Original subtitles

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AHH.

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NOW I AM THE PRINCE OF PISS! HEH HEH!

I AM THE BEST MAN WITH A SHIT SHOVEL

IN ALL OF VIRGINIA!

[BOTH LAUGHING]

[CALL]

[CALL]

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[SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN]

[SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN]

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[ARROW HITS]

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THIS WOLF WILL KILL

YOUR ANIMALS NO MORE.

HIS HEAD SHOULD BRING A TRADE

OF SHOT AND POWDER.

CHACROW, TRY THE BOOTS.

I PROMISE YOU'’LL LOOK AS FINE AS

ANY ENGLISHMAN WEARING THEM.

YEARDLEY: IT WAS A GREAT HUMILIATION TO ME,

TO OUR COUNTRY,

WHEN SILAS SHARROW ADOPTED

THE HEATHEN RELIGION.

IF THIS RESPECTED PAMUNKEY WARRIOR

SHOULD BE BAPTIZED, SHOULD TAKE A CHRISTIAN NAME...

WHAT VENGEANCE WE'’D ENJOY

AGAINST OPECHANCANOUGH.

MY PET, YOUR GENTLE VOICE

WILL BEST PERSUADE HIM.

[DOOR LOCK RATTLING]

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UHH.

YOUR WIFE IS SO DISTRESSED

SHE IS DONE WITH YOU, MASTER RUTTER.

WHEN I DRINK, SIR, THEN I DON'’T REMEMBER.

AND WHEN I DON'’T RECALL, THEN HOW CAN I BE RESPONSIBLE?

YOU TOLD TAMLIN HE WAS A RAT.

DID NOT DESERVE A MA NOR A PA.

I WOULD NOT SAY SUCH A THING.

TO A BOY? NEVER.

NO, NOT ME.

NO, I'’LL, I'LL SPEAK WITH THE LAD.

IT WILL ALL BLOW BY.

THE BOY IS GONE.

DOES IT NOT SO MUCH AS TROUBLE YOUR MIND, MAN,

THAT YOU MIGHT COMFORT YOUR WIFE?

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WHY DID YOU RETURN THE PROMISSORY NOTE TO ME?

IT GAVE YOU EVERY ADVANTAGE OVER ME.

PROOF OF MY COLLUSION TO STEAL LAND

FROM THE COMPANY.

WHATEVER PLOY OR KEEN TRAP YOU HAVE IN MIND, SIR,

I AM READY TO DEFEND MYSELF.

THE DEED WAS DONE ON AN IMPULSE.

NO, A COMPULSION.

IT WAS A MYSTERY TO ME.

AS WERE MY FEELINGS FOR A WOMAN

SO DANGEROUSLY SELF-SERVING.

WE ARE THE SAME, YOU AND I.

I HEARD TELL OF AN ENCOUNTER YOU HAD

ON A SHIP BEFORE YOU SET SAIL FOR ENGLAND.

DO YOU TRUST ONE LIVING SOUL?

A MAN RECOGNIZED YOU AND YOU SHOWED HIM

IN YOUR POSSESSION A RING

THAT FRIGHTENED HIM SO HE LEFT

THE VESSEL IMMEDIATELY.

I PROMISED MYSELF

I WOULD NEVER LOVE ANY PERSON.

THAT IS MY CREDO. UNTIL NOW.

IT IS YOURS, TOO.

I KNOW YOU HAVE THE RING.

I'’VE HEARD OF THE POWER IT BESTOWS.

MY ADMIRATION FOR YOU, MADAM,

DOES NOT COME ACCOMPANIED WITH HOPE.

I'’M NOT A FOOL.

BUT I SEEMS I WALK IN A NEW WORLD,

ONE IN WHICH I CARE FOR SOMEONE.

IT IS NOT SO LONELY THERE.

I SUSPECT YOU'’RE STALKED

BY THE SAME LONELINESS AS I AM.

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YEARDLEY: HOW DO YOU LIKE MY GIFT FROM CHACROW?

