1 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:45,550 Sisters, welcome home. 2 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:47,149 Safely returned. 3 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,350 It's good to be back, Mother. 4 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,550 We have been praying for you. 5 00:00:53,679 --> 00:00:56,139 Come. What news? 6 00:00:57,399 --> 00:01:00,149 We found the King and we found war. 7 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,469 I can only imagine. 8 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:03,869 I pray that you can't. 9 00:01:03,959 --> 00:01:06,589 It was worse than anything my mind could conjure. 10 00:01:06,679 --> 00:01:09,140 God is testing us all, it seems. 11 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:13,949 Whilst you were away Prior Godwyn has begun work on his palace. 12 00:01:14,039 --> 00:01:18,350 -With our gold? -With our gold, yes. 13 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:22,750 Then our journey wasn't without purpose. This'll stop him. 14 00:01:23,679 --> 00:01:26,589 It's mere scribble on the back of an old map. 15 00:01:26,679 --> 00:01:28,910 Hastily written on the battlefield. 16 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:32,699 It orders you to return our stolen money so that we can build our hospice. 17 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:35,220 Don't see the royal seal. 18 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:37,780 That's because it's kept in England. 19 00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:43,350 If you doubt its authenticity, the King will give his word. 20 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:44,709 In person? 21 00:01:45,880 --> 00:01:48,179 Even if it is authentic, which I doubt very much, 22 00:01:48,319 --> 00:01:50,270 he won't come to Kingsbridge to enforce it. 23 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,550 Oh, but he suggests that he will. 24 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:57,869 And you will lose your position, cousin, and with any luck, your head. 25 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,949 He's a king and you're a nun. 26 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,750 What could you have possibly done to make him give you this? 27 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:20,310 I'm sure you'll think of something, Prior. 28 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:23,789 Thank you, Sister Caris. 29 00:02:23,880 --> 00:02:25,590 Stop construction now. 30 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:31,590 I've just had my eyes opened to the way the world works. 31 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:33,870 That was war. 32 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:36,389 Men killing each other for power or land. 33 00:02:36,479 --> 00:02:40,100 Not only each other. Women, children, animals. 34 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,030 I can't even pretend to believe any more. 35 00:02:45,799 --> 00:02:47,150 In what? 36 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,509 I used to have doubts about God's presence in this world. 37 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:56,789 And now I know for sure that he is not among us. 38 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,310 You still need rest. This will pass. 39 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:04,430 No. It'll never pass. 40 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,470 Congratulations, Sir Ralph. 41 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:46,030 The King rewards criminals well. 42 00:03:47,319 --> 00:03:50,549 The King shows gratitude for loyalty and courage, Sir Roland. 43 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:54,310 By making some of us peers. 44 00:03:55,359 --> 00:03:59,789 What? By restoring your property at Wigleigh? 45 00:04:02,079 --> 00:04:05,109 'Tis but a fraction the size of my sovereignty. 46 00:04:05,880 --> 00:04:08,870 He's also bestowed upon me the Tench estate, 47 00:04:10,919 --> 00:04:13,710 a property nearly as extensive as Shiring's. 48 00:04:13,799 --> 00:04:16,429 The Earldom of Tench? 49 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:17,869 Yes. 50 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,910 Sorry we're late. Odila insisted we... 51 00:04:25,760 --> 00:04:27,109 Lady Philippa. 52 00:04:28,039 --> 00:04:30,549 It's been some long while. 53 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:31,830 Yes. 54 00:04:34,239 --> 00:04:35,910 You've not changed. 55 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:40,260 Is this your daughter? 56 00:04:41,280 --> 00:04:43,309 -Yes. -I'm Lord Ralph. 57 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,859 -What's your name? -Odila. 58 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:47,070 Odila. 