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The following programme
contains strong language,

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and scenes of a sexual nature.

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Lady Villiers, I'm sorry
about your husband's death.

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And, I'm afraid,
the estate is bankrupt.

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There's only one option.
Marry again?

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Sir Thomas Compton?
- Afraid so. You?
- Your next wife.

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Where are we?
France.

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'Own your body.'

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Have you found me a wife?
I think we aim higher.

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So... are you ready
for His Majesty or not?

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If we tread right, George,
he'll be yours.

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Mine.

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Ours.

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May I help you, sir?

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Make you happy
and glad all over for a shilling?

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Wrong tree, bark... and all that.

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Fine, two shillings, then.
Why'd the price double?

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Logistics.

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Men want a quick pump and a squirt
in any old warm pit, but...

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women want the real thing,
done in no rush, as a matter.

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Twice the care, twice the rate.

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Market forces.
Don't blame me, I'm just...

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a powerless cog.
Are you a specialist?

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Interested?

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Why pay for a fruit
so easy to pluck,

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whenever you like for free?

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You're the one
in a fucking brothel, love.

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I'm just here to meet someone.
Well, he can watch for his shilling.

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He may need your services,
but I do not.

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No, but I'd say you need something,
- love.
- And what's that? My need?

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I've seen enough
half-souls in my days.

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Worn down by Mistress Time.

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Those who never feel...

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full of heart, and...

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...I see you.

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If I were you...

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I would avoid the prunes.

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Why suggest this place, Sir David?

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Because I don't trust my servants.

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Or yours. Or... fucking anybody's.

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And this is a locals' venue.
Are you certain?

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Oh, no, that's my man Wearstrap.

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Low, base fellow.

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But he could wrestle a bear to
- death.
- What's so secret to discuss?

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His Majesty is
at Newmarket soon for the races.

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And pretty boys always turn up,
trying to lure the King.

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But only I know the route.

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George will have
an open road to be seen.

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That's your plan? Stand by the road
like a pretty piece of meat?

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Somerset has had the King
basically locked up.

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This is a rare excursion
and opportunity.

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Let us avoid
another violent disaster.

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The King took his side
against Somerset, as did the Queen.

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The Queen detests Somerset,
so that was no surprise.

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But the King not siding
with his lover? George got lucky.

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Why does the Queen hate Somerset?

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Well, you met him. But the Queen
also hates me... and all men.

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Especially those
the King... favours.

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Maybe George's...

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girlish qualities appeal to her?

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More prunes?
Thanks.

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Anyway... Newmarket.

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Are you in? Or not?

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Never on time is he, His Maj?

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Bet you thought
you were being clever,

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avoiding the crowds
on the High Street?

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But, not the only one
with the idea...

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are ya, sweet?

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No, we get
all the Peacock Petes here

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when the King visits
for the gee-gees.

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All hoping his eyes,
or lower, will wander.

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I'm just here on business.

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What's your business, sir?

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Are you hammer or anvil?

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Shovel or bucket? Or both?

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I'm going to punch you
in both of your eyes.

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I don't mind, I like it rough.

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As long as we cuddle after.
Mm.

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Though, I can pay. A bit.
I'm not for hire.

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You'd bend over for the King.
His body's no better than mine.

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Well, he's the King.

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And you are what, exactly?

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Available.

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The King already
has his honeypot slot.

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Somerset.

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Aim lower.

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No.

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Do you know how
the King and his boy met?

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See, young Somerset
broke his leg at a joust.

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The King took pity on him.
That was that.

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Let me pity you, son.
I don't need your pity.

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Once he sees me, he will
bring me into his court, I know it.

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I'm not like them.

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Your Majesty!
Well, we'll see, won't we, love?

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Your Majesty! Your Majesty!

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James!
Your Majesty!

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Oh!

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Please, Master John?

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Thank you, Miss Ashcattle.

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Jenny.
So?

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So whoever told you the road
was clear, don't trust them again.

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I've missed you, George.

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Will you hunt with me?

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Just us.

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So what are we hunting?

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John is not well.

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Hasn't left his bed in days.

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Is that Miss Ashcattle's hound?

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I found him this morning.