HE IMAGINES HE MIGHT DUPE ME INTO BELIEVING

THAT HE'’S HERE TO SERVE AS MY SCOUT AND HUNTSMAN.

HE IS SURELY AMONGST US TO BE

OPECHANCANOUGH'’S EYES AND EARS.

CHACROW SEEMS MOST KEEN TO OBTAIN

GUNPOWDER FROM US.

THE PAMUNKEY PLANT IT IN THE GROUND.

FOOLS BELIEVE THEY CAN GROW IT. [LAUGHS]

YEARDLEY: YOUR BROTHERS PERSUADED ME TO LET YOU RETURN,

AND YET IT IS THOSE SAME MEN

WHO AVOID ENGLISH TAXES BY

SENDING THEIR TOBACCO TO MIDDLEBURG.

YOU KNOW THAT IS NOT TRUE.

I HAVE DOCUMENTS TO PROVE IT.

OR AT LEAST I CAN HAVE THEM CONCOCTED.

FEED CHACROW'’S LOVE OF GUNPOWDER.

BRING HIM HERE. SHOW HIM HOW WE MAKE IT.

ENCOURAGE HIM TO BELIEVE THAT WE MIGHT

GIFT HIM WITH KNOWLEDGE.

WHAT BETTER MAN TO DO IT THAN YOU,

THE MAN WHO TURNED AGAINST HIS OWN PEOPLE?

YOU WILL BE THE ONE

WHO WILL PRIZE CHACROW AWAY

FROM HIS LOYALTY TO OPECHANCANOUGH.

DELIVER HIM TO US,

OR YOUR BROTHERS'’ LAND WILL BE TAKEN FROM THEM.

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TEMPERANCE: IT WAS ON SUCH A CROSS

THAT JESUS CHRIST, OUR SAVIOR,

DIED TO DELIVER US FROM OUR SINS.

AH. SACRIFICE.

YES. IF YOU KNEW JESUS,

AND THAT IS WHY I SPEAK TO YOU NOW,

YOU AND YOUR KIND WOULD BE SPARED DAMNATION

AND AN ETERNITY IN HELL.

THE HEAD OF A MAN THAT STOOD UPON A STICK.

THAT WAS A GREAT OFFERING TO THE SPIRITS?

NO. THE SECRETARY

COMMITTED TERRIBLE CRIMES.

HIS HEAD WAS CUT OFF. FOR US,

A WRONG MUST BE MADE RIGHT.

WHEN THERE IS A KILLING OR A BETRAYAL,

THEN A WARRIOR FROM THE BLOODLINE

MUST ANSWER WITH EQUAL HARM.

IT MUST BE SO.

SILAS: CHACROW,

THE GOVERNOR BID ME GIVE YOU INSTRUCTION.

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MASTER CRABTREE HAS A RING.

I BELIEVE IT LIVES IN HIS POCKET.

[CLATTERING] AAH!

JAMES! OHH!

OH, IT'’S A WOUND TO ADD

TO THE MANY OTHERS THAT I'’VE EARNED.

THE RING--I BELIEVE IT WILL TELL US

THE TRUE MANNER OF THIS MAN.

I WILL FIND IT.

YOU LOOK AS FRAIL AS A CHILD DOES.

FRAIL? YOU ARE WRONG, SIR.

WRONG. NEVER FRAIL.

VIRGINIA HAS TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING

I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT STRENGTH

AND SELF-RELIANCE.

EVERY DAY, I AM REMINDED

THAT I HAVE TO LIVE BY WILL, SHEER WILL.

WHY DO YOU PROTEST SO MUCH?

[SIGH]

LET ME REMIND YOU FRIENDLY TO YOUR EAR,

MASTER READ.

I KNOW MYSELF WELL ENOUGH.

THERE IS NO MARKET FOR YOUR ILL-NAMED CONCERNS.

I MUST FIND THE RING.

WHY MUST YOU?

BECAUSE THERE IS POWER IN IT.

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YEARDLEY WILL SHOW ME

HOW GUNPOWDER IS MADE?

[SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN]

I TRADE.

[SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN]

YOU ARE NOT PAMUNKEY.

