All language subtitles for The.Tudors.S01E09.Look.to.God.First.720p.BluRay.HEVC.x265-BONE

You think you know a story,
but you only know how it ends.

To get to the heart of the story,
you have to go back to the beginning.

My lords.

In the absence
of the queen herself...

...whom this tribunal
has pronounced contumacious...

...since she does not appear
when summoned.

We are trying to determine
whether or not...

...her first marriage
to Prince Arthur...

...was in fact
consummated in carnal copula.

We call a witness.
Sir Anthony Willoughby.

I understand you were in the escort
taking Prince Arthur to the nuptial bed?

I was, sir. My father was at the time
steward of the king's household.

So I was present when the prince was
inserted into Lady Catherine's bed...

...and also
when he woke in the morning.

And did the prince say anything to you
when you saw him in the morning?

Yes, sir.
He said, "Willoughby, I'm thirsty.

Bring me a cup of ale.
Last night, I was in the midst of Spain."

Silence. Silence in the court.

-Anything else?
-Yes, sir.

Later that day he said to us, "Masters,
it's a good pastime to have a wife."

Silence in the court.

I believe we may have the bloodstained
sheets to corroborate my lord's story.

That would be most useful,
Your Eminence. Most useful.

-Your Majesty.
-Gentlemen.

The king asks
why you are not in court.

I have given answer to that already.

-Could we go somewhere private?
-Why?

I have nothing to hide.

Let my ladies and the whole world
hear what you have to say.

The king commands that you surrender
this whole matter into his hands.

Otherwise, the court
will condemn you.

I am surprised to receive
such a request...

...from such wise
and noble men as you.

I am but a poor woman,
lacking both in wit and understanding.

How am I supposed to respond to
a request made to me out of the blue?

You know perfectly what the king
desires and what he shall have.

All I know, Eminence, is that you...

...for your own purposes,
have kindled this fire.

All this time, all these years...

...I have wondered at your high pride
and your vain glory.

I have abhorred your voluptuous life
and had no regard...

...for your presumptuous power
and your tyranny.

I know also of your malice
against my nephew, the emperor.

You hate him like a scorpion.
And why?

Because he would not satisfy your
ambition and make you pope by force.

You should never presume to know--

My only satisfaction
is that in frustrating you...

...I hasten your fall
from the king's good graces.

An outcome I desire
above all others.

Hold, Your Eminence.
You will not get your divorce this way.

It is the only way.

Friend, give me a drink. I'm thirsty.

And if you'd all been to Spain as many
times as I went there last night...

...you'd all be fucking thirsty too.

In and out, in and out, in and out.

And I'll tell you this, lads.

First time I lay with a lady
I was but a chit of a lad.

So high to a grasshopper, I was.
I poked her all night.

A toast, I say a toast.

To Queen Catherine.
Who doesn't give a fig.

-God bless her.
-To the queen of England!

His Majesty, the king.

-My lords.
-Your Majesty.

You look splendid.

So my sources have just told me
that the emperor believes...

...Wolsey is to blame
for instigating the divorce.

He believes that the people of England
will soon rise up...

...and bring that creature
to the scaffold.

His end is surely approaching.

After which, Your Grace
will be the first man at court.

As you ought to be.

In which case, Boleyn...

...I shall not fail to promote
your family's interests.

It's true you have risen high.
But you shall rise higher yet.

Did you see?
They were all looking at you.

I'm glad. I want them to look at you.

I want them to be envious.

I want all of them to know
exactly how much I love you.

Then like my family motto,
I am "the most happy."

-How did it go in court today?
-Well enough.

Yet Catherine refuses to attend.

It will make no difference.

Wolsey promises me
I will have a divorce by summer.

Promises are easy.

What if you don't?

Margaret, what is it?

I couldn't sleep.

Come back to bed. It's cold.

Not yet.

I'm going to court tomorrow.
Will you come?

Your brother has asked again
for your presence.

I told you.

Not while he makes love in public
to that Boleyn girl.

It's offensive
and it makes him look like a fool.

Everyone else can see how proud
and grasping the Boleyns are.

-Why can't he?
-What if he commands you to come?

What is this?

Only a wife to a husband.

Sleep now, my sweet Charles.

I pray you, sleep.

Silence in the court.

In the absence of the queen,
we have been asked by her council...

...Bishop Fisher,
to make a statement to this court.

