1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.BZ 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.BZ 3 00:02:15,385 --> 00:02:18,055 Open up there. Make way! 4 00:02:19,056 --> 00:02:21,516 Be that the royal party on the way to Coventry? 5 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:23,769 Get your sheep out of the way. 6 00:02:24,061 --> 00:02:28,357 Make haste, man. You're delaying King Edward and the Duke of Normandy. 7 00:02:28,649 --> 00:02:31,401 I understand, but the sheep do not. 8 00:02:32,402 --> 00:02:35,989 Son, explain it to the animals. 9 00:02:37,157 --> 00:02:38,950 Get them out of the way. 10 00:02:45,123 --> 00:02:47,167 Welcome to Coventry, sire. 11 00:02:48,335 --> 00:02:51,505 Forgive the poor animals. They don't know you're the King. 12 00:02:51,797 --> 00:02:53,924 You see how itis in England, Cousin William? 13 00:02:54,216 --> 00:02:56,760 Shepherds and sheep alike are an independent breed. 14 00:02:57,052 --> 00:02:59,721 Yes, Count Eustace has been trying to explain that to my niece. 15 00:03:05,143 --> 00:03:06,436 Oh! 16 00:03:06,728 --> 00:03:11,692 M'lady, be you Lady Yolande, the Norman bride chosen for m'lord Leofric? 17 00:03:12,359 --> 00:03:13,694 Count Eustace! 18 00:03:15,362 --> 00:03:16,780 Your pardon, sire. 19 00:03:20,367 --> 00:03:24,329 - Mayhap it be you? - Fool. I am sister of the King. 20 00:03:24,621 --> 00:03:27,124 Ah. Then you be already married to Count Eustace. 21 00:03:29,626 --> 00:03:31,253 You, back to your sheep. 22 00:03:32,129 --> 00:03:35,048 Pursuing a husband! It is humiliating. 23 00:03:35,340 --> 00:03:37,509 I wish I had never left Normandy. 24 00:03:37,801 --> 00:03:40,512 Your uncle is already weary of your complaints, Lady Yolande. 25 00:03:40,804 --> 00:03:43,682 A barbarian husband in a barbaric country. 26 00:03:43,974 --> 00:03:46,143 I have good reason to complain. 27 00:03:46,810 --> 00:03:50,313 Your alliance with a Saxon earl will someday be important to William. 28 00:04:05,162 --> 00:04:07,414 Did you get a look at her, Milord Leofric? 29 00:04:09,750 --> 00:04:11,835 Aye, I did. 30 00:04:21,470 --> 00:04:23,221 I got a very good look, shepherd. 31 00:04:23,638 --> 00:04:26,725 What a gruesome prospect for a cold night! 32 00:04:27,017 --> 00:04:30,812 I have two sheep just like her, all bones and no meat. 33 00:04:32,022 --> 00:04:34,941 She's far too frail a wench to bear strong children. 34 00:04:35,233 --> 00:04:38,195 Have no fear, she'll bear no children of mine. 35 00:04:43,033 --> 00:04:46,661 Ride hard, Humbert. It would be ungracious if the royal party arrived at my castle 36 00:04:46,953 --> 00:04:48,580 with nobody to welcome them. 37 00:04:48,872 --> 00:04:50,457 I'll do me best, M'lord. 38 00:04:50,749 --> 00:04:53,585 And, Humbert, make them feel the warmth of our hospitality. 39 00:04:53,877 --> 00:04:56,505 Then tell the King, sweetly and gently, 40 00:04:56,797 --> 00:05:00,258 that I am freeborn and of an age to choose my own bride. 41 00:05:00,550 --> 00:05:02,177 And when shall you be there, M'lord? 42 00:05:02,469 --> 00:05:04,012 When shall I be there? 43 00:05:04,596 --> 00:05:06,598 Not until they have gone! 44 00:05:10,185 --> 00:05:13,605 - Goodbye, shepherd, and thanks. - Good hunting, Milord. 45 00:05:24,699 --> 00:05:27,869 Speak up, man, or else go away and let me eat in peace. 46 00:05:28,161 --> 00:05:32,624 Sir, when I was a soldier for Earl Leofric, I once served table in his tent. 47 00:05:33,041 --> 00:05:37,087 If I did not know it were impossible, I'd swear you were milord. 48 00:05:37,379 --> 00:05:38,713 Why is it impossible? 49 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:40,799 I know, everybody knows, 50 00:05:41,091 --> 00:05:44,636 Earl Leofric is in Coventry being married this very day. 51 00:05:44,928 --> 00:05:46,847 Not this day or any other! 52 00:05:47,138 --> 00:05:49,641 But yesterday, the Earl of the West Saxons and his sons 53 00:05:49,933 --> 00:05:51,518 stopped here on their way to the wedding. 54 00:05:51,810 --> 00:05:53,687 Godwin? Here in my domain? 55 00:05:55,230 --> 00:05:58,275 Please, sir. This is the only good table I have left. 56 00:05:58,567 --> 00:06:00,151 Look here, sir. LOOK. 57 00:06:01,111 --> 00:06:03,905 Another war with the West Saxons near broke out in my tavern. 58 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:05,574 We'll be the day clearing up. 59 00:06:05,866 --> 00:06:08,201 - What did Godwin do? - It was his sons. 60 00:06:08,493 --> 00:06:12,247 Four of them were lamenting at being forced to go to your wedding. 61 00:06:12,539 --> 00:06:17,252 If you'll forgive me, Milord, they said they'd much sooner go to your funeral. 62 00:06:17,544 --> 00:06:20,505 Then someone threw a barrel and the fight was on. 63 00:06:20,797 --> 00:06:23,508 - Who won? - l only know that I lost. 64 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:27,095 By the time the Sheriff arrived and dragged your men away, 65 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:29,222 that was the condition of my furniture. 66 00:06:29,514 --> 00:06:32,183 - And Godwin? - He went on to your wedding. 67 00:06:32,475 --> 00:06:35,770 But only one of his sons was in condition to go with him. 68 00:06:38,481 --> 00:06:41,735 If there is a bed unbroken, prepare a room for me. 69 00:07:00,128 --> 00:07:01,296 Milord. 70 00:07:02,172 --> 00:07:03,340 Milord. 71 00:07:04,007 --> 00:07:06,801 - My Sheriff. - Your Lordship. 72 00:07:08,094 --> 00:07:12,015 Your Sheriffship. Speak up, man. Well, what is it? 73 00:07:12,307 --> 00:07:15,435 Milord, I've just received an order from the King. 74 00:07:15,727 --> 00:07:19,147 The same order has gone to every sheriff in the domain. 75 00:07:19,439 --> 00:07:20,774 I'm... 76 00:07:21,066 --> 00:07:23,652 I'm commanded to take you into custody. 77 00:07:24,861 --> 00:07:28,740 When next I see King Edward, which I hope will not be for some time, 78 00:07:29,032 --> 00:07:32,827 I shall tell him you did not see me. Now, sit down. 79 00:07:33,536 --> 00:07:36,081 Ale for the Sheriff of Lincolnshire. 80 00:07:37,082 --> 00:07:41,878 The King commands that you be brought to Coventry by force if need be. 81 00:07:43,171 --> 00:07:46,716 Good Sheriff, what think you will happen when my men-at-arms 82 00:07:47,008 --> 00:07:50,595 behold you marching me by force through the gates of my own castle? 83 00:07:51,179 --> 00:07:52,097 NO. 84 00:07:52,389 --> 00:07:56,810 Unfortunately, they are a hot-blooded lot, and very good swordsmen. 85 00:07:57,560 --> 00:08:00,897 Well, I could forget ever having met Your Lordship. 86 00:08:01,439 --> 00:08:04,609 But should I let you go and the King learn of it, 87 00:08:04,901 --> 00:08:06,361 my life would be forfeit. 88 00:08:07,529 --> 00:08:11,700 Would you please do me the honour to accompany me to Coventry? 89 00:08:12,742 --> 00:08:14,285 - No. - No? 90 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:17,288 Well, then... 91 00:08:17,580 --> 00:08:22,460 Would you at least promise to stay here until I receive further orders from the King? 92 00:08:22,752 --> 00:08:24,629 - No! - NO. 93 00:08:26,756 --> 00:08:28,049 Well... 94 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:30,969 Then, Milord, I must ask you to... 95 00:08:32,262 --> 00:08:36,433 Please do me the honour to consider yourself my prisoner. 96 00:08:48,445 --> 00:08:50,447 You are very persuasive. 97 00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:55,285 Your Sheriffship. 98 00:08:58,705 --> 00:09:02,625 Again I beseech you, Milord. There's no need for you to be locked up in a foul dungeon. 99 00:09:02,917 --> 00:09:05,628 You've only to pledge me your word you'll attempt no escape. 100 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:07,088 I will pledge you nothing. 101 00:09:07,380 --> 00:09:10,258 But it may be two or three days until word comes from the King. 102 00:09:10,550 --> 00:09:13,595 Certainly, you'll be more comfortable in my house as my guest. 103 00:09:13,887 --> 00:09:17,223 But I might be tempted to bash in your head and leave. 104 00:09:17,515 --> 00:09:20,143 Be grateful you have a strong dungeon. 105 00:09:21,269 --> 00:09:25,607 Oh, rest easy, Sheriff. When I see the King, I shall commend your efficiency. 106 00:09:25,899 --> 00:09:29,736 - By what name are you known? - Thorold of Bucknell, Milord. 107 00:09:30,070 --> 00:09:33,406 Thorold? That's an excellent name. It's a musical name. 108 00:09:33,698 --> 00:09:36,367 Rolls off the tongue with the smoothness of an oath. 109 00:09:36,659 --> 00:09:37,786 Thank you, Milord. 110 00:09:38,078 --> 00:09:41,956 Should ever I become the father of a son, I shall name him after you. 111 00:09:42,248 --> 00:09:43,249 Milord! 112 00:09:43,541 --> 00:09:47,462 - Unless, of course, I am first married. - Thank you, Milord. 113 00:09:57,222 --> 00:10:00,100 By my faith! A new tenant. 114 00:10:02,352 --> 00:10:05,897 Speak up, friend. What crime beings you to our happy household? 115 00:10:06,189 --> 00:10:08,399 - None. - Oh! An innocent. 116 00:10:09,317 --> 00:10:12,362 Tell us your sad story SO we can weep for you. 117 00:10:12,654 --> 00:10:15,281 And what crime, then, did you not commit? 118 00:10:15,573 --> 00:10:16,991 - Poaching? - Highway robbery? 119 00:10:17,283 --> 00:10:18,993 A little murder? 120 00:10:19,285 --> 00:10:21,704 Not that it's any of your affair. 121 00:10:22,956 --> 00:10:25,458 I refused to be forced into a marriage. 