WE WILL SPEAK ENGLISH.

YOU DISHONOR YOUR ANCESTORS WITH THIS.

THE CREATURE IS SACRED TO YOUR FAMILY.

WHEN YOU CAME TO LIVE WITH PAMUNKEY,

IT WAS BECAUSE YEARDLEY WAS GOING TO KILL YOU.

BUT NOW YOU ARE RETURNED TO YOUR OWN PEOPLE.

HOW IS IT POSSIBLE, SILAS?

MY BROTHERS MADE A GIFT OF A GOLDEN HORSE

TO BUY THE GOVERNOR'’S FORGIVENESS OF ME.

OPECHANCANOUGH BELIEVES THAT YOU WERE

ALWAYS A SPY FOR YEARDLEY.

BUT YOU KNOW HOW I--HOW I LOVE MY LIFE

THE PAMUNKEY GAVE TO ME.

THAT YOU GAVE TO ME.

CHACROW, I COULD NEVER BETRAY YOU.

[GRUNTS]

NOW, WILL, WILL YOU SPEAK TO OPECHANCANOUGH

AND TELL HIM THAT YOU KNOW ME TO BE TRUE?

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MY KING SAYS YOU MUST DIE, SILAS.

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AND HE, HE'’S CHOSEN YOU TO KILL ME?

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WHEN?

SOON.

SOON, SILAS.

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IN'’T THERE NO WORD OF TAMLIN,

MISTRESS RUTTER?

A FARMER SAID HE HAS CAUGHT A BOAT

TO GLOAMING CREEK.

DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR THAT IS?

BOY IS GONE.

YOU HEAR ME, GIRL--

PEPPER SHARROW IS A GOOD MAN.

YOU HAVE HIS CHILDREN AND HOLD THEM TIGHT.

MY MISTRESS NEEDS ME.

TO HELL WITH YOUR MISTRESS!

IF YOU KNOW WHAT LOVE IS,

YOU'’LL PUT A CHILD INSIDE YOU.

GOD WOULD STRIKE ME DOWN.

I IN'’T MARRIED.

OUR GOVERNOR CUT THE HEAD OFF A MAN

AND PUT IT ON A SPIKE

AND GOD LOST NO SLEEP OVER THAT, DID HE?

TAKE YOUR LOVER INTO THE LONG GRASS

AND HONEY HIM UNTIL YOU HAVE

LOVED YOURSELVES SPENT.

SPENT? I, I DON'’T KNOW

THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BE SPENT.

I HAVE SUCH AN ITCH ABOUT MY FOOT.

AND MY NECK AND MY HANDS.

BUT SPENT?

OH.

[SHIVERING]

[SCRAPING]

[RAIN FALLING]

I WILL BE A GOOD HUSBAND, WINGANUSKE.

I WILL BRING YOU CHILDREN, HENRY.

THE GOVERNOR HAS PAMUNKEY LABOR.

YES, MA'’AM.

THE OTHER FARMS ALSO HAVE NATURALS.

BUT NOT MINE.

IT WAS MY NOTION TO BRING THEM HERE.

I WAS THE ONE WHO MADE ENTREATIES WITH THE PAMUNKEYS.

THERE IS NO JUSTICE IF I AM TO BE DENIED.

PERHAPS YOU WILL HAVE NATURALS

ON YOUR FARM SOON, MA'’AM.

I WILL.

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SILAS: CHARCOAL.

LOGS OF WOOD BURN SLOWLY.

THEY'’RE COVERED WITH EARTH AND STRAW

SO THERE'’S NO AIR.

FOR 5 DAYS, THESE MEN

KEEP THE EARTH COVERING IT.

THIS IS GUNPOWDER.

ONE PART OF IT.

CHACROW, I CANNOT ASK YOU TO

REFUSE OPECHANCANOUGH,

BUT IF YOU KILL AN ENGLISHMAN,

YOU WILL BE HANGED,

AND IF YOU KILL A SHARROW,

MY BROTHERS WILL NOT REST

UNTIL THEY ARE REVENGED.

I MIGHT FAIL.

