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Do I have a little visitor?

Those are lovely flowers.

Who are they for?

For you, your grace.

Very kind. Do you know what they are?

Mistress Sarah says they're snowdrops.

Show me.

No, my child. Snowdrops hang down. Their

petals hang down like drops.

Do you know what they are?

Wax flowers, see? Five petals.

That means they're the wax flower.

Prettier than you. Prettier than you.

Prettier than me, stronger than me.

Seem to be a few problems here, Thomas.

A few things I can't quite grasp.

Here we have the Pope. He's saying how I

can do this and I can't do that.

Who is the Pope?

He is the head of the church.

Is he the king of England?

Are you the Pope to judge in the matter?

One doctor who can say our marriage is

void. I can give you a thousand that can

say it is valid. Our marriage was made

in heaven and you will never destroy it.

I WILL HAVE MY WIFE.

I WILL HAVE MY WIFE.

I will have my wife.

It was very confusing for us because

we sort of felt it was like

putting himself

above God.

How could he do that?

And of course, you know,

thrown into all that meant you could it

meant that you could go into all the

churches and monasteries and steal all

the plate. Well, not steal. Well, it was

steal, really. Yeah, it was.

I mean, that's that's a terrible thing

to do, isn't it? You you can't pull

change the church. That's how it's

always been. A lot of people disagreed

with

with what he was doing and they paid a

heavy price. People like

Bishop of Rochester, um Fisher

is his name.

And Thomas More, of course, you know, he

was famous. But there were a lot of

other people who weren't quite so famous

who uh

paid the same price for disagreeing and

or or speaking out against what Henry

was doing at that time and it was not a

it was not a happy time.

So much blood.

No. Poor little Mary.

Not so little now.

Her father's divorce meant she was

stripped of her title.

No longer a princess, just Lady Mary,

the king's daughter.

That meant she was a bastard, basically.

She was a princess.

I'm not going to be a bastard.

How dare you call me a bastard? I'm a

princess. I'll never accept that.

And she also didn't accept the the new

religion, ah she was vehemently against

it.

It was one church for her, one pure,

holy, Catholic church forever and for

always.

A new church? Heresy.

And Anne, she gave him a son, all right.

A dead one.

Well, of course, there were rumors about

what she'd been getting up to.

You know, her affairs.

Well, I'm not saying whether it's true

or not, I'm just repeating what I've

heard, but

well, it gave the king the perfect

excuse, didn't it, to get rid of her?

That jumped-up little tart, she deserved

everything she got.

After all,

we all know what the golden rule is in

this place.

Don't upset the king.

The king was merciful in his way. They

were going to use a sword instead of an

axe. It's quicker.

That's kindness.

They even sent for an executioner from

France.

Whatever they said about it,

she went to her death bravely.

Mother of God,

pray for me.

Lord Jesus,

receive my soul.

You'd have thought with Anne Boleyn out

the way that it would have been easier

for Mary, but it wasn't.

Of course, she didn't make it easy for

herself. She still thought that she was

the king's rightful heir.

And that meant that all those people who

didn't believe in the new church saw her

as a a figurehead for their rebellion.

My own daughter, Cromwell.

She defies me.

They tell me she still hears mass.

While she goes on with this delusion,

we'll have every rebel and traitor

putting her up as the queen.

Better sort it out.

Otherwise,

there will be consequences.

Consequences, Cromwell.

Consequences?

Mhm.

Good play.

Painful consequences.

And I don't exclude you from that.

Not at all.

I'm sure you get my drift.

Do you get my drift?

My dearest father and sovereign lord,

I most humbly prostrate myself before

your noble feet, your most obedient

subject and humble child,

who hath committed her soul only to God

and her body to be ordered in this world

as it shall stand in your pleasure.

And will submit me in all things to your

goodness and pleasure.

I will submit me in all things.

Except the thing he wanted most.

She wouldn't say she was a bastard. She

was a princess, the king's truly

begotten daughter.

But you,

my lady,

by your own folly and fantasy,

show your contempt for God,

for your father,

and his laws.

I am here to express the king's severe

displeasure at your continued obstinacy

towards him.

Your disobedience of his laws.

Such gross disobedience

that the king begins to think you are no

longer his daughter,

but some monster of nature.

