1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:33,170 --> 00:00:35,450 Rinaldo degli Albizzi. 2 00:00:35,820 --> 00:00:38,140 You have called this session 3 00:00:38,300 --> 00:00:41,740 to present charges against Cosimo de' Medici. 4 00:00:42,260 --> 00:00:43,620 Speak. 5 00:00:45,860 --> 00:00:47,820 And so the Medici begin to fall. 6 00:00:48,860 --> 00:00:50,580 - Not before time. - Gentlemen! 7 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,100 Signor Cosimo de' Medici 8 00:00:55,260 --> 00:00:59,020 was arrested on the charge of having his servant 9 00:00:59,180 --> 00:01:02,620 break into the house of the late Lupo Corona. 10 00:01:02,780 --> 00:01:04,670 Since his arrest, though 11 00:01:05,180 --> 00:01:08,660 evidence has emerged of a far graver charge 12 00:01:09,580 --> 00:01:13,180 against a man many of us have considered a friend. 13 00:01:14,580 --> 00:01:18,260 Cosimo de' Medici means to make himself our tyrant. 14 00:01:19,620 --> 00:01:22,660 There's only one answer to the charge of treason. 15 00:01:25,260 --> 00:01:27,900 Death to the traitor. 16 00:01:41,180 --> 00:01:42,540 Cosimo de' Medici. 17 00:01:43,300 --> 00:01:46,740 How do you answer Signor Rinaldo's charges? 18 00:01:52,020 --> 00:01:53,620 They are baseless. 19 00:01:53,780 --> 00:01:57,700 Born of an old and personal rivalry. 20 00:01:59,460 --> 00:02:01,860 I am a loyal citizen of Florence. 21 00:02:02,620 --> 00:02:04,060 I am innocent. 22 00:02:04,740 --> 00:02:07,020 The Signoria will test the charge. 23 00:02:07,180 --> 00:02:08,940 The trial begins tomorrow. 24 00:02:15,540 --> 00:02:19,880 TWENTY YEARS AGO 25 00:02:25,540 --> 00:02:28,220 In the calcio game, you must show honor. 26 00:02:28,380 --> 00:02:30,460 No tricks, no cheating. 27 00:02:30,620 --> 00:02:32,900 Some of those players are huge, father 28 00:02:33,060 --> 00:02:34,900 and poor Cosimo is only trained in bookkeeping. 29 00:02:35,060 --> 00:02:36,220 Boys, boys! 30 00:02:36,380 --> 00:02:37,270 Listen! 31 00:02:37,300 --> 00:02:39,900 Always allow them to take the lead. 32 00:02:41,540 --> 00:02:42,540 Ah! 33 00:02:42,620 --> 00:02:44,060 Giovanni de' Medici. 34 00:02:44,220 --> 00:02:45,220 Welcome. 35 00:02:46,740 --> 00:02:51,140 You do me honor to allow my boys to play on your team, signor Albizzi. 36 00:02:51,300 --> 00:02:53,260 You know my son, Rinaldo? 37 00:02:53,420 --> 00:02:55,020 I see the money has arrived. 38 00:02:58,260 --> 00:03:00,580 We are grateful for this opportunity 39 00:03:00,740 --> 00:03:02,500 to support you. 40 00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:08,700 Good luck. 41 00:03:55,500 --> 00:03:57,100 We're being attacked by our own team! 42 00:03:57,260 --> 00:03:58,940 Rinaldo ripped the ball from Cosimo. 43 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:00,460 Welcome to nobility, eh? 44 00:04:00,620 --> 00:04:02,300 I want you to befriend Rinaldo. 45 00:04:02,460 --> 00:04:04,300 Why should he? Rinaldo's a snake. 46 00:04:04,460 --> 00:04:06,380 You make alliances with powerful men. 47 00:04:06,540 --> 00:04:07,580 Yes? 48 00:04:07,740 --> 00:04:08,980 - Yes. - Go. 49 00:04:10,260 --> 00:04:11,260 Go. 50 00:04:18,380 --> 00:04:21,100 Give me the ball! Pass! I can score! 51 00:04:21,260 --> 00:04:23,180 Give me the ball! 52 00:04:29,980 --> 00:04:31,620 We need this point! 53 00:04:31,780 --> 00:04:33,220 You see that brute? 54 00:04:33,380 --> 00:04:34,900 - Distract him while I run! - How? 55 00:04:35,060 --> 00:04:36,540 I don't know, anything! Punch him! 56 00:04:36,700 --> 00:04:37,740 - Kick him in the balls! - Cheat? 57 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:40,340 I'll light a candle for your soul at mass. 58 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:08,860 Now that was cheating! 59 00:05:09,020 --> 00:05:10,580 - You know what's worse than cheating? - What? 60 00:05:14,180 --> 00:05:15,260 Losing. 61 00:05:24,930 --> 00:05:27,660 Why would you allow him to go alone to the Signoria, Marco Bello? 62 00:05:27,690 --> 00:05:29,400 You know your brother. I couldn't stop him. 63 00:05:29,430 --> 00:05:30,770 You could have gone with him, though. 64 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:31,650 He told me not to. 65 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:32,750 It was a foolish mistake. 66 00:05:32,780 --> 00:05:34,820 - I just wanted to hear what Piero was saying. - He didn't think about it. 67 00:05:34,850 --> 00:05:36,480 What do you think we should do now? 68 00:05:36,510 --> 00:05:38,060 - We mustn't do anything to - So let's hear. 69 00:05:38,090 --> 00:05:39,570 jeopardize the trial. 70 00:05:42,940 --> 00:05:46,860 I'm sure you did not mean to start this family meeting without us. 71 00:05:47,020 --> 00:05:49,500 Contessina, why did Cosimo go to the Signoria? 72 00:05:49,660 --> 00:05:50,820 He was summoned. 73 00:05:51,340 --> 00:05:53,940 He thought Rinaldo would challenge him out in the open. 74 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:57,240 The treason charges is trumped up. 75 00:05:57,400 --> 00:05:59,520 A fair trial will acquit father. 76 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:03,840 Do not imagine that our great republic is a democracy. 77 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,480 The Signoria is run on loyalties and patronage. 78 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,880 Those can be bought. Our coffers are filling again. 79 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:12,080 Albizzi calls our money "dirty gold". 80 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:15,360 Anyone foolish enough to take it could be next in the dock. 81 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,880 Now things could get dangerous faster and we must react. 82 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:21,760 With force, if necessary. 83 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:23,960 That sounds like exactly the way to make things dangerous fast! 84 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,200 I'm only suggesting that we prepare. 85 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:28,560 What support do we have? 86 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:30,560 There are fifty men in the Signoria. 87 00:06:30,720 --> 00:06:33,160 It's evenly split, more or less. 88 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,200 Surely Cosimo is popular after what he did during the plague. 89 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,960 Rinaldo is rallying the nobles to his cause. 90 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:40,120 Offering them 91 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:42,320 positions of power in a new Signoria 92 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:44,800 which he means to control after 93 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:46,440 Cosimo is executed. 