:32:09,494 --> 00:32:11,758
Oh, er... Sideways, Master Warde.
550
00:32:11,829 --> 00:32:15,629
Another step, he'll need a lateen sail
like an Arab dhow.
551
00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:17,361
Jests again!
552
00:32:17,435 --> 00:32:20,268
And every inch of me a brain!
553
00:32:24,742 --> 00:32:26,471
(Ashurst clears throat)
554
00:32:27,745 --> 00:32:31,078
The Signora is vexed at our inquiry.
555
00:32:31,149 --> 00:32:34,585
An audience with the King of England
is nothing to me.
556
00:32:34,652 --> 00:32:36,847
- But your husband...
- Is my husband.
557
00:32:37,755 --> 00:32:40,315
And the sea my cross.
558
00:32:40,391 --> 00:32:44,191
Oh, come.
I have every confidence in him.
559
00:32:44,262 --> 00:32:47,561
And I in the manner of his dying.
560
00:32:48,232 --> 00:32:50,223
Do not tell him this.
561
00:32:50,301 --> 00:32:52,895
That I see the water in his hair?
562
00:32:52,971 --> 00:32:56,998
His eyes pecked out?
His body laid waste by scavengers?
563
00:32:57,075 --> 00:32:58,565
No, not I.
564
00:33:00,244 --> 00:33:05,204
But every wind that blows...
blows him away from me.
565
00:33:06,184 --> 00:33:10,917
- It's better that you do not tell him.
- Lest it would jeopardize your profit.
566
00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:13,552
Lest it would mar his confidence.
567
00:33:14,492 --> 00:33:17,290
He has the King of England to tend with first.
568
00:33:17,362 --> 00:33:19,227
There is my hope.
569
00:33:19,297 --> 00:33:21,265
And ours, too.
570
00:33:22,166 --> 00:33:23,565
Here's a difference.
571
00:33:24,802 --> 00:33:28,568
I leave you with him.
Children play best together.
572
00:33:29,974 --> 00:33:31,703
Ecco London vittles...
573
00:33:31,776 --> 00:33:35,177
- Oh, Signor Ashurst...
- The merchant awaits you.
574
00:33:35,246 --> 00:33:37,874
And there is profit in his eyes.
575
00:33:39,517 --> 00:33:40,950
Donne!
576
00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:44,477
The climate is not to her taste,
she bleeds here.
577
00:33:45,189 --> 00:33:46,417
I have good news.
578
00:33:46,491 --> 00:33:48,789
The gossip has worked.
The King will see you.
579
00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:51,658
- He will?
- On the morrow at noon.
580
00:33:51,729 --> 00:33:54,357
Cardinal Morton's away bishop-making.
581
00:33:54,432 --> 00:33:58,163
- The King's alone and his appetite's whetted.
- Whetted?
582
00:33:58,236 --> 00:34:01,672
- Aye, but not as you'd imagine.
- How, then? Sit down.
583
00:34:01,739 --> 00:34:05,072
Ah, his first thought
was for the prisoners in the Tower.
584
00:34:05,143 --> 00:34:08,237
If they'd sail with you,
he'd not have to bear the cost of feeding 'em.
585
00:34:08,312 --> 00:34:12,112
- King Henry of England?
- Yes. Doubtless it was a ruse.
586
00:34:12,183 --> 00:34:17,086
But you must be businesslike
and show a good head for profit.
587
00:34:17,155 --> 00:34:22,821
He has an ear for facts,
so, since so much is speculation,
588
00:34:22,894 --> 00:34:26,489
beware of fantasy and curb all eloquence.
589
00:34:26,564 --> 00:34:29,226
You make King Henry sound a Jew.
590
00:34:29,300 --> 00:34:32,428
Oh, he's a Jew and more.
Half-French, half-Welsh.
591
00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:34,300
- And none English?
- A little.
592
00:34:34,372 --> 00:34:36,670
The less of that the better for me.
593
00:34:36,741 --> 00:34:40,472
I'll make a plea the like of which
he's never heard.
594
00:34:40,545 --> 00:34:43,412
- Be careful.
- Rest yourself.
