Original subtitles

MASSINGER: LOOK WHAT THEY SEND US--

A PALTRY FEW WEASELY, WEAK MEN.

REDWICK: NO MORE THAN BOYS MOST OF THEM.

MASSINGER: WHAT WE NEED IS STRONG HANDS TO TOIL.

A PLANTATION IS NOTHING BUT DIRT

TILL IT'S WORKED.

LABOR IS WHERE RICHES ARE MADE.

YEARDLEY: CAPTAIN, WELCOME TO JAMESTOWN.

CAPTAIN: THANK YOU. HOW WAS THE VOYAGE?

MY WIFE.

WE'RE EAGER FOR NEWS FROM ENGLAND.

YEARDLEY: A GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF REPRESENTATIVES

FROM ALL OF VIRGINIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF PASSING LAWS.

PLANTERS WILL BE SELECTED.

EACH MAN WILL BE NAMED A BURGESS OF HIS PARISH

TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONAGE.

BURGESSES? ELECTED?

WHY GIVE POWER AWAY SO CHEAPLY?

IT IS A COMPANY WISH AND A FIRM INSTRUCTION.

RANKLING DOES NOT SUIT YOU, SIR.

PERHAPS YOU MIGHT EXPLAIN THE BENEFIT

TO US, GOVERNOR, OF INVITING MEN OF THE SOIL

TO PUT THEIR GRUB HANDS ON GOVERNANCE?

SIR EDWIN SANDYS HAS CONVINCED THE COMPANY

THAT THE SUREST WAY TO ATTRACT NEW INVESTORS

IS TO ASSURE THEM THAT THEIR STAKE

WILL NOT BE EMBEZZLED.

ACCOUNTABILITY SEEMS TO BE THE WORD ON EVERYONE'S LIPS.

AN UNDERSTANDABLE AND ADMIRABLE SENTIMENT,

BUT WHAT WILL BECOME OF US IF WE ARE TO ANSWER

TO HEDGE-BORN PLANTERS?

WELL, THAT, GENTLEMEN,

WE SHALL DISCOVER.

[SNIFFLES]

AHEM.

DON'T YOU GO THINKING YOU CAN LEAVE

ON THAT SHIP, WOMAN.

HMM? YOU'RE MARRIED NOW.

THAT MEANS YOU'RE WED.

HEH.

WE AIN'T MARRIED, YOU JOLTHEAD. HMM?

YOU'RE SO DRUNK FROM WAKING TILL SLEEPING,

YOU DON'T KNOW SPIT OF WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN OR NOT,

SO I ONLY TOLD YOU WE WERE WED.

W-WE AIN'T MARRIED?

VERITY! VERITY!

AIN'T WE MARRIED?

SILAS: COME ON. COME ON.

[GRUNTING]

RIGHT.

CHRISTOPHER: PERHAPS IF YOU WERE TO LAY YOURSELF

AT THE MERCY OF LADY YEARDLEY,

EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF YOUR PREDICAMENT AT THE TIME.

SHE DETESTS MY EVERY LIVING STEP.

WHO CAN BLAME HER?

I HAVE MOCKED HER PIETY.

I AM EXPERT AT MAKING ENEMIES,

AND NOW SHE HAS MEANS TO DESTROY ME.

FARLOW: MISTRESS CASTELL,

YOU SEEMED TO BE IN CONSIDERABLE DISTRESS

AT THE WHARF, SO MUCH SO THAT

HERE YOU ARE SEEKING SOLACE FROM THE GOOD DOCTOR.

HOW KIND OF YOU TO NOTICE, SECRETARY FARLOW.

I DO NOT DOUBT THAT YOU APPRECIATE

THE GRATIFICATION TO BE GAINED FROM THE COMFORT OF A MAN.

I AM MOMENTS AWAY FROM RUIN.

IT IS ALL I CAN DO TO BREATHE.

AHEM. REVEREND, SIR, YOUR WORSHIPNESS,

SUPPOSE A WOMAN WERE INTENT ON GETTING ON THAT SHIP,

AND SUPPOSE THAT WOMAN'S HUSBAND SAID THEY WERE MARRIED,

BUT THE WIFE SAID THAT SHE WEREN'T A WIFE.

CAN--CAN THEY TAKE THEIR VOWS IN HASTE

IF THEY AIN'T ALREADY WED?

ENGLAND.

THAT'S ME POINT, SIR, TO PREVENT HER

FROM RETURNING.

I AM GOING HOME.

I AM LEAVING THIS PLACE.

I CAN BREATHE AGAIN.

DID YOU WED MESELF AND ME WIFE?

YOU'RE NO MORE MARRIED THAN I AM, RUTTER.

