1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,875 "Who first invented these horrific arms? 4 00:00:53,041 --> 00:00:55,833 Henceforth, carnage and war erupted, 5 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:59,250 the straightest path to cruel death opened. 6 00:00:59,375 --> 00:01:01,458 Yet, blame not that wretch… 7 00:01:02,958 --> 00:01:05,291 for we make poor use of what he gave us 8 00:01:05,375 --> 00:01:08,208 for self-defense against ferocious beasts." 9 00:01:16,583 --> 00:01:18,416 {\an8}As the hour approached… 10 00:01:21,833 --> 00:01:25,708 {\an8}…for which fate, with God's consent, 11 00:01:25,916 --> 00:01:30,000 {\an8}appointed as our lordship's last, 12 00:01:30,750 --> 00:01:33,083 {\an8}each of us, forgetful of himself… 13 00:01:33,333 --> 00:01:34,916 {\an8}FEDERICO GONZAGA MARQUIS OF MANTUA 14 00:01:35,125 --> 00:01:38,416 …wept with grief how destiny… 15 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:40,000 LOYSO GONZAGA COUSIN OF FEDERICO 16 00:01:40,083 --> 00:01:44,000 …would senselessly bring death, at war's greatest need… 17 00:01:45,458 --> 00:01:49,000 to a captain so noble and brave. 18 00:01:55,291 --> 00:01:59,625 He had little occasion in this last war he waged, 19 00:01:59,791 --> 00:02:03,166 for feats of arms, we'd come to expect of him. 20 00:02:03,250 --> 00:02:04,958 {\an8}GROOM OF CAPTAIN DE MEDICI 21 00:02:05,041 --> 00:02:06,666 {\an8}For these days, 22 00:02:06,833 --> 00:02:10,666 {\an8}it is custom to proceed above all by intrigue 23 00:02:10,875 --> 00:02:12,666 and political maneuvering. 24 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:25,791 Dispatch from his Lordship Federico Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 25 00:02:25,916 --> 00:02:28,791 to the Rt. Hon. Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara… 26 00:02:28,875 --> 00:02:30,458 {\an8}ALFONSO D'ESTE - DUKE OF FERRARA 27 00:02:30,541 --> 00:02:34,166 {\an8}Milord Giovannino was brought to Mantua yesterday, 28 00:02:34,250 --> 00:02:37,333 {\an8}to be treated for a wound to his leg 29 00:02:37,500 --> 00:02:40,833 sustained in a skirmish with Frundsberg Germans. 30 00:02:41,291 --> 00:02:45,583 But doctors pronounced him in mortal danger. 31 00:02:59,041 --> 00:03:03,416 'Tis not enough to be loyal and valorous in arms… 32 00:03:03,500 --> 00:03:04,458 {\an8}DUKE OF URBINO 33 00:03:04,541 --> 00:03:06,208 {\an8}…as you have been, 34 00:03:06,708 --> 00:03:10,166 {\an8}if the good name which is yours is not bolstered 35 00:03:11,125 --> 00:03:13,083 by the religion of our faith, 36 00:03:13,916 --> 00:03:18,375 under whose precepts we were born, and have lived. 37 00:03:20,708 --> 00:03:21,875 Near daybreak, 38 00:03:22,875 --> 00:03:26,416 he came back to himself, in torment of every kind. 39 00:03:26,833 --> 00:03:29,250 And the instant he saw me, 40 00:03:29,375 --> 00:03:33,083 he ordered me to have Maria, his wife, 41 00:03:33,791 --> 00:03:35,625 {\an8}send him his son Cosimo. 42 00:03:35,708 --> 00:03:36,833 {\an8}WIFE OF JOANNI DE MEDICI 43 00:03:36,916 --> 00:03:40,875 {\an8}As he spoke, death, who called him to the earth, 44 00:03:40,958 --> 00:03:43,041 redoubled his sorrow. 45 00:03:44,916 --> 00:03:49,791 He ordered me to have his camp bed brought to him, 46 00:03:49,875 --> 00:03:51,625 so as to die as a soldier. 47 00:03:52,791 --> 00:03:57,125 At that, his eyes glazed over and light, 48 00:03:57,208 --> 00:04:00,583 gave way to perpetual darkness. 49 00:04:01,083 --> 00:04:03,541 I learned even His Holiness was moved. 50 00:04:04,166 --> 00:04:06,666 Though, he could not help but grieve 51 00:04:06,750 --> 00:04:10,208 the tragic fate of Milord Giovanni, his nephew, 52 00:04:10,791 --> 00:04:12,916 the Holy Father recognized 53 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,291 {\an8}the evil side he knew was in him, taking precedence over good. 54 00:04:16,375 --> 00:04:18,041 {\an8}MATTEO CUSASTRO CHANCELLOR OF GONZAGA 55 00:04:19,416 --> 00:04:21,416 But say nothing more of this… 56 00:04:22,458 --> 00:04:25,583 since God has found a remedy. 57 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:47,500 The Rt. Hon. Lord Giovanni de' Medici, 58 00:04:47,666 --> 00:04:53,958 Captain of His Holiness Pope Clement VII's army, 59 00:04:54,041 --> 00:04:57,541 {\an8}remained ill for four days 60 00:04:57,708 --> 00:04:59,833 {\an8}then died in the land of Grifone… 61 00:04:59,916 --> 00:05:02,208 {\an8}LIFE AND ARMY LIFE OF JOANNI DALLE BANDE NERE 62 00:05:02,291 --> 00:05:04,000 {\an8}…of the fever 63 00:05:04,166 --> 00:05:09,375 {\an8}after being wounded in the leg by cannon fire 64 00:05:10,541 --> 00:05:15,833 {\an8}in Mantua, the last day of November, 1526. 65 00:05:15,916 --> 00:05:17,166 {\an8}MANTUA, 30TH NOVEMBER 1526 66 00:05:20,833 --> 00:05:23,541 {\an8}BOCCADIGARDA PO 6 DAYS EARLIER 67 00:05:28,250 --> 00:05:29,250 German wagons! 68 00:05:30,458 --> 00:05:33,583 You there, in the wagon! You're too far behind! 69 00:05:34,083 --> 00:05:36,500 Move closer! 70 00:06:04,083 --> 00:06:06,083 Throw them over! 71 00:06:10,541 --> 00:06:12,833 Today, Saturday afternoon… 72 00:06:12,916 --> 00:06:15,666 23RD OF NOVEMBER 1526 FROM VENICE TO THE SIGNORIA IN FLORENCE 73 00:06:15,750 --> 00:06:18,583 …having joined the rear guard of the Landsknechts near the Po, 74 00:06:18,666 --> 00:06:21,916 milord Giovanni de' Medici and his light horsemen 75 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,875 charged with such fervor, 76 00:06:24,958 --> 00:06:27,250 that the enemy retreated in confusion, 77 00:06:27,416 --> 00:06:30,625 losing several supply wagons. 78 00:06:33,958 --> 00:06:35,000 General! 79 00:06:35,958 --> 00:06:39,750 The captain of the Medici attacked our supply wagons! 80 00:06:40,833 --> 00:06:43,708 -That devil and his black bands! -The order stands. 81 00:06:43,875 --> 00:06:46,375 Avoid any confrontation. 82 00:06:47,500 --> 00:06:51,041 The reason for this harassment is now clear. 83 00:06:51,208 --> 00:06:54,875 Let's avoid losses and cross the river quickly. 