1 00:01:46,806 --> 00:01:48,205 (KEYS JINGLING) 2 00:01:48,308 --> 00:01:49,468 (DOOR LATCH UNLOCKS) 3 00:02:22,509 --> 00:02:25,205 (MARY PRAYING IN LATIN) 4 00:02:37,557 --> 00:02:39,024 (CONTINUES PRAYING) 5 00:02:43,263 --> 00:02:44,753 (RETCHING) 6 00:02:46,366 --> 00:02:47,697 (SCREAMS) 7 00:02:48,701 --> 00:02:50,396 (SEAGULLS SQUAWKING) 8 00:02:50,603 --> 00:02:51,865 (MAN SHOUTING) 9 00:02:55,008 --> 00:02:56,703 (MEN SHOUTING AND GRUNTING) 10 00:03:05,251 --> 00:03:06,878 (MAIDS SPEAKING FRENCH) 11 00:03:09,389 --> 00:03:10,879 (PANTING) 12 00:03:16,930 --> 00:03:18,022 MAN: Come on. 13 00:04:48,321 --> 00:04:49,652 (MARY SPEAKING FRENCH) 14 00:04:54,627 --> 00:04:56,527 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 15 00:04:58,298 --> 00:04:59,287 JAMES: You must be tired. 16 00:04:59,866 --> 00:05:01,060 I'm quite well. 17 00:05:02,702 --> 00:05:03,896 Your supper is being prepared. 18 00:05:04,003 --> 00:05:06,301 We can have it brought up to your chambers, if you like. 19 00:05:06,372 --> 00:05:07,566 Yes, thank you. 20 00:05:13,746 --> 00:05:14,735 How long are you staying? 21 00:05:15,581 --> 00:05:17,742 At Holyrood? In Scotland. 22 00:05:17,850 --> 00:05:19,147 (CHUCKLES) 23 00:05:19,218 --> 00:05:21,083 Are you already planning my departure? 24 00:05:22,255 --> 00:05:25,053 Of course not. We've long awaited your return. 25 00:05:28,561 --> 00:05:30,222 Kate will show you to your chambers. 26 00:05:31,497 --> 00:05:32,725 This way, Madam. 27 00:05:38,404 --> 00:05:40,599 (INDISTINCT CHATTER CONTINUES) 28 00:05:45,445 --> 00:05:48,505 Lord Bothwell, do you intend to stay as well? 29 00:05:49,582 --> 00:05:51,607 I swore an oath to the Queen's mother to protect her. 30 00:05:52,085 --> 00:05:53,882 She is well protected here. 31 00:05:53,953 --> 00:05:56,217 BOTHWELL: I'll uphold my oath just the same. 32 00:05:56,522 --> 00:05:58,888 And what reward does your loyalty command? 33 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:02,519 I'm driven by duty. Not ambition. 34 00:06:03,296 --> 00:06:04,593 (CHUCKLES) 35 00:06:10,636 --> 00:06:12,263 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 36 00:06:12,438 --> 00:06:14,633 LORD RANDOLPH: Madam, your cousin has returned from France. 37 00:06:15,742 --> 00:06:18,233 Her protector is Lord Bothwell. An able soldier. 38 00:06:18,978 --> 00:06:21,412 So, she comes ready for war? 39 00:06:21,481 --> 00:06:24,712 She may well depart once married, but I cannot profess to know her purpose. 40 00:06:25,885 --> 00:06:26,977 What says her brother? 41 00:06:27,086 --> 00:06:28,986 Moray is only her half-brother, Madam. 42 00:06:29,088 --> 00:06:30,817 I believe his allegiance is fully with us. 43 00:06:32,325 --> 00:06:33,485 What proof? 44 00:06:33,659 --> 00:06:36,127 He pledges to protect the Protestant Church from Mary. 45 00:06:36,229 --> 00:06:39,221 Yet he has no power to make such a pledge if he is no longer Regent. 46 00:06:39,732 --> 00:06:40,892 The nobles respect him. 47 00:06:42,835 --> 00:06:44,632 But can he control her? 48 00:06:45,905 --> 00:06:49,636 If she is anything like our Queen, then she does not yield to a bridle. 49 00:06:50,076 --> 00:06:52,340 (MAIDS GIGGLING) So says our Master of the Horse. 50 00:06:53,179 --> 00:06:55,670 By "bridle," do you speak of matrimony? 51 00:07:00,119 --> 00:07:02,587 (BELL TOLLING) 52 00:07:05,825 --> 00:07:09,420 You may tell Scotland that we wish to love the Stuarts as our kin. 53 00:07:10,129 --> 00:07:12,188 But they must love us in return. 54 00:07:17,336 --> 00:07:19,167 CECIL: Madam, if I may speak? 55 00:07:20,506 --> 00:07:23,964 While she's on this island, she must bow to you, not to Rome. 56 00:07:24,043 --> 00:07:25,510 Our Catholics must know 57 00:07:25,611 --> 00:07:28,171 that a papist will never again sit on the English throne. 58 00:07:29,682 --> 00:07:30,876 What would you suggest? 59 00:07:31,317 --> 00:07:32,545 Kill her hope. 60 00:07:32,718 --> 00:07:35,687 And hopeless, she may return to the comfort of the continent. 61 00:07:41,494 --> 00:07:44,554 (RIZZIO SINGING IN FRENCH) 62 00:07:56,676 --> 00:07:57,836 MARY: Bravo, Rizzio. 63 00:07:59,011 --> 00:08:00,808 Is your hand as good as your French? 64 00:08:01,047 --> 00:08:02,241 (CHUCKLES) 65 00:08:02,348 --> 00:08:03,838 My hand, Madam? 66 00:08:05,485 --> 00:08:07,146 (SPEAKING FRENCH) 67 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:12,481 (IN ENGLISH) We are two sisters bound by womanhood. 68 00:08:15,728 --> 00:08:17,821 Two princes on the same island. 69 00:08:18,431 --> 00:08:21,662 Ruling side by side, we must do so in harmony. 70 00:08:22,735 --> 00:08:26,068 And not through a treaty drafted by men lesser than ourselves. 71 00:08:27,607 --> 00:08:30,735 I wish us to make a treaty of two queens. 72 00:08:32,011 --> 00:08:35,242 I would acknowledge your rightful place on the English throne, 73 00:08:35,348 --> 00:08:37,748 were you to name me your successor. 74 00:08:39,185 --> 00:08:41,210 I hope we might meet in person. 75 00:08:42,054 --> 00:08:43,578 That I might embrace you. 76 00:08:45,925 --> 00:08:47,893 And we might resolve our destinies. 77 00:08:48,928 --> 00:08:50,225 What do you see, Bess? 78 00:08:56,402 --> 00:08:57,562 Charming. 79 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:02,440 Fair, if the painter does not lie. 80 00:09:05,578 --> 00:09:06,738 Young. 81 00:09:08,915 --> 00:09:10,075 Clever. 82 00:09:12,451 --> 00:09:13,543 Confident. 83 00:09:14,587 --> 00:09:16,612 She would have no trouble securing a husband, 84 00:09:16,722 --> 00:09:18,212 even without her throne. 85 00:09:19,058 --> 00:09:20,491 Nor would you, Madam. 86 00:09:23,963 --> 00:09:25,157 Forgive me. 87 00:09:32,071 --> 00:09:33,595 (BELL DINGING) 88 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,235 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 89 00:09:37,343 --> 00:09:40,073 ROBERT: Elizabeth will not accept my hand in marriage. 90 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:44,016 You cannot be certain. I know because I know her heart. 91 00:09:44,116 --> 00:09:46,744 The moment I betray it with ambition, I lose her heart. 92 00:09:46,819 --> 00:09:48,810 Would you rather she lose her crown? 93 00:09:49,488 --> 00:09:51,012 You exaggerate. 94 00:09:51,123 --> 00:09:53,284 How much blood has been spilled in Rome's name? 95 00:09:54,026 --> 00:09:56,961 If a Catholic queen bears a child before our own, 96 00:09:57,029 --> 00:09:59,293 have no doubt, blood will spill again. 97 00:09:59,699 --> 00:10:02,862 Muster your courage. Save us from her reticence. 98 00:10:03,135 --> 00:10:04,966 She will not produce a child 99 00:10:05,037 --> 00:10:06,971 because her council fears the Queen of Scots. 100 00:10:10,476 --> 00:10:11,500 Aye. 101 00:10:12,612 --> 00:10:14,045 ROBERT: Nor will she marry. 102 00:10:14,347 --> 00:10:17,111 She suspects all suitors of wanting her throne. 103 00:10:17,183 --> 00:10:18,480 She will not have me. 104 00:10:18,551 --> 00:10:22,647 Nor would I have a commoner be king, were we not in need of an heir. 105 00:10:22,722 --> 00:10:25,452 I have her trust, you have her affections. 106 00:10:25,524 --> 00:10:26,855 You can succeed where I... 107 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:28,950 Good morning, William. Madam. 108 00:10:33,065 --> 00:10:34,327 Robert. 109 00:10:35,735 --> 00:10:36,861 Resplendent. 110 00:10:37,370 --> 00:10:38,564 Would you? 111 00:10:40,573 --> 00:10:42,871 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 112 00:10:45,811 --> 00:10:48,006 (VIOLIN MUSIC PLAYING) 113 00:10:52,885 --> 00:10:55,854 JAMES: That's William Maitland of Lethington, Secretary of State. 114 00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:01,217 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 115 00:11:02,928 --> 00:11:04,691 John Knox, Church of Scotland. 116 00:11:07,900 --> 00:11:09,367 (PLAYING OFF TUNE) 117 00:11:09,435 --> 00:11:10,766 (WOMEN GIGGLING) 118 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:12,497 Uh, loose string, yeah. 119 00:11:16,342 --> 00:11:18,037 (MUSIC RESUMES) 120 00:11:18,544 --> 00:11:19,533 Let us begin. 121 00:11:23,916 --> 00:11:25,247 (INHALES SHARPLY) 122 00:12:02,254 --> 00:12:04,313 CECIL: Lord Lennox. My Lord. 123 00:12:05,391 --> 00:12:07,325 I would ask our mistress to beseech Queen Mary 124 00:12:07,426 --> 00:12:08,654 that I be allowed to return to Scotland... 125 00:12:08,761 --> 00:12:10,251 This is not the place. 126 00:12:11,130 --> 00:12:13,121 It would be wise to have a Catholic servant there. 127 00:12:13,232 --> 00:12:14,824 My influence... It is your influence 128 00:12:14,934 --> 00:12:17,300 which emboldened papists here! 129 00:12:27,146 --> 00:12:28,636 You humiliate yourself, Father. 130 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:33,646 (SNIFFLES) 131 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:46,522 (SPEAKING FRENCH) 132 00:12:57,476 --> 00:12:59,967 (IN ENGLISH) But your Queen is in Scotland now. 133 00:13:06,986 --> 00:13:09,511 When my beloved François passed to God, 134 00:13:10,556 --> 00:13:13,548 I could've married any number of suitors. 135 00:13:15,327 --> 00:13:18,854 Portugal, Denmark, Sweden. 136 00:13:19,698 --> 00:13:21,290 I declined them all. 137 00:13:21,467 --> 00:13:25,904 Just as I would not have a political marriage imposed upon me, 138 00:13:27,573 --> 00:13:31,031 I will not impose an uncertain fate upon my subjects. 139 00:13:35,681 --> 00:13:39,082 They remain free to worship however they so choose, 140 00:13:39,819 --> 00:13:41,081 Catholic or Protestant. 141 00:13:47,693 --> 00:13:50,161 Pastor, you look displeased with our tolerance. 142 00:13:50,229 --> 00:13:53,426 Any realm that is ruled by the Pope is not tolerant, Madam. 143 00:13:54,166 --> 00:13:56,600 It is enslaved. Stand when I address you. 144 00:14:01,073 --> 00:14:02,665 There is one true God, 145 00:14:03,375 --> 00:14:04,865 and therefore, one true religion. 146 00:14:04,944 --> 00:14:07,174 Such rhetoric incites revolt. 147 00:14:07,246 --> 00:14:09,111 If a prince strays from God's will, 148 00:14:09,215 --> 00:14:11,877 it is not in doubt that they may be resisted. 149 00:14:13,752 --> 00:14:17,347 And in your case, as with all women, 150 00:14:18,624 --> 00:14:20,421 your sight is but blindness. 151 00:14:21,627 --> 00:14:23,288 Your strength, weakness. 152 00:14:24,563 --> 00:14:25,723 Your counsel, foolishness. 153 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:29,463 Your judgment, frenzy. 154 00:14:31,237 --> 00:14:33,296 Are we to abide a papist and a woman both? 155 00:14:44,383 --> 00:14:49,252 Well, then, I perceive that my subjects shall obey you, and not me. 156 00:14:49,955 --> 00:14:52,048 May I sit, Madam? No. 157 00:14:54,293 --> 00:14:57,558 You may remove yourself from this council and my court. 158 00:14:58,297 --> 00:15:01,733 My council is among the faithful disciples I serve. 159 00:15:08,607 --> 00:15:12,008 We have as little need of this court as it has of us. 160 00:15:16,282 --> 00:15:17,806 I pray for your soul, Madam. 161 00:15:23,088 --> 00:15:24,316 (GASPS SOFTLY) 162 00:15:30,129 --> 00:15:32,654 I beg you to reconsider. He has the trust of the people. 