ARE YOU MARRIED, REVEREND?

ALICE: SILAS, IS HE TO STAY IN OUR HOME?

HE'S MY BROTHER.

SILAS: COME ON.

HENRY, YOU HAVE YOUR OWN LAND NOW.

WHY'S THAT NOT ENOUGH?

EH?

ONCE YOU'RE STARTED, ONCE YOUR LAND

IS GROWING, IT'LL GIVE YOU YOUR LIFE BACK.

HENRY!

WE HAVE A HARVEST TO BRING IN.

WE NEED YOUR STRENGTH. IN'T THAT SO, PEPPER?

WON'T YOU HELP US, HENRY?

[FLIES BUZZING]

HE HAS TURNED THAT SAVAGE WILL OF HIS

AGAINST HIS OWN LIFE

FOR THE SAKE OF SILVER.

IN'T THE SILVER THAT BROKE HIM, SILAS.

IT'S THE CRUSHING HUMILIATION BEFORE EVERY SOUL IN JAMESTOWN.

IT IS RIGHT THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE A CARE

FOR YOUR BROTHER, BUT HOW CAN I SLEEP

WITH HIM THERE, SO CLOSE AT HAND?

DO YOU BELIEVE THAT HE MIGHT TRY TO HARM YOU AGAIN?

IT IN'T THAT.

IT'S THE MEMORY OF IT.

SOME, UH, HARVEST YOU SHOULD HAVE, SHARROW.

THERE'S WORK TO DO YET, MASTER MASSINGER.

CONSIDERED WHAT YOU LOOK TO PROFIT?

I DARE SAY YOU KNOW THAT BETTER THAN I WOULD.

AYE. WELL, WHATEVER YOU FORESEE, FORGET IT.

WHY'S THAT SO, SIR?

WELL, I'LL HARVEST 40 TIMES WHAT YOU'LL BRING IN.

BEST QUALITY TOBACCO, AND I INTEND TO SELL IT

AT A PRICE SO LOW THAT NO DEALER WILL PAY

ANY PRICE ABOVE WHAT I ASK.

I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T PROFIT

FROM ONE LEAF.

I CAN AFFORD TO DO THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR

TILL YOU'RE RUINED.

I GAVE YOU CHANCE TO DEAL,

BUT YOU DECIDED TO CHALLENGE ME INSTEAD,

AND NOW YOU'RE GONNA SEE WHAT THAT TRULY COSTS.

MEREDITH: I MEAN, IF LIFE HERE IN'T TO YOUR LIKING,

WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN YOU GO HOME, HUH?

PRISON. THAT'S WHAT.

SO WHAT WERE THEY FOR?

THE TEARS.

MY WHOLE LIFE, I NEVER REALLY FELT LIKE I BELONGED,

BUT HERE

IN THIS MAD, KNEE-DEEP SHIT PILE, I DO.

SAW THOSE WOMEN COMING OFF OF THAT SHIP,

AND I KNEW I'LL NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE

BECAUSE IT'S MY HOME.

HMM.

THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING.

I HAVE THOUGHTS AND DESIRES NOW

THAT I NEVER HAD BEFORE.

SO YOU AIN'T GOING BACK?

NO.

[EXHALES]

FETCH US AN ALE THEN. HA!

MERCY, DID YOU EVER WITNESS ANYONE DIE

ON THE GALLOWS?

I HAVE, MA'AM.

IT'S A MOST FEARFUL, FRIGHTFUL SIGHT.

DO THE CONDEMNED SEEM READY TO MEET THEIR MAKER,

OR DO THEY PLEAD FOR THEIR LIFE TO BE SPARED?

THEY SCREAM FOR FORGIVENESS, MA'AM,

SCREECHES THAT SOUND LIKE THEY ESCAPED FROM HELL ITSELF.

YES. WELL, THAT'S DESCRIPTION ENOUGH.

SOME OF 'EM CURSE THEIR OWN SELVES

WITH SUCH A LOATHING IT'S LIKE LOOKING

INTO SATAN'S EYES.

YEARDLEY: I STAND BEFORE YOU TO CALL TOGETHER

A GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE MAIN PART OF WHICH

WILL BE MADE UP OF BURGESSES,

MEN ELECTED TO MAKE LAWS THAT WE WILL LIVE OUR LIVES BY.

TWO MEN FROM EACH PARTICULAR PLANTATION

WILL FORM A HOUSE TO PASS LAWS.

MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT OUR PURPOSE HERE.

IT IS TO CREATE A NEW WORLD,

ONE ABUNDANT WITH OPPORTUNITY AND HARMONY.