94 00:06:46,840 --> 00:06:50,160 Rinaldo can't just have a man killed to order. He must follow the law. 95 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:51,480 And so we must win. 96 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:53,920 And I'll gather evidence in father's favor. 97 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:23,320 Where have you...? 98 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:29,520 - I lost this weeks ago. - I thought you might want it back. 99 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:35,760 Thank you. 100 00:07:51,420 --> 00:07:54,100 - Did you deliver my message? - Yes, Messer. 101 00:07:54,260 --> 00:07:55,740 She's here. 102 00:08:06,940 --> 00:08:08,860 Piero is gathering evidence. 103 00:08:09,020 --> 00:08:11,500 He will be in the Signoria today, they all will. 104 00:08:13,340 --> 00:08:17,700 - Aren't you worried? - An innocent man fears nothing. 105 00:08:19,540 --> 00:08:21,420 Albizzi is determined. 106 00:08:21,580 --> 00:08:22,550 Lorenzo told me... 107 00:08:22,580 --> 00:08:25,300 I trust the city of Florence to find the truth. 108 00:08:25,460 --> 00:08:26,500 I do. 109 00:08:28,060 --> 00:08:31,380 But now and then, the truth needs a little help to be told. 110 00:08:31,540 --> 00:08:32,980 Do you remember Sandro Tarugi? 111 00:08:33,140 --> 00:08:35,900 And he was loyal to my father, but I saw him in the Signoria 112 00:08:36,060 --> 00:08:37,940 with Rinaldo, which means he has switched sides. 113 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:40,060 I need you to get this to him. 114 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:42,700 Between the guilds and merchants that lent land from him 115 00:08:42,860 --> 00:08:44,940 he has influence over 8 to 10 votes. 116 00:08:45,100 --> 00:08:47,060 - Enough to win? - It could be. 117 00:08:52,860 --> 00:08:54,820 Madonna, you must go. 118 00:08:58,140 --> 00:08:59,260 Trust Florence. 119 00:09:00,460 --> 00:09:01,460 Trust me. 120 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,980 Cosimo de' Medici's treason has taken three forms. 121 00:09:20,410 --> 00:09:21,410 First: 122 00:09:23,290 --> 00:09:24,350 degeneracy. 123 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:28,840 He may say that the 124 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:31,640 painting and sculpture he has brought into Florence 125 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,440 is for the glory of God! 126 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:34,880 But I will show he has 127 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,760 corrupted our morals with idolatrous art. 128 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:43,640 He has filled our city with artists of low character. 129 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:45,920 Even sodomites! 130 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:48,290 Yes! 131 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:52,400 This is what he calls art: David. 132 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:55,080 Symbol of Florence. 133 00:09:56,120 --> 00:09:58,520 Shown as a naked catamite. 134 00:09:59,560 --> 00:10:00,880 Second! 135 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,360 Usury. Money-lending for profit. 136 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:09,720 We know Cosimo de' Medici is the richest man in the city. 137 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:12,120 And we know he is banker to the Pope. 138 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:15,560 But I will show he has used his connection to Rome 139 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:19,520 to cover the fact he commits the sin of usury on the side. 140 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:22,760 He has corrupted the rules of Christ! 141 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:25,000 To charge interest. 142 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:29,440 He even charged one convent 50 Florins on a loan 143 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:32,640 for a new hall to provide meals for the poor. 144 00:10:41,430 --> 00:10:42,470 Third! 145 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,040 Tyranny. 146 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,640 Cosimo de' Medici has great wealth. 147 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,920 And with it, has bought power. 148 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:54,800 Too much power. 149 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:58,080 He presents himself as the savior of this city 150 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,280 building his dome atop our cathedral 151 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:03,720 treating the sick there during the plague. 152 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:05,760 This is part of the plot. 153 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:10,080 If he is not stopped, he will overthrow the Republic 154 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:11,560 of Florence and rule as a prince! 155 00:11:11,720 --> 00:11:15,360 During the plague, it was you, Rinaldo degli Albizzi 156 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:16,720 who tried to take control of this city! 157 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:20,080 Hear how Lorenzo de' Medici tries to hide his brother's guilt. 158 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:24,400 I performed my civic duty in a time of crisis. 159 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:32,320 But I am not Florence's master. 160 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:37,400 I am her servant. 161 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:53,880 How is he? 162 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,640 Confident in justice. 163 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,080 I'm delivering this to Sandro Tarugi. 164 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:00,520 Sandro's wife Maria is a friend of my mother's. 165 00:12:00,680 --> 00:12:02,200 I've known her since I was a child. 166 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:03,400 Then you can come with me. 167 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:06,200 A man who turned once, could be turned again. 168 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,000 Lorenzo said we can't bribe people. 169 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:11,440 The thing about dirty gold? 170 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:12,920 It's still gold. 171 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:16,840 The charges against my father are inflated. 172 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:19,040 But there's one thing I think we can disprove. 