163 00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:34,528 Did I not give deference to his faith? 164 00:15:34,633 --> 00:15:36,760 Yes. But we must be delicate. 165 00:15:36,835 --> 00:15:38,166 Allegiance does not happen by proclamation... 166 00:15:38,270 --> 00:15:39,703 Where is his delicacy? 167 00:15:40,372 --> 00:15:44,035 That he should speak to a monarch so? Would he challenge Elizabeth thus? 168 00:15:44,143 --> 00:15:47,112 With what cause? He would welcome a Protestant queen. 169 00:15:47,179 --> 00:15:50,444 Which is precisely why we must not push him into her arms. 170 00:15:50,516 --> 00:15:51,949 Show him love. 171 00:15:54,153 --> 00:15:55,518 You are wise, brother. 172 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:59,151 There are times for wisdom and there are times for love, 173 00:15:59,224 --> 00:16:01,215 but there also times for strength. 174 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:29,517 (FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYING) 175 00:16:32,324 --> 00:16:34,053 (DANCERS BARKING) 176 00:16:39,231 --> 00:16:41,199 MARY: Your Queen asks for approval. 177 00:16:41,700 --> 00:16:45,192 But how am I to grant her wish when she offers no suitors? 178 00:16:45,604 --> 00:16:48,095 She would prefer an English nobleman. 179 00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:49,496 And a Protestant. 180 00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:51,374 If it pleases Your Grace. 181 00:16:51,910 --> 00:16:54,879 As long as what pleases me pleases Elizabeth. 182 00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:03,348 Perhaps I should wed you. Then I would have my English nobleman. 183 00:17:03,422 --> 00:17:06,084 (CHUCKLES) I do not think God wills it. 184 00:17:06,425 --> 00:17:09,690 If it be God's will for Mary to marry, then Mary will marry, 185 00:17:09,762 --> 00:17:12,526 and only who God intends for Mary to marry. 186 00:17:13,932 --> 00:17:15,729 I pray he wills Elizabeth marry, too. 187 00:17:16,902 --> 00:17:18,597 (DANCERS BARKING) 188 00:17:23,776 --> 00:17:25,539 No, no. No, no, no. 189 00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:27,442 (LAUGHTER) 190 00:17:37,589 --> 00:17:38,886 You share good company. 191 00:17:40,092 --> 00:17:42,720 Maitland dotes on Mistress Fleming. 192 00:17:43,462 --> 00:17:47,262 The only difference being that he does not have a wife as you do. 193 00:17:59,778 --> 00:18:02,269 KNOX: We have a scourge upon our land. 194 00:18:03,949 --> 00:18:07,441 'Tis worse than pestilence and famine. 195 00:18:07,953 --> 00:18:10,513 'Tis a woman with a crown 196 00:18:12,024 --> 00:18:17,792 who only pretends to worship Christ, when in truth, she kneels before the Pope. 197 00:18:19,932 --> 00:18:22,867 We do not take instruction from Rome. 198 00:18:23,535 --> 00:18:27,972 We resist those who would tempt us with indulgences. 199 00:18:28,874 --> 00:18:31,434 Deny those who worship luxury. 200 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:36,445 Respect not those who flaunt their excesses, 201 00:18:36,515 --> 00:18:38,813 and whore themselves to wealth 202 00:18:38,884 --> 00:18:41,478 and the degradations of the flesh. 203 00:18:42,354 --> 00:18:43,446 (CONVERSING IN FRENCH) 204 00:18:43,522 --> 00:18:44,648 (LAUGHTER) 205 00:18:52,397 --> 00:18:54,228 (ALL GASPING) 206 00:18:54,566 --> 00:18:56,295 (ALL GIGGLING) 207 00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:07,009 Madame... 208 00:19:07,079 --> 00:19:08,068 (MAIDS GIGGLING) 209 00:19:09,648 --> 00:19:11,377 MARY: (IN ENGLISH) Just be wary of these men. 210 00:19:12,050 --> 00:19:14,143 Their love is not the same as their respect. 211 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:30,833 Might I ask? Since we've not known it ourselves. 212 00:19:32,404 --> 00:19:33,564 What is it like? 213 00:19:34,673 --> 00:19:35,833 To have a man? 214 00:19:35,908 --> 00:19:37,000 Mmm-hmm. 215 00:19:37,075 --> 00:19:38,440 (GIGGLING) 216 00:19:40,245 --> 00:19:41,872 I have only lain with François. 217 00:19:43,248 --> 00:19:46,775 He shook terribly from fright. The poor boy did his best. 218 00:19:49,555 --> 00:19:51,580 But it was over before it began. 219 00:19:51,924 --> 00:19:54,893 So, you never... No. 220 00:19:55,594 --> 00:19:56,754 We tried but once. 221 00:19:58,263 --> 00:20:00,128 ROBERT: (WHISPERING) Beauty's fading flower (YAWNING) 222 00:20:00,232 --> 00:20:02,962 Grows ever fresh with her in heavenly wise 223 00:20:03,569 --> 00:20:05,730 Suffice that Love hath built his bower 224 00:20:05,804 --> 00:20:08,705 Between my lady's lively shining eyes 225 00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:18,945 ELIZABETH: I cannot, Robert. You know that. 226 00:20:25,924 --> 00:20:27,585 I should like to marry again. 227 00:20:28,393 --> 00:20:30,623 To know how it feels to have a man fully. 228 00:20:31,797 --> 00:20:33,094 (CHUCKLES) 229 00:20:35,267 --> 00:20:36,996 But not if I am owned. 230 00:20:42,307 --> 00:20:43,331 MISTRESS SETON: You're early. 231 00:20:43,442 --> 00:20:45,410 (MISTRESS LIVINGSTON SPEAKING FRENCH) 232 00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:53,083 (WATER SPLASHING) 233 00:21:07,299 --> 00:21:09,096 CECIL: Mary will seek a marriage 234 00:21:09,167 --> 00:21:11,635 that strengthens her claim to your throne 235 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:14,336 and makes her children Catholics. 236 00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:20,103 What say'st our ambassador? 237 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,144 She feigns disinterest, Madam, 238 00:21:24,216 --> 00:21:28,016 and informs me that the matter of choice in marriage 239 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:30,315 is perhaps a matter best left to God. 240 00:21:30,389 --> 00:21:31,481 (SCOFFS) 241 00:21:33,158 --> 00:21:35,820 She is formidable, Madam. 242 00:21:37,329 --> 00:21:40,025 We should marry her to someone loyal to our Queen, 243 00:21:40,632 --> 00:21:42,224 someone you control. 244 00:21:48,340 --> 00:21:50,171 Do not ask this of me. 245 00:21:50,809 --> 00:21:53,744 If you wed her, she is ours. 246 00:21:54,479 --> 00:21:56,379 And what of us? What "us"? 247 00:21:57,015 --> 00:22:01,816 You, Elizabeth, and I, your Robert. 248 00:22:05,023 --> 00:22:09,392 Marry the beautiful Queen of Scots and we can control her. 249 00:22:11,730 --> 00:22:14,164 With Mary, you too become a prince. 250 00:22:14,232 --> 00:22:19,101 If I am noble enough for one queen, I am noble enough for another. 251 00:22:20,939 --> 00:22:22,099 Elizabeth... 252 00:22:23,275 --> 00:22:24,503 (CHUCKLES) 253 00:22:29,114 --> 00:22:31,742 England is not Scotland. 254 00:22:41,093 --> 00:22:42,560 (BELL TOLLING) 255 00:23:02,781 --> 00:23:06,615 ELIZABETH: We would delight in holding our sister's hand in ours. 256 00:23:07,919 --> 00:23:12,083 Let us settle on a meeting place before the summer brings discomfort. 257 00:23:13,658 --> 00:23:17,924 Let our nations cherish each other as we would. 258 00:23:19,431 --> 00:23:21,956 Two kingdoms, united. 259 00:23:24,669 --> 00:23:28,730 Meanwhile, accept this portrait as a sign of gratitude for yours. 260 00:23:28,974 --> 00:23:31,101 And please accept this suitor 261 00:23:31,309 --> 00:23:34,278 who presents both his love and mine. 262 00:23:34,346 --> 00:23:37,144 (CHUCKLES) The Earl of Leicester... 263 00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:40,578 Lord Robert Dudley. 264 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:44,347 (CLEARS THROAT) 265 00:23:46,525 --> 00:23:50,427 Do you think it might stand with my honor to marry my sister's subject? 266 00:23:51,863 --> 00:23:54,923 It is true that an earl is not a prince. 267 00:23:55,534 --> 00:23:59,664 Surely, there can be no greater honor than to match yourself with a nobleman, 268 00:23:59,771 --> 00:24:02,205 by whom you inherit such a kingdom as England. 269 00:24:02,307 --> 00:24:04,434 I have such inheritance by blood, 270 00:24:04,543 --> 00:24:06,670 regardless of who I marry or do not marry. 271 00:24:07,312 --> 00:24:08,301 Hmm. 272 00:24:09,047 --> 00:24:13,381 We must discuss succession before marriage, not the other way around. 273 00:24:14,619 --> 00:24:16,348 We hope we do not vex the Earl. 274 00:24:16,488 --> 00:24:19,218 Not in the least, Madam. I appreciate your honesty. 275 00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:23,659 We see why our cousin is so fond of the Earl. 276 00:24:27,365 --> 00:24:30,892 I shall respect Elizabeth's crown as soon as she names me its successor. 277 00:24:31,570 --> 00:24:32,559 LORD RANDOLPH: Madam, my Queen will not... 278 00:24:32,671 --> 00:24:34,901 If she has any concerns about this proposal, 279 00:24:35,006 --> 00:24:37,338 she may express them to me directly. 280 00:24:37,642 --> 00:24:39,473 Plans proceed for us to meet next month. 281 00:24:39,544 --> 00:24:41,136 Aye, Madam, in York. 282 00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:44,341 We shall accomplish far more without envoys between us. 283 00:24:49,154 --> 00:24:51,884 How like is it unto your mistress's face? 284 00:24:53,258 --> 00:24:55,818 (VIOLIN MUSIC PLAYING) 285 00:25:15,046 --> 00:25:16,741 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 286 00:25:24,456 --> 00:25:26,924 Halt! Halt! 287 00:25:38,770 --> 00:25:40,397 MARY: Why can't she meet me in York? 288 00:25:40,472 --> 00:25:42,303 Could her council not wait till her return? 289 00:25:42,407 --> 00:25:43,931 Their business was urgent, Madam. 290 00:25:44,042 --> 00:25:45,566 The Huguenots sent an envoy. 291 00:25:45,744 --> 00:25:47,302 And she receives them? 292 00:25:47,412 --> 00:25:50,108 England wishes no more bloodshed. 293 00:25:50,215 --> 00:25:53,378 Being from France yourself, you must understand. 294 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,946 You may tell my sister that we pray for swift peace, 295 00:25:58,056 --> 00:25:59,114 that we may meet soon. 296 00:25:59,457 --> 00:26:00,981 I will tell her at once. 297 00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:03,285 Stay with us the night at Holyrood. 298 00:26:03,662 --> 00:26:06,290 I'm certain Mistress Beaton would welcome your company. 299 00:26:06,798 --> 00:26:08,129 (INDISTINCT SHOUTING) 300 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:09,965 Thank you, Madam. 301 00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:18,300 She hides behind her council. 302 00:26:18,443 --> 00:26:19,637 You do not think she postpones... 303 00:26:19,744 --> 00:26:23,077 I don't think she intends to meet until you recognize her legitimacy. 304 00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:25,010 A false promise then. 305 00:26:25,116 --> 00:26:27,516 MAITLAND: Retaliation perhaps for refusing the treaty. 306 00:26:27,619 --> 00:26:29,177 For refusing Dudley. 307 00:26:29,988 --> 00:26:32,513 This is a matter of the heart, not the state. 308 00:26:32,657 --> 00:26:34,147 They don't mix well. 309 00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:36,351 Wouldn't you say, Mistress Fleming? 310 00:26:37,862 --> 00:26:39,693 I'm afraid I don't understand. 311 00:26:39,798 --> 00:26:41,288 Your mistress mocks our affections. 