1 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:31,370 "Who first invented these horrific arms?" 2 00:00:31,539 --> 00:00:34,329 Henceforth, carnage and war erupted, 3 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:37,750 the straightest path to cruel death opened. 4 00:00:37,869 --> 00:00:39,950 Yet, blame not that wretch… 5 00:00:41,450 --> 00:00:43,789 for we make poor use of what he gave us 6 00:00:43,869 --> 00:00:46,700 "for self-defense against ferocious beasts." 7 00:00:55,079 --> 00:00:56,909 As the hour approached… 8 00:01:00,329 --> 00:01:04,200 …for which fate, with God's consent, 9 00:01:04,409 --> 00:01:08,500 appointed as our lordship's last, 10 00:01:09,250 --> 00:01:11,579 each of us, forgetful of himself… 11 00:01:11,829 --> 00:01:13,409 FEDERICO GONZAGA MARQUIS OF MANTUA 12 00:01:13,620 --> 00:01:16,909 …wept with grief how destiny… 13 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:18,500 LOYSO GONZAGA COUSIN OF FEDERICO 14 00:01:18,579 --> 00:01:22,500 …would senselessly bring death, at war's greatest need… 15 00:01:23,950 --> 00:01:27,500 to a captain so noble and brave. 16 00:01:33,789 --> 00:01:38,120 He had little occasion in this last war he waged, 17 00:01:38,289 --> 00:01:41,659 for feats of arms, we'd come to expect of him. 18 00:01:41,750 --> 00:01:43,450 GROOM OF CAPTAIN DE MEDICI 19 00:01:43,539 --> 00:01:45,159 For these days, 20 00:01:45,329 --> 00:01:49,159 it is custom to proceed above all by intrigue 21 00:01:49,370 --> 00:01:51,159 and political maneuvering. 22 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:04,290 Dispatch from his Lordship Federico Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua, 23 00:02:04,409 --> 00:02:07,290 to the Rt. Hon. Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara… 24 00:02:07,370 --> 00:02:08,949 ALFONSO D'ESTE - DUKE OF FERRARA 25 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:12,659 Milord Giovannino was brought to Mantua yesterday, 26 00:02:12,750 --> 00:02:15,830 to be treated for a wound to his leg 27 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,329 sustained in a skirmish with Frundsberg Germans. 28 00:02:19,789 --> 00:02:24,079 But doctors pronounced him in mortal danger. 29 00:02:37,539 --> 00:02:41,909 'Tis not enough to be loyal and valorous in arms… 30 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:43,000 DUKE OF URBINO 31 00:02:43,039 --> 00:02:44,699 …as you have been, 32 00:02:45,199 --> 00:02:48,659 if the good name which is yours is not bolstered 33 00:02:49,620 --> 00:02:51,579 by the religion of our faith, 34 00:02:52,409 --> 00:02:56,870 under whose precepts we were born, and have lived. 35 00:02:59,199 --> 00:03:00,370 Near daybreak, 36 00:03:01,370 --> 00:03:04,909 he came back to himself, in torment of every kind. 37 00:03:05,330 --> 00:03:07,750 And the instant he saw me, 38 00:03:07,870 --> 00:03:11,580 he ordered me to have Maria, his wife, 39 00:03:12,289 --> 00:03:14,120 send him his son Cosimo. 40 00:03:14,199 --> 00:03:15,330 WIFE OF JOANNI DE MEDICI 41 00:03:15,409 --> 00:03:19,370 As he spoke, death, who called him to the earth, 42 00:03:19,449 --> 00:03:21,539 redoubled his sorrow. 43 00:03:23,409 --> 00:03:28,289 He ordered me to have his camp bed brought to him, 44 00:03:28,370 --> 00:03:30,120 so as to die as a soldier. 45 00:03:31,289 --> 00:03:35,620 At that, his eyes glazed over and light, 46 00:03:35,699 --> 00:03:39,079 gave way to perpetual darkness. 47 00:03:39,186 --> 00:03:42,039 I learned even His Holiness was moved. 48 00:03:42,659 --> 00:03:45,159 Though, he could not help but grieve 49 00:03:45,250 --> 00:03:48,699 the tragic fate of Milord Giovanni, his nephew, 50 00:03:49,289 --> 00:03:51,409 the Holy Father recognized 51 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:54,789 the evil side he knew was in him, taking precedence over good. 52 00:03:54,870 --> 00:03:56,539 MATTEO CUSASTRO CHANCELLOR OF GONZAGA 53 00:03:57,909 --> 00:03:59,909 But say nothing more of this… 54 00:04:00,949 --> 00:04:04,080 since God has found a remedy. 55 00:04:21,910 --> 00:04:26,000 The Rt. Hon. Lord Giovanni de' Medici, 56 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:32,449 Captain of His Holiness Pope Clement VII's army, 57 00:04:32,540 --> 00:04:36,040 remained ill for four days 58 00:04:36,199 --> 00:04:38,329 then died in the land of Grifone… 59 00:04:38,409 --> 00:04:40,699 LIFE AND ARMY LIFE OF JOANNI DALLE BANDE NERE 60 00:04:40,790 --> 00:04:42,500 …of the fever 61 00:04:42,659 --> 00:04:47,870 after being wounded in the leg by cannon fire 62 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:54,329 in Mantua, the last day of November, 1526. 63 00:04:54,409 --> 00:04:55,659 MANTUA, 30TH NOVEMBER 1526 64 00:04:59,329 --> 00:05:02,040 BOCCADIGARDA PO 6 DAYS EARLIER 65 00:05:06,750 --> 00:05:07,750 German wagons! 66 00:05:08,949 --> 00:05:12,079 You there, in the wagon! You're too far behind! 67 00:05:12,579 --> 00:05:15,000 Move closer! 68 00:05:42,579 --> 00:05:44,579 Throw them over! 69 00:05:49,040 --> 00:05:51,329 Today, Saturday afternoon… 70 00:05:51,409 --> 00:05:54,159 23RD OF NOVEMBER 1526 FROM VENICE TO THE SIGNORIA IN FLORENCE 71 00:05:54,250 --> 00:05:57,079 …having joined the rear guard of the Landsknechts near the Po, 72 00:05:57,159 --> 00:06:00,410 milord Giovanni de' Medici and his light horsemen 73 00:06:00,500 --> 00:06:03,370 charged with such fervor, 74 00:06:03,449 --> 00:06:05,750 that the enemy retreated in confusion, 75 00:06:05,910 --> 00:06:09,120 losing several supply wagons. 76 00:06:12,449 --> 00:06:13,500 General! 77 00:06:14,449 --> 00:06:18,250 The captain of the Medici attacked our supply wagons! 78 00:06:19,329 --> 00:06:22,199 - That devil and his black bands! - The order stands. 79 00:06:22,370 --> 00:06:24,870 Avoid any confrontation. 80 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:29,540 The reason for this harassment is now clear. 81 00:06:29,699 --> 00:06:33,370 Let's avoid losses and cross the river quickly. 