122 00:10:30,839 --> 00:10:35,343 I said he was a poacher. I merely mistook the type of game. 123 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:39,514 If she be one of our local wenches, I'll wager we know her. 124 00:10:39,931 --> 00:10:42,308 Yes. And if not, we'd like to. 125 00:10:43,852 --> 00:10:46,896 - And what is her name? - Don't you dare! 126 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,524 Don't you dare tell them! 127 00:10:50,400 --> 00:10:53,778 You've done the poor girl enough harm already without bragging about it. 128 00:10:54,070 --> 00:10:56,322 - Bragging? - You think it's great sport, don't you? 129 00:10:56,614 --> 00:10:59,367 - l assure you... - But if you had a shred of honour, you'd... 130 00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:02,996 But no, rather than marry, you hide out in this dungeon. 131 00:11:03,288 --> 00:11:06,291 And if it were up to me, I'd give you a lash, a hundred lashes. 132 00:11:06,583 --> 00:11:10,170 Still that tongue, woman! I have no concern over your opinion of me. 133 00:11:10,461 --> 00:11:14,507 But I have wronged no innocent maiden. In truth, I have seen her but once. 134 00:11:14,799 --> 00:11:16,676 Ha! And that once was enough. 135 00:11:16,968 --> 00:11:19,721 From a distance. I was never even close to her. 136 00:11:21,306 --> 00:11:22,473 Oh... 137 00:11:25,435 --> 00:11:28,479 - But I thought... - It is clear what you thought. 138 00:11:30,273 --> 00:11:35,069 - This marriage is a whim of the King's. - What is this new King of ours? 139 00:11:35,361 --> 00:11:36,821 A marriage broker? 140 00:11:37,113 --> 00:11:40,575 Only today, he married off our own Lord Leofric. 141 00:11:40,867 --> 00:11:43,036 - And to a Norman! - Save your sympathy. 142 00:11:43,328 --> 00:11:47,665 Our good Lord Leofric is happy now and married to a Norman power. 143 00:11:47,957 --> 00:11:52,921 Were he half the Saxon that we think, why, he'd rot in a dungeon first before... 144 00:12:01,638 --> 00:12:03,306 You're Lord Leofric? 145 00:12:07,185 --> 00:12:09,187 Forgive us, Your Lordship. 146 00:12:09,687 --> 00:12:12,899 Tell me, how long has it been the happy custom of sheriffs 147 00:12:13,191 --> 00:12:15,652 to keep female prisoners in the same dungeon with men? 148 00:12:17,403 --> 00:12:19,030 You think I'm a prisoner? 149 00:12:20,114 --> 00:12:22,283 - Why youl! - Godival Now... 150 00:12:24,953 --> 00:12:26,537 It's not surprising. 151 00:12:26,829 --> 00:12:31,584 Everyone's heard about our gay Lord Leofric. How would you know about such as me? 152 00:12:31,876 --> 00:12:35,630 You and your highborn careless ladies! Your Spanish tavern singer from Dover! 153 00:12:35,922 --> 00:12:37,590 Let me tell you, Lord... 154 00:12:37,882 --> 00:12:39,926 - Contain your temper. - Let me go! 155 00:12:40,218 --> 00:12:41,886 In heaven's name, who is this she-wolf? 156 00:12:42,178 --> 00:12:46,140 She's no prisoner, Milord, but Godiva, the sister of the Sheriff. 157 00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:48,226 Oh. well... 158 00:12:48,518 --> 00:12:50,520 Then I beseech your pardon. 159 00:12:51,521 --> 00:12:53,648 But, if it is safe to ask, 160 00:12:53,940 --> 00:12:56,818 pray tell me, what is the sister of a Lord High Sheriff 161 00:12:57,110 --> 00:12:59,445 doing in a dungeon with three men? 162 00:13:00,905 --> 00:13:05,118 Well, she beings us food. Maybe Your Lordship is hungry. 163 00:13:12,083 --> 00:13:13,209 Aha! 164 00:13:14,669 --> 00:13:18,131 The Sheriff of Lincolnshire dines his prisoners well. 165 00:13:18,423 --> 00:13:21,175 Oh! My brother doesn't know about it. 166 00:13:21,884 --> 00:13:25,096 Oh, these three are old friends. 167 00:13:25,388 --> 00:13:27,473 He carved my fist doll. 168 00:13:27,765 --> 00:13:30,893 And when I wanted a dog, these two got it for me. 169 00:13:31,519 --> 00:13:33,646 Stolen, it turned out to be. 170 00:13:33,938 --> 00:13:37,358 If I had half a wit, I'd forget that I ever met them. 171 00:13:38,943 --> 00:13:41,029 - Oh. Grimald. - Milord. 172 00:13:41,321 --> 00:13:42,655 And this... 173 00:13:43,406 --> 00:13:46,701 This lad here is Oswin, my nephew. 174 00:13:49,078 --> 00:13:50,455 Oh, and Pendar. 175 00:13:50,747 --> 00:13:55,960 And three greater troublemakers never existed in your entire domain. 176 00:13:56,252 --> 00:14:00,798 Pay no heed to her words, My Lord. In truth, our greatest wish is to uphold the peace. 177 00:14:01,758 --> 00:14:06,012 It seems we were in the Ox and Bow quietly drinking ale when Earl Godwin... 178 00:14:06,304 --> 00:14:08,890 - Oh, you were part of that brawl? - We were all of it! 179 00:14:09,182 --> 00:14:12,685 - Against Godwin and his five sons? - And their 15 men-at-arms. 180 00:14:12,977 --> 00:14:15,980 Lucky there was no more of them. We might have lost the fight. 181 00:14:18,399 --> 00:14:20,318 It's a shame we meet in jail. 182 00:14:20,610 --> 00:14:23,404 Such heroism as theirs should be rewarded with wine. 183 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:24,864 - Wine? - Wine! 184 00:14:25,156 --> 00:14:27,033 - We accept. - Don't talk with your mouth full. 185 00:14:27,325 --> 00:14:29,160 After curfew, we'll all go down to the Ox and Bow. 186 00:14:29,452 --> 00:14:33,664 No. Pay no attention to them, Milord. Men in prison have strange dreams. 187 00:14:33,956 --> 00:14:37,085 But, Godiva, you've taken us there in the past many times. 188 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:38,211 Yes. 189 00:14:38,503 --> 00:14:41,172 The tavern keeper's our friend. He lets us in after hours. 190 00:14:41,464 --> 00:14:44,175 - That's right. - And he has good wine and never informs. 191 00:14:44,467 --> 00:14:47,136 And he's a fine man. Someday we may even pay him. 192 00:14:47,428 --> 00:14:48,388 Aye. 193 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:53,434 - No. - Oh, but... 194 00:14:53,726 --> 00:14:55,269 Do you fear I will escape? 195 00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:57,772 Even as I would, Milord, were I in your position. 196 00:14:58,064 --> 00:15:00,983 I would not pledge your brother, Godiva, but I'd gladly pledge you. 197 00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:03,778 On my honour I will attempt no escape. 198 00:15:04,112 --> 00:15:06,072 Please, Godiva. 199 00:15:08,616 --> 00:15:10,159 Gossip is common in Coventry 200 00:15:10,451 --> 00:15:13,329 that many a lady has lived to regret milord's promises. 201 00:15:13,621 --> 00:15:15,915 Do you want me to plead with you? 202 00:15:18,334 --> 00:15:21,254 Right now, I don't know exactly what I do want. 203 00:16:04,881 --> 00:16:07,175 Now, now, judge fairly, Milord. 204 00:16:07,717 --> 00:16:11,179 - Which was the harder blow? - It was a tie again. Try once more. 205 00:16:11,471 --> 00:16:13,723 Aw, that was the third time. 206 00:16:14,015 --> 00:16:15,641 Try again. All right. 207 00:16:15,933 --> 00:16:19,187 You have not answered me, Godiva. Just a short walk in the garden. 208 00:16:19,479 --> 00:16:23,941 I want to see which is brighter, the stars or your eyes. 209 00:16:25,568 --> 00:16:26,736 Hey. 210 00:16:27,028 --> 00:16:29,780 I like not the look in His Lordship's eye. 211 00:16:30,072 --> 00:16:31,115 Nor I. 212 00:16:31,407 --> 00:16:35,495 Had I realised how much beauty was to be found here in Lincolnshire, 213 00:16:35,786 --> 00:16:37,914 I would not have delayed my visit so long. 214 00:16:38,206 --> 00:16:41,709 It is the most beautiful countryside in all England, Milord. 215 00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:46,047 And it's time you saw it. 216 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:56,807 Milord, we have rules among us 217 00:16:57,099 --> 00:16:59,018 where Godiva is concerned. 218 00:16:59,685 --> 00:17:02,897 Oh, we go to look at the Lincolnshire countryside. 219 00:17:03,189 --> 00:17:06,067 But there are so many beautiful sights to be seen. 220 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,488 And we shall all point them out to you on the way back to the dungeon. 221 00:17:12,698 --> 00:17:14,700 Come on. We'd best hurry. 222 00:17:15,743 --> 00:17:17,578 We told him, didn't I? 223 00:18:00,121 --> 00:18:01,330 Godiva. 224 00:18:03,207 --> 00:18:05,793 until now, the morning has been long and dull. 225 00:18:06,502 --> 00:18:09,005 If your brother expects me to enjoy his dungeon, 226 00:18:09,297 --> 00:18:11,424 you must come earlier and stay much longer. 227 00:18:11,716 --> 00:18:14,010 You have more important problems, Milord. 228 00:18:14,302 --> 00:18:17,471 The King's soldiers will be here today to take him back to Coventry. 229 00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:20,141 Oh? Well, at least you worry about me. 230 00:18:21,142 --> 00:18:25,354 No more than I would about any Saxon being forced into a marriage with a Norman. 231 00:18:26,647 --> 00:18:29,233 - I've been planning your escape. - So have wel 232 00:18:29,525 --> 00:18:33,112 Why, with enough time, we could take this place apart with our bare hands. 233 00:18:33,404 --> 00:18:35,489 - Sure. - I've got better plans for you three. 234 00:18:35,781 --> 00:18:38,951 Should I escape, Godiva, your brother will be held to account. 235 00:18:39,702 --> 00:18:42,413 Not if he first turns you over to the King's men. 236 00:18:44,332 --> 00:18:46,000 You know the road back to Coventry, 237 00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:48,502 where it narrows between overhanging cliffs? 238 00:18:48,794 --> 00:18:51,964 - A few miles from here. - Our favourite place. 239 00:18:52,256 --> 00:18:53,382 Many a tax collector... 240 00:18:54,967 --> 00:18:58,387 We've escorted through there to save them from highwaymen. 241 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,643 We'll have you away from the King's men, and thank you for the sport of it. 242 00:19:03,934 --> 00:19:05,895 I'll get you horses and weapons. 