WEBVTT FILE 1 00:00:02.000 --> 00:00:03.764 Where there are now two land masses, 2 00:00:03.920 --> 00:00:04.967 there once was just one. 3 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:06.884 The Book of Leaves has to be here. 4 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:09.805 Take whatever steps are necessary to find our spy. 5 00:00:09.960 --> 00:00:11.166 Do it quickly. 6 00:00:11.360 --> 00:00:13.681 It is God's will to break Lorenzo 7 00:00:13.840 --> 00:00:15.001 and all who support him. 8 00:00:15.200 --> 00:00:16.804 With the exception of da Vinci, I agree with you. 9 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:19.884 Those weapons he makes-- they could all be ours. 10 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:22.651 Rome has more men and the Lord on its side. 11 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:25.167 Well, we've got 10 pipe organ muskets 12 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:28.642 capable of firing 33 rounds a minute on ours. 13 00:00:28.840 --> 00:00:30.569 10 guns. Good to know. 14 00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:31.846 Thank you for that. 15 00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:33.843 Papers with the papal seal. 16 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:36.082 A list of locations to hide them. 17 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:38.766 - Where did you find this? - In Signor Becchi's quarters. 18 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:40.206 All along the traitor was you. 19 00:00:40.360 --> 00:00:42.806 Lorenzo, this is a mistake. 20 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:58.004 Boy. 21 00:01:59.920 --> 00:02:02.526 One of my huntsmen wishes this decorated. 22 00:02:03.600 --> 00:02:06.171 You've a keen eye. Paint it. 23 00:02:11.400 --> 00:02:15.485 When Leonardo was 14 years old, his father Piero, 24 00:02:15.640 --> 00:02:17.722 having found little use for the young man, 25 00:02:17.880 --> 00:02:19.769 gave him a task. 26 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:27.291 Leo spent the next day collecting all manner 27 00:02:27.440 --> 00:02:28.965 of strange creatures. 28 00:02:31.200 --> 00:02:33.202 And so long did he labor dissecting them 29 00:02:33.360 --> 00:02:36.409 that the stench was past bearing. 30 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:38.210 But Leonardo didn't notice. 31 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:41.045 So great was his love for his art. 32 00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:43.407 It's finished, Father. Come see. 33 00:02:54.480 --> 00:02:56.130 It will suffice. 34 00:02:56.320 --> 00:02:59.961 Knowing that the hunting guide would be none the wiser... 35 00:03:01.640 --> 00:03:06.407 Piero presented him with a new shield 36 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:09.131 while selling the original one to a vendor 37 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:10.964 for 100 ducats. 38 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:13.771 And then the vendor resold it 39 00:03:13.960 --> 00:03:16.361 to the Duke of Milan himself 40 00:03:16.520 --> 00:03:18.124 for 300 ducats. 41 00:03:20.120 --> 00:03:22.691 Loath to pass up such a resource, 42 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:25.127 Piero arranged for his son 43 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:28.329 to be brought under my tutelage. 44 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:32.002 I paid a finder's fee of 50 ducats. 45 00:03:32.160 --> 00:03:34.322 A bargain, in my estimation. 46 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:37.171 His father sold you a bastard son? 47 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:39.089 Yes, but you know what? 48 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:41.521 I would trade a hundred of you 49 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:44.684 to have another one like him on my doorstep. 50 00:03:44.840 --> 00:03:46.763 I think you're drunk, old man. 51 00:03:46.920 --> 00:03:49.048 And you're jealous, Botticelli. 52 00:03:49.200 --> 00:03:52.761 Tomorrow, I'll be sober... 53 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:57.521 but you'll still be jealous. 54 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:06.051 You're preoccupied today. 55 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:09.044 Painting-- 56 00:04:09.200 --> 00:04:11.726 it's about-- it's about more than just strokes. 57 00:04:11.880 --> 00:04:13.882 There's perspective. 58 00:04:14.040 --> 00:04:17.886 I mean, do I paint you from below... 59 00:04:18.880 --> 00:04:21.770 or do I paint you 60 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:23.490 from above? 61 00:04:23.640 --> 00:04:25.369 And then there are symbols. 62 00:04:25.520 --> 00:04:27.568 Do I paint you with a dog in your arms? 63 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:29.563 Um, it's a symbol of loyalty. 64 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:34.924 How about the particular shade of vermillion 65 00:04:35.080 --> 00:04:38.482 that I use for the blush of your cheeks? 66 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:44.011 And the folds of your dress, 67 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:46.527 should they be 68 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:51.089 lush and sumptuous? 69 00:04:51.240 --> 00:04:54.483 Or stiff and angular? 70 00:04:54.640 --> 00:04:56.290 And perhaps... 71 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:00.169 no gown at all. 72 00:05:00.360 --> 00:05:02.931 If I was a dutiful servant, 73 00:05:03.080 --> 00:05:05.686 I'd consider the needs of my patron. 74 00:05:05.840 --> 00:05:07.490 But I'm not. 75 00:05:07.640 --> 00:05:09.290 So that-- 76 00:05:10.520 --> 00:05:12.568 That is what I struggle with. 77 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:19.122 You can't take your eyes off that. 78 00:05:19.280 --> 00:05:21.328 What's so beautiful about it? 79 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:23.767 It's the same thing I see in you. 80 00:05:23.920 --> 00:05:27.208 It's a mystery. It's a puzzle. 81 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:29.806 And I will stop at nothing to figure it out. 82 00:05:43.480 --> 00:05:44.970 Francesco... 83 00:05:46.080 --> 00:05:49.527 the walls of my Cappella Maggiore lean and crumble 84 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:53.207 just as Rome itself is in disrepair. 85 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:57.081 This place must become a grand palace of the Lord 86 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.322 celebrating His glory in marble 87 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:02.051 and majestic brushstrokes 88 00:06:02.200 --> 00:06:04.328 from the most enlightened hands on Earth. 89 00:06:04.480 --> 00:06:07.529 I will build a gleaming chapel, 90 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:11.770 the stories of Christ and Moses frescoed on the ceiling. 91 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:15.003 A tribute to the everlasting grace of God. 92 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:17.845 I can assure you, Your Holiness, 93 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:19.331 if you move your accounts 94 00:06:19.520 --> 00:06:23.161 from the Medici Bank to my own, 95 00:06:23.360 --> 00:06:25.089 you'll have all the funds you need. 96 00:06:25.280 --> 00:06:28.523 This will require more than funds. 97 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:31.763 Resurrection requires death. 98 00:06:32.840 --> 00:06:34.490 And in this case, 99 00:06:34.640 --> 00:06:37.450 the sacrifice for Rome's rebirth 100 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:40.365 will be Florence. 101 00:06:40.520 --> 00:06:43.285 However, the Medici have certain capabilities 102 00:06:43.440 --> 00:06:45.249 we are unsure we can best. 103 00:06:45.400 --> 00:06:47.846 We've tried a frontal assault. 104 00:06:49.200 --> 00:06:52.044 We may need you to develop 105 00:06:52.200 --> 00:06:56.569 other, less direct contingencies. 106 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:59.564 The Medicis are the reason Florence is a sanctuary 107 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:02.564 for sorcerers and sodomites. 108 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:04.563 They've turned my city away from the Lord. 109 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:08.725 Together, Holy Father, we will turn it back. 110 00:07:14.400 --> 00:07:16.528 Now gather your men, Girolamo. 