82 00:06:33,540 --> 00:06:37,750 These Germans of Emperor Charles V, elite forces, 83 00:06:37,949 --> 00:06:41,579 invaded Italy with 18,000 infantry, 84 00:06:41,750 --> 00:06:44,829 who've already pillaged some of our cities. 85 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:49,120 But they've only yet received half-pay, 86 00:06:49,329 --> 00:06:54,079 and harquebuses and blunderbusses aside, they have no artillery. 87 00:06:59,329 --> 00:07:03,040 The forward march of the German invasion 88 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:08,910 met with General della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, and his Pontifical Army, 89 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:12,000 whose 8,000 infantry and 600 lancers 90 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:16,449 were preceded by Giovanni de' Medici with 600 men of arms, 91 00:07:16,620 --> 00:07:19,699 and as many light horses and harquebus men. 92 00:07:19,870 --> 00:07:21,750 His design 93 00:07:21,910 --> 00:07:26,079 was to slow the Germans down by harassing them 94 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:27,829 day and night. 95 00:07:27,910 --> 00:07:32,699 So, Captain De' Medici had all armor burnished 96 00:07:32,870 --> 00:07:35,699 to take the enemy by surprise in darkness. 97 00:07:39,620 --> 00:07:44,370 BRIDGE AT SAN NICOLÒ PO GONZAGA TERRITORY 98 00:08:28,949 --> 00:08:31,040 We were at first uncertain 99 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:34,330 about the road the Germans followed, 100 00:08:34,450 --> 00:08:37,080 and when they were eight miles from Mantua, 101 00:08:37,250 --> 00:08:39,620 they seemed to want to cross the river 102 00:08:39,700 --> 00:08:43,289 at Borgoforte or San Nicolò Po. 103 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:49,870 But on that part of the river, as there were no more bridges, 104 00:08:50,039 --> 00:08:53,750 they had great trouble getting to the other side 105 00:08:53,909 --> 00:08:58,909 and halted, much to the chagrin of the local people. 106 00:09:08,789 --> 00:09:11,409 The bridge is down! 107 00:09:11,539 --> 00:09:15,289 The pontificals cut the ropes. 108 00:09:16,289 --> 00:09:20,450 The German supreme commander, General Frundsberg, 109 00:09:20,620 --> 00:09:22,750 wished to hasten back to Rome, 110 00:09:23,370 --> 00:09:27,500 having prepared his people for the extermination of priests 111 00:09:27,700 --> 00:09:30,870 and to plunder the Church's riches. 112 00:09:31,039 --> 00:09:34,159 He boasted of having a golden cord 113 00:09:34,250 --> 00:09:37,700 attached to his saddle, and ranted 114 00:09:37,789 --> 00:09:40,659 about wanting to use it to hang the Pope. 115 00:09:44,450 --> 00:09:50,039 BORGO GABBIANA PONTIFICAL CAMP 116 00:09:57,700 --> 00:09:59,789 An urgent dispatch. 117 00:10:00,330 --> 00:10:01,659 A courier. 118 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:05,620 Have a courier prepared to leave. 119 00:10:05,700 --> 00:10:08,289 A courier for the Captain De' Medici! 120 00:10:08,450 --> 00:10:10,330 We must flush out Frundsberg 121 00:10:10,870 --> 00:10:14,289 before he crosses the river and opens his way to Parma. 122 00:10:14,909 --> 00:10:19,409 If he refuses to engage us, then he wants to march on Rome. 123 00:10:19,539 --> 00:10:23,539 In mid-winter, he won't find food and ammunition. 124 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:25,620 He knows how to get them. 125 00:10:25,830 --> 00:10:27,250 That Lutheran! 126 00:10:27,789 --> 00:10:29,289 Not for long. 127 00:10:30,750 --> 00:10:34,659 To Francesco Maria della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, 128 00:10:34,909 --> 00:10:37,620 commander in chief of the Pontifical army: 129 00:10:38,830 --> 00:10:44,330 "…commander in chief of the Pontifical Army." 130 00:10:46,909 --> 00:10:48,370 It seems to me 131 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:53,159 that Italian troops are undisciplined… 132 00:10:54,370 --> 00:10:57,700 - and they don't obey orders. - "Orders." 133 00:10:57,870 --> 00:11:00,370 Therefore, our infantry cannot… 134 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,159 "Our infantry cannot…" 135 00:11:03,250 --> 00:11:04,789 …sustain the shock… 136 00:11:04,870 --> 00:11:05,870 "Shock…" 137 00:11:06,870 --> 00:11:09,370 …of German troops in the countryside, 138 00:11:09,500 --> 00:11:11,370 regardless of these troops 139 00:11:12,250 --> 00:11:15,200 having no artillery. 140 00:11:16,539 --> 00:11:20,539 And it would be better to harass 141 00:11:20,620 --> 00:11:22,659 these Landsknecht troops 142 00:11:23,289 --> 00:11:25,700 through skirmishes and hit-and-run attacks, 143 00:11:25,830 --> 00:11:29,200 so as to inconvenience them, but also to block 144 00:11:30,330 --> 00:11:33,950 their supply lines, the only way to upset 145 00:11:34,500 --> 00:11:36,370 the order and win victory 146 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:38,789 over such well-organized people. 147 00:11:39,409 --> 00:11:43,200 "…over such well-organized people." 148 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,789 Your loyal and obedient servant, Giovanni de' Medici. 149 00:12:01,870 --> 00:12:05,659 Here is the pay for a soldier of our time! 150 00:12:06,500 --> 00:12:10,250 An harquebus bullet flattened like a coin! 151 00:12:12,830 --> 00:12:14,370 Colonel Cuppano, 152 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,830 the new firearms change wars, 153 00:12:18,750 --> 00:12:20,700 but wars change the world. 154 00:14:23,620 --> 00:14:28,620 "To the Right Honorable Captain Giovanni de' Medici." 155 00:14:28,750 --> 00:14:32,539 Your Lordship must be assured 156 00:14:32,659 --> 00:14:34,909 that he is so dear to me, 157 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:38,370 that I shall always deeply regret 158 00:14:38,450 --> 00:14:43,159 when he makes a request I cannot satisfy, 159 00:14:43,250 --> 00:14:47,870 such as has occurred today, with respect to the artillery 160 00:14:47,950 --> 00:14:53,250 "he solicits, but which I cannot risk doing without." 161 00:14:53,330 --> 00:14:56,700 And certainly, I know no one, 162 00:14:56,830 --> 00:15:01,409 for whom I would do without it in these troubled times. 