84 00:06:55,041 --> 00:06:59,250 These Germans of Emperor Charles V, elite forces, 85 00:06:59,458 --> 00:07:03,083 invaded Italy with 18,000 infantry, 86 00:07:03,250 --> 00:07:06,333 who've already pillaged some of our cities. 87 00:07:07,541 --> 00:07:10,625 But they've only yet received half-pay, 88 00:07:10,833 --> 00:07:15,583 and harquebuses and blunderbusses aside, they have no artillery. 89 00:07:20,833 --> 00:07:24,541 The forward march of the German invasion 90 00:07:24,666 --> 00:07:30,416 met with General della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, and his Pontifical Army, 91 00:07:30,500 --> 00:07:33,500 whose 8,000 infantry and 600 lancers 92 00:07:33,708 --> 00:07:37,958 were preceded by Giovanni de' Medici with 600 men of arms, 93 00:07:38,125 --> 00:07:41,208 and as many light horses and harquebus men. 94 00:07:41,375 --> 00:07:43,250 His design 95 00:07:43,416 --> 00:07:47,583 was to slow the Germans down by harassing them 96 00:07:47,666 --> 00:07:49,333 day and night. 97 00:07:49,416 --> 00:07:54,208 So, Captain De' Medici had all armor burnished 98 00:07:54,375 --> 00:07:57,208 to take the enemy by surprise in darkness. 99 00:08:01,125 --> 00:08:05,875 {\an8}BRIDGE AT SAN NICOLÒ PO GONZAGA TERRITORY 100 00:08:50,458 --> 00:08:52,541 We were at first uncertain 101 00:08:52,625 --> 00:08:55,833 about the road the Germans followed, 102 00:08:55,958 --> 00:08:58,583 and when they were eight miles from Mantua, 103 00:08:58,750 --> 00:09:01,125 they seemed to want to cross the river 104 00:09:01,208 --> 00:09:04,791 at Borgoforte or San Nicolò Po. 105 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:11,375 But on that part of the river, as there were no more bridges, 106 00:09:11,541 --> 00:09:15,250 they had great trouble getting to the other side 107 00:09:15,416 --> 00:09:20,416 and halted, much to the chagrin of the local people. 108 00:09:30,291 --> 00:09:32,916 The bridge is down! 109 00:09:33,041 --> 00:09:36,791 The pontificals cut the ropes. 110 00:09:37,791 --> 00:09:41,958 The German supreme commander, General Frundsberg, 111 00:09:42,125 --> 00:09:44,250 wished to hasten back to Rome, 112 00:09:44,875 --> 00:09:49,000 having prepared his people for the extermination of priests 113 00:09:49,208 --> 00:09:52,375 and to plunder the Church's riches. 114 00:09:52,541 --> 00:09:55,666 He boasted of having a golden cord 115 00:09:55,750 --> 00:09:59,208 attached to his saddle, and ranted 116 00:09:59,291 --> 00:10:02,166 about wanting to use it to hang the Pope. 117 00:10:05,958 --> 00:10:11,541 {\an8}BORGO GABBIANA PONTIFICAL CAMP 118 00:10:19,208 --> 00:10:21,291 An urgent dispatch. 119 00:10:21,833 --> 00:10:23,166 A courier. 120 00:10:24,208 --> 00:10:27,125 Have a courier prepared to leave. 121 00:10:27,208 --> 00:10:29,791 A courier for the Captain De' Medici! 122 00:10:29,958 --> 00:10:31,833 We must flush out Frundsberg 123 00:10:32,375 --> 00:10:35,791 before he crosses the river and opens his way to Parma. 124 00:10:36,416 --> 00:10:40,916 If he refuses to engage us, then he wants to march on Rome. 125 00:10:41,041 --> 00:10:45,041 In mid-winter, he won't find food and ammunition. 126 00:10:45,208 --> 00:10:47,125 He knows how to get them. 127 00:10:47,333 --> 00:10:48,750 That Lutheran! 128 00:10:49,291 --> 00:10:50,791 Not for long. 129 00:10:52,250 --> 00:10:56,166 To Francesco Maria della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, 130 00:10:56,416 --> 00:10:59,125 commander in chief of the Pontifical army: 131 00:11:00,333 --> 00:11:05,833 "…commander in chief of the Pontifical Army." 132 00:11:08,416 --> 00:11:09,875 It seems to me 133 00:11:10,625 --> 00:11:14,666 that Italian troops are undisciplined… 134 00:11:15,875 --> 00:11:19,208 -and they don't obey orders. -"Orders." 135 00:11:19,375 --> 00:11:21,875 Therefore, our infantry cannot… 136 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:24,666 "Our infantry cannot…" 137 00:11:24,750 --> 00:11:26,291 …sustain the shock… 138 00:11:26,375 --> 00:11:27,375 "Shock…" 139 00:11:28,375 --> 00:11:30,875 …of German troops in the countryside, 140 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:32,875 regardless of these troops 141 00:11:33,750 --> 00:11:36,708 having no artillery. 142 00:11:38,041 --> 00:11:42,041 And it would be better to harass 143 00:11:42,125 --> 00:11:44,166 these Landsknecht troops 144 00:11:44,791 --> 00:11:47,208 through skirmishes and hit-and-run attacks, 145 00:11:47,333 --> 00:11:50,708 so as to inconvenience them, but also to block 146 00:11:51,833 --> 00:11:55,458 their supply lines, the only way to upset 147 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:57,875 the order and win victory 148 00:11:58,625 --> 00:12:00,291 over such well-organized people. 149 00:12:00,916 --> 00:12:04,708 "…over such well-organized people." 150 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:10,291 Your loyal and obedient servant, Giovanni de' Medici. 151 00:12:23,375 --> 00:12:27,166 Here is the pay for a soldier of our time! 152 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:31,750 An harquebus bullet flattened like a coin! 153 00:12:34,333 --> 00:12:35,875 Colonel Cuppano, 154 00:12:36,625 --> 00:12:39,333 the new firearms change wars, 155 00:12:40,250 --> 00:12:42,208 but wars change the world. 156 00:14:45,125 --> 00:14:50,125 "To the Right Honorable Captain Giovanni de' Medici. 157 00:14:50,250 --> 00:14:54,041 Your Lordship must be assured 158 00:14:54,166 --> 00:14:56,416 that he is so dear to me, 159 00:14:56,583 --> 00:14:59,875 that I shall always deeply regret 160 00:14:59,958 --> 00:15:04,666 when he makes a request I cannot satisfy, 161 00:15:04,750 --> 00:15:09,375 such as has occurred today, with respect to the artillery 162 00:15:09,458 --> 00:15:14,750 he solicits, but which I cannot risk doing without." 163 00:15:14,833 --> 00:15:18,208 And certainly, I know no one, 164 00:15:18,333 --> 00:15:22,916 for whom I would do without it in these troubled times. 