111 00:07:18.840 --> 00:07:21.366 You've a role to play in this as well. 112 00:07:22.360 --> 00:07:24.488 He's been with our family his entire life. 113 00:07:24.640 --> 00:07:26.085 He taught us our letters, for God's sake. 114 00:07:26.240 --> 00:07:27.651 I don't care if he held your prick 115 00:07:27.840 --> 00:07:29.251 the first time you took a piss, 116 00:07:29.400 --> 00:07:31.289 Becchi is a spy and a traitor. 117 00:07:31.440 --> 00:07:33.522 His brother-in-law carries epic debts 118 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:36.087 which could only be met with the Roman scudos we found. 119 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:38.561 We broke the cipher in dozens of letters he hid as well, 120 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:41.087 each one more incriminating than the last. 121 00:07:41.240 --> 00:07:43.242 Now is not the time to show mercy. 122 00:07:43.440 --> 00:07:44.885 So we're jailing old friends 123 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:46.963 while making new friends with lunatics like da Vinci. 124 00:07:47.120 --> 00:07:49.885 Our grandfather made friends with lunatics. 125 00:07:50.040 --> 00:07:51.769 Brunelleschi was one and he created 126 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:53.490 the most majestic cathedral in Europe. 127 00:07:53.640 --> 00:07:57.122 If you believe Becchi betrayed us, 128 00:07:57.280 --> 00:07:59.203 it's you who's gone mad. 129 00:08:01.320 --> 00:08:02.606 Lorenzo! 130 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:09.370 No. No, please. 131 00:08:09.520 --> 00:08:11.090 Tell me, boy, are you familiar 132 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:14.369 with Abraham's prayer for Sodom and Gomorrah? 133 00:08:14.520 --> 00:08:18.002 How many righteous people did Abraham initially promise 134 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:20.766 he would find in those blighted cities? 135 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:22.081 20? 136 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:23.810 Unfortunate. 137 00:08:23.960 --> 00:08:26.167 No, please! 138 00:08:26.320 --> 00:08:29.642 And your answer? 139 00:08:30.840 --> 00:08:32.604 No? No? 140 00:08:32.760 --> 00:08:34.489 No idea? 141 00:08:41.480 --> 00:08:44.689 Are there no faithful in this forsaken place, 142 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:48.003 or are you all damned? 143 00:08:48.160 --> 00:08:50.481 - You, stand. - Come on. 144 00:08:50.640 --> 00:08:52.642 Let us pray you know the right reply. 145 00:08:55.800 --> 00:08:57.325 - What? - 50. 146 00:08:59.080 --> 00:09:01.447 50, Signor. 147 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:05.003 You are correct. 148 00:09:07.000 --> 00:09:09.731 You will deliver this message to the Medicis. 149 00:09:09.880 --> 00:09:12.963 It contains, in exacting detail, 150 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:16.329 the horrors witnessed here today. 151 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:20.643 Why in God's name are we here, Riario? 152 00:09:20.800 --> 00:09:22.211 Tell me, Captain, how much 153 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:24.010 did you give the Medicis for your coat? 154 00:09:24.160 --> 00:09:26.481 I bought it in Rome, not Florence. 155 00:09:26.640 --> 00:09:28.802 Every dyed fabric in Europe 156 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:33.369 uses alum from these mines to fix the dye. 157 00:09:35.040 --> 00:09:37.520 Did you know Pope Pius ll 158 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:40.451 gave this mining concern to the Medicis 159 00:09:40.640 --> 00:09:44.725 in return for forgiveness of papal debt? 160 00:09:44.880 --> 00:09:48.123 And since then, every frock, sheet, and shirt 161 00:09:48.280 --> 00:09:51.045 has had a portion of its price going to Florence. 162 00:09:51.200 --> 00:09:55.728 Today, we killed three birds with one stone. 163 00:09:57.240 --> 00:10:00.483 We took back what was rightfully Rome's, 164 00:10:00.640 --> 00:10:03.405 we eliminated a lucrative source of Medici income, 165 00:10:03.560 --> 00:10:06.040 and, most importantly... 166 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:09.566 we have sent a message. 167 00:10:19.760 --> 00:10:22.127 This is an artless pursuit. 168 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:26.364 I like just making one of something. 169 00:10:26.560 --> 00:10:27.800 Well, you better get used to it 170 00:10:27.960 --> 00:10:29.610 'cause we've got plenty more copies to go. 171 00:10:29.760 --> 00:10:31.091 What exactly is it that I'm getting used to? 172 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:35.165 Making each soldier's death indistinguishable from the last? 173 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:37.681 Leonardo, you're needed at the palace. 174 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:39.808 You playing errand boy now, Father? 175 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:43.885 In these traitorous times, we fill any role required. 176 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:46.447 Come on, the Medicis are none of them patient men. 177 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:50.080 Not you two. 178 00:10:51.920 --> 00:10:54.287 This is state business, not a sideshow. 179 00:11:10.480 --> 00:11:12.801 If you are in this room, it is because you reside 180 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:15.884 in my innermost circle of trust. 181 00:11:16.040 --> 00:11:18.441 And if you are in my circle, it is because we share 182 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:20.409 a common vision for Florence, 183 00:11:20.560 --> 00:11:22.688 a city that will be remembered for centuries 184 00:11:22.840 --> 00:11:27.209 as a cynosure of innovation and artistry. 185 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:31.126 I have received word from Tolfa, Commander Quattrone... 186 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:36.883 that Count Riario has attacked our alum mine. 187 00:11:37.040 --> 00:11:38.644 This is a casus belli, 188 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:40.205 an act of war. 189 00:11:41.880 --> 00:11:44.326 It is easy to be for Florence in times of peace. 190 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:45.925 Not so in times of war. 191 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:49.607 Those who cannot stand with us should leave. 192 00:11:50.800 --> 00:11:54.327 It is better to be a coward now than a traitor later. 193 00:11:54.520 --> 00:11:57.808 I recently lost my most trusted advisor to treachery. 194 00:11:57.960 --> 00:11:59.689 He currently sits in the Bargello 195 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:02.081 awaiting his fate on the wheel. 196 00:12:02.280 --> 00:12:05.602 In the Medici court, we punish treason 197 00:12:05.760 --> 00:12:08.525 and we reward service. 198 00:12:08.680 --> 00:12:11.206 Will the young man who brought me this scroll 199 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:13.362 please come forward? 200 00:12:17.200 --> 00:12:19.521 So, tell us, please, how did you come by the scroll? 201 00:12:19.680 --> 00:12:21.205 A Tolfan miner, sir. 202 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:23.249 Count Riario killed all but one, 203 00:12:23.400 --> 00:12:25.562 whom he tasked with delivering the scroll. 204 00:12:25.760 --> 00:12:27.683 And would you tell us what it says? 205 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:29.604 Riario has an army, sir. 206 00:12:29.760 --> 00:12:31.967 He intends to occupy Florence 207 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:33.724 unless you... 208 00:12:34.800 --> 00:12:36.609 do as Rome asks. 209 00:12:36.760 --> 00:12:38.205 Did the miner convey this to you? 210 00:12:38.400 --> 00:12:41.927 He's a simple man, sir. I doubt he can read. 211 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:44.731 So you broke the seal... 212 00:12:44.880 --> 00:12:47.042 and revealed its contents to others? 213 00:12:49.680 --> 00:12:51.330 Arrest him. 214 00:12:52.680 --> 00:12:54.091 - No! - Warm up the wheels 215 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:56.481 - with his bones! - No, please! Please, sir, no! 216 00:12:56.640 --> 00:12:58.927 I will show no mercy to those who betray the Medici name. 217 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:00.809 Don't do this, please! 218 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:05.682 Each of you has a responsibility to this community. 219 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:08.411 To protect, to invent, 220 00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:12.400 to maintain order, to support, 221 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:16.764 to uphold the sacred honor of the Medici legacy. 222 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:22.082 We all knew this day would come. 223 00:13:22.280 --> 00:13:24.931 We will not submit. 