1 23:05:59,000 --> 05:05:59,000 Cleaned, corrected and re-synced by Tronar re-synced for bluray by navidhh 2 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:04,291 The peninsula of Italy is threatened by invasion from France 3 00:01:04,292 --> 00:01:06,660 and the Muslim Turks. 4 00:01:10,633 --> 00:01:15,769 Italy itself is divided into ten warring kingdoms. 5 00:01:19,342 --> 00:01:22,677 At the center are the Papal States 6 00:01:22,678 --> 00:01:25,847 ruled by Pope Innocent VIII. 7 00:01:27,817 --> 00:01:32,755 Rome, its capital, is also divided into warring factions, 8 00:01:32,756 --> 00:01:37,426 the Orsini, the Colonna and the Borgia. 9 00:02:32,618 --> 00:02:35,607 This is for calling my uncle a Jew. 10 00:02:35,608 --> 00:02:39,304 This is for calling my uncle a Moor. 11 00:02:39,305 --> 00:02:42,840 This is because I feel like beating the shit out of you. 12 00:02:42,841 --> 00:02:44,951 Cesare, stop. You'll kill him. 13 00:02:49,719 --> 00:02:52,773 I thought you'd never get here. 14 00:03:50,813 --> 00:03:52,252 Mama. 15 00:03:53,341 --> 00:03:54,620 Mama. 16 00:03:57,549 --> 00:03:58,892 Mama! 17 00:03:58,893 --> 00:04:00,075 Mama. 18 00:04:01,243 --> 00:04:05,642 Mama, help me. Mama, I'm dying. 19 00:04:07,627 --> 00:04:13,320 No, Lucrezia. You are a woman now. Come, we will wash you. 20 00:04:16,362 --> 00:04:18,151 Come on, Ottaviano. 21 00:04:22,584 --> 00:04:25,911 His Holiness will not be receiving petitions today. 22 00:04:25,912 --> 00:04:28,918 He is meeting with the College of Cardinals. 23 00:04:32,728 --> 00:04:34,678 Verbum incarnatum. 24 00:04:34,679 --> 00:04:37,830 His Holiness, Pope Innocent VIII of that name 25 00:04:37,831 --> 00:04:41,926 calls to order a meeting of the Sacred College of Cardinals 26 00:04:41,927 --> 00:04:45,732 on this third day in the month of March 27 00:04:45,733 --> 00:04:49,540 in the year of our Lord, fourteen ninety and two. 28 00:04:54,084 --> 00:04:59,842 The Supreme Pontiff will hear from Vice-Chancellor Rodrigo Cardinal Borgia. 29 00:04:59,843 --> 00:05:05,122 Holy Father, I have received the joyous report from King Ferdinand of Aragon, 30 00:05:05,123 --> 00:05:07,408 and his Queen, Isabella of Castile. 31 00:05:07,409 --> 00:05:13,008 Their armies have driven the Muslims from Granada, uniting the country of Spain. 32 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:15,503 Bravo. 33 00:05:18,895 --> 00:05:22,463 In honor of this momentous victory for the Christian faith, 34 00:05:22,464 --> 00:05:26,301 I beseech Your Holiness to grant to Ferdinand and Isabella 35 00:05:26,302 --> 00:05:30,429 the title of Most Catholic Majesty. 36 00:05:34,813 --> 00:05:38,635 The Supreme Pontiff will hear from the Dean of the Sacred College, 37 00:05:38,636 --> 00:05:41,180 Giuliano Cardinal Della Rovere. 38 00:05:41,181 --> 00:05:47,195 Holy Father, to bestow upon the Spaniards such an extraordinary title 39 00:05:47,196 --> 00:05:49,930 will certainly anger all the other monarchs of Europe. 40 00:05:49,931 --> 00:05:56,697 King Charles of France has been no less ardent in defending the one, true faith. 41 00:05:59,450 --> 00:06:01,305 Vice-Chancellor. 42 00:06:01,306 --> 00:06:05,032 Your Holiness has asked the French King to initiate a new Crusade 43 00:06:11,799 --> 00:06:16,886 Though the army of France is the greatest military force in the known world, 44 00:06:16,887 --> 00:06:18,517 he equivocates. 45 00:06:18,726 --> 00:06:20,741 Why? 46 00:06:20,742 --> 00:06:25,333 Perhaps his faith is not married to his passion. 47 00:06:35,300 --> 00:06:38,739 What says the consistory? Assent? 48 00:06:41,123 --> 00:06:42,593 16. 49 00:06:44,386 --> 00:06:45,809 Dissent? 50 00:06:48,339 --> 00:06:49,697 Four. 51 00:06:52,977 --> 00:06:54,352 Vice-Chancellor? 52 00:06:54,353 --> 00:07:00,559 Now to a request from Lorenzo de Medici regarding his son, Giovanni. 53 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,615 The highest being of consciousness on Earth is man, 54 00:07:03,616 --> 00:07:06,079 but our existence must have purpose. 55 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,087 God commands each of us to think, observe and create. 56 00:07:09,088 --> 00:07:14,269 No, Alessandro. He commands us to perform unselfish service for the good of humanity. 