165 00:15:23,041 --> 00:15:24,083 "That is why…" 166 00:15:24,625 --> 00:15:28,791 "I ardently pray the honored Captain De' Medici 167 00:15:28,958 --> 00:15:32,250 to forgive me for not satisfying 168 00:15:32,375 --> 00:15:35,333 his request for artillery. 169 00:15:36,333 --> 00:15:42,000 Your devoted brother, Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara." 170 00:15:43,333 --> 00:15:46,250 Beards and long hair are a nest for lice… 171 00:15:47,583 --> 00:15:50,083 and favor the enemy. 172 00:16:23,625 --> 00:16:27,958 -I could eat me a dog! -And I a bitch! 173 00:16:28,166 --> 00:16:31,375 These rascals of every race and religion 174 00:16:31,541 --> 00:16:34,583 cause all kinds of trouble! They rape women, 175 00:16:34,750 --> 00:16:37,708 burn haylofts and massacre cattle, 176 00:16:37,875 --> 00:16:41,458 empty trunks and chests, and what's worse, 177 00:16:41,666 --> 00:16:45,333 they have no respect for our lands and simple folk. 178 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:50,833 The Pope's infantry are poorly paid, the soldiers are penniless. 179 00:16:50,916 --> 00:16:51,916 Enough! 180 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:54,250 When penniless, they are troublemakers! 181 00:16:54,416 --> 00:16:58,333 Only the Germans leaving will rid us of the Pontificals. 182 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:02,166 Those knaves harm those they should defend 183 00:17:02,333 --> 00:17:04,000 as much as those they battle. 184 00:17:04,166 --> 00:17:07,125 To end this war at minimal cost, 185 00:17:07,291 --> 00:17:11,625 we'd do well to favor the passage of General Frundsberg 186 00:17:11,833 --> 00:17:14,708 and his army by the Curtatone gate. 187 00:17:14,875 --> 00:17:19,958 The German wants to cross the Po to get rid of the Pontificals. 188 00:17:20,166 --> 00:17:23,000 Fog tonight, tomorrow clouds. 189 00:17:23,166 --> 00:17:26,333 If the Landsknechts get 190 00:17:26,541 --> 00:17:28,666 one day's advance on the Pontificals, 191 00:17:28,833 --> 00:17:31,500 they can cross the river and open the way to Milan. 192 00:17:36,958 --> 00:17:39,291 CURTATONE 193 00:17:39,375 --> 00:17:42,458 -Officer of the guard! -At your service!1 194 00:17:42,583 --> 00:17:47,333 Discreetly inform the Vicar, that by order of the Gonzagas, 195 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:51,666 passage through this gate tonight is granted to General Frundsberg 196 00:17:51,833 --> 00:17:54,416 -and to his German guard. -Yes, Your Excellency. 197 00:17:56,875 --> 00:18:02,583 {\an8}CURTATONE GATE GONZAGA PALACE 198 00:18:29,333 --> 00:18:34,000 In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 199 00:18:57,875 --> 00:19:02,500 What will they say in Mantua when they see me… 200 00:19:04,500 --> 00:19:07,333 begging favors from anyone but you? 201 00:19:10,625 --> 00:19:12,500 You shall be blamed. 202 00:19:28,458 --> 00:19:32,583 So, there it is, the reward for my honor… 203 00:19:33,750 --> 00:19:38,750 which, without hesitation, I delivered to the world's unkind eyes. 204 00:19:40,375 --> 00:19:42,083 All know the ardor 205 00:19:42,875 --> 00:19:45,166 of the love you have shown. 206 00:19:46,208 --> 00:19:48,916 They know I surrendered myself to you. 207 00:19:50,416 --> 00:19:53,208 They know that never my favors 208 00:19:53,791 --> 00:19:55,416 did I deny you. 209 00:19:58,541 --> 00:20:00,250 How cruel it is 210 00:20:01,125 --> 00:20:05,041 that from this love, which I thought would burn forever, 211 00:20:05,708 --> 00:20:09,875 I have taken only eternal dishonor. 212 00:20:11,541 --> 00:20:16,458 All that's left to me, is to suffer the disgrace of my husband, 213 00:20:16,583 --> 00:20:21,291 and I can only expect the certain arrival of a disastrous fate. 214 00:20:42,333 --> 00:20:45,875 {\an8}ESTENSI CASTLE FERRARA 215 00:20:51,875 --> 00:20:54,791 In the name of his Majesty, the Emperor, 216 00:20:54,875 --> 00:20:57,333 the German ambassador 217 00:20:57,458 --> 00:21:00,458 for the Duke of Ferrara, Alfonso d'Este! 218 00:21:44,833 --> 00:21:48,875 -His precious Imperial Highness… -His precious Imperial Highness 219 00:21:48,958 --> 00:21:51,583 Charles V, Emperor of Germany, 220 00:21:51,750 --> 00:21:54,041 has sent to me personally, 221 00:21:54,250 --> 00:21:56,666 a noble ambassador, 222 00:21:57,583 --> 00:21:59,833 that I may partake 223 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:02,583 of his very honorable investiture. 224 00:22:03,333 --> 00:22:07,458 And also, to bring me the marriage contract 225 00:22:08,250 --> 00:22:11,125 of our elder son Hercules, 226 00:22:11,333 --> 00:22:13,166 and his beloved daughter, 227 00:22:13,791 --> 00:22:17,291 the distinguished Margaret of Austria. 228 00:22:21,041 --> 00:22:24,166 Firearm known as "falconetto," 229 00:22:24,291 --> 00:22:26,875 a new, rear-loading mechanism. 230 00:22:27,041 --> 00:22:30,416 Faster to load, greater range of fire. 231 00:22:31,416 --> 00:22:32,875 A great weapon. 232 00:22:32,958 --> 00:22:34,291 Very important. 233 00:22:34,375 --> 00:22:36,500 A big advantage for Frundsberg. 234 00:22:55,666 --> 00:22:57,125 Quickly! 235 00:23:02,708 --> 00:23:04,125 Hide them well. 236 00:23:51,208 --> 00:23:56,000 Dearest wife, please send me six plates, 237 00:23:56,250 --> 00:23:58,916 some bowls, some larger cups, 238 00:23:59,791 --> 00:24:01,958 two tablecloths and eight napkins. 239 00:24:03,125 --> 00:24:05,416 And two woolen waistcoats, 240 00:24:05,875 --> 00:24:09,208 for the region is so damp and cold. 241 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:22,708 Since our last missive, 242 00:24:22,875 --> 00:24:25,708 nothing has happened here 243 00:24:25,875 --> 00:24:28,416 deserving that I inform your Lordship of. 244 00:24:29,833 --> 00:24:31,750 And if not for the fact 245 00:24:31,875 --> 00:24:34,333 that by these letters, 246 00:24:35,083 --> 00:24:37,166 I may speak to you in your absence, 247 00:24:38,333 --> 00:24:40,541 I should not bother your Lordship. 