And being the circumstances...

...we have decided
that such a statement is admissible.

Your Grace.

Your Honours,
you have been asked to give verdict...

...on the validity
of the royal marriage.

Sirs, it is my contention that
this marriage of the king and queen...

...can be dissolved by no power,
human or divine.

Let me give, if I might,
a Biblical parallel.

You will remember, I am sure,
the tyrant Herod Antipas.

Who disembarrassed himself
of his wife.

In order that he might take
his brother's wife.

How dare you.

And who then executed
John the Baptist...

...when he dared to criticize
the royal couple.

Just as John the Baptist,
so I, in all humility...

...say to you here today
that I am ready to lay down my life.

To lay down my life...

...to defend the sanctity of marriage
and to condemn adultery.

Outrageous.

Your Honours.

I accuse this man, Bishop Fisher...

...of arrogance, temerity
and disloyalty.

I demand that you disregard
every vile word.

Thomas. Come in.

-Drink?
-Not for me, thank you.

No.

I have a mission for you, Thomas.

The French and Imperial forces
have ceased their aggression.

There is to be some sort of conference
at a place called Cambria, in France...

...between their negotiators and also
with representatives of the pope.

I, of course, am unable to attend.

Now the vital thing, Thomas...

...is that there be no agreement
between the other two parties.

I have had private reassurances
from the king of France--

Who is, after all, our ally.

--That he will never make peace with
the emperor, under any circumstances.

Similarly, there must be
no rapprochement...

...between the Holy Father
and the emperor.

You must understand
under those circumstances...

...it would be impossible for the pope
to grant the king his desire.

-Yes, I do understand.
-Now...

You have your principles,
I understand that.

But for the love we both have
for the king...

...your job at Cambria
is to be as obstructive as possible.

Don't let Francis renege
on his commitments to us.

And don't let the pope forget
that it was Charles' forces...

...that invaded and sacked Rome.

And there is one other thing.

More than this?

Try to discover, by subtle means,
through his agents...

...if the emperor is prepared
to support his aunt by use of force.

You think he might invade England
in support of the queen?

I don't think anything.
But I imagine everything.

And it is those imaginings
that cause me great pain, Thomas.

Great pain.

But then wasn't it you that said:

"No man can expect to go to heaven
on a feather bed."

Have you no kind things to say?

-Kind?
-To your wife.

The mother of your child.

You treat me so unkindly.
And in public, neglect me.

Catherine,
you must accept the inevitable.

The weight of academic opinion
is against us.

We were never legally man and wife.
And the court will decide in my favour.

And if the court does not decide
in my favour...

...I shall denounce the pope as
a heretic and marry whom I please.

Sweetheart.

By all the angels,
I was intact when I came to your bed.

All right.
So you were a fucking virgin!

That's not the point.

Did I not tell you that if you argued
with her she'd have the upper hand?

I see now, one morning you'll succumb
to her reasoning and cast me off!

What do you mean?

-Anne, I love you.
-Let me go, let me go.

Why don't you see?
Why can't you understand?

I've been waiting for so long.
For what?

I could have contracted
some advantageous marriage...

...and borne sons which is a woman's
greatest consolation in this life.

Instead, I've been wasting my time
and my youth. For no purpose at all.

Anne, stop this.

You will have sons.
We will have sons.

No, no. It's too late.

Your wife won't let you go.
I should have realized.

-Where are you going?
-Home.

Stay here, I beg you. Anne.

I'm the king of England!

Make way for His Grace. Make way.

Your Eminence.

-An urgent message from the pope.
-Thank you, kind sir.

Look.
He is always leaning on someone.

Perhaps
someone should lean on him.

Perhaps.

-Your Eminence.
-Your Majesty.

-I trust we will soon have a verdict.
-Indeed.

We hear with great distress
of events in Germany.

-The destruction of the churches.
-Melancholy events, Majesty.

But why is it happening?

Majesty?

I'll tell you.

The Lutherans attack what they see
as the wickedness of Rome.

They believe
corruption is rewarded...

...but the faithful are abandoned
and badly treated.

I am a man of faith, Your Eminence.

God forbid His Holiness
should ever turn his back on me.

Alas, my love, you do me wrong

To treat me so discourteously

Don't you ever get tired of it,
Charles?

Of course. Then I go to sleep.

I bet you dream of women too.