163 00:15:01,539 --> 00:15:02,580 "That is why…" 164 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:07,289 "I ardently pray the honored Captain De' Medici 165 00:15:07,450 --> 00:15:10,750 to forgive me for not satisfying 166 00:15:10,870 --> 00:15:13,830 his request for artillery. 167 00:15:14,830 --> 00:15:20,500 "Your devoted brother, Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara." 168 00:15:21,830 --> 00:15:24,750 Beards and long hair are a nest for lice… 169 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,580 and favor the enemy. 170 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:06,450 - I could eat me a dog! - And I a bitch! 171 00:16:06,659 --> 00:16:09,870 These rascals of every race and religion 172 00:16:10,039 --> 00:16:13,080 cause all kinds of trouble! They rape women, 173 00:16:13,250 --> 00:16:16,200 burn haylofts and massacre cattle, 174 00:16:16,370 --> 00:16:19,950 empty trunks and chests, and what's worse, 175 00:16:20,159 --> 00:16:23,830 they have no respect for our lands and simple folk. 176 00:16:24,500 --> 00:16:29,330 The Pope's infantry are poorly paid, the soldiers are penniless. 177 00:16:29,409 --> 00:16:30,409 Enough! 178 00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:32,750 When penniless, they are troublemakers! 179 00:16:32,909 --> 00:16:36,830 Only the Germans leaving will rid us of the Pontificals. 180 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,659 Those knaves harm those they should defend 181 00:16:40,830 --> 00:16:42,500 as much as those they battle. 182 00:16:42,659 --> 00:16:45,620 To end this war at minimal cost, 183 00:16:45,789 --> 00:16:50,120 we'd do well to favor the passage of General Frundsberg 184 00:16:50,330 --> 00:16:53,200 and his army by the Curtatone gate. 185 00:16:53,370 --> 00:16:58,450 The German wants to cross the Po to get rid of the Pontificals. 186 00:16:58,659 --> 00:17:01,500 Fog tonight, tomorrow clouds. 187 00:17:01,659 --> 00:17:04,829 If the Landsknechts get 188 00:17:05,039 --> 00:17:07,160 one day's advance on the Pontificals, 189 00:17:07,329 --> 00:17:10,000 they can cross the river and open the way to Milan. 190 00:17:15,450 --> 00:17:17,789 CURTATONE 191 00:17:17,869 --> 00:17:20,950 - Officer of the guard! - At your service! 1 192 00:17:21,079 --> 00:17:25,829 Discreetly inform the Vicar, that by order of the Gonzagas, 193 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:30,160 passage through this gate tonight is granted to General Frundsberg 194 00:17:30,329 --> 00:17:32,910 - and to his German guard. - Yes, Your Excellency. 195 00:17:35,369 --> 00:17:41,079 CURTATONE GATE GONZAGA PALACE 196 00:18:07,829 --> 00:18:12,500 In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 197 00:18:36,369 --> 00:18:41,000 What will they say in Mantua when they see me… 198 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,829 begging favors from anyone but you? 199 00:18:49,119 --> 00:18:51,000 You shall be blamed. 200 00:19:06,950 --> 00:19:11,079 So, there it is, the reward for my honor… 201 00:19:12,250 --> 00:19:17,250 which, without hesitation, I delivered to the world's unkind eyes. 202 00:19:18,869 --> 00:19:20,579 All know the ardor 203 00:19:21,369 --> 00:19:23,660 of the love you have shown. 204 00:19:24,700 --> 00:19:27,410 They know I surrendered myself to you. 205 00:19:28,910 --> 00:19:31,700 They know that never my favors 206 00:19:32,289 --> 00:19:33,910 did I deny you. 207 00:19:37,039 --> 00:19:38,750 How cruel it is 208 00:19:39,619 --> 00:19:43,539 that from this love, which I thought would burn forever, 209 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:48,369 I have taken only eternal dishonor. 210 00:19:50,039 --> 00:19:54,950 All that's left to me, is to suffer the disgrace of my husband, 211 00:19:55,079 --> 00:19:59,789 and I can only expect the certain arrival of a disastrous fate. 212 00:20:20,829 --> 00:20:24,369 ESTENSI CASTLE FERRARA 213 00:20:30,369 --> 00:20:33,289 In the name of his Majesty, the Emperor, 214 00:20:33,369 --> 00:20:35,829 the German ambassador 215 00:20:35,950 --> 00:20:38,950 for the Duke of Ferrara, Alfonso d'Este! 216 00:21:23,329 --> 00:21:27,369 - His precious Imperial Highness… - His precious Imperial Highness 217 00:21:27,450 --> 00:21:30,079 Charles V, Emperor of Germany, 218 00:21:30,250 --> 00:21:32,539 has sent to me personally, 219 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:35,160 a noble ambassador, 220 00:21:36,079 --> 00:21:38,329 that I may partake 221 00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:41,079 of his very honorable investiture. 222 00:21:41,829 --> 00:21:45,950 And also, to bring me the marriage contract 223 00:21:46,750 --> 00:21:49,619 of our elder son Hercules, 224 00:21:49,829 --> 00:21:51,660 and his beloved daughter, 225 00:21:52,289 --> 00:21:55,789 the distinguished Margaret of Austria. 226 00:21:59,539 --> 00:22:02,660 Firearm known as "falconetto," 227 00:22:02,789 --> 00:22:05,369 a new, rear-loading mechanism. 228 00:22:05,539 --> 00:22:08,910 Faster to load, greater range of fire. 229 00:22:09,910 --> 00:22:11,369 A great weapon. 230 00:22:11,450 --> 00:22:12,789 Very important. 231 00:22:12,869 --> 00:22:15,000 A big advantage for Frundsberg. 232 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,619 Quickly! 233 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:42,619 Hide them well. 234 00:23:29,799 --> 00:23:34,599 Dearest wife, please send me six plates, 235 00:23:34,732 --> 00:23:37,509 some bowls, some larger cups, 236 00:23:38,390 --> 00:23:40,549 two tablecloths and eight napkins. 237 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:44,009 And two woolen waistcoats, 238 00:23:44,470 --> 00:23:47,799 for the region is so damp and cold. 239 00:23:58,430 --> 00:24:01,299 Since our last missive, 240 00:24:01,470 --> 00:24:04,299 nothing has happened here 241 00:24:04,470 --> 00:24:07,009 deserving that I inform your Lordship of. 242 00:24:08,430 --> 00:24:10,349 And if not for the fact 243 00:24:10,470 --> 00:24:12,930 that by these letters, 244 00:24:13,680 --> 00:24:15,759 I may speak to you in your absence, 245 00:24:16,930 --> 00:24:19,140 I should not bother your Lordship. 