However,

the king is prepared to show you mercy

and to give you one last chance.

For myself,

I cannot understand why the king is so

lenient towards you, so tolerant. If you

were my daughter,

do you know what I'd do to you?

Do you?

I would knock your head against that

wall

until it became a soft

as a baked apple. You can't talk to her

like that.

Do you know who you're talking to?

Do you know what we can do to you?

Anyway,

the king in his infinite tolerance is

prepared to show you mercy

on condition

that you recognize him as your

sovereign. Yes, of course. You will

recognize him as your sovereign and you

will submit to his laws.

In particular, you will acknowledge the

king as the supreme head of the church.

I can't do that. You will utterly refuse

that the Bishop of Rome has any

authority in this kingdom. No. And you

will acknowledge that your mother's

marriage to the king was by God's law

and man's law incestuous and unlawful.

I can't do that. You will sign the

articles to that effect.

NO.

YOU WILL SIGN the articles TO THAT

EFFECT.

NO, I CAN'T DO THAT. YOU WILL SIGN.

FOR IF YOU DO NOT,

THE consequences

will be far worse than you could

possibly imagine.

Your Grace.

You can't. It would be better. It's a

sin.

I signed my soul away.

I should have let them kill me.

It would be better.

No.

No.

Once Edward was born, everyone was very

relieved, you know. Everyone was very

relieved.

I think maybe people were sort of

relieved. Oh, at last, a male heir.

That's what he wanted. He's be happy now

for a while, won't he?

Even Mary, really. God, life got easier

for her.

Um

and she was actually acknowledged to be

second in line to the throne by Henry.

The old boy wasn't getting any younger,

of course.

God knows what sort of pox he had.

Oh, well. The wages of sin are paid out

equally to the high and the low.

And even the greatest kings are slaves

to their doctors eventually.

Not God's son.

You

are the dead.

You

are

Long live the

Long live

Being so young,

the boy king was under the protection of

the council.

Now, there was a fine group of

gentlemen.

Somerset, who set himself up as Lord

Protector.

And then there was Thomas Cranmer,

Archbishop of Canterbury,

the new pope, you could say.

At least with the old king, all he

wanted to do was get the pope out of the

way. But this was new learning, and

everybody had to change. And it was all

All the old ways, the mass and

everything else that we were allowed to

keep with the old king, was all swept

aside.

The mass is an idolatrous sacrifice.

Steeped in superstition and heresy.

An abomination.

An abomination.

John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, later Lord

Northumberland,

ambitious and a Catholic.

Oh, no, no, he used to be.

He changed.

From henceforth,

the supper of the Lord and the Holy

Communion, commonly called the mass,

is to be said in English.

To be said aloud and clearly instead of

in secret murmurings.

Away with the holy water and the holy

bread, the palm crosses and the

candlemas candles, ashes and creeping to

the cross,

the foul vapors wafting to the canopy of

heaven as if in propitiation of some

heathen Baal.

Away with the washings, crossings,

shriftings, blessings, pilgrimages,

purgatory and relics, the lights and

bells that go with funerals and all the

other baggage of popery.

People talk about the new learning is

what God wants, but

how do they know what God wants?

I liked the old ways.

Salt and oil at christenings,

Candlemas,

the smell of incense,

the sound of the bells ringing out at

All Hallows all through the night.

So beautiful.

Well, Mary was was still sticking by her

conscience. She was still a Catholic, um

and still a thorn in the side of the the

council.

She's breaking the law.

She hears mass publicly with her

servants, and people are flocking from

miles around to join her.

Well, well, we better do something. I

don't think we need to do anything at

all.

If she stays where she is, away from

London, she can do no harm.

Let her stew. Make her the focus for

every papist rebel in England.

You know what's happened in Devon and

Cornwall.

We must act. What do you suggest we do?

Burn her as a heretic?

Mass is either God or the devil.

If it's God, then we should all go to

mass.

Well, then,

if it is the devil, they should be

punished without exception, high or low.

It wasn't long ago you were taking mass.

Sickly little brat.

I wouldn't bet much on the little [ __ ]

surviving.

We have a heretic about one bloody cold

away from the throne.

It's very difficult for us all, my lady,

to do with the observance of the law,

a law which you and your servants are

breaking

by taking part in acts of worship

which are forbidden by the law.