YOU MIGHT KILL ME, SILAS.

NO, THAT IS, THAT IS NOT HOW IT WILL BE.

HMM.

YOU'’RE STILL MY BROTHER, CHACROW.

YOU'’LL ALWAYS BE MY BROTHER.

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS] [LAUGHS]

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[GRUNTING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

YOU ARE A FOOL!

YOU WILL NEVER BE PAMUNKEY!

A FOOL WHO CANNOT OBEY HIS KING!

WHO BRINGS HIS OWN EXILE!

BRINGS HIS OWN DEATH!

[CRIES OUT]

CHARCOAL.

YOU THINK THIS PROVES YOUR LOVE OF PAMUNKEY?

NO. NO.

THIS IS NOT GUNPOWDER.

YOU SHOW ME ALL OF IT.

YOU SHOW ME HOW TO MAKE IT.

I WILL.

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FOR YOU.

TO SHOW YOU THAT I'’M GLAD

YOU HAVE RETURNED.

MY KING SENT ME TO YOU.

IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE HERE WITH ME

BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF OUR CHILD, WINGANUSKE,

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO STAY.

I WANT YOU HERE BY MY SIDE.

BUT I KNOW YOU'’RE HERE BECAUSE

OPECHANCANOUGH TOLD YOU TO.

NO. IT WAS NOT OPECHANCANOUGH SENT ME.

IT WAS MANGOPEESOMON. MY KING.

OPECHANCANOUGH IS YOUR KING.

MANGOPEESOMON.

OPECHANCANOUGH HAS CHANGED HIS NAME.

IF A PAMUNKEY CHANGES HIS NAME,

IT'’S FOR A REASON.

IF A KING TAKES A NEW NAME,

THAT MUST MEAN SOMETHING.

LET US LIE UPON THE BED, HENRY.

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REDWICK: THE DANGER IS IF CRABTREE

RETURNS TO ENGLAND.

HE MUST NEVER BOARD A SHIP.

YEARDLEY: HE MIGHT YET SECRETLY SEND A REPORT

TO THE VIRGINIA COMPANY.

IF HE SHOULD DIE, THEY'’LL SEND AUDITORS

TO LOOK AT OUR EVERY DEALING.

CRABTREE PRESENTS HIMSELF AS A FACTOR.

IF THIS MAN WERE TO BREAK

THE CODES OF JAMESTOWN,

WHY SHOULD WE NOT THEN DEAL WITH HIM

AS NO MORE THAN A FACTOR,

AND NOT A COMPANY AGENT?

WE MIGHT BRING HIM HERE TO THE JAILHOUSE.

AND HERE APPLY PERSUASION TO ENCOURAGE HIM

TO SEND A REPORT TO ENGLAND

THAT MIGHT MORE SUIT OUR WISHES.

REDWICK: MASTER CRABTREE.

OUR GOVERNOR WOULD SPEAK WITH YOU.

HE WOULD INSPECT YOUR IMPORT PAPERS, SIR.

A FORMIDABLE FEAT, SIR:

TO SO CAPTURE THE PAMUNKEY SHARROW

AND HAVE HIM WALK BEHIND YOUR HORSE

LIKE A WHIPPED DOG.

HOW WAS IT DONE?

AUTHORITY, SIR, AND A MUSKET.

DIDN'’T HE PRESS AN ARROW AGAINST YOUR FLESH

AND WISP AWAY ONCE BEFORE?

HOW WAS IT DONE?

DO YOU DOUBT ME, MASTER CRABTREE?

WHY YOU DOUBT THAT I DOUBT YOU, SIR?

HAVE I NOT MADE MYSELF CLEAR?

HOW WAS IT DONE?

IF YOU DID NOT HIDE BEHIND YOUR HUMP,

I'’D RELISH RIDING MY SWORD THROUGH YOUR THROAT.

I ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE.

AH!

WE LIVE IN A DAY OF WORSHIPPING WEAPONS.

ONCE, WHEN MEN WERE MEN,

A DAGGER, A PISTOL, A MUSKET,

THESE DID NOT DECIDE A DUEL.

