1 00:00:00,196 --> 00:00:01,997 Previously on The Borgias... 2 00:00:02,064 --> 00:00:03,832 You were once a stray dog, Micheletto. 3 00:00:03,900 --> 00:00:05,233 Search out a dozen of them 4 00:00:05,301 --> 00:00:07,435 whom we can school in the art of vengeance. 5 00:00:07,503 --> 00:00:09,723 Would you keep secrets from us? 6 00:00:09,791 --> 00:00:12,443 You're a cleric, not a soldier. 7 00:00:12,510 --> 00:00:14,878 Who pays for such decadence? 8 00:00:14,946 --> 00:00:17,249 Where does your charity end up? 9 00:00:17,316 --> 00:00:20,115 In the Medici bank in Florence? 10 00:00:20,216 --> 00:00:22,516 Your Holiness. Piero di Medici. 11 00:00:22,584 --> 00:00:25,351 Their fervour for the friar's visions increases daily. 12 00:00:25,419 --> 00:00:28,251 And if they knew of your personal accounts, 13 00:00:28,319 --> 00:00:30,019 they would burn the bank to the ground. 14 00:00:30,087 --> 00:00:34,096 Perhaps we had better have our wealth brought back to Rome. 15 00:00:34,164 --> 00:00:37,099 We must remove him from this world. 16 00:00:37,167 --> 00:00:39,803 Be the sword of the apocalypse. 17 00:00:39,871 --> 00:00:42,275 The sword of righteousness. 18 00:00:42,342 --> 00:00:45,679 I would gladly die to rid the world of the Borgia pope. 19 00:00:45,780 --> 00:00:49,815 It will be a grisly death. 20 00:00:49,883 --> 00:00:51,316 Catherina Sforza, 21 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:53,654 the pope would request your beauteous presence 22 00:00:53,722 --> 00:00:55,089 at the chair of St. Peter's. 23 00:00:55,156 --> 00:00:57,392 Who is going to chain me? 24 00:00:57,493 --> 00:00:58,926 You? 25 00:00:58,994 --> 00:01:01,328 My cousin refuses to debase herself 26 00:01:01,396 --> 00:01:05,398 before that swine that wears the papal tiara. 27 00:01:05,466 --> 00:01:07,133 Ah! 28 00:01:07,201 --> 00:01:08,934 I promised my sister your heart! 29 00:01:10,905 --> 00:01:12,306 Murder! 30 00:01:12,407 --> 00:01:14,776 [loud thunder] 31 00:01:14,877 --> 00:01:21,418 [screams] 32 00:01:21,486 --> 00:01:23,821 God signalled his displeasure. 33 00:01:23,889 --> 00:01:27,860 We must atone - for our sins. 34 00:01:30,164 --> 00:01:34,164 ♪ The Borgias 2x07 ♪ The Choice Original Air Date on May 13, 2012 35 00:01:34,189 --> 00:01:38,189 == sync, corrected by elderman == 36 00:01:38,190 --> 00:03:00,836 [♪] 37 00:03:07,461 --> 00:03:11,364 Dust thou art and to dust shalt thou return. 38 00:03:16,103 --> 00:03:19,439 Dust thou art and to dust shalt thou return. 39 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:31,751 God has spoken to us, Your Eminences. 40 00:03:31,852 --> 00:03:35,522 We have heard His thunder. 41 00:03:35,590 --> 00:03:39,460 So the greatest penitence must be ours. 42 00:03:41,730 --> 00:03:45,566 Dust thou art and to dust shalt thou return. 43 00:04:00,250 --> 00:04:02,118 Bring me some water. 44 00:04:20,840 --> 00:04:23,041 Your Holiness. 45 00:04:29,349 --> 00:04:31,116 A new leaf? 46 00:04:31,217 --> 00:04:32,584 Is it possible? 47 00:04:32,685 --> 00:04:33,886 A new pretence. 48 00:04:33,953 --> 00:04:37,456 A new theatre, that is all. 49 00:04:37,524 --> 00:04:42,127 Antonello, take note of the man with the water jug. 50 00:04:42,195 --> 00:04:44,295 He's the pope's taster. 51 00:04:48,100 --> 00:04:54,773 [bell tolling] 52 00:04:54,874 --> 00:04:58,878 [sound of whipping throughout] 53 00:04:58,945 --> 00:05:07,521 [indistinct shouts of praise] 54 00:05:07,588 --> 00:05:10,323 Christ spilled his blood for us! 55 00:05:10,391 --> 00:05:13,793 We must spill ours for him! 56 00:05:13,861 --> 00:05:16,329 We must scourge our flesh, 57 00:05:16,396 --> 00:05:20,666 wash Florence clean with the wine of our blood! 58 00:05:29,074 --> 00:05:34,045 Is it good enough to kneel and say you repent? 59 00:05:36,182 --> 00:05:40,319 Will you carry the mark of repentance upon you? 60 00:05:44,892 --> 00:05:46,626 Kneel. 61 00:05:49,363 --> 00:05:52,098 Do you repent? I repent. 62 00:05:52,166 --> 00:05:54,333 Do you repent all your sins? 63 00:05:54,434 --> 00:05:56,635 I repent all my sins. 64 00:05:56,703 --> 00:05:58,670 Do you give your life to Christ? 65 00:05:58,738 --> 00:06:01,306 I give my life to Christ. 66 00:06:33,838 --> 00:06:40,378 Are you willing to throw off your riches, this finery, 67 00:06:40,445 --> 00:06:46,117 this display of pride and vanity, 68 00:06:46,185 --> 00:06:52,523 and give yourself truly to the Lord Jesus Christ? 69 00:06:52,591 --> 00:06:53,991 I am ready. 70 00:06:55,894 --> 00:07:02,098 You will dedicate yourself to the renewal of Christendom. 71 00:07:02,199 --> 00:07:07,470 To the destruction of the red whore of Rome! 72 00:07:12,042 --> 00:07:14,911 And will the Medici repent, 73 00:07:14,979 --> 00:07:17,714 abandon their avarice and usury? 74 00:07:17,782 --> 00:07:20,184 Their gold and finery? 75 00:07:20,252 --> 00:07:21,953 If they do not repent, 76 00:07:22,020 --> 00:07:24,355 we will cast them out 77 00:07:24,423 --> 00:07:28,593 as Jesus threw the money lenders from the temple! 78 00:07:28,661 --> 00:07:32,063 For they have turned a house of prayer 79 00:07:32,131 --> 00:07:35,467 and made it a den of thieves! 80 00:07:37,804 --> 00:07:41,473 In this bottle are both Heaven and Hell. 81 00:07:45,278 --> 00:07:49,281 This is the marvel of the minimal dose. 82 00:07:49,382 --> 00:07:53,652 Too much and it will kill you. 83 00:07:53,719 --> 00:07:57,455 Just enough, and it will make you strong. 84 00:07:59,224 --> 00:08:00,691 I was poisoned with cantarella 85 00:08:00,759 --> 00:08:02,827 and I am now the stronger for it. 86 00:08:23,814 --> 00:08:26,182 Do you have faith? 87 00:08:26,250 --> 00:08:28,652 I have faith. 88 00:08:28,720 --> 00:08:31,055 Then drink. 89 00:08:55,014 --> 00:09:00,951 [pained noises] 90 00:09:05,256 --> 00:09:08,291 To whom does the pope confess, oh Lord? 91 00:09:12,297 --> 00:09:20,405 Who will hear his sins, wash them clean, 92 00:09:20,472 --> 00:09:25,243 so that he may live again in Your favour? 93 00:09:27,580 --> 00:09:31,417 Ah. 94 00:09:31,518 --> 00:09:33,319 The great silence. 95 00:09:34,854 --> 00:09:35,887 Oh! 96 00:09:35,988 --> 00:09:38,690 My son. 97 00:09:38,758 --> 00:09:40,225 When did you return? 