173 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,640 Rinaldo said my father charged a convent 50 Florins 174 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,720 for a hall to serve meals for the poor. 175 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,360 - Which convent did he say? - He didn't. 176 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:29,240 Do we have records? 177 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:31,960 Of course, but he lent money to convents all over Italy. 178 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,120 Without more clues. 179 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,640 If I can just prove Rinaldo is wrong on this one point 180 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:37,280 it could undermine his case. 181 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,160 I'm here to see Maria Tarugi. 182 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:57,680 Ah, here are the records. 183 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:00,800 Clerical accounts. 184 00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:04,640 Ah, everything's here. 185 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:09,400 It's going to be a long night. 186 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,080 - Lucrezia. - Monna Maria! 187 00:13:15,240 --> 00:13:16,640 You look so well. 188 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,400 - What a beautiful dress. - I had the silk sent from Venice. 189 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:22,760 Florentine merchants can never keep up with the latest style. 190 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:26,080 - Eh, you know my mother-in-law? - Madonna Contessina. 191 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,560 - It's been so long since we spoke. - True. 192 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:30,400 Monna Maria, we know 193 00:13:30,560 --> 00:13:33,000 your husband Sandro commands influence in the Signoria. 194 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,640 We are trying to save the life of an innocent man. 195 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:38,720 Could you give this letter to Sandro? 196 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,480 Tell him we depend on his loyalty. 197 00:13:45,560 --> 00:13:46,600 Of course. 198 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,960 - I'll do what I can. - You have our deepest gratitude. 199 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:22,600 What are you doing? Stop! 200 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:25,520 I need this! 201 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:38,000 Hands. 202 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:40,040 Where's my jailer? 203 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,880 - He's been replaced. - And who are you? 204 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:44,560 Federigo Malavolti. 205 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,840 Mastro Malavolti, my family will send you money 206 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:49,760 if you allow me paper and ink. 207 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:53,120 I'm a wealthy man! 208 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:55,280 I know what you are. 209 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,720 A leech growing fat on the blood of the people. 210 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,720 Our Lord threw the moneylenders out of the temple. 211 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:06,120 Now it is your turn to face justice. 212 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:10,760 Comfortable? 213 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,240 You know your charge is false. 214 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,560 Now you cut me off from those who might prove my innocence. 215 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,760 You sent a letter in a flagrant attempt to bias a member 216 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,640 of the Signoria in your favor, so no more letters. 217 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:27,480 Why not just kill me? 218 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:30,240 Have me stabbed in an alley. 219 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,040 Throw off the Campanile. You're not above that, are you? 220 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,240 Why this performance with the Signoria? 221 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:37,600 Because there will be others like you. 222 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:43,320 Men with a lust for power, who would turn the world upside down 223 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:45,200 so the nobles must crawl on their bellies 224 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:48,240 while the peasants and merchants rule. 225 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:54,760 Men like you have no care for tradition 226 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:57,200 or the natural order of society. 227 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,280 Noble power is ordained by God himself. 228 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,120 We exist to rule. 229 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:10,720 Your family has tried for years to take mine down. 230 00:16:13,200 --> 00:16:15,800 - That must end. - Rinaldo. 231 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,200 Twenty years, Rinaldo. 232 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,560 Twenty years ago I had a part to play in what my father did 233 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,040 but I did not know I was being used. 234 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:29,240 I am truly sorry. 235 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:34,200 And twenty years too late. 236 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:36,920 Rinaldo! 237 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:45,720 The old order is changing. 238 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:47,440 Money's what matters now. 239 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,480 And the nobles don't have it. You do. 240 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:51,480 The great Albizzi have nothing to fear from us. 241 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:52,680 I'm not so sure. 242 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:54,000 You can't be serious. 243 00:16:59,960 --> 00:17:04,280 We had lands, of course, made money from rent ant taxes. 244 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:05,720 But times have been hard. 245 00:17:05,880 --> 00:17:07,200 Droughts, plagues. 246 00:17:07,360 --> 00:17:09,520 Some estates are left empty for years. 247 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,520 The houses fall down, the fields overgrow. 