Original subtitles

THOMAS, MEET SIMEON PECK.

A MARVELOUS FELLOW.

WE BECAME ACQUAINTED IN BERMUDA.

DID EVER I SEE SUCH A BRIGHT BLAZE

OF A CAPOTAIN HAT?

WHO MIGHT WEAR SUCH A DELIGHT?

WELL, IT AIN'T FOR ME, SIR.

IT'S FOR MY MISTRESS-- WIDOW CASTELL.

NICHOLAS, WHY HAVE YOU BROUGHT

SUCH A BAUBLE BACK TO JAMESTOWN?

THOMAS, WE MUST ACCOMMODATE SIMEON

AT ALL COSTS.

HE WILL PROVE MOST BENEFICIAL TO US.

I WITNESSED WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU

WHEN YOU ACCOMMODATED

YOUR TWO YOUNG FAVORITES IN LONDON--

DEBTS AND RIDICULE.

THIS WILL BE DIFFERENT.

I PROMISE YOU.

MERCY: MA'AM, I AIN'T NEVER BEEN SO MUDDLED.

THE SECRETARY SMILED AT ME.

SECRETARY FARLOW IS RETURNED?

YES, MA'AM.

AND HE HAS THE MOST COMELY GENTLEMAN WITH HIM.

AND HE COMPLIMENTED YOUR HAT.

A COMELY GENTLEMAN?

MASTER SHARROW,

HAVE YOU SEEN SECRETARY FARLOW THIS MORNING

WITH ANOTHER GENTLEMAN?

I DO BELIEVE THEY WENT

TOWARD THE APOTHECARY, MA'AM.

THE SECRETARY'S HARDLY OFF THE SHIP WITH HIS COMPANION

AND WIDOW CASTELL'S CHASING AFTER HIM.

NEVER A WOMAN SO MEDDLE IN THE MATTERS OF MEN?

DON'T SHE KNOW HOW TO BRING A MAN HELL.

WHATEVER FAULTS THAT THAT WIDOW HAS UPON HER,

SHE AIN'T A TRAITOR TO HER OWN PEOPLE.

WHAT IS IT YOU BELIEVE

THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT ME, JAMES READ?

ONLY THIS: IT'S NOT JUST YOU WHO WILL PAY.

YOUR WIFE WILL.

DR. PRIESTLY, MY COMPANION IS A MAN OF SCIENCE.

HE WISHES TO AVAIL OF YOUR APOTHECARY.

DOCTOR, MIGHT YOU HAVE

AN ALUDEL FOR CONDENSING VAPORS?

A MOOR'S HEAD STILL?

AN ALEMBIC AND A RETORT?

I HAVE ALL OF THOSE, SIR.

I WILL REQUIRE ALSO OIL OF VITRIOL,

VITRIOLO ROMANO, LITHARGE,

MILK OF SULFUR, PLUMBAGO,

SAL AMMONIAC...

AND DOUBTLESS MORE INGREDIENTS

WHICH YOU YOURSELF WILL PROVIDE, SIR?

FARLOW: WIDOW CASTELL, WE ARE CONDUCTING A DELICATE BUSINESS

WITH DR. PRIESTLY.

FORGIVE THE INTRUSION.

I DEARLY WISHED TO WELCOME OUR INTRIGUING VISITOR.

SIMEON PECK, MADAM.

OH, BUT NOW I SEE WHY

SUCH A DAZZLING HAT WAS REQUIRED.

WE MUST MEET, SWEET MADAM,

THAT WE MIGHT EXCHANGE COMPLIMENTS

AND PLY THE ART OF VANITY.

[JOCELYN AND SIMEON CHUCKLING]

WE WILL RETURN TO CONCLUDE OUR EMPLOYMENT

ANOTHER DAY, DR. PRIESTLY.

JOCELYN: CHRISTOPHER, WHY DID YOU NOT ASK

WHAT THEIR PURPOSE IS?

BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT.

OH?

WHY WON'T YOU TELL ME?

THERE MIGHT BE SOME ADVANTAGE IN IT.

OH, JOCELYN.

STILL YOU SEEK TRIUMPH IN EVERY ENCOUNTER.

WITH FARLOW, YES.

I MUST PROVE THAT HE IS THE DEVIL,

HAS SOLD HIMSELF TO THE SPANISH.

WE MUST SEEK OUT

EVERY OUNCE OF INTELLIGENCE

TO SEE WHAT TRICKS HE IS AT.

TELL ME WHY THEY WERE HERE, CHRISTOPHER.

NO.

MUST I LAY MY HOPES BEFORE YOU WITH A TROWEL?

WILL YOU MAKE ME PLEAD, JOCELYN?

YOU LOVED ME.

I SAW IT. I FELT IT.

YOU CONFIDED TO ME YOUR EVERY HURT.

I FELT TRUSTED, CHOSEN, DESIRED.

NOW I MIGHT AS WELL KISS AT SMOKE.

JOCELYN, WHY HAVE YOU VANISHED?

I DO NOT KNOW.

OH, BUT YOU DO KNOW.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, I DO NOT DELIGHT

IN YOUR SWEET DECEITS.

TEMPERANCE YEARDLEY TOLD ME

ON THE DAY THAT MY HUSBAND DIED...