595
00:34:43,481 --> 00:34:48,612
The advocacy is up to me now,
and here's an end to gossip and intrigue.
596
00:34:48,686 --> 00:34:51,712
Oh, not an end.
It never ends in England.
597
00:34:52,423 --> 00:34:55,824
- But here's my hand upon your luck.
- You're a loyal man.
598
00:34:55,893 --> 00:34:58,726
(Chuckles ) A Bristol man.
599
00:34:58,796 --> 00:35:00,855
'Tis all I ever sought to be.
600
00:35:03,234 --> 00:35:05,293
- Wear those leathers!
- Huh?
601
00:35:05,369 --> 00:35:08,463
He'll note the patches
and approve your thrift.
602
00:35:08,539 --> 00:35:11,303
My thrift is recurring.
603
00:35:11,375 --> 00:35:13,605
(Chuckles ) He'll note that, too.
604
00:35:13,678 --> 00:35:16,408
Take care you speak the truth.
605
00:35:16,481 --> 00:35:17,948
Fear not.
606
00:35:18,015 --> 00:35:20,540
I've a woman sore in need of leaving.
607
00:35:23,254 --> 00:35:26,815
That is the nub of navigation, hm?
608
00:35:26,891 --> 00:35:28,256
(Both chuckle )
609
00:35:46,944 --> 00:35:49,845
- (Clears throat)
- I await His Majesty.
610
00:35:49,914 --> 00:35:51,905
His Majesty is arrived.
611
00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:53,450
Alone and unattended?
612
00:35:53,518 --> 00:35:57,750
Is a mariner not always
alone and unattended...
613
00:35:58,689 --> 00:36:01,157
save by the elements?
614
00:36:01,225 --> 00:36:02,852
Your Majesty.
615
00:36:03,728 --> 00:36:08,324
I came alone...lest you should
alarm my advisers.
616
00:36:08,399 --> 00:36:11,095
Your Majesty, I...
617
00:36:12,203 --> 00:36:13,932
(Stuttering) Juices.
618
00:36:14,005 --> 00:36:18,533
Yes, you would sail the western ocean
in search of islands, continents, routes,
619
00:36:18,609 --> 00:36:20,577
and all in the name of England?
620
00:36:20,645 --> 00:36:23,341
You, a Venetian. Is that not so?
621
00:36:23,414 --> 00:36:26,281
- Yes, sire.
- Not from Venice?
622
00:36:26,350 --> 00:36:28,648
- No, sire.
- Then pray tell us, why?
623
00:36:29,754 --> 00:36:32,120
Are you not more eloquent
in your own tongue,
624
00:36:32,190 --> 00:36:35,023
or does your own country not please you?
Or you them?
625
00:36:35,092 --> 00:36:38,220
- It is not a matter of pleasure, sir.
- Of provision, then?
626
00:36:38,296 --> 00:36:41,356
They will not provision you,
and you a native?
627
00:36:41,432 --> 00:36:43,559
They have not the mind for it...
628
00:36:43,634 --> 00:36:45,329
Or are not fooled.
629
00:36:45,403 --> 00:36:48,304
It is not a matter of fooling, sir,
but expediency.
630
00:36:48,372 --> 00:36:53,742
A western passage is of no benefit except to
those lands that border on the western ocean.
631
00:36:53,811 --> 00:36:59,113
What is England's gain I bring to England
because it seemed natural to do so.
632
00:36:59,183 --> 00:37:01,777
Well, there's logic in that.
633
00:37:01,852 --> 00:37:07,051
But it is speculation, is it not,
all this alchemist's material?
634
00:37:07,124 --> 00:37:09,718
Well, until it is discovered, it is speculation.
635
00:37:09,794 --> 00:37:14,959
No, whether it is discovered or not
it is speculation in the matter of finance.
636
00:37:15,032 --> 00:37:17,557
All voyages do not end in gold.
637
00:37:18,736 --> 00:37:20,260
But proceed.
638
00:37:20,972 --> 00:37:23,270
Your Majesty, I will be brief.
639
00:37:23,341 --> 00:37:25,707
Be yourself, Master Cabot.