It's contrary to the king's wishes.

But the king is just a child.

How can he know his own mind? That's why

he has wise counselors to advise him.

Oh, you call them wise?

The old ways were good enough for them

when my father was alive, and now it

seems their wisdom is telling them

something different.

John Deland.

Nevertheless, my lady, we've been sent

by the council to remind you

that the king's law on the observance of

mass

applies to everyone.

But I'm only doing what I've done since

I was a child.

What my father did,

and his father before him.

Be that as it may, my lady, but these

practices are forbidden. Who are you to

tell me what is forbidden? No, no, my

lady, it's not us.

It's the law.

It's the king and the council.

He's right, my lady.

It's our duty to inform you that

if you do not cease these acts of

worship,

there will be serious consequences.

The consequences would be far worse if I

stopped.

The thing that is most important to me

is the only thing I have to hold on to.

I know it to be honest and true, and

that is my conscience.

I cannot turn it on and off to suit

what even the council

can talk to me of serious consequences.

Well, so be it.

I'd rather put my head on the block than

betray my God.

Candlemas.

Yes.

I remember going to Candlemas with you,

John Deland.

We took the bread together.

You must remember.

Yes, I do, my lady.

Very well.

But times have changed.

Yes.

Times have changed.

I must ask you gentlemen to excuse me.

It is time for me to go to prayer.

Would you care to join me?

I had trusted that your majesty would

have suffered me,

your poor humble sister and Beatrice,

to have used the accustomed mass,

which the king,

your father and mine,

with all his predecessors evermore used.

With all predecessors ever more used.

Wherein also I have been brought up from

my youth. And there to my conscience

does not only bind Conscience?

A pox on her bloody conscience.

My conscience

does not only bind me.

Which by no means will suffer me to

think one thing and do another. But the

promise made to the emperor by way of

assurance And just who does this emperor

think he is?

The king of England? No.

Any more than you are.

We have heretics coming from miles

around to hear mass with her.

They call her your grace. Did you know

that?

We are facing open rebellion.

It's a few misguided people.

It's a plot.

And if we let it go any longer, we will

make her a focus for every rebel,

heretic, and traitor in the country.

What are we to do?

We imprison a priest, another takes his

place.

Brave men.

The time for playing games is over.

We must root this out.

Destroy it.

We must go right to the heart of the

matter.

The princess

must be made to see the danger that

she's in.

Not very good for her health.

This kind of thing can bring on a sudden

decline.

Anything could happen.

Her heart might not survive the strain.

Or the food.

She's in fragile health.

She's prey to sickness.

Everyone knows if you're weak

you eat something that disagrees with

you

it can be enough to push you over

into an irreversible

downward

spiral.

I could break, couldn't I?

It's quite possible they will succeed.

Or find some way of getting rid of me.

Why should I survive?

I think it would be easier for me if I

died.

I sometimes think

that would be such a release.

How sweet could that be? Don't talk like

that.

I'm feeling

oh, so weak in my body. I

You know how it is predators.

They find the weakest one.

And then they encircle it.

And they run it to ground.

And they cannot be saved.

And that's how it is with me. I cannot I

will be saved. I will be saved. I will

be run to ground.

You're tired. You'll feel better later.

I could easily go under.

And they would get exactly what they

want.

They would take down all vestiges of the

old ways.

All the things that I love.

They would all disappear.

There's no one to save me. Your grace,

God will protect you.

She has come a mother and a mother.

What are you doing?

I'm baking apples for her grace. You

know she likes baked apples because of

her teeth. I just thought that it might

cheer her up.

Why cloves?

It's for the flavor. She's always liked

cloves for flavor.

Where did you get them?

From her grace's garden.

You didn't go further afield?

No, my lady.

What's this?

Just some basil.

Are you sure?

You brought me here to instruct me in

the law.

It's a very strange law these days.

My servants are threatened.

My own person is threatened.

Is this a good example of how the law

works? My lady, if you have any proof of

these allegations, please tell me.

I promise we will act immediately.

I do observe the law.

My father's law.

How many of you were here today

because of my father?

How many of you swore on the book to

observe his sacrament?

Now he is dead, you can contradict him.

You wouldn't have dared while he was

living. Well, times have changed, my

lady.