248 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:14,040 Your father has investments. 249 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,120 The granaries did well for a while. 250 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:18,640 But prices are low in Florence this year. 251 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,360 - Well, sell your grain elsewhere. - We do. 252 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:22,880 That's worse. 253 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:28,440 We made a good deal. 254 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,440 Sold enough grain to Rome to cover three more months of operation. 255 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:34,840 The ship was sailing back last week. 256 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:36,600 You remember those storms? 257 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,920 It sank on its way up the coast. 258 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:43,640 All I've got in my own name is a vineyard. 259 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,680 I love the place. Built it up from nothing. 260 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:49,000 But I'll have to sell it. 261 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:50,520 Your father is a wise man. 262 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:52,480 I can't believe it will come to that. 263 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:55,280 Too much talking. 264 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,440 Let's drink to our next victory. 265 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:05,920 You wanted to see me, father? 266 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,840 I understand you made a friendship 267 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 hm, with the Albizzi boy 268 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:18,480 I misjudged him at first. 269 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:20,600 - I thought him arrogant. - And? 270 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:25,040 - What is he? - He's insecure. 271 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,600 What makes you say that? 272 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:33,120 He's fearful about the future. 273 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,200 Is it money? 274 00:18:36,120 --> 00:18:37,800 The grain business? 275 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:41,040 They lost a ship. 276 00:18:47,440 --> 00:18:48,960 Unfortunate. 277 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:53,240 You did well to listen to him. 278 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:57,040 Thank you, father. 279 00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:11,360 Albizzi has changed the guard. Shut us out of Cosimo's cell. 280 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,200 - Why? - Maria Tarugi. 281 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:20,200 I gave her a letter from Cosimo for her husband. 282 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:21,960 It seems she took it to Albizzi instead. 283 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,160 We need troops. 284 00:19:36,320 --> 00:19:37,320 Too dangerous. 285 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:38,520 We have to start 286 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:41,360 thinking about defending ourselves, not just him. 287 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:43,520 Where's Piero? 288 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:45,440 Still in the bank. 289 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,720 Going through the evidence. 290 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:49,120 We must try the legitimate route. 291 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:51,040 Yes, he's your son, I understand 292 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,880 but this is not the time for a learning exercise. 293 00:19:55,160 --> 00:19:56,870 At least he's doing something! 294 00:19:56,900 --> 00:19:58,870 While you lie in bed dreaming of Rosa. 295 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:10,840 Lorenzo, good morning. 296 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:12,800 I need a bill of exchange. 297 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,320 - How much? - 50000 Florins. 298 00:20:19,920 --> 00:20:20,810 So much? 299 00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:23,880 Cosimo can't make the decisions now, so I must. 300 00:20:27,360 --> 00:20:30,360 Which branch shall I make the bill payable to? 301 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:32,600 I'll complete that later. 302 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,960 Sandro Tarugi! 303 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:53,880 What the hell is this? You can't be in here. 304 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:55,080 True. 305 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,320 Thankfully nor can your wife. 306 00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,600 What do you want? 307 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:01,840 To talk. 308 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:06,120 Florence has always respected you, Sandro. 309 00:21:06,840 --> 00:21:09,720 It is sad to see you ruin your reputation 310 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,160 by siding with the Albizzi. 311 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:16,360 Rinaldo is gathering the nobles to his cause. 312 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:17,720 My wife and I. 313 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:20,160 Can't you make a decision without Maria? 314 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:24,360 You know Medici money can do more for your family than noble favor. 315 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:27,240 I have access to Cosimo's accounts. 316 00:21:28,360 --> 00:21:30,280 Maria will see the sense of it 317 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,360 when you show her the Montelupo vineyard. 318 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,840 The best vineyard in Tuscany. 319 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,560 Cosimo will speak in his own defense today. 320 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,120 You know what to do. 321 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,640 Stand up and show you're a man. 322 00:21:46,040 --> 00:21:47,280 Madonna? 323 00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:48,800 A word. 324 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:53,400 Lorenzo came into the bank this morning. 