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A man's hands choked him, I'd say.

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And you think it was John?

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Maybe it attacked him first?
Hm, possible.

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But it was a docile thing,
for all its yapping.

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If this body is found

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and dug up by man or fox,
people will know it was John.

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His wounds. His moods.
The servants talk.

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Other houses talk.
It's a pet dog.

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I don't think-
We are on the edge of something.

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Who marries John if this is known?
Who marries John, anyway?

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Sir Edward Coke, the Chief Justice,

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is looking for a soft, delicate man

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to wed his young daughter.

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Soft?

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Delicate?
John is both, in his heart.

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Who does not have
some violence in theirs?

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I thought our focus was the King.

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John needs a future too.

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What happens to him if I die,
or you?

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Why I wrote to Sir Edward...

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...that he may visit.

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Now, won't you help your brother?

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It will involve a lie.

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And to lie well,
you must believe it too.

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What lies have you told?

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None, ever.

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See?

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Now shoot.

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For John.

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What's that, Master George?

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As I was hunting...

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...he came out of nowhere.

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Before I knew it...

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It was a...

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a terrible accident.

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It was all my fault, really.

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I know you loved him like a son.

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I hope you can forgive me.

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Adam's not fresh dead.

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Wound's wrong.

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Not enough blood, Master George.

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I'm telling you the truth.

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You can tell
your little story all over, son.

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I'll tell no other.

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But do not piss up my back
and tell me it rains.

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Tell this to my Lady...

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...I'm too old.

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And I've seen too much.

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Any more news from your friend?

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What next? I dive into the Thames,
hope the King jumps in after me?

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No, none yet. He's the slow sort.
He can afford to be.

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More pressing to us -
will John behave today?

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I don't know.

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He speaks so little.
Well, maybe that's for the best.

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Leave Sir Edward to me.

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Not like that. I know the sort.

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Wants a young man to look up to him.

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Paternally, Mother.
Whatever works.

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Wait. Oh, wait, wait, wait.
Is that her?

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She looks so frail.

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Ugh!
Don't worry.

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I'm sure Frances Coke
is a tough little blooming flower.

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Her mother is, at least.

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Lady Hatton, they call her.

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Her first husband, Lord Hatton,
died and left her all his estate.

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She kept the dead man's money.
And his name.

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How humiliating for Coke.

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You two, stop your gossiping.

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Sorry.
Just excited for dinner, Daddy.

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Yes. It will be a glorious night
of wit, wisdom and absolute frolics.

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A wonderful home.

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I thank my husband for that.

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A wonderful daughter, you have.

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And you have your John.
Mm.

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He's quiet tonight.
He prefers to savour his food.

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I like a man of reserve.

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Too many loud, raucous sorts,
these days.

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A curse of my generation.

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Many feel the need
to strut around like a Peacock Pete.

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Yes, the young have lost their way.
I won't comment on womenfolk.

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They've always mystified me.

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Oh, I'm sure.

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Speaking of the, uh... feminine,
and not to reminisce, but...

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we had a golden age under Elizabeth.

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What was she like?

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Perhaps it was her...

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celibacy? Her unspoilt heart.

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Living only to rule, and...

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...I admit,
I was more in favour then,

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in her Court,
than I am in the current-

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Just because Elizabeth
never shared a bed...

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...or admitted to...

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why must she be touted
as some Magic-Hymened Saviour

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of all mankind?
But she was our saviour.

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Against the Spanish Armada.

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Ireland's insurgents.
The French.

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Any bloody filthy Catholic,
come to that.

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And would've done that if she'd
eased on to the odd coil of flesh.

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Coil of flesh?

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Whatever nomenclature you prefer.

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I mean, is King James
really any worse?

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Because his favourite pursuits
are to hunt and to fuck.

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Uh... Perhaps we change the subject?

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There are young, unspoilt minds
and bodies here we must protect.

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Aren't we here for the exact
opposite fucking purpose?

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What do you mean?

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The point of this dinner
is to consider sacrificing

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Frances's body and mind,
to a union with... him.

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Clarify your position.
I mean...

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how dare you pretend
he is good enough for her?

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And you want my inheritance
to pay the dowry?