Oh, yes, times have changed.

You didn't tell me.

I barely recognize my own country, so

changed it is.

A place where the treasures of the

church are burned

or stolen.

Saints are mocked.

Men no longer

hear confession.

Nor take the bread.

Because that is a crime.

And the real crime

is to forbid these things to true

believers.

This is heresy.

God knows who the heretics are.

Yes, my lady.

He does.

You could take everything.

You could take everything on earth that

I own.

You could take my birthright.

You could take my title.

For God knows what my right for title

is.

But you cannot take

my soul.

You cannot take my God.

I'd die first.

You're in pain, my lady.

All my life is pain.

Give this to the king.

Tell him he is my own dear brother.

And I will obey him in everything.

Except

that which takes my my soul.

We've come to hear mass, your grace.

Poor Mary, nothing to hope for while the

heretics ruled the roost.

But then,

hope can spring up in the unlikeliest

places.

Help!

Help!

Useless little arsewipe.

All he had to do was stay alive, and he

couldn't even do that.

She won't

DO IT.

SHE WON'T DO IT!

SHOULD HAVE POISONED THE [ __ ]

CHERRIES, LOVELY fresh cherries.

Well, there was an awful atmosphere in

London. It was very worrying. We didn't

know what was happening.

There was all these rumors going around

as to whether the king was dead or not.

I mean, we didn't know whether he was.

Well, we knew he'd been ill.

And then, of course,

light begins to dawn. We realize, of

course,

that it's Northumberland that's behind

all this.

He wants to keep power, so he's going to

put Lady Jane on the throne, his

daughter-in-law.

Long live the Queen!

Long live

the Queen!

This is ridiculous. Who is this person?

It should be Mary. We all know Mary. We

don't know who this is. You can't just

put someone

a stranger on the throne like that.

I mean, Mary

was the next in line, wasn't she? She

was the king's daughter. She was a

Tudor.

She was going to be queen as far as we

were concerned.

When I first heard of the Lady Jane Grey

business, and what Northumberland was

planning,

I'd have my day.

Let him come anywhere near me.

I mean, what was he trying to achieve?

Did he really think that he could get

away with it?

He was trying to destroy the royal line

of England.

We all knew that Mary was the rightful

queen.

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN! LONG LIVE THE

QUEEN!

YES, TRUE. I was one of Northumberland's

men, me and 3,000 others.

And uh we were all told to muster up at

Top Hill Fields to bring in the Lady

Mary.

And as we uh

set off out of London, and

there was a strange feeling in the air.

When people come out to look at us, they

weren't wishing us good speed. They were

sort of staring at us

blankly, as if,

you know, wondering what we were doing,

questioning what we were doing. And

made us feel a bit uncomfortable, to be

honest with you.

Well, there were many important

gentlemen who were coming to support the

Queen. Sir John Morden and Sir Henry

Bedingfield and and many other

gentlemen. But, it wasn't just them, you

see.

There were people from all over the

countryside, the common people, who were

there ready to fight, willing to support

the Queen. And we were there shouting,

"God save the Queen!" And we all knew

which queen that was.

People who were meant to be joining us

never turned up.

People who'd sworn to be loyal to

Northumberland and to the cause

disappeared.

And people that were meant to be taking

her into custody were going over to her

side instead, begging her for pardon.

Ah, it's hopeless.

Heard that there's going to be a

proclamation out on the cross at

Cheapside.

And I joined this flood of people. There

were people everywhere, just just going

down just to just to see what was going

on.

Loyal subjects of the Crown of England,

I can announce that Princess Mary is

now, on this day, QUEEN OF ENGLAND!

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!

Long live the Queen!

And I think about the miracle that's

happened.

I feel so humble.

It seems that everything in my life,

everything I've suffered,

they've just been a preparation for this

moment.

I can see now what it was you were

doing.

It was a test of my strength.

And I must ask you to forgive me for

doubting you.

It's very clear to me.

I must do what you want.

You've put your trust in me,

and I will not let you down.

I shall make England

clean again,

and bright.

Northumberland got arrested. Well,

he was due for the chop, wasn't he? And

he got it, didn't he?

Well, Mary was lenient with the others,

but she couldn't be for him.

I heard that he even became a Catholic

again to try and save his skin.

But, that didn't save him.