I MUST REMARRY, AND QUICKLY,

BECAUSE A WOMAN HAS NO PLACE IN THIS WORLD

WITHOUT A MAN.

EVERY INSTINCT MAKES ME FIGHT

AGAINST SUCH A CONFINEMENT.

THAT IS MY TRUE DEVOTION.

MILK OF SULFUR... PLUMBAGO...

SAL AMMONIAC--

ALCHEMY.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

BLACKSMITH, WE'LL ALL BE IN NEED

OF A GOODLY AMOUNT OF LEAD FROM YOU.

MY PROCESS REQUIRES AN ASSISTANT

SKILLED IN METALS.

WILL YOU SERVE ME, SIR?

WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, READ,

YOU WILL AVAIL MASTER PECK.

JOCELYN: HOW BEGUILING YOUR ENTERPRISE SOUNDS, SIR.

GO TO, WOMAN.

FIND ANOTHER OCCASION

TO SEEK QUARREL AND OFFENSE.

JOCELYN: DID THEY ASK YOU FOR LEAD, MASTER READ?

IS IT TRUE THAT SUCH A BASE METAL

CAN BE TURNED INTO GOLD?

YEAH, THE QUESTION'S FIT ENOUGH,

BUT I HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU.

WHY SHOULD I ANSWER?

MERCY TOLD ME THAT YOU WITNESSED

MY VISIT TO DR. PRIESTLY AFTER DARK.

I WISH TO EXPLAIN.

WHAT NEED IS THERE FOR YOU TO ACCOUNT TO ME

FOR WHAT YOU CHOOSE TO DO WHEN THE MOON'S UP?

I DID NOT SAY "NEED."

I WILL NOT LIE TO YOU: THE MATTER WAS POLITICAL.

WILL YOU MARRY HIM?

AIN'T NO BUSINESS OF MINE.

I BELIEVE THAT CHRISTOPHER WILL ASK ME.

OH, THAT'S A POLITICAL REPLY.

HOW WILL YOU ANSWER HIM?

IT AIN'T NO BUSINESS OF MINE.

JAMES.

LOOK, MY-- MY TRUE QUESTION,

AND IT WILL TORMENT ME IF I DON'T ASK IT--

IS IF YOU WEREN'T A WOMAN OF STANDING...

THE ANSWER IS NO. NEVER.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THAT BELIEVE

THAT A COMMON METAL IS IMPERFECT

AND CORRUPTED AND DISEASED.

BUT WHAT'S INSIDE OF IT

IS ITS TRUE NATURE-- PRIMA MATERIA.

AND THE ALCHEMIST,

HE--HE MIGHT DISCOVER THE PROCESS

FOR PURIFYING IT

AND TO EXTRACT WHAT IS NOBLE

AND WHAT IS PRECIOUS.

I ONLY EVER WISHED TO OFFER YOU COMFORT.

I BELIEVE YOU

THAT SUCH WAS YOUR INTENTION--

BUT COMFORT WAS NOT WHAT I TASTED.

[FUSSING]

AHH. WINGANUSKE, YOU WORK SO QUICKLY.

I CAN'T KEEP UP.

DOES IT NOT HURT YOUR BACK?

[SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN]

WATER.

[SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN]

[BOTH SPEAKING ALGONQUIAN]

JAMES READ CALLED ME A TRAITOR.

WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM?

SILAS, THE DAY YOU DISAPPEARED,

I WAS IN SUCH DISTRESS.

I--I DID SPEAK WITH JAMES READ,

BUT I WOULD NEVER SAY ANYTHING AGAINST YOU.

HOW ELSE WOULD HE KNOW?

WELL, THEN I MUST HAVE SAID IT.

I DON'T REMEMBER.

HAVE YOU NO LOYALTY TO YOUR OWN HUSBAND?

NO, I WILL NOT BE JUDGED FOR THIS ONE FAILING,

NOT WHEN YOU WERE THE CAUSE OF IT.

HE'S THREATENED TO SPEAK OUT.

IF HE WANTED TO HARM YOU,

HE WOULD HAVE DONE SO BY NOW.

WHY HIM?

WHY JAMES READ?

BECAUSE HE HELPED ME.

SI...

DID WE NOT SEE THEM ON THE STREET BEFORE US, HUH?

OUR OWN SECRETARY

WITH HIS PRETTY FASHION-MONGING GOOSE.

I SWEAR I SAW THEM NUZZLING.

[MEN LAUGHING]

VERITY: IT WAS A TASK TO KEEP ME EYEBALLS IN ME HEAD.

[LAUGHTER]

HEY. VERITY, MIND HOW YOU FLEER AND JEST.

THERE'S FELLOWS HERE HAD HAIRY SWEETHEARTS

AND KISSING COMPANIONS OF THEIR OWN

BEFORE THE WOMEN ARRIVED, HMM?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

AND YOU CAN DECIPHER THIS?

SIMEON: THAT WHICH MAY FASHION ITSELF

IN THE MIRROR OF WISDOM

BECOMES ITSELF IN THE TINCTURE,

SO IT IS FIXED AND FORMED IN MAGIC,

AND BROUGHT INTO BEING.