224 00:13:25.080 --> 00:13:27.242 We will fight. 225 00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:31.451 Alla battaglia Firenze! 226 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:34.570 Alla battaglia Firenze! 227 00:13:44.520 --> 00:13:46.284 I think I have a cat in my bag. 228 00:13:46.440 --> 00:13:48.329 Would you like to kick that, too? 229 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:49.481 Enough. 230 00:13:49.680 --> 00:13:53.287 "A city that will be remembered for centuries to come 231 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:55.966 as a cynosure for innovation and artistry." 232 00:13:56.120 --> 00:13:58.646 That's a direct quote from Becchi's counsel to you 233 00:13:58.800 --> 00:14:00.928 when you were a shit-scared 19-year-old poet 234 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:02.366 about to ascend the throne. 235 00:14:02.520 --> 00:14:05.364 - Not now, Giuliano. - Yes, now. 236 00:14:05.520 --> 00:14:09.605 There's a difference between strength and cruelty, Lorenzo. 237 00:14:09.760 --> 00:14:12.161 Leave cruelty to Sixtus and his brutes, 238 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:13.845 or it won't be Rome, 239 00:14:14.040 --> 00:14:17.328 it'll be our own people who move against us. 240 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:20.006 Do me a kindness, brother. 241 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:23.646 When I ride out to meet Count Riario... 242 00:14:25.280 --> 00:14:27.282 stay home. 243 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:57.842 Ladies and gentlemen, 244 00:14:58.040 --> 00:15:00.168 I have here the shattered ankle bone 245 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:01.526 of Saint Alibinus, 246 00:15:01.680 --> 00:15:04.684 a single shard of which is guaranteed 247 00:15:04.880 --> 00:15:07.770 to protect against all pirates and all ruffians. 248 00:15:07.920 --> 00:15:10.287 And for a few soldi more, 249 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:13.922 the fingers of the esteemed martyr Saint Bessos! 250 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:16.686 - It's Bessus, you idiot! - Aw, piss off. 251 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:18.205 What causes this commotion? 252 00:15:18.360 --> 00:15:19.885 Who else wants some? Come on! 253 00:15:20.040 --> 00:15:21.929 People have gathered for an execution. 254 00:15:26.400 --> 00:15:28.323 Gentile Becchi wasn't meant to be brought up 255 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:29.720 until the full moon. 256 00:15:29.880 --> 00:15:32.042 No, not Becchi. A servant. 257 00:15:36.600 --> 00:15:39.206 Thanks to him, word of Riario's incursion 258 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:40.885 spread like wildfire 259 00:15:41.080 --> 00:15:42.923 and Lorenzo wants to make an example. 260 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:50.408 The Confraternity of Death are such vultures. 261 00:15:50.560 --> 00:15:52.688 Someone has to pray for the condemned. 262 00:15:59.920 --> 00:16:01.604 This is ugly business for a lady. 263 00:16:01.760 --> 00:16:03.330 No. 264 00:16:03.520 --> 00:16:06.000 Even a lady must support the Medicis against spies. 265 00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:11.921 Oh, God. 266 00:16:13.040 --> 00:16:15.008 How long will this take? 267 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:18.407 It can last hours. 268 00:16:18.560 --> 00:16:20.927 God help any man who betrays Lorenzo. 269 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:29.600 What are you reading? 270 00:16:29.800 --> 00:16:31.609 A book of hours. 271 00:16:31.800 --> 00:16:35.521 In the original Latin, no doubt. 272 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:38.041 I always hated that language. 273 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:40.282 As was evident in your studies. 274 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:43.603 Perhaps you were simply a piss-poor teacher. 275 00:16:43.760 --> 00:16:45.649 Perhaps. 276 00:16:58.160 --> 00:17:00.606 I'm sorry it's come to this. 277 00:17:00.760 --> 00:17:02.330 Mm. 278 00:17:04.560 --> 00:17:07.643 Why didn't you tell us about your family's need for money? 279 00:17:07.800 --> 00:17:10.565 I would never have troubled you with my relatives' mishaps. 280 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:12.688 But you would take coin from Rome? 281 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:16.441 Ask yourself, my boy, if money had motivated me, 282 00:17:16.600 --> 00:17:19.171 why wouldn't it have been spent already 283 00:17:19.320 --> 00:17:21.607 instead of lying conveniently in my quarters 284 00:17:21.760 --> 00:17:22.761 awaiting discovery 285 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:25.446 along with the papal seals of Rome? 286 00:17:25.600 --> 00:17:27.682 I want to believe. 287 00:17:28.840 --> 00:17:30.683 You counseled my grandfather, Cosimo, 288 00:17:30.840 --> 00:17:32.490 my father. 289 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:34.847 You've given your life in service to Florence, 290 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:37.287 always doing your best to protect the Medici name. 291 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:39.761 But when I am gone, Giuliano, 292 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:42.605 I will no longer be able to provide such protection. 293 00:17:42.760 --> 00:17:44.683 Look, are you innocent of these charges or not? 294 00:17:44.840 --> 00:17:47.525 - Of course I am. - Then why don't you fight them? 295 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:50.889 Because your brother is incapable of listening. 296 00:17:51.040 --> 00:17:54.203 Lorenzo is consumed with wrath. 297 00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:57.523 It blinds him to the dangers circling him. 298 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:03.402 There is a traitor in our midst. 299 00:18:03.600 --> 00:18:05.887 After I am dead and Lorenzo lowers his guard, 300 00:18:06.040 --> 00:18:08.361 the traitor will still be here. 301 00:18:11.000 --> 00:18:14.561 People underestimate you, Giuliano. 302 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:17.405 Yet that perceived weakness makes you uniquely suited 303 00:18:17.560 --> 00:18:19.961 to flushing our spy from cover. 304 00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:25.726 Look after your brother. 305 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:27.245 He needs you. 306 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:29.243 Now more than ever. 307 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.924 Riario will advance from the south 308 00:18:42.080 --> 00:18:43.411 through the Valdarno Valley. 309 00:18:43.600 --> 00:18:45.443 We'll place weapons on all sides, 310 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:47.961 but the majority will meet his men here. 311 00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:49.281 We'll be outnumbered. 312 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.481 Well, they'll be outgunned. 313 00:18:50.640 --> 00:18:53.041 With 10 guns? Are you certain? 314 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:54.964 We're casting more muskets. 315 00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:58.920 I promise you, you'll never have to fire them. 316 00:18:59.080 --> 00:19:01.686 Sometimes... 317 00:19:01.840 --> 00:19:04.446 when all your enemy knows is killing... 318 00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:06.841 a simple deception can suffice. 319 00:19:07.840 --> 00:19:11.128 Riario is far more clever than you think, da Vinci. 320 00:19:11.280 --> 00:19:13.521 Your wit won't get us out of this one. 321 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:16.804 Only your weapons will. 322 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:19.804 And I promise you, they will fire. 323 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:02.689 Magnifico. Commander. 324 00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:04.842 Artista. 325 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:06.843 War engineer, actually. 326 00:20:08.320 --> 00:20:11.164 That's a very handsome stallion you have there, Riario. 327 00:20:11.320 --> 00:20:13.846 - Andalusian, no? - Mm. 328 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:16.924 Given to me personally by Queen Isabella of Castile. 329 00:20:17.080 --> 00:20:18.844 I've heard of these Andalusians. 330 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:23.369 I understand the breed's prone to ischemic diseases. 331 00:20:23.520 --> 00:20:26.490 Reduced blood flow, especially to the intestines, 332 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:30.884 which can lead to some unfortunate anal blockage. 