243 00:19:06,187 --> 00:19:09,148 But you must come back here as soon as you've set His Lordship free. 244 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:10,816 That we pledge. 245 00:19:15,363 --> 00:19:16,906 Godiva. 246 00:19:19,241 --> 00:19:22,119 When my intended bide tires of waiting and goes home, 247 00:19:22,411 --> 00:19:26,082 I will make my peace with the King. Then, I will return here. 248 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,336 We should know each other so much better. 249 00:19:32,797 --> 00:19:36,801 If Your Lordship hadn't spent so many years knowing so many women so much better, 250 00:19:37,093 --> 00:19:39,136 you might have found yourself a good Saxon bride 251 00:19:39,428 --> 00:19:41,472 and have avoided facing these problems. 252 00:19:46,727 --> 00:19:49,146 He's in here. 253 00:19:57,697 --> 00:19:59,156 Reverend Prior. 254 00:19:59,824 --> 00:20:00,991 Humbert. 255 00:20:02,159 --> 00:20:06,038 - DO you accompany the King's soldiers? - NO, we came alone. 256 00:20:06,330 --> 00:20:09,208 The King in his anger ordered soldiers to come for you. 257 00:20:09,500 --> 00:20:11,752 But after prayer, repented his rashness. 258 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:15,840 - He feared it might cause bloodshed. - SO he sent us instead to get your pledge. 259 00:20:16,257 --> 00:20:18,426 That you'd return with us peaceably. 260 00:20:18,718 --> 00:20:20,302 So... 261 00:20:20,594 --> 00:20:24,014 my own prior and my own steward have turned against me. 262 00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:28,978 I would rather rot here than return to Coventry. 263 00:20:29,437 --> 00:20:31,564 I promised the King that I would being you back. 264 00:20:32,189 --> 00:20:34,817 We shall leave in the morning after mass. 265 00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:48,873 Well, whether it be a wake or a wedding, ale is ale. 266 00:20:49,665 --> 00:20:51,083 Confusion to the bride! 267 00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:54,295 I assuredly will keep her confused for the rest of her life. 268 00:20:54,587 --> 00:20:58,132 You resign yourself too easily, Milord. This marriage could yet be avoided. 269 00:20:58,966 --> 00:21:00,634 I could fall upon my sword. 270 00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:04,472 Suppose you were to inform the King that there's another whom you wish to marry. 271 00:21:04,764 --> 00:21:06,390 He'd know I was lying. 272 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:08,893 But... 273 00:21:09,185 --> 00:21:12,605 surely you must have met one of our own Saxon women 274 00:21:12,938 --> 00:21:14,440 whom you've found desirable. 275 00:21:14,732 --> 00:21:17,902 You have said yourself you've been to Edward s court with your brother. 276 00:21:18,194 --> 00:21:21,071 Have you ever beheld such delicate creatures? 277 00:21:21,363 --> 00:21:24,408 They are no different from William of Normandy's niece. 278 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:26,702 All women are not at court, Milord. 279 00:21:26,994 --> 00:21:29,747 But it seems to have become the custom to ape the Norman women 280 00:21:30,039 --> 00:21:32,666 with their vapours and faintings. 281 00:21:51,727 --> 00:21:53,938 The tavern grows cold, Milord. 282 00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:19,046 The table was too far from the fire. 283 00:22:25,928 --> 00:22:28,430 It's much lovelier outside, Milord. 284 00:22:54,832 --> 00:22:57,001 I'm not given to vapours, Milord. 285 00:22:58,586 --> 00:23:00,462 Nor have I ever fainted. 286 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:11,932 By the rood, Godiva, never have I met a woman like you. 287 00:23:25,613 --> 00:23:28,449 I told you, Milord, we have rules about Godiva. 288 00:23:28,741 --> 00:23:29,909 Forgive me. 289 00:23:30,367 --> 00:23:31,410 Laddie. 290 00:23:35,205 --> 00:23:36,707 Why you, you idiots! 291 00:23:36,999 --> 00:23:39,501 When I have need of your protection, I'll tell you. 292 00:23:45,716 --> 00:23:47,009 Oh, Leofric! 293 00:23:51,513 --> 00:23:52,890 Sheriff! 294 00:23:53,182 --> 00:23:56,143 - Quiet, you knaves! - Sheriff! 295 00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:57,311 Quiet! 296 00:23:58,687 --> 00:24:01,065 - What's the cause of all this? - His Lordship is gone! 297 00:24:01,357 --> 00:24:03,943 - During the night he disappeared. - The King will have my ears. 298 00:24:04,234 --> 00:24:05,819 Plague take your ears. 299 00:24:06,111 --> 00:24:08,739 Worry about your sister. Where he is, she is. 300 00:24:09,031 --> 00:24:09,990 Impossible! 301 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:12,826 I heard her stirring in her room a few moments ago. 302 00:24:14,662 --> 00:24:16,121 Her room? 303 00:24:18,707 --> 00:24:21,085 Earl or no earl, we will kill him! 304 00:24:29,718 --> 00:24:32,930 Arise, Leofric and Godiva, as man and wife. 305 00:24:34,848 --> 00:24:37,059 And may heaven help you both. 306 00:25:04,128 --> 00:25:06,296 Life at Coventry castle! 307 00:25:06,588 --> 00:25:10,342 Today, quarter staff and wrestling. Yesterday, wrestling bears. 308 00:25:10,634 --> 00:25:13,387 The day before, a contest between fighting dogs. 309 00:25:28,986 --> 00:25:30,529 At last. 310 00:25:31,155 --> 00:25:33,490 Our host honours us with an appearance. 311 00:25:58,974 --> 00:26:01,226 Sire, milord's, m'ladies. 312 00:26:01,518 --> 00:26:04,313 I apologise for my delay, but the matter was urgent. 313 00:26:04,605 --> 00:26:06,482 May I present the Lady Godiva... 314 00:26:07,316 --> 00:26:08,317 my wife. 315 00:26:09,943 --> 00:26:11,361 wife? 316 00:26:15,741 --> 00:26:18,869 This is the last humiliation I shall endure from my earls. 317 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,456 You summoned me to a throne I did not ask for. 318 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:28,378 I will not submit to your arrogance to keep it. 319 00:26:29,546 --> 00:26:33,592 I would have been content to live out my years in the quiet of a Norman monastery. 320 00:26:34,009 --> 00:26:37,096 But you, Godwin, reminded me of my Saxon blood. 321 00:26:37,971 --> 00:26:39,807 You insisted I was the one man 322 00:26:40,099 --> 00:26:42,392 who could unite the earls and being peace to England. 323 00:26:42,684 --> 00:26:44,269 - Sire... - But there is no peace! 324 00:26:45,354 --> 00:26:47,815 Only hatreds' and petty jealousies. 325 00:26:49,608 --> 00:26:53,028 Each earl with his own army ready to plunder his neighbour. 326 00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:56,448 Perhaps, Milord, if you had no powerful army of you own, 327 00:26:56,740 --> 00:26:59,576 you would not have dared So arrogantly to disobey me. 328 00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:04,665 It shall not happen again. From you nor from my other earls! 329 00:27:05,999 --> 00:27:08,127 My cousin William is right. 330 00:27:08,836 --> 00:27:11,046 A King must rule or be ruled. 331 00:27:11,755 --> 00:27:14,925 From this day I, and I alone, will rule England. 332 00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:19,513 There shall be one army in the realm. 333 00:27:21,640 --> 00:27:24,393 Mine! All others will be disbanded. 334 00:27:24,685 --> 00:27:28,105 I have sworn you my fealty, sire. I stand at your side. 335 00:27:28,897 --> 00:27:32,442 - You, Siward of Northumbria. - 1, too, sire. 336 00:27:34,236 --> 00:27:36,238 And you, M'lord Leofric? 337 00:27:37,447 --> 00:27:38,407 Sire... 338 00:27:39,658 --> 00:27:42,911 before the royal council is a petition from Earl Godwin 339 00:27:43,203 --> 00:27:44,997 claiming lands which are mine. 340 00:27:45,455 --> 00:27:47,624 Since Godwin is also related to you by blood, 341 00:27:47,916 --> 00:27:50,502 I may need my men-at-arms to obtain justice. 342 00:27:50,836 --> 00:27:52,379 I will tolerate no defiance. 343 00:27:52,921 --> 00:27:55,549 Unfortunately, sire, I think as you do. 344 00:27:55,841 --> 00:27:58,010 A man must rule or be ruled. 345 00:27:58,844 --> 00:28:02,055 And I shall rule over the domain which is mine... 346 00:28:03,265 --> 00:28:04,850 all of it. 347 00:28:05,642 --> 00:28:07,019 - Why... - Sire. 348 00:28:16,528 --> 00:28:18,655 I will pray for divine guidance. 349 00:28:30,375 --> 00:28:32,628 I should not have come here. 350 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,464 It would've been better if I had stayed where I belong. 351 00:28:36,673 --> 00:28:39,009 Where I am is where you belong. 352 00:28:40,761 --> 00:28:41,887 Come. 353 00:28:53,398 --> 00:28:57,694 My son Harold and I could not wish you well in front of the King without offending him. 354 00:28:58,195 --> 00:29:00,155 - We do so now. - Thank you. 355 00:29:00,864 --> 00:29:03,158 It is a small compliment to us, Godiva. 356 00:29:03,450 --> 00:29:07,162 M'lord Godwin never did approve of the idea of my marriage to the Lady Yolande. 357 00:29:07,454 --> 00:29:08,789 It frightened him. 358 00:29:09,081 --> 00:29:12,709 Anything arranged by Count Eustace is cause for all of us to be frightened. 359 00:29:13,502 --> 00:29:17,464 He is closest to the King and Norman influence at court grows stronger every day. 360 00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:20,717 Then your influence grows less, which can only be to my advantage. 361 00:29:21,009 --> 00:29:24,096 Nothing has changed, Father. words are wasted with him. 362 00:29:24,388 --> 00:29:27,266 I advise you to enjoy your marriage while you may, M'lady. 363 00:29:27,557 --> 00:29:30,727 Leofric, it is important that you and I quarrel no longer. 364 00:29:31,270 --> 00:29:32,729 We offer you our friendship. 365 00:29:33,313 --> 00:29:35,899 Do you also withdraw your claim to my lands? 