59 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:52,030 Come along, Odila. Your nurse is waiting for us. 60 00:04:55,479 --> 00:04:57,830 The orange in your dress was pulled from mine. 61 00:04:57,919 --> 00:05:00,270 -Do you like it? -Yes. 62 00:05:00,359 --> 00:05:03,510 Lady Philippa? May I have a word? 63 00:05:05,359 --> 00:05:06,950 Go, I'll catch up. 64 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:11,309 What do you want, Sir Ralph? 65 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:15,590 I want your hand in marriage. 66 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,189 I've been waiting for this moment for such a long time. 67 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:26,910 Ever since I saw you that day in the market as a young man, 68 00:05:26,999 --> 00:05:28,789 and now that I'm a peer... 69 00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:32,100 You must know that I adore you. 70 00:05:32,999 --> 00:05:37,590 I would lay down my life for you. I would share my good fortune with you. 71 00:05:37,679 --> 00:05:39,350 And I know that you care for me, too. So... 72 00:05:39,439 --> 00:05:41,590 I never cared for you. 73 00:05:41,679 --> 00:05:45,030 I pitied you as a young man deprived of his inheritance. 74 00:05:45,119 --> 00:05:49,470 But you have since become a rapist and a murderer. 75 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:53,070 I'd sooner die than marry you. 76 00:06:00,239 --> 00:06:02,350 The war has taken the lives of many Englishmen 77 00:06:02,439 --> 00:06:04,999 and far too many land owners of Wigleigh. 78 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:07,950 Their lands have lain fallow for years, 79 00:06:08,039 --> 00:06:10,629 and it's time we distributed the property to those who can farm it. 80 00:06:11,840 --> 00:06:15,270 We've decided, therefore, to award these land holdings to 81 00:06:16,520 --> 00:06:17,549 George Perkin. 82 00:06:18,479 --> 00:06:19,590 Thank you. 83 00:06:19,679 --> 00:06:20,989 Why? 84 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:22,470 Why him? 85 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:24,669 Why not us? 86 00:06:25,439 --> 00:06:26,950 He's a land owner and you're a labourer. 87 00:06:27,039 --> 00:06:29,470 So? He can't pay the labourers he's got now. 88 00:06:29,559 --> 00:06:30,989 I pay you what I can. 89 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:34,309 Food! You pay us food! And we're still starving! 90 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:40,030 Give the land to the peasants. We'll farm it. 91 00:06:40,119 --> 00:06:42,549 Can you pay the tenant's fee? 92 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:47,309 We'll pay it bit by bit. 93 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:48,989 We'll work all the harder if the land is ours! 94 00:06:50,359 --> 00:06:54,059 Your purpose as peasants is to feed and support the bishops and lords. 95 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,179 Yeah. Who tax us and rob us to keep us in our place! 96 00:06:58,840 --> 00:07:00,669 My decision stands. 97 00:07:06,919 --> 00:07:08,549 You said nothing. 98 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:10,590 It's dangerous to speak your mind like that. 99 00:07:10,679 --> 00:07:12,229 You'd rather be robbed? 100 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,309 I'd rather go poor than be hanged a traitor. 101 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,270 Well, somebody's got to defend what is rightfully ours. 102 00:07:16,359 --> 00:07:17,390 -Not you! -Well, why not? 103 00:07:17,479 --> 00:07:19,859 You're a woman! You make me look like a gelding when you speak like that! 104 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:22,830 Why don't you stand up for yourself and your sons and your woman? 105 00:07:22,919 --> 00:07:24,549 No one can stand up for you! 106 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:27,470 You've got a bigger cock than any man in Wigleigh. 107 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,229 -Mama! -Papa, stop. 108 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:33,789 -Mama. -Stop. 109 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:38,780 -Don't fight. -Please, Ma, no! 110 00:07:44,999 --> 00:07:46,189 Come on! 111 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:50,299 Dad, no! 112 00:07:51,679 --> 00:07:52,950 Ma! 113 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:57,700 Go! 114 00:07:59,239 --> 00:08:00,669 Just get out of my life! 115 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:04,629 Mama? Are you all right? 116 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,379 Mama, where is Da going? 117 00:08:38,279 --> 00:08:39,869 How's life as a Kingsbridge builder? 118 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,029 Merthin! 