333 00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:33.401 Undoubtfully, you're used to the smell of shit 334 00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:34.766 following you wherever you go. 335 00:20:36.120 --> 00:20:38.122 In an effort to avoid further bloodshed, 336 00:20:38.280 --> 00:20:41.762 His Eminence has extended a list of demands. 337 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:45.766 First, Florence will formally embrace into its bosom 338 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:50.209 Francesco Salviati as Archbishop of Pisa. 339 00:20:50.360 --> 00:20:52.089 Second, the Medici Bank will forgive 340 00:20:52.240 --> 00:20:53.571 the Holy See of all debts. 341 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:57.167 And third, you will release certain artisans 342 00:20:57.360 --> 00:20:58.725 from their contractual obligations 343 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:00.564 so that they might employ their gifts 344 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:04.247 in service of the greater glory of His Holiness' new chapel. 345 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:08.371 And in which artist is His Holiness interested? 346 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:17.689 One Pietro Perugino... 347 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:19.609 one Sandro Botticelli... 348 00:21:19.760 --> 00:21:21.250 Oh, Jesus. 349 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:23.004 Oh! 350 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:24.810 Leonardo da Vinci. 351 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:27.691 I'd rather have my testicles gnawed off by conger eels. 352 00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:29.524 Well, that can be arranged. 353 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:31.848 And if we don't capitulate? 354 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:34.287 Uh, my forces will occupy Florence-- 355 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:37.962 My guns will cut your men to ribbons. 356 00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:39.645 Your fabled pipe organ muskets? 357 00:21:39.800 --> 00:21:43.168 Well, yes, they will cut down some of them, but not all. 358 00:21:43.360 --> 00:21:45.522 Thanks to Giuliano's bumbling, I was aware 359 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:47.603 that you possessed 10 guns. 360 00:21:47.760 --> 00:21:49.125 And given that I've observed them close at hand, 361 00:21:49.280 --> 00:21:52.250 I simply deduced their cyclic rate of fire. 362 00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:54.084 Between them, they're capable of launching 33 volleys, 363 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:57.050 comprising 333 discharges. 364 00:21:57.200 --> 00:22:00.443 Now, let's assume that... 365 00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:03.331 two-thirds of them hit their mark. 366 00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:06.290 But what happens while your brave militiamen 367 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:08.363 are reloading? 368 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:25.969 My remaining 400 ride out. 369 00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:29.329 And, yes, we will use your precious Florentines 370 00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.811 as target practice. 371 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:32.962 You face a walled city, Riario. 372 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:36.050 We can hold you off for six months at the least. 373 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:38.965 It takes but one person to open the gates from the inside. 374 00:22:39.120 --> 00:22:41.691 Do you-- do you truly believe 375 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:43.609 that in those months, the call of the Holy Father 376 00:22:43.760 --> 00:22:45.330 won't be honored by a single soul in Florence? 377 00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:50.850 You have 24 hours to ponder the Holy Father's offer. 378 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:52.843 Enjoy your day. 379 00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:58.328 We need more guns, da Vinci. 380 00:22:58.520 --> 00:23:00.443 Our lives depend on it. 381 00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:11.209 Maestro, shouldn't we be building guns 382 00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:12.361 or at least preparing for the invasion 383 00:23:12.520 --> 00:23:13.521 like everyone else? 384 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:15.523 - I'm sketching. - Pomegranates. 385 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:17.330 Nothing escapes your penetrating observation. 386 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.925 Maestro, Count Riario is nearly upon us. 387 00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:20.485 I know damn well where Riario is. 388 00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:24.486 - Then what are we doing here? - I wonder about that myself. 389 00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:27.041 Excuse us, Signora. 390 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:29.726 You're rather careless with your sketches, artista. 391 00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:32.884 You left a sheaf of them in my husband's study. 392 00:23:33.040 --> 00:23:35.691 Shouldn't you be laboring for the security of Florence? 393 00:23:38.360 --> 00:23:41.045 There's something about this pomegranate. 394 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.247 I can't define it yet, 395 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:45.205 but the Greeks teach us everything can be everything, 396 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:48.563 and everything can be turned into everything else. 397 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:51.769 If we can't see the pattern in God's architecture, 398 00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:54.730 it's because we're not looking closely enough. 399 00:23:54.880 --> 00:23:57.690 Would you like your sketches back? 400 00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:00.330 Of all of Lorenzo's treasures, 401 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:03.529 it was this bit of carved stone that caught your eye. 402 00:24:04.520 --> 00:24:07.091 Has your husband ever mentioned it to you? 403 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:10.403 - Where it came from? - I believe he inherited it. 404 00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:15.282 Perhaps from a man in the next-door room. 405 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:17.124 The magician. 406 00:24:17.280 --> 00:24:20.045 Lorenzo's grandfather, Cosimo. 407 00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:23.044 He ruled this city without ever holding office. 408 00:24:23.200 --> 00:24:25.726 Oh, there's something about him. 409 00:24:27.040 --> 00:24:29.725 You're welcome to study him at any time, 410 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:34.010 but for now, I'd rather you return to your guns, no? 411 00:24:35.600 --> 00:24:38.922 I didn't come to Florence to live under Roman rule. 412 00:24:51.120 --> 00:24:52.963 Da Vinci. 413 00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:56.811 A treat for indulging me. 414 00:25:01.280 --> 00:25:02.770 Thank you for meeting with me, 415 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:06.402 especially with all the concerns about Rome. 416 00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:08.210 I know this is unorthodox, 417 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:11.961 but circumstances forced my hand. 418 00:25:12.120 --> 00:25:15.488 You know what's happened to Becchi, 419 00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:18.246 the accusations that have been made. 420 00:25:19.520 --> 00:25:21.682 I don't believe he's a traitor. 421 00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:23.922 Well, what do you want me to do? 422 00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:27.167 Clarice has already agreed to advocate for Becchi. 423 00:25:27.320 --> 00:25:29.322 You own the other half of my brother's heart. 424 00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:31.164 Will you do the same? 425 00:25:32.200 --> 00:25:34.965 Are you so sure he's innocent? 426 00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:37.282 I believe we can prove it. 427 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:39.169 Becchi has been giving me counsel. 428 00:25:39.320 --> 00:25:42.324 Working with him, I know we can trap the real traitor. 