312 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:43,598 Not so. 313 00:26:44,135 --> 00:26:45,864 They sometimes have value. 314 00:26:45,971 --> 00:26:47,598 (MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 315 00:26:53,812 --> 00:26:55,473 (FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYING) 316 00:26:55,847 --> 00:26:58,179 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 317 00:26:59,017 --> 00:27:00,314 (RATTLING) 318 00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:02,685 (ALL CHEERING) 319 00:27:09,661 --> 00:27:10,855 It's late. 320 00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:13,829 I must attend to my mistress. (GIGGLES) 321 00:27:14,032 --> 00:27:16,330 No. Don't attend. Don't attend. 322 00:27:16,401 --> 00:27:17,663 Mmm. 323 00:27:17,869 --> 00:27:19,393 Think of your wife. 324 00:27:20,672 --> 00:27:21,832 Yeah. 325 00:27:21,906 --> 00:27:22,998 (GROWLS) 326 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:25,873 Nothing we spoke of. 327 00:27:26,678 --> 00:27:28,407 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) Of course not. 328 00:27:32,250 --> 00:27:33,581 (LORD RANDOLPH GROWLS) 329 00:27:39,257 --> 00:27:41,020 (FOOTSTEPS RECEDING) 330 00:27:44,529 --> 00:27:47,259 The pox, Madame. There is no envoy. 331 00:27:48,266 --> 00:27:49,858 She has the pox. 332 00:27:50,568 --> 00:27:51,660 How grave? 333 00:27:53,171 --> 00:27:54,399 Quite grave. 334 00:27:59,177 --> 00:28:00,906 Go rouse my brother. 335 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:03,372 Dress me. 336 00:28:08,053 --> 00:28:09,350 Do you think me sinful? 337 00:28:09,421 --> 00:28:11,184 (SPEAKING FRENCH) 338 00:28:17,195 --> 00:28:18,753 (IN ENGLISH) He has his plan. 339 00:28:20,765 --> 00:28:22,790 It will please you to know that I have warmed 340 00:28:22,901 --> 00:28:25,301 to the prospect of wedding Lord Dudley. 341 00:28:25,770 --> 00:28:28,466 We shall do so upon one condition. 342 00:28:28,807 --> 00:28:33,642 While we wish you a long and healthy life and that no injury or illness befall you, 343 00:28:34,946 --> 00:28:38,973 we shall only do you the favor of betrothing your special friend, 344 00:28:39,217 --> 00:28:40,980 Lord Robert Dudley, 345 00:28:43,588 --> 00:28:45,249 once you name us heir. 346 00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:46,986 (EXHALES) 347 00:28:56,267 --> 00:28:57,495 ELIZABETH: She knows. 348 00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:59,636 My "special friend"? 349 00:28:59,971 --> 00:29:02,439 She wants him. She wants him for her. 350 00:29:02,941 --> 00:29:04,340 My Robert. 351 00:29:04,943 --> 00:29:06,308 My crown! 352 00:29:06,411 --> 00:29:07,469 BESS: Quickly. 353 00:29:07,746 --> 00:29:09,008 (SWORDS CLANGING) 354 00:29:10,315 --> 00:29:12,613 Out! Out! Quickly out! 355 00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:14,675 Out! Out! Out! 356 00:29:14,786 --> 00:29:17,846 Out! Out! Out! Out! 357 00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:21,016 ELIZABETH: Robert! 358 00:29:21,159 --> 00:29:23,093 MAID: Out! Out! Out! Get out! 359 00:29:23,962 --> 00:29:26,021 BESS: Look away! Look away! 360 00:29:26,464 --> 00:29:29,490 MAID: Look away! Out! 361 00:29:30,468 --> 00:29:32,095 (ELIZABETH CRYING) 362 00:29:33,805 --> 00:29:35,170 MAID: Enough! 363 00:29:38,510 --> 00:29:40,273 (ELIZABETH CRYING) 364 00:29:56,961 --> 00:29:58,656 I am yours. 365 00:30:01,499 --> 00:30:03,057 Forever yours. 366 00:30:09,974 --> 00:30:11,236 But how? 367 00:30:14,312 --> 00:30:18,078 Am I to refuse her what I myself suggested? 368 00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:24,250 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 369 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,819 (LAUGHTER) 370 00:30:31,095 --> 00:30:32,494 (EXCLAIMING) 371 00:30:33,531 --> 00:30:35,260 (WOMEN CLAPPING) 372 00:30:36,901 --> 00:30:38,892 You look exquisite, mademoiselle. 373 00:30:39,003 --> 00:30:42,370 Is it a sin that I feel more a sister to you than a brother? 374 00:30:44,776 --> 00:30:46,334 Forgive me. 375 00:30:47,412 --> 00:30:49,903 I forget myself in your company. 376 00:30:54,052 --> 00:30:56,111 Be whoever you wish with us. 377 00:30:57,222 --> 00:30:59,349 You make for a lovely sister. 378 00:31:02,794 --> 00:31:04,284 (LAUGHING) 379 00:31:09,067 --> 00:31:10,728 (HUMMING) 380 00:31:11,269 --> 00:31:12,531 (KNOCKING AT DOOR) 381 00:31:12,604 --> 00:31:13,798 Enter. 382 00:31:13,905 --> 00:31:14,929 (DOOR OPENS) 383 00:31:16,741 --> 00:31:17,935 (LAUGHTER) 384 00:31:20,912 --> 00:31:21,936 We have... 385 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:23,308 (LAUGHING) 386 00:31:24,048 --> 00:31:25,481 We have visitors. 387 00:31:35,827 --> 00:31:37,454 They are Stuarts? 388 00:31:39,230 --> 00:31:41,425 I shall talk, you say nothing. 389 00:31:41,499 --> 00:31:43,262 What, not even to... Silence. 390 00:31:51,109 --> 00:31:52,633 JAMES: The fourth Earl of Lennox. 391 00:31:55,346 --> 00:31:57,814 His son, Henry, Lord Darnley. 392 00:32:08,493 --> 00:32:09,983 Forgive me. 393 00:32:11,829 --> 00:32:13,319 I do not know my Queen's visage. 394 00:32:13,431 --> 00:32:14,659 (WOMEN SNICKERING) 395 00:32:23,141 --> 00:32:24,836 Let me, Father. 396 00:32:41,492 --> 00:32:43,323 I give you verse. 397 00:32:48,700 --> 00:32:50,964 Unsheathing my quick wit 398 00:32:52,370 --> 00:32:54,565 to see who among you it quickens. 399 00:32:57,075 --> 00:33:01,205 But, should I fail to choose correctly, 400 00:33:02,380 --> 00:33:04,575 'tis my soul that shall be sickened. 401 00:33:05,550 --> 00:33:06,676 (CHUCKLES) 402 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,044 For shame, 403 00:33:11,823 --> 00:33:14,018 returning to our native land 404 00:33:15,226 --> 00:33:18,024 only to be deprived of kissing... 405 00:33:20,431 --> 00:33:23,195 My Queen's perfect... 406 00:33:27,939 --> 00:33:29,236 Hand. 407 00:33:38,516 --> 00:33:39,949 (CHUCKLES) 408 00:33:40,051 --> 00:33:41,245 (MAIDS GIGGLING) 409 00:33:48,126 --> 00:33:50,356 DARNLEY: Elizabeth was kind enough to grant us passage, 410 00:33:50,428 --> 00:33:53,295 so here we're free to worship as we choose. 411 00:33:53,398 --> 00:33:55,366 MARY: I doubt it's faith that brings you. 412 00:33:55,433 --> 00:33:57,526 Rather the lands your father seeks. 413 00:33:57,602 --> 00:33:58,864 Or even the throne. 414 00:34:00,071 --> 00:34:01,538 The throne? 415 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:06,371 Why leave Elizabeth's court if not to regain your influence here? 416 00:34:07,078 --> 00:34:08,238 And by laying suit to me 417 00:34:08,312 --> 00:34:11,247 does not the House of Lennox lay suit to all of Scotland? 418 00:34:11,315 --> 00:34:12,475 (CHUCKLES) 419 00:34:14,886 --> 00:34:16,410 I amuse you? 420 00:34:17,455 --> 00:34:18,649 Yes. 421 00:34:20,058 --> 00:34:21,889 Madam, you must not be Elizabeth. 422 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:24,291 How so? 423 00:34:24,662 --> 00:34:26,129 The woman lives in fright. 424 00:34:26,230 --> 00:34:29,495 She's always suspecting intrigue, always fearing revolt. 425 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,067 Her fears are wise. 426 00:34:32,236 --> 00:34:34,898 We both have nobles who would have us deposed. 427 00:34:39,944 --> 00:34:41,502 Have I vexed you? 428 00:34:43,815 --> 00:34:44,941 (SCOFFS) 429 00:35:12,310 --> 00:35:15,473 You dare touch a sovereign without her permission? 430 00:35:23,020 --> 00:35:26,148 I can speak for neither my father nor Elizabeth. 431 00:35:26,858 --> 00:35:28,655 Only for myself. 432 00:35:29,227 --> 00:35:32,663 And speaking for myself, 433 00:35:34,165 --> 00:35:36,190 you have a loyal subject in your Henry 434 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:39,701 who would rather worship at your feet than at a Catholic mass. 435 00:35:55,019 --> 00:35:58,011 I shall just keep walking with you until you object. 436 00:36:40,298 --> 00:36:41,731 You remain? 437 00:36:42,733 --> 00:36:44,758 The Queen scarcely knows Your Grace. 438 00:36:49,941 --> 00:36:54,105 But I shall play, and hear nothing. 439 00:37:01,319 --> 00:37:03,310 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) 440 00:37:19,804 --> 00:37:21,499 (PANTING) 441 00:37:34,118 --> 00:37:35,585 We cannot. 442 00:37:35,753 --> 00:37:38,278 We won't. This is not that. 443 00:37:39,357 --> 00:37:40,790 I promise. 444 00:37:42,460 --> 00:37:43,825 Have faith in me. 445 00:38:01,445 --> 00:38:02,537 (CHUCKLES) 446 00:38:08,019 --> 00:38:10,044 (GASPING) 447 00:38:23,401 --> 00:38:25,028 (MOANING) 448 00:38:30,675 --> 00:38:32,472 (GASPING) 449 00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:42,483 Do you need to... 450 00:38:43,821 --> 00:38:45,015 No. 451 00:38:45,990 --> 00:38:47,389 No, don't worry about me. 452 00:39:00,438 --> 00:39:01,700 (CHUCKLES) 453 00:39:07,111 --> 00:39:11,445 Without a treaty signed, this union strengthens her claim. 454 00:39:11,549 --> 00:39:14,575 You need not condescend. We are well-informed. 455 00:39:14,685 --> 00:39:17,950 Forgive us. We merely seek to protect your crown. 456 00:39:19,123 --> 00:39:20,954 You cannot wed him, Madam. 457 00:39:21,058 --> 00:39:22,787 I do not wed him blindly. 458 00:39:22,893 --> 00:39:24,758 He has promised no ambition. 459 00:39:24,862 --> 00:39:26,557 He understands he will only be your consort? 460 00:39:27,231 --> 00:39:30,359 A husband to a queen, not a king in his own right? 461 00:39:30,801 --> 00:39:32,098 He does. 462 00:39:32,269 --> 00:39:34,760 I find it difficult to believe that any man would settle for as much. 463 00:39:35,606 --> 00:39:39,042 Two Catholics wed. Two Stuarts, Madam. 464 00:39:39,577 --> 00:39:42,637 He has a claim of his own, even without betrothal. 465 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,310 Together, they make a union of two claims. 466 00:39:45,416 --> 00:39:48,283 She has chosen an Englishman, as I asked. 467 00:39:48,919 --> 00:39:50,978 What recourse do I have? 468 00:39:51,288 --> 00:39:53,916 CECIL: Implore her to marry Lord Dudley. 469 00:40:01,399 --> 00:40:04,732 I will not offer my Lord if it means naming her successor. 470 00:40:05,136 --> 00:40:06,728 She will not accept him otherwise. 471 00:40:06,804 --> 00:40:08,169 Then let her refuse him. 472 00:40:08,272 --> 00:40:10,297 CECIL: On succession, I agree. 473 00:40:10,408 --> 00:40:12,171 But Darnley imperils us more. 474 00:40:13,244 --> 00:40:16,270 Dudley is her puppet. He offers no advantage. 475 00:40:16,647 --> 00:40:18,740 Unless she promises to make you heir. 476 00:40:18,816 --> 00:40:20,010 Where is this promise? 477 00:40:20,117 --> 00:40:22,608 He would provoke revolt amongst our nobles. 478 00:40:22,953 --> 00:40:26,013 Do you command so little respect you could not discourage them? 479 00:40:26,524 --> 00:40:30,153 We must not delay. You must forbid this marriage. 480 00:40:35,866 --> 00:40:37,800 Is that the top? Aye. 481 00:40:38,769 --> 00:40:41,033 No subject should ride before his Queen. 482 00:40:41,338 --> 00:40:42,498 Would he? 483 00:41:08,966 --> 00:41:10,456 (HORSES SNORTING) 484 00:41:17,174 --> 00:41:21,076 How it must feel ruling all that you see. 485 00:41:21,979 --> 00:41:23,674 I am but its servant. 