98 00:09:40,292 --> 00:09:41,892 Within the hour. 99 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,696 Holy Father, I would have you hear my confession. 100 00:09:54,640 --> 00:09:57,042 I am guilty of the sin of murder. 101 00:09:59,479 --> 00:10:00,746 And lust. 102 00:10:00,847 --> 00:10:02,982 I am guilty of the sin of lust. 103 00:10:03,050 --> 00:10:04,951 Violence and fornication. 104 00:10:05,019 --> 00:10:07,520 How often these two are united. 105 00:10:07,621 --> 00:10:09,155 [sigh] 106 00:10:09,223 --> 00:10:11,191 Go on. 107 00:10:11,258 --> 00:10:13,226 I killed the man who defiled my sister 108 00:10:13,294 --> 00:10:14,994 and insulted the name of Borgia. 109 00:10:15,095 --> 00:10:16,462 A knife to the heart. 110 00:10:16,530 --> 00:10:19,099 As we recall, murder was not your mission! 111 00:10:19,200 --> 00:10:21,701 It was a matter of honour! 112 00:10:21,802 --> 00:10:24,471 And lust, you say. 113 00:10:24,538 --> 00:10:27,340 Was that a matter of honour too? 114 00:10:27,408 --> 00:10:30,143 Who or what was the object of this lust? 115 00:10:30,210 --> 00:10:32,278 Catherina Sforza shared her bed with me. 116 00:10:32,346 --> 00:10:35,715 Oh, of course, who else? 117 00:10:35,816 --> 00:10:37,317 [sigh] 118 00:10:37,385 --> 00:10:44,625 And tell us, after you had graced her with your-presence, 119 00:10:44,693 --> 00:10:47,095 did she beg to be dragged to Rome in chains? 120 00:10:47,196 --> 00:10:48,229 No, no. 121 00:10:48,297 --> 00:10:49,564 To be-to be friends with us? 122 00:10:49,665 --> 00:10:50,965 No, she did not. 123 00:10:51,033 --> 00:10:52,534 But, surely, after such lavish attention, 124 00:10:52,602 --> 00:10:54,370 she is now our friend. No! 125 00:10:54,437 --> 00:10:55,904 I fear not, Your Holiness. 126 00:10:56,006 --> 00:10:58,541 She-she remains an enemy. 127 00:11:05,383 --> 00:11:07,585 We have both sinned, my son, 128 00:11:07,652 --> 00:11:11,488 but whose sin will bring the greatest doom upon us? 129 00:11:11,556 --> 00:11:15,025 Hmm? Ours or yours? 130 00:11:16,861 --> 00:11:18,628 [sigh] 131 00:11:18,696 --> 00:11:21,030 Ego te absolvo ab omnnibus censuris 132 00:11:21,098 --> 00:11:22,798 et in nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. 133 00:11:22,866 --> 00:11:24,300 Amen. 134 00:11:30,406 --> 00:11:32,274 I find it hard to believe. 135 00:11:32,342 --> 00:11:34,009 I send you on a diplomatic mission 136 00:11:34,077 --> 00:11:35,277 and you start a war! 137 00:11:35,345 --> 00:11:37,579 There is no war. 138 00:11:37,647 --> 00:11:40,115 God struck the Basilica. 139 00:11:40,183 --> 00:11:42,584 He showed His anger to all. 140 00:11:42,652 --> 00:11:45,253 Is now the time to take a knife in hand? 141 00:11:45,321 --> 00:11:48,123 To have the armies of the north battering at our gates? 142 00:11:48,224 --> 00:11:50,025 Well then, release me from my cardinal's robes, 143 00:11:50,126 --> 00:11:51,493 give me the papal army, 144 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:53,462 and I will bring you Catherina Sforza in chains! 145 00:11:53,529 --> 00:11:55,663 Armies do not march on air! 146 00:11:55,731 --> 00:11:59,734 We do not have the resources to send an army north! 147 00:11:59,802 --> 00:12:04,672 And now we are in need of another alliance! 148 00:12:09,211 --> 00:12:12,947 Perhaps you will explain so much to your dear sister? 149 00:12:13,048 --> 00:12:14,582 That she must now marry, 150 00:12:14,650 --> 00:12:17,853 in order protect us from the results of your folly? 151 00:12:21,290 --> 00:12:25,160 Oh Lord, as we remember Thy 40 days in the wilderness, 152 00:12:25,227 --> 00:12:30,331 so we share in Thy suffering during this Lenten period. 153 00:12:30,399 --> 00:12:35,369 If we have sullied Thy name with luxury, 154 00:12:35,437 --> 00:12:38,673 then we beseech You to forgive us. 155 00:12:38,740 --> 00:12:40,541 And we pray for enlightenment 156 00:12:40,609 --> 00:12:42,243 as to why You chose to strike with fire 157 00:12:42,311 --> 00:12:45,712 at the heart of Your Church. 158 00:12:45,780 --> 00:12:47,881 Per Christum, Dominum Nostrum. Amen. 159 00:12:47,949 --> 00:12:50,517 ALL: Amen. 160 00:12:50,585 --> 00:12:52,753 During this Lenten period, 161 00:12:52,821 --> 00:12:57,860 instead of taking your repast in the luxury of your palaces, 162 00:12:57,928 --> 00:13:01,430 you will fast here with us, in common. 163 00:13:01,531 --> 00:13:02,665 Your Holiness! 164 00:13:02,733 --> 00:13:04,334 Sardines... 165 00:13:04,402 --> 00:13:07,604 ...were the traditional Lenten fare 166 00:13:07,672 --> 00:13:09,439 when we were young. 167 00:13:09,540 --> 00:13:15,411 So we shall dine on sardines. 168 00:13:16,713 --> 00:13:18,414 Your Holiness. Hmm? 169 00:13:18,481 --> 00:13:20,682 Let me taste. 170 00:13:20,750 --> 00:13:22,884 You think our enemies would poison our Lenten fare? 171 00:13:22,952 --> 00:13:25,253 These paltry bones? 172 00:13:25,321 --> 00:13:27,755 It is my duty, your Holiness. 173 00:13:27,823 --> 00:13:29,390 [grumbles] 174 00:13:38,535 --> 00:13:40,237 A poisoning would brighten the proceedings 175 00:13:40,304 --> 00:13:41,972 of an otherwise gloom-laden day, 176 00:13:42,073 --> 00:13:43,173 would it not? 177 00:13:43,274 --> 00:13:46,143 [chuckling] 178 00:13:47,078 --> 00:13:49,513 Well, Brother Bernadino, 179 00:13:49,581 --> 00:13:51,348 are you about to die? 180 00:13:51,416 --> 00:13:53,684 I think not, Your Holiness. 181 00:13:53,751 --> 00:13:55,585 Let us proceed. 182 00:13:55,653 --> 00:13:58,488 Incipit historia Iob. 183 00:13:58,556 --> 00:14:03,726 [praying continues] 184 00:14:03,794 --> 00:14:05,161 Give me your voice, give me your voice, 185 00:14:05,229 --> 00:14:06,963 O God let me hear you. 186 00:14:07,031 --> 00:14:08,932 Let me hear you speak to me. 187 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:11,668 I want to feel, feel your spirit inside of me. 188 00:14:11,736 --> 00:14:16,239 From our Holy Father, Christ's Vicar on Earth, 189 00:14:16,307 --> 00:14:19,075 the Bishop of Rome and the heir to St. Peter, 190 00:14:19,142 --> 00:14:22,678 a greeting and apostolic benediction 191 00:14:22,746 --> 00:14:29,552 to his most beloved son, Girolamo Savonarola. 192 00:14:31,221 --> 00:14:34,324 I am Cardinal Ascanio Sforza. 193 00:14:34,391 --> 00:14:36,459 Vice chancellor. Indeed. 