119 00:08:42,119 --> 00:08:43,590 You're back! 120 00:08:53,359 --> 00:08:57,190 I'm Elfric's chief competition, which isn't saying much. 121 00:08:57,279 --> 00:09:01,229 He runs the Guild now, and I only get the work he hasn't time to take on. 122 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:04,590 -And my mother? Is she well? -Yeah, she's well. 123 00:09:04,680 --> 00:09:06,509 She'll be delighted to see you. 124 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:08,070 And Caris? 125 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,269 Is she still a nun? 126 00:09:46,399 --> 00:09:48,859 Mother Cecilia just told me you are writing a book. 127 00:09:52,840 --> 00:09:54,389 Did you get my letter? 128 00:10:04,239 --> 00:10:06,029 I didn't think you'd ever come back. 129 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:12,190 Are you with your family? 130 00:10:14,279 --> 00:10:18,749 The Mortality visited us. And my wife and child died. 131 00:10:20,359 --> 00:10:24,830 And I caught it, too, but God was cruel and he let me live. 132 00:10:28,359 --> 00:10:30,430 I'm so sorry. 133 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:33,909 And you? 134 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:36,550 I practise the arts of healing. 135 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:39,989 I'm still learning. 136 00:10:42,639 --> 00:10:48,190 And now a return or just a stop on your journey? 137 00:10:50,759 --> 00:10:52,509 That depends on you. 138 00:10:53,479 --> 00:10:54,830 -Caris, listen to me. -No. 139 00:10:54,920 --> 00:10:57,710 -Please, I have thought about you... -If I leave the convent, I'll be hanged. 140 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:00,869 Well, no one can still believe that you're a witch. 141 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:02,310 Godwyn does. 142 00:11:02,920 --> 00:11:04,950 Well, then we'll steal away. We'll go back to Italy. 143 00:11:05,639 --> 00:11:07,269 To replace what you've lost? 144 00:11:07,359 --> 00:11:09,820 My feelings are worthy. Why do you sully them? 145 00:11:12,200 --> 00:11:16,670 You can't neglect a crop for years and then expect to come back to a harvest. 146 00:11:17,279 --> 00:11:20,590 You know? I'm changed and I'm sure that you are, too. 147 00:11:22,159 --> 00:11:25,109 I loved you from the moment I saw you, 148 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,109 and I've never stopped loving you since. 149 00:11:30,399 --> 00:11:32,590 Pray for me, but don't love me. 150 00:11:34,680 --> 00:11:36,749 Go, please. 151 00:12:44,040 --> 00:12:47,869 I'm beginning to wonder whether we should be at war at all. 152 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:52,229 The news from France is that they have been decimated by the Great Mortality. 153 00:12:52,999 --> 00:12:56,509 This pestilence has fought your war for you. 154 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:01,389 Now is the perfect time to attack, not retreat. 155 00:13:02,519 --> 00:13:05,830 Oh, and who shall I send to fight them, Mother? You? 156 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:13,629 God gave you a sign saying this war was just. 157 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,100 Why should he fail you now? 158 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:20,430 Was it really a sign from God or the trick of a greedier messenger? 159 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,989 A civil uprising deposed my father. A secret order commanded his death. 160 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:32,420 A foreign war was declared. And all to what purpose? 161 00:13:36,320 --> 00:13:38,670 To put you in power, Mother. 162 00:13:38,759 --> 00:13:42,029 And now comes the Great Mortality, 163 00:13:42,119 --> 00:13:46,470 which truly is a sign that God is not happy. 164 00:13:53,239 --> 00:13:54,509 Checkmate. 165 00:13:58,080 --> 00:13:59,749 I think you better leave. 166 00:14:01,320 --> 00:14:04,109 Mon cher, these are my rooms. 167 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,109 I mean London. 168 00:14:06,759 --> 00:14:09,320 I don't want to see you in my court again. 169 00:14:09,399 --> 00:14:10,619 Edward. 170 00:14:16,680 --> 00:14:19,239 Edward! Listen to me! 171 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:20,509 Edward! 172 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:23,350 Edward! 173 00:14:26,759 --> 00:14:29,509 I stood by your son on the battlefield, Your Majesty. 174 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:33,629 But this time he's mistaken. You deserve praise, not exile. 175 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:41,470 It only becomes exile if I don't return. 176 00:15:11,519 --> 00:15:14,869 Merthin, lad. Genius lad. 177 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:18,190 The Italian loom design you gave me works wonders. 178 00:15:18,279 --> 00:15:20,470 The speed, the quality. 179 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,749 Leave Merthin alone, husband. Come sit. 180 00:15:23,840 --> 00:15:26,909 -I'd rather do more than sit. -Oh, behave yourself! 