486 00:41:27,551 --> 00:41:29,644 Are you prepared to be its servant? 487 00:41:34,825 --> 00:41:36,315 It is right for the man to ask, no? 488 00:41:37,428 --> 00:41:38,986 Then ask. 489 00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:41,897 Uh... 490 00:41:41,999 --> 00:41:45,196 Before God, before all of Scotland, 491 00:41:45,402 --> 00:41:47,427 before all the world... Yes. 492 00:41:48,072 --> 00:41:49,903 You'll be my Queen? 493 00:41:50,074 --> 00:41:51,166 Yes. 494 00:41:51,242 --> 00:41:52,573 And I your King? 495 00:41:52,943 --> 00:41:54,342 Yes. 496 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:57,245 And your master? 497 00:41:58,616 --> 00:41:59,844 My husband. 498 00:42:01,218 --> 00:42:02,207 (CHUCKLES) 499 00:42:21,138 --> 00:42:22,537 LORD RANDOLPH: England does not consider 500 00:42:22,606 --> 00:42:24,870 Lord Darnley a suitable husband. 501 00:42:25,242 --> 00:42:28,609 He and his father are English subjects, Madam. 502 00:42:28,779 --> 00:42:31,976 If my Queen orders their return, they must. 503 00:42:32,082 --> 00:42:34,107 She asked that I marry an English nobleman, 504 00:42:34,218 --> 00:42:35,310 and now she deprives me? 505 00:42:35,419 --> 00:42:38,217 Her wish is that you not marry this particular nobleman. 506 00:42:38,289 --> 00:42:41,087 You may tell your mistress I shall do so, with or without her blessing. 507 00:42:42,626 --> 00:42:46,062 Madam, before you act rashly, please consider... 508 00:42:46,130 --> 00:42:49,327 It is enough my own Lords treat me as though I'm but a girl. 509 00:42:49,900 --> 00:42:52,425 I will not be treated as such by Elizabeth. 510 00:42:53,003 --> 00:42:55,233 I will be the woman she is not. 511 00:42:55,506 --> 00:42:58,339 I shall produce an heir, unlike her barren self. 512 00:43:07,084 --> 00:43:09,075 Prepare the Ambassador's horse. 513 00:43:20,864 --> 00:43:22,695 Reckless child! 514 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:27,965 I have worked too long and too hard with too much bloodshed 515 00:43:28,205 --> 00:43:30,696 to secure peace in our land! 516 00:43:30,874 --> 00:43:33,775 Do not let your cursed passion rule you! 517 00:43:34,111 --> 00:43:36,170 'Tis your voice raised, sir. 518 00:43:37,047 --> 00:43:38,605 And you would lower it in my presence. 519 00:43:42,386 --> 00:43:47,824 If my counsel no longer has value then I am obliged to withdraw from court. 520 00:43:48,559 --> 00:43:50,186 If you must. 521 00:44:05,309 --> 00:44:06,401 (LAUGHING) 522 00:44:20,290 --> 00:44:22,690 CECIL: You have neither husband nor children. 523 00:44:23,527 --> 00:44:26,428 And you approach an age whereupon you cannot bear them. 524 00:44:27,164 --> 00:44:30,998 You must confront the truth, Madam. Displeasing as it may be. 525 00:44:34,004 --> 00:44:36,234 I have confronted this truth. 526 00:44:40,210 --> 00:44:42,770 You understand that I cannot. 527 00:44:44,181 --> 00:44:45,273 Will not. 528 00:44:48,018 --> 00:44:49,576 And do I understand? 529 00:44:50,788 --> 00:44:52,585 No more than I understand God. 530 00:44:52,690 --> 00:44:54,021 It is my choice. 531 00:44:56,393 --> 00:44:59,123 God would have a woman be a wife and a mother. 532 00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:01,964 So you defy his will. No. 533 00:45:03,767 --> 00:45:05,098 I choose to be a man. 534 00:45:07,771 --> 00:45:09,739 And marriage is dangerous. 535 00:45:11,075 --> 00:45:13,066 Such a man as I might marry, 536 00:45:13,944 --> 00:45:17,038 finding himself disappointed... 537 00:45:17,614 --> 00:45:19,206 He would conspire. 538 00:45:19,283 --> 00:45:21,808 No prince's revenues be so great 539 00:45:22,219 --> 00:45:25,655 that they satisfy the insatiable ambition of men. 540 00:45:26,123 --> 00:45:27,420 This I understand. 541 00:45:27,491 --> 00:45:28,924 Which is why you are the closest thing 542 00:45:28,992 --> 00:45:31,620 I shall ever have to a wife. (CHUCKLES) 543 00:45:32,096 --> 00:45:34,462 I shan't mention your proposal to Lord Dudley. 544 00:45:34,565 --> 00:45:35,623 (CHUCKLES) 545 00:45:38,736 --> 00:45:40,499 This world is a brutal place. 546 00:45:41,739 --> 00:45:44,936 We men must be wiser, mustn't we? 547 00:45:51,181 --> 00:45:52,409 (SIGHS) 548 00:45:52,483 --> 00:45:53,677 Tell me what to do. 549 00:45:55,319 --> 00:45:57,947 We must make civil war in Scotland. 550 00:45:58,021 --> 00:46:00,012 You would have me depose a sister monarch? 551 00:46:00,124 --> 00:46:02,957 It is either civil war there, or civil war here. 552 00:46:06,830 --> 00:46:08,695 I want to know nothing of it. 553 00:46:10,667 --> 00:46:12,931 The arrangements shall be mine alone. 554 00:46:15,939 --> 00:46:19,136 (DRUMS BEATING) 555 00:46:35,959 --> 00:46:37,187 (SOFT MUSIC PLAYING) 556 00:46:37,294 --> 00:46:39,785 PRIEST: By the pleasure and will of God, 557 00:46:39,863 --> 00:46:42,832 we proclaim complete the bond of marriage 558 00:46:42,900 --> 00:46:47,030 between our sovereign, Mary, Queen of Scotland, 559 00:46:47,137 --> 00:46:50,834 and the noble prince, Henry, Lord Darnley. 560 00:47:23,006 --> 00:47:24,371 (CHAIR SLIDES) 561 00:47:26,610 --> 00:47:28,771 (BEATING RHYTHMICALLY) 562 00:47:37,688 --> 00:47:39,121 (CHATTER AND LAUGHTER) 563 00:47:50,400 --> 00:47:51,924 KNOX: The authority of women, 564 00:47:52,970 --> 00:47:56,406 which I call not true authority, but carnal bondage, 565 00:47:56,473 --> 00:47:57,963 bringeth forth monsters. 566 00:47:58,075 --> 00:47:59,303 (CROWD CHEERING) 567 00:47:59,409 --> 00:48:00,433 By their crimes, 568 00:48:01,111 --> 00:48:04,080 realms and nations which used to live free 569 00:48:04,147 --> 00:48:07,378 are brought into bondage against the will of God! 570 00:48:08,418 --> 00:48:12,252 Their cankered consciences must be called to account. 571 00:48:13,290 --> 00:48:16,225 We must take up arms with our defender Lord Moray. 572 00:48:16,994 --> 00:48:20,293 We must make civil war with this false queen! 573 00:48:21,465 --> 00:48:23,660 We must make plain war 574 00:48:24,067 --> 00:48:28,800 against all false professors of Christ's holy gospel! 575 00:48:28,906 --> 00:48:30,339 (CROWD CHEERING) 576 00:48:53,997 --> 00:48:55,965 (DARNLEY LAUGHS) 577 00:48:58,101 --> 00:48:59,591 (GRUNTS, LAUGHS) 578 00:49:03,607 --> 00:49:04,869 Oh. Uh-uh. 579 00:49:05,442 --> 00:49:07,000 Oh, no. 580 00:49:08,445 --> 00:49:09,503 What will you do now? 581 00:49:13,483 --> 00:49:14,973 Bravo, Rizzio! 582 00:49:15,385 --> 00:49:17,615 Where do I sit? Where do I sit? 583 00:49:17,955 --> 00:49:19,013 Where do I... 584 00:49:20,490 --> 00:49:22,515 (LAUGHING) 585 00:49:40,744 --> 00:49:41,733 (GASPS) 586 00:49:42,245 --> 00:49:43,473 MARY: Rise and prepare yourself. 587 00:49:43,547 --> 00:49:45,242 Elizabeth has funded a rebellion. 588 00:49:51,321 --> 00:49:52,379 He is in your care. 589 00:49:54,257 --> 00:49:55,554 (DOOR CLOSES) 590 00:50:01,164 --> 00:50:02,188 Dress yourself. 591 00:50:05,268 --> 00:50:06,394 (SOLDIER SHOUTING) 592 00:50:07,537 --> 00:50:09,164 (SPEAKING FRENCH) 593 00:50:09,606 --> 00:50:10,868 RIZZIO: (IN ENGLISH) Please! Please! 594 00:50:11,708 --> 00:50:13,175 (SHOUTING IN FRENCH) 595 00:50:20,517 --> 00:50:21,575 (IN ENGLISH) A word. 596 00:50:22,019 --> 00:50:23,008 Let him approach. 597 00:50:36,066 --> 00:50:38,261 To have betrayed you this way... 598 00:50:39,302 --> 00:50:40,564 I have no excuse. 599 00:50:44,141 --> 00:50:45,369 And I beg... 600 00:50:46,710 --> 00:50:47,870 I beg that... Stand. 601 00:50:59,423 --> 00:51:01,118 You have not betrayed your nature. 602 00:51:05,262 --> 00:51:08,322 I cannot fault you for succumbing to his charms, as I did. 603 00:51:11,268 --> 00:51:12,826 But we must be more careful now. 604 00:51:18,608 --> 00:51:20,439 (SOLDIERS MARCHING) (BEATING RHYTHMICALLY) 605 00:51:39,763 --> 00:51:42,527 BOTHWELL: Moray is marching southwest, toward Dumfries. 606 00:51:42,799 --> 00:51:44,494 The English can easily supply them there. 607 00:51:44,868 --> 00:51:47,359 If we make good time, we'll cut them off before they reach the gates. 608 00:51:47,704 --> 00:51:49,467 Why give chase? Let them come to us. 609 00:51:50,373 --> 00:51:51,465 What would you have us do? 610 00:51:51,541 --> 00:51:54,635 BOTHWELL: If we lose sight, they could flank us. I want to flank them first. 611 00:51:55,312 --> 00:51:56,870 There's a bridge they must use to cross Annan. 612 00:51:57,180 --> 00:51:58,374 We can ambush them there. 613 00:51:59,649 --> 00:52:00,707 Give the order. 614 00:52:05,722 --> 00:52:08,623 Mary, I was speaking to you. 615 00:52:09,326 --> 00:52:10,384 Yes, I heard. 616 00:52:11,628 --> 00:52:12,686 Are you afraid, Henry? 617 00:52:14,464 --> 00:52:15,829 No. Good. 618 00:52:16,566 --> 00:52:18,295 Because our swords are not just for show. 619 00:52:27,410 --> 00:52:29,173 (DRUMS BEATING) 620 00:52:33,416 --> 00:52:34,405 Whence come you? 621 00:52:35,018 --> 00:52:36,144 The Highlands, Madam. 622 00:52:36,553 --> 00:52:38,646 These two are from Inverness, and I'm from Thurso. 623 00:52:39,589 --> 00:52:42,023 Catholic? MAN: No, Madam. 624 00:52:42,692 --> 00:52:43,681 And you? 625 00:52:44,661 --> 00:52:46,595 He doesn't know Scots, Madam. Only Gaelic. 626 00:52:47,931 --> 00:52:49,831 Tell him I'm grateful for his service. 627 00:52:50,400 --> 00:52:52,334 (SPEAKS GAELIC) 628 00:52:56,940 --> 00:52:58,567 He says he's proud to serve his Queen. 629 00:52:59,042 --> 00:53:00,566 And to give his life if he must. 630 00:53:01,178 --> 00:53:05,012 Tell him if any of us should die today, we all go to the same heaven. 631 00:53:06,683 --> 00:53:08,617 (TRANSLATES IN GAELIC) 632 00:53:27,637 --> 00:53:29,605 Walk like men, not boys! 633 00:53:30,874 --> 00:53:32,307 (HORSE WHINNIES) 634 00:53:32,409 --> 00:53:34,138 JAMES: March on! Good trail there! 635 00:53:34,244 --> 00:53:36,144 With your feet like that, march on! 636 00:53:36,813 --> 00:53:39,441 No, you're too slow. This is too slow! 637 00:53:44,454 --> 00:53:46,547 (DRUMS BEATING AT A DISTANCE) 638 00:53:55,599 --> 00:53:56,623 Halt! 639 00:53:56,800 --> 00:53:58,267 (DRUMS STOP BEATING) 640 00:54:02,138 --> 00:54:04,003 (CATTLE MOOING) 641 00:54:09,246 --> 00:54:11,146 (URGING HORSE) 642 00:54:18,788 --> 00:54:20,585 JAMES: Stand aside and let my men pass. 643 00:54:20,657 --> 00:54:21,817 (SPEAKING GAELIC) 644 00:54:24,761 --> 00:54:26,023 (ALL GRUNTING) 645 00:54:31,534 --> 00:54:32,967 JAMES: I charge thee, give way! 646 00:54:34,137 --> 00:54:35,365 Drive them back! 647 00:54:36,773 --> 00:54:37,831 (BEATING RHYTHMICALLY) 648 00:54:38,675 --> 00:54:40,006 (HORSE WHINNIES) 649 00:54:49,886 --> 00:54:51,615 (SOLDIERS CHARGING) 650 00:54:52,789 --> 00:54:53,847 Form up! 651 00:54:54,324 --> 00:54:55,518 Form up! 652 00:55:04,501 --> 00:55:06,196 (SOLDIERS CLAMORING) 653 00:55:13,910 --> 00:55:15,969 Man the guns! Man the guns! 654 00:55:16,046 --> 00:55:17,343 Stand and fight! 