366 00:29:36,191 --> 00:29:39,027 - You took them by force. - I merely took them back. 367 00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:41,655 They lie within the ancient boundaries of my earldom. 368 00:29:41,947 --> 00:29:44,908 By your stubbornness, you play into the hands of our enemies. 369 00:29:45,575 --> 00:29:48,453 The enemy I must watch is here in England. 370 00:29:49,579 --> 00:29:51,623 You have no reason to distrust me. 371 00:29:52,040 --> 00:29:55,252 For proof, I stand ready to disband my army as the King commands 372 00:29:55,544 --> 00:29:57,296 if you will pledge me the same. 373 00:29:57,671 --> 00:30:00,590 My only pledge to you is that I will keep what is mine. 374 00:30:00,882 --> 00:30:03,635 Rather than disband my army, I intend to double it. 375 00:30:13,812 --> 00:30:16,898 - What now, Eustace? - Your Grace can be magnanimous. 376 00:30:17,566 --> 00:30:20,402 We sought one ally and found a better one. 377 00:30:21,028 --> 00:30:22,321 Dissension. 378 00:30:22,988 --> 00:30:26,742 With a little encouragement, Leofric and Godwin will destroy each other. 379 00:30:34,333 --> 00:30:36,543 I shall take Lady Yolande back to Normandy. 380 00:30:38,086 --> 00:30:41,256 I leave it in the capable hands of you and Bejac 381 00:30:41,715 --> 00:30:44,885 to provide the little encouragement. 382 00:30:52,934 --> 00:30:55,520 I have brought you a sad dowry, Leofric. 383 00:30:55,812 --> 00:30:57,898 Trouble and perhaps danger. 384 00:30:58,607 --> 00:31:00,901 Danger and trouble I have always had. 385 00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:05,447 Tomorrow remind me of them and I may find a moment to worry. 386 00:31:14,831 --> 00:31:16,416 Clear a path here. 387 00:31:29,429 --> 00:31:34,017 Fit arrows. Aim. Arrows away! 388 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:40,649 It's been the same these many weeks, Milord. 389 00:31:40,941 --> 00:31:44,069 Hundreds of expert archers and not one arrow found the target! 390 00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:53,912 You, Alfred the Fletcher. 391 00:31:54,871 --> 00:31:57,332 I have seen you being down a hawk in flight. 392 00:31:58,792 --> 00:32:01,962 - The sun was in my eyes. - The sun is behind your back. 393 00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:04,548 You, John the Cooper. 394 00:32:06,633 --> 00:32:09,803 You won every prize in my archery contest last Easter. 395 00:32:10,095 --> 00:32:11,721 It was the wind. 396 00:32:12,013 --> 00:32:14,724 There is scarce enough wind to ripple a lily pond. 397 00:32:15,684 --> 00:32:17,519 Take them back to their quarters. 398 00:32:35,245 --> 00:32:39,499 They hope to wear me down, do they? Cut down their rations. Take away their ale. 399 00:32:39,875 --> 00:32:43,170 I'll turn them into fighting men if I have to do it at sword's point. 400 00:32:43,462 --> 00:32:45,755 Not even at sword's point, M'lord. 401 00:32:46,047 --> 00:32:49,801 If this were a cause in which they believed, they would serve you gladly and well. 402 00:32:50,093 --> 00:32:53,054 - Our cause is just. - Only to you. 403 00:32:54,097 --> 00:32:55,849 Godwin is your enemy, not theirs. 404 00:32:56,141 --> 00:32:59,186 That's why you have to go into their homes and take them out by force. 405 00:32:59,603 --> 00:33:03,106 There are times, Godiva, when you think like a man. This is not one of them. 406 00:33:03,398 --> 00:33:04,858 Being born of the people, Milord, 407 00:33:05,150 --> 00:33:07,986 I cannot help but think of those who do the fighting and dying. 408 00:33:08,278 --> 00:33:11,114 You should concern yourself with gentler thoughts, Milady. 409 00:33:44,105 --> 00:33:45,815 I, too, miss the laughter. 410 00:33:46,107 --> 00:33:48,818 Coventry has changed a great deal in the past month. 411 00:33:49,110 --> 00:33:53,406 Are we in town to see the weaver or did you have another reason for bringing me here? 412 00:33:55,075 --> 00:33:57,285 The weaver's shop is just around the corner. 413 00:34:03,166 --> 00:34:04,709 Oh, Milady! 414 00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:08,338 Milady, don't let them take him away! 415 00:34:08,922 --> 00:34:10,549 Of what crime is this lad guilty? 416 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,051 He's been in hiding, to escape your service. 417 00:34:13,635 --> 00:34:17,013 Do you not know the penalty? 50 lashes and an extra year of duty. 418 00:34:17,305 --> 00:34:21,434 Last month they took my father. With no one to run the smithy, my family would starve. 419 00:34:21,726 --> 00:34:24,938 I will take your lashes, Milord, but I'll not serve you. 420 00:34:25,230 --> 00:34:26,731 - Take him. - Milady! 421 00:34:27,023 --> 00:34:28,233 I pray you, Milord. 422 00:34:28,525 --> 00:34:31,278 I cannot prepare for war without causing some hardship. 423 00:34:34,781 --> 00:34:36,992 You can dispense with the lashings, Captain. 424 00:34:42,998 --> 00:34:47,419 And with the extra year of duty. But that is as far as I will go, Godiva. 425 00:34:50,839 --> 00:34:52,882 Bless you, Milady. 426 00:34:53,425 --> 00:34:56,303 I will see that your family is cared for until your return. 427 00:34:57,095 --> 00:34:58,930 Thank you, Milady. 428 00:35:06,479 --> 00:35:08,440 Your warm heart does you credit, Godiva, 429 00:35:08,732 --> 00:35:11,484 but it is necessary that my people have regard for the law. 430 00:35:11,776 --> 00:35:14,946 My greater concern is that your people have regard for you, Milord. 431 00:35:15,238 --> 00:35:16,615 You could end this misery. 432 00:35:16,906 --> 00:35:18,992 Earl Godwin has offered to disband his army 433 00:35:19,284 --> 00:35:21,036 and he only awaits your pledge to do likewise. 434 00:35:21,328 --> 00:35:23,413 We've been through this many times before, Godiva. 435 00:35:23,705 --> 00:35:24,623 I know... 436 00:35:24,914 --> 00:35:27,459 I have bade you not to concern yourself with such matters. 437 00:35:27,751 --> 00:35:29,669 The waging of war is man's affair. 438 00:35:30,086 --> 00:35:33,506 Then wage war in your way, Milord, and I'll wage war in mine. 439 00:35:40,805 --> 00:35:42,223 Godiva? 440 00:35:44,267 --> 00:35:46,227 Thank you. You may go. 441 00:35:55,487 --> 00:35:56,446 Godiva? 442 00:35:56,988 --> 00:35:59,449 Godiva, the door is bolted. 443 00:35:59,741 --> 00:36:02,285 Yes, M'lord, I bolted it. 444 00:36:02,577 --> 00:36:03,870 Then unbolt it! 445 00:36:04,496 --> 00:36:07,457 The door will remain locked until you meet with earl Godwin. 446 00:36:13,088 --> 00:36:15,465 What manner of childish play is this? 447 00:36:15,757 --> 00:36:17,467 unlock this door! 448 00:36:24,307 --> 00:36:26,768 Godiva! Godiva! 449 00:36:27,686 --> 00:36:29,396 Shouting will only make you hoarse. 450 00:36:29,688 --> 00:36:31,940 You'll need your voice to talk with Earl Godwin. 451 00:36:56,297 --> 00:36:57,674 What of Her Ladyship? 452 00:36:57,966 --> 00:36:59,884 She again ordered her food brought to her chambers. 453 00:37:00,176 --> 00:37:02,971 Did you tell her I expect her to join me in the hunt this morning? 454 00:37:03,263 --> 00:37:05,849 Yes, Milord. She again pleads an indisposition. 455 00:37:06,516 --> 00:37:09,602 By the saints, I have taken all of this that I intend to. 456 00:37:10,019 --> 00:37:13,064 - Being me wine. - At so early an hour, Milord? 457 00:37:13,732 --> 00:37:16,776 Am I or am I not master of Coventry castle? 458 00:37:29,414 --> 00:37:31,541 Godiva, unlock this door. 459 00:37:32,917 --> 00:37:34,711 unlock this door! 460 00:37:35,003 --> 00:37:37,005 His Lordship is earlier than usual. 461 00:37:53,605 --> 00:37:55,148 You may leave! 462 00:37:56,274 --> 00:37:59,360 From now on, there will be no locked doors between us. 463 00:38:01,488 --> 00:38:04,449 You are coming down to join me at the table where you belong. 464 00:38:32,352 --> 00:38:33,561 Sit down! 465 00:38:40,485 --> 00:38:45,031 I brought you to Coventry castle as my wife not as my political advisor. 466 00:38:45,573 --> 00:38:48,576 And by the saints, that is the way it is going to be. 467 00:38:58,336 --> 00:39:02,090 Go ahead. Scream! Rant! Rave at me! 468 00:39:02,757 --> 00:39:04,467 But say something! 469 00:39:05,385 --> 00:39:08,555 Milord, what would you like me to say? 470 00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:17,689 Oh! 471 00:39:17,981 --> 00:39:19,399 You win, Godiva. 472 00:39:20,483 --> 00:39:25,238 I promise you I will discuss the matter of disbanding my army with Earl Godwin. 473 00:39:26,197 --> 00:39:27,156 Now. 474 00:39:32,036 --> 00:39:33,246 What now? 475 00:39:33,538 --> 00:39:35,665 You have not yet spoken to Earl Godwin. 476 00:39:35,957 --> 00:39:39,711 - In due time, I will arrange it. - I've already had the Prior write to him. 477 00:39:41,296 --> 00:39:43,506 You dared invite Godwin here? 478 00:39:44,215 --> 00:39:45,925 Against your wishes? 479 00:39:47,176 --> 00:39:50,471 - Never, Milord. - Well, I will not go and see him. 480 00:39:50,763 --> 00:39:52,098 I wouldn't expect that. 481 00:39:52,390 --> 00:39:54,976 That's why I arranged the meeting in Lincolnshire at the Ox and Bow. 482 00:39:55,268 --> 00:39:57,520 Arranged a meeting? What right had... 483 00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:02,191 By my faith. 484 00:40:03,318 --> 00:40:06,529 Never in history has there been a woman like you. 485 00:40:15,038 --> 00:40:17,582 "And whereas said Godwin, Earl of the West Saxons, 486 00:40:17,874 --> 00:40:21,252 "doth assent to said agreement as hereinbefore set forth by said Leofric, 487 00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:23,296 "Earl of Mercia and of Coventry. 