GOVERNOR: HMM.

SIR, I WAS APPRENTICED

TO JOHANNES VALENTINUS ANDREAE.

SIMEON--MASTER PECK--

IS A MAN OF TRUE GENIUS.

HE SPEAKS 5 LANGUAGES--

LATIN, RUSSIAN, ARABIC.

HE'S WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT ANCIENT ROME.

REDWICK: AND HE KNOWS THE INSIDE OF A LADY'S HAT.

O CAESAR, ADFECTORUM ET PETRI FACTUS ES.

AND YOU HAVE SEEN BASE METAL TURNED TO GOLD?

I PROMISE YOU, GOVERNOR,

THAT THE ART OF ALCHEMY

BRINGS WONDROUS TRANSFORMATIONS.

REDWICK: IT IS NOTHING BUT FOLLY AND FOUL TRICKERY

TO DECEIVE AND THIEVE ANY WHO'LL LET THEMSELVES BE DUPED.

SIMEON: THEN, GENTLEMEN, I WILL NOT FRITTER

YOUR TIME AND BELIEFS

ON MY ENCHANTED ARTS.

WELL, NO, HOLD--HOLD-- HOLD HARD, SIR.

WHY HAVE YOU COME TO VIRGINIA

TO CONDUCT YOUR WORK, MASTER PECK?

I WAS POSSESSED OF A DREAM

THAT CINNABAR--

THE RED MINERAL RENOWNED

FOR ITS MARVELOUS PROPERTIES

OF SCIENTIFIC TRANSFORMATION--

MIGHT BE FOUND HERE IN PROFUSION.

REDWICK: A DREAM! GOVERNOR,

ARE WE TO GIVE THIS MAN OUR TRUST AND REPUTATION

BUILT ON SUCH SMOKE AND OFFAL?

MARSHAL, HOLD YOUR RAILING.

YES, YOU ROB YOURSELF OF CREDIBILITY,

YOU'RE SO MARRIED TO BOMBASTRY.

WE MUST HOLD THIS OCCUPATION MOST SECRET.

TELL NONE BUT THOSE OF US THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.

WE WOULD NOT WISH TO STIR UP

UNNECESSARY EXCITEMENTS AMONGST THE SETTLERS.

[MEN LAUGHING]

SIR, IF YOU ARE SEEKING THE SECRETARY,

HE'S CODDLED WITH HIS SWEET APPLE OF A FRIEND

JUST AT THE BACK THERE.

[MEN STOP TALKING]

WE HAVE A LAW HERE IN VIRGINIA

PASSED IN THE YEAR OF 1610.

THOMAS, DO NOT BITE SO.

"NO MAN SHALL COMMIT

"THE HORRIBLE AND DETESTABLE

"SIN OF SODOMY.

"HE WHO CAN BE LAWFULLY CONVICTED

"OF SUCH ABOMINATION AND EVIDENT PROOF

MADE THEREOF."

YOU KNOW THIS LAW WELL, MARSHAL.

"THEY SHALL BE WHIPPED;

"THEY SHALL BEG FOR PUBLIC FORGIVENESS

BEFORE THE CONGREGATION."

LET ANY ACT OF BESTIAL BUGGERY BE DISCOVERED.

[SIMEON LAUGHING]

DO YOU FIND THIS MATTER SO AMUSING, MASTER PECK,

THAT IT BRINGS YOU TO LAUGHTER?

IF YOU DO NOT HEAR THAT SOUND, SIR, I DO.

IT IS THE DEATH KNELL.

FARLOW: THOMAS, YOU MUST LET SIMEON BE

FOR THE SHORT WHILE THAT WE MIGHT GAIN

THE RICHES HE WILL AFFORD US.

DO YOU NOT SEE I DO THIS FOR YOU?

TO SAVE YOU FROM THIS DANGEROUS INTOXICATION.

I NEED NO SUCH PROTECTION.

I AM THE GUARDIAN OF MY OWN FATE.

HE WILL BEGUILE YOU-- I SEE IT--

AND YOU WILL STOOP AND BE LOST.

[GASPS]

[LAUGHS]

[BOTH LAUGHING]

[LAUGHING]

TEMPERANCE: ♪ THE HEAVENS ARE NOT TOO HIGH ♪

♪ HIS PRAISE MAY TO US FLY ♪

♪ THE EARTH IS NOT TOO LOW ♪

♪ HIS PRAISES THERE MAY GROW ♪

MARIA, WAS THERE SOME TROUBLE

BETWEEN YOU AND PEDRO JUST NOW IN THE FIELD?

NOT TROUBLE, MA'AM.

IT WAS FOOLING.

OH. FOOLING.

MARIA HAS MADE A PIPE, MA'AM.

IT IS CARVED SO FINE,

IT IS TOO GOOD TO SMOKE FROM.

HEY, LET ME BRING IT TO SHOW TO LADY YEARDLEY.

I WILL FETCH IT.

THERE IS A GROWING FONDNESS

BETWEEN YOU AND MARIA, PEDRO.

WHO IS IT FOR?

I MADE IT FOR YOU, MA'AM.

I WILL TREASURE IT.

[SOFTLY] THANK YOU.