57 00:07:14,270 --> 00:07:17,197 That is the only way to save one's soul. 58 00:07:29,595 --> 00:07:31,402 From His Holiness. 59 00:07:32,347 --> 00:07:35,994 It's for you. Giovanni de Medici. 60 00:07:47,849 --> 00:07:49,160 I... 61 00:07:49,977 --> 00:07:52,104 I am named a cardinal. 62 00:07:58,903 --> 00:08:01,014 Well done, old friend. 63 00:08:01,015 --> 00:08:02,614 Congratulations. 64 00:08:23,828 --> 00:08:29,074 Invasion by the French, the Germans, the Muslim Turks hangs above us like a noose, 65 00:08:29,075 --> 00:08:31,313 and yet Italy remains fractured. 66 00:08:31,314 --> 00:08:34,240 Ten independent countries squabbling. 67 00:08:36,402 --> 00:08:38,256 20 points. 68 00:08:38,257 --> 00:08:41,887 The threat of war between Naples and Milan grows more pungent each day. 69 00:08:41,888 --> 00:08:44,399 You, Orsini, have made things worse 70 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:46,767 by signing a contract with Naples. 71 00:08:46,768 --> 00:08:50,430 You, Colonna, tried to do the same, only we outbid you. 72 00:08:51,263 --> 00:08:54,494 40 points. 73 00:08:55,711 --> 00:08:57,246 You cheat. 74 00:08:57,583 --> 00:08:59,357 Cheat? Me? 75 00:08:59,358 --> 00:09:00,972 Orsini dog! 76 00:09:00,973 --> 00:09:02,892 Colonna whore! 77 00:09:02,893 --> 00:09:04,253 No. 78 00:09:04,254 --> 00:09:08,043 Stop. In the name of Almighty God, stop. 79 00:09:08,044 --> 00:09:12,075 These petty rivalries endanger Rome. Rome! 80 00:09:12,076 --> 00:09:16,602 Will you murder the Eternal City simply to prove your family is the strongest? 81 00:09:16,603 --> 00:09:21,114 No. These factions must end. We must work in unity. 82 00:09:22,491 --> 00:09:28,392 Gianbattista, Giovanni, I want you to offer each other the sign of peace. 83 00:09:28,393 --> 00:09:31,416 Our three families, we are the masters of Rome. 84 00:09:31,417 --> 00:09:35,943 We can leave our children a legacy of plenty or of waste. Choose. 85 00:09:37,752 --> 00:09:39,895 When the city is safe, 86 00:09:39,896 --> 00:09:41,831 you can kill each other. 87 00:10:02,917 --> 00:10:04,979 Lucrezia. 88 00:10:05,557 --> 00:10:07,074 Lucrezia. 89 00:10:07,876 --> 00:10:09,106 Lucrezia. 90 00:10:10,995 --> 00:10:12,817 Lucrezia. 91 00:10:12,818 --> 00:10:15,474 Did you not hear me call? Yes, Mother. 92 00:10:15,475 --> 00:10:18,337 Then why did you not respond? 93 00:10:19,570 --> 00:10:22,513 I shall never have a husband. 94 00:10:22,514 --> 00:10:24,849 Boys, wait for me downstairs. 95 00:10:25,457 --> 00:10:27,312 My father is dead. 96 00:10:27,313 --> 00:10:29,808 My brothers are off either fighting the Muslims in Spain 97 00:10:29,809 --> 00:10:31,950 or studying for the priesthood in Pisa. 98 00:10:31,951 --> 00:10:35,599 Or too young. Who will arrange a marriage for me? 99 00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:40,013 Cardinal Borgia, your uncle, of course. When? Why does he wait? 100 00:10:40,014 --> 00:10:43,164 Am I too ugly? Too plain? Too... No. 101 00:10:45,693 --> 00:10:48,845 He wants to find you the right husband. 102 00:10:48,846 --> 00:10:50,939 And besides, I have been married three times. 103 00:10:50,940 --> 00:10:54,028 I advise you, be careful for what you wish. 104 00:10:54,348 --> 00:10:57,435 Oh, Mama. 105 00:10:57,436 --> 00:11:02,091 Tell me about my father. I have done so a thousand times. 106 00:11:02,092 --> 00:11:03,578 Was he handsome? Yes. 107 00:11:03,579 --> 00:11:05,754 Was he brave? Oh, yes. 108 00:11:05,755 --> 00:11:10,616 Did you love him so much that you thought you would die without him? 109 00:11:10,617 --> 00:11:13,130 You read too much romance, Lucrezia. 110 00:11:13,131 --> 00:11:15,033 I'm sad to say, but soon you will learn 111 00:11:15,034 --> 00:11:17,864 there is very little real romance in the world. 112 00:11:26,424 --> 00:11:28,789 The weather has been so strange lately. 113 00:11:28,790 --> 00:11:32,117 Brutally hot one moment, frigidly cold the next. 114 00:11:32,118 --> 00:11:36,053 An augur of ill times to come? The death of the Pope? 115 00:11:36,054 --> 00:11:38,805 Or war between Naples and Milan. 116 00:11:38,806 --> 00:11:42,531 That in itself will bring ruin to the entire Italian peninsula. 