488 00:40:23,588 --> 00:40:27,216 "And whereas said Leofric doth assent to the agreement as heretofore set forth 489 00:40:27,508 --> 00:40:32,305 "In behalf of said Godwin, whereas both Earl Godwin and Leofric do mutually assent 490 00:40:32,597 --> 00:40:37,310 "and declare this instrument to be their true desire and intent, and whereas Eustace, 491 00:40:37,602 --> 00:40:41,356 "Count of Boulogne, as emissary of Edward, by the grace of God, King of England, 492 00:40:41,648 --> 00:40:44,859 "doth hereinafter sanction and accept this instrument in the King's name. 493 00:40:45,151 --> 00:40:46,319 "And whereas the intent of this..." 494 00:40:47,654 --> 00:40:50,823 Reverend Prior, I can stand no more of these "whereases". 495 00:40:51,115 --> 00:40:54,410 Does this document without end state that the disputed lands 496 00:40:54,702 --> 00:40:56,579 shall be deeded to the Order of Saint Benedict? 497 00:40:56,871 --> 00:40:57,789 Yes, M'lord. 498 00:40:58,081 --> 00:41:02,001 And my order shall use the revenues from the land entrusted to us 499 00:41:02,293 --> 00:41:05,254 to erect houses of God on both your domains. 500 00:41:07,548 --> 00:41:10,843 And do we both agree to disband our armies 501 00:41:11,135 --> 00:41:13,805 and surrender our arms and Armour to the King? 502 00:41:14,555 --> 00:41:16,975 If you wish, M'lord, I'll read that portion again. 503 00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:18,518 Heaven forbid. 504 00:41:21,604 --> 00:41:25,108 "Earl Godwin's arms are to be stored in the Royal Armoury at Gloucester, 505 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,402 "and yours in the Royal Armoury at York." 506 00:41:27,819 --> 00:41:31,364 Then let us sign the document and have done with it. 507 00:41:34,909 --> 00:41:36,619 I sign for myself... 508 00:41:38,287 --> 00:41:39,831 and my sons. 509 00:41:41,749 --> 00:41:44,877 Do I misjudge you, Count Eustace? Or does it displease you 510 00:41:45,169 --> 00:41:48,089 that my father and Lord Leofric have settled their differences? 511 00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,676 A brash question, Harold, but an interesting one. 512 00:41:52,385 --> 00:41:54,178 What do you say, Count? 513 00:41:54,470 --> 00:41:57,598 I am bid to tell you in the King's name that he is grateful. 514 00:41:57,890 --> 00:42:00,393 He pledges you will not regret this day. 515 00:42:03,896 --> 00:42:06,941 I trust that nothing, or no one, 516 00:42:07,233 --> 00:42:09,402 will interfere with the King's pledge. 517 00:42:16,826 --> 00:42:18,286 Your pardons. 518 00:42:29,839 --> 00:42:31,382 Thank you, Leoffric. 519 00:42:49,859 --> 00:42:51,360 Tell me, Godiva, 520 00:42:51,652 --> 00:42:53,946 deeding those lands to the Order of Saint Benedict 521 00:42:54,238 --> 00:42:58,159 was that truly my prior's idea or was it yours? 522 00:43:00,328 --> 00:43:02,413 I thought it was yours, Milord. 523 00:43:12,131 --> 00:43:15,718 The guards would not let us in. So we came over the rooftops. 524 00:43:19,639 --> 00:43:24,018 With Godwin here, we made it our business to be near you in case you had need of us. 525 00:43:24,602 --> 00:43:26,896 This is just like olden times, Milord. 526 00:43:27,188 --> 00:43:29,232 Food, wine and old friends. 527 00:43:29,649 --> 00:43:33,236 How quickly the hours will go by! But we'll need more wine. 528 00:43:37,281 --> 00:43:40,201 Innkeeper, go being some more wine! 529 00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:55,007 Oh! 530 00:44:03,683 --> 00:44:06,769 Saint Benedict himself could not have inspired better artisans. 531 00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:11,190 until they're hung in the convent tomorrow, you'll not hear their true tone. 532 00:44:11,607 --> 00:44:14,986 Milady, could not you and Lord Leofric leave for London a day later? 533 00:44:15,278 --> 00:44:18,364 If I had my way about it, we would not be going to London at all. 534 00:44:20,283 --> 00:44:23,953 It's the King's birthday. After all, it's only once a year. 535 00:44:24,453 --> 00:44:27,623 I would be more than content never to attend court again. 536 00:44:28,708 --> 00:44:31,752 Life cannot be perfect always, even for us. 537 00:44:32,545 --> 00:44:35,214 The King will be pleased that you no longer disobey him. 538 00:44:35,506 --> 00:44:39,594 I go only to please you. But I still wish we were staying home. 539 00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:03,034 Remember, while at court you are no longer tavern roisterers. 540 00:45:03,326 --> 00:45:05,119 Conduct yourselves accordingly. 541 00:45:05,411 --> 00:45:09,582 Why, as peaceably as three monks at their prayers, M'lord. 542 00:45:18,299 --> 00:45:19,842 Oswin, Pendar. 543 00:45:37,151 --> 00:45:38,945 The King will see you now. 544 00:46:20,444 --> 00:46:22,196 My apologies. 545 00:46:22,488 --> 00:46:25,324 I did not plan this illness to spoil your stay at court. 546 00:46:25,908 --> 00:46:27,618 What say the physicians, sire? 547 00:46:27,910 --> 00:46:30,371 Physicians are ever the same. They promise nothing. 548 00:46:31,330 --> 00:46:35,209 I believe they know nothing except to let the blood from a man's body. 549 00:46:35,501 --> 00:46:37,837 May the saints grant you a speedy recovery, sire. 550 00:46:38,129 --> 00:46:39,171 Amen. 551 00:46:40,798 --> 00:46:44,260 There are some here who do not say "Amen" to that prayer. 552 00:46:44,844 --> 00:46:47,680 No blood-letting can cure the poisonous whispers 553 00:46:47,972 --> 00:46:51,058 of the intrigues that fill the air of my court. 554 00:46:52,018 --> 00:46:55,146 The ambitions that can only be satisfied after my death. 555 00:47:03,112 --> 00:47:05,031 Sire, your midday meal. 556 00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:15,249 Gruel! 557 00:47:16,375 --> 00:47:19,628 And water thin. Is this the full meal? 558 00:47:20,504 --> 00:47:24,216 I have consulted with other learned physicians as to the King's treatment. 559 00:47:24,508 --> 00:47:27,803 All that is permitted is pigeon blood and wine and light food. 560 00:47:28,095 --> 00:47:29,138 Oh! 561 00:47:30,598 --> 00:47:32,892 Sire, I am born of the country people 562 00:47:33,184 --> 00:47:36,228 and we have need to cure our ailments without learned physicians. 563 00:47:36,604 --> 00:47:39,398 So we eat hearty, get well soon and return to our work. 564 00:47:40,441 --> 00:47:42,860 Why, even I stifle in this gloom! 565 00:47:43,611 --> 00:47:45,154 By your leave, sire. 566 00:47:46,364 --> 00:47:47,531 Godiva. 567 00:47:55,748 --> 00:47:57,666 You've need of sunshine, sire. 568 00:47:58,834 --> 00:48:01,587 And food hearty enough to return your strength. 569 00:48:02,922 --> 00:48:04,048 With your permission. 570 00:48:04,340 --> 00:48:06,467 - Fetch a joint of beef. - Beef? 571 00:48:08,386 --> 00:48:10,888 Very well, I'll find the kitchen and fetch it myself. 572 00:48:11,180 --> 00:48:14,809 And some good Saxon ale to wash it down. 573 00:48:20,815 --> 00:48:22,691 Ah, you're right! 574 00:48:23,692 --> 00:48:26,612 And it should also be served rare and not burnt to a crisp. 575 00:48:26,904 --> 00:48:28,406 Oh! Madame! 576 00:48:41,168 --> 00:48:42,336 Milord. 577 00:48:44,296 --> 00:48:48,008 I think it is important that you understand the King's bitterness towards me. 578 00:48:48,300 --> 00:48:49,760 I, erm... 579 00:48:55,015 --> 00:48:59,603 Grimald, find the wine cellar and fetch me some ale. 580 00:48:59,895 --> 00:49:01,730 - Ale? - Ale? 581 00:49:02,022 --> 00:49:04,650 - For the King. - For the King? 582 00:49:10,489 --> 00:49:14,535 I must confess I found the King's mood very disturbing. 583 00:49:16,537 --> 00:49:17,705 Forgive me. 584 00:49:19,915 --> 00:49:22,126 Edward is the last of his line. 585 00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:25,045 But unless he names his successor 586 00:49:25,337 --> 00:49:29,133 his cousin William of Normandy has the same claim to the thrown as I have. 587 00:49:29,425 --> 00:49:32,011 And you spoke to the King about this during his illness? 588 00:49:32,303 --> 00:49:33,804 I knew it would rouse his anger 589 00:49:34,096 --> 00:49:36,682 and being the enmity of Count Eustace out into the open. 590 00:49:37,141 --> 00:49:40,311 But Edward had need to be reminded that a Saxon must succeed him 591 00:49:40,603 --> 00:49:41,979 and not william the Norman. 592 00:49:42,354 --> 00:49:43,481 But... 593 00:49:43,981 --> 00:49:47,151 What of Count Eustace? He is the King's bother-in-law. 594 00:49:47,443 --> 00:49:48,819 They're not related by blood. 595 00:49:49,111 --> 00:49:51,864 Eustace and his wife have a great influence with the King. 596 00:49:52,156 --> 00:49:53,782 But as I once warned Leofric, 597 00:49:54,074 --> 00:49:56,994 their only true allegiance is to William of Normandy. 598 00:49:59,205 --> 00:50:02,791 What you're asking me to do is to get my husband's support for you. 599 00:50:03,083 --> 00:50:04,043 NO. 600 00:50:04,418 --> 00:50:07,505 My guilt for the bitter feuds of the past is too great. 601 00:50:08,130 --> 00:50:10,549 England needs a King who will unite the realm. 602 00:50:11,008 --> 00:50:13,177 I've already spoken to Siward of Northumbria. 603 00:50:13,469 --> 00:50:16,388 He is willing that my son Harold be named heir to the thrown. 604 00:50:23,687 --> 00:50:26,899 I would not suggest that you speak to Leofric, Milord. 605 00:50:28,150 --> 00:50:30,986 There's a century of hatred between your houses. 606 00:50:33,072 --> 00:50:35,824 Leofric must decide upon Harold for himself. 607 00:50:37,576 --> 00:50:41,205 With a little time, perhaps, I can help him reach that decision. 608 00:50:43,624 --> 00:50:44,667 Father. 609 00:50:47,336 --> 00:50:51,257 I seek the Captain of the Guard. Count Eustace would speak with him. 610 00:50:54,552 --> 00:50:57,680 I think it better that we do not return to the King's chamber together. 