WHY DID YOU SAY IT WAS FOR HER?

ALICE: JAMES READ.

WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT MY FEARS,

I TOOK YOU FOR A TRUSTED FRIEND.

WHY WOULD YOU USE WHAT I TOLD YOU

AS A WEAPON AGAINST MY HUSBAND?

I KNOW SILAS WOULD ONLY DO

WHAT HIS HEART TOLD HIM WAS TRUE.

AND I COULD NEVER DO ANYTHING

TO BRING HARM TO YOU.

THEN WHY DID YOU MAKE SUCH A THREAT?

SOME TWISTED IDEA OF CHIVALRY, PERHAPS.

THERE'S A STRANGE FELLOW.

JAMES READ: YOU SEE THE BOOK?

THAT MAN ASKED ME FOR LEAD.

HE'S AN ALCHEMIST.

OH, LOOK. THE SECRETARY'S GOT HIS STICK.

THAT USUALLY MEANS HE'S ABOUT

TO GIVE THE WORLD A WHACK.

[LAUGHS]

YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING FROM HERE.

WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY TWISTED CHIVALRY?

ALICE, I HAVE A COMPULSION BITING AT ME SO FIERCELY.

THE WIDOW CASTELL.

WE LIVE CHEEK-BY-JOWL;

OUR BEST HOPE IS THAT IT'S OUR FRIENDS

WHO LEARN OUR SECRETS.

SHE HAS BEEN KIND TO ME, BUT THERE IS

ONLY SUFFERING FOR YOU IN THIS.

LEAVE HER BE.

THAT'S--THAT--THAT IS THE DECISION THAT I'VE MADE

20 OR MORE TIMES.

BUT I CAN'T SHAKE IT OFF.

DIDN'T YOU HAVE THE SAME SPELL'S GRIP FOR ME ONCE?

YOU SHOOK THAT OFF.

YOU CAN DO IT AGAIN.

NO, THAT--THAT WAS A MAN'S INNOCENT HEART.

THIS IS MADNESS.

I KNOW IT.

BUT IT SEEMS I WANT TO BE MAD.

I SPOKE WITH JAMES READ.

THAT BUSINESS WITH HIM IS FINISHED NOW.

IF WE MIGHT HAVE AN AFTERNOON UNDER A TREE,

I COULD SHOW YOU MY TRUE FEELINGS.

THE SHIP WILL COME ANY DAY NOW

WITH PAYMENT FOR OUR TOBACCO THAT WE SENT TO ENGLAND.

SOON WE WILL KNOW THE BEST OF TIMES.

THIS IS WHAT WE WORKED FOR.

I WILL BUY YOU A HAT OR SHOES

OR ANY LITTLE TREASURE THAT WILL SHOW YOU

HOW MY HEART SINGS WHEN I SEE YOU.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

GENTLEMEN...

MASTER PECK HERE

NEEDS TO CONDUCT SOME EXPERIMENTS--

MEDICAL EXPLORATIONS FOR WHICH

HE WILL REQUIRE VARIOUS MINERALS

AND ROOTS AND PLANTS.

DR. PRIESTLY IS THE MAN MIGHT ASSIST YOU BEST, SIR.

WE REQUIRE SUCH SPECIMENS THAT

MIGHT ONLY BE OBTAINED WITH THE AID OF THE NATURALS.

AND WHO BETTER TO APPROACH THEM THAN YOU BROTHERS?

WHAT IS IT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, GENTLEMEN?

MASTER PECK WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL

FOR A SUPPLY OF PUCCOON, MUSQUAPEN,

DOGWOOD, SASSAFRAS,

CINNABAR, CHICKWEED, POTASH, GALENA.

SILAS: WE WILL SPEAK WITH THE PAMUNKEY,

SEE IF THEY MIGHT AID US.

I ENVY YOU, MISTRESS SHARROW,

BEARING A CHILD.

THAT MOTHER'S BLISS THAT MIGHT

BRING A BABE INTO THIS WORLD.

BRING US THE ITEMS.

YOU'LL BE AMPLY REWARDED. COME.

ALICE: JAMES READ TOLD ME MASTER PECK

HAS A BOOK OF ALCHEMY.

THE LIST OF ITEMS FARLOW SPOKE OF--

THAT WAS A VOICE

WITH SOMETHING TO HIDE IN IT.

I THINK PERHAPS THEY ONLY WANT THE ONE THING.

CINNABAR.

I SAW IT ON MASTER PECK'S FACE AS THE SECRETARY SPOKE.

SO THEY WANT TO MAKE GOLD.

THEN WHY SHOULD WE HELP 'EM DO THAT?

LET THEM BELIEVE THEIR DUNG-BRAINED WONDERS

IF THEY'RE GONNA PAY US WELL.

HENRY...

OUR FIGHT... WAS NECESSARY.

IT WAS ALL THE ANGER I'VE EVER FELT.

BUT IT'S DONE NOW.

I STILL RESPECT YOU AS THE OLDER BROTHER.

NO. THAT IS NOT HOW IT IS.

WE BOTH KNOW NOW WHICH OF US

CAN KILL THE OTHER.

THAT DETERMINES EVERYTHING.