655 00:55:18,148 --> 00:55:19,513 (GUNS FIRING) 656 00:55:22,152 --> 00:55:23,813 (HORSE WHINNIES) 657 00:55:27,057 --> 00:55:28,684 (SOLDIERS SHOUTING) 658 00:55:36,833 --> 00:55:37,993 (GRUNTS) 659 00:55:48,378 --> 00:55:49,777 (GRUNTS) 660 00:55:53,450 --> 00:55:54,712 (PANTING) 661 00:55:58,888 --> 00:56:00,116 (HORN BLOWING) 662 00:56:19,642 --> 00:56:20,939 Hyah, hyah! 663 00:56:31,554 --> 00:56:33,283 (SOLDIERS CHEERING) 664 00:56:34,157 --> 00:56:36,318 (SOLDIERS SINGING IN GAELIC) 665 00:56:45,835 --> 00:56:47,427 (SINGING CONTINUES) 666 00:56:53,777 --> 00:56:54,937 (CHEERING) 667 00:57:12,929 --> 00:57:13,953 (DOOR CLOSES) 668 00:57:21,604 --> 00:57:22,832 (DOOR LATCH LOCKS) 669 00:57:24,641 --> 00:57:25,699 DARNLEY: You summoned? 670 00:57:25,975 --> 00:57:27,033 MARY: How much have you had? 671 00:57:31,214 --> 00:57:33,114 I'm celebrating our victory, my love. 672 00:57:44,828 --> 00:57:45,886 What are you doing? 673 00:57:53,536 --> 00:57:54,525 Mary. 674 00:57:57,140 --> 00:57:58,368 Close your eyes. I've... 675 00:57:58,475 --> 00:57:59,533 (GRUNTS) 676 00:58:10,887 --> 00:58:12,047 You're almost there. 677 00:58:13,690 --> 00:58:14,748 No, I can't. 678 00:58:15,425 --> 00:58:16,892 I can't. I've had too much to drink. 679 00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:19,060 Mary. Think of Rizzio. 680 00:58:23,233 --> 00:58:24,325 (GRUNTS) 681 00:58:35,011 --> 00:58:36,376 (BOTH GRUNTING) 682 00:58:36,613 --> 00:58:37,875 Yes, yes. 683 00:58:38,848 --> 00:58:40,577 That's it, that's it. 684 00:58:41,117 --> 00:58:43,244 Yeah? That's it. 685 00:58:43,353 --> 00:58:44,684 (GRUNTING) 686 00:58:48,224 --> 00:58:49,714 (MARY PANTING) 687 00:58:53,096 --> 00:58:55,189 (PANTING) 688 00:59:05,141 --> 00:59:06,540 (BOTH PANTING) 689 00:59:13,616 --> 00:59:15,709 (BOTH GRUNTING AND PANTING) 690 00:59:37,640 --> 00:59:38,902 (DOOR OPENS) 691 00:59:39,108 --> 00:59:40,598 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 692 00:59:40,810 --> 00:59:42,437 (DOOR OPENS, CLOSES) 693 00:59:50,153 --> 00:59:51,415 Pray for me. 694 00:59:56,492 --> 00:59:58,187 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 695 01:00:02,999 --> 01:00:03,988 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 696 01:00:22,118 --> 01:00:23,710 MAN: He'll make a fine stallion. 697 01:00:34,163 --> 01:00:36,188 (CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) 698 01:00:50,079 --> 01:00:53,742 If you have wondered where your Queen was these past few months... 699 01:00:54,317 --> 01:00:55,807 Now there are no secrets. 700 01:00:55,885 --> 01:00:57,477 (LAUGHTER) 701 01:00:57,553 --> 01:00:59,043 The whisperings can end. 702 01:00:59,656 --> 01:01:01,647 Spring comes bearing fruit. 703 01:01:01,724 --> 01:01:03,419 (ALL APPLAUDING) 704 01:01:10,667 --> 01:01:12,567 My husband and I give thanks. 705 01:01:13,503 --> 01:01:17,098 With heaven's blessing, we bring another Stuart into this world, 706 01:01:17,707 --> 01:01:20,699 heir to Scotland and to England. 707 01:01:20,777 --> 01:01:22,836 (ALL CHEERING) 708 01:01:24,247 --> 01:01:25,771 LORD RANDOLPH: Heir to England? 709 01:01:25,882 --> 01:01:27,213 She speaks for herself. 710 01:01:28,051 --> 01:01:29,746 Do her councilors fail to advise her? 711 01:01:30,053 --> 01:01:31,714 We advise her endlessly, sir. 712 01:01:32,055 --> 01:01:33,181 Not that she heeds it. 713 01:01:34,023 --> 01:01:35,081 You must do better. 714 01:01:35,925 --> 01:01:37,722 Better than your own Queen's council? 715 01:01:42,899 --> 01:01:44,127 How did the world come to this? 716 01:01:44,967 --> 01:01:46,958 Wise men servicing the whims of women? 717 01:01:47,070 --> 01:01:48,128 Aye. 718 01:01:58,881 --> 01:02:01,543 That man's power dies with the birth of his grandchild. 719 01:02:04,721 --> 01:02:06,086 It is a clear provocation. 720 01:02:06,622 --> 01:02:08,749 She knew well Lord Randolph would report. 721 01:02:08,825 --> 01:02:10,315 What would you have us do? 722 01:02:10,960 --> 01:02:12,791 Go to war over some reckless words? 723 01:02:12,895 --> 01:02:14,487 Not us. Her brother. 724 01:02:15,465 --> 01:02:17,092 He hopes to raise a second army. 725 01:02:17,800 --> 01:02:19,233 If we were to assist him... 726 01:02:19,302 --> 01:02:20,564 As we did his first? 727 01:02:22,405 --> 01:02:23,736 I shall not fail you twice. 728 01:02:24,741 --> 01:02:28,472 Madam, we cannot let her name your successor. She has no right. 729 01:02:29,612 --> 01:02:31,944 When I am dead and you are dead and she is dead, 730 01:02:32,014 --> 01:02:34,812 it matters not what names we did or did not say. 731 01:02:37,286 --> 01:02:39,277 The world will decide for itself. 732 01:02:39,622 --> 01:02:41,249 Now is not the time to soften. 733 01:02:46,662 --> 01:02:47,993 It's a fine day, isn't it? 734 01:02:48,264 --> 01:02:49,993 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 735 01:02:55,304 --> 01:02:56,464 I shall see you inside. 736 01:03:59,168 --> 01:04:02,934 (MISTRESS LIVINGSTON SPEAKING FRENCH) 737 01:04:05,608 --> 01:04:06,700 James. 738 01:04:09,278 --> 01:04:11,269 (IN ENGLISH) Oh, look. 739 01:04:11,948 --> 01:04:13,108 He likes it, too. 740 01:04:13,216 --> 01:04:14,581 (ALL CHUCKLING) 741 01:04:19,422 --> 01:04:21,447 (THUNDER RUMBLING) 742 01:04:21,557 --> 01:04:23,252 (WIND BLOWING) 743 01:04:33,536 --> 01:04:34,798 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 744 01:04:37,974 --> 01:04:42,138 LORD LENNOX: So, Mary's power grows with her pregnancy. 745 01:04:43,412 --> 01:04:45,243 Your letter said you had a proposal. 746 01:04:48,551 --> 01:04:50,712 Once Mary bears a child... 747 01:04:52,088 --> 01:04:54,056 Darnley will never be king. 748 01:04:55,391 --> 01:04:56,915 There is no need for your son. 749 01:04:58,494 --> 01:05:00,257 An infant cannot grant you pardon. 750 01:05:02,899 --> 01:05:05,959 It is right that you should return from exile. 751 01:05:07,737 --> 01:05:09,136 And it is right my son should be king. 752 01:05:09,972 --> 01:05:13,100 Now, we can rule through him if we weaken Mary's power. 753 01:05:15,177 --> 01:05:16,610 (KNOCKING AT DOOR) 754 01:05:16,679 --> 01:05:18,806 DARNLEY: Mary, we must speak. Can you open the door? 755 01:05:19,949 --> 01:05:21,007 Mary? Let him in. 756 01:05:21,117 --> 01:05:23,483 Open the door, so we can speak! 757 01:05:26,188 --> 01:05:27,587 (BANGING ON DOOR) 758 01:05:28,791 --> 01:05:29,849 Mary? 759 01:05:34,163 --> 01:05:35,255 Mary, open the... 760 01:05:41,537 --> 01:05:42,629 What are you doing here? 761 01:05:43,339 --> 01:05:44,499 MARY: Come, Henry. 762 01:05:54,617 --> 01:05:57,051 You would have David here, and bar your own husband? 763 01:05:58,521 --> 01:06:02,355 When I am anointed king, you will afford me the respect of a wife. 764 01:06:02,458 --> 01:06:04,221 After all, that is what you promised. 765 01:06:22,645 --> 01:06:24,738 Would you have his father be nothing but a consort? 766 01:06:24,847 --> 01:06:26,144 We know not if it's a he. 767 01:06:26,549 --> 01:06:28,540 I am more than a sire to a mare, Mary. 768 01:06:28,651 --> 01:06:30,243 Please, I am tired. 769 01:06:32,855 --> 01:06:33,913 Do you love me? 770 01:06:40,162 --> 01:06:41,151 Do you love me? 771 01:06:45,401 --> 01:06:47,528 You've given me an heir to two thrones. 772 01:06:49,939 --> 01:06:51,406 That matters more than love. 773 01:07:06,088 --> 01:07:08,852 KNOX: The Queen is servant of Satan. 774 01:07:10,593 --> 01:07:13,892 She is a fornicator with a monstrous lust. 775 01:07:14,597 --> 01:07:17,964 This pleasuring woman is not fit to rule us. 776 01:07:18,267 --> 01:07:20,633 Would we kneel before a polecat, 777 01:07:21,037 --> 01:07:22,800 who has bedded an Italian? 778 01:07:23,739 --> 01:07:24,933 David Rizzio, 779 01:07:25,274 --> 01:07:29,142 a Catholic who never leaves her bed chamber. 780 01:07:29,478 --> 01:07:32,936 How do we know her child is not a bastard? 781 01:07:34,950 --> 01:07:36,110 MAITLAND: David Rizzio. 782 01:07:36,886 --> 01:07:39,787 He is an impediment to your rightful place as king. 783 01:07:40,423 --> 01:07:41,481 Enough. 784 01:07:42,391 --> 01:07:44,757 We speak of Rizzio's relations with your wife. 785 01:07:45,261 --> 01:07:46,319 With Mary? 786 01:07:47,830 --> 01:07:48,819 You're mistaken. 787 01:07:48,931 --> 01:07:51,422 Does he not spend more time with the Queen than Your Grace? 788 01:07:52,334 --> 01:07:54,894 Why else would she make a common minstrel her private secretary? 789 01:07:54,970 --> 01:07:55,959 No, it cannot be. 790 01:07:56,072 --> 01:07:57,403 What matter if it be true? 791 01:07:58,674 --> 01:08:00,073 Because I am not a cuckold. 792 01:08:00,142 --> 01:08:01,666 Would you rather the honest truth be told? 793 01:08:02,278 --> 01:08:03,506 That you are a sodomite? 794 01:08:07,183 --> 01:08:08,514 (SIGHS) We must erase your sins... 795 01:08:09,452 --> 01:08:12,353 And either you are the adulterer, or it is she. 796 01:08:20,696 --> 01:08:22,027 The other Lords have signed. 797 01:08:35,778 --> 01:08:37,336 (SCRIBBLING) 798 01:08:45,821 --> 01:08:47,015 (SPEAKING FRENCH) 799 01:08:51,460 --> 01:08:52,688 Ah... (LAUGHS) 800 01:08:52,795 --> 01:08:54,057 (IN ENGLISH) You have been saving that. 801 01:09:01,203 --> 01:09:03,228 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 802 01:09:11,313 --> 01:09:12,746 (LAUGHTER) 803 01:09:14,416 --> 01:09:15,576 You! Come with me, sir! 804 01:09:16,185 --> 01:09:18,551 You dare charge into my chamber unannounced? 805 01:09:19,054 --> 01:09:20,646 LORD LENNOX: David Rizzio! MARY: David? 806 01:09:22,091 --> 01:09:23,217 I am with child! 807 01:09:23,325 --> 01:09:24,417 MISTRESS SETON: No! Take her! 808 01:09:25,661 --> 01:09:28,186 All that is done is in Lord Darnley's name. 809 01:09:28,998 --> 01:09:30,761 Henry? RIZZIO: Let go! No! 810 01:09:31,033 --> 01:09:32,762 (MAIDS CRYING, SCREAMING) 811 01:09:33,536 --> 01:09:34,594 What have you done? 812 01:09:34,703 --> 01:09:36,034 It is done. Look at me! 813 01:09:37,006 --> 01:09:38,371 Look at me! It is done, Mary! 814 01:09:38,440 --> 01:09:39,907 Do not interfere. (RIZZIO SCREAMING) 815 01:09:46,048 --> 01:09:47,606 (PANTING) 816 01:09:51,220 --> 01:09:52,209 Adulterer! 817 01:09:52,288 --> 01:09:54,017 No! (RIZZIO SCREAMING) 818 01:09:55,858 --> 01:09:56,916 MISTRESS BEATON: No! 819 01:09:57,026 --> 01:09:58,584 (SCREAMING) 820 01:10:00,362 --> 01:10:01,351 Enough! 821 01:10:01,864 --> 01:10:03,229 MISTRESS SETON: No! (CRYING) 822 01:10:06,702 --> 01:10:07,726 MAITLAND: Stand aside. 823 01:10:08,938 --> 01:10:10,405 (SOBBING) 824 01:10:11,640 --> 01:10:12,766 No. 825 01:10:12,875 --> 01:10:14,206 (SOBBING) 826 01:10:17,613 --> 01:10:18,705 Come on, Mary! 827 01:10:19,782 --> 01:10:20,874 Please. 828 01:10:23,118 --> 01:10:24,210 Please, no. 829 01:10:24,286 --> 01:10:26,720 Please don't... No! 830 01:10:27,122 --> 01:10:28,282 No! 831 01:10:28,390 --> 01:10:30,915 MISTRESS FLEMING: William! Do not interfere. 