117 00:11:42,532 --> 00:11:44,180 But, worse, to Rome. 118 00:11:44,181 --> 00:11:46,132 In order for one to attack the other... 119 00:11:46,133 --> 00:11:48,596 their armies must march through the Papal States. 120 00:11:48,597 --> 00:11:51,731 I've asked the Pope to intercede, but he procrastinates, 121 00:11:51,732 --> 00:11:56,034 - Uncle! - unsure whether to shit on Naples or piss on Milan. 122 00:11:56,035 --> 00:11:59,457 Juan, why have you returned from Spain? 123 00:11:59,458 --> 00:12:04,656 I did not summon you... Uncle, Pedro Luis is dead. 124 00:12:10,224 --> 00:12:13,023 He was the future of our family. 125 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,349 Ride to Pisa at once, bring your brother Cesare home. Go. Go. 126 00:12:58,841 --> 00:13:00,536 Yes. 127 00:13:02,201 --> 00:13:06,647 Is the pain too much? That's seven points to you. 128 00:13:06,648 --> 00:13:10,087 Wine will fortify your game. Juan. 129 00:13:11,207 --> 00:13:15,397 Back from Valencia? What is wrong? 130 00:13:15,398 --> 00:13:17,957 Pedro Luis has been assassinated. 131 00:13:20,422 --> 00:13:23,124 By whom? I killed all of the assassins. 132 00:13:23,125 --> 00:13:24,756 Was that wise? Wise? 133 00:13:24,757 --> 00:13:27,460 Well, we'll never know who sent them. The Moors, of course. 134 00:13:27,461 --> 00:13:30,867 In retaliation for our brother's victory at Ronda. 135 00:13:30,868 --> 00:13:34,051 Come. We must to Rome. 136 00:13:57,888 --> 00:14:00,158 God is punishing me for my sins. 137 00:14:00,159 --> 00:14:04,878 Last year, he took my daughter, Jeronima, and now Pedro Luis. 138 00:14:04,879 --> 00:14:08,318 Though the two were not my children, I loved them as my own. 139 00:14:08,319 --> 00:14:11,340 No man should bury a brother, a daughter and a son. 140 00:14:11,341 --> 00:14:17,515 Vannozza, I am afraid of losing more. So I want Lucrezia to live with me. 141 00:14:17,516 --> 00:14:21,804 The death of my firstborn has been like a bell in a church tower awakening me. 142 00:14:21,805 --> 00:14:23,451 I need my family near. 143 00:14:23,452 --> 00:14:26,923 Will you finally acknowledge them as your children? 144 00:14:26,924 --> 00:14:28,602 No. 145 00:14:28,603 --> 00:14:32,473 The Pope himself has legitimized his bastards. Why can you not? 146 00:14:32,474 --> 00:14:34,794 He is the Pope, above reproach. 147 00:14:34,795 --> 00:14:38,873 I am merely mortal, and susceptible to slander, abuse, ridicule. 148 00:14:38,874 --> 00:14:40,505 What about Goffredo? 149 00:14:41,066 --> 00:14:42,680 He stays here. 150 00:14:42,681 --> 00:14:45,240 You said you wanted all of your children. 151 00:14:45,833 --> 00:14:47,399 Exactly. 152 00:15:06,326 --> 00:15:11,156 And I am hoping you will come to trust me as you do your own mother. 153 00:15:21,075 --> 00:15:25,073 The room is lovely, Cousin Adriana. Thank His Eminence. 154 00:15:25,074 --> 00:15:29,281 I will send in servants to unpack your belongings. Um, no. 155 00:15:31,410 --> 00:15:33,424 I would like 156 00:15:33,889 --> 00:15:36,608 a moment to pray. 157 00:15:48,624 --> 00:15:50,350 Mama. 158 00:15:58,941 --> 00:16:06,011 Eternal rest, grant unto Your faithful servant, Pedro Luis, 159 00:16:06,012 --> 00:16:09,882 and let perpetual light shine upon him. 160 00:16:09,883 --> 00:16:14,042 Whom Thou has called out of this world 161 00:16:14,043 --> 00:16:19,369 and caused him to be joined to the fellowship of Thy saints. 162 00:16:19,370 --> 00:16:24,921 Through our Lord, Jesus Christ, Thy son, 163 00:16:24,922 --> 00:16:29,496 who being God, lives and reigns with Thee 164 00:16:29,497 --> 00:16:33,591 in the unity of the Holy Ghost. 165 00:16:36,519 --> 00:16:41,301 The just man shall be in everlasting remembrance, 166 00:16:42,166 --> 00:16:45,078 an evil report, he shall not fear. 167 00:16:45,781 --> 00:16:48,612 The just man. 168 00:16:48,613 --> 00:16:54,196 Trusting in the Lord, his heart is steadfast. 169 00:16:54,197 --> 00:17:00,163 He shall not fear till he looks down upon his foes. 170 00:17:00,164 --> 00:17:02,147 You are men now and I will talk to you as men 171 00:17:02,148 --> 00:17:05,025 about issues which are important to us as a family. 172 00:17:05,587 --> 00:17:07,250 Rome is in danger. 