181 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:16,790 Petranilla. The lovely Petranilla. 182 00:16:16,879 --> 00:16:19,029 -Would you care to dance? -Dance? 183 00:16:19,119 --> 00:16:21,029 You must not resist. 184 00:16:21,119 --> 00:16:26,670 I am your lord and you are the most beautiful woman in Kingsbridge. 185 00:16:27,639 --> 00:16:32,350 You know, I've often thought how very foolish I was to give you up. 186 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,550 Do you think there's still a chance for you and I? 187 00:16:36,639 --> 00:16:38,350 After all these years? 188 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:43,109 It would be my most fervent wish. 189 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:46,389 Wonderful! Marvellous! 190 00:16:46,479 --> 00:16:49,869 Of all the fucks I ever had, you were the sweetest. 191 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:51,749 My Lord, I... 192 00:16:51,840 --> 00:16:53,190 Let's go outside now. 193 00:16:53,279 --> 00:16:55,550 We can have a quick fuck, save the dance for later. 194 00:16:55,639 --> 00:16:57,550 My Lord, I am an honourable woman. 195 00:16:57,639 --> 00:17:00,310 I'm not asking you to marry me. I am the Earl of Shiring! 196 00:17:00,399 --> 00:17:02,859 -Come on! -No, My Lord! 197 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:06,350 Too good for me now? 198 00:17:07,959 --> 00:17:10,669 There was a time 199 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:15,469 when you would have done anything I asked. 200 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:21,219 There was a time you would not have asked it like this. 201 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,510 You'd be lucky to get a fuck from anyone at your age. 202 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:05,750 What do you want? 203 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,149 A gift of land. 204 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:15,070 Permission to be a tenant and not just a serf on your property. 205 00:18:16,719 --> 00:18:19,869 You've asked that before. Grovelling won't help. 206 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:22,990 Then give it to my son. 207 00:18:23,600 --> 00:18:25,310 My oldest. 208 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,149 And why would I do that? 209 00:18:28,719 --> 00:18:30,149 Because he's yours. 210 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,070 Fuck off. 211 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,669 I want to propose a toast! 212 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:51,429 May winter soon be over, may spring come soon, 213 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:56,830 may our crops return, and may my wife's teats never sag! 214 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,350 -What is it? -I'm not certain yet. 215 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:32,550 What are those? 216 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:37,750 Keep him calm and I'll be back in a moment. 217 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,230 Sister Katrina. 218 00:19:40,919 --> 00:19:43,219 I need to talk to you. 219 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:51,709 -Is it what I think it is? -Yes. 220 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:53,389 What do we do? 221 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,469 Isolation is the only thing that might stop it. 222 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,429 -Some even say it's contagious by sight. -Impossible. 223 00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,030 By wind perhaps, that's what Galen says. 224 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:06,109 They wore linen face masks in Florence. 225 00:20:06,199 --> 00:20:09,869 -But I can't promise that it helped. -Thank you. 226 00:20:13,159 --> 00:20:14,830 -Sister Mair? -Yes? 227 00:20:14,919 --> 00:20:17,629 I want everyone to wear masks of linen over their nose and mouth. 228 00:20:18,159 --> 00:20:19,219 Whatever for? 229 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,709 In hope of protecting us whilst we nurse. 230 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:25,070 The Great Mortality has come to Kingsbridge. 231 00:20:25,159 --> 00:20:26,990 You are sinners! 232 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:31,310 The wrath of God has descended upon you all! 233 00:20:31,399 --> 00:20:37,230 Sinners, all of you! God has no mercy with sinners like you! 234 00:20:38,080 --> 00:20:39,060 Sinners, all of you! 235 00:20:39,159 --> 00:20:40,750 -Sister, please help. -We're trying. 236 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:49,949 -What shall I do? -Nurse, get this lady some water. 237 00:21:01,879 --> 00:21:04,830 -Sister, are you all right? -Yes. 238 00:21:05,879 --> 00:21:09,709 We need to find some more room to isolate the sick. 239 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,510 Maybe we should convert an out-building into a plague-house. 