832 01:10:31,794 --> 01:10:33,056 (SCREAMING) MISTRESS BEATON: No! 833 01:10:34,430 --> 01:10:35,590 No! No! 834 01:10:36,632 --> 01:10:37,963 MISTRESS BEATON: No! 835 01:10:39,435 --> 01:10:40,493 No! 836 01:10:40,603 --> 01:10:41,831 (STABBING) (RIZZIO SCREAMING) 837 01:10:54,283 --> 01:10:55,614 (INHALES SHARPLY) 838 01:10:56,318 --> 01:10:57,808 (CRYING) 839 01:11:02,658 --> 01:11:04,250 You must make the final blow. 840 01:11:06,295 --> 01:11:07,592 I can't. (SNIFFLES) 841 01:11:08,130 --> 01:11:09,188 Go on. 842 01:11:11,600 --> 01:11:12,624 No. 843 01:11:13,669 --> 01:11:14,658 No. 844 01:11:15,137 --> 01:11:16,126 No. 845 01:11:21,977 --> 01:11:23,205 Adulterer! (STABS) 846 01:11:23,712 --> 01:11:24,974 (SOBBING) 847 01:11:25,814 --> 01:11:27,213 (GASPING) 848 01:11:31,020 --> 01:11:32,351 (KNIFE CLATTERS) 849 01:11:35,524 --> 01:11:37,151 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 850 01:11:44,500 --> 01:11:46,058 (SOBBING) 851 01:12:03,485 --> 01:12:04,679 (SNIFFLES) 852 01:12:12,027 --> 01:12:13,426 (SNIFFLING) 853 01:12:42,057 --> 01:12:43,718 (SCRUBBING) 854 01:12:48,731 --> 01:12:50,062 He beguiled us, Mary. 855 01:12:51,300 --> 01:12:52,358 Both of us. 856 01:12:54,937 --> 01:12:56,097 He brought us dishonor. 857 01:12:59,908 --> 01:13:00,966 Did he not? 858 01:13:04,246 --> 01:13:06,271 You are trying to usurp my crown. 859 01:13:07,483 --> 01:13:09,314 Have I not brought you a child? 860 01:13:09,418 --> 01:13:11,784 One minute makes not a man. 861 01:13:13,889 --> 01:13:16,756 Beg forgiveness. For your insult. 862 01:13:16,825 --> 01:13:18,816 Beg forgiveness now. I shall not. 863 01:13:18,927 --> 01:13:20,224 Bothwell has escaped. 864 01:13:26,935 --> 01:13:27,924 This is your fault. 865 01:13:29,138 --> 01:13:30,503 All of this, this chaos. 866 01:13:30,906 --> 01:13:31,964 Your fault. 867 01:13:32,408 --> 01:13:36,071 You swore obedience to me, Mary, on the day of our marriage. 868 01:13:36,145 --> 01:13:38,170 You swore obedience to me! 869 01:13:38,814 --> 01:13:40,145 I am King! 870 01:13:40,249 --> 01:13:41,648 You are a traitor. 871 01:13:42,751 --> 01:13:43,911 As are you. 872 01:13:43,986 --> 01:13:47,649 And until I am killed and forever after, God will see you as such. 873 01:13:48,490 --> 01:13:49,787 You will not be killed, Madam. 874 01:13:50,993 --> 01:13:52,927 Let us go. We have much business. 875 01:13:53,362 --> 01:13:54,829 Lord Moray will arrive soon. 876 01:13:55,764 --> 01:13:56,924 My brother conspired? 877 01:13:58,100 --> 01:14:00,625 Your brother returns to assist your husband. 878 01:14:04,173 --> 01:14:05,299 (CHUCKLES) 879 01:14:09,144 --> 01:14:10,202 DARNLEY: I want a drink. 880 01:14:19,788 --> 01:14:21,187 Am I to be imprisoned here alone? 881 01:14:21,290 --> 01:14:23,451 Or may I have the company of my gentlewomen? 882 01:14:24,059 --> 01:14:25,185 You may not, Madam. 883 01:14:26,662 --> 01:14:28,459 You are to remain in this chamber. 884 01:14:31,467 --> 01:14:33,196 Then at least let my husband remain. 885 01:14:34,736 --> 01:14:36,670 Or would you have a drunkard for a king? 886 01:14:46,482 --> 01:14:47,574 (SLURPING) 887 01:14:48,517 --> 01:14:49,677 (DOOR CLOSES) 888 01:15:04,366 --> 01:15:05,390 Come, Henry. 889 01:15:09,338 --> 01:15:10,532 I do not feel well. 890 01:15:34,396 --> 01:15:36,261 They forced me into the room, Mary. 891 01:15:37,399 --> 01:15:38,423 I swear. 892 01:15:40,369 --> 01:15:41,597 And I didn't know that... 893 01:15:42,971 --> 01:15:44,598 Until they arrived, I promise. 894 01:15:45,407 --> 01:15:47,136 Maitland is very persuasive. 895 01:15:48,544 --> 01:15:49,568 Yes. 896 01:15:51,647 --> 01:15:53,046 My brother even more so. 897 01:15:53,282 --> 01:15:54,374 Hmm. 898 01:15:55,117 --> 01:15:57,449 They will take your crown as well as mine. 899 01:16:04,760 --> 01:16:05,886 We should leave here. 900 01:16:08,397 --> 01:16:09,421 It's best. 901 01:16:10,632 --> 01:16:11,758 For all three of us. 902 01:16:13,769 --> 01:16:14,895 Yes. 903 01:16:19,007 --> 01:16:20,565 It is important that the people 904 01:16:20,642 --> 01:16:22,974 do not accuse those who participated as traitors. 905 01:16:23,312 --> 01:16:26,509 They must be pardoned, so there is no doubt of their loyalty to the crown. 906 01:16:26,815 --> 01:16:29,784 When she pardons all involved, you may go. 907 01:16:31,753 --> 01:16:33,687 Am I to be told what I may and may not do? 908 01:16:34,856 --> 01:16:35,845 And by who? 909 01:16:35,958 --> 01:16:37,084 Hmm? 910 01:16:37,626 --> 01:16:38,650 A mere Lord? 911 01:16:39,528 --> 01:16:40,688 And the bastard half-brother? 912 01:16:41,797 --> 01:16:43,594 Am I not the King to whom you promised fealty, 913 01:16:43,665 --> 01:16:45,326 before you carried out your violence? 914 01:16:49,371 --> 01:16:53,102 Let me remind you that this King shall go where he pleases with his wife, 915 01:16:53,675 --> 01:16:54,801 when it pleases him. 916 01:16:59,314 --> 01:17:00,645 (HORSES NEIGHING) 917 01:17:06,555 --> 01:17:08,284 (INDISTINCT CHATTER) 918 01:17:11,026 --> 01:17:12,118 BOTHWELL: The Queen! 919 01:17:19,134 --> 01:17:20,226 What is this? 920 01:17:20,802 --> 01:17:22,030 BOTHWELL: The Queen's army. 921 01:17:22,838 --> 01:17:24,135 Your chambers are ready. 922 01:17:26,742 --> 01:17:28,369 Do not make them use force. 923 01:17:39,921 --> 01:17:41,479 They have at least 500. 924 01:17:41,890 --> 01:17:43,084 More are on the way. 925 01:17:43,492 --> 01:17:45,016 Then we shall raise our own army. 926 01:17:45,093 --> 01:17:46,754 There is no appetite for war. 927 01:17:47,429 --> 01:17:49,363 Then let us stir an appetite. 928 01:17:51,700 --> 01:17:53,190 When last we raised an army, 929 01:17:53,268 --> 01:17:56,101 it was but half the size of hers with England's help. 930 01:17:57,239 --> 01:17:59,264 Without England, we will be crushed. 931 01:18:02,844 --> 01:18:04,106 She has outmaneuvered us. 932 01:18:19,761 --> 01:18:21,786 My husband claims he knew nothing of your plot 933 01:18:21,897 --> 01:18:23,797 until the day itself. JAMES: That is not true. 934 01:18:24,933 --> 01:18:27,458 He signed a bond. With his own hand. 935 01:18:31,206 --> 01:18:33,197 If you wish it destroyed, however... 936 01:18:33,275 --> 01:18:34,401 Not destroyed. 937 01:18:38,146 --> 01:18:41,047 We shall sign this pardon as soon as you produce the bond. 938 01:18:48,123 --> 01:18:49,215 Aye, Madam. 939 01:19:04,940 --> 01:19:06,635 The flowers are all of one color. 940 01:19:07,642 --> 01:19:08,734 Poppies are red. 941 01:19:10,112 --> 01:19:11,101 I know of no other color that they... 942 01:19:11,179 --> 01:19:12,305 In the light, they are many colors. 943 01:19:13,448 --> 01:19:14,574 Red and others. 944 01:19:15,751 --> 01:19:16,945 Nature is more subtle. 945 01:19:17,519 --> 01:19:18,611 The council is met. 946 01:19:20,489 --> 01:19:22,116 There is news from Scotland. 947 01:19:25,460 --> 01:19:26,484 What do you think? 948 01:19:27,162 --> 01:19:28,186 ROBERT: Lovely. 949 01:19:29,998 --> 01:19:31,522 The flower's not too plain? 950 01:19:32,501 --> 01:19:33,627 The news is urgent. 951 01:19:36,204 --> 01:19:38,001 What news do I want from Scotland? 952 01:19:39,441 --> 01:19:40,430 Bloodshed? 953 01:19:42,110 --> 01:19:43,839 Go conspire among yourselves. 954 01:19:45,280 --> 01:19:46,338 Very well. 955 01:19:54,189 --> 01:19:55,486 (DOOR OPENS) 956 01:19:57,159 --> 01:19:58,148 Burn it. 957 01:19:59,694 --> 01:20:00,854 I shall begin again. 958 01:20:03,965 --> 01:20:05,330 Burn it, I say! 959 01:20:23,985 --> 01:20:26,818 MARY: You visited Mother and me here, before we left for France. 960 01:20:26,888 --> 01:20:28,185 Do you remember? JAMES: Yes. 961 01:20:28,723 --> 01:20:30,088 Those were tumultuous times. 962 01:20:31,159 --> 01:20:32,558 It was here, in this glen. 963 01:20:32,661 --> 01:20:35,221 You lifted me high when I said I wished to be a bird. 964 01:20:37,766 --> 01:20:38,824 If you say so. 965 01:20:39,100 --> 01:20:42,035 I understand why you wouldn't remember a trifling thing like that. 966 01:20:42,437 --> 01:20:44,928 Of what consequence are the fancies of a little girl? 967 01:20:45,207 --> 01:20:47,675 Not all little girls are born to be queens. 968 01:20:55,750 --> 01:20:58,082 I should like you to hold my child up one day. 969 01:20:59,888 --> 01:21:01,685 Make him fly as you made me. 970 01:21:07,195 --> 01:21:08,526 He will be born a prince. 971 01:21:09,798 --> 01:21:10,890 And one day king. 972 01:21:13,235 --> 01:21:16,898 I want him to love his uncle and to be born into a peaceful land. 973 01:21:16,972 --> 01:21:17,961 I wish the same. 974 01:21:18,073 --> 01:21:20,564 Then will you love your sister as you would love her child? 975 01:21:22,644 --> 01:21:23,906 For she still loves you... 976 01:21:25,714 --> 01:21:28,410 And if it is a son, she will call him James, 977 01:21:28,483 --> 01:21:30,417 for both his grandfather and his uncle. 978 01:21:34,723 --> 01:21:35,985 I do not deserve your kindness. 979 01:21:36,091 --> 01:21:37,285 James. 980 01:21:37,392 --> 01:21:38,791 (CRYING) 981 01:22:03,351 --> 01:22:05,080 MARY: My dearest cousin Elizabeth. 982 01:22:06,688 --> 01:22:10,317 We have had our differences, and what sorrow it has brought my heart. 983 01:22:11,426 --> 01:22:13,826 But before I bring a child into this world, 984 01:22:14,162 --> 01:22:15,459 I wish to reconcile. 985 01:22:16,665 --> 01:22:18,997 I would our child have two mothers. 986 01:22:19,868 --> 01:22:21,130 BESS: "A mother who bears him... 987 01:22:22,837 --> 01:22:24,930 "And you, his chosen godmother. 988 01:22:26,308 --> 01:22:28,208 "No child would be more blessed." 989 01:22:48,530 --> 01:22:49,861 (EXHALES) 990 01:22:53,501 --> 01:22:55,401 (SCREAMING) 991 01:23:04,879 --> 01:23:06,540 (BABY CRYING) 992 01:23:23,665 --> 01:23:25,530 ELIZABETH: I am told the labor was long, 993 01:23:26,601 --> 01:23:29,365 but only with suffering do we know joy. 994 01:23:32,040 --> 01:23:35,532 What greater joy than to have a son to call your own. 995 01:23:37,278 --> 01:23:40,679 Humbly do I accept your invitation to be his godmother, 996 01:23:42,217 --> 01:23:44,242 that I might share in your happiness. 997 01:23:46,521 --> 01:23:49,285 What is more, we should return to the issue of inheritance, 998 01:23:49,391 --> 01:23:51,518 now that a new generation is upon us. 999 01:23:53,128 --> 01:23:54,925 MARY: Your terms are most agreeable. 1000 01:23:55,764 --> 01:23:58,130 It is only right that your heirs succeed you, 1001 01:23:58,233 --> 01:24:01,202 if you marry and bear children of your own. 1002 01:24:07,142 --> 01:24:08,234 And should you not, 1003 01:24:09,110 --> 01:24:13,046 it is my son's great honor to rule by your sublime example. 1004 01:24:13,114 --> 01:24:14,581 (BABY CRYING) 1005 01:24:26,294 --> 01:24:27,886 CECIL: If you grant her succession, 1006 01:24:27,962 --> 01:24:29,725 we are rewarding her disobedience. 1007 01:24:29,798 --> 01:24:31,231 What disobedience? 1008 01:24:31,966 --> 01:24:34,059 She is not our subject! 1009 01:24:34,569 --> 01:24:36,332 And yet you would make us hers. 1010 01:24:39,841 --> 01:24:43,572 What have you produced in all your travels between our kingdoms? 1011 01:24:44,345 --> 01:24:45,403 Discord. 1012 01:24:46,114 --> 01:24:48,139 War. Death. 1013 01:24:49,651 --> 01:24:52,119 And now you have the boldness to doubt my judgment? 1014 01:24:53,188 --> 01:24:54,678 You had better question yours. 1015 01:24:55,323 --> 01:24:57,917 I regret that you perceive me as a failure. 1016 01:24:58,793 --> 01:25:00,624 CECIL: We serve you fully... 1017 01:25:01,796 --> 01:25:02,990 With all our hearts. 1018 01:25:03,498 --> 01:25:05,625 Any one of us would gladly die for you. 1019 01:25:05,700 --> 01:25:08,533 But Mary is our foe, and a Catholic. 1020 01:25:08,803 --> 01:25:11,499 She is only your Queen if I should not produce an heir. 1021 01:25:11,840 --> 01:25:13,273 CECIL: And will you, Madam? 