Nor should it have done.

I believe in one God, the Father

Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and

of all things visible and invisible. And

in one Lord, Jesus Christ,

I believe in one God, the Father

Almighty. I believe in one God, the

Father Almighty.

God of gods, light of lights, very God

of very God,

I mean, it was really nice day for a

chopping, you know.

We saw him get chopped in the morning,

then went down to the Aldgate for a

picnic in the afternoon.

Made it a really nice day out.

I believe in one holy Catholic and

apostolic church. I acknowledge one

baptism for remission of sin. I look to

the resurrection of the dead, and the

life of the world to come. Amen.

I have deserved a thousand deaths.

Queen Mary is restored as the rightful

heir of Henry the late king.

All laws banning the hearing of mass are

repealed.

The Holy Father in Rome is restored as

the rightful head of the church in

England.

It is now illegal to attend the

so-called Protestant service.

The laws allowing priests to marry are

repealed.

When that new learning came in,

our old way was wrong. That was the

devil.

So, we worship in the new way.

God be with you.

And now that's wrong.

And so, now we're back to worshiping in

the old way.

It's all very confusing if you ask me. I

mean, let's be honest with you, it

doesn't make a lot of difference to the

likes of me. We're just trying to

survive.

Make a living, you know.

We just did what we were told. It was

easier that way.

We don't want to get into any trouble.

There's There's enough trouble as it is.

Come back.

All the powerful people, of course,

they change over again, don't they?

But do they do it for a love of God, or

do they do it to keep their power?

Mind you,

didn't include them giving back all the

lands they'd stolen from the church.

They held on to those.

And of course, there was the priests. I

mean, now they've become Catholic again,

they had to give up their wives.

Didn't stop them paying their ex-wives a

little visit now and again. We know

WHERE YOU'VE BEEN.

WELL, I THINK SHE THOUGHT UM

THAT SHE JUST be able to

to change everything back to the way it

was.

Tear it all away and go back to the old

ways, but it wasn't going to be that

easy, you know.

I think everybody would have been happy

to go back to the old ways.

With the church. It was a real shame.

What really changed everything, she

married the Spaniard.

If she hadn't have married that

Spaniard, everything would have probably

been okay.

And of course, the council wanted her to

marry uh

that um that English fellow. What was

his name? Courtney.

Yeah, nice lad. But um she wasn't having

any of that.

I find it very offensive you should wish

to marry me to a subject.

I will decide who I marry.

I find this interference very strange

and most unwelcome.

Not to interfere, your grace, but to

give you guidance.

I require no guidance from you.

I take my guidance from God.

Only I can decide who's going to be my

husband.

If you try and force me against my will,

I should be dead within 3 months.

Would hardly suit your purpose.

I shall ask God in his wisdom to guide

me in my choice.

His decision will be final.

We were all terribly worried about

getting involved with a Spaniard.

Dragging us off into some foreign war

and all sorts of nonsense, taking all

our money.

We weren't We weren't happy about it.

Now, Renard, he was a He was a wily

character. He was the ambassador to the

Holy Roman Empire, and he was trying to

convince her to to marry Philip. Well,

you know, she was the daughter of Spain.

Her mother was Spanish, so why wouldn't

she like the idea?

But the young prince will want a young

bride.

I'm too old. No.

No.

Your grace,

age is no barrier in this.

Some people, however young, lack spirit

and seem old.

Whereas

a more mature person

may have the spirit of the young

and the beautiful.

Now, Prince Philip

may be young,

but he has

the wisdom, the experience, the

knowledge

of a much older man.

He has been married before. He has a son

of 7 years.

And of course,

he sees this as a great opportunity.

He does?

Not only would this be a wonderful

alliance between England and Spain,

but

also personally.

He views this prospect

with a great excitement.

She was very indecisive about that, and

eventually after all the pressure, she

did give in, and she wrote a letter to

the council saying that she wasn't going

to marry Philip.

They win.

They win. Of course, they win.

You must not give up.

You must keep fighting.

Please think about it. I have thought

about it.

I haven't thought about anything else.

I can't bear it.

Don't send it.

If you do, it will all be over.

That's what I want.

An end to it.

Such stupid, foolish idea.

I should marry Courtney, or

whoever they want.

So stupid to think that

I can make it work.