240 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:14,429 Absolutely not. 241 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,820 Giving people more room to die won't help anyone. 242 00:21:16,919 --> 00:21:18,629 Not to mention how much it will cost. 243 00:21:18,719 --> 00:21:22,340 It will make them more comfortable. It might even stop the spread of the disease. 244 00:21:22,439 --> 00:21:25,709 The disease is God's punishment on a wicked world. 245 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:29,230 We need more death to rid us of this carnal sin. 246 00:21:29,320 --> 00:21:32,469 It's a crime to intervene in God's will... 247 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:35,790 Godwyn! You are no physician. 248 00:21:35,879 --> 00:21:40,149 What you know of these matters is next to nothing. 249 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,669 And worse, as a trained theologian, 250 00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:48,550 your beliefs are fetid and malevolent as the Mortality itself! 251 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:55,109 God's punishment? We are burying children. 252 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:59,750 What sort of God do you worship who would let innocent... 253 00:22:11,199 --> 00:22:12,550 Get out. 254 00:22:14,639 --> 00:22:16,189 Get out at once. 255 00:22:21,679 --> 00:22:23,030 Disgusting! 256 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:30,350 Well, it seems we got our point across about the masks. 257 00:22:30,439 --> 00:22:32,310 Did you see how he covered his face? 258 00:22:36,879 --> 00:22:39,439 Brother Thomas, please. Please, come quickly. 259 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:41,510 Sister, could you get this man some water? 260 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:43,469 Brother Thomas, please. This woman needs your help. 261 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:46,070 I don't know what to do next. Please. 262 00:22:48,679 --> 00:22:52,350 Sir? Here, this will help. 263 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:56,949 I'm not frightened, 264 00:22:58,439 --> 00:22:59,790 I'm curious. 265 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:08,550 I hope he's merciful, and I haven't got it all wrong. 266 00:23:08,879 --> 00:23:11,469 Mostly right, I should think. 267 00:23:12,959 --> 00:23:15,790 -Where's your mask? -I don't want... 268 00:23:15,879 --> 00:23:17,149 Put it on. 269 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,949 You must take my place, of course. 270 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:33,510 I told Sister Mair to insist on it. 271 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:37,230 I can't take your place. 272 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,350 You're the only one who can. 273 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,109 Mother, you're forgetting that I... 274 00:23:44,199 --> 00:23:46,109 That you lost your faith? 275 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:56,270 There isn't one true believer who hasn't been in that long dark night. 276 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,980 You are in that crucible now, child. 277 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,469 Let God continue to work through you 278 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:09,909 building your hospice, 279 00:24:11,679 --> 00:24:13,550 writing your book. 280 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:18,590 It would seem most of the nuns want Sister Caris as our next Prioress. 281 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,230 And how do we prevent that? 282 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:24,629 I would be willing to run against her. 283 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:30,109 My dear Sister Elizabeth, as much as I despise my cousin Caris, 284 00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:34,830 even I have to admit her popularity. 285 00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:39,909 If you hope to win, we must exploit her unpopular side. 286 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:46,350 The use of masks, for example, is pagan superstition. 287 00:25:48,959 --> 00:25:50,669 Forego the use of one yourself. 288 00:25:53,439 --> 00:25:56,389 We know the plague is the Devil's work 289 00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:59,869 and God will protect us 290 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,669 and sicken her. 291 00:26:06,919 --> 00:26:09,669 Sister, where's your mask? 292 00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,909 Masks are the Devil's nonsense. 293 00:26:58,399 --> 00:26:59,590 Mother? 294 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,300 What is the meaning of this, calling for me at this hour? 295 00:27:04,399 --> 00:27:06,959 Why couldn't it wait until the morning? 