FISTS SERVED AS HONEST CLUBS OF HONOR.

IT WOULD BE A KIND DAY I HAD

OPPORTUNITY TO BUCKLE THE REST OF YOUR BODY

WITH MY OWN HANDS.

MY FATHER WAS A PRIZEFIGHTER,

HIS BEFORE HIM.

BRUTAL BEASTS,

TONGUES TOO TIGHT TO BOAST.

BUT I HEARD HOW THEY HAD KILLED

MEN BY THE NUMBER WITH THEIR FISTS.

I WOULD SNEAK OUT AT NIGHT,

FOLLOW MY PA, AND WATCH IN THE DARK

AS HIS MIGHTY ARMS SWUNG DOWN BLOWS

WITH FORCE ENOUGH TO FELL A BULL.

AND ME, HIS SON, SO FREAK-FEEBLED

HE COULD NOT FIX HIS EYES UPON ME FOR SHAME.

I CAST MY OWN FORM IN IRON

AND WAITED THE DAY I WOULD

CRUSH MY FATHER'’S JAW WITH A SINGLE BLOW.

[EXHALES]

MAN: UHH!

MAN: UHH!

[PANTING]

MAN: AH!

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MY FATHER

LOOKED UPON ME KINDLY AFTER THAT.

I SALUTE YOU, MARSHAL.

NO ONE HAS EVER LANDED MORE THAN

ONE BLOW UPON ME.

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SILAS: CHACROW, WILL YOU TELL ME

HOW IT'’S TO BE DONE?

WHEN YOU TELL ME THE LAST OF HOW

GUNPOWDER IS MADE...

I WILL FACE YOU AS A FRIEND.

IT WILL BE DONE WITH RESPECT.

YOU MIGHT COME TO ME BY THE DARK.

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SILAS: GUNPOWDER CANNOT BE MADE WITHOUT SALTPETER.

SHIT IS MIXED WITH

ASHES AND WEEDS AND PISS

AND IT ROTS UNTIL IT DECAYS AND CRUMBLES,

AND THEN IT IS WASHED SO THAT THE WATER

LEACHES OVER IT, THEN HEATED,

AND WHEN ALL OF THE MIST AND DAMP

RISES UP LIKE A VAPOR,

THERE IS LEFT A SALT.

PEDRO? CAN YOU PASS US SOME SALTPETER?

PEDRO: WHAT THESE FINE MEN

MAKE FROM PIG'’S DUNG

IS BEAUTIFUL, SILAS.

CHACROW, YOU SERVE OUR GOVERNOR NOW?

CHACROW IS A FRIEND TO US, PEDRO.

YOU CHOOSE TO LEAVE YOUR OWN PEOPLE

TO FOLLOW THAT CREATURE THAT

MAKES THE AIR FILTHY AROUND HIM?

MY KING MADE A GIFT OF CHACROW TO YEARDLEY.

HUH.

THIS MAN, PEDRO--

THIS MAN I TRUST LIKE NO OTHER.

THIS MAN, HE KNOWS HONOR,

AND WHATEVER THIS MAN DOES WILL BE TRUE.

MY FRIEND, THERE'’S ONLY ONE MORE PART

TO GUNPOWDER THAT YOU MUST LEARN.

THEN YOU WILL BE READY.

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

CRABTREE: DO YOU SUPPOSE THE MARSHAL

IS TAMED, SIR, BY MY FISTS?

SUCH BLOWS MIGHT HAVE FLOORED A BEAR.

THEY WILL SOON HAVE ME IN THE JAILHOUSE, SIR.

THE PROSPECT DOES NOT SEEM TO CONCERN YOU.

IT'’S WHAT I WANT.

A SHIP CAME HERE TO JAMESTOWN.

"THE WHITE LION." DO YOU KNOW IT?

IT'’S THE VESSEL THAT DELIVERED

MARIA AND PEDRO AND THEIR PEOPLE.

THAT BUSINESS IS MIRED WITH MYSTERY AND INTRIGUE.