325 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,280 He took a bill on a large sum. 326 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:56,600 How much? 327 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:58,920 - 50000. - What? 328 00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:01,960 - Where is he? - Well, that's the problem. 329 00:22:02,800 --> 00:22:04,240 I don't know. 330 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:29,200 Good morning. 331 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,480 Why are you so loyal to Rinaldo? 332 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:45,040 Signor Rinaldo is a god-fearing man. A man of justice. 333 00:22:45,280 --> 00:22:49,680 A man who would murder his enemies by bearing false witness? 334 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,280 A man who would pull down the house of God? 335 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:58,040 Does our Lord truly forgive all sins mastro Malavolti? 336 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,160 For those who sincerely repent. 337 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,120 Do we not all sometimes do 338 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,560 bad things in service of a greater good? 339 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:18,760 You have sinned. You must beg the Lord for his forgiveness. 340 00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:23,200 I tried all last night, but without a priest. 341 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:25,240 No visitors. 342 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,480 Signor Maso degli Albizzi! 343 00:23:36,650 --> 00:23:37,450 TWENTY YEARS AGO 344 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:38,670 TWENTY YEARS AGO Signor Maso degli Albizzi! 345 00:23:38,700 --> 00:23:40,410 TWENTY YEARS AGO 346 00:23:40,640 --> 00:23:43,400 The clerks of the Signoria have just received this letter. 347 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:44,560 What is this? 348 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,800 A bankrupt cannot be a member of the Signoria, signor Maso. 349 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:52,080 Is it true? Did you lose a ship carrying three months' revenue? 350 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,280 How dare you spread such lies? 351 00:23:56,760 --> 00:23:59,760 Our duty is to Florence. Will you provide accounts to disprove it? 352 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:02,880 I need time. 353 00:24:02,910 --> 00:24:06,190 Until you do, you are no longer a member of the Signoria. 354 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:08,720 Good day, Messers. 355 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,400 You used me! 356 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:35,720 The Albizzi have grown weak. 357 00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:39,280 Maso Albizzi hopes to regain his riches through trade 358 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:41,000 but he has no head for it. 359 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,840 He should have insured his grain before shipping it out. 360 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:47,120 What about honor? My honor? 361 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:48,600 Stop talking about yourself. 362 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,240 We're talking about the future of Florence. 363 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,320 The Albizzi have enfeebled themselves by decades 364 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:58,880 of easy privilege and the city stagnates under their influence. 365 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:04,920 But the world is changing, and Florence must seize its place. 366 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,440 For the new leaders to rise the old must fall. 367 00:25:11,360 --> 00:25:13,040 I'm proud of you. 368 00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:21,640 It has hurt you to make this personal sacrifice 369 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,840 but it has spared Florence. 370 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,880 One day, when I'm gone 371 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:32,200 you will be head of the Medici family. 372 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,080 And you must lead us. 373 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,520 For the glory of Florence. 374 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,320 I think I found it. Look. 375 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,680 It's time. Pull yourself together. 376 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:44,920 The case for the defense: Cosimo de' Medici. 377 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:55,160 I love our great city of Florence. 378 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:56,520 Above all else 379 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,000 I must res... 380 00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:02,640 I must defend myself against these slanderous charges 381 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,800 I must defend my... I... 382 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,320 The world must. 383 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:11,800 The world must see. 384 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,040 I... 385 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:15,920 Ah. 386 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:20,440 I... 387 00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:22,400 Please. 388 00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:23,560 Please. 389 00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:25,880 Ah. 390 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:33,960 He's taken ill. 391 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:37,760 This is another Medici trick. 392 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:42,120 We can't continue if the defendant is not represented. 393 00:27:47,360 --> 00:27:49,120 I will speak for my father. 394 00:27:51,360 --> 00:27:52,520 I am his blood. 395 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,880 No, let the boy speak! 396 00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:58,440 This should be entertaining. 397 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:04,560 Cosimo de' Medici will you be represented by your son? 398 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,040 Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned 399 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,160 against heaven and against you 400 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:22,120 I repent, I repent against all my sins and trespasses. 