429 00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:47.884 Please, Signora. 430 00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:12.367 Temperature's right. 431 00:26:12.520 --> 00:26:14.363 Leo... 432 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:18.731 the fat-kidneyed foreman requires your help. 433 00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:21.850 What do we know of Lorenzo's ancestors? 434 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:25.762 His father was a good but sickly man. 435 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:30.050 Who lived in the shadow of his father, Cosimo. 436 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:32.726 Wow, really? How in fuck does this matter? 437 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:34.484 Rome's mercenaries are upon us. 438 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:36.563 Clarice Orsini gave me this today. 439 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:41.201 She said Lorenzo inherited it. 440 00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.605 You're exhausted. Look at you. 441 00:26:43.760 --> 00:26:44.761 Fixating on bits of bric-a-brac 442 00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.921 when you've more guns to complete. 443 00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:47.121 It's insane. 444 00:26:47.280 --> 00:26:51.808 The keys on it are identical to the ones from the Jew. 445 00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:56.325 The Vault of Heaven, the Book of Leaves. 446 00:26:57.880 --> 00:27:00.451 How do the Medicis figure into it all? 447 00:27:01.800 --> 00:27:03.370 Leo, I just don't see 448 00:27:03.520 --> 00:27:05.761 how a fucking mantelpiece antique 449 00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:07.922 keeps Riario's swords from our fucking necks. 450 00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:11.562 Christ, Zo, can you just drop it for one minute? 451 00:27:13.080 --> 00:27:16.004 Do you have to prove your ignorance so damn often? 452 00:27:20.800 --> 00:27:23.406 When the Byzantine Empire 453 00:27:23.560 --> 00:27:25.847 used the first cannons against the Ottomans 454 00:27:26.040 --> 00:27:27.929 during the siege of Constantinople... 455 00:27:29.280 --> 00:27:31.248 the Turks were forced to flee. 456 00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:34.688 30 years later, they returned with cannons of their own, 457 00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:36.245 bigger cannons. 458 00:27:36.400 --> 00:27:39.085 Then, after a 55-day siege, 459 00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:41.129 there was destruction... 460 00:27:42.560 --> 00:27:44.722 that the city would never be the same. 461 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:50.882 Constantinople fell. 462 00:27:51.040 --> 00:27:52.644 Well, then... 463 00:27:52.800 --> 00:27:54.484 we've always got to make sure we've got the biggest cannon. 464 00:27:59.320 --> 00:28:00.810 It never ends. 465 00:28:06.280 --> 00:28:07.964 Unless... 466 00:28:10.040 --> 00:28:12.805 unless I end it here. 467 00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:15.002 Maestro, don't! That'll cause an explosion! 468 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:43.686 Maestro, what have you done? 469 00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:46.729 Sealed our fucking fate. 470 00:29:03.080 --> 00:29:04.969 Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. 471 00:29:05.120 --> 00:29:08.090 How long has it been since your last confession? 472 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:14.847 I'm embarrassed to say. 473 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:16.490 Nearly a year. 474 00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:18.210 Mm. 475 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:21.768 I've spoken with many shamed penitents tonight, child. 476 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:24.491 The wheel reminds people of the punishments 477 00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:28.486 awaiting those not reconciled with Our Father. 478 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:30.642 It's horrid. 479 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:34.686 I fear I myself 480 00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:37.571 drive someone toward a similar agony. 481 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:41.725 Every daughter of Eve faces the same dilemma. 482 00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:46.487 I have been untrue. 483 00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:51.801 And now someone else is suffering for it. 484 00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:57.245 And he will endure unimaginable pain. 485 00:29:58.840 --> 00:29:59.966 And it's my fault. 486 00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:01.690 If I may... 487 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:06.846 I have heard something of the state of your marriage. 488 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:09.890 If you can offer up even the smallest, 489 00:30:10.040 --> 00:30:13.283 the tenderest bit of mercy, 490 00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:16.444 I have no doubt it will be taken very well. 491 00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:20.002 - Mercy has its risks. - And rewards. 492 00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:41.924 "Good people of Florence, 493 00:30:42.080 --> 00:30:44.321 the Medicis are leading you to death." 494 00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:46.926 You have to give Riario some credit. 495 00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:48.969 He knows how to intimidate his prey. 496 00:30:49.120 --> 00:30:50.645 People say Riario 497 00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:53.326 has 2,000 men to burn the city. 498 00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.766 I heard 3,000. 499 00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:57.526 The city will be safe. 500 00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:59.523 I'll make sure of it. 501 00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:02.160 Pride is a deadly sin, artista. 502 00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:07.082 Il Capitano. 503 00:31:08.080 --> 00:31:10.367 Didn't take you for a religious zealot. 504 00:31:10.520 --> 00:31:13.205 A bully and an asshole, yes. 505 00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:14.691 - But zealot? - Shh. 506 00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:18.287 - It's... - I'm zealous about my family. 507 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.845 And we pray every night 508 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:22.002 that you're not leading this city to destruction. 509 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:25.685 I have that much power, do I? 510 00:31:25.840 --> 00:31:27.729 We've had nothing but trouble since you talked your way 511 00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:29.564 into the Medici court. 512 00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:32.246 Perhaps God is on the count's side in this business. 513 00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:34.846 I don't believe in any God 514 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:37.207 who would side with that pig's bladder. 515 00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:38.725 You blaspheme. 516 00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:43.051 Men like you artistic perverts 517 00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:45.168 are turning Florence into Gomorrah. 518 00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:47.891 You're beating a quick path to the everlasting bonfire 519 00:31:48.040 --> 00:31:50.008 and dragging us all with you. 520 00:31:51.880 --> 00:31:54.326 I'll send you to the bonfire even sooner. 521 00:31:56.040 --> 00:31:58.725 I know you're a better swordsman than I, da Vinci. 522 00:31:59.760 --> 00:32:01.683 Still... 523 00:32:04.040 --> 00:32:06.520 I struck the bone, eh? 524 00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:10.770 Do you really want to blunt the edge of your blade on me 525 00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:12.729 when you may need it sharp 526 00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:14.405 for Riario? 527 00:32:14.560 --> 00:32:16.722 You're drunk, Leonardo. 528 00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:04.290 Oh, my God. 529 00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:35.962 Jesus. 530 00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:52.209 I heard what happened at the metal works. 531 00:33:55.280 --> 00:33:57.681 You're better than this, Leonardo. 