246 00:24:50,180 --> 00:24:54,640 Keep it straight, move it up! For God's sake! 247 00:24:59,799 --> 00:25:01,849 Keep to the bank! 248 00:25:02,009 --> 00:25:05,140 Straight on! With the current! 249 00:25:12,599 --> 00:25:15,549 That's it! Give us some slack! 250 00:25:18,509 --> 00:25:21,930 FERRARA 251 00:25:32,509 --> 00:25:33,799 Stop! 252 00:25:33,890 --> 00:25:35,680 Identify yourselves! 253 00:25:36,099 --> 00:25:37,890 I am Matteo Cusastro, 254 00:25:38,009 --> 00:25:41,099 chancellor to the Rt. Hon. Marquis of Mantua. 255 00:25:41,759 --> 00:25:46,970 I bear greetings from his Lordship and his promise of hospitality 256 00:25:47,470 --> 00:25:49,720 for General Frundsberg 257 00:25:49,890 --> 00:25:54,099 and the imperial army in the Gonzaga stronghold. 258 00:26:00,509 --> 00:26:03,140 Fill it, so, it lasts all night. 259 00:26:13,430 --> 00:26:14,759 Read me something. 260 00:26:20,549 --> 00:26:22,720 Here's what Machiavelli writes… 261 00:26:26,599 --> 00:26:30,509 "The loyalty of mercenaries is short-lived." 262 00:26:32,599 --> 00:26:35,799 Why should they be loyal, since they do not know you? 263 00:26:37,259 --> 00:26:41,430 To what gods, what saints can they be made to swear? 264 00:26:42,009 --> 00:26:45,599 Those they adore, or those they blaspheme? 265 00:26:46,970 --> 00:26:49,049 I know of none they adore, 266 00:26:50,799 --> 00:26:54,009 but I know they blaspheme all. 267 00:26:55,599 --> 00:26:59,009 Nothing is more false than the idea 268 00:27:00,220 --> 00:27:02,720 that money is the nerve of war, 269 00:27:03,549 --> 00:27:05,299 "more so than politics." 270 00:27:05,470 --> 00:27:06,890 Captain De' Medici! 271 00:27:07,009 --> 00:27:09,009 - Who is there? - Luc'Antonio. 272 00:27:09,849 --> 00:27:13,299 Frundsberg's been spotted on the road to Mantua. 273 00:27:13,509 --> 00:27:15,509 Between Montanara and Curtatone. 274 00:27:16,049 --> 00:27:19,140 Preceded by a squad bearing the arms of Gonzaga. 275 00:27:19,299 --> 00:27:22,259 - Is that certain? - According to our patrol. 276 00:27:22,430 --> 00:27:25,930 That vermin Federico. First, he swears loyalty to the Pope, 277 00:27:26,009 --> 00:27:28,349 then offers protection to the Germans. 278 00:27:28,430 --> 00:27:32,049 It's politics, Sir Aretino. Like Machiavelli writes, 279 00:27:32,259 --> 00:27:34,720 politics count more than arms. 280 00:27:34,849 --> 00:27:37,430 The Germans have turned back 281 00:27:37,509 --> 00:27:40,220 to cross the Po. We can't stop them now. 282 00:27:40,430 --> 00:27:43,140 We stop Frundsberg, we stop the war! 283 00:27:43,299 --> 00:27:47,430 Moving at night, the great risk is the swamps. 284 00:27:47,930 --> 00:27:49,930 The soldier's greatest bother. 285 00:27:50,099 --> 00:27:52,720 War is nothing but bother, dear Luc'Antonio. 286 00:27:53,259 --> 00:27:56,259 Have light horsemen and harquebus men ready to leave. 287 00:29:11,349 --> 00:29:12,930 Guards! 288 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:14,970 One moment! 289 00:29:15,049 --> 00:29:18,890 Wait! A coach is coming out. 290 00:29:28,099 --> 00:29:29,680 Let it through! 291 00:29:33,599 --> 00:29:36,890 Draw up the gate, but don't lock the chains. 292 00:29:37,849 --> 00:29:41,509 Two sentinels on the watershed awaiting orders! 293 00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:51,890 Where are you off to at this hour of night? 294 00:29:52,049 --> 00:29:54,049 Are you looking for hell? 295 00:29:55,259 --> 00:29:57,849 Do you run from crows on your roof? 296 00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:02,430 Are your souls damned to restlessness? 297 00:30:02,549 --> 00:30:05,009 De profundis clamo te Domine. 298 00:30:05,180 --> 00:30:08,099 We're looking for the Pontificals' quarters. 299 00:30:08,930 --> 00:30:13,640 Look for salvation, depraved souls! 300 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,470 It's a time of meanness and ignorance 301 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,890 and for the triumph of the Beast! 302 00:30:20,049 --> 00:30:24,099 For you, no pardon or salvation! 303 00:31:08,390 --> 00:31:09,890 Anyone there? 304 00:31:11,759 --> 00:31:13,140 Answer! 305 00:31:15,180 --> 00:31:17,430 We want Captain De' Medici. 306 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,680 They're all gone. 307 00:31:44,759 --> 00:31:47,849 They broke camp and they all left. 308 00:31:53,099 --> 00:31:56,680 Go on! Let's keep looking. 309 00:32:06,759 --> 00:32:08,930 Pontifical courier! 310 00:32:11,099 --> 00:32:12,849 Tell Captain De' Medici! 311 00:32:13,009 --> 00:32:16,259 The Germans are through Curtatone! 312 00:32:17,099 --> 00:32:19,470 Pick up the pace! 313 00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:21,759 And stay together! 314 00:32:28,930 --> 00:32:31,640 Vicar, have the guard deployed! 315 00:32:33,009 --> 00:32:34,849 All torches and lanterns out! 316 00:32:35,009 --> 00:32:36,930 All torches and lanterns out! 317 00:32:40,849 --> 00:32:43,470 Quick! No light must be visible at a distance. 318 00:32:43,549 --> 00:32:44,549 Silence! 319 00:33:34,390 --> 00:33:37,430 Drawbridges up and lock the chains! 320 00:33:37,509 --> 00:33:38,930 Fast! 321 00:33:45,140 --> 00:33:48,470 Order all not to answer anyone! 322 00:33:57,099 --> 00:34:00,140 You there, where are you going? 323 00:34:01,099 --> 00:34:02,140 Stop! 324 00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:04,390 Parma Customs. 325 00:34:09,139 --> 00:34:12,260 Who are you, Venetian dog? 326 00:34:14,260 --> 00:34:16,099 The salt caique. 327 00:34:17,010 --> 00:34:19,050 From Ferrara to Mantua. 328 00:34:19,219 --> 00:34:20,510 What are you taking? 329 00:34:20,969 --> 00:34:22,719 Always authorized! 330 00:34:23,550 --> 00:34:25,969 So, go fuck yourself! 331 00:34:28,679 --> 00:34:30,719 And your bitch of a mother! 332 00:34:30,929 --> 00:34:33,550 And your pig of a father! 333 00:34:36,260 --> 00:34:37,639 Quick! 