194 00:14:36,527 --> 00:14:40,096 Then you know all there is to know about corruption. 195 00:14:44,435 --> 00:14:45,969 His Holiness hears 196 00:14:46,037 --> 00:14:48,538 you are a zealous worker in God's service, 197 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:50,140 at which he rejoices, 198 00:14:50,207 --> 00:14:52,508 and is intrigued to hear that you proclaim 199 00:14:52,576 --> 00:14:55,178 your prophecies proceed directly from God. 200 00:14:56,980 --> 00:14:58,481 Is this so? 201 00:14:58,582 --> 00:15:01,284 God speaks through me. 202 00:15:01,352 --> 00:15:04,086 I hear His voice. 203 00:15:04,154 --> 00:15:07,557 Of this there is no doubt. 204 00:15:07,624 --> 00:15:11,494 As befits your vows of obedience, 205 00:15:11,562 --> 00:15:13,796 his Holiness would have you journey to Rome 206 00:15:13,864 --> 00:15:16,365 to discourse further with him on this matter. 207 00:15:16,433 --> 00:15:22,272 The Good Lord's lightning not yet silenced this Borgia pope? 208 00:15:22,340 --> 00:15:25,276 Well, tell him my work is here, 209 00:15:25,344 --> 00:15:30,648 ridding Florence of its sodomites and blasphemers. 210 00:15:30,749 --> 00:15:33,050 And my work only will be ended 211 00:15:33,118 --> 00:15:37,955 when the last sodomite is burning in Hell. 212 00:15:38,023 --> 00:15:43,294 Perhaps a different destiny awaits you in Rome. 213 00:15:43,395 --> 00:15:45,196 In the Castel Saint Angelo? 214 00:15:45,297 --> 00:15:48,399 [chuckles] 215 00:15:48,500 --> 00:15:51,569 No. 216 00:15:53,139 --> 00:15:55,040 In the Vatican. 217 00:15:55,107 --> 00:15:57,843 Oh. 218 00:15:57,944 --> 00:15:59,211 As cardinal. 219 00:15:59,312 --> 00:16:01,680 A seat in Consistory. 220 00:16:02,649 --> 00:16:05,184 [chuckles] 221 00:16:15,362 --> 00:16:20,033 No man can put a price on salvation. 222 00:16:44,625 --> 00:16:52,699 [indistinct chatter] 223 00:17:05,479 --> 00:17:08,047 The sleep of the innocent. 224 00:17:11,385 --> 00:17:12,986 I promised you a heart, Sister. 225 00:17:13,087 --> 00:17:16,190 Whose? Your own? 226 00:17:16,257 --> 00:17:19,426 I promised you the heart of Giovanni Sforza 227 00:17:19,494 --> 00:17:22,096 on a dinner plate. 228 00:17:22,164 --> 00:17:26,434 His blood on this knife will have to suffice. 229 00:17:32,208 --> 00:17:34,676 What does it say of us, Brother, 230 00:17:34,744 --> 00:17:38,412 that you promise me this and I would accept? 231 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:40,814 Do you accept? 232 00:17:44,151 --> 00:17:47,120 I would rather have my innocence back. 233 00:17:47,188 --> 00:17:50,790 Be as I was before I married that vile man. 234 00:17:50,891 --> 00:17:53,260 Impossible, I am afraid. 235 00:17:53,328 --> 00:17:55,161 For either of us. 236 00:17:55,229 --> 00:17:59,900 Prime has been sung, Terce approaches, 237 00:17:59,968 --> 00:18:03,370 yet some have barely roused their souls. 238 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:09,310 Oh, darkness into light. 239 00:18:09,378 --> 00:18:11,012 Father, Giovanni is sleeping. 240 00:18:11,113 --> 00:18:12,080 Ooh. 241 00:18:12,147 --> 00:18:13,715 You have broached 242 00:18:13,782 --> 00:18:15,283 the matter, my son? 243 00:18:15,384 --> 00:18:16,919 What matter? 244 00:18:19,589 --> 00:18:22,292 The matter of Forli. 245 00:18:24,361 --> 00:18:28,966 Our need for the most sacred alliance. 246 00:18:29,034 --> 00:18:30,367 The matter, in a word, of marriage. 247 00:18:30,468 --> 00:18:32,436 Ah, I see. 248 00:18:32,503 --> 00:18:34,772 I am to be put back in the marketplace. 249 00:18:34,839 --> 00:18:37,140 Did you know this, Brother? 250 00:18:37,208 --> 00:18:39,108 And how secure did the last alliance 251 00:18:39,209 --> 00:18:41,010 you sold me into prove to be? 252 00:18:41,111 --> 00:18:42,445 It is your Father's wish. 253 00:18:42,513 --> 00:18:44,381 We would have you married. 254 00:18:44,449 --> 00:18:46,717 It is as simple as that. 255 00:18:46,784 --> 00:18:49,019 I will not marry. 256 00:18:49,087 --> 00:18:51,555 Never again. So there let it rest. 257 00:18:51,656 --> 00:18:52,923 [sigh] 258 00:18:53,024 --> 00:18:55,625 We are shocked by this ingratitude. 259 00:18:55,693 --> 00:18:59,028 Even so, I will not marry. 260 00:18:59,129 --> 00:19:01,430 It is a daughter's duty to marry her father's choice! 261 00:19:01,498 --> 00:19:03,832 So I am to have no voice in the matter! 262 00:19:03,900 --> 00:19:05,334 I am to lie on my back 263 00:19:05,401 --> 00:19:06,835 and wait to be ravaged by a beast of your choosing! 264 00:19:06,936 --> 00:19:08,036 Enough! Enough! 265 00:19:08,104 --> 00:19:10,939 This language does not become you. 266 00:19:11,007 --> 00:19:12,575 And save your thoughts. Say nothing. 267 00:19:12,676 --> 00:19:14,043 I haven't uttered a word. 268 00:19:14,111 --> 00:19:15,711 No, but we can hear you thinking. 269 00:19:15,779 --> 00:19:19,349 This will come to pass, you shall see, 270 00:19:19,416 --> 00:19:22,184 even if we drag you to the basilica. 271 00:19:23,586 --> 00:19:27,589 [baby cries] 272 00:19:27,690 --> 00:19:28,990 Sh, sh, sh. Giovanni. 273 00:19:29,058 --> 00:19:30,625 Shh. Hush. 274 00:19:30,693 --> 00:19:34,029 Like me, you have just declared a war. 275 00:19:38,067 --> 00:19:40,568 What have you said to Lucrezia? 276 00:19:40,669 --> 00:19:42,003 In the matter of what? 277 00:19:42,071 --> 00:19:43,905 Marriage. 278 00:19:45,341 --> 00:19:47,342 I have said nothing. Well. 279 00:19:47,410 --> 00:19:50,545 It was you who arranged the last unfortunate event. 280 00:19:50,612 --> 00:19:52,580 That was not of my choosing. 281 00:19:54,116 --> 00:19:55,483 You want her to marry? 282 00:19:55,551 --> 00:19:57,385 It is our wish, yes. 283 00:19:57,486 --> 00:19:59,653 Ah, I see, 284 00:19:59,721 --> 00:20:02,056 the Vatican needs to refresh its coffers. 285 00:20:02,124 --> 00:20:04,325 Well. Leave us. 286 00:20:06,162 --> 00:20:09,297 Perhaps she is not ready to marry. 287 00:20:09,365 --> 00:20:12,500 It is not her choice- 288 00:20:12,568 --> 00:20:15,536 and we would have you persuade her of that. 289 00:20:15,604 --> 00:20:17,871 As inconvenient as it may seem, Rodrigo, 290 00:20:17,939 --> 00:20:19,806 she fell in love. 291 00:20:19,874 --> 00:20:23,042 And every day the child reminds her of the man she loved. 