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I-I would rather strangle her dead.

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Mother!

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It would be a kindness.
This is why I never listen to him.

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Does she mean me?
Yes.

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Thank goodness I don't rely
on his money to do...

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anything.

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What an ever-closing prison
that would be.

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Scrabbling for coins,

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position, favour, like some, um...

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...streetwalker!

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Shall we go? I think we shall. Come.

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You haven't heard my son speak.
Oh, do I need to?

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Been like it since birth, hasn't he?

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The cord around his neck,
inside you,

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strangled any sense from the lad.

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And it isn't just him, is it?

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A whole dark brood, the lot of you.

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Starting with her.
What sort of Lady is she?

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I hear rumours -
nothing of the sort.

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And I might just believe them.

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And then there's the sodomite son
with the... with the gallows eyes,

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who thinks his shaft and taint
the very centre of the Earth.

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Those other fucking two.
Jesus Christ.

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I mean, one might stab you
to death and eat the remains,

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and the other would vapid
and bore you to an early death.

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And then there's poor Sir Thomas,
who has no idea who is in his bed.

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What did I get wrong?

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Girl. With me, if you would.

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Now.

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Uh...

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I cannot apologise enough.

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No, you cannot... Sir Edward.

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I need a drink.

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Peacocks are my friend, aren't they?

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Yes.

256
00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:40,560
Good friends.

257
00:15:41,880 --> 00:15:43,880
Now finish your food, John.

258
00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:46,720
Keep up your strength.

259
00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,160
I didn't mean to... hurt him.

260
00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:18,440
We were playing and he got so loud.

261
00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,480
I know.

262
00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:27,560
We all get away
from ourselves sometimes.

263
00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:31,280
All of us.

264
00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,000
How is he?

265
00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:54,400
What does 'gallows eyes' mean?

266
00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:58,520
Don't waste another second's thought
on that hateful cunt.

267
00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:02,320
How will the King ever see me again?

268
00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:04,920
Hm...

269
00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,880
a better question -

270
00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:10,040
how do you stand out
in a very cluttered field?

271
00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,600
If he saw me dance, he'd remember.

272
00:17:16,520 --> 00:17:19,200
Perhaps we should
take a trip together.

273
00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:20,960
To London.

274
00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,200
Move things along.

275
00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,240
We need be less like the hound...

276
00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,720
and more like sweet John.

277
00:17:27,720 --> 00:17:30,880
Let us seize
what should be fucking ours.

278
00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:55,280
She's back. Change your mind?

279
00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:58,480
Mm... No, not yet.
Well, you know where I am.

280
00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:01,640
And if you don't like it here,
I've got my own place.

281
00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:03,680
Not to brag, but I do.
Mm.

282
00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:07,360
A fine specimen there. Well done.

283
00:18:07,360 --> 00:18:10,840
Who's that?
A local artisan.

284
00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:14,520
I ordered house prunes.

285
00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,520
Dig in.
He cannot digest them.

286
00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,360
I hate them.

287
00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,320
Is this... a brothel?

288
00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:23,720
He's quick, isn't he?
He's catching up.

289
00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,120
And why bring him today?
I am here.

290
00:18:26,120 --> 00:18:29,600
Younger men rule nations, empires.
Our Majesty did.

291
00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:31,960
And George learns more every day.

292
00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,160
It's more us.
We need better use his gifts.

293
00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:36,160
I hear that. But how?

294
00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,200
Get me a moment with the Queen.

295
00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,400
I told you, she hates me.
How do I... The Queen?

296
00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,320
She hates Somerset more.

297
00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:47,440
She may hate you, but let her
hold her nose as you explain

298
00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:50,400
that this is the chance to replace
Somerset in the King's bed.

299
00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:54,240
And risk death when Somerset
finds out? You are mad and wild.

300
00:18:54,240 --> 00:18:57,520
Oh, possibly.
But I've lived a sane, tame life

301
00:18:57,520 --> 00:18:59,800
waiting for change,
and it does not come.

302
00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,600
Unless you grab
opportunity by the hand,

303
00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,640
and never let go.

304
00:19:18,240 --> 00:19:20,040
Your Majesty.