248 00:25:11,583 --> 00:25:16,041 Keep it straight, move it up! For God's sake! 249 00:25:21,208 --> 00:25:23,250 Keep to the bank! 250 00:25:23,416 --> 00:25:26,541 Straight on! With the current! 251 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:36,958 That's it! Give us some slack! 252 00:25:39,916 --> 00:25:43,333 {\an8}FERRARA 253 00:25:53,916 --> 00:25:55,208 Stop! 254 00:25:55,291 --> 00:25:57,083 Identify yourselves! 255 00:25:57,500 --> 00:25:59,291 I am Matteo Cusastro, 256 00:25:59,416 --> 00:26:02,500 chancellor to the Rt. Hon. Marquis of Mantua. 257 00:26:03,166 --> 00:26:08,375 I bear greetings from his Lordship and his promise of hospitality 258 00:26:08,875 --> 00:26:11,125 for General Frundsberg 259 00:26:11,291 --> 00:26:15,500 and the imperial army in the Gonzaga stronghold. 260 00:26:21,916 --> 00:26:24,541 Fill it, so, it lasts all night. 261 00:26:34,833 --> 00:26:36,166 Read me something. 262 00:26:41,958 --> 00:26:44,125 Here's what Machiavelli writes… 263 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,916 "The loyalty of mercenaries is short-lived. 264 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,208 Why should they be loyal, since they do not know you? 265 00:26:58,666 --> 00:27:02,833 To what gods, what saints can they be made to swear? 266 00:27:03,416 --> 00:27:07,000 Those they adore, or those they blaspheme? 267 00:27:08,375 --> 00:27:10,458 I know of none they adore, 268 00:27:12,208 --> 00:27:15,416 but I know they blaspheme all. 269 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:20,416 Nothing is more false than the idea 270 00:27:21,625 --> 00:27:24,125 that money is the nerve of war, 271 00:27:24,958 --> 00:27:26,708 more so than politics." 272 00:27:26,875 --> 00:27:28,291 Captain De' Medici! 273 00:27:28,416 --> 00:27:30,416 -Who is there? -Luc'Antonio. 274 00:27:31,250 --> 00:27:34,708 Frundsberg's been spotted on the road to Mantua. 275 00:27:34,916 --> 00:27:36,916 Between Montanara and Curtatone. 276 00:27:37,458 --> 00:27:40,541 Preceded by a squad bearing the arms of Gonzaga. 277 00:27:40,708 --> 00:27:43,666 -Is that certain? -According to our patrol. 278 00:27:43,833 --> 00:27:47,333 That vermin Federico. First, he swears loyalty to the Pope, 279 00:27:47,416 --> 00:27:49,750 then offers protection to the Germans. 280 00:27:49,833 --> 00:27:53,458 It's politics, Sir Aretino. Like Machiavelli writes, 281 00:27:53,666 --> 00:27:56,125 politics count more than arms. 282 00:27:56,250 --> 00:27:58,833 The Germans have turned back 283 00:27:58,916 --> 00:28:01,625 to cross the Po. We can't stop them now. 284 00:28:01,833 --> 00:28:04,541 We stop Frundsberg, we stop the war! 285 00:28:04,708 --> 00:28:08,833 Moving at night, the great risk is the swamps. 286 00:28:09,333 --> 00:28:11,333 The soldier's greatest bother. 287 00:28:11,500 --> 00:28:14,125 War is nothing but bother, dear Luc'Antonio. 288 00:28:14,666 --> 00:28:17,666 Have light horsemen and harquebus men ready to leave. 289 00:29:32,750 --> 00:29:34,333 Guards! 290 00:29:35,083 --> 00:29:36,375 One moment! 291 00:29:36,458 --> 00:29:40,291 Wait! A coach is coming out. 292 00:29:49,500 --> 00:29:51,083 Let it through! 293 00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,291 Draw up the gate, but don't lock the chains. 294 00:29:59,250 --> 00:30:02,916 Two sentinels on the watershed awaiting orders! 295 00:30:10,083 --> 00:30:13,291 Where are you off to at this hour of night? 296 00:30:13,458 --> 00:30:15,458 Are you looking for hell? 297 00:30:16,666 --> 00:30:19,250 Do you run from crows on your roof? 298 00:30:21,208 --> 00:30:23,833 Are your souls damned to restlessness? 299 00:30:23,958 --> 00:30:26,416 De profundis clamo te Domine. 300 00:30:26,583 --> 00:30:29,500 We're looking for the Pontificals' quarters. 301 00:30:30,333 --> 00:30:35,041 Look for salvation, depraved souls! 302 00:30:35,125 --> 00:30:38,875 It's a time of meanness and ignorance 303 00:30:39,041 --> 00:30:41,291 and for the triumph of the Beast! 304 00:30:41,458 --> 00:30:45,500 For you, no pardon or salvation! 305 00:31:29,791 --> 00:31:31,291 Anyone there? 306 00:31:33,166 --> 00:31:34,541 Answer! 307 00:31:36,583 --> 00:31:38,833 We want Captain De' Medici. 308 00:32:04,125 --> 00:32:06,083 They're all gone. 309 00:32:06,166 --> 00:32:09,250 They broke camp and they all left. 310 00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:18,083 Go on! Let's keep looking. 311 00:32:28,166 --> 00:32:30,333 Pontifical courier! 312 00:32:32,500 --> 00:32:34,250 Tell Captain De' Medici! 313 00:32:34,416 --> 00:32:37,666 The Germans are through Curtatone! 314 00:32:38,500 --> 00:32:40,875 Pick up the pace! 315 00:32:41,083 --> 00:32:43,166 And stay together! 316 00:32:50,333 --> 00:32:53,041 Vicar, have the guard deployed! 317 00:32:54,416 --> 00:32:56,250 All torches and lanterns out! 318 00:32:56,416 --> 00:32:58,333 All torches and lanterns out! 319 00:33:02,250 --> 00:33:04,875 Quick! No light must be visible at a distance. 320 00:33:04,958 --> 00:33:05,916 Silence! 321 00:33:55,791 --> 00:33:58,833 Drawbridges up and lock the chains! 322 00:33:58,916 --> 00:34:00,333 Fast! 323 00:34:06,541 --> 00:34:09,875 Order all not to answer anyone! 324 00:34:18,500 --> 00:34:21,541 You there, where are you going? 325 00:34:22,500 --> 00:34:23,541 Stop! 326 00:34:24,208 --> 00:34:25,791 Parma Customs. 327 00:34:30,541 --> 00:34:33,666 Who are you, Venetian dog? 328 00:34:35,666 --> 00:34:37,500 The salt caique. 329 00:34:38,416 --> 00:34:40,458 From Ferrara to Mantua. 330 00:34:40,625 --> 00:34:41,916 What are you taking? 331 00:34:42,375 --> 00:34:44,125 Always authorized! 332 00:34:44,958 --> 00:34:47,375 So, go fuck yourself! 333 00:34:50,083 --> 00:34:52,125 And your bitch of a mother! 334 00:34:52,333 --> 00:34:54,958 And your pig of a father! 335 00:34:57,666 --> 00:34:59,041 Quick! 