334 00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:41,510 Come on! 335 00:34:41,599 --> 00:34:43,179 Tonight, we made it. 336 00:36:23,889 --> 00:36:27,679 Commander Frundsberg told me he realizes 337 00:36:27,849 --> 00:36:31,969 the damage caused by the passage of his soldiers through our land. 338 00:36:32,139 --> 00:36:34,639 But it's war. Nothing can be done. 339 00:36:34,849 --> 00:36:38,800 And to you, he shall ever be most grateful, 340 00:36:39,300 --> 00:36:42,510 for granting permission to cross through, 341 00:36:42,639 --> 00:36:44,969 which gave him the advantage, 342 00:36:45,139 --> 00:36:47,260 gaining him ground on the Papal Army, 343 00:36:47,349 --> 00:36:51,510 and crossing the Po at Ostiglia, the only bridge left. 344 00:36:52,389 --> 00:36:55,260 But let us shed the last doubt 345 00:36:55,349 --> 00:36:58,889 by sending an urgent dispatch to His Holiness 346 00:37:00,050 --> 00:37:03,389 to say how much your Lordship 347 00:37:03,550 --> 00:37:05,889 begs the Pope's forgiveness 348 00:37:05,969 --> 00:37:10,050 for what he was forced to do, in spite of himself. 349 00:37:10,179 --> 00:37:14,719 For you never could have kept the Landsknechts from passing, 350 00:37:14,849 --> 00:37:17,550 as they'd have forced the way. 351 00:37:19,349 --> 00:37:21,849 Guards! Open up! 352 00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:24,849 Lower the drawbridge! 353 00:37:28,099 --> 00:37:29,760 It's Giovanni de' Medici, 354 00:37:29,929 --> 00:37:32,800 captain of the Pontifical Army, requesting passage! 355 00:37:34,179 --> 00:37:37,969 We're looking for the Frundsbergs! Open up! 356 00:37:38,550 --> 00:37:41,010 Tell the Vicar to give the order. 357 00:37:41,179 --> 00:37:42,469 Don't answer. 358 00:37:43,639 --> 00:37:47,510 In the name of His Holiness and the so-Christian king! 359 00:37:48,389 --> 00:37:52,349 May the Eternal Father strike you down! 360 00:37:54,099 --> 00:37:55,510 Open this door! 361 00:37:56,969 --> 00:37:58,639 Traitors to the Church! 362 00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:04,099 Or tomorrow, I'll slit your throats, beginning with the Vicar! 363 00:38:04,219 --> 00:38:05,969 And that whoring Gonzaga! 364 00:38:06,139 --> 00:38:08,300 - Shirkers! - Vultures! 365 00:38:08,469 --> 00:38:10,300 Traitorous vermin! Bastards! 366 00:38:10,469 --> 00:38:12,050 Bastards! 367 00:38:24,349 --> 00:38:26,719 What now, at this hour of night? 368 00:38:26,889 --> 00:38:28,679 Captain De' Medici. 369 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,139 He came to the Curtatone gate with his men. 370 00:38:32,300 --> 00:38:35,010 He's after Frundsberg in the dead of night. 371 00:38:38,099 --> 00:38:42,099 He threatened the Vicar and Your Lordship. 372 00:38:44,139 --> 00:38:46,550 He says if we don't lower the bridge, 373 00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:49,679 tomorrow morning, a head will roll. 374 00:39:04,679 --> 00:39:08,849 There, wood for the fire. All we need to keep warm. 375 00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:18,260 Look! 376 00:39:21,260 --> 00:39:23,010 What a strange Christ! 377 00:39:24,139 --> 00:39:26,510 The Christ of the unfortunate, 378 00:39:26,679 --> 00:39:30,469 of those who are hungry, and those who are cold. 379 00:39:48,969 --> 00:39:52,929 INRI 380 00:39:59,929 --> 00:40:04,679 BANDE NERE BIVOUAC NEAR THE CURTATONE WALLS 381 00:40:23,389 --> 00:40:28,260 If pay doesn't arrive soon from Rome, what do we tell the men? 382 00:40:31,179 --> 00:40:34,139 To be content with papal blessings? 383 00:40:41,179 --> 00:40:43,139 Hot wine against the cold? 384 00:40:45,139 --> 00:40:49,389 Dear Luc'Antonio, in Rome, they know 385 00:40:49,469 --> 00:40:53,550 that blessings without arms don't win wars. 386 00:41:29,219 --> 00:41:31,179 Stand him up. 387 00:41:31,429 --> 00:41:33,300 Pull on the head. 388 00:41:33,469 --> 00:41:36,099 Careful he doesn't bite you! 389 00:41:37,639 --> 00:41:40,389 Or send you to hell to burn your ass. 390 00:41:40,510 --> 00:41:43,849 Me, to keep from dying of cold, 391 00:41:44,010 --> 00:41:46,639 I'd burn Christ and the Madonna! 392 00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:04,949 Dearest wife, 393 00:44:05,612 --> 00:44:07,820 I want you to go to Rome. 394 00:44:08,570 --> 00:44:10,780 The sooner, the better. 395 00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:13,110 You know my needs. 396 00:44:13,739 --> 00:44:16,320 Explain to His Holiness the Pope, 397 00:44:16,489 --> 00:44:18,610 how badly I need means. 398 00:44:19,199 --> 00:44:23,110 In war, to have prestige with the soldiers, 399 00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:26,860 one must spend whatever it costs. 400 00:44:35,070 --> 00:44:37,530 I had a small bed made 401 00:44:38,860 --> 00:44:42,150 that two men can carry without too much trouble. 402 00:44:42,949 --> 00:44:47,650 Our little Cosimo has had a slight fever for two days, 403 00:44:47,820 --> 00:44:51,110 but never doubting he will recover, 404 00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:53,820 we left for Rome, 405 00:44:53,989 --> 00:44:57,610 though, the weather has turned to snow. 406 00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:04,199 SUNDAY 24TH OF NOVEMBER 407 00:45:13,780 --> 00:45:16,030 Where is that bastard Vicar? 408 00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:21,449 You, go tell that whoring Federico 409 00:45:21,530 --> 00:45:23,780 who's always mounting harlots, 410 00:45:24,150 --> 00:45:26,780 that once I've met the Germans, I shall return 411 00:45:27,150 --> 00:45:29,699 and settle the score with that wretch 412 00:45:29,780 --> 00:45:32,530 who last night, left me outside! 413 00:45:33,150 --> 00:45:36,070 I'll twist his guts until he vomits shit! 414 00:45:53,780 --> 00:45:55,650 Is it our fault 415 00:45:55,780 --> 00:45:58,820 if the Vicar respects the order to open for no one, 416 00:45:58,949 --> 00:46:01,489 not even the Holy Father, at that hour? 417 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:03,570 Eminence. 