611 00:50:57,972 --> 00:51:00,558 It matters not. What Bejac knows, Eustace knows. 612 00:51:00,849 --> 00:51:04,895 Milady, whatever fate is planned for me, I am grateful for your friendship. 613 00:51:16,156 --> 00:51:17,992 You'd better leave some for the King. 614 00:51:18,284 --> 00:51:21,787 We just wanted to see if it was fit for him to drink. That's all. 615 00:51:25,708 --> 00:51:27,793 So Pendar was talking to the innkeeper 616 00:51:28,085 --> 00:51:32,089 while Oswin and I sneaked around to the back of the biggest wine cask, 617 00:51:32,381 --> 00:51:34,883 poked a hole in it and filled up our flagons. 618 00:51:36,802 --> 00:51:39,930 - 1 should have the three of you hanged. - That would be a mistake, sire. 619 00:51:40,222 --> 00:51:43,309 Honest men you can find aplenty, but three such as these are rare. 620 00:51:43,601 --> 00:51:45,561 That is very fortunate for my country. 621 00:51:45,978 --> 00:51:49,273 The truth of it is, sire, we were as innocent as babes. 622 00:51:50,065 --> 00:51:52,401 When the Sheriff, milady's brother, 623 00:51:53,027 --> 00:51:57,656 cruelly released us from a warm, cosy dungeon in the middle of the winter. 624 00:51:58,407 --> 00:52:01,493 We had no money and naturally we didn't want to work. 625 00:52:07,458 --> 00:52:11,712 It is well my wife returns from Normandy. I will go to Dover to meet here myself. 626 00:52:12,421 --> 00:52:14,632 There are matters we have to discuss. 627 00:52:32,483 --> 00:52:34,735 Dover is in the domain of Earl Godwin. 628 00:52:35,027 --> 00:52:37,655 He's given these Saxons the right to refuse us quarters. 629 00:52:37,946 --> 00:52:39,531 I am not concerned with their rights. 630 00:52:39,823 --> 00:52:42,576 I do not intend for Norman soldiers to sleep on the ground 631 00:52:42,868 --> 00:52:44,662 while Saxons lie comfortably in bed. 632 00:52:44,953 --> 00:52:46,538 As you command, Monsieur Le Comte. 633 00:52:55,464 --> 00:52:57,675 You will lodge two of my men here tonight. 634 00:53:06,934 --> 00:53:09,103 Father! 635 00:53:10,479 --> 00:53:13,357 With your permission, Monsieur Le Comte, I will lodge here. 636 00:53:14,316 --> 00:53:16,527 Nobody enters here without my permission! 637 00:53:38,006 --> 00:53:40,426 We are discussing two things only. 638 00:53:41,719 --> 00:53:44,471 The men-at-arms who were attacked were my soldiers. 639 00:53:45,222 --> 00:53:48,016 And on leaching Dover, my sister's life was endangered. 640 00:53:48,809 --> 00:53:51,562 It is your duty to see that the guilty are punished. 641 00:53:52,020 --> 00:53:55,566 We have had word from Dover, sire. Our men did not attack. 642 00:53:55,858 --> 00:53:57,943 They defended themselves against an unprovoked massacre. 643 00:53:58,235 --> 00:54:01,780 I blame myself. I disbanded my army and left my people unprotected. 644 00:54:02,072 --> 00:54:05,534 The words of Godwin suggest that he condones rebellion in his domain. 645 00:54:05,826 --> 00:54:09,204 This massacre is your doing. It is you who should be brought to account. 646 00:54:09,788 --> 00:54:13,667 In our desire for peace, Leofric and I have rendered England defenceless. 647 00:54:13,959 --> 00:54:16,336 - Defenceless, against whom? - Your Royal Army. 648 00:54:16,628 --> 00:54:18,464 Normans who do his bidding in your name. 649 00:54:18,756 --> 00:54:21,133 Godwin, you threaten the peace of the realm. 650 00:54:21,425 --> 00:54:25,804 Sire, is the Norman influence so strong that your eyes will not see the danger? 651 00:54:26,096 --> 00:54:29,683 The danger to you is clear, sire. It lies in Godwin's defiance. 652 00:54:30,851 --> 00:54:33,979 You spoke of my duty, sire. Itis to my people. 653 00:54:35,189 --> 00:54:38,400 You leave me no choice. I go to rearm them. 654 00:54:47,367 --> 00:54:49,828 The penalty for high treason is death. 655 00:54:50,829 --> 00:54:52,664 The bloodshed would not stop with Godwin. 656 00:54:52,956 --> 00:54:55,751 It will start with Godwin if he remains in England. 657 00:55:03,050 --> 00:55:05,177 Prepare an edict of banishment. 658 00:55:05,469 --> 00:55:08,388 Godwin and his sons are to leave England forever... 659 00:55:09,389 --> 00:55:11,266 and their estates be confiscated. 660 00:55:11,558 --> 00:55:12,976 At once. 661 00:55:14,937 --> 00:55:17,523 Bejac, seize them before they leave the castle. 662 00:55:17,815 --> 00:55:20,400 They are to be given safe conduct out of the country. 663 00:55:21,318 --> 00:55:24,947 Unfortunately, treason is contagious. 664 00:55:25,239 --> 00:55:27,157 Even with Godwin in banishment 665 00:55:27,449 --> 00:55:30,118 to protect the realm, we shall need a larger army. 666 00:55:31,119 --> 00:55:34,665 - To protect it against whom? - Godwin has friends. 667 00:55:35,290 --> 00:55:37,501 Siward of Northumbria left court this morning. 668 00:55:37,835 --> 00:55:40,963 Was it to avoid declaring between Godwin and the King? 669 00:55:41,296 --> 00:55:42,673 Siward is no fool. 670 00:55:42,965 --> 00:55:46,677 Dover proved what happens to farmers with stones against men-at-arms. 671 00:55:47,219 --> 00:55:48,887 He will heed the lesson well. 672 00:55:49,179 --> 00:55:52,015 - And you? - Nor am a fool. 673 00:55:53,392 --> 00:55:56,311 Besides, sire, I have never been a friend of Godwin. 674 00:55:58,939 --> 00:56:00,440 By your leave, sire. 675 00:56:06,071 --> 00:56:08,240 I cannot believe it. M'lords. 676 00:56:18,959 --> 00:56:20,878 The King wishes your presence, Milady. 677 00:56:22,379 --> 00:56:24,590 And I wish to see the King. 678 00:56:27,175 --> 00:56:31,221 Sire, is exile to be the punishment of all those who oppose Count Eustace? 679 00:56:31,847 --> 00:56:35,017 I beg you, recall Godwin before itis too late. 680 00:56:35,642 --> 00:56:38,145 You see, Milord, your lack of friendship for Godwin 681 00:56:38,437 --> 00:56:39,938 finds little favour with your lady. 682 00:56:40,230 --> 00:56:42,357 The matter is not my wife's concern. 683 00:56:42,691 --> 00:56:45,611 With your permission, sire, she will retire to her chambers. 684 00:56:45,903 --> 00:56:47,404 It is the concern of all of us. 685 00:56:48,155 --> 00:56:51,992 Leofric, our only hope is if you stand with Godwin. 686 00:56:53,035 --> 00:56:54,786 With him destroyed, you may be next. 687 00:56:55,329 --> 00:56:58,248 I will help you better understand your wife, Milord. 688 00:56:58,540 --> 00:57:01,710 She intrigued with Godwin to have Harold named successor to the thrown. 689 00:57:02,002 --> 00:57:03,712 Ask her to tell you about it. 690 00:57:04,504 --> 00:57:07,841 Are you both too blind to see that Godwin is right? 691 00:57:08,717 --> 00:57:10,260 Where stand you now, Milord? 692 00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:17,267 Now, as always, my sword is pledged to my King. 693 00:57:18,685 --> 00:57:21,939 And what is your hoped for reward? Godwin's estates? 694 00:57:23,148 --> 00:57:26,443 Will you confine yourself to the social aspects of this court? 695 00:57:26,735 --> 00:57:28,904 Leave political matters to me. 696 00:57:30,447 --> 00:57:33,992 Then take care of them both. I am retuning to Coventry. 697 00:57:39,039 --> 00:57:43,460 Pray with me, Milord. This has been a bitter day for us both. 698 00:58:00,852 --> 00:58:02,980 All you have summoned are here, Godiva. 699 00:58:07,150 --> 00:58:08,735 I have just had word from my brother. 700 00:58:09,027 --> 00:58:12,739 The tax collectors are in Lincolnshire and they'll be retuning to London tomorrow. 701 00:58:13,031 --> 00:58:14,616 We will give them a warm welcome. 702 00:58:14,908 --> 00:58:18,537 Aye! And where it hurts most, in their fat collections. 703 00:58:18,829 --> 00:58:19,871 Aye! 704 00:58:20,163 --> 00:58:22,666 - I have 30 men from Ludlow. - And 24 from Wolverton. 705 00:58:22,958 --> 00:58:24,126 19 from Banbury. 706 00:58:24,418 --> 00:58:27,504 We have enough men. If only we had more weapons. 707 00:58:27,796 --> 00:58:31,091 The King has already taken my father's arms that were stored in Gloucester. 708 00:58:31,383 --> 00:58:34,428 But soon he will be moving Earl Leofric's from the armoury in York. 709 00:58:34,720 --> 00:58:36,805 When he does, we must be ready. 710 00:58:37,097 --> 00:58:40,100 until then, we must be satisfied with tax collectors. 711 00:58:40,392 --> 00:58:42,811 We'd better disperse now and quickly. 712 00:58:58,660 --> 00:59:00,704 When did Harold return to England? 713 00:59:00,996 --> 00:59:05,208 - He has been at Coventry castle for a week. - Coventry castle? 714 00:59:07,044 --> 00:59:08,628 A fuller purse 715 00:59:08,920 --> 00:59:12,841 if you find out when Godwin and his other sons land in England. 716 00:59:13,341 --> 00:59:17,596 Any service I can render, you have but to call on Tom the Tailor. 717 00:59:19,431 --> 00:59:23,560 "It is decreed by King Edward that the tax on Coventry 718 00:59:23,852 --> 00:59:26,646 "for the support of the Royal Army is doubled." 719 00:59:31,693 --> 00:59:34,112 I assume, Sheriff of Lincolnshire, 720 00:59:34,404 --> 00:59:36,907 you have no idea who is behind these raids? 721 00:59:37,657 --> 00:59:39,826 - No, Count Eustace. - Nor what lies behind them? 722 00:59:40,118 --> 00:59:43,622 These outlaws steal the King's tax money. What else could it be? 723 00:59:44,081 --> 00:59:46,583 Possibly a plan to being Earl Godwin back to England. 724 00:59:47,334 --> 00:59:50,420 ... 1 know of no such plan. 725 00:59:50,712 --> 00:59:53,632 And you, Lord Leofric, since this is your domain, 726 00:59:53,924 --> 00:59:56,802 mayhap you have an idea who foments this rebellion. 727 00:59:57,094 --> 01:00:00,180 How would I know? I've not been away from court. 728 01:00:00,555 --> 01:00:03,308 Sire, if there is danger of Godwin returning to England, 729 01:00:03,600 --> 01:00:05,185 every shore should be guarded. 