336 00:34:59,166 --> 00:35:02,916 Come on! 337 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,583 Tonight, we made it. 338 00:36:45,291 --> 00:36:49,083 Commander Frundsberg told me he realizes 339 00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:53,375 the damage caused by the passage of his soldiers through our land. 340 00:36:53,541 --> 00:36:56,041 But it's war. Nothing can be done. 341 00:36:56,250 --> 00:37:00,208 And to you, he shall ever be most grateful, 342 00:37:00,708 --> 00:37:03,916 for granting permission to cross through, 343 00:37:04,041 --> 00:37:06,375 which gave him the advantage, 344 00:37:06,541 --> 00:37:08,666 gaining him ground on the Papal Army, 345 00:37:08,750 --> 00:37:12,916 and crossing the Po at Ostiglia, the only bridge left. 346 00:37:13,791 --> 00:37:16,666 But let us shed the last doubt 347 00:37:16,750 --> 00:37:20,291 by sending an urgent dispatch to His Holiness 348 00:37:21,458 --> 00:37:24,791 to say how much your Lordship 349 00:37:24,958 --> 00:37:27,291 begs the Pope's forgiveness 350 00:37:27,375 --> 00:37:31,458 for what he was forced to do, in spite of himself. 351 00:37:31,583 --> 00:37:36,125 For you never could have kept the Landsknechts from passing, 352 00:37:36,250 --> 00:37:38,958 as they'd have forced the way. 353 00:37:40,750 --> 00:37:43,250 Guards! Open up! 354 00:37:44,208 --> 00:37:46,250 Lower the drawbridge! 355 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:51,166 It's Giovanni de' Medici, 356 00:37:51,333 --> 00:37:54,208 captain of the Pontifical Army, requesting passage! 357 00:37:55,583 --> 00:37:59,375 We're looking for the Frundsbergs! Open up! 358 00:37:59,958 --> 00:38:02,416 Tell the Vicar to give the order. 359 00:38:02,583 --> 00:38:03,875 Don't answer. 360 00:38:05,041 --> 00:38:08,916 In the name of His Holiness and the so-Christian king! 361 00:38:09,791 --> 00:38:13,750 May the Eternal Father strike you down! 362 00:38:15,500 --> 00:38:16,916 Open this door! 363 00:38:18,375 --> 00:38:20,041 Traitors to the Church! 364 00:38:21,208 --> 00:38:25,500 Or tomorrow, I'll slit your throats, beginning with the Vicar! 365 00:38:25,625 --> 00:38:27,375 And that whoring Gonzaga! 366 00:38:27,541 --> 00:38:29,708 -Shirkers! -Vultures! 367 00:38:29,875 --> 00:38:31,708 Traitorous vermin! Bastards! 368 00:38:31,875 --> 00:38:33,458 Bastards! 369 00:38:45,750 --> 00:38:48,125 What now, at this hour of night? 370 00:38:48,291 --> 00:38:50,083 Captain De' Medici. 371 00:38:50,208 --> 00:38:53,541 He came to the Curtatone gate with his men. 372 00:38:53,708 --> 00:38:56,416 He's after Frundsberg in the dead of night. 373 00:38:59,500 --> 00:39:03,500 He threatened the Vicar and Your Lordship. 374 00:39:05,541 --> 00:39:07,958 He says if we don't lower the bridge, 375 00:39:08,125 --> 00:39:11,083 tomorrow morning, a head will roll. 376 00:39:26,083 --> 00:39:30,250 There, wood for the fire. All we need to keep warm. 377 00:39:38,125 --> 00:39:39,666 Look! 378 00:39:42,666 --> 00:39:44,416 What a strange Christ! 379 00:39:45,541 --> 00:39:47,916 The Christ of the unfortunate, 380 00:39:48,083 --> 00:39:51,875 of those who are hungry, and those who are cold. 381 00:40:10,375 --> 00:40:14,333 INRI 382 00:40:21,333 --> 00:40:26,083 {\an8}BANDE NERE BIVOUAC NEAR THE CURTATONE WALLS 383 00:40:44,791 --> 00:40:49,666 If pay doesn't arrive soon from Rome, what do we tell the men? 384 00:40:52,583 --> 00:40:55,541 To be content with papal blessings? 385 00:41:02,583 --> 00:41:04,541 Hot wine against the cold? 386 00:41:06,541 --> 00:41:10,791 Dear Luc'Antonio, in Rome, they know 387 00:41:10,875 --> 00:41:14,958 that blessings without arms don't win wars. 388 00:41:50,625 --> 00:41:52,583 Stand him up. 389 00:41:52,833 --> 00:41:54,708 Pull on the head. 390 00:41:54,875 --> 00:41:57,500 Careful he doesn't bite you! 391 00:41:59,041 --> 00:42:01,791 Or send you to hell to burn your ass. 392 00:42:01,916 --> 00:42:05,250 Me, to keep from dying of cold, 393 00:42:05,416 --> 00:42:08,041 I'd burn Christ and the Madonna! 394 00:44:24,583 --> 00:44:26,250 Dearest wife, 395 00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:29,125 I want you to go to Rome. 396 00:44:29,875 --> 00:44:32,083 The sooner, the better. 397 00:44:32,666 --> 00:44:34,416 You know my needs. 398 00:44:35,041 --> 00:44:37,625 Explain to His Holiness the Pope, 399 00:44:37,791 --> 00:44:39,916 how badly I need means. 400 00:44:40,500 --> 00:44:44,416 In war, to have prestige with the soldiers, 401 00:44:44,708 --> 00:44:48,166 one must spend whatever it costs. 402 00:44:56,375 --> 00:44:58,833 I had a small bed made 403 00:45:00,166 --> 00:45:03,458 that two men can carry without too much trouble. 404 00:45:04,250 --> 00:45:08,958 Our little Cosimo has had a slight fever for two days, 405 00:45:09,125 --> 00:45:12,416 but never doubting he will recover, 406 00:45:12,541 --> 00:45:15,125 we left for Rome, 407 00:45:15,291 --> 00:45:18,916 though, the weather has turned to snow. 408 00:45:20,833 --> 00:45:25,500 {\an8}SUNDAY 24TH OF NOVEMBER 409 00:45:35,083 --> 00:45:37,333 Where is that bastard Vicar? 410 00:45:39,583 --> 00:45:42,750 You, go tell that whoring Federico 411 00:45:42,833 --> 00:45:45,083 who's always mounting harlots, 412 00:45:45,458 --> 00:45:48,083 that once I've met the Germans, I shall return 413 00:45:48,458 --> 00:45:51,000 and settle the score with that wretch 414 00:45:51,083 --> 00:45:53,833 who last night, left me outside! 415 00:45:54,458 --> 00:45:57,375 I'll twist his guts until he vomits shit! 416 00:46:15,083 --> 00:46:16,958 Is it our fault 417 00:46:17,083 --> 00:46:20,125 if the Vicar respects the order to open for no one, 418 00:46:20,250 --> 00:46:22,791 not even the Holy Father, at that hour? 419 00:46:23,708 --> 00:46:24,875 Eminence. 420 00:46:27,166 --> 00:46:30,041 If he'd bothered to warn us in time, 421 00:46:30,791 --> 00:46:32,541 as gentlemen are expected to do, 422 00:46:33,250 --> 00:46:36,541 we'd have surely given the order to open 423 00:46:36,708 --> 00:46:38,708 the Curtatone gate for him. 424 00:46:38,875 --> 00:46:41,416 But His Holiness 425 00:46:41,625 --> 00:46:45,750 knows better than anyone of what stuff Sir Giovanni's made. 426 00:46:45,916 --> 00:46:49,250 He's always been of the most violent sort. 427 00:46:49,375 --> 00:46:53,791 Still a boy, his sword fell upon a companion in ribaldry. 