418 00:46:05,860 --> 00:46:08,739 If he'd bothered to warn us in time, 419 00:46:09,489 --> 00:46:11,239 as gentlemen are expected to do, 420 00:46:11,949 --> 00:46:15,239 we'd have surely given the order to open 421 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:17,400 the Curtatone gate for him. 422 00:46:17,570 --> 00:46:20,110 But His Holiness 423 00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:24,449 knows better than anyone of what stuff Sir Giovanni's made. 424 00:46:24,610 --> 00:46:27,949 He's always been of the most violent sort. 425 00:46:28,070 --> 00:46:32,489 Still a boy, his sword fell upon a companion in ribaldry. 426 00:46:32,989 --> 00:46:35,610 Holy Mother, what fog this morning! 427 00:51:31,320 --> 00:51:34,739 On the banks of the Po, near Mantua, tucked away, 428 00:51:34,949 --> 00:51:37,989 General Frundsberg has received 429 00:51:38,150 --> 00:51:40,820 the four pieces of artillery 430 00:51:40,989 --> 00:51:44,989 secretly given to him by Alfonso d'Este. The German, 431 00:51:45,150 --> 00:51:48,900 now assured of surprising the Pontificals with the cannon, 432 00:51:49,070 --> 00:51:52,820 has resolved to cross the Po at Ostiglia, 433 00:51:52,989 --> 00:51:56,110 to at last be rid of Captain De' Medici, 434 00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:59,820 whose light horsemen are quick upon his trail, 435 00:51:59,989 --> 00:52:04,530 making up lost ground, headed straight for Bagnolo San Vito, 436 00:52:05,739 --> 00:52:09,610 where the avant-garde of the German army is arriving 437 00:52:09,739 --> 00:52:12,070 in forced march for hours. 438 00:52:13,820 --> 00:52:18,199 As soon as our country is rid of the passage of these armies, 439 00:52:18,989 --> 00:52:22,239 we shall be free from the disaster of war. 440 00:53:30,610 --> 00:53:32,949 It looks like the head of the column. 441 00:53:34,239 --> 00:53:36,360 The Frundsberg guard? 442 00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:50,150 But he isn't there. It's a trick. 443 00:54:00,699 --> 00:54:02,860 Armored forces to the center. 444 00:54:03,030 --> 00:54:05,780 - Forces to the center. - Forces to the center! 445 00:54:05,900 --> 00:54:07,780 Take position on the knoll. 446 00:54:07,989 --> 00:54:12,110 - Take position on the knoll. - Take position on the knoll! 447 00:54:14,199 --> 00:54:15,449 In firing range. 448 00:54:15,610 --> 00:54:18,650 - In firing range. - In firing range! 449 00:54:38,610 --> 00:54:40,239 Charge! 450 00:55:21,739 --> 00:55:23,400 Do not resist! 451 00:55:23,780 --> 00:55:25,570 Do not resist! 452 00:55:25,650 --> 00:55:27,449 Keep to the bank! 453 00:55:31,610 --> 00:55:33,820 Do not resist! 454 00:55:33,900 --> 00:55:37,360 They're retreating! They refuse to fight! 455 00:55:37,449 --> 00:55:39,449 Wretched scoundrels! 456 00:55:40,150 --> 00:55:42,320 Fight like soldiers! 457 00:55:42,989 --> 00:55:44,949 What kind of men are you? 458 00:55:45,820 --> 00:55:47,780 Cowardly bastards! 459 00:57:34,530 --> 00:57:37,650 Although last Friday and Saturday, 460 00:57:37,780 --> 00:57:41,699 we crossed through snow and wind on a horrible journey, 461 00:57:42,110 --> 00:57:46,110 we arrived in Rome last night, at our father's house, 462 00:57:46,199 --> 00:57:48,199 safe and sound, praise God. 463 00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:51,449 We were at once received by your uncle the Pope, 464 00:57:51,610 --> 00:57:54,900 with much affection and all manner of attention. 465 00:57:55,110 --> 00:57:59,239 I spoke to him of your needs for the war. 466 00:57:59,530 --> 00:58:01,860 The Pope's answer was 467 00:58:02,030 --> 00:58:05,699 that his support will never falter in whatever, day and night, 468 00:58:05,860 --> 00:58:08,320 burdens your Lordship. 469 00:58:31,280 --> 00:58:34,530 Should we prepare to go back before nightfall? 470 00:58:45,199 --> 00:58:46,780 Before nightfall… 471 00:58:48,949 --> 00:58:50,610 there is one more thing. 472 00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:53,400 Flush out Frundsberg! 473 00:58:54,150 --> 00:58:55,570 To your mounts, two by two. 474 00:58:57,530 --> 00:59:00,900 Light horsemen, harquebus men, two by two! 475 00:59:55,949 --> 00:59:59,280 What are you so proud of, blackguards? 476 00:59:59,900 --> 01:00:04,030 Where do you think you're going, armed like murderers? 477 01:00:05,150 --> 01:00:07,989 No need for your weapons 478 01:00:08,150 --> 01:00:10,949 to exterminate the peoples of this world. 479 01:00:11,110 --> 01:00:14,199 Harken me! As incensed as you may be, 480 01:00:15,070 --> 01:00:18,610 the vengeance of the Lord is far mightier 481 01:00:18,820 --> 01:00:20,949 than all your swords! 482 01:00:21,110 --> 01:00:22,699 Shut up, priest! 483 01:00:22,860 --> 01:00:26,570 True riches are not of this world! 484 01:00:28,780 --> 01:00:32,239 Stabulum hoc praeponere cielo! 485 01:00:33,070 --> 01:00:37,820 You are nothing but shadow, hollow effigies! 486 01:01:35,610 --> 01:01:41,280 ANCIENT FURNACES IN GOVERNOLO 487 01:04:10,530 --> 01:04:11,610 It's him! 488 01:05:45,739 --> 01:05:46,949 An ambush! 489 01:05:48,820 --> 01:05:51,449 Retreat! 490 01:05:52,239 --> 01:05:53,530 Cannons! 491 01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:28,780 General della Rovere informs your Lordship 492 01:06:28,949 --> 01:06:31,489 that he's not yet been brought to his quarters. 493 01:06:32,530 --> 01:06:33,989 We are sure 494 01:06:34,150 --> 01:06:37,699 he was wounded in a skirmish with the Landsknechts, 495 01:06:37,860 --> 01:06:40,530 who were hidden near an old kiln 496 01:06:40,610 --> 01:06:42,989 in San Nicolò da Po. 497 01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:47,610 Giovanni had gone there with many light horsemen 498 01:06:48,530 --> 01:06:52,280 and they were taken by surprise, falconetto fire. 499 01:06:53,949 --> 01:06:57,449 General della Rovere is therefore very worried, 500 01:06:57,949 --> 01:07:01,860 not knowing where Frundsberg's artillery comes from. 501 01:07:01,989 --> 01:07:04,280 We have already advised 502 01:07:04,449 --> 01:07:06,699 His Holiness the pontiff 503 01:07:06,860 --> 01:07:11,199 that the Marquis Federico possesses no artillery. 