305
00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:23,600
The private scheduling
conversation we discussed?

306
00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:25,840
Now might be the time.

307
00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,880
Your Majesty, I am honoured
to be in your presence.

308
00:19:44,880 --> 00:19:47,720
Do you know how many
compliments I receive

309
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:50,120
on a full average day?
Enough?

310
00:19:52,120 --> 00:19:54,760
Nervous?
Sufficiently so, yes.

311
00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:01,960
Your late husband was
of a noble house of long standing.

312
00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:03,680
But what of yours?

313
00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:06,480
The Beaumonts... I know less.

314
00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:08,760
A good family of a long line.

315
00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:12,160
So George's blood is pure?

316
00:20:16,360 --> 00:20:19,560
There have been others suggested
to eclipse Somerset.

317
00:20:19,560 --> 00:20:22,440
But can you control him,
your George?

318
00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,480
He is subject to my rule.

319
00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:27,800
Is he a worthy knight?

320
00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:30,360
Yes.

321
00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:35,760
Good.

322
00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:39,720
And how would this work?

323
00:20:39,720 --> 00:20:43,160
I imagine you have
given that some thought.

324
00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:45,000
I might have.

325
00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:53,360
'George need be centre stage...

326
00:20:54,360 --> 00:20:56,360
'..where he cannot be unseen.'

327
00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,720
Ooh!

328
00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:52,360
'After, find somewhere private

329
00:22:52,360 --> 00:22:54,440
'for His Majesty to meet my boy.

330
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:57,840
'Perhaps with the excuse
to see your young Prince Charles.

331
00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,840
'Pretend he's sick
and wants his father's care?'

332
00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,600
What's the matter?
He's not feeling well.

333
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:11,120
'Somewhere Somerset
will not care to follow.

334
00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,200
'Let your husband see my George...

335
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,680
'..to be knighted.'

336
00:23:22,440 --> 00:23:26,160
I think it's time
for a new member in your bedchamber.

337
00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:33,920
Kneel.

338
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:45,480
Rise...

339
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,120
Sir George.

340
00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:52,600
'And from that close position...

341
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,760
'..give the King whatever he wants.

342
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,160
'Of course, Somerset will resist.'

343
00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,800
Out! All of you!

344
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,640
'But if I've taught him anything...'

345
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,680
'..George knows how to endure.'

346
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,680
'And what will you do
during all this?'

347
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,560
'With everything in motion,
I will...

348
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:35,800
'busy myself somehow.'

349
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,120
You were followed, love.

350
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:25,600
Are you certain? I... I thought-

351
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,040
Already bringing trouble to my door.
Should I go?

352
00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,120
Well, you're here now.

353
00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:34,040
And if we let every strange
wandering man ruin our day...

354
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,880
Have you ever been
with a girl a girl before?

355
00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:43,760
Bodies are just bodies.

356
00:25:57,560 --> 00:25:59,560
That's more than two shillings.

357
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:01,280
I expect more.

358
00:26:04,320 --> 00:26:06,120
There's only so much that buys you.

359
00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,200
In here, in this room...
who's in charge?

360
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:15,920
You are.

361
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,200
Mm.

362
00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:58,800
Out!

363
00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:12,400
You are like the plague.

364
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,560
Or an unwanted morning stiffness.

365
00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,880
Always there,
however much you bash it away.

366
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,960
He wouldn't have dared
ennoble you if I'd been there.

367
00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:26,920
But you weren't.

368
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:29,720
Pity.

369
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:34,120
And where is the King?

370
00:28:34,120 --> 00:28:36,520
Readying for today's hunt.

371
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,000
Hunting excites him more than...

372
00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,480
anything.

373
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,040
Even more than you?

374
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:49,000
No.

375
00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,600
Tell me, are you a hunter?

376
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,400
Mm-hm.
Mm.

377
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,440
Well, know this...

378
00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,320
...the stags are in rut out there.

379
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,280
Liable to attack...

380
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,320
rather than flee.

381
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:10,840
So do be careful...

382
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:13,400
today, on the hunt.

383
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,480
Not only plagues
and passions end our days.

384
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:38,640
How long have you lived in England?