428 00:46:54,291 --> 00:46:56,916 Holy Mother, what fog this morning! 429 00:51:52,625 --> 00:51:56,041 On the banks of the Po, near Mantua, tucked away, 430 00:51:56,250 --> 00:51:59,291 General Frundsberg has received 431 00:51:59,458 --> 00:52:02,125 the four pieces of artillery 432 00:52:02,291 --> 00:52:06,291 secretly given to him by Alfonso d'Este. The German, 433 00:52:06,458 --> 00:52:10,208 now assured of surprising the Pontificals with the cannon, 434 00:52:10,375 --> 00:52:14,125 has resolved to cross the Po at Ostiglia, 435 00:52:14,291 --> 00:52:17,416 {\an8}to at last be rid of Captain De' Medici, 436 00:52:17,708 --> 00:52:21,125 {\an8}whose light horsemen are quick upon his trail, 437 00:52:21,291 --> 00:52:25,833 {\an8}making up lost ground, headed straight for Bagnolo San Vito, 438 00:52:27,041 --> 00:52:30,916 where the avant-garde of the German army is arriving 439 00:52:31,041 --> 00:52:33,375 {\an8}in forced march for hours. 440 00:52:35,125 --> 00:52:39,500 As soon as our country is rid of the passage of these armies, 441 00:52:40,291 --> 00:52:43,541 we shall be free from the disaster of war. 442 00:53:51,916 --> 00:53:54,250 It looks like the head of the column. 443 00:53:55,541 --> 00:53:57,666 The Frundsberg guard? 444 00:54:07,583 --> 00:54:11,458 But he isn't there. It's a trick. 445 00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:24,166 Armored forces to the center. 446 00:54:24,333 --> 00:54:27,083 -Forces to the center. -Forces to the center! 447 00:54:27,208 --> 00:54:29,083 Take position on the knoll. 448 00:54:29,291 --> 00:54:33,416 -Take position on the knoll. -Take position on the knoll! 449 00:54:35,500 --> 00:54:36,750 In firing range. 450 00:54:36,916 --> 00:54:39,958 -In firing range. -In firing range! 451 00:54:59,916 --> 00:55:01,541 Charge! 452 00:55:43,041 --> 00:55:44,708 Do not resist! 453 00:55:45,083 --> 00:55:46,875 Do not resist! 454 00:55:46,958 --> 00:55:48,750 Keep to the bank! 455 00:55:52,916 --> 00:55:55,125 Do not resist! 456 00:55:55,208 --> 00:55:58,666 They're retreating! They refuse to fight! 457 00:55:58,750 --> 00:56:00,750 Wretched scoundrels! 458 00:56:01,458 --> 00:56:03,625 Fight like soldiers! 459 00:56:04,291 --> 00:56:06,250 What kind of men are you? 460 00:56:07,125 --> 00:56:09,083 Cowardly bastards! 461 00:57:55,833 --> 00:57:58,958 Although last Friday and Saturday, 462 00:57:59,083 --> 00:58:03,000 we crossed through snow and wind on a horrible journey, 463 00:58:03,416 --> 00:58:07,416 we arrived in Rome last night, at our father's house, 464 00:58:07,500 --> 00:58:09,500 safe and sound, praise God. 465 00:58:09,625 --> 00:58:12,750 We were at once received by your uncle the Pope, 466 00:58:12,916 --> 00:58:16,208 with much affection and all manner of attention. 467 00:58:16,416 --> 00:58:20,541 I spoke to him of your needs for the war. 468 00:58:20,833 --> 00:58:23,166 The Pope's answer was 469 00:58:23,333 --> 00:58:27,000 that his support will never falter in whatever, day and night, 470 00:58:27,166 --> 00:58:29,625 burdens your Lordship. 471 00:58:52,583 --> 00:58:55,833 Should we prepare to go back before nightfall? 472 00:59:06,500 --> 00:59:08,083 Before nightfall… 473 00:59:10,250 --> 00:59:11,916 there is one more thing. 474 00:59:12,583 --> 00:59:14,708 Flush out Frundsberg! 475 00:59:15,458 --> 00:59:16,875 To your mounts, two by two. 476 00:59:18,833 --> 00:59:22,208 Light horsemen, harquebus men, two by two! 477 01:00:17,250 --> 01:00:20,583 What are you so proud of, blackguards? 478 01:00:21,208 --> 01:00:25,333 Where do you think you're going, armed like murderers? 479 01:00:26,458 --> 01:00:29,291 No need for your weapons 480 01:00:29,458 --> 01:00:32,250 to exterminate the peoples of this world. 481 01:00:32,416 --> 01:00:35,500 Harken me! As incensed as you may be, 482 01:00:36,375 --> 01:00:39,916 the vengeance of the Lord is far mightier 483 01:00:40,125 --> 01:00:42,250 than all your swords! 484 01:00:42,416 --> 01:00:44,000 Shut up, priest! 485 01:00:44,166 --> 01:00:47,875 True riches are not of this world! 486 01:00:50,083 --> 01:00:53,541 Stabulum hoc praeponere cielo! 487 01:00:54,375 --> 01:00:59,125 You are nothing but shadow, hollow effigies! 488 01:01:56,916 --> 01:02:02,583 {\an8}ANCIENT FURNACES IN GOVERNOLO 489 01:04:31,833 --> 01:04:32,916 It's him! 490 01:06:07,041 --> 01:06:08,250 An ambush! 491 01:06:10,125 --> 01:06:12,750 Retreat! 492 01:06:13,541 --> 01:06:14,833 Cannons! 493 01:06:46,666 --> 01:06:50,083 General della Rovere informs your Lordship 494 01:06:50,250 --> 01:06:52,791 that he's not yet been brought to his quarters. 495 01:06:53,833 --> 01:06:55,291 We are sure 496 01:06:55,458 --> 01:06:59,000 he was wounded in a skirmish with the Landsknechts, 497 01:06:59,166 --> 01:07:01,833 who were hidden near an old kiln 498 01:07:01,916 --> 01:07:04,291 in San Nicolò da Po. 499 01:07:05,708 --> 01:07:08,916 Giovanni had gone there with many light horsemen 500 01:07:09,833 --> 01:07:13,583 and they were taken by surprise, falconetto fire. 501 01:07:15,250 --> 01:07:18,750 General della Rovere is therefore very worried, 502 01:07:19,250 --> 01:07:23,166 not knowing where Frundsberg's artillery comes from. 503 01:07:23,291 --> 01:07:25,583 We have already advised 504 01:07:25,750 --> 01:07:28,000 His Holiness the pontiff 505 01:07:28,166 --> 01:07:32,500 that the Marquis Federico possesses no artillery. 