532 00:33:58.840 --> 00:34:00.171 I thought I could save Florence. 533 00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:01.970 I thought... 534 00:34:02.120 --> 00:34:05.203 my talents would be enough, but they aren't. 535 00:34:05.360 --> 00:34:07.681 I've got nothing. 536 00:34:09.600 --> 00:34:11.602 And because of me, 537 00:34:11.760 --> 00:34:13.125 tomorrow morning, 538 00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:15.641 Lorenzo will be forced to surrender. 539 00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:17.211 No, please. 540 00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.521 Florence and Rome have been at it 541 00:34:18.680 --> 00:34:20.444 since before you were born. 542 00:34:20.600 --> 00:34:24.082 - It's politics. - No, it's personal. 543 00:34:26.360 --> 00:34:28.362 I have something they want. 544 00:34:28.520 --> 00:34:31.524 Yes. Your talent. 545 00:34:31.680 --> 00:34:34.445 The Pope wants my talent. 546 00:34:35.640 --> 00:34:37.369 Riario wants my key. 547 00:34:40.040 --> 00:34:42.281 - What key? - The key for... 548 00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:47.370 Nothing. 549 00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:54.650 Come here. 550 00:34:56.640 --> 00:34:58.927 Something burdens you. 551 00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:04.246 Maybe it's better just to let it go. 552 00:35:43.520 --> 00:35:45.522 Wait, wait. 553 00:35:46.600 --> 00:35:48.170 What? 554 00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:50.607 That's what Lorenzo requires of me. 555 00:36:43.680 --> 00:36:46.126 Why did you destroy your guns? 556 00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:53.965 Lorenzo... 557 00:36:54.120 --> 00:36:56.327 looked me in the eye 558 00:36:56.520 --> 00:36:58.488 and told me I was an inventor. 559 00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:05.486 But this isn't invention. 560 00:37:05.640 --> 00:37:06.687 This is... 561 00:37:08.960 --> 00:37:10.325 it-- it's escalation, 562 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:12.528 'cause I build five, they build 15. 563 00:37:19.680 --> 00:37:22.411 You might be the loveliest man I've ever known. 564 00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:26.803 Hey... 565 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:32.880 why do you say it with such sadness? 566 00:37:36.600 --> 00:37:39.604 Maybe it's because I think none of us are worthy of you. 567 00:37:44.520 --> 00:37:47.569 - Why the pomegranates? - I don't know yet. 568 00:37:51.240 --> 00:37:52.730 Did you know-- 569 00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.881 No. 570 00:37:56.040 --> 00:37:59.806 Hades tricked Persephone into eating pomegranates 571 00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:01.490 when she left the underworld. 572 00:38:03.040 --> 00:38:06.044 She said that their magic 573 00:38:06.200 --> 00:38:08.282 forced her to return to him. 574 00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:11.046 It's true. 575 00:38:14.040 --> 00:38:16.611 You should take one with you when you go. 576 00:38:19.560 --> 00:38:24.441 It's not magic that binds me to you, Leonardo. 577 00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:37.967 I hope you kill that bastard Riario. 578 00:38:41.600 --> 00:38:42.965 Leonardo! 579 00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:45.885 Leonardo! 580 00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:50.121 Leonard-- 581 00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:52.965 Oh, so you have the gall to remain in Florence? 582 00:38:53.120 --> 00:38:55.964 You're either brave or unimaginably stupid. 583 00:38:56.120 --> 00:38:57.485 Uh, it's a bit of both. 584 00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:02.287 You sabotage our efforts. Why? 585 00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.845 The guns wouldn't have ended this. 586 00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:06.526 With all your experience in waging war, 587 00:39:06.680 --> 00:39:08.489 you decided that, did you? You little... 588 00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:12.524 Fuck! 589 00:39:12.680 --> 00:39:14.728 I can't believe I trusted you. 590 00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:18.362 You, a bastard, a charlatan, a peddler of knickknacks. 591 00:39:18.520 --> 00:39:20.010 My brother was right. 592 00:39:20.160 --> 00:39:22.003 I was a fool to believe in you. 593 00:39:22.160 --> 00:39:23.400 A fool! 594 00:39:23.560 --> 00:39:27.326 My only recourse is to offer myself as Riario's hostage, 595 00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:30.563 and I'll have to pray that, if I put myself at his mercy, 596 00:39:30.760 --> 00:39:33.843 that he will forgo pillaging Florence. 597 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:35.923 I'll have to pray that he'll grant 598 00:39:36.080 --> 00:39:39.163 Clarice and our children safe passage. 599 00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:41.322 And I'll have to pray 600 00:39:41.520 --> 00:39:44.888 that every trace of my name and my legacy 601 00:39:45.040 --> 00:39:47.725 isn't struck from the streets! 602 00:39:51.200 --> 00:39:55.524 You gather what little you hold dear 603 00:39:55.680 --> 00:39:56.841 and you meet me in the field. 604 00:39:57.040 --> 00:39:58.883 I want you by my side when I am forced 605 00:39:59.080 --> 00:40:01.208 to accept Rome's terms. 606 00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:03.806 And if Riario wants you, 607 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:06.367 he can fucking have you. 608 00:40:40.360 --> 00:40:43.762 Nico, it is good to see you again. 609 00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:45.883 I trust your hand is mending. 610 00:40:46.040 --> 00:40:48.520 Let us go straight to the terms of surrender. 611 00:40:49.520 --> 00:40:51.124 Indeed. 612 00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:53.408 I have certain-- 613 00:40:53.560 --> 00:40:56.245 require certain assurances. 614 00:40:57.880 --> 00:40:59.689 - Florence and its citizens... - One moment. 615 00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:02.127 - Are my chief concern-- - Sorry, sorry. 616 00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:04.760 Um, we are clear 617 00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:07.651 whose surrender we're discussing here? 618 00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:13.681 It's yours. 619 00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:15.001 - Da Vinci. - Nico... 620 00:41:15.200 --> 00:41:17.043 would you show the count and captain general our gift? 621 00:41:19.600 --> 00:41:23.161 Now, since you'd calculated the capacity of my guns, 622 00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:26.449 I've endeavored to improve Florence's odds. 623 00:41:26.600 --> 00:41:28.284 It's a question of mathematics, really. 624 00:41:28.440 --> 00:41:30.841 How to pack 625 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:33.287 a group of spheres in the most economic fashion. 626 00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:35.283 And since nature always employs 627 00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:38.683 the most efficient means to achieve her ends, 628 00:41:38.840 --> 00:41:41.969 I've taken inspiration from her. 629 00:41:42.120 --> 00:41:45.681 I call it the cluster bombard. 630 00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:57.006 The casing houses a grouping of smaller explosives, 631 00:41:57.200 --> 00:41:58.565 an Archimedean solid, 632 00:41:58.720 --> 00:42:01.200 which is separated by iron spaces 633 00:42:01.360 --> 00:42:03.601 so when the bombard lands, 634 00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:06.491 it fragments into a fountain of shrapnel. 635 00:42:06.640 --> 00:42:08.608 I estimate one bombard could take out 636 00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:10.762 a dozen of your men and their mounts. 637 00:42:10.960 --> 00:42:12.883 Now, I know what you're thinking. 638 00:42:14.600 --> 00:42:17.171 You're thinking, "Well, fair enough. 639 00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:20.847 Bombard's really only as good as one's ability to lob it." 640 00:42:21.000 --> 00:42:24.129 So, um, that's fair enough. You'd be right. 641 00:42:25.520 --> 00:42:27.010 However... 642 00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:29.001 Zo! 643 00:42:30.680 --> 00:42:31.806 Let's go. 644 00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:49.803 Impressive. 645 00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:51.881 But, um... 646 00:42:52.040 --> 00:42:55.249 how do I know that contraption even works? 647 00:42:55.400 --> 00:42:57.801 Allow me to demonstrate on a smaller scale. 