640
00:37:25,776 --> 00:37:28,540
But let's get it clear first. You seek what?
641
00:37:28,613 --> 00:37:32,310
Islands in the Atlantic
or a passage to...where?
642
00:37:33,150 --> 00:37:36,381
I seek first, sir, a voyage of discovery.
643
00:37:39,123 --> 00:37:43,059
To the west
where no man has been that lives.
644
00:37:43,127 --> 00:37:48,463
But from whence there is evidence
that passes the point of speculation.
645
00:37:48,532 --> 00:37:54,562
Secondly, from the western passage,
I seek a route to Cathay.
646
00:37:54,639 --> 00:37:57,767
A key to the spice trades of Mecca.
647
00:37:57,842 --> 00:38:01,300
By the furthest shore of Cathay.
648
00:38:01,379 --> 00:38:04,871
The assumption being that the
western passage will lead to Cathay?
649
00:38:04,949 --> 00:38:08,248
- Yes, sire.
- So if a man were to sail from Southampton
650
00:38:08,319 --> 00:38:10,082
in a westerly direction,
651
00:38:10,154 --> 00:38:13,214
unhandicapped by continents,
as the crow would fly,
652
00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:15,156
he would eventually end up...
653
00:38:15,226 --> 00:38:17,194
at the back door from which he came?
654
00:38:17,261 --> 00:38:19,786
Yes, sire, the world being a spheroid,
655
00:38:19,864 --> 00:38:21,593
as is this globe.
656
00:38:21,666 --> 00:38:25,363
Yes, I've heard the speculation,
it's all the current rage.
657
00:38:25,436 --> 00:38:27,495
Though I would not put my life on it.
658
00:38:27,571 --> 00:38:30,131
Oh, that is where you and I differ, sire.
659
00:38:30,207 --> 00:38:33,643
Bravo, Master Cabot.
A fine sentiment.
660
00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:35,941
I seek to back it by deeds.
661
00:38:36,013 --> 00:38:37,105
True.
662
00:38:37,181 --> 00:38:40,378
But there's more in it.
Where is the gain for the King of England?
663
00:38:40,451 --> 00:38:44,182
There's none in a dead mariner
drowned by a sentiment.
664
00:38:44,255 --> 00:38:46,849
The gain is in trade.
665
00:38:46,924 --> 00:38:51,657
For every screw of pepper,
that graces Your Majesty's table,
666
00:38:51,729 --> 00:38:54,823
the tax to the merchants of Mecca
is prodigious.
667
00:38:54,899 --> 00:38:57,390
Then they bear the cost
of transportation by land.
668
00:38:57,468 --> 00:39:01,234
The caravans of Arabia,
and then by sea the galleasses of Venice.
669
00:39:01,305 --> 00:39:02,966
It all costs.
670
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:07,636
But I would dispense with land carriage,
and Mecca itself,
671
00:39:07,712 --> 00:39:10,306
and bring the goods direct to England.
672
00:39:10,381 --> 00:39:17,219
That is why the Bristol merchants call it
a cruise for the digestive juices of England.
673
00:39:17,288 --> 00:39:19,779
Yes, I've heard. But where's the evidence?
674
00:39:20,825 --> 00:39:22,383
Columbus f...
675
00:39:22,460 --> 00:39:24,451
Columbus!
676
00:39:24,528 --> 00:39:29,795
He found Indian isles,
now under the flag of Spain.
677
00:39:29,867 --> 00:39:32,768
But I would go by a more northerly latitude.
678
00:39:32,837 --> 00:39:34,737
He found silver too, so I've heard.
679
00:39:34,805 --> 00:39:38,332
It is so rumored but I would not give
Your Majesty false promises.
680
00:39:38,409 --> 00:39:40,934
I like you for that, Master Cabot.
681
00:39:41,011 --> 00:39:42,103
Proceed.
682
00:39:42,179 --> 00:39:45,239
I seek the Indies, Cathay, Jepang,
683
00:39:45,316 --> 00:39:49,446
all previously discovered, but by a new way.
684
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:53,718
From Ptolemy to Marco Polo,
the accounts do not differ.