I WILL SERVE YOU. I WILL OBLIGE YOU.

TILL THE TIME COMES

WHEN IT MIGHT TURN AGAIN.

JOCELYN: MERCY, COME. COME HERE.

MA'AM, ARE WE SPYING?

HUSH, CHILD.

MERCY: MA'AM, I AIN'T NEVER SPIED ON NO ONE BEFORE.

AND WHY ARE WE SPYING?

YOU ARE TO LOOK AND TO SEE

AND TO WITNESS

SO THAT YOU MIGHT TESTIFY.

OH.

FARLOW: LET'S REST HERE FOR A WHILE...

[CONVERSATION CONTINUES, INDISTINCT]

[CLINK]

OH, BUT NICHOLAS FARLOW,

YOU LOOK SO SPLENDID LYING THERE.

I DELIGHT IN EVERY PART OF YOU.

AND I DELIGHT IN YOU, DEAR SIMEON.

NO. IT IS FORBIDDEN... BY LAW.

NO ONE NEED EVER KNOW.

I WILL KNOW.

NICHOLAS...

I HAVE SEEN HOW YOUR EYES DEVOUR ME

WHEN YOU THINK I'M NOT AWARE YOU ARE LOOKING.

I KNOW THE LOOKS OF MEN--

WHEN THEY ADMIRE ME, WHEN THEY DESIRE ME.

BUT YOU LOVE ME.

WILL YOU DENY IT?

IT IS FORBIDDEN.

DID YOU NOT HEAR THE MARSHAL SAY IT?

THE MARSHAL'S NOT HERE.

I WANT TO SURPRISE YOU.

NO, DON'T. DO NOT.

BUT WE MIGHT HOLD ONE ANOTHER

IN ALL TENDERNESS AND SWEET,

SHAMELESS INTIMACY.

I AM THE SECRETARY OF THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA--

A RESPECTED AND WEALTHY MAN OF POSITION.

I WILL NOT BE DESTROYED BY MERE EMOTION.

THEN I PITY YOU, YOUR PALTRY HEART.

[CRYING]

WE ARE NOT DONE, NICHOLAS.

I WILL LOVE YOU AND YOU WILL LOVE ME.

I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT IS POSSIBLE

BETWEEN TWO SOULS.

MA'AM, WHAT IS A PALTRY HEART?

UM, DO I HAVE A PALTRY HEART?

HUSH, CHILD.

JOCELYN, WHAT HAS DISTRESSED YOU?

I MUST PROVE FARLOW TO BE

THE SPANISH SPY HERE.

I CANNOT STOP UNTIL HE IS CAUGHT AND TRIED.

WHY DO YOU INSIST ON SAYING THAT YOU MUST?

WHY SHOULD THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE

FALL ONTO YOUR SHOULDERS?

I MUST. DO YOU HEAR ME? I MUST, I MUST, I MUST.

THEN TELL ME WHY OR I WILL NEVER AGAIN BELIEVE A WORD YOU SAY,

NOT EVEN A LOOK ON YOUR FACE.

YOU HAVE NO CAUSE

OTHER THAN YOUR HATRED OF FARLOW.

BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR BELIEVES IT IS YOU WHO IS THE SPY.

WHAT WOULD MAKE HIM BELIEVE SUCH A THING?

I TOLD HIM IT WAS SO.

I THOUGHT THAT I COULD FORGIVE YOU ANYTHING, JOCELYN.

CHRISTOPHER--STAY AWAY FROM ME.

PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM ME.

I CANNOT BE NEAR YOU FOR ONE MORE MOMENT.

HENRY'S SORRY, CHACROW.

HE MADE A MISTAKE, AND HE WILL REPAY YOU

TO WIN BACK YOUR RESPECT.

NOT SO LONG AGO, HENRY SHARROW

SPOKE FOR HIMSELF.

WHEN I SAW THIS MAN WITH FIERCE BRAVERY,

I WAS NEVER AFRAID.

NOW I MUST BE WATCHFUL.

HENRY: HE AIN'T DONE WITH YOU YET, BROTHER.

THE PAMUNKEY CAUGHT YOU ONCE.

THEY'LL COME AFTER YOU AGAIN.

I WON'T BETRAY MYSELF A SECOND TIME.

[MEN LAUGHING IN TAVERN]

MWAH!

RUTTER, DID YOU EVER HAVE YOURSELF

A HAIRY SWEETHEART, A KISSING COMPANION?

I CAN'T BE CERTAIN.

HA!

MARIA. MARIA.

I AIN'T NEVER SEEN YOU IN THE SETTLEMENT

AFTER DARK.

LET ME SHOW YOU.

COME...

WELL, WHERE DID YOU GET THIS?

SOMEONE PLACED IT IN OUR SHACK

SO THAT WE MIGHT BE BLAMED FOR STEALING IT.

GIVE IT TO ME. GIVE IT TO ME.

YOU GO HOME TO YOUR BED.

I'LL DEAL WITH THIS.

DO YOU KNOW WHO IT WAS?

LIKE I SAID, LEAVE IT WITH ME.

NO. NO.

OH! OH!

BUT YOU DO HAVE A THIRST UPON YOU

THIS EVENING, SIMEON.