GOD HAS GIVEN US THE MEANS TO SEEK HEROIC PROFIT.

LET US DO SO AS ONE

AND INVITE GOOD MEN TO TAKE UP GOVERNANCE.

YOU MIGHT BE THE BURGESS

FOR ARGALL'S TOWN, SILAS, AND HENRY.

YEARDLEY: SINCE THE MEN FROM THE BOROUGHS ARE

IN JAMESTOWN FOR THE ARRIVAL OF THE SHIP,

I WILL CALL THE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

THIS VERY WEEK.

[APPLAUSE]

WE ARE THE CREATORS OF THE GREATEST

POLITICAL ENDEAVOR, A LAND WHERE FREE MEN TOGETHER

RESPECT THE RIGHTS AND THE CONSCIENCE

OF ALL WHO CAN SPEAK.

[APPLAUSE]

THANK YOU.

I TRUST WITH ALL MY HEART THAT THE BURGESSES

WILL SERVE OUR COLONY WELL,

BUT I WILL APPOINT A COUNCIL OF STATE

TO OVERSEE OUR BUSINESS,

AND I WILL, OF COURSE, RESERVE THE POWER OF VETO

FOR ANY, LET US SAY,

UNSEEMLY PROPOSALS.

GOOD NEWS, THAT IS.

JAMES: UH, MISTRESS SHARROW,

I WISH TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

THANK YOU, JAMES.

WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE?

I SEEN MORE WOMEN ARRIVING.

I'M GOING TO... BUY MYSELF A WIFE

TO COME OVER ON THE NEXT SHIP.

IS HENRY STAYING WITH YOU NOW

OUT AT THE PLANTATION?

UH, HE IS.

IF YOU EVER WANT HIM TO LEAVE--

I MEAN, IF YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND NEED

ANY ASSISTANCE--

JAMES...

WHAT A MAN YOU ARE.

MIGHT I TAKE A DRINK WITH YOU, MASTER RUTTER?

AHH. MIGHT I HAVE ANOTHER?

MERCY, LET US LIVE BRIGHTLY,

FOR WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LIFE WE HAVE LEFT.

MEREDITH: IS THERE A BETTER COMPANION

IN THIS WORLD THAN A TRUE DRINKING COUSIN?

ERRP!

[MERCY AND MEREDITH LAUGHING]

[HUMMING]

MEREDITH: POUR INSIDE ME SEVERAL ALES,

AND I HAVE THE FLEETEST OF FEET.

OH, YES?

SHALL I SHOW YOU, YOUR MA'AMSHIP?

MMM.

[COUGHS]

HA HA HA!

I KILLED A MAN.

HA HA HA! HA HA HA!

I TOOK THE LIFE OF A MAN BECAUSE I LOVED HIM.

I LOVED HIM.

HA! HYAH!

AND THAT'S WHY I CAME HERE.

ALL RIGHT.

I PUT THE POISON IN HIS WINE.

MEREDITH: HOLD ON TIGHT.

VERITY: COME ON. COME ON. HERE WE GO!

I KILLED A MAN. MERCY, HELP ME, HUH?

I POISONED HIM.

VERITY: RUTTER!

NOT ONE WORD OF WHO WE HAVE IN HERE!

WOMAN. HA HA HA!

VERITY: HURRY. COME ON. QUICKLY IN HERE.

YEAH! WHOO!

[HUMMING]

HA HA HA!

MERRYMAKING ALL ON YOUR OWN, RUTTER?

NO, MARSHAL. THERE IS A NUMBER

OF US, LADIES AND, UH, G--EH?

REDWICK: PERHAPS YOU DRINK-DREAMED

YOUR VERY OWN HAREM OF HANDMAIDENS?

NO, SIR. THE LADY-- WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

FETCH US SOME ALE!

HAVE A SEAT, CAPTAIN.

I WATCHED THAT MAN DIE.

MERCY: * I HEARD HIM SAY, DIDDLE, DIDDLE *

* SINCE I CAME HITHER *

* THAT YOU AND I DIDDLE, DIDDLE... *

THE MARSHAL IS IN THE TAVERN.

YOU--YOU MUST BE QUIET!

CAPTAIN: I HAVE INFORMATION THAT REQUIRES

YOUR DISCRETION.

MASTER MASSINGER INSISTS THAT LAND

IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT LABOR.

I SEE WHERE YOU'RE LEADING.

SIR, A GOOD MANY MEN WERE SENT HERE INTENDED

TO WORK ON COMPANY LAND WERE SIGNED OVER

TO MASSINGER

BY REDWICK AND FARLOW.

HO HO HO!

IT'S OUTRIGHT MALVERSATION.