292 00:20:28,381 --> 00:20:33,785 Our son Cesare was sent to the north 293 00:20:33,853 --> 00:20:38,057 on a diplomatic mission of the utmost importance, 294 00:20:38,158 --> 00:20:41,194 and... 295 00:20:41,262 --> 00:20:43,931 ...he had an unfortunate accident. 296 00:20:43,998 --> 00:20:45,499 Cesare? 297 00:20:45,567 --> 00:20:49,570 No, Giovanni Sforza. 298 00:20:49,638 --> 00:20:54,676 He fell onto a knife that... 299 00:20:54,744 --> 00:20:57,946 ...Cesare happened to be holding. 300 00:20:58,014 --> 00:21:01,016 Had I been there I would have helped push him onto the blade. 301 00:21:01,083 --> 00:21:03,385 Yes but, listen to me, Vanozza, 302 00:21:03,453 --> 00:21:07,823 this accident has made us enemies. 303 00:21:07,891 --> 00:21:09,625 They are lining up against us in the north. 304 00:21:09,726 --> 00:21:12,394 We need an alliance. 305 00:21:12,462 --> 00:21:14,829 Now, the Doge of Venice 306 00:21:14,897 --> 00:21:18,766 is a man of great power and influence. 307 00:21:18,834 --> 00:21:21,268 In a matter of days his nephew comes here 308 00:21:21,369 --> 00:21:23,437 as a suitor to Lucrezia. 309 00:21:23,504 --> 00:21:25,605 And... 310 00:21:25,706 --> 00:21:30,810 we would have you be our ambassador in this, 311 00:21:30,878 --> 00:21:34,982 vet him, as it were, on our daughter's behalf. 312 00:21:35,050 --> 00:21:36,450 I see. Yeah. 313 00:21:40,156 --> 00:21:42,991 If business is done, you may withdraw; 314 00:21:43,092 --> 00:21:44,527 the water grows cold. 315 00:21:48,432 --> 00:21:50,934 What is it? 316 00:21:51,002 --> 00:21:54,537 You have a rare beauty, Vanozza. 317 00:21:54,605 --> 00:21:56,973 Remember when we used to bath together? 318 00:21:57,041 --> 00:21:59,442 Not after the water went cold. 319 00:21:59,543 --> 00:22:01,110 No. 320 00:22:01,178 --> 00:22:04,714 And have you not foresworn intimacy for Lent? 321 00:22:04,782 --> 00:22:06,649 Yes. 322 00:22:06,750 --> 00:22:08,451 You may go. 323 00:22:09,586 --> 00:22:12,088 Mmm. 324 00:22:16,026 --> 00:22:17,626 [chuckles] 325 00:22:17,727 --> 00:22:22,264 [indistinct chattering] 326 00:22:22,365 --> 00:22:24,533 Signore Machiavelli... 327 00:22:24,601 --> 00:22:31,171 [chatter continues] 328 00:22:31,273 --> 00:22:33,374 Welcome to Rome. 329 00:22:33,441 --> 00:22:37,611 I appreciate the informality of your welcome. 330 00:22:37,679 --> 00:22:39,547 What is the news from Florence? 331 00:22:39,648 --> 00:22:41,416 Ah, officially, I am here 332 00:22:41,483 --> 00:22:44,018 to open the shutters of the Villa Medici for my master, 333 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:45,653 Piero de Medici. 334 00:22:45,721 --> 00:22:48,389 Stones have been thrown at his house in Florence. 335 00:22:48,490 --> 00:22:50,357 Large stones. 336 00:22:50,425 --> 00:22:52,993 He believes he will be safer here in Rome. 337 00:22:53,061 --> 00:22:55,329 Not without our protection. 338 00:22:55,397 --> 00:22:57,298 The Medici have made many enemies; 339 00:22:57,366 --> 00:22:59,167 that cannot be contested. 340 00:22:59,235 --> 00:23:00,568 What of the Medici bank? 341 00:23:00,636 --> 00:23:02,504 Is it a sinking ship? 342 00:23:02,571 --> 00:23:07,175 Oh, I am not a banker, but it may have already sunk. 343 00:23:07,243 --> 00:23:08,577 You may not be a banker 344 00:23:08,645 --> 00:23:10,211 but you are the Medicis' ambassador; 345 00:23:10,279 --> 00:23:11,679 you know these things. 346 00:23:11,747 --> 00:23:15,016 True, I have been privy to sensitive negotiations. 347 00:23:15,117 --> 00:23:17,484 Signore de Medici values my opinion- 348 00:23:17,552 --> 00:23:20,754 especially as he does not have one of his own- 349 00:23:20,822 --> 00:23:23,490 but I am really nothing more than a nuncio, 350 00:23:23,591 --> 00:23:25,559 a messenger boy. 351 00:23:25,626 --> 00:23:28,128 And what message does the boy bring? 352 00:23:28,229 --> 00:23:30,564 What of the Vatican funds? 353 00:23:30,632 --> 00:23:32,766 Every penny could be lost. 354 00:23:32,834 --> 00:23:36,470 That is the sour truth of it. 355 00:23:36,538 --> 00:23:38,139 Where has the money gone? 356 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:39,841 That is the golden question. 357 00:23:39,942 --> 00:23:42,477 You are not alone in wanting an answer. 358 00:23:42,578 --> 00:23:43,879 There are funds, 359 00:23:43,946 --> 00:23:46,581 but the question is, where might they be? 360 00:23:46,649 --> 00:23:48,417 Do you know? 361 00:23:48,485 --> 00:23:51,053 I am told that what remains is on the move. 362 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:52,721 Some here, some there. 363 00:23:52,788 --> 00:23:55,557 Though not on its way to whom it belongs. 364 00:23:55,625 --> 00:23:57,025 Where? 365 00:23:57,126 --> 00:23:58,960 That I do not know. 366 00:23:59,061 --> 00:24:00,428 Not yet. 367 00:24:00,495 --> 00:24:02,596 Until such time, it is as I told you: 368 00:24:02,697 --> 00:24:06,232 I am here to open the shutters at the Villa Medici. 369 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:08,501 Signore Machiavelli, 370 00:24:08,569 --> 00:24:11,671 a more specific insight into this matter 371 00:24:11,772 --> 00:24:14,775 would be much appreciated. 372 00:24:32,997 --> 00:24:34,598 Your father claims that I have warned you 373 00:24:34,699 --> 00:24:37,334 of the dangers of marriage. 374 00:24:37,402 --> 00:24:40,504 You have incurred his extreme displeasure. 375 00:24:43,508 --> 00:24:45,542 I think it might make him ill. 376 00:24:45,610 --> 00:24:48,445 Well, then, father and daughter will be ill together. 377 00:24:48,513 --> 00:24:52,615 The thought of marriage turns my stomach. 378 00:24:52,683 --> 00:24:54,117 It's within his prerogative 379 00:24:54,185 --> 00:24:56,586 to marry you to whomever he may please. 380 00:24:56,654 --> 00:24:57,954 Well, then, let him do it, 381 00:24:58,022 --> 00:25:00,490 and he can fish me out of the Tiber. 382 00:25:00,558 --> 00:25:03,059 He's asked me to vet suitors on your behalf. 383 00:25:04,895 --> 00:25:06,263 And you agreed? 384 00:25:06,364 --> 00:25:09,332 More or less. 385 00:25:09,433 --> 00:25:11,801 Well, at least it leaves you with a choice. 386 00:25:11,869 --> 00:25:15,739 Mother, the man I married was a beast. 