506 01:07:32,958 --> 01:07:34,666 And the little we have, 507 01:07:35,500 --> 01:07:38,500 we want to keep it as our only defense, 508 01:07:38,666 --> 01:07:40,291 and nothing else. 509 01:07:42,166 --> 01:07:44,791 Though we should certainly not favor 510 01:07:44,958 --> 01:07:48,916 any who would use such firepower to the church's detriment, 511 01:07:49,083 --> 01:07:51,541 and in particular, against the Pope. 512 01:07:52,166 --> 01:07:54,875 The Germans' artillery, 513 01:07:55,000 --> 01:07:57,083 for as much as we know, 514 01:07:57,250 --> 01:08:00,125 belongs to the Duke of Ferrara, 515 01:08:00,250 --> 01:08:03,250 who ceded it to Frundsberg by night, 516 01:08:03,416 --> 01:08:06,000 under cover and by the river, 517 01:08:06,083 --> 01:08:11,500 in skiffs like those used for transporting salt 518 01:08:11,583 --> 01:08:14,750 since neither the Duke's officers nor our own 519 01:08:14,916 --> 01:08:16,916 inspect them closely. 520 01:08:18,375 --> 01:08:20,083 Look! 521 01:08:20,250 --> 01:08:22,500 It's snowing! 522 01:08:22,708 --> 01:08:25,333 Holy Virgin, how it's snowing! 523 01:08:38,083 --> 01:08:41,541 The Right Honorable Lord Giovanni de' Medici, 524 01:08:41,708 --> 01:08:44,625 captain-in-chief of the Pontifical Army! 525 01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:55,125 The last shot from the falconetto. 526 01:08:56,041 --> 01:08:59,125 -What shame! -The real shame 527 01:08:59,291 --> 01:09:02,125 is that the winter truce is no longer observed, 528 01:09:02,333 --> 01:09:05,500 the cold causing more harm than the weapons. 529 01:09:05,958 --> 01:09:09,916 And our own Giovanni is first among these fanatics! 530 01:09:10,625 --> 01:09:13,458 He even burnished the metal on the armor, 531 01:09:13,583 --> 01:09:16,833 to fight during the night! What could be worse? 532 01:09:19,250 --> 01:09:21,375 Honored General, 533 01:09:21,541 --> 01:09:26,000 the error was to attack Germans with good leadership 534 01:09:26,583 --> 01:09:29,125 who already had the advantage of position. 535 01:09:29,333 --> 01:09:32,166 But if they refuse to admit their error… 536 01:09:33,125 --> 01:09:37,125 then they shouldn't complain that the Curtatone gate 537 01:09:37,291 --> 01:09:40,916 remained closed at night, as is the custom 538 01:09:41,625 --> 01:09:43,208 since the dawn of time! 539 01:10:37,875 --> 01:10:39,541 Milord Gonzaga, 540 01:10:39,708 --> 01:10:43,375 Captain De' Medici expressly sought 541 01:10:43,541 --> 01:10:46,375 your protection, and that of no other. 542 01:10:47,541 --> 01:10:49,958 May God repay you one-hundred-fold 543 01:10:50,125 --> 01:10:52,375 all your profusive favors. 544 01:10:53,041 --> 01:10:55,375 'Tis already a great heavenly reward 545 01:10:56,250 --> 01:10:59,000 to welcome Captain De' Medici. 546 01:11:10,708 --> 01:11:12,875 Wounded in the same leg 547 01:11:13,041 --> 01:11:14,958 as at the Battle of Pavia. 548 01:11:15,833 --> 01:11:17,833 It was truly an honor for me 549 01:11:18,958 --> 01:11:22,375 to do battle with a man such as yourself. 550 01:11:32,458 --> 01:11:35,666 Your cousin, Marquis Federico, comes to visit 551 01:11:35,791 --> 01:11:38,583 with General della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. 552 01:11:39,041 --> 01:11:42,000 -General! -My heartfelt respects. 553 01:11:42,250 --> 01:11:44,083 Dear cousin, 554 01:11:44,250 --> 01:11:46,625 all of us here are sorry 555 01:11:46,833 --> 01:11:50,333 for our little Giovanni's fate. 556 01:11:50,458 --> 01:11:52,750 Without Captain De' Medici, 557 01:11:52,916 --> 01:11:55,541 His Holiness the Pope now shall 558 01:11:55,666 --> 01:11:58,250 have every reason to be preoccupied 559 01:11:58,416 --> 01:12:00,083 about the outcome of this war. 560 01:12:19,333 --> 01:12:23,666 It's strange that a general like yourself 561 01:12:23,750 --> 01:12:26,875 should abandon the front to come visit invalids. 562 01:12:27,416 --> 01:12:31,458 Yet, I must, in spite all, rejoice in my destiny, 563 01:12:32,750 --> 01:12:35,958 since I owe it to my misfortune 564 01:12:37,416 --> 01:12:39,750 that I've been led to Loyso's house, 565 01:12:40,583 --> 01:12:43,750 whose friendship to me 566 01:12:43,916 --> 01:12:47,083 is brotherly and more… 567 01:12:48,791 --> 01:12:51,458 and where, if perchance I should die, 568 01:12:52,958 --> 01:12:56,625 I would no longer be seen by the world 569 01:12:57,666 --> 01:13:01,750 as your enemy, or that of the Gonzaga family. 570 01:13:06,083 --> 01:13:08,625 Our Honorable Marquis Federico 571 01:13:08,791 --> 01:13:11,875 hastened to urgently summon 572 01:13:12,041 --> 01:13:14,333 the master surgeon, Habram, 573 01:13:14,500 --> 01:13:17,583 who with all his science, shall take care of you. 574 01:13:17,750 --> 01:13:20,250 For myself, for this haste, 575 01:13:21,083 --> 01:13:24,833 as for all the rest, I am grateful to milord Federico, 576 01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:29,416 for our long-standing friendship and his charity. 577 01:13:32,083 --> 01:13:33,500 And I thank you, too… 578 01:13:34,750 --> 01:13:36,625 my very honored friends. 579 01:13:39,083 --> 01:13:41,166 But above all, I thank God, 580 01:13:42,625 --> 01:13:46,291 without Whose will, nothing is done. 581 01:13:46,458 --> 01:13:49,083 Master Habram has arrived. 582 01:13:49,250 --> 01:13:51,916 Fine, let's leave him to his task. 583 01:15:55,791 --> 01:15:59,458 FRIDAY 29TH OF NOVEMBER 584 01:17:21,708 --> 01:17:24,541 It's no use. The leeches 585 01:17:24,833 --> 01:17:26,583 refuse to suck. 586 01:17:27,500 --> 01:17:29,708 We tried twice. 587 01:17:31,166 --> 01:17:34,416 It's a sign the blood is spoiling. 588 01:17:35,125 --> 01:17:37,666 The wound is rife with purulence. 589 01:17:37,875 --> 01:17:41,250 Twenty hours passed before he was cared for. 590 01:17:42,250 --> 01:17:45,125 The doctors declare him in mortal danger. 