WELL DONE, SAMUEL.

I MUST CONSIDER HOW BEST TO MOVE

AGAINST THE SECRETARY AND THE MARSHAL

FOR THEIR PART IN THE THIEVING OF COMPANY PROPERTY.

I PRESUMED THEY WOULD BE CHARGED.

YOU MUST REST, DEAR SAMUEL.

YOU LEAVE THIS TO ME.

GOOD NIGHT, LADY YEARDLEY.

MERCY: * SHE IS DRY BECAUSE SHE LOVED *

* DIDDLE, DIDDLE--HIC--MA *

WHEN THE LETTER IS REVEALED,

THE ENTIRE TOWN WILL GATHER TOGETHER

TO WATCH ME SWING.

OH, LORDY.

[HUMMING]

MERCY, MERCY, YOU MUST GO AND FETCH ALICE SHARROW.

DO YOU HEAR ME?

LEAVE BY THE BACK DOOR.

YOU MUST NOT LET THE MARSHAL SEE YOU,

AND YOU MUST SPEAK TO NO ONE!

NO ONE.

NO ONE.

[CRYING]

SHH, SHH, SHH.

SHH, SHH, SHH.

SHH, SHH, SHH.

CHRISTOPHER: SAMUEL, WE MUST SEEK YOUR WIFE OUT

BEFORE IT BECOMES TOO DARK.

WHY ARE YOU ABROAD AT THIS HOUR, GIRL?

[SNIFFS]

HAVE YOU BEEN DRINKING?

* NOW MY OWN DEAR, DIDDLE, DIDDLE *

* HAVE AT THY BUM, FOR I DO SWEAR *

* DIDDLE DIDDLE, NOW I AM COME *

[SCOFFS]

SAMUEL: CHRISTOPHER, WHY ARE YOU SO ANXIOUS

WE SHOULD FIND JOCELYN?

CHRISTOPHER: WATCHMAN, HAVE YOU COME UPON MISTRESS CASTELL?

I HAVE TWICE MADE THE ROUND, SIR.

NO SIGN OF HER.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

WHAT IS IT WE'RE SEEKING OUT, SECRETARY?

IS THE RECORDER'S WIFE HERE?

[SOBBING]

WHY WOULD THE LIKES OF A FINE LADY

BE KEEPING COMPANY WITH A RAT-SMELLING DRINKING MAN

SUCH AS ME?

REDWICK: FARLOW, I HAVE THE MOST BENEFICIAL NEWS

FROM THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN.

DID YOU WITNESS ANYONE ELSE HERE TONIGHT, MARSHAL?

DID YOU NOT HEAR ME SAY I HAVE

THE SWEETEST INFORMATION?

[JOCELYN SOBS]

ME WIFE, SHE SNORES LIKE A TROD-ON CAT.

REDWICK: FARLOW, WE MUST SPEAK TO MASSINGER.

[MUFFLED SOBBING]

[HUMMING]

MERCY...

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

CAN'T REMEMBER.

PERHAPS I COME TO SEE YOU.

WHY WOULD YOU COME TO VISIT ME AT SUCH A TIME OF NIGHT?

BECAUSE YOU ARE THE HANDSOMEST BOY

EVER WALKED THROUGH A GIRL'S DREAMS.

THAT'S WHY.

AND I WANT TO KISS YOU THE NIGHT LONG.

WILL YOU KISS ME, PEPPER?

[SNORING]

REDWICK: ACCORDING TO THE CAPTAIN,

THERE'S 20 AND ODD ANGOLAN SLAVES

ON A DUTCH MAN O' WAR

A LITTLE WAY OUT AT SEA.

IT SEEMS THE PRIVATEERS STOLE THE CARGO

FROM A PORTUGUESE MERCHANT SLAVER

ON ITS WAY TO VERA CRUZ.

THEY COULD BE BROUGHT ASHORE IN A MATTER OF DAYS.

WHAT WILL THEY COST?

FOOD AND PROVISIONS FOR THE PRIVATEERS

WILL BUY 'EM FOR YOU.

WELL, THERE'S NO APPETITE FOR SLAVES IN ENGLAND,

BUT WE'LL, UH, REQUIRE YEARDLEY'S AGREEMENT

BEFORE WE BRING THEM TO JAMESTOWN.

SUPPOSE, ONCE PURCHASED, WE ARRANGE TO LAND

THE CARGO DOWN RIVER AT POINT COMFORT

AND ONLY THEN DO WE TAKE UP THE MATTER

WITH THE GOVERNOR.

SLAVES.

WE NO LONGER HAVE TO RELY ON WHATEVER LUBS

ENGLAND CARES TO SEND US.

