All language subtitles for Medici.Masters.Of.Florence.S02E06.WEBRip.x264-ION10

♪ Though the dust of you is gone ♪

♪ And the world of what is done ♪

♪ Fate reclaims the throne ♪

♪ Of revolution's bones ♪

♪ Come with me ♪

♪ Drink away on her beauty ♪

♪ We can fight them ♪

♪ I can say that
I can change the world ♪

♪ But if you let me ♪

♪ I can change our world for us ♪

♪ Come with me and... ♪

[horses neigh]

[man] I have even less reason

to help you influence the Doge
than I did before,

when your wife played matchmaker
to my daughter and Francesco Pazzi.

I was told he was an ally to the Medici.

Instead, I find her returned to me
by that same husband,

and he... your sworn enemy.

The actions of Francesco Pazzi
were misguided

and no reflection on your daughter.

Duke, your men must stay here
and speak to no one.

What is so urgent that I must come
to Florence in person?

Please, follow me.

[Lorenzo] As a father, you are angry,
and I understand.

But as a servant of your city,
I implore you.

Lay aside personal feelings...

[door opens]

Ah, Duke.

-My thanks for coming.
-Why am I here?

And who is this?

This is Andrea Foscari.

Representative of the Doge.

You know what would happen
if the people of Milan knew

I was meeting secretly with Venetians?

I assure you the people of Venice
would feel the same

about my meeting you, Duke.

Gentlemen, please.

Please.

Can you deny the benefit to Milan...

if it had unfettered access
to the sea lanes that Venice controls?

Right now, the Pope can shut the gates
of Imola at any time.

But would he dare...

if he knew that Milan's military might
could come to our aid?

[exhales] It is true.

I see the arguments in favor,

but I can't countenance such a treaty.

It does not matter if an alliance between
our cities is conceived as defensive,

Sixtus would see it as a threat.

And Milan cannot risk making
an enemy of the Pope.

Without Sforza, there can be no alliance.

The security it will bring
cannot risk political change here.

[Giuliano] What's going on?

[Lorenzo] Pazzi.

Stirring up political unrest
in Città di Castello.

Getting people to turn
against the Gonfaloniere.

To what end?

Now, technically, the city is part
of the Papal states, but...

it's been under Florentine protection
for years.

Gonfaloniere there is corrupt.

Your father should've got rid of him
years ago, and he never did.

Let me go, find out what's happening.

You sure?

[Giuliano] You're not the only Medici.
For a time, it felt like it.

Why the sudden desire to serve?

You question my motive?

Sandro tells me that you're in love
with Simonetta Vespucci...

There are so many.

I forget their names.

[Pope] Who will judge
these people of yours?

Your understanding heart

must talk to us all.

[Gonfaloniere] See for yourself.

There is no trouble in Città di Castello.

These are nasty rumors meant to
undermine your support.

You are to know good from evil.

[clamoring]

[Salviati] Giuliano de' Medici narrowly
escaped a riot there this morning.

Città di Castello is on the brink
of a massacre.

[Sixtus] I will send an envoy to mediate.

Holiness, the time for mediation
has come and gone

on Florence's watch.

The wolves have already
set about your flock.

There is only one option left.

Raise an army to enter the city?

I purchased Imola with Pazzi money.

The building works I've started
must be paid for.

I'm besieged by family members begging
for riches and advancement.

Some I did not even know I had.
Kill two birds with one stone.

Give command of the army to your nephew,
Cardinal della Rovere,

and when Città di Castello falls,

let it pay him and your army's wages.

[bell dings]

[Lorenzo] My brother...

[man] Sit down.

[Lorenzo] My brother has just returned
from Città di Castello.

It's true. There is unrest.

Vitelli and his corrupt colleagues
have been overtaxing its citizens,

and there can be little doubt that others
have exploited this to foment trouble

and turn the Pope against us.

You have proof?

[man] Where is your proof?

[Petrucci] Gentlemen...

let him finish.

Giuliano advised Vitelli
to lower his taxes,

and he donated money
to provide for the poor.

Too little, too late.

Once more, Lorenzo
and the Medici family have failed us.

Furthermore, I have been advised

that the Pope's army
already advances on the city.

[bell dings]

[Petrucci] He sent his brother there
to investigate and ended the corruption.
What more could Lorenzo have done?

Gonfaloniere Petrucci,

are you not supposed to remain neutral?

Signor Pazzi, withdraw that remark.

I will not.

Instead, I announce...