730 01:00:05,936 --> 01:00:09,314 Yet Count Eustace is preparing to dispatch a good part of your army 731 01:00:09,606 --> 01:00:11,733 to convoy the arms from York to London. 732 01:00:13,819 --> 01:00:17,572 Sire, place a small force of men at my command. 733 01:00:17,864 --> 01:00:20,075 And I promise to put an end to these disturbances 734 01:00:20,367 --> 01:00:21,993 and make the roads safe. 735 01:00:22,285 --> 01:00:24,830 And do you also promise to punish the leaders? 736 01:00:25,122 --> 01:00:26,498 That is most important. 737 01:00:26,790 --> 01:00:30,001 Then your loyalty to the King will indeed be tested, Milord. 738 01:00:30,710 --> 01:00:33,046 The leaded of the rebels is your wife. 739 01:00:36,591 --> 01:00:41,221 I have proof, sire, that Lady Godiva has kept Godwin's son Harold 740 01:00:41,513 --> 01:00:43,473 hidden in Coventry castle. 741 01:00:43,765 --> 01:00:47,477 - It is they who conspire against you. - I refuse to believe that. 742 01:00:48,478 --> 01:00:49,896 Which, Milord? 743 01:00:50,188 --> 01:00:54,818 That they conspire against the King? Or that they live together under one roof? 744 01:00:59,030 --> 01:01:01,700 Sire, itis now more than a question of treason. 745 01:01:02,409 --> 01:01:04,536 My personal honour is involved. 746 01:01:05,078 --> 01:01:07,956 If there is a guilt, I shall determine the punishment. 747 01:01:09,082 --> 01:01:11,042 I demand that right. 748 01:01:13,712 --> 01:01:15,088 I will not deny it to you. 749 01:01:15,881 --> 01:01:18,008 You and your men will go with Lord Leofric. 750 01:01:18,842 --> 01:01:22,345 We can ill afford to lose So loyal a servant, sire. 751 01:01:50,832 --> 01:01:53,418 It's from your brother. The messenger said it is urgent. 752 01:01:53,710 --> 01:01:55,086 He rode all night. 753 01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:10,685 His personal honour. 754 01:02:11,895 --> 01:02:14,272 My husband has forgotten the meaning of the word. 755 01:02:14,564 --> 01:02:17,651 What has happened to Leofric that he believes these lies of you? 756 01:02:18,777 --> 01:02:20,987 He is not the same man you bound me to. 757 01:02:21,279 --> 01:02:24,699 You must go to the convent, Godiva. You can claim sanctuary there. 758 01:02:25,367 --> 01:02:28,536 No. First I must stop Godwin. He's already in England. 759 01:02:28,828 --> 01:02:31,498 Harold has gone to meet him and they're on their way here. 760 01:02:31,790 --> 01:02:35,210 I will get word to them somehow... to go to the monastery at Warwick. 761 01:02:35,502 --> 01:02:38,505 They will be safest there. You must go quickly. 762 01:02:39,005 --> 01:02:42,384 Should harm come to you, the heart will go out of our people. 763 01:02:44,344 --> 01:02:48,056 Little did I dream when Leofric and I built the convent 764 01:02:48,473 --> 01:02:51,268 that one day I would hide from him behind its walls. 765 01:03:14,541 --> 01:03:16,835 I was told at Coventry castle my wife is here. 766 01:03:17,127 --> 01:03:19,337 - Yes, Milord. - I wish to see her. 767 01:03:19,629 --> 01:03:21,548 She does not wish to see you. 768 01:03:21,923 --> 01:03:24,759 By thunder, I will see her if I have to batter down the door! 769 01:03:25,051 --> 01:03:27,387 This house is consecrated to God. 770 01:03:27,804 --> 01:03:30,807 Not even the King can violate its sanctuary. 771 01:03:35,603 --> 01:03:37,689 There is still Harold, Milord. 772 01:03:38,356 --> 01:03:41,901 I will find him if I have to level every building in my domain. 773 01:03:42,694 --> 01:03:45,655 No rebel that has given him shelter shall remain unpunished. 774 01:04:09,554 --> 01:04:11,431 These prisoners were taken at Warwick, Milord. 775 01:04:11,723 --> 01:04:12,640 Any word of Harold? 776 01:04:12,932 --> 01:04:15,352 A report that he was seen on the road to warwick took me there. 777 01:04:15,643 --> 01:04:18,730 More than that, his father and brothers are said to be with him. 778 01:04:19,022 --> 01:04:20,357 Obviously, you did not find him. 779 01:04:20,648 --> 01:04:23,526 We ransacked every building in town except the monastery. 780 01:04:23,818 --> 01:04:25,111 And why not the monastery? 781 01:04:25,403 --> 01:04:28,698 Knowing the King's piety, I dared not violate its sanctuary. 782 01:04:28,990 --> 01:04:31,826 I do not share your scruples about monasteries, Captain. 783 01:04:32,118 --> 01:04:36,373 Take all these prisoners to the dungeon. Tell Bejac I have ridden to Warwick myself. 784 01:04:43,838 --> 01:04:46,341 We reached Warwick an hour after it happened. 785 01:04:46,633 --> 01:04:48,176 Leofric himself led the Normans. 786 01:04:48,468 --> 01:04:51,596 They forced their way into the monastery and took all the monks prisoner. 787 01:04:51,888 --> 01:04:53,807 - But what of Godwin and his sons? - No word. 788 01:04:54,099 --> 01:04:58,061 - That gives us hope they may have escaped. - Had they been taken, we would have heard. 789 01:05:02,524 --> 01:05:04,859 Our cause is lost unless I can reason with Leoftric. 790 01:05:05,151 --> 01:05:07,821 Reason with him? Why, he is a madman. 791 01:05:08,113 --> 01:05:12,117 Most of the able-bodied men in Coventry are rotting in his castle dungeon. 792 01:05:12,992 --> 01:05:14,577 He loved me once. 793 01:05:15,703 --> 01:05:17,205 He might still listen to me. 794 01:05:20,417 --> 01:05:21,709 I will go to him. 795 01:05:23,044 --> 01:05:27,006 Milady, Norman soldiers are everywhere. You'd be killed before you reached him. 796 01:05:29,968 --> 01:05:30,927 Then... 797 01:05:32,178 --> 01:05:35,223 Then find Humbert. Have him go to Leofric. 798 01:05:35,515 --> 01:05:39,477 And take a message to him that I am ready to give myself up if he will come here. 799 01:05:39,769 --> 01:05:43,106 He'll come here, all right, with 50 Norman soldiers. 800 01:05:43,398 --> 01:05:45,775 There is no other way. I wish there were. 801 01:05:46,693 --> 01:05:48,570 Go quickly. Find Humbert. 802 01:05:59,914 --> 01:06:01,916 You're sure they brought the message themselves? 803 01:06:02,208 --> 01:06:04,627 Yes, Milord. Grimald, Oswin and Pendar. 804 01:06:04,919 --> 01:06:08,006 They're waiting beyond the west wall to take you to Lady Godiva. 805 01:06:11,718 --> 01:06:13,511 You may go. 806 01:06:31,321 --> 01:06:33,239 You'd best order us killed, Leofric, 807 01:06:33,531 --> 01:06:36,910 for if live, one day my hands will find your throat. 808 01:06:38,703 --> 01:06:41,289 Put them in the dungeon with the others. 809 01:06:44,501 --> 01:06:47,629 Milord, I served your father. I've been loyal to you. 810 01:06:48,087 --> 01:06:51,341 - But in the face of such treachery... - Take him along, too. 811 01:07:01,059 --> 01:07:05,980 - There's the last of your rebel leaders. - All but Godwin and his sons. 812 01:07:06,356 --> 01:07:08,525 At best, they're powerless. 813 01:07:09,150 --> 01:07:12,320 unless they're fools, they've left England by now. 814 01:07:14,030 --> 01:07:17,909 Let us drink to a task well done. 815 01:07:18,284 --> 01:07:21,120 You can now safely order the arms moved from York. 816 01:07:26,501 --> 01:07:27,961 You do not drink. 817 01:07:28,253 --> 01:07:30,630 I shall send the order to York at once. 818 01:07:57,240 --> 01:08:00,368 My wine cellar lies around... 819 01:08:02,745 --> 01:08:03,746 there. 820 01:08:04,038 --> 01:08:05,748 Come, a drink for you. 821 01:08:08,251 --> 01:08:10,628 Come! Drink. 822 01:08:49,917 --> 01:08:51,919 The traitor has come to gloat over us. 823 01:08:55,006 --> 01:08:58,259 Listen to me! Stop I tell you. 824 01:08:58,968 --> 01:09:01,304 He betrayed us once. This is some new treachery. 825 01:09:01,596 --> 01:09:04,223 - Aye! - He betrayed no one. 826 01:09:04,974 --> 01:09:06,809 He had us brought here because this dungeon 827 01:09:07,101 --> 01:09:08,645 was the safest place in England for us. 828 01:09:08,936 --> 01:09:11,189 Do none of you know Earl Godwin? 829 01:09:13,232 --> 01:09:15,735 It was the only way I could get enough of my men together 830 01:09:16,027 --> 01:09:17,570 without rousing suspicion. 831 01:09:18,571 --> 01:09:21,157 Humbert, release the other prisoners. 832 01:09:21,741 --> 01:09:25,745 By morning, there'll be enough arms coming from York to furnish a Saxon army. 833 01:09:26,037 --> 01:09:27,497 Three of you, come with me. 834 01:10:14,293 --> 01:10:15,461 Fool! 835 01:10:15,753 --> 01:10:19,382 Tomorrow I'll have a thousand men scouring the countryside to find you. 836 01:10:19,674 --> 01:10:22,385 Good night and sleep well. 837 01:10:44,615 --> 01:10:46,826 Open up here. Make way. 838 01:10:47,160 --> 01:10:50,371 Be this one of the shipments of arms from York to London? 839 01:10:50,663 --> 01:10:52,165 How did you know? 840 01:12:02,151 --> 01:12:04,070 A column of soldiers approaches. 841 01:12:06,823 --> 01:12:08,908 Enough! Away from here. 842 01:12:12,453 --> 01:12:14,038 Make haste, Harold! 843 01:12:19,418 --> 01:12:21,003 Take the Sutton road. 844 01:13:15,224 --> 01:13:16,517 Ride to London. 845 01:13:16,809 --> 01:13:18,686 Inform Count Eustace of Leofric's treachery 846 01:13:18,978 --> 01:13:21,355 and that we hold him prisoner in his own castle. 847 01:13:21,647 --> 01:13:25,151 You might also inform him that Godwin is now well armed. 848 01:13:25,443 --> 01:13:27,194 So much the worse for you, Milord. 849 01:13:27,486 --> 01:13:29,989 I wish I could be there when Count Eustace is told 850 01:13:30,281 --> 01:13:33,451 how you spent the night in the castle dungeon in your nightshirt. 851 01:13:34,285 --> 01:13:35,870 Captain. 852 01:13:36,162 --> 01:13:38,164 Have your laugh now, Milord. 853 01:13:39,165 --> 01:13:40,333 Bejac! 