385
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:44,240
Never ask me
anything like that again.

386
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:49,160
My past is mine.

387
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:52,240
Instead,
you should address your present.

388
00:29:52,240 --> 00:29:54,600
Speaking of which,
he's still out there, that man.

389
00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,720
Pretending to be idle, but he's not.

390
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:01,600
Who are you?

391
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:05,280
I'm a simple wife and mother.

392
00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,640
I'm trying to advance my son.

393
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:18,120
With the King. In his household.

394
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:23,600
Fuck.
Yes.

395
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:25,440
Well, if he wanted you
dead or beaten,

396
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,200
he would have done it last night.

397
00:30:29,080 --> 00:30:30,760
No, he wants something else.

398
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,200
Information.

399
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:35,760
Secrets.

400
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,480
I'd imagine you have a few.

401
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,800
So, if I were you...

402
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:46,840
I would clean house before he burns
it all to the dirty fucking ground.

403
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:57,840
I was told to clean my house.

404
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,040
Looks like you need do the same, no?

405
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,160
Who did this?

406
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,640
A paragon of evil appeared.

407
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,160
Told me I must tell him
all I know of you.

408
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,520
I... refused.

409
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:18,320
After...

410
00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:20,520
I was more compliant, and I...

411
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,640
Go on.

412
00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,040
...in my fear and pain...

413
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:26,880
told him what you had burnt.

414
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:28,920
Its contents. Its significance.

415
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,080
So he had me write out
a signed statement.

416
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,680
Is anyone else
too full of anticipation to dine?

417
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,480
I often consume more
when I'm enthused...

418
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,200
Your Majesty.

419
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:07,200
Consume too much
and your horse might throw you off,

420
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,520
as too great a load.

421
00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:13,080
Well, younger men can eat more
without becoming bloated.

422
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,360
Do you not find that,
my Lord, the older you get?

423
00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:21,120
Woah!

424
00:32:21,120 --> 00:32:23,600
Sit down. No malice was sought or-

425
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,880
Am I a topic of amusement to you?
Every last one of you?

426
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,320
No, you are the most serious thing
in the entire history of the world.

427
00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:33,120
To me and all here. In aeternum.

428
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,880
Tell me, can you hunt
as well as you dance?

429
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,400
Oh, you speak French?

430
00:32:52,400 --> 00:32:56,080
I tried to teach
the Earl of Somerset once...

431
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,520
but he's much more stone
than sponge.

432
00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:09,480
Well... I love to hunt.

433
00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:11,440
Some mock me for it, I know.

434
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:14,320
Say I should spend more time
in London at the business of state.

435
00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,000
But what is a more
natural state than this?

436
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,000
It is Eden.

437
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,560
But be careful, Adam.

438
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,360
We lost a boy recently.

439
00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:29,840
Fell from his steed. Tragedy.

440
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:37,200
There!
Gee-up! Ya!

441
00:34:49,600 --> 00:34:52,840
Stag's likely to double back,
we must hem him in.

442
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:04,720
Ya! Ya!

443
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:27,240
Ooh!

444
00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:36,920
Giddy up!

445
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,000
Circle him! Circle him!
Give him here!

446
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,760
He's not going anywhere.

447
00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:31,960
He pushed you?

448
00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,000
No. It was my own fault.

449
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,360
Poor riding.

450
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,680
Are you protecting
his honour or yours?

451
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:43,720
Or perhaps mine?

452
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:48,720
Some say gallantry and all
human dignity died under my reign.

453
00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:50,880
They whisper it...

454
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:52,920
but I hear them.

455
00:36:57,280 --> 00:36:59,280
You're living proof that they lie.

456
00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:09,600
Mm.

457
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:24,800
Since when do we go back
for fallen riders?

458
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,080
Do you really want to lecture us
today on morality and protocol?

459
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:31,600
He fell of his own fucking-
He says just the same. But enough.

460
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,640
He's in pain.

461
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,360
It is his time.

462
00:37:57,880 --> 00:37:59,880
Uh-uh.

463
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:04,800
Now, this...

464
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:06,480
is wintergreen.

465
00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:08,640
It's a herb...

466
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,480
to reduce the swelling.