I will run against you
in the forthcoming elections.

[Francesco] Well, yes!

Let's have a Gonfaloniere
that serves the city...

not the Medici.

[Clarice] Surely, Jacopo will never get
the majority he needs to win the election.

[Luca] You've underestimated him before,
Lorenzo.

[Lucrezia] If there's one thing
Jacopo Pazzi can do, it's fight dirty.

He knows everyone's price.
Nobody can be counted on.

[Luca] This is just what Jacopo wants,

and some are not happy
that we haven't taken a stronger stance

on Città di Castello.

Are you among them?

[Luca] Lorenzo, I...

[Lorenzo] I know Sixtus.

Confrontation will only make
matters worse.

We must play Jacopo at his own game
and fight dirty.

I will fight Jacopo with everything
that I have...

but only if it is legitimate.

Then how will you stop him?

Jacopo believes
the Medici bank is wounded

after the loss of the papal accounts.

By taking over the leadership
of the Priori,

he intends to destroy this family
once and for all.

So, we act quickly.

We make sure of the support we have,
and we win over any others that we can.

Let me speak with Marco Vespucci.

Very well... but tread carefully.

I will call on Ardinghelli myself.

[Marco] Thank you very much
for the visit, Giuliano,

but it wasn't necessary.

There is no question of my loyalty
to your family.

Thank you, Messer Vespucci.

Lorenzo, it has been a long time
since you called on us.

I can guess what brings you here.

And may I ask your answer?

Petrucci interfered with my relations
with the Court of Constantinople.

My business dealings
have been hurt as a result.

The answer is no.

I see.

You understand this would not be a vote
for Petrucci or for me...

but for Florence.

I will not support the Pazzi,

but neither can I support Petrucci.

I will abstain.

I am sorry, Lorenzo.

Then, I will take my leave.

[Marco] Give your brother my respects.

And mine...

to your wife.

Unfortunately today, she is indisposed.

Nothing serious, I hope.

I have summoned a physician
from Padua just to be safe.

[knock on door]

[woman coughing]

Giuliano!

-Don't get up.
-You shouldn't be here.

Leave us.

Giuliano, please...
What are you doing here anyway?

I'm here on business.

I have just returned
from Città di Castello.

I'm glad you have taken your place
as a Medici alongside your brother.

I can be both, a Medici...

and in love with you, Simonetta.

Is that what you are doing?

Trying to prove it to me?

Why else?

We can never be, Giuliano.

Why can you not see it?

Did what we have mean so little

that you can just throw it aside?

It was a way of passing time.
But you and I were nothing.

Less than nothing.

You must leave.

Very well, Ma donna.

I'm sorry to trouble you.

[coughing]

[Jacopo] Well...

Is that not enough?

Throw all the gold you like at me.

I will not betray the Medici.

Is that so, Luca?

How times change, hmm?

Seems only yesterday you helped plan
the attempt on Piero's life.

Did it slip your mind?

You know, I don't think Lorenzo ever knew.

If you want it to stay that way...

you will vote for me, Soderini.

You can have my vote...

but keep your gold.

[Clarice] How was Ardinghelli?

[Lorenzo] Mm-hmm.

His wife saw
that I got what I deserved.

Losing you must've hurt her very much.

Ah, we still face so many problems.

-[baby coos]
-[shushing]

So now, you can do nothing about Milan?

The matter of Città di Castello
is more pressing.

Could you not talk to Sixtus face-to-face?

You have much in common.

[horse galloping]

He's agreed to a private meeting?

Not in so many words, no.

[men praying]

[praying in Latin]

Amen.

[praying in Latin]

Amen.

[hooded man] Forgive me, Father...

for I have sinned.

I have committed many, many sins.

My greatest regret...

was not preventing the death
of hundreds of innocents of Volterra.

Your Holiness...

I had to speak with you alone.

I was told you would not allow it.

I know you mourn
the lives lost at Volterra.

As I know that your actions
in regards to Città di Castello

were made in good faith.

We both have a duty for care
to those who look to us for leadership.

The Curia is grateful to Florence

for its help and guidance
to Città di Castello over the years.

But now, it is time for its citizens

to return to the papal fold.

Unadvised, the Gonfaloniere Vitelli,

is using his position
to exploit citizens.

As have the enemy of the Medici.

And you have to understand

that Vitelli will not open
his gates to you.

Your army will have to sack that city,
and I cannot allow it.