No, I dream of God.
Of heaven and hell and of repentance.

Since you asked.

What are you thinking, Anthony?

I'm listening to that song,
and I'm thinking, omnia vincit amor.

No one can resist love.

-My lord.
-Your Majesty.

Please ask Anne to come back to court.
I beg you for my sake.

I can't live without her.

Tomorrow I shall have my verdict
and I shall be free.

Majesty.

Eminences, in accordance with
the rules and laws of this tribunal...

...and the wishes of His Majesty.

I ask you officially
to deliver your judgement.

Your Majesty, my lords.

After much deliberation,
we have decided...

...that this great matter is too important
to be here decided...

...without consultation
with the curia at Rome.

Unfortunately,
the curia is now in summer recess.

In which case,
there is no alternative...

...but to prorogue this tribunal
until October 1st.

That is our judgement.

You stupid cunt.

It's never been good to be in England
while we have cardinals among us!

Are you so dense
that you really think this is my doing?

And of all people, you have the least
cause to be offended by cardinals.

If it wasn't for me, a simple cardinal,
sometimes having praised you...

...you would no longer have
a head on your shoulders.

Happy day.

Indeed, Señor Mendoza.

Campeggio received secret
instructions from His Holiness...

...who has advocated the matter
back to Rome.

I was not abandoned.

The emperor worked tirelessly
for your cause.

It is true you are leaving?

Yes, Your Majesty.

Ambassador Chapuys
will replace me.

I know him.

He's a most trustworthy person...

...and will take up your defence
with fidelity and diligence.

As you have done, Señor Mendoza.

In memory of me.

Majesty.

Thomas, how very good to see you.
How is the king?

The king is going on a progress.
Immediately.

With the Lady Anne.

I see.

Tell His Majesty that I am
handing over to him at once...

...the entire revenues
of the see of Durham.

It is one of the richest in England.

And tell him I shall not cease to work
for his great matter.

Campeggio and I will gladly accomplish
his lawful desire. Do you see?

-I shall tell him.
-And Thomas...

Tell me I can trust you
to advocate my interests to the king.

You may.

For without you, I would be
a lowly clerk, without profit or future.

I owe you my life.

I've been summoned to Rome.

I have to appear before the pope
and answer for myself.

Can you imagine it?

Me, the king of England,
who answers to no authority, but God!

Damn Wolsey. Damn him to hell.

-May I speak plainly?
-Yes, of course.

There are some who on good authority
care not for popes.

These writers say that the king...

...is both emperor and pope
absolutely in his own kingdom.

Which writers?

I have a book to show you,
with your permission?

Show it to me.

Softly love and to love softly.

Dew on the sycamore branch.

By the creaking gate.
Where my heart hurries afterwards.

Through the path of wheat,
along the briar, to that stone.

Under which I lie.

-Thank you for the audience.
-Very well, my lords.

-Your Majesty.
-Majesty.

Lord Rochford?

Majesty, the new Imperial Ambassador,
Mr. Chapuys...

...asks permission to present
his credentials to the queen.

Granted.
My lord, is there anything else?

Your Majesty, Cardinal Campeggio
is returning to Rome...

...and would like to take
his formal leave of Your Majesty.

Very well.

Mr. Cromwell,
invite him here to Grafton House.

Also Wolsey. Anything else?

Your Grace?

Majesty, forgive me.

Margaret is dead.

She died of consumption.

You never even told me
she was sick.

If that's the king's sister,
why isn't the king here?

-The king cannot go to funerals.
-Why?

No one is allowed
to imagine the death of the king.

For that would be treason.

Forgive me.

I'm sorry.

Come, come, Thomas.
Tell me what happened.

I take it you arrived at Cambria
on time?

Not exactly. We were a week late.

A week?

Then how could you have contributed
to the substantive arguments?

No, we couldn't. We weren't privy
to the main discussions.

We were only able to enter into
negotiations with the major parties.

What negotiations?

Well, I'm happy to report
that we secured a return...

...to mutually beneficial
trade relations...

...between ourselves
and the Low Countries.

We also obtained guarantees
regarding long-standing payments...

...owing to the king by the emperor.

But the major disputes, Thomas.
The major disputes!

What happened? Did the king
of France refuse to make peace?

No.

No, on the contrary, he settled
all his differences with the emperor.

Both of them settled their differences
with His Holiness Pope Clement.