401 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:23,800 Forgive me, Father 402 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:25,200 I repent. 403 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:26,440 He cannot answer. 404 00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:29,680 In that case, you may speak on behalf of your father. 405 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:58,320 My father has declared his love for Florence. 406 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:01,280 You can see he's a patriot. 407 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:03,040 Not a traitor. 408 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:05,560 Rinaldo degli Albizzi 409 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,240 charged that my father made a profit 410 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:12,080 of 50 Florins on a loan to a convent for a hall to feed the poor. 411 00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:16,000 The Medici bank does not engage in usury! 412 00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:19,240 Interest is neither paid, nor taken! 413 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,480 No, you run it out of the kindness of your hearts. 414 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:27,880 I have the accounts 415 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,240 the accounts of the Convent 416 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,680 of San Benedetto, and this is the only convent 417 00:29:33,840 --> 00:29:37,480 in our records, which took money for a dining hall. 418 00:29:37,640 --> 00:29:39,880 And the accounts show, quite clearly 419 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:43,800 that the Medici bank made the convent a gift of 65 Florins. 420 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:45,120 Not 50. 421 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,320 And there was no interest charged. 422 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,080 Cosimo de' Medici made a donation. 423 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,680 Young man, how do we know you did not draw up this 424 00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,000 remarkably convenient document yourself? 425 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,520 It has the official Medici seal. 426 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:03,960 Which you keep in the bank. You could have faked that too. 427 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,560 The people of Florence have had enough of banker's tricks. 428 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,680 Our business is legitimate! 429 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:21,400 Cosimo de' Medici must be found innocent. 430 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:31,880 Gentlemen of the Signoria! 431 00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:34,310 Signor Guadagni. 432 00:30:34,340 --> 00:30:35,520 Signor Tarugi. 433 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,640 With his defense, Piero de' Medici has convinced me. 434 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:44,080 I say Cosimo is innocent. 435 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:46,480 Hear, hear! 436 00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:48,400 Sandro Tarugi speaks the truth! 437 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:49,960 Cosimo is innocent! 438 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,600 - Acquit Cosimo! - Cosimo is innocent! 439 00:30:53,640 --> 00:30:54,720 This is rigged. 440 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:56,600 We must put it to a vote. 441 00:30:58,080 --> 00:30:59,400 We can't let them vote now. 442 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:04,480 Order! 443 00:31:04,880 --> 00:31:06,160 Order! 444 00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:09,440 I demand order in the Signoria! 445 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,400 If you can't come to order, this court is adjourned! 446 00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:23,240 By all saints. 447 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:24,760 You were paid to poison my wine. 448 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:28,400 You're a man of such faith, Malvolti. 449 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,040 I didn't think you could be bought. 450 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:34,560 And by Rinaldo. 451 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,040 Is this the work of a god-fearing man? 452 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,040 A man of justice? 453 00:31:50,410 --> 00:31:52,490 I may not have long left. 454 00:31:52,650 --> 00:31:55,080 Please, let me see my wife one last time. 455 00:31:55,110 --> 00:31:57,710 - I was told no visitors. - Only to say goodbye. 456 00:31:59,010 --> 00:32:00,210 Please. 457 00:32:11,630 --> 00:32:13,430 What did they give you? 458 00:32:13,590 --> 00:32:15,190 I don't know what you mean. 459 00:32:16,190 --> 00:32:17,790 Don't lie to me. 460 00:32:19,750 --> 00:32:22,030 - Arrest this man for corruption. - On what evidence? 461 00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:24,470 I'm a member of the Signoria! Get your hands off of me! 462 00:32:24,630 --> 00:32:25,630 Get off! 463 00:32:26,350 --> 00:32:28,430 Our Signoria needs protection. 464 00:32:28,590 --> 00:32:30,750 And they've just given me the perfect excuse. 465 00:32:33,990 --> 00:32:36,950 I thought I would lose the whole case, but 466 00:32:37,110 --> 00:32:39,350 then they began to stand up. 467 00:32:39,510 --> 00:32:41,870 "Free Cosimo", "Cosimo is innocent". 468 00:32:42,030 --> 00:32:43,750 Even Sandro Tarugi himself. 469 00:32:43,910 --> 00:32:45,070 I can't believe it worked. 470 00:32:45,230 --> 00:32:46,550 You did everything that was required. 471 00:32:47,790 --> 00:32:48,910 I'm so sorry, monna! 472 00:32:49,070 --> 00:32:50,270 - I couldn't stop her. - You bitch! 473 00:32:50,430 --> 00:32:52,190 My husband is in jail tonight because of you. 474 00:32:52,350 --> 00:32:53,350 Emilia, call the guards. 475 00:32:53,470 --> 00:32:57,150 Albizzi had him arrested for corruption, because you bribed him. 476 00:32:57,310 --> 00:32:59,270 Who did you think could believe it with that half-wit son of yours 477 00:32:59,430 --> 00:33:00,590 burbling on the stand? 478 00:33:00,750 --> 00:33:02,670 Albizzi stopped me from seeing my husband 479 00:33:02,830 --> 00:33:04,150 because of the letter that you gave him. 480 00:33:04,310 --> 00:33:07,550 You were a noble woman, Contessina, until you married that tradesman. 481 00:33:07,710 --> 00:33:08,910 - Tradesman? - Yes. 482 00:33:09,070 --> 00:33:11,670 Some of the nobles have continued to tolerate you only 483 00:33:11,830 --> 00:33:15,550 because Cosimo is so filthy rich that their greed overcomes 484 00:33:15,710 --> 00:33:17,390 their sense of proper decorum. 