387 00:25:15,806 --> 00:25:17,908 I was little more than meat to him. 388 00:25:17,975 --> 00:25:21,178 And yet you took the stable boy as your lover. 389 00:25:21,279 --> 00:25:24,014 Well, that was different. 390 00:25:24,081 --> 00:25:28,752 And there is hope for you yet. 391 00:25:28,819 --> 00:25:31,154 I do not deny that the warm touch of a lover 392 00:25:31,222 --> 00:25:34,357 might ease the pain. 393 00:25:34,458 --> 00:25:36,459 So all is not lost. 394 00:25:52,242 --> 00:25:55,277 Mmm... 395 00:25:55,345 --> 00:25:57,345 You're back. 396 00:26:01,750 --> 00:26:03,418 I dreamed. 397 00:26:03,485 --> 00:26:06,987 What did you dream? 398 00:26:07,088 --> 00:26:10,257 Nothing I have ever seen. 399 00:26:10,358 --> 00:26:14,996 It was not of this world. 400 00:26:16,966 --> 00:26:19,467 Rest now. 401 00:26:43,127 --> 00:26:46,430 What would be your feeling, Brother Bernadino, 402 00:26:46,498 --> 00:26:49,266 if this humble sardine was poisoned 403 00:26:49,334 --> 00:26:52,670 and you proceeded to expire? 404 00:26:52,738 --> 00:26:56,941 One of happiness, Holiness, 405 00:26:57,042 --> 00:27:00,712 for I would have died in the service of our Lord 406 00:27:00,780 --> 00:27:04,182 and saved His vicar here on earth. 407 00:27:06,987 --> 00:27:09,855 You are an inspiration to us all. 408 00:27:09,923 --> 00:27:13,759 God's vicar will strive to be worthy of your devotion. 409 00:27:15,695 --> 00:27:19,765 Now let us enjoy these fruits of the sea. 410 00:27:19,866 --> 00:27:26,906 [reading praying in Latin] 411 00:27:29,643 --> 00:27:34,079 There is a new order in Florence. 412 00:27:34,147 --> 00:27:36,481 Savonarola wields yet more power. 413 00:27:36,582 --> 00:27:38,450 All bow to him, 414 00:27:38,518 --> 00:27:40,786 some in fear, some in reverence. 415 00:27:40,854 --> 00:27:42,354 He virtually controls the city. 416 00:27:42,422 --> 00:27:43,955 He turned down the hat, of course. 417 00:27:44,023 --> 00:27:45,557 Hmph. Scorned it. 418 00:27:45,624 --> 00:27:48,126 Ah. 419 00:27:48,227 --> 00:27:50,829 Yet another insult to Rome. 420 00:27:50,896 --> 00:27:53,598 No one turns down a seat in the Cardinalate. 421 00:27:53,699 --> 00:27:55,968 Piero de Medici is hated by all. 422 00:27:56,069 --> 00:27:57,569 Small wonder. 423 00:27:57,637 --> 00:27:59,838 Della Rovere's been seen in Florence 424 00:27:59,906 --> 00:28:02,674 and is said to have met with Savonarola. 425 00:28:02,742 --> 00:28:04,510 Ah. 426 00:28:05,878 --> 00:28:08,247 We must silence this yapping dog. 427 00:28:10,483 --> 00:28:11,683 And Della Rovere, 428 00:28:11,751 --> 00:28:14,085 he should have been muzzled long ago. 429 00:28:14,153 --> 00:28:15,954 Savonarola claims that he hears the voice of God 430 00:28:16,022 --> 00:28:18,623 and him alone. 431 00:28:18,691 --> 00:28:22,560 He says that visions are put into his mind by angels. 432 00:28:22,628 --> 00:28:26,064 Well, that could give us cause to excommunicate him. 433 00:28:27,533 --> 00:28:28,700 Heresy. 434 00:28:28,768 --> 00:28:30,068 The very worst. 435 00:28:30,135 --> 00:28:33,705 We may yet have cause to burn him. 436 00:28:35,541 --> 00:28:39,511 We thank you for responding to our request- 437 00:28:39,579 --> 00:28:42,080 especially in such numbers. 438 00:28:42,148 --> 00:28:44,316 One more would have made a crowd. 439 00:28:44,384 --> 00:28:45,885 We are here, 440 00:28:45,986 --> 00:28:48,053 but we wonder to what purpose. 441 00:28:48,154 --> 00:28:50,322 Another lesson in baking, perhaps. 442 00:28:50,423 --> 00:28:52,057 [chuckling] 443 00:28:52,125 --> 00:28:54,026 We were searching for some time 444 00:28:54,093 --> 00:28:57,997 for a suitable location to house the poor. 445 00:28:58,098 --> 00:29:01,033 Now we have found it. 446 00:29:01,101 --> 00:29:02,969 Here? 447 00:29:03,037 --> 00:29:05,705 All we need now are the funds. 448 00:29:05,772 --> 00:29:08,374 Surely it would take an excessive sum 449 00:29:08,442 --> 00:29:13,079 to make this suitable for habitation. 450 00:29:13,146 --> 00:29:14,814 That is not a problem. 451 00:29:14,915 --> 00:29:16,616 We manage the works. 452 00:29:16,683 --> 00:29:18,985 The curia will provide the funds. 453 00:29:19,053 --> 00:29:20,720 What branch of the curia? 454 00:29:20,821 --> 00:29:22,755 The Office of Public Works. 455 00:29:22,823 --> 00:29:25,792 The Office of Public Works has been emptied of funds 456 00:29:25,860 --> 00:29:28,728 by your charitable endeavours. 457 00:29:28,829 --> 00:29:30,229 I believe it was emptied 458 00:29:30,297 --> 00:29:33,633 long before our efforts begun. 459 00:29:33,734 --> 00:29:35,168 La Bella Farnese has been combing 460 00:29:35,235 --> 00:29:39,071 through the books of accounts. 461 00:29:39,172 --> 00:29:42,842 Must she now comb through your palaces? 462 00:29:42,910 --> 00:29:46,012 Through, dare I say it, the brothels? 463 00:29:55,523 --> 00:29:56,723 He was vice chancellor himself. 464 00:29:56,824 --> 00:29:58,291 He has palaces of his own. 465 00:29:58,392 --> 00:30:00,093 He knows how things work. 466 00:30:00,161 --> 00:30:04,464 His Holiness is going through a period of sanctity, penance. 467 00:30:04,566 --> 00:30:06,199 It will pass. 468 00:30:06,267 --> 00:30:07,935 Combing the books already. 469 00:30:08,036 --> 00:30:09,937 What else might they do? 470 00:30:10,004 --> 00:30:12,105 Who knows? They are women. 471 00:30:12,173 --> 00:30:13,840 Women are dangerous. 472 00:30:13,908 --> 00:30:17,177 And how long will this newfound sanctity last? 473 00:30:17,278 --> 00:30:19,913 Should be over by Easter, I should hazard. 474 00:30:19,981 --> 00:30:22,649 So, what must we do? 475 00:30:22,750 --> 00:30:25,351 You-restore the ruin. 476 00:30:25,419 --> 00:30:27,387 What? Ascani, you can't be serious- 477 00:30:27,488 --> 00:30:31,924 Shut up. And pay for it. 478 00:30:31,992 --> 00:30:34,660 Pay? 479 00:30:34,728 --> 00:30:37,263 He's not serious. This is unheard of. 480 00:30:39,099 --> 00:30:42,635 Friar Savonarola berates us daily. 481 00:30:42,703 --> 00:30:45,204 He preaches heresy. 482 00:30:45,272 --> 00:30:47,840 That God speaks to him and him alone. 483 00:30:49,810 --> 00:30:54,547 He must be silenced. 484 00:30:54,614 --> 00:30:57,583 We charge you with this task. 485 00:30:59,419 --> 00:31:04,357 This will require all your patience. 