IF EMOTION CANNOT REACH

THE SECRETARY OF THE COLONY OF VIRGINIA,

A RESPECTED MAN OF POSITION,

THEN PERHAPS WINE CAN.

NICHOLAS. MIGHT I JOIN YOU?

OF COURSE.

EAT, THOMAS. I--I MEANT TO INVITE YOU.

TARTY THOMAS.

[SIMEON LAUGHS]

WET SUCKETS.

COME ALONG NOW, NICHOLAS.

INTO YOUR MOUTH.

[CHUCKLES]

MMM. DELICIOUS WET SUCKETS.

THE SHARROWS WILL SOON PROVIDE US WITH CINNABAR.

THEN MASTER PECK MIGHT CONDUCT HIS EXPERIMENT.

KISSING COMFITS.

[LAUGHS]

KISSING COMFITS.

I BELIEVE THAT MASTER PECK

IS SUFFERING FROM THE EFFECTS

OF STRONG WINE.

WINE, IS IT?

IT IS NO BURDEN.

HE IS DRUNK NOW, BUT SOON THIS SAME MAN

WILL CONJURE FOR US SUPREME RICHES.

I AM TRYING TO FATHOM

IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE

THIS BISCUIT-BRAINED FOOLERY

THAT MAKES GOLD OUT OF SPELLS

AND MAGIC BOTTLES OF BREW

OR IF YOU ARE BLINDED

BY LILY-SOFT CHEEKS AND KISSING COMFITS.

BELIEVE? BELIEVE?

I WORSHIP THE POSSIBILITY.

SUPPOSE HE FAILS, NICHOLAS.

WHAT WILL YOU SAY THEN?

WHAT WILL YOU DO THEN?

WHO WILL YOU BE THEN?

[MAN CRYING]

GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!

I WAS JUST--I'M SICK.

I'VE BEEN RETCHING.

SOME FOOD HAS POISONED ME.

[CRYING]

[SCREAMS]

AH, DO YOU TELL YOURSELF

SO THAT YOU MIGHT AT LAST RUIN ME

NOW THAT YOU FIND ME WEEPING, WIDOW CASTELL?

[CRYING]

WELL, GO AHEAD. TELL HIM.

TELL THE GOVERNOR.

DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT HE WOULD HANG ME FOR BEING WEAK?

IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW

THE BUSINESS OF THIS COLONY,

THEN YOU FOOL YOURSELF.

WHY DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT I WAS IN BERMUDA?

IT WAS AT YEARDLEY'S BIDDING.

SO, YOU CAN TELL THE GOVERNOR

THAT YOU FOUND THE SECRETARY

ON HIS KNEES.

IT WILL MAKE NO DIFFERENCE.

HE ALREADY POSSESSES ME.

AND THAT IS WHY HE SO KEENLY REFUSES

TO SUSPECT YOU AS THE SPANISH SPY?

[SCOFFS] NO.

NO, HE ALREADY KNOWS WHO THAT IS.

DO NOT ASK. I'M NO WISER THAN YOU ARE.

I DID COME HERE TO RUIN YOU.

BUT WHEN I SAW A MAN SO DISTRESSED,

WHAT I FELT WAS PITY.

I PREFER YOUR HATRED, WIDOW CASTELL.

PLEASE RESTORE IT TO ITS FULL LUSTER

BEFORE YOU LEAVE.

MEREDITH: VERITY. IT IS NOT WISE, VERITY.

THE MATTER IS BETTER BURIED.

OH, I KNOW WELL ENOUGH HOW THESE

CAME TO BE IN THE NEGROES' SHACK.

AND I WILL NOT LET PEDRO TAKE THE BLAME.

I MAY BE A THIEF, OH, BUT I AIN'T INFECTED

WITH YOUR HORSE PISS MORALITY.

[CHOKING]

I AM SICK OF ALL THE LIKES OF YOU VERMIN

AND NEGROES AND SHARROWS

POISONING MY EVERY INTENTION.

THE SHARROWS WILL NOT PROSPER!

[GASPING]

DID BLOOD-SUCKING YEARDLEY

AND HIS SHINE-SHOE'D RECORDER,

THE LITTLE PRICK AND PRICK

AND PRICK AT MY BUSINESS

UNTIL I HAD NOTHING LEFT? HUH?

MEREDITH: VERITY.

[VERITY GASPING]

FARLOW: YOU HAVE BROUGHT ONLY THE ONE THING.

I ASKED YOU FOR THE SEVERAL.

CINNABAR.

DO YOU WANT IT?

IT IS A FINE ROCK.

SILAS: WE WILL NAME THE REWARD FOR IT.

FIRST LET US DISCOVER IF IT SERVES OUR PURPOSE.

SILAS: NO. WE FETCHED IT.

IT IS HERE.

IF YOU WANT IT, YOU WILL AGREE TO OUR TRADE.

WE WANT THAT FINE HORSE OF YOURS, SECRETARY FARLOW.

FARLOW: NO. I WILL GIVE YOU A PROMISSORY NOTE.

SILAS: A HORSE IS A SMALL PRICE

TO PAY FOR GOLD.

THERE IS MORE OF THE MINERAL

IF YOU SHOULD WANT IT.