504 01:07:11,650 --> 01:07:13,360 And the little we have, 505 01:07:14,199 --> 01:07:17,199 we want to keep it as our only defense, 506 01:07:17,360 --> 01:07:18,989 and nothing else. 507 01:07:20,860 --> 01:07:23,489 Though we should certainly not favor 508 01:07:23,650 --> 01:07:27,610 any who would use such firepower to the church's detriment, 509 01:07:27,780 --> 01:07:30,239 and in particular, against the Pope. 510 01:07:30,860 --> 01:07:33,570 The Germans' artillery, 511 01:07:33,699 --> 01:07:35,780 for as much as we know, 512 01:07:35,949 --> 01:07:38,820 belongs to the Duke of Ferrara, 513 01:07:38,949 --> 01:07:41,949 who ceded it to Frundsberg by night, 514 01:07:42,110 --> 01:07:44,699 under cover and by the river, 515 01:07:44,780 --> 01:07:50,199 in skiffs like those used for transporting salt 516 01:07:50,280 --> 01:07:53,449 since neither the Duke's officers nor our own 517 01:07:53,610 --> 01:07:55,610 inspect them closely. 518 01:07:57,070 --> 01:07:58,780 Look! 519 01:07:58,949 --> 01:08:01,199 It's snowing! 520 01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:04,030 Holy Virgin, how it's snowing! 521 01:08:16,779 --> 01:08:20,239 The Right Honorable Lord Giovanni de' Medici, 522 01:08:20,399 --> 01:08:23,319 captain-in-chief of the Pontifical Army! 523 01:08:31,800 --> 01:08:33,920 The last shot from the falconetto. 524 01:08:34,840 --> 01:08:37,920 - What shame! - The real shame 525 01:08:38,090 --> 01:08:40,920 is that the winter truce is no longer observed, 526 01:08:41,130 --> 01:08:44,300 the cold causing more harm than the weapons. 527 01:08:44,750 --> 01:08:48,710 And our own Giovanni is first among these fanatics! 528 01:08:49,420 --> 01:08:52,250 He even burnished the metal on the armor, 529 01:08:52,380 --> 01:08:55,630 to fight during the night! What could be worse? 530 01:08:58,050 --> 01:09:00,170 Honored General, 531 01:09:00,340 --> 01:09:04,800 the error was to attack Germans with good leadership 532 01:09:05,380 --> 01:09:07,920 who already had the advantage of position. 533 01:09:08,130 --> 01:09:10,960 But if they refuse to admit their error… 534 01:09:11,920 --> 01:09:15,920 then they shouldn't complain that the Curtatone gate 535 01:09:16,090 --> 01:09:19,710 remained closed at night, as is the custom 536 01:09:20,420 --> 01:09:22,000 since the dawn of time! 537 01:10:16,670 --> 01:10:18,340 Milord Gonzaga, 538 01:10:18,500 --> 01:10:22,170 Captain De' Medici expressly sought 539 01:10:22,340 --> 01:10:25,170 your protection, and that of no other. 540 01:10:26,340 --> 01:10:28,750 May God repay you one-hundred-fold 541 01:10:28,920 --> 01:10:31,170 all your profusive favors. 542 01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:34,170 'Tis already a great heavenly reward 543 01:10:35,050 --> 01:10:37,800 to welcome Captain De' Medici. 544 01:10:49,500 --> 01:10:51,670 Wounded in the same leg 545 01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:53,750 as at the Battle of Pavia. 546 01:10:54,630 --> 01:10:56,630 It was truly an honor for me 547 01:10:57,750 --> 01:11:01,170 to do battle with a man such as yourself. 548 01:11:11,250 --> 01:11:14,460 Your cousin, Marquis Federico, comes to visit 549 01:11:14,590 --> 01:11:17,380 with General della Rovere, Duke of Urbino. 550 01:11:17,840 --> 01:11:20,800 - General! - My heartfelt respects. 551 01:11:21,050 --> 01:11:22,880 Dear cousin, 552 01:11:23,050 --> 01:11:25,420 all of us here are sorry 553 01:11:25,630 --> 01:11:29,130 for our little Giovanni's fate. 554 01:11:29,250 --> 01:11:31,550 Without Captain De' Medici, 555 01:11:31,710 --> 01:11:34,340 His Holiness the Pope now shall 556 01:11:34,460 --> 01:11:37,050 have every reason to be preoccupied 557 01:11:37,210 --> 01:11:38,880 about the outcome of this war. 558 01:11:58,130 --> 01:12:02,460 It's strange that a general like yourself 559 01:12:02,550 --> 01:12:05,670 should abandon the front to come visit invalids. 560 01:12:06,210 --> 01:12:10,250 Yet, I must, in spite all, rejoice in my destiny, 561 01:12:11,550 --> 01:12:14,750 since I owe it to my misfortune 562 01:12:16,210 --> 01:12:18,550 that I've been led to Loyso's house, 563 01:12:19,380 --> 01:12:22,550 whose friendship to me 564 01:12:22,710 --> 01:12:25,880 is brotherly and more… 565 01:12:27,590 --> 01:12:30,250 and where, if perchance I should die, 566 01:12:31,750 --> 01:12:35,420 I would no longer be seen by the world 567 01:12:36,460 --> 01:12:40,550 as your enemy, or that of the Gonzaga family. 568 01:12:44,880 --> 01:12:47,420 Our Honorable Marquis Federico 569 01:12:47,590 --> 01:12:50,670 hastened to urgently summon 570 01:12:50,840 --> 01:12:53,130 the master surgeon, Habram, 571 01:12:53,300 --> 01:12:56,380 who with all his science, shall take care of you. 572 01:12:56,550 --> 01:12:59,050 For myself, for this haste, 573 01:12:59,880 --> 01:13:03,630 as for all the rest, I am grateful to milord Federico, 574 01:13:03,800 --> 01:13:08,210 for our long-standing friendship and his charity. 575 01:13:10,880 --> 01:13:12,300 And I thank you, too… 576 01:13:13,550 --> 01:13:15,420 my very honored friends. 577 01:13:17,880 --> 01:13:19,960 But above all, I thank God, 578 01:13:21,420 --> 01:13:25,090 without Whose will, nothing is done. 579 01:13:25,250 --> 01:13:27,880 Master Habram has arrived. 580 01:13:28,050 --> 01:13:30,710 Fine, let's leave him to his task. 581 01:15:34,590 --> 01:15:38,250 FRIDAY 29TH OF NOVEMBER 582 01:17:00,500 --> 01:17:03,340 It's no use. The leeches 583 01:17:03,630 --> 01:17:05,380 refuse to suck. 584 01:17:06,300 --> 01:17:08,500 We tried twice. 585 01:17:09,960 --> 01:17:13,210 It's a sign the blood is spoiling. 586 01:17:13,920 --> 01:17:16,460 The wound is rife with purulence. 587 01:17:16,670 --> 01:17:20,050 Twenty hours passed before he was cared for. 588 01:17:21,050 --> 01:17:23,920 The doctors declare him in mortal danger. 