-Not after Volterra.
-Lorenzo...

when you split the papal account,

I did not insist on revoking
the alum contract...

because I believe you're trying
to do good.

That is why I have always sought
to be your friend.

Can that still not be?

I hope so.

But I see no reason to change my mind
on this matter.

Your Holiness, I know
you have given command

of your army to your nephew,

but is it not possible
that on this one occasion,

your deep sense of love
and duty towards your family

has led you to make the wrong decision?

Who are you to judge me?

I'm not judging you, Your Holiness.
God gave you a great intellect,

but you use it to challenge...

I, the Holy Father.

You got power too young...

because you stole it
from a weak father,

and now you abuse it.

Money buys many things,

but not humility.

Go back to Florence,
and do not come here again.

Thank you for receiving me.

There is no point
in our feigning friendship.

I'm not.

As I believe you were not

when you showed me great kindness
on the day of my wedding feast.

You can tell Lorenzo
my husband will not change his mind.

Lorenzo didn't send me.

So, it is to please him that you are here.

Humiliating yourself before the woman
he deceived.

He did not deceive you.

He loved you.

If he told you that, he lied.

He didn't tell me.

I found these amongst his books
in his study.

Poems?

Written for you.

Why are you giving them to me?

If you ever loved him back,
do not stand in his way.

What he does now, he does not for himself,
but for all of us.

[coughing]

[Marco] You may go now, Botticelli.

I will ask Lorenzo to see you receive
the balance of your payment.

No, no, you have me wrong.

I beg you. You must believe me.

My intentions with your wife
were entirely pure.

Let me paint her again.

Please, I beg you to consent.

I do not, and I will not.

[coughs]

It is finished then?

My darling, you should be resting.

May I see it?

[Marco] That is why I had it delivered...

to raise your spirits.

Go on.

Maestro!

It is so-- I do not have words.

Thank you.

I must be allowed to supervise
the placement of the painting.

Marco, please.

[Marco] Very well.

[chirping]

[Simonetta coughing]

Softly.

[continues coughing]

You are not well, Ma donna.

It is nothing, Maestro.

Nothing that this cannot cure.

I'm sorry that my husband punishes you
for our sins.

[coughs]

This is serious.

Promise me you will say nothing
to Giuliano.

[bird chirps]

[footsteps approach]

There, you need never return.

[Lorenzo, voice-over]
You dropped me without pity.

So listless and so pale.

An omen true of life's brief vale,

left lank and limp,
bereft my beauty.

Now I can dwell only
when you plunged me into barren grief.

Me, sweet martyr of malice...

And were I not to remember again
an anxious lover's pet relief,

death would hugely fail us.

Luca...
Luca Soderini,

how goes the vote for the Gonfaloniere?

Lorenzo.
[Lorenzo] What's wrong?

Nothing.

Luca, Luca...

do we have the votes to stop Jacopo Pazzi?

Speak to me.

You are a friend, as you were my father's.

Father.

I must support Jacopo Pazzi.

You'd betray me?

You cannot do this.

My mind is made up.

How did he get to you?

[shouting] Hmm? How did he get to you?

Come on.

You support
whoever your conscience dictates.

Father... why?

Francesco.

Come.

You should have rode Soderini
down in the street.

Without his support, we will lose.

We might as well leave Florence
before we're thrown out.

No.

There are still those who will
desert Jacopo and support Petrucci.

If we can deliver the treaty
with Venice, and Milan.

Guaranteeing the city's future safety.

I will have to persuade Sforza myself.

You're needed elsewhere.

Papal army are within hours
of Città di Castello.

I know. I know. Sixtus would not listen.

-So? Leave Vitelli to his fate.
-And the people?

Florence has long been
that city's protector.

It cannot be another Volterra.

I will write to Città di Castello.
You write to Milan.

Get the duke to sign that treaty.

-Lorenzo...
-[Lucrezia] Giuliano.

Your family needs you.
You'll do as your brother asks.

How do I persuade Sforza?
What has changed?

I will write a letter.

Neither of us
can afford to fail in this, brother.

[Marco] After the election
of the Gonfaloniere,

I must go to Genoa on business.

[coughing]

You might come along?

The sea air would do you good.

It would be good to get out of the city.

[man] Messer, Ma donna,
a visitor, Francesco Pazzi.

Let him enter.

[footsteps approach]

[birds chirping]

I'm sorry to bother you.

What is it you want?

I'm tired.

If you are here to convince me
to vote for your uncle,

you are wasting your time.