648 00:42:57.960 --> 00:43:01.123 First, we light the bombard. 649 00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:03.886 Then we fire it... 650 00:43:04.040 --> 00:43:05.690 like so. 651 00:43:16.640 --> 00:43:20.565 The real, full-scale bombard 652 00:43:20.720 --> 00:43:23.041 doesn't carry fireworks, of course. 653 00:43:23.240 --> 00:43:26.722 We will rain flame and destruction down on your men, 654 00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:29.531 recalling biblical devastation of old. 655 00:43:29.680 --> 00:43:33.048 The peasants will pick the bone fragments of your men 656 00:43:33.200 --> 00:43:35.806 from these fields for decades to come. 657 00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:40.443 You, everything you've accomplished, 658 00:43:40.600 --> 00:43:41.840 will fade from memory, 659 00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:45.925 whereas our victory will be lionized for centuries. 660 00:43:46.080 --> 00:43:48.082 Perhaps. 661 00:43:49.080 --> 00:43:52.084 Or perhaps, regardless of what happens today, 662 00:43:52.240 --> 00:43:56.564 the opposite tale will be told, or no tale at all. 663 00:43:58.120 --> 00:44:00.885 You see, a man once told me... 664 00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:05.125 "History is a lie." 665 00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:30.125 Well played, artista. 666 00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:37.009 You'd-- you'd do well to remember, though, 667 00:44:37.160 --> 00:44:40.801 that a war is waged on many fronts. 668 00:44:44.600 --> 00:44:48.241 Ha! Ha! 669 00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:50.846 You pulled off quite a feat, Leonardo. 670 00:44:51.040 --> 00:44:52.724 I'd like to have seen it actually fire. 671 00:44:52.880 --> 00:44:54.006 Can you imagine the carnage? 672 00:44:54.160 --> 00:44:57.528 Rome would've been holding funerals for months. 673 00:44:59.240 --> 00:45:01.925 The crossbow, it doesn't actually work. 674 00:45:05.800 --> 00:45:09.327 It's more a feat of art than weaponry. 675 00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:14.922 This sham... 676 00:45:15.080 --> 00:45:17.208 is the work of drunken artists. 677 00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:20.210 They're more skilled in stage props than armaments. 678 00:45:20.400 --> 00:45:21.686 How on earth could we have built 679 00:45:21.840 --> 00:45:23.604 the real device in one night? 680 00:45:23.760 --> 00:45:25.683 Even if I had, 681 00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:28.764 the draw strength needed to actually fire the damn thing 682 00:45:28.920 --> 00:45:30.570 would've been ludicrous. 683 00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:32.131 Look at it. 684 00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:34.362 You wagered our fate on a bluff? 685 00:45:34.520 --> 00:45:35.726 I did. 686 00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:38.241 You realize you only bought us a temporary reprieve. 687 00:45:38.400 --> 00:45:41.290 You can't keep on bluffing Rome forever. 688 00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:42.805 Can't we? 689 00:45:42.960 --> 00:45:46.487 Life's precious, Lorenzo. 690 00:45:46.680 --> 00:45:48.887 Even a traitor's. 691 00:45:49.040 --> 00:45:51.008 I believe... 692 00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:55.250 it was your grandfather, Cosimo... 693 00:45:56.680 --> 00:45:59.286 who voiced a pertinent sentiment. 694 00:45:59.480 --> 00:46:02.051 "We read that we ought to forgive our enemies. 695 00:46:03.680 --> 00:46:08.447 We do not read that we ought to forgive our friends." 696 00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:38.168 Oh, sorry, brother. I was just having a rest. 697 00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:40.209 You've come to minister to the condemned? 698 00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:42.970 All right. 699 00:46:44.480 --> 00:46:46.084 Whew. 700 00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:02.165 I appreciate the visit, 701 00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:04.687 but I've already made peace with my maker. 702 00:47:21.120 --> 00:47:22.360 Signora. 703 00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:25.330 You. 704 00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:27.562 You're the one that slipped those documents 705 00:47:27.720 --> 00:47:29.882 into my quarters. 706 00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:33.681 How long have they owned you? 707 00:47:33.840 --> 00:47:35.410 A few years. 708 00:47:37.560 --> 00:47:39.244 And they approached you? 709 00:47:39.400 --> 00:47:42.370 Before Lorenzo and I were involved. 710 00:47:45.040 --> 00:47:48.487 Whatever promise they made, they will not honor it. 711 00:47:48.640 --> 00:47:54.010 You have no idea of my circumstances. 712 00:47:54.160 --> 00:47:57.881 There's more to this than Florence or Rome 713 00:47:58.040 --> 00:48:00.042 or my life. 714 00:48:00.200 --> 00:48:03.204 Why are you here, Signora? 715 00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:09.405 Because I do not wish to see you broken on a wheel. 716 00:48:09.560 --> 00:48:11.130 Ah! 717 00:48:13.080 --> 00:48:14.411 What? 718 00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:17.930 Hemlock. 719 00:48:19.280 --> 00:48:21.851 - How? - A weapon. 720 00:48:22.040 --> 00:48:24.725 Stolen from the Secret Archives in the Vatican. 721 00:48:25.720 --> 00:48:27.324 A misericorde 722 00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:29.642 modified with a single dose of poison. 723 00:48:29.840 --> 00:48:32.764 This bite is almost never noticed. 724 00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:35.366 So no evidence will arise 725 00:48:35.520 --> 00:48:38.410 implicating Lorenzo's lover. 726 00:48:38.600 --> 00:48:41.126 Consider it mercy. 727 00:48:41.280 --> 00:48:43.044 This is the fastest and most painless death 728 00:48:43.200 --> 00:48:44.611 I can offer. 729 00:48:44.760 --> 00:48:46.250 And I will see that it takes. 730 00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:48.044 This isn't mercy. 731 00:48:48.200 --> 00:48:52.171 This is you tying off loose ends. 732 00:48:59.600 --> 00:49:02.809 Rome chose well. 733 00:49:05.120 --> 00:49:07.282 - God! - I'm sorry. 734 00:49:08.880 --> 00:49:11.008 I wish there was another way. 735 00:49:22.560 --> 00:49:24.050 Becchi! 736 00:49:26.120 --> 00:49:27.804 Guards! 737 00:49:27.960 --> 00:49:29.325 Guards, quickly! 738 00:49:29.480 --> 00:49:31.323 Yes, Magnifico! 739 00:49:38.360 --> 00:49:39.486 Hemlock. 740 00:49:39.640 --> 00:49:41.324 Becchi would not have done this. 741 00:49:41.480 --> 00:49:43.323 The vial speaks for itself. 742 00:49:43.480 --> 00:49:45.960 And you have a history of not believing things 743 00:49:46.120 --> 00:49:48.805 that Becchi has clearly done. 744 00:49:52.000 --> 00:49:53.923 The question is, brother, 745 00:49:54.080 --> 00:49:56.970 who brought Becchi this poison? 746 00:49:57.120 --> 00:50:01.330 Was it someone who sympathizes with his plight? 747 00:50:04.080 --> 00:50:05.730 If I were to defy you, brother, 748 00:50:05.880 --> 00:50:08.645 I wouldn't don a mask to do it. 749 00:50:08.800 --> 00:50:10.290 What do you care? 750 00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:12.244 The traitor is dead, 751 00:50:12.440 --> 00:50:13.805 Florence is secure, 752 00:50:13.960 --> 00:50:15.849 and you've a war engineer to fete. 753 00:50:16.000 --> 00:50:19.209 All is well in the republic tonight. 754 00:50:22.080 --> 00:50:23.969 The names and charges written on this paper 755 00:50:24.160 --> 00:50:26.845 require our immediate attention as priori. 756 00:50:27.040 --> 00:50:28.849 An anonymous denunciation. 757 00:50:29.040 --> 00:50:30.724 The author's unimportant. 758 00:50:30.920 --> 00:50:32.968 This matter demands investigation. 759 00:50:33.120 --> 00:50:35.726 I would caution you to consider whom will be implicated. 760 00:50:35.880 --> 00:50:38.531 As priori, you are duty-bound to uphold the law, 761 00:50:38.720 --> 00:50:41.724 unconcerned by whomever it may incriminate. 762 00:50:41.880 --> 00:50:44.690 Interrogate the victim mentioned here, Captain. 763 00:50:44.840 --> 00:50:48.970 Once he confirms the charges, make your arrest. 764 00:50:51.800 --> 00:50:54.406 Wow, look at you. 765 00:50:54.560 --> 00:50:57.689 Venetian breeches, bit of velvet, bit of brocade. 766 00:50:57.840 --> 00:50:59.444 Did you buy those with your Medici vouchers? 767 00:50:59.600 --> 00:51:02.206 What concern is it of yours? 