WILL YOU TRADE THE HORSE?

SIMEON: MISTRESS SHARROW.

I'VE NEVER HEARD A MAN SAY

HE HANKERS TO BEAR A BABE BEFORE.

I MEANT IT.

I DO BELIEVE YOU.

THERE'S BEEN TIMES I WISHED I WAS A MAN

BUT NEVER HEARD MEN WISH TO BE WOMEN.

I DO NOT WISH TO BE A WOMAN, MISTRESS SHARROW.

WHY ARE YOU NOT AFRAID OF THE MARSHAL?

BECAUSE THE LAW CANNOT CRACK ME.

YOU MAY BE OF ASSISTANCE TO ME, MISTRESS SHARROW.

CAN I CALL UPON YOU?

WELL, WHAT COULD I--

OH, BUT YOU'RE AN HONEST SORT,

AND COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO LOOK.

AND YOU ARE A WOMAN.

[CRYING]

GENTLEMEN, OUR CALLING TODAY IS THE SCIENCE OF GOD,

SO WE MUST SET OUT THE ROOM

ACCORDING TO COSMIC CONJUNCTIONS.

AND THEN WE WILL GO ABOUT

CREATING PHILOSOPHIC MERCURY.

THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE.

[DOOR OPENS]

FARLOW: MADAM, THIS IS NOT A MATTER FOR WOMEN.

OH, BUT IT IS.

THE COMBINATION OF SUBSTANCES

AND THE UNION OF OPPOSITES,

THE MYSTICAL MARRIAGE OF THE LUNAR--FEMINA--

AND THE SOLAR--MASCULUM.

THIS IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE MYSTERY WE PURSUE.

SO, TOO,

THE MOST VITAL ASPECT

OF WHAT WE CONDUCT HERE--

WORDS CAST TO HEAVEN

THAT THEY MIGHT SERVE AS INVOCATIONS--

FEMININE INVOCATIONS.

WILL YOU ASSIST US, WIDOW CASTELL?

PEPPER: SO SILAS SAYS TO HIM, "SECRETARY FARLOW,

"WE WILL HAVE YOUR FINE HORSE

"OR YOU CAN DANCE ON YOUR TOES FOR THIS CINNABAR.

WE AIN'T GIVING IT TO YOU."

[LAUGHTER]

WHEN SHARROWS TRADE, THERE AIN'T

NOTHING BETTER IN THIS WORLD.

WHOO-OO! WHOO!

CHRISTOPHER: SALT. MERCURY. SULFUR.

THE PRECIOUS 3.

SIMEON: FIRST, CALCINATION--

THE HUMBLING BY FIRE.

DISSOLUTION.

CHRISTOPHER: A WORLD WITHOUT HIERARCHY.

THE ORDER OF THINGS BREAKS DOWN THAT ALL MIGHT BE REBORN.

SIMEON: AFTER CALCINATION,

DISSOLUTION, SEPARATION, CONJUNCTION.

WE STAND BETWEEN THE SUN AND THE MOON,

MASCULINE AND FEMININE.

BODIES JOIN INTO ONE.

JOCELYN: SPIRIT ABOVE, MATTER BELOW,

FRUITS OF SUN AND MOON.

SIMEON: OH, PURE, SELF-MOVING SOURCE...

JOCELYN: OH, PURE, SELF-MOVING SOURCE...

OH, FORM, LIFT UP THE LIGHT SO THAT ALL THINGS UNITE.

LET US BE MAD.

MAD?

HMM.

MADNESS.

SIMEON: COAGULATION.

CHRISTOPHER: RED PULVIS SOLARUS.

DISTILLATION.

THE ELIXIR, PRIMA MATERIA.

WHERE IS THE GOLD?

IT IS HERE.

FARLOW: THIS IS MERELY

THE FIRST EXPERIMENT, GOVERNOR.

MANY MORE WILL FOLLOW.

MASTER PECK NEEDS SUFFICIENT TIME TO MAKE RICHES.

REDWICK: WILL WE ADMIT NOW THAT THIS IS

NO MORE THAN A CHARLATAN'S DANCE,

AND CAST THIS MAN OUT OF JAMESTOWN?

MASTER PECK, YOU DO NOT APPEAR

TO BE A MAN BESET BY DEFEAT.

I HAVE HEARD IT SAID

THAT ALCHEMISTS DELIBERATELY FAIL--

LET THEMSELVES BE SEEN AS HOPELESS FRAUDS

TO DISSUADE THOSE HUNGRY TO BELIEVE,

THUS KEEPING THEIR TRUE MIRACLES

TO THEMSELVES.

THERE IS DECEIT, SIR,

BUT NOT IN ORDER TO ROB THOSE ANXIOUS FOR GOLD.

RATHER, TO CONCEAL THE TRUE PURPOSE

OF THIS MARVELOUS ART:

THE TRANSFORMATION OF MAN.

LET ME SHOW YOU.

[CORK POPS]

[CLATTER]

WIDOW CASTELL, I BEG YOUR ASSISTANCE.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

SHARROW? THERE YOU ARE.

YOU CANNOT WEAR A WOMAN'S APPAREL.

I CAN IF A WOMAN I BE.