Well, once you know what I know...

you'll need no convincing.

It stares you in the face.

Do you think me a ridiculous man?

What do you mean?

Giuliano de' Medici.

It is finished.

Do you love him?

Do you love him?

I can forgive you.

But only if you tell me
you do not love him.

[Simonetta] No! You're hurting me!

[panting] Please, let me go.

[Marco] Move!

[Simonetta] Stop, please!

-Move.
-Marco, please stop.

-[Simonetta panting]
-[Marco grunting]

You will remain here
until I've decided what to do with you.

[Simonetta coughing]

-[door closing]
-[keys jangling]

This letter from Lorenzo
asks me to defy Sixtus.

-He is only a man.
-[Bona] He is Pope.

And if my husband makes an enemy of him,
he will alienate his own citizens.

[dogs barking]

I don't have time for this.

I'm not a politician.
I don't have my brother's silver tongue,

so, I'll speak plainly,
in case you missed the point.

If you do not agree to this treaty, Milan
may find itself in a precarious position.

-[Bona] How so?
-[Giuliano] Venice will remain a rival,

an enemy on one side, on the other side,
you'll no longer have Florence as an ally.

-You threaten me?
-No at all, Duke.

Without this treaty,
my family will lose control of Florence

in the upcoming election.

We'll be replaced by the Pazzi...

who despise you for supporting my father,

my brother, and are allied to the Pope,
who's about to take Città di Castello

and will only continue
to expand the papal states.

That's the choice that faces you, Duke.

[Luca] I've changed my mind.

-I cannot betray Lorenzo.
-[Jacopo] Why?

-You betrayed his father.
-Piero was weak.

And I feared for the city.
But Lorenzo is strong.

You think...

they'll forgive you for trying
to have his father killed.

He may.

For that is the kind of man he is.

But even if he does not...

I will know I've done
the right thing by opposing you.

And you cannot be persuaded otherwise?

-No.
-At any cost?

-No, Jacopo, I'm sorry, but--
-It's all right.

He's an honest man. [laughs]

I respect that, Luca. I do.

Ah. Well, there is nothing more
to be said. You may leave us.

[man] Oh, my God!

[indistinct chatter]

[guard] An intruder!

Get him now!

[guard 2] Move!

I must speak to the cardinal!

I must speak to the cardinal!
I'm Lorenzo de' Medici.

-[della Rovere] Release him!
-[man] Get him on his feet.

[Lorenzo] Your Eminence.

You're too late, Lorenzo.
Vitelli refuses to surrender.

Let me speak with him.
Persuade him to open the gates.

He had his chance.

I have promised my men
we will sack the city.

If Vitelli agrees to pay you
a bounty, your men will be well,

well paid gentlemen.

And they won't even have to fight.

He will never agree.

He knows Sixtus must replace him
in order to bring peace to the city.

Let me try.

You have one hour.

[bell clanging]

[inaudible]

Father! Father!

Father! Father!

Father!

[Lorenzo] Open the gates!

It's Lorenzo de' Medici.

[door opening]

Is this the army
Florence sends to our aid?

A single Medici?

And he offers you more than an army.

Offers you the chance of peace.

We're done talking.

If they wish to take our city,
let them try.

[dogs barking]

If that's what Vitelli wants,
your corrupt Gonfaloniere,

'cause he knows he's got nothing to lose.

Is that what you want?

You know...

that that gate is strong...

but that it won't hold.

You cannot stand
against an army that its soldiers...

will come into your homes...

they'll kill your children...

that they will rape your wives,

and your daughters.
Is that what you want?

If you open that gate now...

those soldiers will do the same.

Then pay a bounty.

Ruin our city by paying for
the privilege to be the Pope's vassals?

There is another way.
[door opening]

[Lucrezia] How did you convince
Vitelli to pay the ransom?

I didn't.

-Our bank will.
-[Lucrezia sighs]

It is already weakened
by the loss of the papal account.

But the people of the city will live.

The Priori will only see
that Florence has effectively yielded

its influence to the Pope.

[Lorenzo] Well?

Sforza agreed.

Then we have a chance to stop Jacopo.

Well done, Brother.

It won't be enough
to turn the Priori our way.

Why not?

Soderini is murdered.

What?

The people believe it was on your orders.

My God.

They knew that he'd promise
his support to the Pazzi.

Vespucci has also declared for Jacopo.

Why?

Because of your affair with his wife.

[horse neighing]

-Where is she?
-Get out of my house.