1022 01:25:14,509 --> 01:25:16,773 For you have given us little hope so far. 1023 01:25:18,847 --> 01:25:21,816 Despite your every effort, she has prevailed. 1024 01:25:23,051 --> 01:25:27,044 She has proven herself, in fact, far more capable than my own Privy Council! 1025 01:25:27,722 --> 01:25:29,280 Should I die before my time, 1026 01:25:29,624 --> 01:25:32,821 we could do worse than to place her on the throne of England. 1027 01:25:36,798 --> 01:25:38,026 MARY: Is this not your name? 1028 01:25:41,703 --> 01:25:42,692 It's forged. 1029 01:25:44,139 --> 01:25:45,697 Henry... I swear. This is an outrage. 1030 01:25:45,807 --> 01:25:47,172 It is your hand. 1031 01:25:47,509 --> 01:25:48,703 (CHUCKLES) 1032 01:25:50,211 --> 01:25:51,735 You must believe me. 1033 01:25:59,487 --> 01:26:00,852 Am I not to see my own son? 1034 01:26:02,724 --> 01:26:03,713 I'm not to see him? 1035 01:26:04,926 --> 01:26:06,223 He's not to know his father? 1036 01:26:07,028 --> 01:26:10,657 For your child's sake, be contented with a pardon and your life. 1037 01:26:13,101 --> 01:26:14,762 We have procured a house for you. 1038 01:26:15,103 --> 01:26:16,536 We are to live apart. 1039 01:26:17,672 --> 01:26:19,037 Bothwell will see you there. 1040 01:26:40,929 --> 01:26:42,419 (DOOR CLOSES) 1041 01:27:00,582 --> 01:27:01,947 (CHUCKLING) 1042 01:27:02,717 --> 01:27:03,741 You're moving. 1043 01:27:09,724 --> 01:27:11,055 (GLASS SHATTERS) 1044 01:27:13,494 --> 01:27:15,655 You must divorce him, Madam. It is forbidden. 1045 01:27:15,763 --> 01:27:16,991 Not in the Church of Scotland. 1046 01:27:17,098 --> 01:27:18,725 He is the father of my child. 1047 01:27:19,267 --> 01:27:20,734 I will not do him such an indignity. 1048 01:27:20,802 --> 01:27:21,928 Darnley is cursed. 1049 01:27:22,437 --> 01:27:24,405 He is harmless. Not so. 1050 01:27:24,839 --> 01:27:26,773 He's still plotting to take your crown. 1051 01:27:26,841 --> 01:27:30,072 My men heard him. He spoke of regicide. 1052 01:27:32,080 --> 01:27:34,844 You have commanded armies against armies. 1053 01:27:34,949 --> 01:27:36,473 Now you fear a single man? 1054 01:27:36,918 --> 01:27:37,942 I did not claim to fear him. 1055 01:27:38,019 --> 01:27:39,486 Then why advocate divorce? 1056 01:27:40,121 --> 01:27:42,112 My oath is to defend your safety. 1057 01:27:42,190 --> 01:27:43,521 So you do fear him. 1058 01:27:50,498 --> 01:27:52,432 Just as you vowed to protect me, 1059 01:27:52,500 --> 01:27:54,297 I vowed loyalty to my husband. 1060 01:27:54,869 --> 01:27:57,702 Any man who marries me will try to make himself king. 1061 01:27:58,206 --> 01:28:00,106 I owe him neither comfort nor title, 1062 01:28:00,174 --> 01:28:02,199 but I will not become a lady Henry VIII, 1063 01:28:02,310 --> 01:28:04,540 dispensing with husbands as he did wives. 1064 01:28:15,490 --> 01:28:16,479 (GRUNTS) 1065 01:28:17,191 --> 01:28:18,180 Damn. 1066 01:28:18,893 --> 01:28:19,882 Ow! 1067 01:28:22,463 --> 01:28:25,830 MAITLAND: My Lord, you argued well in council. 1068 01:28:26,567 --> 01:28:28,831 May we borrow your wisdom for a moment? 1069 01:28:29,470 --> 01:28:32,496 The Queen should not cast aside your protection. 1070 01:28:51,693 --> 01:28:53,251 (DOGS BARKING) 1071 01:28:57,332 --> 01:28:58,924 (FIRE CRACKLING) 1072 01:29:05,106 --> 01:29:06,368 (COUGHING) 1073 01:29:09,377 --> 01:29:11,402 (BELL TOLLING) 1074 01:29:13,881 --> 01:29:15,439 (DARNLEY COUGHING) 1075 01:29:20,388 --> 01:29:21,548 (GRUNTING) 1076 01:29:28,563 --> 01:29:30,463 (CHOKING) 1077 01:29:39,040 --> 01:29:40,940 (PRINCE JAMES CRYING) 1078 01:29:48,249 --> 01:29:49,614 Mama! 1079 01:29:52,320 --> 01:29:53,378 It's Lord Darnley. 1080 01:29:54,489 --> 01:29:55,751 Attempt on his life. 1081 01:29:57,725 --> 01:29:58,714 Is he dead? 1082 01:30:01,629 --> 01:30:03,062 (MEN SHOUTING) 1083 01:30:14,242 --> 01:30:17,302 I'll take you to my estates. It's not safe for you here. 1084 01:30:18,513 --> 01:30:20,981 James should stay with one of your ladies for his safety. 1085 01:30:24,585 --> 01:30:25,916 (CRYING) 1086 01:30:37,698 --> 01:30:39,666 MARY: It's okay. It's okay. 1087 01:30:39,767 --> 01:30:40,859 (PRINCE JAMES CRYING) 1088 01:30:40,968 --> 01:30:43,163 BOTHWELL: As soon as the women are loaded, get us moved. 1089 01:30:43,271 --> 01:30:44,431 Come on! 1090 01:30:45,106 --> 01:30:46,471 (CRYING) 1091 01:30:46,541 --> 01:30:47,872 It's okay. BOTHWELL: Madam. 1092 01:30:49,343 --> 01:30:50,833 Madam, we have to go. 1093 01:30:51,212 --> 01:30:53,703 Mama! Mama! 1094 01:30:57,452 --> 01:31:00,819 Mama! Mama! 1095 01:31:04,559 --> 01:31:06,117 Mama! 1096 01:31:07,462 --> 01:31:10,124 Mama! Mama! 1097 01:31:10,698 --> 01:31:13,462 Mama! Mama! 1098 01:31:45,500 --> 01:31:46,933 (KNOCK AT DOOR) 1099 01:31:50,505 --> 01:31:51,494 BOTHWELL: Pardon. 1100 01:31:52,440 --> 01:31:53,429 No need. 1101 01:31:56,110 --> 01:31:57,577 May we speak in private? 1102 01:32:21,302 --> 01:32:22,291 What brings you? 1103 01:32:26,107 --> 01:32:29,736 The Parliament will ratify a proclamation demanding you wed a Scottish subject 1104 01:32:30,545 --> 01:32:31,603 now that you are widowed. 1105 01:32:31,712 --> 01:32:32,872 It has only been a day. 1106 01:32:34,782 --> 01:32:35,874 They meet tomorrow. 1107 01:32:37,385 --> 01:32:39,580 It is your council's advice that you should marry me. 1108 01:32:40,288 --> 01:32:41,380 (EARRING CLATTERS) 1109 01:32:52,099 --> 01:32:53,088 What have you done? 1110 01:33:02,777 --> 01:33:03,766 Murderer. 1111 01:33:06,514 --> 01:33:07,606 (MARY GRUNTING) 1112 01:33:07,682 --> 01:33:09,650 Did I not come to your aid when your Lords rebelled? 1113 01:33:09,750 --> 01:33:11,980 Did I not? I was loyal! 1114 01:33:12,086 --> 01:33:13,110 Me! 1115 01:33:15,756 --> 01:33:19,522 Refuse, and I will not come to your aid when they rebel again. 1116 01:33:19,994 --> 01:33:20,983 Please. 1117 01:33:27,268 --> 01:33:28,860 (PANTING) 1118 01:33:35,977 --> 01:33:36,966 Come. 1119 01:33:41,682 --> 01:33:43,479 Undress your lady. 1120 01:33:43,551 --> 01:33:45,109 She has consented to be my wife. 1121 01:34:43,844 --> 01:34:47,837 KNOX: A whore of Babylon who defies the sanctity of marriage. 1122 01:34:48,949 --> 01:34:49,938 What's worse, 1123 01:34:50,051 --> 01:34:53,111 she has broken the most solemn commandment, 1124 01:34:53,220 --> 01:34:54,847 "Thou shalt not kill." 1125 01:34:57,091 --> 01:34:59,958 She had her husband murdered 1126 01:35:00,061 --> 01:35:02,894 so that she could wed his rival. 1127 01:35:02,963 --> 01:35:05,193 Would we worship a murderous harlot? 1128 01:35:06,400 --> 01:35:10,928 Queen Strumpet marries another man 1129 01:35:11,038 --> 01:35:13,302 whom she bedded out of wedlock! 1130 01:35:13,407 --> 01:35:17,138 Our kingdom has become a disgrace, 1131 01:35:17,244 --> 01:35:19,542 to God and all the world! 1132 01:35:20,481 --> 01:35:22,278 (CROWD SHOUTING, FEET STOMPING) 1133 01:35:24,318 --> 01:35:27,253 CROWD: (CHANTING) Death to the whore! Death to the whore! 1134 01:35:28,255 --> 01:35:31,486 Death to the whore! Death to the whore! 1135 01:35:31,592 --> 01:35:34,993 Death to the whore! Death to the whore! Death to the whore! 1136 01:35:35,096 --> 01:35:36,290 Death to the whore! 1137 01:35:36,397 --> 01:35:39,264 Death to the whore! Death to the whore! Death to the whore! 1138 01:35:49,276 --> 01:35:50,607 You promised I would be king. 1139 01:35:52,913 --> 01:35:56,679 If your betrothed does abdicate, you are abdicated also. 1140 01:35:57,451 --> 01:36:00,579 This was your intention. JAMES: Events have overtaken all intentions. 1141 01:36:00,654 --> 01:36:02,315 Liar! 1142 01:36:02,423 --> 01:36:03,617 Liars! 1143 01:36:04,925 --> 01:36:06,085 Events, aye. 1144 01:36:06,494 --> 01:36:08,621 Events by your design. Is that not true? 1145 01:36:10,998 --> 01:36:11,987 Speak, damn you. 1146 01:36:13,334 --> 01:36:14,824 Be men and own your treachery. 1147 01:36:15,536 --> 01:36:16,798 Did you not deceive me? 1148 01:36:18,172 --> 01:36:20,936 As they have done their Queen since the day she returned. 1149 01:36:22,710 --> 01:36:24,678 Were you fool enough to trust these men? 1150 01:36:25,179 --> 01:36:26,669 Who took up arms against you? 1151 01:36:28,816 --> 01:36:30,181 You must abdicate, Madam. 1152 01:36:31,352 --> 01:36:33,377 When your son comes of age, he will assume the throne. 1153 01:36:33,487 --> 01:36:35,785 Until then, my Lord will be Regent. 1154 01:36:36,557 --> 01:36:38,149 Brother? We found Mistress Seton. 1155 01:36:38,225 --> 01:36:40,489 The boy is now in our custody at Holyrood. 1156 01:36:41,495 --> 01:36:42,860 You hold my son prisoner? 1157 01:36:42,963 --> 01:36:44,362 Not prisoner. 1158 01:36:46,200 --> 01:36:48,225 He's my ward, until he is old enough... 1159 01:36:48,335 --> 01:36:50,235 Your namesake, James. 1160 01:36:51,172 --> 01:36:52,366 Named for you. 1161 01:36:54,308 --> 01:36:56,333 If you wish him to be king one day, 1162 01:36:56,410 --> 01:36:58,002 you must abdicate. 1163 01:36:58,078 --> 01:37:00,911 I will not do it. MAITLAND: You will, Madam. 1164 01:37:01,015 --> 01:37:03,848 By force if we must. I shall meet force with force. 1165 01:37:04,251 --> 01:37:06,515 People believe you are a traitor and a whore. 1166 01:37:07,688 --> 01:37:11,055 What army can defeat an entire nation turned against its Queen? 1167 01:37:12,026 --> 01:37:15,189 They would sooner parade your head on a pike than bow before a harlot. 1168 01:37:16,564 --> 01:37:18,862 I for one, would gladly hold high that pike. 1169 01:37:19,400 --> 01:37:20,731 (GASPS SOFTLY) 1170 01:37:23,838 --> 01:37:25,772 Well, he is right. You cannot raise an army. 1171 01:37:25,873 --> 01:37:29,036 Many times you have said I cannot do what I have done. 1172 01:37:31,745 --> 01:37:33,076 Then we are finished here. 1173 01:37:43,390 --> 01:37:45,858 This is beyond my control. I ask you to reconsider. 1174 01:37:45,926 --> 01:37:49,054 All I have done is try to unify this land. 1175 01:37:49,129 --> 01:37:50,118 I know. 1176 01:37:50,898 --> 01:37:53,458 To relinquish the crown would be against God's will... 1177 01:37:53,567 --> 01:37:55,228 But God will not protect you. 1178 01:37:55,302 --> 01:37:58,237 I will protect you, as my kin. 1179 01:38:00,274 --> 01:38:01,764 I wish that we were kin. 1180 01:38:02,977 --> 01:38:04,467 But we are no longer so. 1181 01:38:22,296 --> 01:38:24,389 (FOOTSTEPS RECEDING) 1182 01:38:24,465 --> 01:38:25,762 (SIGHS) 1183 01:38:34,775 --> 01:38:36,572 (MARY SPEAKING FRENCH) 1184 01:38:39,280 --> 01:38:40,907 (MISTRESS FLEMING IN FRENCH) 1185 01:39:01,468 --> 01:39:02,457 (IN ENGLISH) I would. 1186 01:39:04,605 --> 01:39:06,038 (SPEAKING FRENCH) 1187 01:39:19,820 --> 01:39:23,119 Are we to do nothing as my sister is deposed? 1188 01:39:26,493 --> 01:39:28,051 She is not your sister. 1189 01:39:30,464 --> 01:39:32,659 Nor can she be your successor. 1190 01:39:34,635 --> 01:39:37,968 Not a woman whose own subjects call her a harlot. 1191 01:39:38,038 --> 01:39:40,063 This is Cecil speaking. 1192 01:39:41,008 --> 01:39:42,566 I speak for myself. 1193 01:39:44,311 --> 01:39:46,211 Though all your council agrees. 1194 01:39:52,353 --> 01:39:54,344 How cruel men are. 1195 01:40:32,526 --> 01:40:35,017 England does not look so different from Scotland. 