173 00:17:08,051 --> 00:17:10,354 Pope Innocent will not live long. 174 00:17:10,355 --> 00:17:12,800 The Colonna family and the Orsini family, 175 00:17:12,801 --> 00:17:15,841 each hoping to name the next Pontiff, 176 00:17:15,842 --> 00:17:20,528 will seize the bridges, the roads, the fortresses which surround us. 177 00:17:20,529 --> 00:17:24,991 Our fortunes, our very lives will be in danger. 178 00:17:25,744 --> 00:17:27,216 Unless... 179 00:17:27,217 --> 00:17:29,999 Unless we keep the two families focused on a single enemy. 180 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,679 Am I right, Uncle? Yes. 181 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:35,597 And that enemy is Cardinal Della Rovere. Am I right, Uncle? 182 00:17:35,598 --> 00:17:37,021 Yes. 183 00:17:37,022 --> 00:17:41,085 In my eyes, you are both of equal measure. 184 00:17:41,086 --> 00:17:45,212 But only one of you can succeed Pedro Luis as Duke of Gandia. 185 00:17:48,237 --> 00:17:53,147 Juan, I want you to visit Virginio Orsini. 186 00:17:53,148 --> 00:17:56,795 Listen to him, sympathize with his every complaint, 187 00:17:56,796 --> 00:18:00,586 make him believe we Borgia side with him. 188 00:18:03,035 --> 00:18:08,216 And you, to Fabrizio Colonna, to convince him of the same. 189 00:18:08,217 --> 00:18:11,576 Poison their minds against Della Rovere. 190 00:18:14,440 --> 00:18:17,351 You are the sons of the House of Borgia. 191 00:18:17,352 --> 00:18:21,062 I have absolute faith in your talents and discretion. 192 00:18:21,063 --> 00:18:23,526 Be gone with Godspeed. 193 00:18:29,638 --> 00:18:31,301 They're too young for such a mission. 194 00:18:31,302 --> 00:18:33,092 I had hoped to have more time to school them, 195 00:18:33,093 --> 00:18:35,668 but events are moving faster than the ideal. 196 00:18:35,669 --> 00:18:38,643 I need to know which of them can lead 197 00:18:38,644 --> 00:18:42,228 because I cannot leave Gandia without a duke for long. 198 00:18:42,229 --> 00:18:46,194 The province is too wealthy and will soon be swallowed up by someone else's kin. 199 00:18:46,195 --> 00:18:49,106 Either Juan or Cesare must become Duke 200 00:18:49,107 --> 00:18:52,753 and marry the Princess Maria Enriques de Luna. 201 00:18:55,090 --> 00:19:00,561 Yes, I have not given up my hope of a Borgia on the Spanish throne. 202 00:19:00,562 --> 00:19:03,889 Padishah Bajazet cannot be trusted. You are wrong, Borgia. 203 00:19:03,890 --> 00:19:07,791 A Muslim attack on Rome is impossible while the civil war rages in Turkey. 204 00:19:07,792 --> 00:19:12,719 My point, Fabrizio, is that Pope Innocent will not live out the year. 205 00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,566 Is that why you are here? 206 00:19:15,567 --> 00:19:17,775 Will you offer some kind of bribe, 207 00:19:17,776 --> 00:19:22,270 so we Colonna will support your uncle's grab for the Throne of Saint Peter? 208 00:19:22,271 --> 00:19:24,637 You misjudge him. The Vice-Chancellor is content to... 209 00:19:24,638 --> 00:19:29,629 No Spaniard, no Borgia bastard will ever again be Pope. 210 00:19:47,498 --> 00:19:49,049 I will kill him. 211 00:19:49,786 --> 00:19:51,065 Yes. 212 00:19:51,753 --> 00:19:54,633 But not now. 213 00:19:54,634 --> 00:19:58,343 You have failed, Cesare, failed miserably. 214 00:19:58,344 --> 00:20:01,960 Because you lack control, you have upset the fragile balance... 215 00:20:01,961 --> 00:20:06,182 - I am sorry... - Step away from me. 216 00:20:15,222 --> 00:20:16,533 Juan. 217 00:20:22,134 --> 00:20:26,819 Because you have succeeded in securing the support of the Orsini, 218 00:20:26,820 --> 00:20:29,555 I'm going to ask King Ferdinand 219 00:20:29,556 --> 00:20:33,506 to name you the second Duke of Gandia. 220 00:21:16,349 --> 00:21:24,349 In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. 221 00:21:24,363 --> 00:21:29,386 I accept the honor of being Duke of Gandia with gratitude and respect. 222 00:21:29,387 --> 00:21:33,050 I pledge to faithfully serve you, Your Holiness, 223 00:21:33,051 --> 00:21:36,568 King Ferdinand of Aragon and our Lord God 224 00:21:36,569 --> 00:21:38,952 for as long as I shall live. 225 00:21:41,545 --> 00:21:45,639 Oh, Giuseppe, I cannot believe you do not make an appointment... 