THESE SWEATS WILL BE MINE TILL THEY DIE.

FARLOW: PROGRESS, GENTLEMEN.

PROGRESS.

SILAS, THE ASSEMBLY THE GOVERNOR SPOKE ABOUT,

IT'S TO PASS LAWS?

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

THE OTHER MEN WHO WERE GRANTED LAND,

DO YOU KNOW THEM WELL?

WHAT IS IT?

IF YOU WERE TO TELL THE OTHER PLANTERS

ABOUT WHAT MASSINGER'S DOING TO YOU,

PRICING HIS OWN TOBACCO SO LOW--

WHAT IS IN THAT MIND OF YOURS, ALICE?

WHAT IF YOU WERE TO BAND TOGETHER, ALL OF YOU,

AND VOTE TO MAKE THE PRICE OF TOBACCO

FIXED FOR EVERY PLANTATION

SO MASSINGER CAN'T USE HIS POSITION TO CRUSH US?

OW! UGH!

OHH!

SHIVERS! OH, NOW I DO REMEMBER.

MISTRESS SHARROW, YOU ARE TO COME QUICKLY.

THE TAVERN KEEPER'S WIFE NEEDS YOUR AID.

HERE.

JAMES: WHY WOULD YOU WANT 50 POUNDS OF CHAINS, MARSHAL?

WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO ASK ME SUCH A QUESTION?

WOULD YOU WISH FOR HEAVY-MADE CHAINS

MIGHT FASTEN A SHIP

OR CHAINS MIGHT FASTEN A MAN?

CHAINS SUCH AS THIS'LL SERVE ME WELL.

A MAN THEN.

YOU MIGHT ONLY COME TO ME, SIR,

IF YOU NEEDED SUCH IRONS IN HASTE.

I'VE NOTICED OVER THE YEARS, READ,

THAT YOU HOLD HONOR CLOSER THAN LIFE ITSELF.

YOU LOCKED HORNS WITH THE GOVERNOR ON A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE,

SO YOU, READ, ARE THE LAST MAN THAT I WOULD TELL

THE PURPOSE OF THE CHAINS.

NOW THERE'S A SHIP ON THE WHARF.

WOULD YOU HAVE THE SECRETARY SEND YOU BACK TO ENGLAND?

[GROANING]

[DOOR OPENS]

MEREDITH: OHH. IDIOT.

[SIGHS]

[GRUNTS]

MMM. AGH!

LADY YEARDLEY HAS THE LETTER.

I SAW IT IN HER HANDS.

SHE SPENT HALF THE NIGHT TELLING ME THAT SHE KILLED A MAN.

VERITY, WILL YOU TRUST ME TO KNOW THAT

WE MUST ABIDE BY MISTRESS CASTELL?

SURE. WHAT DO HAVE I TO LOSE

'CEPT PERHAPS ME NECK?

I CAME HERE TO ESCAPE MY PAST.

SEEMS MY PAST WILL NOT LET ME GO.

GIVE ME YOUR HAND.

ALICE: I WILL SAY YOUR OWN WORDS BACK TO YOU,

THE ONES YOU SPOKE TO ME ON OUR FIRST DAY HERE.

KNOWING THAT THIS FORBIDDING PLACE WILL BE OUR LIVES NOW...

WE ARE SISTERS OF A SORT.

I'LL SPEAK TO LADY YEARDLEY.

I KNOW THAT WOMAN HAS GOOD CHRISTIAN COMPASSION

IN HER BREAST.

LET ME TRY TO REACH IT.

YOU MUST GO HOME TO YOUR HUSBAND.

HOW CAN I?

WHAT WILL I TELL HIM I'VE BEEN DOING ALL THE NIGHT LONG?

YOU'LL YOU LET ME TAKE YOU BACK TO HIM.

I KNOW JUST THE WORDS WILL SHUT UP

ANY MAN'S QUESTIONING.

ALICE: I KNOW, MA'AM, THAT YOU'VE WRITTEN

TO YOUR COUSIN.

WHAT BUSINESS IS THIS OF YOURS, DEAR ALICE?

AND THAT SHE'S SENT YOU A LETTER IN REPLY.

MISTRESS CASTELL CONFIDED IN YOU THEN?

MA'AM, I SIT IN THE GOVERNOR'S CHAIR

IN THE GOVERNOR'S HOUSE

BEFORE THE GOVERNOR'S WIFE.

I COULD NOT DO SUCH A THING WERE I NOT MOVED

BY SUCH GOOD REASONS TO MAKE A PLEA FOR CLEMENCY.

YOUR EFFORTS ARE PURPOSELESS, ALICE.