685
00:39:53,791 --> 00:39:58,023
The lands are there but by other passages.
686
00:39:58,095 --> 00:40:01,792
And yet here there are legends of discoveries.
687
00:40:01,866 --> 00:40:05,927
- The Vinlanders.
- Yes, I've heard of them, and more.
688
00:40:06,003 --> 00:40:09,837
Your Majesty will know of the Prince Madoc,
689
00:40:09,907 --> 00:40:13,843
son of, how you say, Ow-en Glen-dow-er?
690
00:40:13,911 --> 00:40:16,744
You prepare your case with princely advocacy!
691
00:40:16,814 --> 00:40:18,577
But that is bardic legend.
692
00:40:18,649 --> 00:40:23,177
Dreams of my Welsh ancestors who never
could spare the time to quit their quarreling.
693
00:40:23,254 --> 00:40:28,157
I wish to bring dream to reality, sire,
and the evidence is here.
694
00:40:28,225 --> 00:40:31,217
Dispense with the map cards,
I'll study them alone.
695
00:40:31,295 --> 00:40:34,753
This, er... This wood, sire...
696
00:40:36,934 --> 00:40:40,392
It fascinates me like a rare jewel.
697
00:40:41,405 --> 00:40:45,603
It comes on the current like a messenger.
698
00:40:45,676 --> 00:40:47,610
What's it worth?
699
00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:50,841
A continent...or nothing.
700
00:40:52,049 --> 00:40:54,813
You are bold, Master Cabot.
701
00:40:54,885 --> 00:40:56,375
Regard it, sire.
702
00:40:56,454 --> 00:40:58,285
It is of significance.
703
00:40:59,356 --> 00:41:05,090
The marks upon it are made
with tools of stone.
704
00:41:05,162 --> 00:41:07,596
- Stone?
- Stone, not iron.
705
00:41:07,665 --> 00:41:13,103
It is worked with stone,
as do the primitives of the Indies.
706
00:41:14,371 --> 00:41:18,000
- And?
- It is, in all respects, Indian.
707
00:41:18,075 --> 00:41:21,670
And then these drawings of marked bodies,
red men, and...
708
00:41:21,745 --> 00:41:23,576
No, no, no. Keep to this wood.
709
00:41:23,647 --> 00:41:25,547
From whence does it come?
710
00:41:32,056 --> 00:41:34,320
From the Atlantic Ocean, sire.
711
00:41:34,992 --> 00:41:38,621
Upon the furthermost beaches of Europe.
712
00:41:39,497 --> 00:41:43,024
Swept by the Western ocean.
713
00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:44,931
What does that tell you?
714
00:41:45,002 --> 00:41:49,496
That its sap, long dry, is not of this continent.
715
00:41:49,573 --> 00:41:53,407
It fed on other roots in other places
716
00:41:53,477 --> 00:41:58,073
and before it came trunks of trees
such as are not seen here
717
00:41:58,148 --> 00:42:00,708
and bodies of men with different pigment...
718
00:42:00,784 --> 00:42:02,775
- Pigment?
- Red men.
719
00:42:02,853 --> 00:42:04,480
As of the Indies.
720
00:42:04,555 --> 00:42:08,514
Oh, I take no risk, sire.
And I do not think you do, either.
721
00:42:10,261 --> 00:42:12,695
And all this...
722
00:42:13,731 --> 00:42:15,596
What is it to me?
723
00:42:18,402 --> 00:42:22,771
It is as if another continent...
724
00:42:23,674 --> 00:42:26,609
were sending out its call,
725
00:42:27,678 --> 00:42:29,373
like a live thing.
726
00:42:30,447 --> 00:42:32,176
(Sniffs )
727
00:42:32,249 --> 00:42:35,980
And I know... I know it is there.
728
00:42:36,053 --> 00:42:39,819
You have a tongue like silver, Master Cabot.
729
00:42:40,824 --> 00:42:43,657
Five ships, I ask, Your Majesty.
730
00:42:43,727 --> 00:42:47,925
My petition granted and England
stands to steal the trade of Alexandria.
731
00:42:47,998 --> 00:42:51,058
Mm-hm? How close to Spanish waters?