854 01:13:46,088 --> 01:13:49,550 Leofric, forgive me for having so little faith in you. 855 01:13:49,842 --> 01:13:52,553 There is nothing to forgive, except your coming here. 856 01:13:52,845 --> 01:13:54,305 My gratitude, Milady. 857 01:13:54,597 --> 01:13:58,684 You have saved me the unpleasant task of battering down the doors of the convent. 858 01:13:59,185 --> 01:14:01,979 The wound is not serious. It will heal quickly. 859 01:14:02,772 --> 01:14:05,775 He will live long enough to reach the gallows with you. 860 01:14:07,151 --> 01:14:10,655 So touching a reunion should have the benefit of privacy. 861 01:14:11,489 --> 01:14:14,867 I leave you to enjoy your short time together. 862 01:14:16,577 --> 01:14:19,789 Also tell Count Eustace we have Lady Godiva. 863 01:14:20,498 --> 01:14:22,750 If I had known it would being you here, 864 01:14:23,042 --> 01:14:25,127 I would have forbidden your learning the truth. 865 01:14:25,419 --> 01:14:29,757 I would have come anyway. Without you, there is no life for me. 866 01:14:30,341 --> 01:14:33,344 All these months, thinking that you were a traitor... 867 01:14:33,636 --> 01:14:36,347 It was my only chance to play for time. 868 01:14:36,639 --> 01:14:40,935 You yourself warned me at court. With Godwin destroyed, I would be next. 869 01:14:42,353 --> 01:14:46,565 Grimald insists now that he knew it all the while. He sent you this message. 870 01:14:47,441 --> 01:14:51,529 He said you were to get a stout stick and beat me well for doubting you. 871 01:14:51,821 --> 01:14:54,782 I was of that mind when I came to the convent to speak to you 872 01:14:55,074 --> 01:14:56,617 and you would not see me. 873 01:14:56,909 --> 01:15:00,079 And now, I am too weak. 874 01:15:01,205 --> 01:15:03,541 You'll be strong soon, M'lord. 875 01:15:16,262 --> 01:15:19,682 You were told not to come here again. Return to your homes. 876 01:15:29,567 --> 01:15:32,820 Do you then deny, Lord Leofric, Lady Godiva, 877 01:15:33,112 --> 01:15:35,948 that you worked secretly to being Earl Godwin back to England? 878 01:15:38,242 --> 01:15:39,952 We freely admit it. 879 01:15:40,244 --> 01:15:42,997 Then you admit you both conspired against the peace of the realm? 880 01:15:43,289 --> 01:15:46,709 Itis you that has conspired against the peace of the realm, Count Eustace. 881 01:15:47,001 --> 01:15:49,795 You will do well to remember who is on trial, Milord. 882 01:15:51,756 --> 01:15:54,675 It is not Lady Godiva and I, but you, sire. 883 01:15:55,551 --> 01:15:58,596 You were bought to the throne to unite the Earls of England. 884 01:15:59,513 --> 01:16:01,891 They are united. But against you! 885 01:16:03,601 --> 01:16:06,520 Why? Where have I failed my people? 886 01:16:06,937 --> 01:16:10,107 There is only one way to put down rebellion. Destroy the leaders. 887 01:16:11,442 --> 01:16:15,362 Sire, milord's, my death will be of small importance. 888 01:16:15,654 --> 01:16:18,574 But execute Godiva... 889 01:16:18,866 --> 01:16:21,035 and she will become a martyr to the Saxon cause 890 01:16:21,327 --> 01:16:23,621 and there will indeed be war in the land! 891 01:16:23,954 --> 01:16:27,792 Sire, the loyalty of the Saxons is as changeable as the wind. 892 01:16:28,292 --> 01:16:31,337 Not many days ago, you were hated even by your own wife. 893 01:16:31,629 --> 01:16:34,840 You were Leofric the Tyrant, the foul oppressor of your own people. 894 01:16:35,132 --> 01:16:36,801 Now, you are their hero. 895 01:16:37,093 --> 01:16:38,844 It will be so with Lady Godiva. 896 01:16:39,136 --> 01:16:42,139 Today their champion, tomorrow a tavern jest. 897 01:16:45,726 --> 01:16:48,479 Count Eustace again underestimates the Saxons. 898 01:16:48,771 --> 01:16:52,900 On the contrary, Milord Leofric, itis Saxon justice that I ask. 899 01:16:54,485 --> 01:16:59,198 Lady Godiva and Godwin's son Harold were in Coventry castle for many weeks. 900 01:17:03,035 --> 01:17:07,081 In olden days, the Saxons drove a faithless wife through the streets unclothed 901 01:17:07,373 --> 01:17:08,874 to prove her shame. 902 01:17:09,166 --> 01:17:10,751 Let it be so with Godiva. 903 01:17:11,043 --> 01:17:13,212 The people will behave as they did in the past. 904 01:17:13,504 --> 01:17:16,465 A holiday will be declared with drinking and dancing. 905 01:17:16,799 --> 01:17:20,302 At the end of her ride, they will stone her to death. 906 01:17:21,095 --> 01:17:23,514 That was a barbaric custom best forgotten. 907 01:17:23,848 --> 01:17:25,850 But think, sire, milord's, 908 01:17:26,142 --> 01:17:29,436 she dies in disgrace, not as a martyr. 909 01:17:30,104 --> 01:17:32,439 I will have none of it. 910 01:17:33,274 --> 01:17:36,443 If she dies, it will be as befits her rank. 911 01:17:36,819 --> 01:17:39,780 Sire, milord's... 912 01:17:41,282 --> 01:17:44,785 Count Eustace assures you that the Saxons will desert their earls. 913 01:17:45,911 --> 01:17:50,416 But I tell you that they only await the command to rise against you. 914 01:17:53,169 --> 01:17:55,546 If I can prove to you, sire, 915 01:17:55,838 --> 01:17:59,675 how great the Saxon loyalty is to their own... 916 01:17:59,967 --> 01:18:03,012 will you meet in council with Earl Godwin? 917 01:18:06,765 --> 01:18:09,977 I will do anything to prevent war in my kingdom. 918 01:18:12,563 --> 01:18:14,440 Then proclaim on the morrow... 919 01:18:18,402 --> 01:18:20,446 that I will make such a ride 920 01:18:20,738 --> 01:18:24,241 as Count Eustace proposes through the streets of Coventry. 921 01:18:24,950 --> 01:18:26,702 Are you mad, Godiva? 922 01:18:30,372 --> 01:18:32,583 I know my people, King Edward. 923 01:18:33,209 --> 01:18:36,503 There will be no holiday, no merrymaking in the streets... 924 01:18:38,339 --> 01:18:41,300 and there will be no person in all of Coventry 925 01:18:41,592 --> 01:18:43,636 who will look upon my nakedness. 926 01:20:55,267 --> 01:20:56,393 Tom! 927 01:21:45,984 --> 01:21:49,363 When he gets off his knees, he will send for Godwin. 928 01:21:50,155 --> 01:21:54,076 You will have one hundred of your best men on guard in the castle. 929 01:21:55,119 --> 01:21:56,954 Choose them carefully. 930 01:22:48,964 --> 01:22:51,592 We should be humbly grateful, Godwin. 931 01:22:52,092 --> 01:22:54,011 Were it not for Lady Godiva 932 01:22:54,303 --> 01:22:58,849 by now you and I, in our arrogance, would have plunged our people into war. 933 01:22:59,975 --> 01:23:03,479 Sire, like yours, my deepest prayer has been for peace. 934 01:23:04,354 --> 01:23:07,941 But there is one great obstacle to peace which must be removed. 935 01:23:08,233 --> 01:23:10,444 Order the Normans out of England! 936 01:23:11,278 --> 01:23:15,032 And suppose, Earl Godwin, the Normans refuse to leave? 937 01:23:16,283 --> 01:23:18,243 Then they will be driven out. 938 01:23:20,537 --> 01:23:21,955 En garde! 939 01:23:35,719 --> 01:23:37,596 What treachery is this? 940 01:23:37,888 --> 01:23:40,891 In one move, we rid England of the troublemakers. 941 01:23:41,558 --> 01:23:43,727 I pledged my word they would be heard in peace. 942 01:23:44,019 --> 01:23:46,188 A pledge can also be broken, sire. 943 01:23:47,189 --> 01:23:50,567 Now, I begin to see where the real treason in my kingdom lies. 944 01:23:51,235 --> 01:23:54,238 I am a Saxon! I will rule over a Saxon England. 945 01:23:54,530 --> 01:23:56,657 You have made the wrong choice, Edward. 946 01:23:59,243 --> 01:24:01,745 Put up your swords or Count Eustace dies. 947 01:24:02,538 --> 01:24:03,705 Bejac. 948 01:24:07,960 --> 01:24:09,086 Sire! 949 01:24:22,808 --> 01:24:24,101 Grimald. 950 01:24:45,622 --> 01:24:48,375 Around to the other door, you fools. 951 01:24:53,213 --> 01:24:56,258 Hold him. Hold him right there. 952 01:25:10,772 --> 01:25:14,276 Even if I die, not one of you will escape. 953 01:25:15,027 --> 01:25:18,238 A Norman will yet sit on the throne of England. 954 01:25:18,530 --> 01:25:21,408 I have no intention of killing you, Count Eustace. 955 01:25:25,078 --> 01:25:27,414 You could've come closer by almost a finger. 956 01:25:28,290 --> 01:25:29,666 Fully two fingers. 957 01:25:35,422 --> 01:25:37,466 As well as I could have done myself. 958 01:25:46,058 --> 01:25:49,019 Now! Have a care. You'll hurt the poor man. 959 01:25:50,228 --> 01:25:52,189 Leofric, I pray you, stop this savage game. 960 01:25:52,481 --> 01:25:56,568 Sire, itis possible to wound a man a thousand times before killing him. 961 01:26:07,496 --> 01:26:10,999 What say you now, Eustace? Will you leave England with your Normans? 962 01:26:11,917 --> 01:26:16,004 Time runs out. The other cheek, then the eyes. 963 01:26:24,137 --> 01:26:25,847 I pledge my word. 964 01:26:34,314 --> 01:26:36,274 A pledge from you is not enough. 965 01:26:36,566 --> 01:26:37,651 Prior. 966 01:26:38,902 --> 01:26:40,320 A sacred oath. 967 01:26:45,909 --> 01:26:51,164 I vow on the Holy Cross to leave England 968 01:26:51,456 --> 01:26:53,291 and take the Normans with me. 969 01:27:02,884 --> 01:27:04,720 Non! Arretez, Bejac. 970 01:27:11,309 --> 01:27:13,019 Suivez-moi. 971 01:27:20,652 --> 01:27:24,322 I pray God to let me reign long enough to atone for the evil I have done. 972 01:27:24,781 --> 01:27:29,286 But if God wills otherwise, I appoint your son Harold my heir. 973 01:27:30,370 --> 01:27:33,165 My son and I pledge you our full allegiance, sire. 974 01:27:34,583 --> 01:27:38,670 But I fear you will have to be satisfied with a divided allegiance from Leofric. 975 01:27:41,381 --> 01:27:45,260 Leofric, I once told you that I was not given to vapours or fainting. 976 01:27:45,552 --> 01:27:46,553 Yes. 977 01:27:46,845 --> 01:27:49,431 But if you'll allow me just this one faint, 978 01:27:49,723 --> 01:27:52,434 I'm sure that the King will forgive our absence. 979 01:27:56,980 --> 01:27:58,148 Milady! 980 01:27:59,441 --> 01:28:00,776 Godiva!