486 00:31:04,424 --> 00:31:07,627 You will travel to Florence and you will ban him 487 00:31:07,694 --> 00:31:09,562 from preaching the word of God. 488 00:31:09,630 --> 00:31:12,198 He will laugh in my face. Of course. 489 00:31:12,266 --> 00:31:13,733 Then we will charge him with heresy. 490 00:31:13,801 --> 00:31:15,468 He will laugh in your face. 491 00:31:15,536 --> 00:31:17,270 Of course. 492 00:31:17,338 --> 00:31:19,406 Then we will excommunicate him. 493 00:31:19,507 --> 00:31:21,675 He will deny your right to do so. 494 00:31:21,776 --> 00:31:24,211 Of course. 495 00:31:24,279 --> 00:31:26,313 And then... 496 00:31:26,414 --> 00:31:29,850 ...we will burn him. 497 00:31:33,521 --> 00:31:38,057 Vengeance, you see, can wait. 498 00:31:38,159 --> 00:31:40,594 A lifetime if necessary. 499 00:31:46,868 --> 00:31:49,404 Wagons carrying Medici gold 500 00:31:49,471 --> 00:31:53,207 are to be shipped to Castelfiorentino. 501 00:31:53,275 --> 00:31:55,709 There is a stronghold there. 502 00:31:55,777 --> 00:31:59,046 So the Medici coffers are not entirely empty. 503 00:31:59,114 --> 00:32:02,650 Not if one knows where to look. 504 00:32:02,718 --> 00:32:04,619 How much gold? 505 00:32:04,687 --> 00:32:06,521 Not enough for a king's ransom, 506 00:32:06,589 --> 00:32:09,858 but one hopes sufficient to make your detour worthwhile. 507 00:32:09,959 --> 00:32:11,426 Enough to feed an army? 508 00:32:11,494 --> 00:32:14,062 Armies have big bellies. 509 00:32:14,163 --> 00:32:16,698 Let this map be your guide; 510 00:32:16,765 --> 00:32:18,333 I prepared it myself. 511 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:22,703 Here is the route, the day, all you need to know. 512 00:32:22,771 --> 00:32:27,207 Look for wagons under escort transporting alum ore. 513 00:32:27,274 --> 00:32:29,342 Trade in alum is on the increase. 514 00:32:29,410 --> 00:32:32,478 Do not be deceived by appearances. 515 00:32:32,546 --> 00:32:36,983 The gold is hidden on the wagons. 516 00:32:37,050 --> 00:32:38,484 I must go. 517 00:32:38,552 --> 00:32:40,686 To open more shutters? 518 00:32:40,754 --> 00:32:45,024 To let in more light. Yes. 519 00:32:45,092 --> 00:32:50,396 The light you bring to us is much appreciated. 520 00:32:50,464 --> 00:32:52,631 Just a beginning. 521 00:33:03,375 --> 00:33:06,143 I would make a gift of gold to my father. 522 00:33:07,679 --> 00:33:10,181 Does your father not have gold enough of his own? 523 00:33:10,282 --> 00:33:12,884 No, this is Medici gold. 524 00:33:12,952 --> 00:33:15,186 My father holds no affection for the Medici. 525 00:33:15,254 --> 00:33:16,855 He brands them thieves and liars. 526 00:33:16,923 --> 00:33:18,990 All bankers are thieves and liars, Eminence. 527 00:33:19,058 --> 00:33:22,328 I would rather trust a beggar in the street. 528 00:33:22,395 --> 00:33:24,363 Listen. 529 00:33:24,431 --> 00:33:27,333 A shipment of gold hidden in alum ore 530 00:33:27,401 --> 00:33:31,371 is to travel from Florence to Castelfiorentino. 531 00:33:31,472 --> 00:33:33,306 It shall be ours. 532 00:33:33,374 --> 00:33:38,277 For this, we will need our friends. 533 00:33:38,378 --> 00:33:42,013 If there is gold promised, they will be there. 534 00:33:42,115 --> 00:33:43,348 Not only will we bring 535 00:33:43,416 --> 00:33:46,451 the Friar Savonarola to his unholy knees, 536 00:33:46,518 --> 00:33:50,454 we will also bring Medici gold to my father. 537 00:33:50,522 --> 00:33:52,256 Your father knows of this? 538 00:33:52,323 --> 00:33:54,291 He will know when he sees the gold. 539 00:33:54,392 --> 00:33:56,027 Surely such a gift from a son 540 00:33:56,094 --> 00:33:59,197 deserves reward from the father, no? 541 00:33:59,298 --> 00:34:00,832 I will have only one reward- 542 00:34:00,900 --> 00:34:03,268 and I will have it no matter what. 543 00:34:03,336 --> 00:34:06,004 These robes have clung to my back for far too long. 544 00:34:06,105 --> 00:34:10,142 Yes, I bear witness to that, Eminence. 545 00:34:10,209 --> 00:34:13,111 For the protection of Rome and the Holy Church- 546 00:34:13,179 --> 00:34:16,514 and the protection of my unwitting father, 547 00:34:16,582 --> 00:34:20,184 I will command the papal army. 548 00:34:20,285 --> 00:34:21,852 And you, Micheletto, 549 00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:24,988 you will wear armour and be my captain. 550 00:34:25,056 --> 00:34:27,725 No, I was born in the shadows 551 00:34:27,792 --> 00:34:30,093 and I feel that is where I should remain. 552 00:34:33,264 --> 00:34:35,465 First, the prize. 553 00:34:51,115 --> 00:34:52,949 The Doge of Venice? 554 00:34:53,050 --> 00:34:54,952 His nephew. 555 00:34:55,019 --> 00:34:56,553 Oh. 556 00:34:56,654 --> 00:34:58,588 Is he of consequence? 557 00:34:58,656 --> 00:35:01,390 His uncle, the doge, has immense wealth 558 00:35:01,458 --> 00:35:04,360 and is extremely fond of his nephew. 559 00:35:04,428 --> 00:35:06,129 At least take a look at him 560 00:35:06,196 --> 00:35:09,632 then I can tell your father I have done his bidding. 561 00:35:09,699 --> 00:35:12,635 The Doge of Venice is a man fond of war, is he not? 562 00:35:12,702 --> 00:35:15,004 They are all fond of war in the north. 563 00:35:15,072 --> 00:35:17,006 But I cannot speak for the nephew. 564 00:35:17,073 --> 00:35:20,676 Just cast an eye over him, that's all. 565 00:35:23,513 --> 00:35:25,781 Where is he, this doge's nephew? 566 00:35:25,849 --> 00:35:28,951 Waiting in the main hall with his retinue. 567 00:35:29,019 --> 00:35:31,821 Most likely dying of old age by this time. 568 00:35:35,793 --> 00:35:37,060 Very well. 569 00:35:37,128 --> 00:35:38,762 You go and talk to him and I will watch. 570 00:35:44,301 --> 00:35:46,970 This is not a game, you know. 571 00:35:47,071 --> 00:35:49,239 No, but it feels like one. 572 00:35:52,376 --> 00:35:54,577 Oh, and he has a dog. A gift. 573 00:35:54,645 --> 00:35:56,780 A dog? For you. 574 00:35:56,847 --> 00:35:58,782 A man of immense wealth, you say, 575 00:35:58,883 --> 00:36:00,783 and he brings a dog? 576 00:36:00,851 --> 00:36:03,152 [chuckling] 577 00:36:05,022 --> 00:36:06,923 I don't think I've ever seen a dog quite like this. 578 00:36:06,991 --> 00:36:08,891 It's a wolfhound, my lady. 579 00:36:08,959 --> 00:36:10,393 It's one of the tallest breeds. 