226 00:21:46,568 --> 00:21:48,903 Lucrezia, why are you not in bed? 227 00:21:48,904 --> 00:21:50,758 I'm too excited. 228 00:21:50,759 --> 00:21:52,902 Cesare, I wish I were inside, 229 00:21:52,903 --> 00:21:55,557 listening to all the fascinating conversations. 230 00:21:55,558 --> 00:21:59,589 Hardly fascinating. The cardinals are discussing alum. 231 00:21:59,590 --> 00:22:03,669 The dye that comes from the papal mines near Civitavecchia. 232 00:22:03,670 --> 00:22:06,229 Innocent's greed has glutted the market 233 00:22:06,230 --> 00:22:09,331 and the price of alum has hit a breathtaking low. 234 00:22:09,332 --> 00:22:11,059 The Pope is bankrupt? 235 00:22:11,060 --> 00:22:15,219 I hear he will pawn the papal tiara to pay his son's gambling debts. 236 00:22:15,220 --> 00:22:16,850 Good Lord. 237 00:22:16,851 --> 00:22:20,050 Do not worry, Lucrezia, the Vice-Chancellor has convinced the Medici bank 238 00:22:20,051 --> 00:22:21,906 to give His Holiness a loan. 239 00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:25,458 In exchange for your fat friend Giovanni becoming a cardinal. 240 00:22:25,459 --> 00:22:29,105 Uncle's manipulations have worked out well for you, Brother. 241 00:22:29,106 --> 00:22:32,496 As Duke of Gandia, you have an income of 20,000 ducats a year. 242 00:22:32,497 --> 00:22:36,719 25, Brother. And Rodrigo has even greater plans for me. 243 00:22:36,720 --> 00:22:38,446 Oh? 244 00:22:38,447 --> 00:22:41,071 Such as what? I am sworn to secrecy. 245 00:22:41,072 --> 00:22:44,814 But our endeavors should be of no concern to a man of the cloth. 246 00:22:44,815 --> 00:22:48,685 You must go back to Pisa and focus on God, 247 00:22:48,686 --> 00:22:52,125 and your priestly vows, poverty, obedience, celibacy. 248 00:22:52,126 --> 00:22:56,572 I am not a priest yet. Well, you smell like one. 249 00:22:56,573 --> 00:22:58,204 Lucrezia. 250 00:22:58,750 --> 00:23:00,668 Where are you? 251 00:23:02,236 --> 00:23:04,971 Juan, Cesare, have you seen the child? 252 00:23:04,972 --> 00:23:06,522 No, cousin. 253 00:23:06,523 --> 00:23:09,994 She should be asleep. The night air is heavy with bile. 254 00:23:12,027 --> 00:23:14,905 Adriana is right, go to bed. No. 255 00:23:14,906 --> 00:23:16,506 I insist. 256 00:23:16,507 --> 00:23:18,330 Come, I will walk with you. 257 00:23:18,331 --> 00:23:20,056 I want Juan to tuck me in. 258 00:23:30,713 --> 00:23:34,487 Thereby keeping the peace and keeping the demand for alum steady. 259 00:23:34,488 --> 00:23:38,966 No, if Richard of Shrewsbury marches on London, two armies will need alum. 260 00:23:43,526 --> 00:23:47,076 I hear Pope Innocent is going to raise the annual tax on courtesans 261 00:23:47,077 --> 00:23:49,076 to 5,000 ducats a year, 262 00:23:49,077 --> 00:23:52,707 which means, of course, the courtesans will raise their rates. 263 00:23:55,395 --> 00:24:00,259 I shall, sweet sister, rather go deeper into debt or learn to enjoy the company of goats. 264 00:24:00,260 --> 00:24:03,970 Giulia, why are you looking at that book? You do not know how to read. 265 00:24:03,971 --> 00:24:06,978 You would be surprised by the things I know, husband. 266 00:24:06,979 --> 00:24:08,769 Tricks learned from His Eminence? 267 00:24:08,770 --> 00:24:10,161 Oh, please. 268 00:24:10,162 --> 00:24:12,785 We would not be living here at the Cancelleria 269 00:24:12,786 --> 00:24:15,281 if you and your sainted mother had not brought us. 270 00:24:15,282 --> 00:24:17,617 I intend to correct that immediately. 271 00:24:17,618 --> 00:24:20,975 Henceforth, we shall reside at our country estate in Bassanello. 272 00:24:20,976 --> 00:24:23,711 Away from Rome? Never. 273 00:24:23,712 --> 00:24:25,999 Borrow money from your Orsini cousins. 274 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,935 I owe too much to them already. 275 00:24:27,936 --> 00:24:32,430 Alessandro, how was I unlucky enough to marry into the one branch 276 00:24:32,431 --> 00:24:35,805 of the Orsini family which does not have a ducat to its name? 277 00:24:35,806 --> 00:24:39,388 And do the Farnese? Your tribe was in the hock well before mine. 278 00:24:39,389 --> 00:24:42,939 Yes, we Farnese always set the trends. 279 00:24:45,613 --> 00:24:48,364 Well, Monoculus, what is so urgent? 