THE BLACKAMOORS WERE STOLEN FROM THE SPANISH.

NO ONE YET KNOWS WHO IN ENGLAND

COMMISSIONED THE PIRATES TO RAID THE VESSEL.

AFTER THE CARGO WAS UNLOADED HERE

AND YEARDLEY GAINED THESE SERVANTS--

HE CALLS THEM SERVANTS,

BUT THERE IS NO END YET NAMED TO THEIR TENURE,

SO, SOME MIGHT BETTER NAME THEM AS SLAVES.

THE SHIP WAS ABANDONED,

AND ITS CREW VANISHED INTO VIRGINIA.

THEY MIGHT BE DISCOVERED YET.

DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR

THIS LAND STRETCHES, SIR?

HOW MANY SOULS LIVE HERE NOW?

YOU WON'’T FIND THEM.

YOU WERE ONCE A HUNTSMAN

FAMILIAR WITH THOSE TRAILS.

I DO NOT WISH TO GO.

OH, BUT YOU WILL.

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AHH.

THERE'’S A HELL THAT ONLY A DRUNK

CAN TAKE YOU TO.

HE DON'’T EVEN NEED TO DRAG YOU THERE.

ALL HE HAS TO DO IS HOLD OUT HIS HAND,

BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A GOLDEN DAY,

A DAY THAT'’LL NEVER ARRIVE.

WHEN YOUR VERY LOVE OF HIM

WILL DELIVER THE BEAST

FROM HIS OWN SELF-POSSESSION.

I'’VE BEEN A-THINKING ON, ON WHAT YOU TOLD ME,

AND PRAYING, AND IMAGINING

WHAT YOU DESCRIBED.

TAKING PEPPER INTO THE LONG GRASS

AND WHATEVER IT WAS YOU SAID. SPENT.

GOD WOULD SEE US THERE

AND IT WOULD BE A SIN.

SO, I...CAN'’T.

CHILD...THERE ARE SUCH WRONGS IN THIS WORLD

AND YOU BELIEVE THAT A WOMAN

HANGING ON A MAN'’S TROUT IS A SIN?

NO WONDER YOUR MA CALLED YOU MERCY.

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YEARDLEY: A MAN MUST LEAVE A LEGACY:

IT IS THE MARK OF HIM.

I WILL, OF COURSE, LEAVE LAND TO MY CHILD,

BUT WHAT I MOST WANT TO BEQUEATH

IS WHAT MAKES MY HEART SWELL WITH PRIDE.

SIR, I HOPE TO HAVE THE SAME PERPLEXITY

MYSELF SOMEDAY SOON, GOVERNOR.

THERE. PLACE YOUR NAME NEXT TO MINE

TO CERTIFY YOU SAW ME

CAST MY WISHES ONTO PAPER.

I WOULD READ THE DOCUMENT FIRST, GOVERNOR.

YOU SAW ME WRITE MY NAME.

THAT'’S ALL YOU NEED CONFIRM.

WELL, IF I'’M TO OBLIGE, SIR,

THEN I MUST KNOW THE CONTENT.

I CANNOT SIGN THIS.

I DID NOT ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL, DOCTOR,

JUST YOUR WITNESS.

PEDRO AND MARIA ARE LIVING SOULS.

THE SAME AS YOU AND I.

YOU CANNOT BEQUEATH THEM TO YOUR CHILDREN.

OH, BUT DEAR DOCTOR, I HAVE.

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MEREDITH: PEDRO, MARIA,

IN'’T YOU GOOD COMPANIONS OF MY WIFE?

TELL HER THAT I HAVE SUFFERED

A TERRIBLE WRONG.

I HAVE SUCH BURDENS, SEE,

AS NO MAN SHOULD CARRY.

WON'’T YOU

COME TO MY AID

WHEN I AM SO AFFLICTED WITH INJUSTICES?

HAVE YOU NO HEART WITHIN YOU?

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I WILL GO TO JAMESTOWN.

IF, WHILE I AM GONE, YOU ESCAPE

TO THE FARAWAY MOUNTAINS...

THEN I CAN FACE MY PEOPLE.