580 00:36:10,460 --> 00:36:12,094 A hunting dog. 581 00:36:12,162 --> 00:36:13,696 He's a powerful beast 582 00:36:13,764 --> 00:36:15,765 but he will make a loving and loyal companion. 583 00:36:15,832 --> 00:36:18,501 Hmm. 584 00:36:18,569 --> 00:36:21,037 What do you think? 585 00:36:21,105 --> 00:36:22,973 Impressive, no? 586 00:36:23,074 --> 00:36:25,609 The man or the dog? 587 00:36:28,647 --> 00:36:31,481 What is your verdict? 588 00:36:31,549 --> 00:36:33,483 No. 589 00:36:33,551 --> 00:36:36,987 That's no to the doge's nephew. 590 00:36:37,088 --> 00:36:39,522 And yes to the dog. 591 00:36:45,996 --> 00:36:48,263 Wait, on second thoughts, it's no to them both. 592 00:36:48,365 --> 00:36:49,765 Man and dog. 593 00:37:00,811 --> 00:37:02,879 It was kind of you to come but I'm afraid... 594 00:37:04,582 --> 00:37:08,752 I have another venture for you. 595 00:37:08,820 --> 00:37:14,891 First, you will escort me to Florence on Vatican business. 596 00:37:14,959 --> 00:37:19,629 And then there will be rewards for all of us. 597 00:37:19,730 --> 00:37:21,598 You said that the last time. 598 00:37:21,666 --> 00:37:25,034 Well, this time there is gold. 599 00:37:25,135 --> 00:37:27,903 Medici gold. 600 00:37:27,971 --> 00:37:29,905 They are robbing their own bank, 601 00:37:29,973 --> 00:37:32,074 so we will rob them. 602 00:37:32,175 --> 00:37:35,978 Trust me. My name is Borgia. 603 00:37:38,082 --> 00:37:40,551 Let's hope the cardinals have consciences. 604 00:37:40,618 --> 00:37:42,720 What more can we do? 605 00:37:48,126 --> 00:37:50,628 This was left this morning, 606 00:37:50,696 --> 00:37:53,698 like a baby abandoned on a doorstep. 607 00:37:56,502 --> 00:37:58,837 A victory. 608 00:37:58,904 --> 00:38:00,805 It's a start. 609 00:38:00,873 --> 00:38:02,641 Let the works begin. 610 00:38:05,945 --> 00:38:08,013 [chuckles] 611 00:38:08,081 --> 00:38:11,183 So... Piero de Medici, 612 00:38:11,284 --> 00:38:13,285 to what does Rome owe the pleasure 613 00:38:13,386 --> 00:38:17,089 of your forsaking of your beloved Florence? 614 00:38:17,157 --> 00:38:20,059 Holiness, a torch was put to our house. 615 00:38:20,127 --> 00:38:22,028 We left the city in a hail of stones. 616 00:38:22,096 --> 00:38:26,099 Dramatic exit indeed. 617 00:38:26,166 --> 00:38:28,101 You have come bearing the gold 618 00:38:28,168 --> 00:38:30,803 we deposited with the Medici bank? 619 00:38:30,871 --> 00:38:34,407 Or have those funds gone up in flames with your palaces? 620 00:38:34,475 --> 00:38:37,009 Those funds are in safe hands, Holy Father. 621 00:38:37,077 --> 00:38:38,410 Oh. 622 00:38:38,478 --> 00:38:40,112 But they are on the move, to secure locations. 623 00:38:40,213 --> 00:38:45,751 We thank you for your assurance. 624 00:38:45,819 --> 00:38:48,788 So why exactly are you here? 625 00:38:48,856 --> 00:38:51,457 I would plead for the Holy Father's protection in Rome. 626 00:38:51,525 --> 00:38:53,092 And for his help 627 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,094 in the battle against the Friar Savonarola. 628 00:38:55,161 --> 00:38:57,129 We have dispatched our son, Cardinal Borgia, 629 00:38:57,197 --> 00:39:00,132 to secure his silence. 630 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:02,367 You think he can be silenced? 631 00:39:02,435 --> 00:39:04,602 If not, he will be burned. 632 00:39:04,670 --> 00:39:07,739 And there will be flourishing once again 633 00:39:07,807 --> 00:39:09,841 in your fair Florence a bank- 634 00:39:09,908 --> 00:39:13,378 but this time a Vatican bank. 635 00:39:13,446 --> 00:39:17,049 What does the pope know of banking? 636 00:39:17,150 --> 00:39:19,318 What the pope does not know, 637 00:39:19,385 --> 00:39:24,758 Piero de Medici will teach him. 638 00:39:27,795 --> 00:39:30,030 Holiness. Father... 639 00:39:33,434 --> 00:39:35,668 Since Jesus died for us, 640 00:39:35,769 --> 00:39:39,038 since he gave his life for us- 641 00:39:39,106 --> 00:39:42,575 -his blood for us, his pain for us, 642 00:39:42,643 --> 00:39:45,144 let us kneel for him! 643 00:39:48,315 --> 00:39:50,116 Girolamo Savonarola! 644 00:39:50,183 --> 00:39:53,519 [crowd murmuring] 645 00:39:53,620 --> 00:39:57,491 I am Cardinal Cesare Borgia! 646 00:39:57,558 --> 00:39:59,192 The bastard son of the pope! 647 00:39:59,260 --> 00:40:03,130 I am the servant of our most Holy Father, Vicar of Christ, 648 00:40:03,198 --> 00:40:06,134 and voice of the Living God, Pope Alexander Sextus. 649 00:40:07,669 --> 00:40:09,571 This edict finds you guilty 650 00:40:09,638 --> 00:40:11,406 of disseminating pernicious doctrines 651 00:40:11,473 --> 00:40:14,576 to the scandal and grief of simple souls. 652 00:40:14,644 --> 00:40:17,346 Having incurred our Holy Father's censure, 653 00:40:17,414 --> 00:40:19,581 you are hereby ordered 654 00:40:19,649 --> 00:40:21,784 to suspend your sermons and prophecies, 655 00:40:21,852 --> 00:40:23,518 lest you be charged with heresy. 656 00:40:23,586 --> 00:40:26,221 I thank His Holiness. 657 00:40:26,289 --> 00:40:30,258 And tell him I will use it... 658 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,227 ...to wipe my ass! 659 00:40:32,295 --> 00:40:35,530 [laughter and chatter] 660 00:40:40,671 --> 00:40:44,340 You are standing too close to the fire, Brother Savonarola. 661 00:40:44,408 --> 00:40:46,142 You may get burned. 662 00:40:47,578 --> 00:40:50,080 Think you I fear the flame? 663 00:40:50,181 --> 00:40:52,349 I have the word of God. 664 00:40:52,417 --> 00:40:55,786 It is the Borgias who will burn! 665 00:40:55,854 --> 00:41:00,324 [loud jeering] 666 00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:19,010 This time, a little more. 667 00:41:22,414 --> 00:41:24,515 Heaven and Hell? 668 00:41:24,583 --> 00:41:26,918 Heaven and Hell. 669 00:41:41,534 --> 00:41:42,968 Do you have faith? 670 00:41:43,069 --> 00:41:44,970 Yes, Father. 671 00:41:45,038 --> 00:41:47,206 Then drink. 672 00:41:52,412 --> 00:42:00,086 [pained noises] 673 00:42:04,791 --> 00:42:10,095 [pained noises] 674 00:42:21,675 --> 00:42:25,312 [indistinct shouting] 675 00:42:25,380 --> 00:42:27,782 Stop the sinners! 676 00:42:27,850 --> 00:42:29,484 You deserve to suffer! 