296 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:14,139 What kind of mother are you putting me in danger? 297 00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:24,389 She still reads heretic philosophy. I've seen the books myself. 298 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,709 Written by Arab infidels who would like nothing better 299 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:31,750 than to wipe Christianity off the face of the Earth. 300 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:36,550 Therefore I humbly suggest another of our sisters. 301 00:27:36,639 --> 00:27:41,350 Myself, or someone worthier, should be our next Prioress. 302 00:28:10,399 --> 00:28:14,550 We need to collect all the Priory's relics and possessions immediately. 303 00:28:14,639 --> 00:28:16,939 We're leaving Kingsbridge and this terrible plague behind. 304 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,310 Is this an order, Prior? 305 00:28:20,399 --> 00:28:21,669 Why do you ask? 306 00:28:22,879 --> 00:28:26,189 Because if it is, 307 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,270 I will not obey. 308 00:28:29,959 --> 00:28:33,740 We are needed here to nurse the sick and bury the dead. 309 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:39,189 And if the Mortality takes our lives, that's God's business, not ours. 310 00:28:41,359 --> 00:28:43,590 Anyone who wishes to stay with me is welcome. 311 00:28:43,679 --> 00:28:48,469 And anyone who disobeys me will risk his immortal soul! 312 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,879 And that's God's business, too. 313 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:58,869 Not yours. 314 00:29:02,040 --> 00:29:04,389 We leave within the hour. 315 00:29:31,359 --> 00:29:32,830 What do you want? 316 00:29:32,919 --> 00:29:34,990 I must speak to Earl Roland. 317 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,990 The castle is closed to all visitors because of the pestilence. 318 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,590 Tell him I have news of his son. 319 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:44,510 His sons are dead. 320 00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:46,550 One poisoned, one fallen in France. 321 00:29:46,639 --> 00:29:50,629 Not all of them are dead. Tell him that. 322 00:29:52,159 --> 00:29:53,379 Please! 323 00:29:54,199 --> 00:29:55,709 Wait here. 324 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:07,469 What do you want? 325 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,070 It's Petranilla, My Lord. 326 00:30:12,119 --> 00:30:16,189 You? I rose from my bed for you? 327 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:18,709 What's this about my sons? 328 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,709 Your son, My Lord, he lives. 329 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,669 You're daft, woman. Which one? 330 00:30:26,240 --> 00:30:28,429 The son you never knew of. 331 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,429 The son I bore you out of our love. 332 00:30:32,359 --> 00:30:34,189 And he lives. 333 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,189 The pestilence has taken your mind. 334 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:42,350 I never loved you. 335 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,510 Go home and die. 336 00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,270 My Lord! 337 00:30:50,879 --> 00:30:52,350 My Lord! 338 00:31:32,399 --> 00:31:34,030 I've been looking for you. 339 00:31:34,119 --> 00:31:36,869 Godwyn's gone. Left during the night. 340 00:31:36,959 --> 00:31:38,750 Of course he has. 341 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,219 You know, he's the one person I feared telling of my election. 342 00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:44,070 Yes, congratulations, Mother Caris. 343 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,389 Do you believe in God, Thomas? 344 00:31:54,359 --> 00:31:56,070 Yes, I think I do. 345 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,540 Then where is he? 346 00:31:59,639 --> 00:32:01,669 I see no God here. 347 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:06,230 -They say his presence is often hidden. -And his ways mysterious, I know. 348 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:10,189 So mysterious he's chosen a non-believer to run his convent. 349 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:14,669 Well, his only son chose for his closest friends fishermen, peasants, 350 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,909 a tax collector, and several whores. 351 00:32:19,359 --> 00:32:21,590 I'd say you are an improvement. 352 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,709 Oh, I have other news. 353 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:30,590 Godwyn took everything of value. 