768 00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:04.727 Who traded in chits to muster the men 769 00:51:04.880 --> 00:51:06.325 to sneak your phony little crossbow 770 00:51:06.480 --> 00:51:07.845 out of the city, hmm? 771 00:51:08.040 --> 00:51:09.929 Who assembled all the pieces in the middle of the night, 772 00:51:10.080 --> 00:51:11.366 risking his very life? 773 00:51:11.520 --> 00:51:12.521 'Cause it wasn't Nico. 774 00:51:12.680 --> 00:51:14.364 Yet somehow that little bull's pizzle 775 00:51:14.520 --> 00:51:17.091 wins an invitation to Lorenzo's palazzo and, hey, I don't. 776 00:51:17.240 --> 00:51:18.401 Yeah, well, Nico hasn't been arrested 777 00:51:18.560 --> 00:51:19.891 a dozen times for lewd behavior... 778 00:51:20.040 --> 00:51:21.246 Oh. - and pickpocketing, 779 00:51:21.400 --> 00:51:22.447 grave robbing... 780 00:51:22.640 --> 00:51:24.688 I can't have you there tonight, Zo. 781 00:51:24.840 --> 00:51:26.205 Sorry. 782 00:51:26.360 --> 00:51:27.964 These people-- 783 00:51:28.120 --> 00:51:30.930 decorum means everything to them. 784 00:51:33.600 --> 00:51:35.250 Where is your guest of honor, Lorenzo? 785 00:51:35.440 --> 00:51:36.771 If we're to praise an artist, 786 00:51:36.920 --> 00:51:38.570 perhaps it should be Signor Botticelli. 787 00:51:38.720 --> 00:51:40.484 At least he has blessed us with his presence. 788 00:51:40.640 --> 00:51:42.290 No need to honor someone 789 00:51:42.440 --> 00:51:44.761 who honors themselves so well, brother. 790 00:51:47.080 --> 00:51:48.923 Every time I find myself looking for da Vinci, 791 00:51:49.120 --> 00:51:52.602 he seems to have vanished like smoke. 792 00:52:08.920 --> 00:52:11.810 Is there a reason you're avoiding the party, Maestro? 793 00:52:11.960 --> 00:52:14.486 It's being held in your honor. 794 00:52:14.640 --> 00:52:17.689 Something's needling me, Nico. 795 00:52:17.840 --> 00:52:19.763 Until I can discover what it... 796 00:52:24.600 --> 00:52:26.682 Ha! Yes! 797 00:52:28.920 --> 00:52:31.207 The old magician's laughing. 798 00:52:31.360 --> 00:52:33.010 God, I'm an idiot! 799 00:52:34.360 --> 00:52:35.646 The symbols couldn't be clearer. 800 00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:41.640 "I am a son of Earth and Starry Heaven. 801 00:52:41.840 --> 00:52:42.841 I am thirsty. 802 00:52:43.000 --> 00:52:44.923 Please give me something to drink 803 00:52:45.080 --> 00:52:47.162 from the Fountain of Memory." 804 00:52:47.320 --> 00:52:49.322 Indications of the Sons of Mithras, look. 805 00:52:49.520 --> 00:52:50.965 A bull pulling a plow. 806 00:52:51.120 --> 00:52:53.327 Christian iconography, but it's also 807 00:52:53.520 --> 00:52:56.126 the pagan symbol for earth. 808 00:52:57.120 --> 00:52:59.327 A star-filled heaven. 809 00:52:59.480 --> 00:53:01.323 A chalice, symbolic of a fountain. 810 00:53:01.480 --> 00:53:04.211 And flowers. 811 00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:07.011 Ne m'oubliez pas in French. 812 00:53:07.200 --> 00:53:09.521 Forget-me-nots. 813 00:53:09.680 --> 00:53:11.523 Memory. 814 00:53:11.680 --> 00:53:13.808 Cosimo de Medici... 815 00:53:14.800 --> 00:53:17.041 was a Son of Mithras. 816 00:53:17.200 --> 00:53:19.601 It's as if all my inquiries are converging. 817 00:53:19.800 --> 00:53:23.202 It's as if a grand web is being spun, 818 00:53:23.360 --> 00:53:26.284 one so incalculably wide and ancient 819 00:53:26.440 --> 00:53:28.727 that I'm only now beginning to grasp its scope. 820 00:53:28.880 --> 00:53:32.566 You know, I have proven myself to Lorenzo. 821 00:53:32.720 --> 00:53:34.563 I've earned his trust. 822 00:53:34.720 --> 00:53:36.961 It's time for him to repay me in kind. 823 00:53:37.120 --> 00:53:38.565 By doing what? 824 00:53:38.720 --> 00:53:40.927 By funding an expedition... 825 00:53:41.080 --> 00:53:43.048 to the land indicated on the Jew's map. 826 00:53:43.240 --> 00:53:46.323 A ship, provisions for a journey. 827 00:53:46.480 --> 00:53:50.280 The Vault of Heaven is out there, Nico. 828 00:53:50.440 --> 00:53:51.601 It's harboring the Book of Leaves, 829 00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:52.886 all the knowledge it contains. 830 00:53:53.080 --> 00:53:55.003 I can hear it calling to me. 831 00:53:55.160 --> 00:53:58.084 And the magician is leading me to it. 832 00:53:58.240 --> 00:54:02.131 My grandfather Cosimo had a dream. 833 00:54:02.280 --> 00:54:04.965 That our streets and squares 834 00:54:05.120 --> 00:54:08.090 would be a haven for science, art, and learning. 835 00:54:08.240 --> 00:54:12.245 No son of Florence better represents those ideals 836 00:54:12.400 --> 00:54:15.210 than Leonardo da Vinci. 837 00:54:17.360 --> 00:54:19.442 I name you... 838 00:54:19.600 --> 00:54:20.886 the Grand Master 839 00:54:21.040 --> 00:54:24.806 of the Order of St. John the Baptist, 840 00:54:24.960 --> 00:54:28.965 Patron Saint of Florence. 841 00:54:29.160 --> 00:54:30.924 I give you the living embodiment 842 00:54:31.120 --> 00:54:33.771 of classical brilliance: 843 00:54:33.920 --> 00:54:35.684 Leonardo da Vinci. 844 00:54:43.280 --> 00:54:47.001 Please, Maestro, would you grant us a few words? 845 00:54:53.600 --> 00:54:57.286 Florence's greatest export has always been its ideas. 846 00:54:57.480 --> 00:55:01.451 Our republic represents the cutting edge of inquiry. 847 00:55:03.880 --> 00:55:07.487 We are inventing the future. 848 00:55:09.120 --> 00:55:12.647 But we can only remain vital if we keep on pushing outward, 849 00:55:12.800 --> 00:55:15.690 so I propose a bold new step. 850 00:55:17.160 --> 00:55:20.243 I've learned of a land, Your Magnificence, to the west. 851 00:55:20.400 --> 00:55:21.765 It's largely uncharted, 852 00:55:21.960 --> 00:55:24.167 but it's certain to contain wonders. 853 00:55:24.320 --> 00:55:26.607 Now, with your patronage, 854 00:55:26.800 --> 00:55:28.802 I shall mount an expedition. 855 00:55:28.960 --> 00:55:30.121 We will voyage to-- 856 00:55:34.480 --> 00:55:35.561 Captain Dragonetti, 857 00:55:35.720 --> 00:55:37.051 what is the meaning of this affront? 858 00:55:37.200 --> 00:55:38.850 My apologies, Signor, 859 00:55:39.000 --> 00:55:40.331 but a grave accusation has been levied 860 00:55:40.520 --> 00:55:41.965 against one of your guests this evening. 861 00:55:42.120 --> 00:55:44.521 I know nothing of any accusations. 862 00:55:44.680 --> 00:55:47.809 May I remind you, Nazareno, that you answer to me. 863 00:55:47.960 --> 00:55:50.201 Technically, I answer to the Signoria, 864 00:55:50.360 --> 00:55:51.725 Your Magnificence. 865 00:55:51.880 --> 00:55:55.646 Of which you are but one voice. 866 00:55:55.800 --> 00:55:57.211 I couldn't dissuade them, Signor. 867 00:55:57.360 --> 00:55:59.169 It's protocol. 868 00:55:59.320 --> 00:56:01.448 Our hands were tied. 869 00:56:03.480 --> 00:56:05.164 Go on, then, Captain. 870 00:56:07.200 --> 00:56:09.885 It has come to the attention of the Officers of the Night 871 00:56:10.040 --> 00:56:12.850 by means of secret denunciation 872 00:56:13.000 --> 00:56:17.562 that one Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci has committed, 873 00:56:17.720 --> 00:56:20.530 in violation of the statutes of the Republic of Florence 874 00:56:20.680 --> 00:56:22.523 and divine and natural law, 875 00:56:22.680 --> 00:56:24.887 the grievous act of sodomy. 876 00:56:26.840 --> 00:56:28.649 Said individual is to be immediately remanded 877 00:56:28.800 --> 00:56:29.881 - to the Bargello. - These are lies! 878 00:56:30.040 --> 00:56:31.087 - This is slander! - Nico! 879 00:56:31.280 --> 00:56:32.566 Whereupon he will remain 880 00:56:32.720 --> 00:56:36.520 until the magistrates ascertain his guilt or innocence. 881 00:56:36.680 --> 00:56:38.523 Should he be found guilty, 882 00:56:38.680 --> 00:56:40.205 he will be led through the public squares 883 00:56:40.360 --> 00:56:43.443 to the Palace of Justice and there be burned 884 00:56:43.600 --> 00:56:45.125 so that he dies 885 00:56:45.280 --> 00:56:48.250 and his body is separated from his soul. 886 00:56:49.640 --> 00:56:51.244 No, no! 887 00:56:51.400 --> 00:56:53.084 You. 888 00:56:53.240 --> 00:56:55.129 This is your work, Francesco. 889 00:56:55.280 --> 00:56:58.011 I smell the Pazzi stench all over this charade. 890 00:56:58.160 --> 00:57:00.766 The denunciation is real, Lorenzo. 891 00:57:00.920 --> 00:57:02.922 We've a victim willing to testify. 892 00:57:03.080 --> 00:57:04.844 No one has been sentenced for this crime 893 00:57:05.000 --> 00:57:06.445 for more than 50 years. 894 00:57:06.600 --> 00:57:08.568 And yet it's still on the statute books. 895 00:57:09.600 --> 00:57:10.601 If you have issues with it, 896 00:57:10.760 --> 00:57:12.603 take it up with your forebear, Cosimo. 897 00:57:12.760 --> 00:57:15.491 Was it not he who revised Florence's constitution? 898 00:57:15.640 --> 00:57:17.608 Or would you flout our fair republic's laws 899 00:57:17.760 --> 00:57:18.761 as you see fit? 900 00:57:18.920 --> 00:57:22.367 I was under the impression we lived in a democracy... 901 00:57:23.360 --> 00:57:24.691 not a dictatorship. 902 00:57:24.840 --> 00:57:27.286 Your wrists, Signor. 903 00:57:39.960 --> 00:57:43.089 Told you you'd beat a quick path to the bonfire, 904 00:57:43.240 --> 00:57:45.242 artista.