485 00:33:17,750 --> 00:33:20,470 Well, that ends tonight. 486 00:33:20,630 --> 00:33:22,190 I'll see to it that you're never received 487 00:33:22,350 --> 00:33:24,110 by the society of this city again. 488 00:33:31,710 --> 00:33:32,710 You bribed him! 489 00:33:32,750 --> 00:33:33,910 I didn't know that you would have to speak. 490 00:33:34,070 --> 00:33:35,710 You let me believe I was a success. 491 00:33:36,430 --> 00:33:37,590 We didn't mean to deceive you. 492 00:33:39,950 --> 00:33:40,950 You too? 493 00:33:49,430 --> 00:33:51,950 Albizzi guards are in the Signoria. 494 00:33:53,550 --> 00:33:56,310 - Albizzi will fix the trial. - Yes. 495 00:33:57,670 --> 00:34:00,390 - Where's Lorenzo? - Still no sign. 496 00:34:08,030 --> 00:34:10,030 I'm defending my father. 497 00:34:10,190 --> 00:34:13,470 - I need to get into the chamber. - Not today. Albizzi orders. 498 00:34:13,630 --> 00:34:15,030 Signor Guadagni. 499 00:34:15,190 --> 00:34:16,790 They refuse to let us in. 500 00:34:24,510 --> 00:34:27,390 Guadagni we need a verdict. 501 00:34:27,550 --> 00:34:30,230 - Is this your doing? - Democracy must be protected. 502 00:34:30,510 --> 00:34:32,150 Your guards won't let people vote. 503 00:34:32,310 --> 00:34:34,350 The Medici have tried to rig this trial. 504 00:34:35,030 --> 00:34:37,470 They have forfeited their place in the Signoria. 505 00:34:39,190 --> 00:34:41,750 We cannot function under occupation. 506 00:34:47,270 --> 00:34:49,190 You stay here. I'll fetch our men. 507 00:35:21,790 --> 00:35:23,870 Go to Bernardo Guadagni at the Signoria. 508 00:35:24,790 --> 00:35:27,510 Tell him that Lorenzo de' Medici 509 00:35:27,670 --> 00:35:30,550 is here with Francesco Sforza's army! 510 00:35:31,350 --> 00:35:33,910 We have 1000 cavalry! 511 00:35:34,070 --> 00:35:35,990 10000 men! 512 00:35:36,150 --> 00:35:38,910 Trebuchets and siege towers! 513 00:35:40,910 --> 00:35:46,470 Our terms Cosimo de' Medici must be released! 514 00:35:53,230 --> 00:35:54,470 You should hurry. 515 00:35:54,630 --> 00:35:57,270 We invade at midnight! 516 00:36:06,390 --> 00:36:10,750 Lorenzo demands that you two leave Florence immediately 517 00:36:10,910 --> 00:36:12,310 and never return. 518 00:36:12,470 --> 00:36:16,190 If you don't go by midnight he'll force you out. 519 00:36:19,710 --> 00:36:24,630 What more proof do you need that the Medici are tyrants? 520 00:36:35,990 --> 00:36:36,990 Cosimo. 521 00:36:37,990 --> 00:36:40,390 The guards change fast. Don't be long. 522 00:36:44,030 --> 00:36:46,430 Lorenzo has bought Francesco Sforza's army. 523 00:36:46,590 --> 00:36:47,630 They've surrounded us. 524 00:36:47,790 --> 00:36:49,630 Guadagni's refusing to convene the trial 525 00:36:49,790 --> 00:36:51,950 but if Lorenzo invades, you'll be a hostage. 526 00:36:52,110 --> 00:36:54,990 Rinaldo may not wait for a verdict to have you executed. 527 00:36:55,150 --> 00:36:57,950 If Lorenzo invades, he could win. 528 00:36:58,110 --> 00:36:59,670 It's our best hope. 529 00:37:00,350 --> 00:37:02,350 Rinaldo or his son might escape. 530 00:37:02,510 --> 00:37:05,590 Once the fighting is done find Ugo or Marco. 531 00:37:05,750 --> 00:37:07,070 They will help you. 532 00:37:07,950 --> 00:37:10,630 - You will help me. - No. 533 00:37:11,430 --> 00:37:12,750 You are right. 534 00:37:13,390 --> 00:37:16,350 If Lorenzo invades, Rinaldo will have me killed. 535 00:37:16,510 --> 00:37:19,070 That is, if the guard doesn't poison me to death first. 536 00:37:21,310 --> 00:37:23,390 We have to get you out of here. 537 00:37:23,550 --> 00:37:26,150 The family cannot survive without you! 538 00:37:26,310 --> 00:37:28,390 It can and will. 539 00:37:31,510 --> 00:37:34,510 I have repented my sins, so I do not fear death. 540 00:37:36,230 --> 00:37:38,990 All that matters is to win back Florence. 541 00:37:39,150 --> 00:37:41,350 Don't talk like this. 542 00:37:41,510 --> 00:37:42,910 There is still hope. 543 00:37:43,070 --> 00:37:45,510 - We will get you out! There is time! - No Listen! 544 00:37:46,190 --> 00:37:48,750 You must buy up Rinaldo's debts across Italy. 545 00:37:48,910 --> 00:37:49,910 All of them. 546 00:37:50,070 --> 00:37:54,350 We must bankrupt them as my father once did, only everywhere. 547 00:37:54,510 --> 00:37:57,030 It may take years, generations. 548 00:37:57,190 --> 00:37:58,590 It does not matter. 549 00:37:58,750 --> 00:38:01,030 The Albizzi must never challenge us again. 550 00:38:01,750 --> 00:38:04,390 There is no "us" if you are gone. 551 00:38:06,950 --> 00:38:09,510 If the Medici are to shape history 552 00:38:11,030 --> 00:38:13,350 we must live beyond our lifetimes. 553 00:38:15,270 --> 00:38:18,550 The whole tree does not die because one branch falls. 554 00:38:24,910 --> 00:38:26,150 Farewell. 555 00:38:26,310 --> 00:38:27,350 Don't. 556 00:38:28,830 --> 00:38:30,310 - Piero. - No. 557 00:38:30,470 --> 00:38:33,510 Lucrezia, Lorenzo, they need you now. 558 00:38:33,670 --> 00:38:35,390 As I have. 559 00:38:39,150 --> 00:38:41,430 I know all you have done for me, Contessina. 560 00:38:43,910 --> 00:38:44,910 Thank you. 561 00:38:47,750 --> 00:38:50,870 - No. - You must go. 562 00:38:51,870 --> 00:38:54,510 - You must go. - No. 563 00:38:54,670 --> 00:38:56,760 - Come on. You have to leave. - Cosimo. 564 00:38:56,790 --> 00:38:59,710 Cosimo! Cosimo! 565 00:39:06,630 --> 00:39:09,510 Cosimo de' Medici is indisposed. 566 00:39:09,670 --> 00:39:13,390 In these extraordinary circumstances 567 00:39:13,550 --> 00:39:17,550 the question of his guilt must be put to the vote. 568 00:39:27,310 --> 00:39:29,830 Albizzi has forced Guadagni to convene the Signoria. 569 00:39:30,990 --> 00:39:32,190 Cosimo has been found guilty. 570 00:39:33,750 --> 00:39:36,150 He will be executed at midnight. 571 00:39:37,070 --> 00:39:38,990 He told me what I should do after his death. 572 00:39:39,550 --> 00:39:40,670 It was all very logical. 573 00:39:41,190 --> 00:39:43,950 He believes the family is what matters, not just him. 574 00:39:46,830 --> 00:39:48,310 I can't let him die. 575 00:40:34,910 --> 00:40:37,190 Thank you for letting me see her. 576 00:40:40,310 --> 00:40:44,950 I heard you in the Signoria, talking to God. 577 00:40:46,350 --> 00:40:47,630 You repented. 578 00:40:58,950 --> 00:41:00,590 I too have sinned. 579 00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:03,910 This is what I used to poison you. 580 00:41:12,870 --> 00:41:14,470 This is mine. 581 00:41:18,870 --> 00:41:21,030 You see? It's clean. 582 00:41:21,630 --> 00:41:22,630 Drink. 583 00:41:34,310 --> 00:41:35,590 Malavolti? 584 00:41:35,750 --> 00:41:36,950 Yes? 585 00:41:38,670 --> 00:41:40,870 I forgive you. 586 00:42:05,390 --> 00:42:07,550 Cosimo has been found guilty. 587 00:42:07,710 --> 00:42:10,150 They're planning to execute him tonight. 588 00:42:15,750 --> 00:42:19,350 If they kill him I will burn that city to the ground. 589 00:42:21,110 --> 00:42:22,630 Burn Florence? 590 00:42:22,790 --> 00:42:23,790 You can't. 591 00:42:23,870 --> 00:42:24,910 Tell the family to leave. 