What's happened?

You'd made up your mind.

Remember what Ambassador Renard said.

Renard says what he needs to say to get

what he wants. And so do your

parliament.

But what about you?

This isn't about politics for you.

Isn't marriage about the heart?

The heart.

What do I know about the heart?

You know more than anyone

that I'm innocent of love.

It has passed me by. Until now.

Maybe now is your chance.

You know,

they say he's very handsome.

You shouldn't say these things.

But what if Renard is right?

It is the perfect match.

And the perfect union between England

and Spain.

And

you would have an heir.

It's impossible.

It's impossible.

But if only it could be true.

God gave you your throne.

Surely he'll give you a boy.

De lo ultimo que necesitamos hablar es

de su matrimonio.

¿Ha estado pensando sobre ello?

Si, tiene mas.

Según de los planes de su padre, es

definitivamente un buen casamiento.

Inglaterra sería un valioso aliado

contra Francia.

It's impossible.

It is possible. It is.

It seemed impossible you would be queen.

But it happened.

And that England would be rid of heresy,

but that happened.

And this will happen.

Because God wants it.

It is what he would want.

Philip.

Philip.

I almost feel like I know him already.

Does it sound ridiculous? Not at all.

Oh, this isn't me.

What do you mean? Happiness.

It's strange to me. I

never thought I would be happy. That's

for other people.

No, I was afraid to be happy.

Bloody Spain.

It will happen.

We seek no harm to the queen.

We bow down

Sir Thomas Wyatt.

He was a gentleman.

And he was dead set against her marrying

a Spaniard.

She has been deceived by the Spaniard,

whose only purpose is to turn all

Englishmen into his slaves.

She no longer knows her own mind, nor

the better He didn't like the thought of

us losing our country.

That England belonged to us,

not to the Spaniards.

And I think he had a very valid point.

So he can be safe from the evil

Spaniards.

Well, we heard that Wyatt had reached

Southwark.

And he had about 3,000 men with him.

Well, it was a question of whether

London

would join in,

or whether they'd stay loyal to the

queen.

There was panic among them in the city.

They ordered that the gates were shut.

Everyone went and got armed with

whatever they could pick up and carry.

When we heard the rebel army were making

their approach that night, the whole

palace was thrown into chaos.

I was part of her grace's bodyguard.

And that night, we were told to muster

in her chamber.

As we did so, I noticed the members of

her council

huddled in corners muttering, hedging

their bets as to which would be the

winning side.

And in the middle of all this,

Mary was calm

and brave.

She could have escaped.

And we all of us took strength from her

that night.

That was the night she really gained my

respect.

And then we heard that the queen was

going to make a speech at Guildhall.

So we all went down there.

And there were hundreds of people there.

By the time I got there, there was a

large crowd, and I was right at the

back.

I could hear the the queen speaking, but

I couldn't see her, being such a small

lady.

One thing I'll never forget

were the words that she used.

Will you defend me

against these traitors and these rebels?

For I do say to you now

that I have a mind to stay,

live, and die with you.

And Mary just talked to us straight.

She said if we went against the rebels,

she would be there with us, up the

front.

And if we died, then she would be there

dying with us as well.

I cannot tell

how naturally a mother doth love her

child,

for I was never mother to any.

She said like we were her children.

And she was our mother, not that she had

children of her own,

and that she would protect us

and stand by us. If we supported her,

she was willing to die for us.

I started thinking of my wife and

kiddies.

And it got to me, and

well,

I shed a tear.

If we stand together,

I know we shall prevail.

And then we can live

nobly,

honorably,

and in freedom

in the one true faith.

When the rebellion was crushed,

suddenly there were

gibbets

all over London and Kent.

There was a real sense of of an

atmosphere that

I will not put up with anybody trying to

walk over me anymore. That's it. I've

had enough.

Don't walk over me, otherwise this is

what's going to happen. I've had enough

of you. She was known known, if you

like, for her leniency, but uh that

after that rebellion,

something changed, and she become

harder.

What a wonderful day it was. There was

music, there was dancing, there was

more food than you could ever imagine.

Banquet table, well, that was laden down

with the most luxurious food I've ever

seen.

They had heralds that spoke in uh

French, English, Latin.

They listed all the countries that Mary

and Philip ruled over.