I WILL BE MOCKED FOR LOSING YOU.

OPECHANCANOUGH WILL PUNISH ME.

BUT HE WILL NOT KILL ME.

I DO NOT WANT TO RUN.

HMM.

THE LAST PART OF GUNPOWDER

CANNOT BE MADE.

IT IS DUG FROM THE ROCKS

AND BROUGHT HERE TO US.

I'’LL GAIN YOU SOME,

BRING IT TO YOU BY DARK.

YOU WILL BE THE PAMUNKEY

WHO BROUGHT HIS PEOPLE THE SECRET OF GUNPOWDER.

THEY WILL LOVE YOU WELL.

♪

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[RETCHING]

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LOOK.

HE DOES NOT STAND LIKE A MAN SHOULD.

DOES NOT TAKE CARE OF HIS WIFE.

THAT MAN HAS YOUR GOD IN HIS HEART?

CHACROW, THE ALMIGHTY LORD

ONCE SENT THIS WRETCH TO SAVE ME!

[MEREDITH RETCHING]

THIS IS HOW GOD WORKS.

HE SENT A MIRACLE.

CHACROW, I WAS ABOUT TO KILL A MAN.

AND GOD SENT THIS PITIFUL BEAST

TO DELIVER ME.

[SPITS]

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[GROANING]

[PANTING]

THAT BOY IN'’T COMING BACK.

HE IN'’T EVER COMING BACK.

WON'’T LAST LONG OUT THERE.

AND IN THE DAYS THAT HE HAS LEFT,

HE BELIEVES THAT HE IN'’T WORTHY

OF A MOTHER'’S LOVE.

YOU CAN HIDE BEHIND YOUR DRUNKENNESS,

MEREDITH RUTTER, UNTIL THE DAY THAT IT KILLS YOU,

BUT SUPPOSE FOR A DAY,

FOR AN HOUR, A MINUTE,

SUPPOSING YOU COULD JUST STAND STILL

AND FACE YOURSELF.

SUPPOSE YOU COULD SAY IT, HUH, FOR ME.

SAY IT!

YOU SAY THAT YOU DROVE THAT BOY AWAY

WHEN YOU KNEW THAT I LOVED HIM AS MY OWN CHILD.

DON'’T I DESERVE THAT?

ONE MOMENT OF HONESTY

SO I KNOW THAT YOU'’RE STILL HUMAN?

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I DROVE THAT BOY AWAY FROM HERE

WITH MY CRUELTY AND MY COWARD'’S HEART.

[CRYING]

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

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[EXHALES]

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HENRY: SILAS, BEFORE YOU LEFT THE PAMUNKEY,

DID YOU HEAR OF OPECHANCANOUGH

CHANGING HIS NAME?

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YOU HAVE A PAMUNKEY WIFE, HENRY.

YOU WILL HAVE PAMUNKEY CHILDREN.

KEEP YOUR PEACE WITH THEM.

YOU'’LL LIVE WELL.

BROTHER, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

YOU KNOW MY STRENGTH, HENRY.

YOU KNOW MY COURAGE. WHAT LIES BEFORE ME.

I CHOOSE.

BROTHER, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

BROTHER.

SILAS!

[SIGH]

AHEM.

MA'’AM, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE WITH CHILD?

YOUR INNOCENCE MAKES YOU BOLD, GIRL.

HOW SWEET.

THE STARS GLISTEN IN FANTASTICAL PATTERNS.

THE WHOLE WORLD, MERCY,

IS KINDER TO A WOMAN

KNOWS SHE IS CARRYING A BABE.

I DO ENVY YOU SO, LADY YEARDLEY.

YOU WILL HAVE YOUR TURN, MERCY.

GOD LOVES NOTHING BETTER THAN A WOMAN

MADE RICH IN HER WOMB.

♪

[RAIN FALLING] [WATER SPLASHING]

♪

[LAUGHS]

PEPPER...

I WANT TO HANG ON YOUR TROUT.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

I DON'’T KNOW.

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THE FACTOR ACCUSED ME OF BEING LONELY.