PLEASE LET ME SPEAK WHAT I KNOW BEFORE YOU DECIDE THAT.

IT IS TRUE.

MISTRESS CASTELL KILLED A MAN WITH POISON.

THAT VILLAIN RUINED HER REPUTATION,

INVITING HIS FRIENDS TO WITNESS HIM SEDUCE HER

SO THAT HER WOMANHOOD WAS TRODDEN INTO THE DIRT.

HE MADE A MOCKERY OF THE THINGS THAT ANY WOMAN

CHERISHES ABOVE ALL ELSE--

LOVE AND TRUST

AND HOPE AND CHASTITY.

MA'AM, I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE CUT

SO ADRIFT FROM JUSTICE

THAT A BURNING NEED FOR VENGEANCE

OVERTAKES ALL ELSE.

IF YOU CONDEMN MISTRESS CASTELL, MA'AM,

THEN YOU CONDEMN ME.

MY COUSIN, ALICE, WROTE TO TELL ME THAT THE MOST

SHE KNOWS ABOUT JOCELYN WOODBRYG IS THAT

HER HEART WAS BROKEN BY A ROGUE.

THAT IS ALL?

THAT IS ALL.

OH. WHAT HAVE I DONE?

SAMUEL: JOCELYN, WHAT HAS BECOME OF YOU?

UH, YOUR WIFE WAS FEELING MOST FAINT, SIR,

SO I GAVE HER A PLACE TO SLEEP FOR THE NIGHT.

WHY DIDN'T YOU FETCH ME TO HER?

I SENT A MESSAGE WITH MY HUSBAND.

DID HE NOT TELL YOU?

[MEREDITH MOANS]

WHAT IS IT, JOCELYN, THAT AILS YOU?

PERHAPS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO TAKE A SEAT, GENTLEMEN,

AND I'LL, UH--I'LL FETCH YOU SOME ALE.

AFTER ALL, BOTH THOSE THINGS ARE REQUIRED

WHEN THERE'S NEWS OF A BABE TO COME.

OH, JOCELYN. HEH HEH.

JOCELYN.

YEARDLEY: WHY SO MANY CHAINS, JAMES READ?

THIS ORDER'S FOR THE MARSHAL, SIR.

WHAT DOES HE PROPOSE TO DO WITH THEM?

WELL, HE IN'T THE KIND OF MAN SPEAKS HIS BUSINESS FREELY,

BUT I DID SEE HIM KEEPING COMPANY WITH THE SHIP'S CAPTAIN.

OUR CONSCIENCE MIGHT REST EASY, SIR.

IT'S WELL KNOWN THAT ANY PAGAN HEATHENS BRUNG HERE

WILL SURELY BE SAVED BY CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED, READ.

YOU MIND YOUR TONGUE.

HAS MARSHAL REDWICK ORDERED ANY SHACKLES?

NO, SIR. NO SHACKLES, NOT YET.

THEN IT IS POSSIBLE, YOU'RE MISTAKEN.

THERE ARE NO SLAVES.

I WILL SPEAK TO THE CAPTAIN.

LEARN THE MATTER OF IT.

COULD TELL HER, PLEASE, THAT MY MEETING

WITH LADY YEARDLEY DID NOT GO

AS WELL AS I'D HOPED?

TELL HER TO COME AND SEE ME IF SHE CAN,

THAT I MIGHT EXPLAIN TO HER.

THANK YOU, MERCY.

I TAKE IT, JOCELYN, THAT THERE IS NO CHILD-TO-BE.

WOULD YOU BE SO KIND, CHRISTOPHER?

WOULD YOU GIVE ME SOMETHING

SO THAT I DO NOT EVER HAVE TO FACE WHAT IS OUT THERE?

AND IF I DO IT QUICKLY, THEN SAMUEL

MIGHT BE SPARED THE PAIN AND RUIN

OF SEEING HIS WIFE DENOUNCED AS A MURDERER.

OH, JOCELYN, YOU PAINT SUCH TEMPTING PICTURES,

BUT I HAVE LEARNED TO RESIST ALL OF YOUR ENTREATIES.

SAMUEL: I WAS WONDERING, UH, WHEN WE MIGHT TELL

OUR NEIGHBORS THE GOOD NEWS.

PERHAPS NOT YET.

I AM YOUR DOCTOR, JOCELYN.

I WILL BE BY YOUR SIDE BOTH NIGHT AND DAY

SHOULD YOU NEED ME.

FRIENDS...

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

SILAS: THE PLANTERS CANNOT SEE ANY BENEFIT

IN FIXING A PRICE FOR OUR CROPS.

THEY EACH WANT TO GET THE BEST THAT THEY CAN.