Jerusalem, Brabant, Sicily.

Sounded like the whole world to me.

Mary looked beautiful.

She had a white dress

that was lined with gold.

Her wedding band was gold, too.

Very simple.

Mary's idea.

She said it was how maids were married

of old.

He was very handsome.

Despite being a Spaniard.

And they look

They look very happy.

Two service

peaceful here.

I don't know what to do.

And we heard that she was going to have

a baby.

And it all seemed to fit so well.

After she'd faced down a rebellion,

she'd now have an heir.

She'd be able to continue the Catholic

faith.

Dear Lord,

I must ask you to forgive me.

Seems that I am always doubting you.

And I know you have a plan for me.

You have given me a sign.

We were all so excited at the news.

Noble ladies came to court to be with

Mary.

And we were told the happy event would

be in May.

But May came,

and there was no baby.

May turned to June.

Still no sign of a child.

Oh.

I'm sure I felt it move.

By July,

it was just

another mystery.

Another sadness.

How could a pregnancy go on for 11

months? It

It's like the pregnancy just carried on

and on. And I It just wasn't possible.

It's like, well, apparently she looked

pregnant,

but there was no baby.

I think that

I blame the doctors. They should have

told her.

I expect they were scared.

Mary was too old.

Too old.

Baby?

More like a bad case of the wind.

Things just got worse after that. We had

a terrible summer.

Uh summer storms were the worst I can

remember. The harvest failed and the

same thing happened for the next

two summers, so

there was very little food about. You

know, with the three harvests failing.

You got to wonder why. And what most

people said

was it was God taking it out on Queen

Mary, marrying the Spaniard. Well,

to cap it all,

we lost Calais

to the French.

Mary took that very badly. Well, we all

took it very badly.

Is it kind of like I told you so? If you

married If you married him, look what

you've done.

Look what God's doing to us.

Don't you see what you've done?

It was around that time that the

burnings started.

It was her character. I I don't think

that

that she was cruel like that, but she

had to have something to blame all the

things that had gone wrong in her life.

So, she blamed the new learning.

It is my fault.

I've been wrong in thinking of my own

happiness.

I put myself before my task.

You put your faith in me,

but I forgot to do what it is you want.

I can feel your anger.

It is in your silence.

I will prove myself worthy.

I shall cleanse this country of the

curse of heresy.

I knew this man called John Miller.

Nice, gentle man. Used to meet you on

the street and say hello. And then

suddenly they singled him out, said he

was in league with the devil.

Even now it's not too late. Accept the

bread and wine as the body and blood of

Christ.

I can't.

I can't sign your declaration.

I have my faith. I have to follow my

faith, whatever the danger.

Do you realize the trouble that you're

in?

You must accept the mass.

I don't recognize your mass. Your mass

is heresy.

Don't leave me, John.

Please don't. Please don't leave me.

Just give them what they want. Please.

Please just give them what they want.

It must be

I knew John Miller.

He was a nice man.

Easy going. Do anything for anyone.

Why did she have to be so cruel?

Why not just let God punish them?

Our Father,

who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy will be done

on Earth

as it is in heaven.

Forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those

who trespass against us.

Deliver us not

into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

Amen.

I had sad martyrs.

They were so brave.

I mean, I know they were heretics,

but they seemed to go willingly to their

death.

If God's kind,

would he mind how we worship him?

Would it really matter to him?

I don't think it would.

Not the God that I believe in.

Pleased you.

Have I pleased you?

The burnings didn't do any good.

The more people they burned, the more

stubborn they seemed to get.

If she'd have had an heir, a boy,

then England would have stayed Catholic.

We wouldn't have gone to war with Spain.

We'd have been part of Spain.

She was always true to her conscience,

which meant she wasn't wily enough or

ambitious enough to succeed.

She became a victim, if you like. She

was just

hated by everybody.

We have a new queen.

She's young.

She's strong. She's beautiful.

And she's a Protestant.

All the things that Mary wasn't.

But

Elizabeth the heroine,

Mary the villain?

Was she any crueler than

Well, certainly not crueler than her

father.

She

was

the Spaniard's

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A foreign among king

days.

The act of God was very odd, and so

were

England's sad.

Mary, Mary,

bloody Mary,

killer queen of

England.

And