AND YOU CHRISTENED ME FRAIL, ALL IN ONE DAY.

WE SHALL SEE.

[SIGH]

I INTEND TO STEAL MASTER CRABTREE'’S PRECIOUS RING.

I KNOW WHERE IT RESIDES.

YOU SOUND CERTAIN THAT YOU'’LL SUCCEED.

YOU MIGHT KNOW ME AGAIN, JAMES...

IF YOU PROMISE NOT TO LOVE ME.

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YOU RIPPED MY MAN'’S BLOOD FROM ME

WITH THAT SAME BEGUILING.

NEVER MORE.

MY THOUGHTS ARE LIKE WINE--

THEY'’RE INTOXICATING TO ME.

I WILL HAVE THE RING.

YOU WILL.

WE BOTH KNOW IT.

BUT WHERE DOES IT LEAD YOU?

ARE YOU NOTHING BUT REVENGE?

GO BACK TO YOUR SLEEP, SIR.

IT SUITS YOU WELL.

♪

MEREDITH: I DROVE THAT BOY AWAY WITH MY CRUELTY

AND MY COWARD'’S HEART.

I DROVE THAT BOY AWAY WITH MY CRUELTY AND MY COWARD'’S HEART.

YOU SAY I HAVE CURED YOU

OF YOUR LONELINESS.

NOT YOU, MADAM,

BUT MY HEART'’S TENDERNESS FOR YOU.

YOU'’VE OUTWITTED ME AT EVERY TURN.

YOU'’RE NOT A FACTOR, NOR A COMPANY AGENT.

YOU ARE A SEEMER, SIR.

A SHAPESHIFTER INSISTS UPON MYSTERY.

WHICH WILLMUS CRABTREE AM I TO BELIEVE?

DO YOU SUPPOSE THE RING WILL BRING YOU

FULL FAMILIARITY WITH ALL THAT I AM?

IF YOU FEEL SICK...

IT IS NOT A FATAL POISON;

MERELY A SLEEPING POTION.

[LAUGHS]

WELL.

WHAT WILL WE DO TO PASS THE TIME

UNTIL I AM TAKEN?

SHALL I UNPICK MY OWN WITS

AND TELL YOU OF THE MOMENT THAT I WAS WON?

[SIGH]

[CALL]

[CALL]

[MAKES CALL]

♪

YOU...YOU DROVE THAT BOY AWAY.

YOU DROVE THAT BOY AWAY.

YOUR OWN CRUELTY, MEREDITH RUTTER.

YOUR OWN COWARD'’S HEART.

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AS I WALKED HERE...

I SAW THE WORLD AS YOU

TAUGHT ME TO SEE IT, CHACROW.

FOR THAT REASON, I CANNOT GIVE YOU

THE LAST PART OF MAKING GUNPOWDER.

[GROANING]

I DROVE THAT BOY AWAY.

YOUR OWN CRUELTY, MEREDITH RUTTER,

YOUR OWN COWARD'’S HEART.

YOU AIN'’T NOTHING WORSE THAN THERE IS.

CHACROW: IS THIS WHAT YOU INTENDED?

TO MOCK ME

SO THAT I'’D LIVE IN YOUR SHADOW?

TO PRETEND THAT YOU WILL SHOW YOUR LOVE TO ME?

I HAVE SEEN WHAT THIS THING WE CALL PROGRESS

HAS DONE TO THE ENGLISH,

AND I WILL NOT BE THE MAN

WHO BRINGS IT TO YOU.

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OPECHANCANOUGH KNOWS WHAT IS TRUE.

♪

I DO THIS BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.

[SIGH]

SILAS SHARROW

HAS BIT ME WITH LIES.

♪

[COUGHS]

[SCREAMING]

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RAISE THE ALARM!

MASTER RUTTER HAS FALLEN!

RAISE THE ALARM!

[MEREDITH GROANING]

[CALLING]

[MEREDITH GURGLING]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING IN DISTANCE]

♪

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YOU HOLD THE KING'’S OWN SIGNET.

YOU ARE THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN VIRGINIA.