592 00:42:25,070 --> 00:42:27,070 Even if you don't care how many people die 593 00:42:27,230 --> 00:42:28,470 our bank is there, the gold. 594 00:42:28,630 --> 00:42:29,830 You can't destroy everything! 595 00:42:29,990 --> 00:42:32,030 Then Albizzi will have to negotiate. 596 00:42:32,190 --> 00:42:33,790 And what if he doesn't? 597 00:42:33,950 --> 00:42:35,750 Cosimo knows the risks. 598 00:42:36,630 --> 00:42:39,470 The Medici must always prevail. 599 00:42:39,630 --> 00:42:40,910 Everything else. 600 00:42:41,070 --> 00:42:42,790 Everything can be sacrificed. 601 00:42:46,350 --> 00:42:50,070 Cosimo believes this family will survive without him, but it won't. 602 00:42:50,230 --> 00:42:52,870 You are not the man he is and you know that. 603 00:42:56,870 --> 00:43:01,190 On second thoughts, Sforza how soon can we move? 604 00:43:04,030 --> 00:43:06,150 Before sundown. 605 00:43:07,630 --> 00:43:09,430 If we have to. 606 00:43:10,030 --> 00:43:11,870 Then I will take Albizzi's head. 607 00:43:12,510 --> 00:43:13,870 Lorenzo, Lorenzo! 608 00:43:46,750 --> 00:43:48,670 As the city's new commander 609 00:43:48,830 --> 00:43:51,270 I pledge to defend Florence to the death. 610 00:44:02,030 --> 00:44:05,310 Gentlemen, I have just spoken with Francesco Sforza 611 00:44:05,470 --> 00:44:07,350 whose army surrounds us. 612 00:44:07,510 --> 00:44:09,670 And with Lorenzo de' Medici. 613 00:44:09,830 --> 00:44:13,910 If you execute my husband, Lorenzo will attack us with fire. 614 00:44:14,070 --> 00:44:16,350 Guadagni, you must throw her out! 615 00:44:16,510 --> 00:44:18,470 - Women cannot be in here! - Order! 616 00:44:21,830 --> 00:44:24,150 Order! Order! 617 00:44:24,750 --> 00:44:28,070 If she has spoken to the army, I intend to listen. 618 00:44:29,030 --> 00:44:32,430 Sforza wants only the release of Cosimo de' Medici. 619 00:44:33,470 --> 00:44:36,710 Every man in this chamber owes Cosimo something. 620 00:44:37,790 --> 00:44:42,430 He has bailed out guilds he has sponsored merchants 621 00:44:42,590 --> 00:44:44,190 he has helped nobles 622 00:44:44,350 --> 00:44:47,550 including Rinaldo Albizzi's own father, settle their debts. 623 00:44:47,710 --> 00:44:49,470 - By thievery! - No! 624 00:44:50,710 --> 00:44:54,150 No, by fair and honest trades! 625 00:44:55,790 --> 00:44:58,590 You think noble blood entitles you to rule the world. 626 00:44:59,510 --> 00:45:00,630 Not any more. 627 00:45:01,990 --> 00:45:05,710 Florence cannot go back into the past 628 00:45:05,870 --> 00:45:09,070 where nobles ruled and peasants bowed. 629 00:45:09,790 --> 00:45:12,790 This republic is building itself to greatness. 630 00:45:12,950 --> 00:45:15,750 Not on the finery of its aristocrats. 631 00:45:15,910 --> 00:45:18,590 But on the talents of its people! 632 00:45:20,390 --> 00:45:24,230 Cosimo's life has been dedicated to this city. 633 00:45:26,150 --> 00:45:28,310 And now you must save them both! 634 00:45:28,470 --> 00:45:30,510 How can you talk of saving Florence 635 00:45:30,670 --> 00:45:32,310 when Lorenzo threatens to burn it down? 636 00:45:35,190 --> 00:45:37,630 The army will go if Cosimo is freed. 637 00:45:37,790 --> 00:45:38,990 I have Sforza's word. 638 00:45:39,150 --> 00:45:41,670 Sforza is a mercenary. His word is worthless. 639 00:45:41,830 --> 00:45:44,430 Cosimo de' Medici was found guilty by this court 640 00:45:44,590 --> 00:45:46,150 his sentence will be carried out! 641 00:45:46,310 --> 00:45:48,510 Guards, prepare the prisoner for execution. 642 00:45:48,990 --> 00:45:49,880 No! 643 00:45:49,910 --> 00:45:50,910 No! 644 00:45:52,190 --> 00:45:53,870 Let me take him out of the city! 645 00:45:54,030 --> 00:45:55,510 We will go into exile! 646 00:45:55,670 --> 00:45:56,670 Guards! 647 00:45:57,310 --> 00:45:58,590 - Halt! - Exile? 648 00:45:58,950 --> 00:46:01,390 All trickery! She thinks we're fools! 649 00:46:01,550 --> 00:46:03,230 That army could sack the city. 650 00:46:03,390 --> 00:46:04,910 And it will be your fault, Rinaldo! 651 00:46:05,070 --> 00:46:06,070 This city will be destroyed! 652 00:46:06,870 --> 00:46:09,830 Exile may not be what you want, Rinaldo. 653 00:46:10,230 --> 00:46:12,110 But it does mean we get to live. 654 00:46:12,790 --> 00:46:13,790 Accept. 655 00:46:22,910 --> 00:46:23,990 No. 656 00:46:24,150 --> 00:46:26,390 Then I will put it to the vote. 657 00:46:50,950 --> 00:46:52,110 Can you stand? 658 00:46:53,390 --> 00:46:54,710 We must go now. 659 00:46:54,870 --> 00:46:57,270 - Prepare for our departure. - Departure? 660 00:46:57,430 --> 00:47:00,150 You were sentenced to death. But I persuaded them to commute it. 661 00:47:02,670 --> 00:47:03,950 You are exiled. 662 00:47:05,190 --> 00:47:06,430 Exiled? 663 00:47:08,710 --> 00:47:10,230 What have you done? 664 00:47:10,950 --> 00:47:12,470 I saved your life. 665 00:47:13,630 --> 00:47:15,110 I was ready to die. 666 00:47:16,830 --> 00:47:18,550 I couldn't lose you. 667 00:47:18,710 --> 00:47:22,110 How could you put your own needs before the good of my family? 668 00:47:23,150 --> 00:47:26,430 If we have lost Florence, the Medici are ruined! 669 00:47:52,790 --> 00:47:55,630 When you arrive in Venice, call on Elisa Morosini. 670 00:47:55,790 --> 00:47:57,390 She's an old friend of my family. 671 00:47:57,550 --> 00:47:59,270 She'll introduce you to society. 672 00:48:00,470 --> 00:48:02,350 Can you really not come with us? 673 00:48:03,870 --> 00:48:06,070 Someone must stay here to look after our affairs. 674 00:48:09,510 --> 00:48:11,390 My own father was exiled. 675 00:48:13,830 --> 00:48:16,070 I know the pain of being cast out. 676 00:48:19,030 --> 00:48:20,430 Piero and I could stay. 677 00:48:20,590 --> 00:48:22,470 And manage the household here. 678 00:48:22,630 --> 00:48:24,270 Piero could run the bank. 679 00:48:24,430 --> 00:48:27,950 God knows he needs to be given more responsibility. 680 00:48:29,230 --> 00:48:30,230 Monna. 681 00:48:31,030 --> 00:48:32,870 Your husband calls for you. 682 00:49:10,110 --> 00:49:12,830 I've left instructions for the bank staff. 683 00:49:12,990 --> 00:49:14,550 There are some notes here for you. 684 00:49:14,710 --> 00:49:16,630 If anything is unclear, send word to Ugo. 685 00:49:19,430 --> 00:49:21,110 I know you are angry. 686 00:49:23,790 --> 00:49:26,550 But if we leave it broken like this between us 687 00:49:27,310 --> 00:49:29,110 we will grow into the break. 688 00:49:31,310 --> 00:49:33,750 Please, let me come with you and the family. 689 00:49:50,670 --> 00:49:52,470 Please, my love. 690 00:50:18,190 --> 00:50:20,670 How much did you have to pay Sforza in the end? 691 00:50:20,830 --> 00:50:23,990 10000 but he wasn't very happy. 692 00:50:24,150 --> 00:50:26,430 Hopefully we'll keep him from coming to Venice. 693 00:50:26,460 --> 00:50:27,460 Cosimo. 694 00:50:29,150 --> 00:50:30,150 We're ready to go. 695 00:50:31,870 --> 00:50:34,390 Are you sure that you have everything you need? 696 00:50:38,470 --> 00:50:40,350 All I have left in the world.