280 00:24:48,365 --> 00:24:51,611 Eminence, I seek permission to leave your household for Bassanello. 281 00:24:51,612 --> 00:24:54,041 Leave? For how long? The entire summer. 282 00:24:54,042 --> 00:24:56,202 When would you depart? At once. 283 00:24:56,203 --> 00:24:58,858 I go in order to fulfill my contract with the Holy See. 284 00:24:58,859 --> 00:25:00,658 There are many able young men in Viterbo 285 00:25:00,659 --> 00:25:03,353 who I am certain I can recruit to join the Papal Guard. 286 00:25:03,354 --> 00:25:06,601 If Naples declares war on Milan... Naples will not declare war. 287 00:25:06,602 --> 00:25:09,864 Cardinal Carafa is on his way north, he and I will find a way to peace. 288 00:25:09,865 --> 00:25:13,702 Still, Monoculus, you should fulfill your obligation to Pope Innocent. 289 00:25:13,703 --> 00:25:16,423 Yes. Be gone with Godspeed. 290 00:25:18,168 --> 00:25:21,974 Come, wife. No. Lady Giulia stays in Rome. 291 00:25:21,975 --> 00:25:26,773 But I... Unless, Adriana, you no longer need her assistance. 292 00:25:27,334 --> 00:25:28,533 Mother. 293 00:25:32,277 --> 00:25:37,300 But I do. Giulia is an enormous help running such a big household. 294 00:26:07,055 --> 00:26:12,077 Why are you so good at this? It comes with age. 295 00:26:15,471 --> 00:26:19,645 No, no, no! What is all this noise? 296 00:26:19,646 --> 00:26:24,221 Lucrezia refuses to learn needlepoint. Boring, useless and menial. 297 00:26:24,222 --> 00:26:26,941 Needlepoint is an essential part of the education of 298 00:26:26,942 --> 00:26:28,412 every respectable Roman matron. 299 00:26:28,413 --> 00:26:30,492 I care not about being respectable. 300 00:26:30,493 --> 00:26:33,052 You say you want your uncle to arrange a marriage, 301 00:26:33,053 --> 00:26:36,282 yet you make yourself undesirable at every turn. 302 00:26:36,283 --> 00:26:38,586 You will learn needlepoint. 303 00:26:38,587 --> 00:26:42,969 You are not my mother, Giulia, you cannot order me about. Go away. 304 00:26:45,066 --> 00:26:48,328 Be silent. And do as you are told. 305 00:26:49,769 --> 00:26:51,976 I hate you. 306 00:27:06,423 --> 00:27:10,517 The embassy of Naples is very late in arriving. 307 00:27:10,518 --> 00:27:14,548 Has Cardinal Carafa sent word? If he had sent word, would I not have told you? 308 00:27:16,837 --> 00:27:18,979 I see that and I want to weep. 309 00:27:18,980 --> 00:27:23,156 40 years ago, Pope Nicholas, despairing at the disrepair of Saint Peter's, 310 00:27:23,157 --> 00:27:26,003 had hoped to build a spectacular new basilica. 311 00:27:26,004 --> 00:27:28,787 He died before he had the chance. 312 00:27:28,788 --> 00:27:33,170 If I were Pope... No Spaniard will ever again be Pope. 313 00:27:35,267 --> 00:27:39,793 Sometimes, Francesc, I wish you were not always so honest. 314 00:27:42,081 --> 00:27:45,408 Cardinal Carafa, what... We were robbed. 315 00:27:45,409 --> 00:27:48,448 Highwaymen. Ten leagues from the city gates. 316 00:27:48,449 --> 00:27:50,703 Look at me, they took everything. 317 00:27:50,704 --> 00:27:53,887 See that His Eminence and these gentlemen are clothed, their wounds cared for. 318 00:27:53,888 --> 00:27:56,558 The thieves looked Milanese. 319 00:27:56,559 --> 00:27:59,246 Begin an investigation, deploy guards into the countryside. 320 00:27:59,247 --> 00:28:02,414 As soon as we are able, we shall return to Naples. 321 00:28:02,415 --> 00:28:06,540 But our negotiations... Are over until this outrage is punished. 322 00:28:07,565 --> 00:28:10,252 Until Milan apologizes. 323 00:28:14,892 --> 00:28:17,259 Good luck getting that apology. 324 00:28:26,922 --> 00:28:31,657 And then King Ferdinand told me that he was sending some Genoan sailor 325 00:28:31,658 --> 00:28:34,472 across the western ocean to find new routes to the Indies. 326 00:28:34,473 --> 00:28:36,008 The Indies. 327 00:28:36,009 --> 00:28:39,143 Also, the king, having rid the country of the Muslims, 328 00:28:39,144 --> 00:28:41,927 will rejuvenate his Grand Inquisitions, 329 00:28:41,928 --> 00:28:44,934 in order to expel all other non-Christians. 330 00:28:44,935 --> 00:28:48,742 By which you mean the Jews. The refugees will flee to Rome. 331 00:28:48,743 --> 00:28:51,973 There will not be room to breathe in the Judaeorum Borgo. 