354 00:32:30,679 --> 00:32:32,510 Including our money? 355 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:34,590 I'm afraid so. 356 00:32:34,679 --> 00:32:37,469 What on earth does he think it will buy him? 357 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,510 Just stop. 358 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:49,030 I beg you. A princess does not cry. 359 00:32:49,119 --> 00:32:50,179 Don't make me go. 360 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,310 The Prince of Castile is a wealthy man, Joan. 361 00:32:53,399 --> 00:32:55,550 Why can't I marry an Englishman? 362 00:32:55,639 --> 00:33:00,109 Because Spain will give you a crown and us an ally against France. 363 00:33:00,199 --> 00:33:03,510 -I'll never see you again. -Of course you will. 364 00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:07,629 And you will return a queen, which is what you deserve. 365 00:33:09,399 --> 00:33:10,830 Now look at me. 366 00:33:15,119 --> 00:33:19,310 Of all my children, Joan, you are my favourite. 367 00:33:27,119 --> 00:33:30,659 I want only the best for you. Now go. 368 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:37,669 Sire. 369 00:33:41,439 --> 00:33:42,909 -I'll miss you. -I know. 370 00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:26,429 Brother Godwyn? 371 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,380 No, Prior Godwyn, Brother Saul. 372 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,509 Prior Saul, Prior Godwyn. 373 00:34:41,279 --> 00:34:42,670 Thank you, Brother. 374 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:48,839 There's but half-a-dozen of us here, which is all this monastery will hold. 375 00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,429 You would turn us away? We bring gold! 376 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:57,469 Which will buy you nothing. Not food, we haven't enough as it is. 377 00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,190 Not shelter. 378 00:34:59,279 --> 00:35:01,659 And it's what else you might be bringing that frightens me. 379 00:35:01,759 --> 00:35:02,819 But we are brothers in Christ. 380 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,480 I brought only the purest of heart! Pestilence does not walk with us! 381 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:06,869 How can you be certain none of you are ill? 382 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,909 Did you not hear me? We are godly. 383 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,830 You must sleep in the barn for a week. 384 00:35:11,920 --> 00:35:13,630 And then if there are still no signs of disease... 385 00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:14,989 We'll freeze out there! 386 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,190 You should have stayed in Kingsbridge where it's warmer 387 00:35:18,319 --> 00:35:21,830 and the supplies are plentiful and where the people needed you. 388 00:36:02,759 --> 00:36:04,710 How dare you say that we are ungodly? 389 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,389 How dare you say we are ungodly? 390 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,029 Now, Brothers, 391 00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:37,469 Prior Saul, I'm sorry to say, has discovered black boils on his neck. 392 00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:41,549 And so he's voluntarily isolated himself in the barn. 393 00:36:43,639 --> 00:36:48,909 God has vouchsafed to protect me from this terrible plague. 394 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,830 And so I will be the Prior's sole attending physician. 395 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:58,150 The rest of you will remain isolated here until the disease passes. 396 00:36:59,119 --> 00:37:00,630 Now let us pray. 397 00:37:12,279 --> 00:37:16,190 Prior Godwyn has disappeared leaving no one in charge of Kingsbridge 398 00:37:16,279 --> 00:37:18,989 but myself and Mother Caris. 399 00:37:20,279 --> 00:37:24,029 Many of our citizens are afraid to leave their houses, which is understandable. 400 00:37:24,159 --> 00:37:26,270 But we ask that you go to them 401 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:30,509 and bring them word of our new rules concerning the disease. 402 00:37:30,600 --> 00:37:34,750 First of all, everyone must wear masks. 403 00:37:34,839 --> 00:37:38,069 The good sisters have made linen ones, which Sister Mair will distribute. 404 00:37:38,159 --> 00:37:41,310 Please take them to your neighbours and leave them on their doorsteps. 405 00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:44,469 Also, we need volunteers to bury the dead. 406 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:49,029 Bodies must be cleared from the streets and the river, covered in lime 407 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:51,710 and buried in communal graves. 