732
00:42:52,036 --> 00:42:54,027
- Oh, I'd go by the west.
- How close?
733
00:42:54,705 --> 00:42:58,197
Well, I do not know for certain, sire,
but there is room in the ocean
734
00:42:58,275 --> 00:43:00,743
for the enemies and friends of England.
735
00:43:00,811 --> 00:43:04,872
Yes. Little ships on a remote sea.
736
00:43:04,949 --> 00:43:07,918
Perhaps even at the end of it,
all beyond recall.
737
00:43:07,985 --> 00:43:11,853
And the investment goes by the color
of the water, the flights of birds,
738
00:43:11,922 --> 00:43:13,651
berries and bark...
739
00:43:14,558 --> 00:43:17,493
slicks of foliage on a constant current...
740
00:43:18,495 --> 00:43:21,760
is the stuff of dreams and poesy.
741
00:43:21,832 --> 00:43:23,459
Not finance.
742
00:43:26,704 --> 00:43:29,935
This venture is in your blood, is it not?
743
00:43:30,007 --> 00:43:31,975
It is, sire.
744
00:43:32,042 --> 00:43:35,170
And are you a madman or a saint?
745
00:43:35,245 --> 00:43:36,678
Oh...
746
00:43:36,747 --> 00:43:39,807
I am a navigator, sire. Simply that.
747
00:43:39,883 --> 00:43:41,510
With a merchant's instinct.
748
00:43:44,021 --> 00:43:46,546
I like that grin, Master Cabot.
749
00:43:46,624 --> 00:43:50,560
It ill befits the King's presence
but it matches his instinct.
750
00:43:53,564 --> 00:43:55,555
I favor your petition.
751
00:43:55,633 --> 00:43:58,534
- Sire!
- Er, keep me this wood.
752
00:43:58,602 --> 00:44:00,297
Sire, it is yours!
753
00:44:00,371 --> 00:44:04,899
The whole thing must be gone through
like a parliament bill, but I favor it.
754
00:44:04,975 --> 00:44:06,840
You please me, Master Cabot.
755
00:44:06,910 --> 00:44:09,674
Your Majesty is truly farseeing.
756
00:44:09,747 --> 00:44:11,146
Yes.
757
00:44:11,215 --> 00:44:14,048
You better get yourself off to Bristol
and await due process.
758
00:44:14,118 --> 00:44:16,882
It may take some time but er...
759
00:44:16,954 --> 00:44:19,445
I give you leave to take some prisoners
off my hands.
760
00:44:19,523 --> 00:44:21,991
- Prisoners?
- Stout men, yes. A trifle underfed,
761
00:44:22,059 --> 00:44:24,391
but they'll make good ballast if naught else.
762
00:44:24,461 --> 00:44:27,191
You see, there must be
something immediate in it for me.
763
00:44:27,264 --> 00:44:31,564
The Tower is heaving and I need something to
placate my cardinal, for this interview at least.
764
00:44:31,635 --> 00:44:33,830
As to what he'll say to the rest...
765
00:44:34,772 --> 00:44:36,239
God knows.
766
00:44:43,681 --> 00:44:45,478
(Laughing)
767
00:44:45,549 --> 00:44:49,144
Did I hear right?
The petition is granted but no ships?
768
00:44:49,219 --> 00:44:51,244
The petition is granted, the license is mine.
769
00:44:51,321 --> 00:44:55,052
No ships, no vittles,
not a crumb from the royal treasury?
770
00:44:55,125 --> 00:44:58,117
His Majesty has many calls upon his purse.
771
00:44:58,195 --> 00:45:01,130
He would support us
once there's further evidence.
772
00:45:01,198 --> 00:45:05,100
- Lord High Admiral and no fleet!
- Woman, take away the child!
773
00:45:05,169 --> 00:45:07,729
Will you never learn?
They will have you dance like a clown
774
00:45:07,805 --> 00:45:09,864
when there is no expense to themselves.
775
00:45:09,940 --> 00:45:12,374
She's right. He'll not part with a coin.
776
00:45:12,443 --> 00:45:15,571
And end to it, eh? Put away your toys.