-Where is she?
-That is none of your business!

I am her husband.

Where is she?

If you've hurt her, I will kill you.

-[door opening]
-[keys jangling]

-[Simonetta coughing]
-[Giuliano] Simonetta.
-What have you done?
-What have I done?

All I asked was that she say,
she did not love you.

-This is your doing.
-Fetch her physician.

Go.

Now!

Come here.

[Simonetta breathing heavily]

-Come with me.
-It's too late.

Why didn't you just tell him
what he wanted to hear?

I could not.

Why did you push me away?

You're a Medici.

-First and last.
-No, no.

I am yours.

Yeah.

[inaudible]

[woman] Lorenzo.

What are you doing here?

I have something to return.

Where did you get these?

Clarice.

She wanted me to know
that you loved me once.

And asked me to persuade
my husband to support Petrucci.

He will.

I'm sorry.

If I ever hurt you.

Thank you.

I did this for your wife.

Bastiano.

Bastiano!

[indistinct chatter]

[Petrucci] Signore Priori,
thank you all for being here.

Let us proceed
with the vote for Gonfaloniere.
So, we won't be discussing
the murder of Luca Soderini?

By hands unknown.

Or the debacle at Città di Castello?

Gentlemen, it no longer matters

if Sixtus holds Città di Castello...

as Florence has never been
more secure than it is today.

[Jacopo scoffs] How so?

Everyone said that
there could never be a treaty

between the three great cities
of Venice, Milan, and Florence.

And yet it is agreed.

[crowd cheering]

I guarantee... I guarantee, gentlemen,

that each will come
to each other's defense if attacked.

[Petrucci] Order! Order!

That's right!
Yes, that's right! Applaud, applaud!

Very good, Lorenzo. Very good.
Another magic trick,

-an illusion.
-[man] Yeah.

Those of us who have been attending
this chamber since before you were born

know an alliance only stands as long as
those who agree to it, uphold it or live.

It secures nothing.

Now, let us proceed with the election.

[indistinct chatter]

Gentlemen...

Signor Pazzi was right.

We have not adequately considered
the death of our friend Luca Soderini.

I propose...

to postpone the vote out of respect.

Yes, because he knows he'll lose.

-[bell ringing]
-[Lorenzo] No!

We must not postpone the vote.

Gentlemen,

Luca Soderini was a dear,
dear friend of mine.

And I can think of no better tribute
than to offer his seat to his son...

Bastiano.

I know what it means
to lose a father too soon.

And to have to assume
greater responsibility,

but I will ask you to do so.

I will be honored.

You know who killed your father, boy?

I do not know.

But I do not believe it was Lorenzo.

I support Petrucci.

-[crowd cheering]
-[man] Yes!

[man] Well said, Bastiano!

Let the voting begin!

-You've done it.
-[bell clanging]

Have you seen Giuliano?

-[Salviati] Where is Jacopo?
-Come.

This alliance with Milan and Venice...

will not hold.

How can you be sure of it?

We've already set in motion

precautionary measures.

We underestimated him.

If Lorenzo can bring Milan
and Venice together,

what other miracles is he capable of?
[Giuliano sobbing]

[Salviati] And Lorenzo?

[Francesco] He's too wily to be outwitted.

[Jacopo] You must go to Rome.

The time for politics is over.

Traitor.

No!

Papa!

Medici blood must be spilled.

["Renaissance"
by Paolo Buonvino & Skin playing]

♪ I am here for all to see ♪

♪ In my bones there's dignity ♪

♪ I will fight them ♪

♪ I can say that I can change the world ♪

♪ But if you let me ♪

♪ I can change our world for us ♪

♪ Come with me and ♪

♪ Make this vision all brand new ♪

♪ We can fight them ♪

♪ I can say that I can win it all ♪

♪ Come with me and ♪

♪ I will make my worst untold ♪

♪ Let me do this ♪

♪ I am here ♪

♪ To rejoice ♪

♪ To revenge ♪

♪ To resolve ♪

♪ To be longed for ♪

♪ To be longed for ♪

♪ I am here ♪

♪ If you want this ♪

♪ To rejoice ♪

♪ If you want this ♪

♪ To revenge ♪

♪ To resolve ♪

♪ To be longed for ♪

♪ To be longed for ♪

♪ I am here ♪

♪ I am here ♪

♪ Sometimes I justify the words I spill ♪

♪ Like secret angels they test your will ♪

♪ Outside my troubles are over ♪