WELL, DID YOU TELL THEM THAT ONCE HE'S DESTROYED US

MASSINGER WILL COME AFTER THEM?

THEY BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE

FURTHER UP RIVER HE'S NOT A THREAT TO THEM.

WHEN WE SAT ON THE WHARF ON THAT WARM MORNING

AND YOU TOLD ME OF THE WIFE AND CHILD YOU HAD WHO DIED...

AH, MEREDITH.

MY MEREDITH...

I SAW SUCH A HUMBLING IN YOUR FACE THAT DAY,

AND I LOVED YOU FOR IT.

I HAVE LOVED YOU FOR IT EVERY DAY SINCE.

LOOK AT ME.

LOOK AT ME IN THE EYES SO THAT YOU SEE IT.

I HAD A CHILD TAKEN OUT OF MY BELLY ONCE.

I WAS 14.

WE COULD HAVE A BABE.

DO YOU SEE?

OH, WOMAN, YOU KNOW HOW TO LOVE A MAN.

YEARDLEY: MASTER MASSINGER'S LABORERS.

YOU PROVIDED HIM WITH MEN INTENDED

FOR COMPANY LAND.

OH, I DO HOPE WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAGGLE

OVER EVIDENCE.

I HAVE NO ARMED MEN OUTSIDE.

MAY I ASK YOU, SIR, WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US?

MASSINGER HAS BOUGHT HIMSELF SOME SLAVES.

HOW MANY?

REDWICK: 20 AND ODD.

AND WHY WAS I NOT OFFERED ANY OF THEM?

WE HAD EXPECTED, SIR, THAT IT MIGHT NOT SUIT YOUR TASTE.

JESUS NEVER SPOKE AGAINST ONE MAN OWNING ANOTHER.

ABRAHAM TOOK SLAVES.

WE HAVE FIELDS TO PLANT AND HARVEST.

I WANT HALF OF THEM.

GOVERNOR, IS IT SAFE TO SPEAK

OF SUCH BUSINESS BEFORE YOUR WIFE?

I QUITE FORGET THAT SHE IS THERE.

EH, SHE IS A WOMAN. SHE'S NOT THERE.

I WILL PRESERVE THESE IN SAFE-KEEPING.

I OWN YOU NOW.

GENTLEMEN.

[HAMMERING]

[DOOR OPENS]

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.

I KNOW MORE THAN YOU REALIZE.

YOU KNOW ENOUGH, AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS NOW.

I LIVE IN FEAR OF GOD.

I LIVE IN FEAR OF MANY THINGS.

MOSTLY I LIVE IN FEAR OF MEN.

I AM AFRAID OF WHAT THEY WILL MAKE OF THIS WORLD.

I'VE GIVEN MY LIFE TO MEN JUST AS YOU HAVE,

BUT I HAVE NOT HAD TO SUFFER AS YOU DID.

WILL YOU FORGIVE ME, JOCELYN?

IT WILL SOON BE HARVEST,

AND THERE WILL BE DANCING.

I WOULD DEARLY LIKE TO SEE YOU DANCING, MISTRESS CASTELL.

ALICE: HENRY.

HENRY, I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME.

YOU'VE MADE STRONG MEN OF YOUR BROTHERS.

YOU WERE LIKE A FATHER TO THEM.

[HORSE NEIGHS]

MASSINGER IS DETERMINED TO RUIN US.

SILAS MUST WIN THE SUPPORT OF THE OTHER PLANTERS,

BUT IF YOU STAND BESIDE HIM,

THE OTHERS WILL DO THE SAME.

MASSINGER: YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO OTHER PLANTERS!

ALICE: YOUR BROTHERS ARE WORKING TO BRING IN A HARVEST

THAT MIGHT BE WORTH NOTHING TO THEM.

THEY NEED YOU.

HENRY, I'M GOING TO HAVE A CHILD.

WE ARE A FAMILY.

I WILL DIG OUT YOUR BRAINS, LAY THEM

ON MY HAND SO THAT I MIGHT SPIT UPON THEM,

YOU DOG.

HENRY: IF YOU HARM MY BROTHER...

IT'LL BE THE LAST BREATH YOU TAKE.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, MASTER MASSINGER?

IF YOU COME ONTO OUR LAND AGAIN,

I WILL TEAR YOUR EYES OUT OF YOUR HEAD.

WELL...

NEVER LET IT BE SAID THAT I KILLED

AN UNARMED MAN, EH?

YOU HAVE SERVED YOUR GOVERNOR,

THE COMPANY, AND THE COLONY WELL.

SAMUEL: HOW DO YOU INTEND TO DEPOSE THEM?