467
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,000
It's costly to use quite so much,

468
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,640
but the King told me,
"Spare no expense." So...

469
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:19,400
I am lucky.

470
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:26,000
Yes, well, don't get too cosy.

471
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,360
Did you hear about
the servant boy who died?

472
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:34,800
Someone sabotaged his saddle...

473
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:36,840
after the King and he rode together.

474
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,320
And that 'someone'...

475
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:42,040
has men everywhere.

476
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:03,680
Who is yours, the girl?

477
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:05,680
My Wearstrap.

478
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:08,240
And what is this... venue?

479
00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:11,440
A, uh... bolthole, so to speak, sir.

480
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:14,360
Prunes, boys?

481
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,280
Go on.

482
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,560
Make them feel comfortable,
these... good men.

483
00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:22,760
Here you go.
Right.

484
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,040
Um... Shouldn't we be drinking?

485
00:40:27,040 --> 00:40:29,160
To celebrate your boy and his...

486
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,000
successful hunt?

487
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:33,960
Yes. Let's go for a drink.

488
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,080
Discuss our future together.

489
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,960
Somerset is furious,
losing the first round of a fight.

490
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,240
George realised the King
was tired of fighting.

491
00:40:48,240 --> 00:40:50,680
Wanted what he first had
with Somerset -

492
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,800
a young lover to pity,
an injured bird to tend to.

493
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:55,480
The battle isn't over.

494
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,640
Somerset still shares
the King's bed.

495
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:02,240
However we can help George
from here, we must.

496
00:41:02,240 --> 00:41:04,480
However...
However?

497
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:06,880
...from here on, let us guide George.

498
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:09,000
You've done your bit, now let us.

499
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,880
Why?

500
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:14,360
As you may know,
Wearstrap has been busy.

501
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,880
Helped us discover your poor,
dead drunk of a husband

502
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:21,320
took a shine to you when you were
some lowly girl in service.

503
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:24,480
And, profligate as he was,
paid for papers to be forged,

504
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:27,960
proving you a Beaumont and
of good birth, when you are neither.

505
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,000
You are no Lady.

506
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,440
You're barely a woman, really.

507
00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:35,480
Either of you.

508
00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:45,760
You have evidence?

509
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:47,400
I do.

510
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,360
And it's safe,
somewhere you will never find it.

511
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:52,200
Don't care to try.

512
00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:56,920
I am at your mercy, then?
Ah.

513
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:02,360
And George?
Uh...

514
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,560
And the King?

515
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,080
Oh.

516
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:12,880
Feeling thirsty?
What's she talking about?

517
00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:16,840
You should avoid prunes
in a brothel, apparently.

518
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:18,480
They drug them.

519
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:21,880
Just enough to make it easier
to part men from their money.

520
00:42:23,120 --> 00:42:25,960
But it's fairly simple
to up the dose.

521
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:29,240
If you know a sailor or three.
You... perfidious harlot.

522
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:32,800
I have powerful friends.

523
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,000
Agh!

524
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,280
Take me. Bury me.

525
00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,440
I want to forget who I am.

526
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:18,400
I am nothing but your subject.

527
00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:08,680
Did you ever see
a man perish before?

528
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:13,560
'I have.'

529
00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:15,440
'It's never pretty, is it?'

530
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:18,800
No.

531
00:45:19,720 --> 00:45:22,120
Something I want
to protect my son from.

532
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:25,200
'The true barbarism of the world.'

533
00:47:11,680 --> 00:47:13,680
♪ ANTHONY GRANTHAM: Scars ♪

534
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,160
♪ Cauterise your youth

535
00:47:22,240 --> 00:47:24,880
♪ Here's an uncomfortable truth

536
00:47:26,440 --> 00:47:28,720
♪ If I wanna get on

537
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:32,680
♪ Then make the past gone

538
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:37,600
♪ Whispers said

539
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:40,360
♪ I'm friends with the dead

540
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:45,480
♪ There's a light

541
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,920
♪ But I want to be sad

542
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,600
♪ I just want to be sad

543
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:07,760
♪ Bless your little scars ♪

544
00:48:08,680 --> 00:48:11,680
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