332 00:28:51,974 --> 00:28:55,524 Look! The Colonna have sent clowns. 333 00:28:58,102 --> 00:29:01,236 Our uncle wants peace with the Colonna. We shall go another route. 334 00:29:01,237 --> 00:29:04,851 And allow them to mock us? We shall go another route. 335 00:29:54,509 --> 00:30:00,619 A Borgia man will please you the way a Colonna never could. 336 00:30:03,979 --> 00:30:07,017 Mother is upset. What about now? 337 00:30:07,018 --> 00:30:10,666 Me remaining here, while my husband is at Bassanello. 338 00:30:10,667 --> 00:30:13,577 Did you explain to her that Adriana de Mila needs help with... 339 00:30:13,578 --> 00:30:16,584 Yes. But she is too old to be fooled. 340 00:30:16,585 --> 00:30:20,904 Well, I shall send her some gold. That usually quiets her morality. 341 00:30:22,281 --> 00:30:26,184 She is also nagging my brother, Alessandro, about his vices. 342 00:30:26,185 --> 00:30:29,191 He drinks too much, he spends too much on whores. 343 00:30:29,192 --> 00:30:31,046 He's a healthy Roman male. 344 00:30:31,047 --> 00:30:34,214 He will temper his excesses once he is ordained. 345 00:30:34,215 --> 00:30:35,813 As you did? 346 00:30:35,814 --> 00:30:40,469 I have had many women in my life, but I have truly loved only two. 347 00:30:40,470 --> 00:30:42,005 You are a monster. 348 00:30:42,006 --> 00:30:44,901 La Bella, you are one of the two. Monster. 349 00:30:44,902 --> 00:30:47,236 No woman wants two names on such a list. 350 00:30:47,237 --> 00:30:49,827 Especially when the other is Vannozza Catanei. 351 00:30:49,828 --> 00:30:53,268 It is too hot to fight. Then I'm going to my room. 352 00:30:53,269 --> 00:30:56,019 Wait. And tomorrow I leave for Bassanello. 353 00:30:56,788 --> 00:30:57,986 Unless? 354 00:30:58,964 --> 00:31:02,129 Lucrezia shows me the respect I deserve. 355 00:31:38,333 --> 00:31:39,515 Juan, 356 00:31:40,092 --> 00:31:42,203 I'm wet again. 357 00:31:43,357 --> 00:31:44,858 I must leave. 358 00:31:45,500 --> 00:31:47,050 Come here. 359 00:32:11,736 --> 00:32:16,997 You dare to fornicate with my wife in my own house? 360 00:32:34,277 --> 00:32:35,475 No. 361 00:32:35,909 --> 00:32:37,171 Please. 362 00:32:38,708 --> 00:32:39,730 Oh! 363 00:33:16,334 --> 00:33:17,740 Come. 364 00:33:21,325 --> 00:33:24,363 You're awake early, Nephew. I have not slept. 365 00:33:25,453 --> 00:33:28,315 I am troubled. 366 00:33:28,316 --> 00:33:32,915 You have had Juan made Duke of Gandia, and foster grand plans for his future. 367 00:33:32,916 --> 00:33:37,354 Giovanni de Medici is two years my junior, yet he is now a cardinal. 368 00:33:37,355 --> 00:33:39,689 What are your intentions for me? 369 00:33:40,698 --> 00:33:43,481 You will return to the University of Pisa 370 00:33:43,482 --> 00:33:47,320 and continue your studies for the priesthood. 371 00:33:47,321 --> 00:33:51,736 But I do not want to be a priest. I do not have the soul for it. 372 00:33:51,737 --> 00:33:53,672 We have been over this before, Nephew. 373 00:33:53,673 --> 00:33:56,679 Then, at least, allow me to study at the seminary in Rome. 374 00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,535 What is wrong with Pisa? 375 00:33:58,536 --> 00:34:00,934 Lorenzo de Medici founded the seminary there. 376 00:34:00,935 --> 00:34:05,574 All the best families... I beg you, Uncle. I cannot go back. 377 00:34:05,575 --> 00:34:08,740 Hear me, Cesare. You will be a priest. 378 00:34:08,741 --> 00:34:13,524 You will lead an exemplary, pious, celibate life. That is your destiny. 379 00:34:13,525 --> 00:34:14,867 And my will. 380 00:34:16,917 --> 00:34:20,947 You wish Pedro Luis was by your side right now, and not me. 381 00:34:22,772 --> 00:34:25,075 Perhaps I have been too harsh. 382 00:34:25,076 --> 00:34:28,114 I grieve to see Cesare grieve. 383 00:34:28,115 --> 00:34:32,641 The impatience of youth. You were the same way when we were boys. 384 00:34:32,642 --> 00:34:34,593 What surprises me most, 385 00:34:34,594 --> 00:34:38,880 he does not call me a hypocrite, even as I lie with Giulia. 386 00:34:38,881 --> 00:34:41,744 I must find a way to pacify his ambition. 387 00:34:41,745 --> 00:34:43,728 Eminence, I have a report. 388 00:34:43,729 --> 00:34:46,430 Fabrizio Colonna has murdered his wife. 389 00:34:47,903 --> 00:34:50,878 Unfortunate. She was lovely. 