THEIR OWN GREED FOR GAIN HAS ALREADY BEEN TURNED AGAINST THEM.

THESE MEN NOW KNOW THAT THE NOOSE

AWAITS THEM SHOULD THEY FAIL TO SERVE

THE BEST INTERESTS OF GOVERNANCE HERE.

YOUR DISCOVERIES DID THAT.

SO WILL THEY NOT BE CHARGED?

IF THE COMPANY APPOINTS A NEW MARSHAL AND SECRETARY,

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THEIR MORALS WILL BE ANY BETTER?

THESE TWO KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN POCKETED.

WHAT COULD BE BETTER?

I BELIEVED YOUR INTENTION WAS TO EXPOSE THE WRONGDOING.

AND WE HAVE, DEAR FELLOW,

BUT POLITICS, SAMUEL, IS NOT A BLUNT INSTRUMENT.

I'LL SEE YOU SOON.

WAFER CAKE, WHY SO GLUM?

DO I NOT HAVE SUCH CAUSE FOR JOY

WHEN WE ARE TO HAVE A CHILD?

OH, THAT. THAT WAS A MISTAKE.

HONEY-TONGUE, THERE IS TO BE AN ASSEMBLY.

IS THAT NOT THE MOST WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY

FOR YOU TO FIND ADVANCEMENT?

A MISTAKE?

THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO.

I DOUBT WE WILL FIND THE HOURS IN THE DAY.

[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]

I, SILAS SHARROW, DO SWEAR TO BEAR FAITH

AND TRUE ALLEGIANCE TO HIS MAJESTY.

EVERY ONE OF YOU OWES A DEBT OF LOYALTY TO US SHARROWS.

WHICH MAN HERE CAN DENY IT?

NOW WHEN YOU WERE TENURED BY MASSINGER,

WHO WAS IT SHOWED YOU HOW TO WORK THE LAND,

KEPT HIS WHIP FROM YOUR BACK?

WHO WAS IT AT TIMES DID YOUR WORK FOR YOU?

SILAS: AND WILL DEFEND TO THE UTMOST

OF MY POWER AGAINST ALL CONSPIRACIES.

NOW WILL YOU STAND WITH US OR LET YOUR COWARDICE

STAIN YOUR OWN REPUTATION?

SILAS: MY PROPOSAL TO THE ASSEMBLY IS

TO FIX THE PRICE OF TOBACCO.

THEN NO PLANTER CAN DRIVE UP

OR DOWN THE PROFIT THAT A NEIGHBOR MIGHT MAKE.

YEARDLEY: HOW MUCH DO YOU PROPOSE TO CHARGE, SILAS?

3 SHILLINGS A POUND FOR THE BEST LEAF TOBACCO

AND 18 PENNIES FOR THE LESSER CROP.

YEARDLEY: IT'S A FAIR AMOUNT.

MASSINGER: NO.

NOW YOU ALL LISTEN TO ME.

NO MAN ALIVE WILL TELL ME WHAT MY CROP IS WORTH.

SILAS: IT WOULDN'T BE A MAN TELLING YOU.

IT WOULD BE THE COLLECTIVE OF US ALL.

IN'T THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS HOUSE?

TO SERVE THE WHOLE COLONY AND NOT JUST

THE BENEFIT OF ONE MAN?

PERHAPS WE SHOULD TAKE A VOTE ON IT... YEAH.

SINCE THAT IS WHY WE'RE ALL HERE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL MADE

BY THE SHARROW BROTHERS, SAY, "AYE."

AYE!

AYE! AYE! AYE!

SIR, IS THIS NOT A CASE FOR THE COUNCIL

TO VETO A RECKLESS PROVISION?

HENRY: IF YOU DO THAT, GOVERNOR, WHO IN HERE

OR OUT THERE WILL BELIEVE THAT THIS HOUSE

HAS ANY INFLUENCE OR IS AN INSTRUMENT

OF JUSTICE?

THERE WILL BE NO RETRACTION

ON WHAT HAS BEEN VOTED UPON.

THE LAW STANDS.

THE PRICE OF TOBACCO IS FIXED!

[CHEERING]

COME ON.

SILAS: PILE IT UP.

ALICE: SILAS.

PEPPER: HENRY.

SILAS: GOOD WORK.

KEEP THEM UP.

THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT.

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YOUR OWN LAND, HENRY.

SILAS: WE MIGHT BE NEIGHBORS.

I PAID MY DEBT TO YOU, HENRY.

I'LL PAY NO MORE.

GROW.

WORK YOUR LAND SAME AS ME.

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* YOU SUNBURNED SICKLE MEN OF AUGUST EARLY *

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