677 00:42:31,387 --> 00:42:33,755 Move. 678 00:42:40,695 --> 00:42:43,096 My God. What is this? 679 00:42:43,164 --> 00:42:45,031 Sodomites. The lot of them. 680 00:42:45,132 --> 00:42:46,466 They're to be hanged, 681 00:42:46,533 --> 00:42:48,935 then burned by order of Father Savonarola. 682 00:42:49,036 --> 00:42:52,405 Sodomites! 683 00:42:52,506 --> 00:42:54,473 Burn in hell! 684 00:42:54,541 --> 00:42:57,043 Sodomite scum! Die! 685 00:42:57,145 --> 00:42:58,912 In the name of Jesus Christ. 686 00:42:58,980 --> 00:43:00,948 What, in the name of Jesus Christ? 687 00:43:01,016 --> 00:43:02,583 The ring off your finger. 688 00:43:04,186 --> 00:43:06,621 And you, boy, what would you have? 689 00:43:06,655 --> 00:43:09,291 My boot up your ass? 690 00:43:09,325 --> 00:43:10,826 Sodomite! 691 00:43:10,860 --> 00:43:12,994 Here is one- a sodomite! 692 00:43:13,029 --> 00:43:17,298 Sodomite! Sodomite! 693 00:43:17,333 --> 00:43:19,501 Move! Out of the way! 694 00:43:21,704 --> 00:43:23,271 Move! 695 00:43:23,339 --> 00:43:24,739 Back! Move back! 696 00:43:24,807 --> 00:43:27,909 You can run from God but you cannot hide! 697 00:43:27,977 --> 00:43:29,577 Sodomites! Move away! All of you! 698 00:43:29,645 --> 00:43:31,679 He will get you! 699 00:43:35,851 --> 00:43:37,519 You promised them booty, your Eminence. 700 00:43:37,587 --> 00:43:39,220 There is booty to be found, 701 00:43:39,322 --> 00:43:42,157 but not in Florence. 702 00:43:42,258 --> 00:43:44,125 Come on! Yah! Yah! 703 00:44:01,710 --> 00:44:02,944 [crackle] 704 00:44:03,012 --> 00:44:05,046 What was that? 705 00:44:05,114 --> 00:44:06,581 Ah! 706 00:44:06,649 --> 00:44:07,783 Uh! 707 00:44:09,318 --> 00:44:11,253 Easy meat. 708 00:44:13,523 --> 00:44:15,157 Too easy. 709 00:44:18,628 --> 00:44:20,262 So, condottieri! 710 00:44:21,398 --> 00:44:22,698 Ah! 711 00:44:24,702 --> 00:44:25,702 Booty at last. 712 00:44:25,769 --> 00:44:27,404 Wait! 713 00:44:27,472 --> 00:44:28,605 Ah! 714 00:44:31,776 --> 00:44:32,910 Ugh! 715 00:44:35,746 --> 00:44:37,614 [shouting] 716 00:44:50,093 --> 00:44:51,727 Find it! 717 00:44:51,828 --> 00:44:53,628 Ah, you dog! 718 00:44:55,131 --> 00:44:56,698 Ugh! 719 00:44:56,766 --> 00:44:58,433 Ah! 720 00:45:01,971 --> 00:45:03,505 Ah! 721 00:45:18,756 --> 00:45:20,090 My lord. 722 00:45:20,157 --> 00:45:24,695 Colonna, can you make gold from alum? 723 00:45:24,763 --> 00:45:27,465 We are condottieri, not alchemists. 724 00:45:27,532 --> 00:45:29,868 Aha. 725 00:45:29,935 --> 00:45:32,437 We shall have to pay you in gold then. 726 00:45:35,207 --> 00:45:36,641 [laughs] 727 00:45:38,443 --> 00:45:40,177 How long might this game go on? 728 00:45:40,245 --> 00:45:41,912 Until we run out of princes. 729 00:45:41,980 --> 00:45:43,881 We've already seen five. This will be number six. 730 00:45:43,949 --> 00:45:46,851 At first it was a distraction; now it's a chore. 731 00:45:46,918 --> 00:45:49,186 Then marry one of them and be done with it. 732 00:45:49,254 --> 00:45:50,955 Have a bed chamber of your own 733 00:45:51,022 --> 00:45:53,024 and put a strong lock on the door. 734 00:45:56,528 --> 00:46:03,102 [indistinct chatter] 735 00:46:03,169 --> 00:46:05,571 Which one is the suitor? 736 00:46:05,639 --> 00:46:09,008 The one in the blue velvet, at the front. 737 00:46:09,076 --> 00:46:12,044 Calvino Pallavicini from Genova. 738 00:46:14,881 --> 00:46:16,749 And, behind him, in the brown and grey. 739 00:46:16,850 --> 00:46:19,218 Who is he? 740 00:46:19,286 --> 00:46:22,855 That must be Raffaello di Genova, his brother. 741 00:46:28,261 --> 00:46:30,762 Who did you say? 742 00:46:30,830 --> 00:46:32,064 His name is Raffaello. 743 00:46:32,131 --> 00:46:34,500 He is the younger brother of Calvino. 744 00:46:34,568 --> 00:46:37,503 I just told you, he is not your suitor. 745 00:46:37,571 --> 00:46:41,040 The other one, Calvino- that is your suitor. 746 00:46:48,583 --> 00:46:50,752 Savonarola remains defiant. 747 00:46:50,820 --> 00:46:52,287 Oh. 748 00:46:52,355 --> 00:46:54,489 And you are learning patience? 749 00:46:54,557 --> 00:46:56,191 With difficulty, Holy Father. 750 00:46:56,258 --> 00:46:57,960 [chuckles] 751 00:46:58,027 --> 00:47:00,228 [sigh] I have a gift for you. 752 00:47:10,673 --> 00:47:12,407 Medici gold. 753 00:47:14,410 --> 00:47:16,311 Enough for the Forli campaign. 754 00:47:18,315 --> 00:47:20,316 They are dispersing the bank's funds 755 00:47:20,383 --> 00:47:21,950 through the whole of Italy. 756 00:47:22,018 --> 00:47:23,685 If we could track down the rest, 757 00:47:23,753 --> 00:47:28,057 we could even conquer Florence. 758 00:47:28,125 --> 00:47:31,394 And you would equip an army with it. 759 00:47:31,462 --> 00:47:34,230 I would batter the walls of Forli with it 760 00:47:34,298 --> 00:47:37,067 and drag Catherina Sforza in chains before you. 761 00:47:37,168 --> 00:47:40,704 You would be a soldier? 762 00:47:40,772 --> 00:47:45,843 You know that has always been my heart's desire. 763 00:47:45,911 --> 00:47:50,014 But who would advise me in this Vatican? 764 00:47:50,082 --> 00:47:53,384 Who would guide me, protect us? 765 00:47:53,451 --> 00:47:55,786 Hm? 766 00:47:55,854 --> 00:47:58,021 We always said we must have one son in the cloth, 767 00:47:58,089 --> 00:47:59,356 and one in armour. 768 00:47:59,424 --> 00:48:02,392 Would you have us make Juan a cardinal? 769 00:48:02,460 --> 00:48:05,094 [laughs] No. 770 00:48:05,162 --> 00:48:08,464 We thank you from the bottom of our heart. 771 00:48:08,532 --> 00:48:11,934 But you know what you ask is impossible. 772 00:48:12,035 --> 00:48:14,203 Your brother's coming home, 773 00:48:14,271 --> 00:48:17,506 a changed man, we are assured. 774 00:48:17,574 --> 00:48:22,711 With a party of conquistadors hardened by the New Spain. 775 00:48:22,779 --> 00:48:28,951 Promise us that you will welcome him- 776 00:48:29,052 --> 00:48:31,921 with a brotherly embrace. 777 00:48:33,023 --> 00:48:36,760 You must embrace him for me, Holy Father. 778 00:48:36,827 --> 00:48:39,496 While I attend to the Church's business- 779 00:48:39,563 --> 00:48:41,765 back in Florence. 780 00:48:41,790 --> 00:48:45,790 == sync, corrected by elderman == 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net