777
00:45:15,646 --> 00:45:17,443
And let them stew.
778
00:45:18,515 --> 00:45:20,642
Huh! No ships!
779
00:45:23,687 --> 00:45:25,120
Who would have thought it?
780
00:45:25,189 --> 00:45:28,522
The royal favor
and not so much as a rope's end.
781
00:45:28,592 --> 00:45:29,991
King Henry of England!
782
00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:33,257
We tried, Master Cabot, we tried.
783
00:45:33,330 --> 00:45:34,991
A man can do no more.
784
00:45:36,700 --> 00:45:38,691
(Cabot) All his life long.
785
00:45:39,837 --> 00:45:42,203
- Stuff you, Richard Warde!
- Eh?
786
00:45:42,272 --> 00:45:45,105
We've Bristol ships, enough and more.
787
00:45:45,175 --> 00:45:47,370
They're not mine.
788
00:45:47,444 --> 00:45:49,241
I've none stout enough.
789
00:45:49,313 --> 00:45:51,781
A week in London and you've London guts.
790
00:45:51,849 --> 00:45:53,783
Your spirit's fogged already.
791
00:45:53,851 --> 00:45:55,443
I've the Matthew.
792
00:45:55,519 --> 00:45:59,683
She's full rigged and decked
and free of charter to Master Elyot by May.
793
00:45:59,757 --> 00:46:01,918
A good sea boat and new.
794
00:46:01,992 --> 00:46:05,359
With my vittles, you can take
the western winds of spring.
795
00:46:05,429 --> 00:46:07,260
The Matthew! A fine ship, I know her.
796
00:46:07,331 --> 00:46:08,992
One ship?!
797
00:46:09,066 --> 00:46:10,897
Your lobes are poxed!
798
00:46:10,968 --> 00:46:13,129
Not mine! I'll sail too.
799
00:46:13,203 --> 00:46:15,330
- You?
- Certainly.
800
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,770
He'll need verification for his discoveries.
801
00:46:19,843 --> 00:46:23,074
We'll explore a way to Henry's purse
a second time.
802
00:46:23,147 --> 00:46:26,913
One hint of success
and the royal sleeve will open wider.
803
00:46:26,984 --> 00:46:32,183
Good Thomas, your confidence in me
is the princely gift.
804
00:46:32,256 --> 00:46:35,384
That I have always had, in abundance.
805
00:46:37,027 --> 00:46:39,723
Oh! 'Tis like a wedding!
806
00:46:39,797 --> 00:46:45,736
Bride and groom, with Henry's hand
outstretched to catch what drops.
807
00:46:46,703 --> 00:46:49,399
Fornication by messenger!
808
00:46:51,675 --> 00:46:53,438
Will you sail?
809
00:46:54,978 --> 00:46:58,470
Aha! With that shrimp away I'm honor-bound.
810
00:46:58,549 --> 00:47:01,416
Signor Warde, please to be so good.
811
00:47:01,485 --> 00:47:06,149
The Matthew? Room for 18 men and a cat!
She's weasel-built!
812
00:47:06,223 --> 00:47:09,158
No, Appledore-built, and sound.
813
00:47:09,226 --> 00:47:11,126
Well, Master Warde?
814
00:47:13,463 --> 00:47:16,694
I'll see thee off from Clifton.
815
00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:21,896
Proud ambassador
of all the cowards of England.
816
00:47:21,972 --> 00:47:23,872
But we sail?
817
00:47:24,741 --> 00:47:29,610
We sail!
Finalmente! We sail!
818
00:47:53,337 --> 00:47:54,804
They must, Mama.
819
00:47:56,173 --> 00:47:58,107
Must, yes.
820
00:47:59,243 --> 00:48:03,942
And as the land does to the sea,
so must we.
821
00:48:04,915 --> 00:48:07,076
What must we do, Mama?
822
00:48:07,150 --> 00:48:12,144
Reclaim of ours...what is left.
823
00:48:49,526 --> 00:48:53,223
To him that found the new Isle...
824
00:48:54,031 --> 00:48:55,931
ten pounds.65593
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