589 01:17:26,210 --> 01:17:29,550 Nevertheless, nothing can be said for certain 590 01:17:29,670 --> 01:17:32,090 until the end of the fourth day. 591 01:18:03,920 --> 01:18:07,630 Your fierce nature 592 01:18:08,470 --> 01:18:12,220 has always kept you from making use 593 01:18:12,470 --> 01:18:14,010 of all my wealth 594 01:18:15,430 --> 01:18:17,300 as I wanted you to. 595 01:18:19,220 --> 01:18:22,430 Ask me now for anything 596 01:18:23,100 --> 01:18:26,720 befitting your station 597 01:18:27,800 --> 01:18:29,260 and my own. 598 01:18:35,260 --> 01:18:36,640 Love me… 599 01:18:39,260 --> 01:18:40,970 when I'm dead. 600 01:22:22,930 --> 01:22:25,550 So that the purulent wound 601 01:22:27,390 --> 01:22:31,680 doesn't invade and infect the whole body… 602 01:22:34,430 --> 01:22:36,180 there is no other choice… 603 01:22:38,890 --> 01:22:40,640 but to cut off his leg. 604 01:22:48,510 --> 01:22:51,010 What it is right to do now, 605 01:22:52,390 --> 01:22:54,600 let it be done. 606 01:22:54,760 --> 01:22:58,430 Here, we should need linen to make sheets. 607 01:22:59,930 --> 01:23:02,100 There's not one spool left at home. 608 01:23:02,970 --> 01:23:05,640 You promised you'd send me some, 609 01:23:05,800 --> 01:23:08,470 but I know this will not be. 610 01:23:14,760 --> 01:23:18,470 I also sent your Lordship two robes, 611 01:23:19,050 --> 01:23:22,350 two frocks and one tunic. 612 01:23:25,350 --> 01:23:28,800 And also, two sachets of roses… 613 01:23:30,850 --> 01:23:32,850 to put in your bed… 614 01:23:34,350 --> 01:23:36,100 for the fragrance. 615 01:23:38,680 --> 01:23:42,850 WEDNESDAY 27TH OF NOVEMBER 616 01:26:09,310 --> 01:26:10,899 Everyone out! 617 01:26:18,479 --> 01:26:19,770 Cut it! 618 01:26:22,060 --> 01:26:24,479 With the help of the Almighty. 619 01:28:46,140 --> 01:28:50,600 It pains me that I can't send the satin you requested. 620 01:28:52,470 --> 01:28:56,010 As I wrote to you, when I am richer, 621 01:28:56,680 --> 01:28:58,970 I'll be of greater service to you. 622 01:30:13,470 --> 01:30:15,550 Am I cured? 623 01:30:37,100 --> 01:30:42,640 MONDAY 25TH OF NOVEMBER 624 01:32:38,640 --> 01:32:40,640 Write to Maria, tell her not to be… 625 01:32:42,640 --> 01:32:46,720 so quick to believe in misfortune… 626 01:32:49,100 --> 01:32:51,390 and that at the next moon… 627 01:32:55,800 --> 01:32:58,220 I shall return home. 628 01:33:12,430 --> 01:33:14,550 This is only to let you know 629 01:33:16,050 --> 01:33:17,760 that right now, 630 01:33:19,260 --> 01:33:22,430 I am about to give birth… 631 01:33:25,470 --> 01:33:29,300 and, being certain that I bear your Lordship's child… 632 01:33:31,850 --> 01:33:35,100 though, I do not request any money of you, 633 01:33:35,260 --> 01:33:38,390 I do ask of you the favor 634 01:33:41,350 --> 01:33:44,260 of writing to my husband… 635 01:33:47,600 --> 01:33:50,470 that out of respect for your Lordship, 636 01:33:52,140 --> 01:33:56,600 he won't cease to keep me company as in the past… 637 01:34:00,510 --> 01:34:04,300 in the sole interest of the child to be born… 638 01:34:07,850 --> 01:34:10,260 since he shall be of your blood. 639 01:34:35,800 --> 01:34:37,220 Please, 640 01:34:38,010 --> 01:34:40,720 read me something. 641 01:35:18,720 --> 01:35:22,010 De profundis clamo te domine. 642 01:35:22,140 --> 01:35:24,430 Domine, audi voce mea 643 01:35:25,680 --> 01:35:28,800 Fiant àures tuæ intendèntes… 644 01:35:28,970 --> 01:35:31,050 Through the years… 645 01:35:32,760 --> 01:35:34,550 of my life, 646 01:35:36,010 --> 01:35:38,050 I have always lived… 647 01:35:40,350 --> 01:35:42,350 as a soldier, 648 01:35:44,010 --> 01:35:47,350 just as I would have lived 649 01:35:47,510 --> 01:35:50,970 according to the rules of the cloth 650 01:35:52,350 --> 01:35:55,010 had I chosen the priest's robe… 651 01:35:57,720 --> 01:35:59,760 which you wear. 652 01:36:02,720 --> 01:36:05,890 From the abyss, I cry out to Thee, O Lord. 653 01:36:06,100 --> 01:36:08,220 Hear my voice. 654 01:36:09,180 --> 01:36:11,680 Listen to my prayer. 655 01:36:12,720 --> 01:36:16,930 If thou dost keep the memory of our misdeeds, 656 01:36:17,430 --> 01:36:20,050 who could ever be saved? 657 01:36:21,220 --> 01:36:24,050 Take pity on me, Lord. 658 01:36:24,220 --> 01:36:27,050 Deliver me from all my misery. 659 01:36:27,220 --> 01:36:30,430 And, in the immensity of Thy love, 660 01:36:30,680 --> 01:36:33,260 erase all my sins. 661 01:36:33,970 --> 01:36:37,350 O death, where is thy victory? 662 01:36:37,510 --> 01:36:41,010 Where the searing iron of thy blade? 663 01:36:41,260 --> 01:36:44,010 The infallible weapon of death 664 01:36:44,180 --> 01:36:47,140 is in the law of sin. 665 01:36:48,180 --> 01:36:51,100 But since I hope in Thee, Lord, 666 01:36:52,390 --> 01:36:55,850 my soul has faith in Thy forgiveness 667 01:36:56,550 --> 01:36:59,010 and my heart awaits Thee 668 01:36:59,220 --> 01:37:02,760 more than sentinels await the dawn. 669 01:38:05,680 --> 01:38:09,390 The Right Honorable Lord Giovanni de' Medici, 670 01:38:09,890 --> 01:38:16,180 Captain of His Holiness Pope Clement VII's army 671 01:38:16,800 --> 01:38:19,760 remained ill for four days… 672 01:38:21,220 --> 01:38:23,680 …then died of the fever, 673 01:38:23,850 --> 01:38:29,050 after being wounded in the leg by cannon fire 674 01:38:30,220 --> 01:38:31,930 in Mantua, 675 01:38:32,100 --> 01:38:37,010 the last day of November, 1526. 676 01:39:11,550 --> 01:39:15,760 The Germans then followed the riverbanks. 677 01:39:15,930 --> 01:39:19,220 In Ostiglia, they crossed the Po. 678 01:39:19,449 --> 01:39:22,949 Rid of Captain Giovanni de' Medici, 679 01:39:23,149 --> 01:39:27,449 nothing more stood in their way. 680 01:39:28,029 --> 01:39:31,859 General Frundsberg, gravely ill, 681 01:39:31,949 --> 01:39:36,319 had to abandon his troops and return home. 682 01:39:37,569 --> 01:39:40,569 The army of His Majesty, 683 01:39:40,779 --> 01:39:42,699 Emperor Charles V, 684 01:39:42,819 --> 01:39:46,109 having joined forces with the Bourbon troops, conquered 685 01:39:46,529 --> 01:39:49,069 and sacked the city of Rome 686 01:39:49,239 --> 01:39:52,149 in May, 1527. 687 01:39:53,819 --> 01:39:56,359 Because of the grievous fate 688 01:39:56,449 --> 01:39:58,779 of Lord Giovanni de' Medici, 689 01:39:58,899 --> 01:40:02,779 the most illustrious captains and commanders of all armies 690 01:40:02,949 --> 01:40:04,489 expressed the wish 691 01:40:04,819 --> 01:40:08,489 that never again be used against man, 692 01:40:08,779 --> 01:40:11,069 the powerful firearm.