GOVERNOR YEARDLEY: DO YOU CLAIM, SIR, TO BE TRANSFORMED

FROM A MAN TO A WOMAN BY THE PROCESS OF ALCHEMY?

WHAT STANDS BEFORE YOU, GOVERNOR,

IS THE LIVING, BREATHING, QUICKSILVER PROOF

THE TRUE ART IS NOT CHEAP RICHES

BUT THE MIRACLE OF HUMAN METAMORPHOSIS.

DR. PRIESTLY, WE REQUIRE AN EXAMINATION.

GOVERNOR, I WOULD BEG

THAT SUCH AN INSPECTION BE

ALSO CONDUCTED BY A WOMAN.

PEPPER.

WE'LL HAVE ALICE READ IT.

SHE HAS SOME WORDS.

IF YOU MIGHT LIE DOWN

THAT I MIGHT EXAMINE YOU, SIR.

MADAM.

IS IT POSSIBLE, DOCTOR?

SIR, I MUST ASK--

THE MORNING THAT SAMUEL WAS KILLED...

YOU HEARD HE WAS ABROAD ON THE GOVERNOR'S BUSINESS.

WHY HAS IT TAKEN YOU SO LONG

TO FIND THE COURAGE TO ASK ME, JOCELYN?

IS THERE NOTHING HERE THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW?

THE TAVERNER RUNS HIS MOUTH OFF

TO MORE THAN JUST FRIENDS.

I SAW THE WAY YOU SPOKE TO THE DOCTOR TODAY.

YOU DO NOT TRULY SUSPECT HIM TO BE THE SPY.

YOU NEVER HAVE.

DID YOU FORCE THAT IDEA UPON ME

TO DISTRACT ME?

IF YOU KNOW WHO IT IS,

WHY DO YOU NOT DENOUNCE THEM?

IT'S TIME YOU'RE MARRIED, JOCELYN.

I'LL SPEAK TO THE DOCTOR.

SIR, IT APPEARS THAT SIMEON PECK

HAS A DUAL NATURE.

SHE'S A WOMAN AND A MAN.

THEN YOU MIGHT WEAR YOUR DRESS, SIR--MADAM,

BUT YOU WILL NO LONGER PRACTICE ALCHEMY IN JAMESTOWN.

JAMES READ.

NO ONE KNOWS METAL

BETTER THAN YOU DO.

WHAT YOU WITNESSED-- MASTER PECK'S PROCESS.

ANY MERIT IN IT?

SOME THINGS ARE MEANT TO BE AS THEY ARE.

IF ALL COULD BE GOLD,

THEN GOLD ITSELF WOULD BE NO TREASURE.

I BELIEVE THAT NATURE

IS BEST LEFT BEYOND A MAN'S GRASP.

QUITE THE PHILOSOPHER TODAY, READ--FOR A BLACKSMITH.

WHAT ABOUT THE HUMAN TRANSFORMATION, DOCTOR?

I SUSPECT, SIR, THAT SIMEON

HAS ALWAYS BEEN A HERMAPHRODITE.

THEN WHY THE PRETENSE?

[DOOR OPENS]

YOU SEE, NICHOLAS, I WILL BE A WOMAN FOR YOU.

NO LAW CAN FORBID US.

DO YOU IMAGINE YOUR BEING A WOMAN

MIGHT MAKE THIS INNOCENT?

I NEED THE LAW.

I LOVE THE LAW.

THE LAW IS ALL I HAVE

TO SAVE ME FROM MY APPETITES.

THERE IS NOT ENOUGH LOVE IN YOU,

NOR ANY MAN NOR WOMAN,

MIGHT FEED ME.

IF YOU HAVE A CARE FOR ME...

YOU WILL LEAVE JAMESTOWN ON THE FIRST SHIP.

[CRYING]

WHEN WILL YOU MARRY MISTRESS CASTELL, DOCTOR?

CHRISTOPHER: SHE SEEMS TO CHERISH

BEING A WIDOW, SIR.

GOVERNOR: THEN WE MUST TAKE THAT COMFORT AWAY FROM HER.

WILL YOU READ THIS FOR US, ALICE?

I'LL TRY.

UM...

UM, UH... IT SEEMS THAT,

BEFORE IT REACHED ENGLAND,

THE SHIP WAS SEIZED BY PRIVATEERS

AND ALL OUR CARGO WAS LOST.

HENRY: WHAT WAS THE NATURE OF THESE BANDITS?

DOES IT SAY?

SPANISH? DUTCH? ENGLISH?

THE CAPTAIN OF THE "ROYAL MOON"

REPORTED THEM TO BE DUTCH.

DID ANY MARINERS DIE IN THE DEFENDING OF THE SHIP?

NONE.

LOOK AGAIN AT THE LETTER, ALICE.

DOES IT SAY IF GOVERNOR YEARDLEY'S CARGO WAS ALSO LOST?

NO. IT DOESN'T SAY THAT.

OURS IS STOLEN, BUT HIS IS SAFE--

AIN'T THAT SUSPICIOUS?

SILAS: IF YEARDLEY BELIEVES HE'S SEEN

THE LAST OF THE SHARROWS' ANGER,

THEN HE WILL NEED NEW EYES.