1196 01:40:36,196 --> 01:40:39,256 Aye, they are sisters. 1197 01:40:40,801 --> 01:40:42,393 (MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY) 1198 01:40:53,814 --> 01:40:55,645 (HORSES SNORTING) 1199 01:40:58,152 --> 01:40:59,983 (DOGS BARKING IN DISTANCE) 1200 01:41:04,792 --> 01:41:05,986 (HORSE NEIGHS) 1201 01:41:19,106 --> 01:41:20,505 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 1202 01:41:35,355 --> 01:41:36,344 MAN: Madam... 1203 01:41:37,257 --> 01:41:38,246 Come away. 1204 01:42:10,791 --> 01:42:11,780 I rode ahead. 1205 01:42:12,726 --> 01:42:13,988 She'll be here soon. 1206 01:42:16,063 --> 01:42:17,121 Remain here. 1207 01:42:31,545 --> 01:42:33,536 (HORSES SNORTING) 1208 01:42:40,387 --> 01:42:42,218 (HORSES APPROACHING) 1209 01:43:01,542 --> 01:43:02,600 Your Majesty. 1210 01:43:18,926 --> 01:43:20,359 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 1211 01:43:41,448 --> 01:43:42,437 Cousin? 1212 01:43:43,717 --> 01:43:44,706 ELIZABETH: Aye. 1213 01:43:47,988 --> 01:43:49,080 Are you well? 1214 01:43:51,091 --> 01:43:52,922 Your voice is not what I expected. 1215 01:43:55,762 --> 01:43:57,059 What did you expect of it? 1216 01:43:58,298 --> 01:43:59,322 I do not know. 1217 01:44:05,138 --> 01:44:06,503 How I long to see your face. 1218 01:44:08,742 --> 01:44:10,107 No one can know we meet. 1219 01:44:11,278 --> 01:44:13,075 Yes, I have been instructed. 1220 01:44:13,146 --> 01:44:14,943 ELIZABETH: If you speak of it to anyone, I shall deny. 1221 01:44:15,682 --> 01:44:17,673 And I will regard your words as treason. 1222 01:44:17,784 --> 01:44:19,445 Am I your subject now? 1223 01:44:21,688 --> 01:44:22,677 No. 1224 01:44:24,258 --> 01:44:25,623 You are not my subject. 1225 01:44:26,460 --> 01:44:28,428 But you do seek my help. 1226 01:44:33,433 --> 01:44:35,333 MARY: I am grateful for your protection. 1227 01:44:38,472 --> 01:44:39,939 I am pleased to grant it. 1228 01:44:41,375 --> 01:44:42,603 How did it come to this? 1229 01:44:54,354 --> 01:44:55,844 May I see you, sister? 1230 01:45:04,665 --> 01:45:06,360 My eyes are weary from travel. 1231 01:45:12,639 --> 01:45:14,402 I should have stayed true to your love. 1232 01:45:17,044 --> 01:45:19,342 I should have followed your example and never married. 1233 01:45:20,881 --> 01:45:22,178 Then you would have no son. 1234 01:45:22,249 --> 01:45:24,080 Whose mother is without a crown. 1235 01:45:24,818 --> 01:45:27,150 Whose own throne is usurped by his uncle. 1236 01:45:27,220 --> 01:45:28,687 You must have faith. 1237 01:45:28,755 --> 01:45:30,689 Your brother will keep his word. 1238 01:45:30,757 --> 01:45:31,917 I have no faith in him. 1239 01:45:35,429 --> 01:45:36,862 I have only faith in you. 1240 01:45:40,901 --> 01:45:42,664 You would let them show the world 1241 01:45:42,736 --> 01:45:45,830 that a queen can so easily be forsworn? 1242 01:45:50,043 --> 01:45:51,032 Answer me, sister. 1243 01:45:55,382 --> 01:45:57,077 To war with Scotland 1244 01:45:57,184 --> 01:46:00,950 and betray my own clergy on a Catholic's behalf. No, I cannot. 1245 01:46:01,588 --> 01:46:03,021 You know I cannot. 1246 01:46:06,893 --> 01:46:10,693 Did you come so far at such great risk only to refuse me? 1247 01:46:13,734 --> 01:46:14,723 (SOFTLY) I came... 1248 01:46:18,438 --> 01:46:19,427 I came because... 1249 01:46:19,906 --> 01:46:21,100 (CLOTH RUSTLING) 1250 01:46:31,251 --> 01:46:33,219 If you refuse me an army... 1251 01:46:33,286 --> 01:46:34,275 Say it to my face. 1252 01:46:35,322 --> 01:46:37,483 Do not force me to beg to your back. 1253 01:46:58,178 --> 01:47:00,146 I will kneel before you if I must. 1254 01:47:00,981 --> 01:47:02,608 (VOICE BREAKING) It would make no difference. 1255 01:47:08,088 --> 01:47:10,147 You are safe here in England. 1256 01:47:12,159 --> 01:47:13,183 That's all I can offer. 1257 01:47:15,095 --> 01:47:17,620 I have been abandoned by so many. 1258 01:47:21,601 --> 01:47:23,125 I am utterly alone. 1259 01:47:25,839 --> 01:47:26,828 As am I. 1260 01:47:30,043 --> 01:47:31,032 Alone. 1261 01:47:33,113 --> 01:47:34,808 Then be my sister. 1262 01:47:37,684 --> 01:47:39,208 Be my boy's Godmother. 1263 01:47:41,221 --> 01:47:43,781 Together we could conquer all of those who doubt us. 1264 01:47:44,458 --> 01:47:46,050 Do not play into their hands. 1265 01:47:46,159 --> 01:47:48,719 Our enmity is precisely what they hope for. 1266 01:47:50,297 --> 01:47:53,630 I know your heart has more within it than the men who counsel you. 1267 01:47:59,239 --> 01:48:01,469 I am more man than woman now. 1268 01:48:03,376 --> 01:48:05,241 The throne has made me so. 1269 01:48:08,515 --> 01:48:11,416 But I have no enmity with you. 1270 01:48:13,720 --> 01:48:15,483 Except to seed rebellion 1271 01:48:16,590 --> 01:48:19,320 and to deceive me, time and time again. 1272 01:48:19,693 --> 01:48:21,854 If you still seek my protection, 1273 01:48:21,928 --> 01:48:23,418 you would do well to watch your words. 1274 01:48:23,530 --> 01:48:25,589 I will not be scolded by my inferior. 1275 01:48:27,267 --> 01:48:28,256 Your inferior? 1276 01:48:28,368 --> 01:48:29,357 I am a Stuart, 1277 01:48:30,504 --> 01:48:33,371 which gives me greater claim to England than you possess. 1278 01:48:35,842 --> 01:48:37,036 (EXHALES) 1279 01:48:44,117 --> 01:48:45,448 I had this made 1280 01:48:47,287 --> 01:48:50,279 because I wanted to present the best version of myself. 1281 01:48:56,596 --> 01:48:57,585 I was jealous. 1282 01:49:03,703 --> 01:49:04,692 Your beauty. 1283 01:49:06,873 --> 01:49:07,862 Your bravery. 1284 01:49:09,776 --> 01:49:10,765 (VOICE BREAKING) Your motherhood. 1285 01:49:11,211 --> 01:49:12,371 (SOBBING) 1286 01:49:12,445 --> 01:49:15,141 You seemed to surpass me in every way. 1287 01:49:20,921 --> 01:49:23,321 But now, I see there is no cause for envy. 1288 01:49:27,160 --> 01:49:28,149 Your gifts 1289 01:49:29,062 --> 01:49:30,552 are your downfall. 1290 01:49:38,939 --> 01:49:39,928 What now, sister? 1291 01:49:42,943 --> 01:49:44,137 (INHALES SHARPLY) 1292 01:49:44,911 --> 01:49:46,776 You will still have my protection, 1293 01:49:48,114 --> 01:49:50,275 under my terms. Until you have me killed. 1294 01:49:50,817 --> 01:49:51,977 I will do no such thing. 1295 01:49:52,085 --> 01:49:53,177 Wouldn't you? 1296 01:49:54,588 --> 01:49:56,078 As Henry killed your mother? 1297 01:49:57,090 --> 01:49:59,251 I am not my father. 1298 01:49:59,326 --> 01:50:00,793 But you share his blood. 1299 01:50:05,198 --> 01:50:08,463 As long as you do not provoke my enemies, 1300 01:50:09,202 --> 01:50:10,794 you have nothing to fear. 1301 01:50:14,274 --> 01:50:16,208 Your fate rests in your own hands. 1302 01:50:23,817 --> 01:50:25,614 If I seek to help your enemies, 1303 01:50:26,553 --> 01:50:28,953 'tis only because you pushed me to their arms. 1304 01:50:29,956 --> 01:50:31,446 And should you murder me, 1305 01:50:32,525 --> 01:50:34,493 remember you murder your sister 1306 01:50:36,196 --> 01:50:37,788 and you murder your Queen. 1307 01:51:02,856 --> 01:51:05,518 Take her somewhere you can guard her well. 1308 01:51:20,373 --> 01:51:21,567 (INHALES SHARPLY) 1309 01:51:41,695 --> 01:51:43,094 (GATE OPENING) 1310 01:51:50,303 --> 01:51:51,292 It's time. 1311 01:51:54,574 --> 01:51:55,563 ELIZABETH: Sister. 1312 01:51:57,410 --> 01:52:01,039 Evidence has been presented to me written in your hand. 1313 01:52:02,415 --> 01:52:06,112 It shows that you have conspired with Catholic forces against my life. 1314 01:52:08,621 --> 01:52:11,988 Whether these letters are in your hand or not, 1315 01:52:12,092 --> 01:52:13,252 I must act. 1316 01:52:16,296 --> 01:52:18,594 I wish I could speak these words to you directly. 1317 01:52:19,966 --> 01:52:22,400 But they exist only in my mind 1318 01:52:22,469 --> 01:52:23,959 as both a prayer 1319 01:52:24,070 --> 01:52:25,298 and a penance. 1320 01:52:26,740 --> 01:52:28,970 I hope that God will hear them. 1321 01:52:30,677 --> 01:52:35,137 Believe me when I tell you how it ages me to bear such a burden, 1322 01:52:36,750 --> 01:52:38,479 ordering to death the only other woman 1323 01:52:38,585 --> 01:52:40,246 who knows what it means to rule 1324 01:52:40,320 --> 01:52:41,582 as a queen in this land. 1325 01:52:51,831 --> 01:52:53,458 (CLOTHES RUSTLING) 1326 01:52:57,270 --> 01:52:58,464 (SCRAPING) 1327 01:53:05,612 --> 01:53:08,479 You were right when we spoke a half-lifetime ago. 1328 01:53:09,649 --> 01:53:11,139 You said the day would come, 1329 01:53:11,951 --> 01:53:13,646 and that day has come. 1330 01:53:14,821 --> 01:53:17,449 I regret not doing then what I do now, 1331 01:53:17,524 --> 01:53:19,389 so that I could have spared you so many years 1332 01:53:19,492 --> 01:53:21,119 of imprisonment and misery. 1333 01:53:23,029 --> 01:53:26,556 If you would lay eyes upon me now, you would not recognize me. 1334 01:53:28,368 --> 01:53:31,462 I have relinquished all sense of self to the throne, 1335 01:53:31,538 --> 01:53:33,972 which rules my every word and action. 1336 01:53:35,542 --> 01:53:37,134 But when I think of you, 1337 01:53:37,977 --> 01:53:39,740 I see not an aged woman, 1338 01:53:40,346 --> 01:53:43,406 but rather the young, resplendent Queen 1339 01:53:43,516 --> 01:53:47,077 whose portrait I first gazed upon five and 20 years ago, 1340 01:53:47,687 --> 01:53:50,747 and whose beauty shone so brightly when we met, 1341 01:53:50,857 --> 01:53:52,222 despite her despair. 1342 01:53:59,933 --> 01:54:03,164 I know God's arms will accept you in that likeness... 1343 01:54:04,003 --> 01:54:05,994 As the young, fierce Queen 1344 01:54:06,072 --> 01:54:08,438 who I have always loved and admired. 1345 01:54:12,679 --> 01:54:14,874 May your soul have pity on mine. 1346 01:54:22,222 --> 01:54:23,621 (SOBBING) 1347 01:54:24,557 --> 01:54:25,546 Your Grace. 1348 01:54:32,198 --> 01:54:33,187 Your Grace. 1349 01:54:44,310 --> 01:54:46,244 (STOMPING FOOT) 1350 01:55:01,327 --> 01:55:03,454 By order of our sovereign Elizabeth, 1351 01:55:04,964 --> 01:55:06,989 Queen of England, Wales and Ireland, 1352 01:55:09,002 --> 01:55:10,435 Overlord of Scotland, 1353 01:55:11,905 --> 01:55:14,499 certified by her Privy Council and Parliament, 1354 01:55:16,242 --> 01:55:18,301 Mary Stuart is condemned to death 1355 01:55:23,082 --> 01:55:24,947 this day, February the eighth, 1356 01:55:26,452 --> 01:55:29,751 the year of our Lord 1587. 1357 01:55:33,760 --> 01:55:34,954 (ALL GASPING) 1358 01:55:35,028 --> 01:55:37,087 (ALL MURMURING) 1359 01:55:37,163 --> 01:55:38,790 She thinks herself a martyr. 1360 01:55:42,869 --> 01:55:43,858 James, 1361 01:55:44,604 --> 01:55:46,162 my only son, 1362 01:55:48,374 --> 01:55:50,342 I pray that with your life 1363 01:55:50,443 --> 01:55:52,206 you will succeed where I could not, 1364 01:55:53,379 --> 01:55:55,677 and for which I am about to give my life. 1365 01:55:57,817 --> 01:56:00,285 In my end is my beginning. 1366 01:56:01,521 --> 01:56:03,455 I shall be watching you from heaven 1367 01:56:05,124 --> 01:56:09,026 as your crown, one day, unites two kingdoms. 1368 01:56:19,072 --> 01:56:20,630 And we shall have peace. 1369 01:56:23,676 --> 01:56:24,870 (BREATH TREMBLES)