591 01:17:47,416 --> 01:17:50,750 Nevertheless, nothing can be said for certain 592 01:17:50,875 --> 01:17:53,291 until the end of the fourth day. 593 01:18:25,125 --> 01:18:28,833 Your fierce nature 594 01:18:29,625 --> 01:18:33,375 has always kept you from making use 595 01:18:33,625 --> 01:18:35,166 of all my wealth 596 01:18:36,583 --> 01:18:38,458 as I wanted you to. 597 01:18:40,375 --> 01:18:43,583 Ask me now for anything 598 01:18:44,250 --> 01:18:47,875 befitting your station 599 01:18:48,958 --> 01:18:50,416 and my own. 600 01:18:56,416 --> 01:18:57,791 Love me… 601 01:19:00,416 --> 01:19:02,125 when I'm dead. 602 01:22:44,083 --> 01:22:46,708 So that the purulent wound 603 01:22:48,541 --> 01:22:52,833 doesn't invade and infect the whole body… 604 01:22:55,583 --> 01:22:57,333 there is no other choice… 605 01:23:00,041 --> 01:23:01,791 but to cut off his leg. 606 01:23:09,666 --> 01:23:12,166 What it is right to do now, 607 01:23:13,541 --> 01:23:15,750 let it be done. 608 01:23:15,916 --> 01:23:19,583 Here, we should need linen to make sheets. 609 01:23:21,083 --> 01:23:23,250 There's not one spool left at home. 610 01:23:24,125 --> 01:23:26,791 You promised you'd send me some, 611 01:23:26,958 --> 01:23:29,625 but I know this will not be. 612 01:23:35,916 --> 01:23:39,625 I also sent your Lordship two robes, 613 01:23:40,208 --> 01:23:43,500 two frocks and one tunic. 614 01:23:46,500 --> 01:23:49,958 And also, two sachets of roses… 615 01:23:52,000 --> 01:23:54,000 to put in your bed… 616 01:23:55,500 --> 01:23:57,250 for the fragrance. 617 01:23:59,833 --> 01:24:04,000 {\an8}WEDNESDAY 27TH OF NOVEMBER 618 01:26:30,166 --> 01:26:31,750 Everyone out! 619 01:26:39,333 --> 01:26:40,625 Cut it! 620 01:26:42,916 --> 01:26:45,333 With the help of the Almighty. 621 01:29:07,041 --> 01:29:11,500 It pains me that I can't send the satin you requested. 622 01:29:13,375 --> 01:29:16,916 As I wrote to you, when I am richer, 623 01:29:17,583 --> 01:29:19,875 I'll be of greater service to you. 624 01:30:34,375 --> 01:30:36,458 Am I cured? 625 01:30:58,000 --> 01:31:03,541 {\an8}MONDAY 25TH OF NOVEMBER 626 01:32:59,541 --> 01:33:01,541 Write to Maria, tell her not to be… 627 01:33:03,541 --> 01:33:07,625 so quick to believe in misfortune… 628 01:33:10,000 --> 01:33:12,291 and that at the next moon… 629 01:33:16,708 --> 01:33:19,125 I shall return home. 630 01:33:33,333 --> 01:33:35,458 This is only to let you know 631 01:33:36,958 --> 01:33:38,666 that right now, 632 01:33:40,166 --> 01:33:43,333 I am about to give birth… 633 01:33:46,375 --> 01:33:50,208 and, being certain that I bear your Lordship's child… 634 01:33:52,750 --> 01:33:56,000 though, I do not request any money of you, 635 01:33:56,166 --> 01:33:59,291 I do ask of you the favor 636 01:34:02,250 --> 01:34:05,166 of writing to my husband… 637 01:34:08,500 --> 01:34:11,375 that out of respect for your Lordship, 638 01:34:13,041 --> 01:34:17,500 he won't cease to keep me company as in the past… 639 01:34:21,416 --> 01:34:25,208 in the sole interest of the child to be born… 640 01:34:28,750 --> 01:34:31,166 since he shall be of your blood. 641 01:34:56,708 --> 01:34:58,125 Please, 642 01:34:58,916 --> 01:35:01,625 read me something. 643 01:35:39,625 --> 01:35:42,916 De profundis clamo te domine. 644 01:35:43,041 --> 01:35:45,333 Domine, audi voce mea 645 01:35:46,583 --> 01:35:49,708 Fiant àures tuæ intendèntes… 646 01:35:49,875 --> 01:35:51,958 Through the years… 647 01:35:53,666 --> 01:35:55,458 of my life, 648 01:35:56,916 --> 01:35:58,958 I have always lived… 649 01:36:01,250 --> 01:36:03,250 as a soldier, 650 01:36:04,916 --> 01:36:08,250 just as I would have lived 651 01:36:08,416 --> 01:36:11,875 according to the rules of the cloth 652 01:36:13,250 --> 01:36:15,916 had I chosen the priest's robe… 653 01:36:18,625 --> 01:36:20,666 which you wear. 654 01:36:23,625 --> 01:36:26,791 From the abyss, I cry out to Thee, O Lord. 655 01:36:27,000 --> 01:36:29,125 Hear my voice. 656 01:36:30,083 --> 01:36:32,583 Listen to my prayer. 657 01:36:33,625 --> 01:36:37,833 If thou dost keep the memory of our misdeeds, 658 01:36:38,333 --> 01:36:40,958 who could ever be saved? 659 01:36:42,125 --> 01:36:44,958 Take pity on me, Lord. 660 01:36:45,125 --> 01:36:47,958 Deliver me from all my misery. 661 01:36:48,125 --> 01:36:51,333 And, in the immensity of Thy love, 662 01:36:51,583 --> 01:36:54,166 erase all my sins. 663 01:36:54,875 --> 01:36:58,250 O death, where is thy victory? 664 01:36:58,416 --> 01:37:01,916 Where the searing iron of thy blade? 665 01:37:02,166 --> 01:37:04,916 The infallible weapon of death 666 01:37:05,083 --> 01:37:08,041 is in the law of sin. 667 01:37:09,083 --> 01:37:12,000 But since I hope in Thee, Lord, 668 01:37:13,291 --> 01:37:16,750 my soul has faith in Thy forgiveness 669 01:37:17,458 --> 01:37:19,916 and my heart awaits Thee 670 01:37:20,125 --> 01:37:23,666 more than sentinels await the dawn. 671 01:38:26,583 --> 01:38:30,291 The Right Honorable Lord Giovanni de' Medici, 672 01:38:30,791 --> 01:38:37,083 Captain of His Holiness Pope Clement VII's army 673 01:38:37,708 --> 01:38:40,666 remained ill for four days… 674 01:38:42,125 --> 01:38:44,583 …then died of the fever, 675 01:38:44,750 --> 01:38:49,958 after being wounded in the leg by cannon fire 676 01:38:51,125 --> 01:38:52,833 in Mantua, 677 01:38:53,000 --> 01:38:57,916 the last day of November, 1526. 678 01:39:32,458 --> 01:39:36,666 The Germans then followed the riverbanks. 679 01:39:36,833 --> 01:39:40,125 In Ostiglia, they crossed the Po. 680 01:39:40,250 --> 01:39:43,750 Rid of Captain Giovanni de' Medici, 681 01:39:43,958 --> 01:39:48,250 nothing more stood in their way. 682 01:39:48,833 --> 01:39:52,666 General Frundsberg, gravely ill, 683 01:39:52,750 --> 01:39:57,125 had to abandon his troops and return home. 684 01:39:58,375 --> 01:40:01,375 The army of His Majesty, 685 01:40:01,583 --> 01:40:03,500 Emperor Charles V, 686 01:40:03,625 --> 01:40:06,916 having joined forces with the Bourbon troops, conquered 687 01:40:07,333 --> 01:40:09,875 and sacked the city of Rome 688 01:40:10,041 --> 01:40:12,958 in May, 1527. 689 01:40:14,625 --> 01:40:17,166 Because of the grievous fate 690 01:40:17,250 --> 01:40:19,583 of Lord Giovanni de' Medici, 691 01:40:19,708 --> 01:40:23,583 the most illustrious captains and commanders of all armies 692 01:40:23,750 --> 01:40:25,291 expressed the wish 693 01:40:25,625 --> 01:40:29,291 that never again be used against man, 694 01:40:29,583 --> 01:40:31,875 the powerful firearm.