408 00:37:54,679 --> 00:37:58,190 In order to contain the disease, Kingsbridge must be sealed off, 409 00:37:58,279 --> 00:38:00,190 the town wall made impregnable, 410 00:38:00,279 --> 00:38:03,069 and a sentry posted on the bridge to guard against intruders. 411 00:38:03,159 --> 00:38:07,310 And most importantly, we must take care of the children who have lost their parents. 412 00:38:07,400 --> 00:38:11,869 Anyone who has any room at all, please... Please take them in. 413 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:15,790 And lastly, I have not yet been ratified as Prioress by the new bishop, 414 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:21,750 who refuses to come to Kingsbridge until after the disease has left. 415 00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:24,949 So, in order to affirm my position, 416 00:38:25,040 --> 00:38:29,389 and make these rules irrevocable law I must go to him. 417 00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:34,350 Caris. 418 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,940 -What are you doing? -I've come to escort you. 419 00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:41,549 -I don't need escorting. -I don't need a lecture. 420 00:38:41,639 --> 00:38:43,509 Just a thank you will do. 421 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:48,389 Thank you. 422 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,110 You're welcome. 423 00:39:04,839 --> 00:39:06,549 Come no further! 424 00:39:07,799 --> 00:39:09,069 State your purpose and leave. 425 00:39:09,159 --> 00:39:13,230 Mother Caris of Kingsbridge, come to be ratified as Prioress. 426 00:39:13,319 --> 00:39:15,469 Prior Godwyn didn't write to me about this. 427 00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:18,989 Prior Godwyn fled when the Mortality struck, 428 00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,029 taking with him the relics and all of our money. 429 00:39:21,799 --> 00:39:23,509 So who's running Kingsbridge then? 430 00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,750 No one officially, Eminence. 431 00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,710 My clergy is decimated. 432 00:39:28,799 --> 00:39:31,179 You were not the first with this problem. 433 00:39:31,279 --> 00:39:33,869 To help, the Holy father has issued an emergency decree. 434 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:37,630 Nuns may hear confessions and bury the many dead. 435 00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:40,589 You may not say Mass but other than that you're the new Prior. 436 00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:45,110 Eminence, I am Prior? I don't... 437 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:49,549 -Amen. -Amen. 438 00:39:49,639 --> 00:39:51,989 -Eminence... -Now leave. 439 00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:10,069 Well, 440 00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:13,509 I'll leave you here. 441 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:16,100 Congratulations, Prior. 442 00:40:17,080 --> 00:40:19,710 Write your book, heal the sick, and build your hospice. 443 00:40:19,799 --> 00:40:21,830 It's all in your power now. 444 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,190 When this is over, you are mine. 445 00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:08,710 Mother? 446 00:41:13,360 --> 00:41:14,500 No. 447 00:41:31,319 --> 00:41:34,190 Should I send for Ralph, Mother? 448 00:41:34,799 --> 00:41:36,670 He could be here by morning. 449 00:41:41,040 --> 00:41:42,230 I won't be long. 450 00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:47,869 Can I share a secret with you? 451 00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,190 Of course, My Lady. 452 00:41:56,080 --> 00:42:00,389 For many years I was barren. 453 00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:10,100 When I finally gave birth, the child was stillborn. 454 00:42:12,199 --> 00:42:15,980 I was heartbroken until my husband, 455 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:20,469 Sir Gerald, brought me another child to take his place. 456 00:42:24,159 --> 00:42:28,150 He told me that its mother died. 457 00:42:29,679 --> 00:42:33,790 I loved this orphan as if he was my own. 458 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:39,029 I soon gave birth to a second son, the legitimate heir 459 00:42:41,839 --> 00:42:44,139 to Shiring Castle. 460 00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:47,670 His father and I hid this truth, 461 00:42:47,759 --> 00:42:52,110 rather than name his brother a bastard. 462 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:51,589 A message, My Lord. 463 00:44:47,799 --> 00:44:48,830 Brother Joseph! 464 00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:54,790 Forgive me, Brother. We took it with us. 465 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:57,389 To St. John-in-the-Forest. 466 00:44:57,480 --> 00:44:58,869 Took what?