In other words,
we were deliberately sidelined.

If you choose to put it like that.

Now there is no chance that the pope
will give the king his divorce.

Tell me, Thomas.

What exactly do you think
you might have achieved at Cambria...

...that makes you look so smug?

With respect, Your Eminence...

...to some degree
it wasn't for me to achieve anything.

Yet I consider this diplomacy
to be somewhat successful.

Once more, there is peace in Europe.

England is at peace with the empire.

More importantly, papal authority
is restored and recognized.

That is what I believe in.

-Francis betrayed me.
-Francis saw the futility of war.

He recognized the need for tradition.

And you, Thomas...

...you have destroyed me.

Make way.

This way, Your Excellency.

Your Honour's chamber.

Thank you.

Wait. Wait.

Where is my chamber?

There is none prepared for you,
Your Eminence.

I must change
from my riding clothes.

Then you had best ask elsewhere.

Your Eminence.

-Mr. Norris.
-Use my room.

It's not much, but...

I'll have your trunk sent up.

When you've changed,
you are to go to the presence chamber.

I am very grateful to you, Norris.

There are many here, sir,
who have cause to be grateful to you.

Though alas, they do not show it.

Cardinals Wolsey and Campeggio.

I hear you have been unwell.
Is it true?

Majesty, when was I ever
unwell enough not to serve you?

That's what I thought.
They tell such lies, these people.

Who can I trust?

We've come a long way together,
you and I, cardinal.

Did you think I'd forget?

And there is still
a great deal more to do.

I know, I know.

Don't be afraid.

We shall talk properly tomorrow.

Good morning, sweetheart.

Halt!

Stand aside,
I must speak with the king.

Stand aside.

Your Majesty.

Majesty! Your Majesty!

Majesty!

Majesty!

Majesty!

Ambassador Chapuys.

Your Majesty.

I have come at the king's invitation...

...to present my credentials
from the emperor.

Please.

I am glad to see you.

You know your mission has fallen
at a complicated time.

Indeed. I see my mission, madame,
as one of toute douceur.

All sweetness.

May I ask Your Highness
if I should now, at once...

...also present my credentials
to His Eminence, Cardinal Wolsey?

I do not see
that there is such a need as before.

The cardinal is somewhat undone.

He has been refused permission
to attend court.

-Then who should I attend instead?
-Norfolk, Suffolk and Rochford.

They are now closest to the king,
and carry out his affairs.

Seek them out,
if you would know things.

You should also know, ambassador,
that they are not great friends of mine.

Any of them.

In fact, better to say,
they are all my mortal enemies.

Make way.

Cardinal Wolsey,
you are here charged with praemunire.

That is exercising your powers
of papal legate in the king's realm.

Thus derogating
the king's lawful authority.

You are to be dismissed
of all your offices.

And all your goods shall be taken
to the king's hands.

I take it you have the king's
written authority for this?

You are commanded to relinquish
the great seal of your office.

-And where am I to go?
-To the king's house at Jericho.

To await the verdict of the court.

Make way for His Lord's Grace there.

How about a blessing now,
Your Eminence?

My own eternally beloved Cromwell.

I beseech you, as you love me
and will ever do anything for me...

...come here today,
as soon as your work is finished...

...and forgetting everything else.

I would not only communicate things
to you for my own comfort and relief...

...but would also have your good, sad,
discreet advice and counsel.

In haste, this Saturday...

...with the rude hand and sorrowful
heart of your assured who loves you.

Wolsey.

Wolsey pleaded guilty
to all the charges made against him.

Yes, I heard.
And sentenced to prison.

I have rescinded his punishment.

I've even agreed
to let him keep the Bishopric of York.

With a pension of 3000 angels.

You see what kind of monster I am?

I need to appoint a new chancellor.
Someone I can trust.

You're trained as a lawyer
and in royal service.

You have international prestige.

The friend of Erasmus,
the greatest humanist in all England.

-You have a fine, sharp mind.
-No.

-No what?
-No, I don't want to be Chancellor.

You will do as I command!

Listen, Thomas. I know you have
scruples concerning my divorce.

And I swear to you,
it will only be dealt with...

...by those whose consciences
agree with it.

I'll only use you for other things...

...and I will never let it
molest your conscience.

Look, Tom.

I want you, nay, I command you,
in all the things that you do...

...to look to God first,
and only then to me.