390 00:34:52,143 --> 00:34:54,302 Fine him 800 ducats. 391 00:34:54,303 --> 00:34:59,278 Fabrizio killed Nannia because she fornicated with Juan. 392 00:35:00,893 --> 00:35:03,324 Della Rovere will use this against me. 393 00:35:03,325 --> 00:35:04,908 - We must... - Uncle? 394 00:35:04,909 --> 00:35:06,348 Uncle? 395 00:35:07,181 --> 00:35:08,939 I hate her. 396 00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:11,019 Another squabble with the Lady Giulia? 397 00:35:11,020 --> 00:35:13,483 She is no lady. She attacked me. 398 00:35:13,756 --> 00:35:15,002 Hmm. 399 00:35:15,003 --> 00:35:17,434 I suspect you will survive. 400 00:35:17,435 --> 00:35:20,682 If she is to remain in your palace, I want to return to my mother's. 401 00:35:20,683 --> 00:35:22,475 That will not happen, Lucrezia. 402 00:35:22,476 --> 00:35:25,064 Then I wish to live in the convent school at San Sisto. 403 00:35:25,066 --> 00:35:26,937 That will not happen either. 404 00:35:26,938 --> 00:35:28,920 Instead, you will behave. 405 00:35:32,313 --> 00:35:34,599 And, for doing so... 406 00:35:36,712 --> 00:35:39,111 Promise to treat Giulia with respect. 407 00:35:54,070 --> 00:35:55,780 Another. 408 00:35:59,237 --> 00:36:03,380 Did you tell His Eminence the truth about why you do not want to return to Pisa? 409 00:36:03,381 --> 00:36:05,091 Why you cannot be a priest? 410 00:36:05,172 --> 00:36:06,595 No. 411 00:36:09,874 --> 00:36:14,081 Where is Uncle Rodrigo? He has just left for the Vatican. 412 00:36:16,530 --> 00:36:18,801 Lord God, what happened to you? 413 00:36:18,802 --> 00:36:22,961 Fabrizio Colonna. I want our uncle to strip him of his prosperity. 414 00:36:22,962 --> 00:36:24,673 No, that is not the way to retaliate. 415 00:36:24,674 --> 00:36:27,231 You ruin a scorpion by cutting off its tail. 416 00:36:27,232 --> 00:36:28,703 Meaning what? 417 00:36:28,704 --> 00:36:31,918 Not what, who. 418 00:36:31,919 --> 00:36:35,646 Fabrizio's nephew, Marcantonio Colonna. 419 00:36:35,647 --> 00:36:37,406 Vice-Chancellor. 420 00:36:37,407 --> 00:36:40,190 Now, Holy Father, for a personal matter. 421 00:36:40,191 --> 00:36:42,766 I have been blessed these past 26 years 422 00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:45,724 to serve as Vice-Chancellor under five Pontiffs. 423 00:36:45,725 --> 00:36:51,612 In that time, I have been honored to receive many titles and benefices. 424 00:36:51,613 --> 00:36:57,195 I am Bishop of Majorca, Carthage, Erlau, Valencia, Agria. 425 00:36:57,196 --> 00:37:00,234 I am abbot of Subiaco and Bellefontaine. 426 00:37:00,235 --> 00:37:02,938 Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria Via Lata, 427 00:37:02,939 --> 00:37:06,265 Papal Legate to Perugia and to Bologna. 428 00:37:11,113 --> 00:37:14,809 There is no admittance while Master Marcantonio Colonna is inside. 429 00:37:14,810 --> 00:37:17,127 It is he who I seek. 430 00:37:18,361 --> 00:37:20,695 Do you know who I am? 431 00:37:20,696 --> 00:37:25,143 I know who your uncle is. Catalan. 432 00:37:25,144 --> 00:37:30,582 Today I ask Your Holiness to relieve me of one such honor. 433 00:37:30,583 --> 00:37:34,773 My first appointment, Bishop of Valencia. 434 00:37:34,774 --> 00:37:39,013 I beg you to replace me with my sainted nephew, Cesare. 435 00:37:44,836 --> 00:37:50,211 Take him to a doctor. See that next time he listens when I speak. 436 00:37:50,212 --> 00:37:53,426 Cesare Borgia is too young, 437 00:37:53,427 --> 00:37:57,921 too inexperienced to assume the heavy burden of a bishopric. 438 00:38:00,435 --> 00:38:01,713 Vice-Chancellor. 439 00:38:01,714 --> 00:38:04,338 A bishop is less than a cardinal, 440 00:38:04,339 --> 00:38:08,815 and yet your cousin was 16 when he received the red hat. 441 00:38:11,601 --> 00:38:15,934 The Supreme Pontiff will hear from Giovanni Cardinal de Medici, 442 00:38:15,935 --> 00:38:17,502 Archbishop of Florence. 443 00:38:17,503 --> 00:38:20,734 Holiness, I too am only 16 444 00:38:20,735 --> 00:38:23,806 and have been Cesare's classmate for the past year. 445 00:38:23,807 --> 00:38:26,029 He has a good soul. 446 00:38:26,030 --> 00:38:29,613 A man's age should not define his character. 447 00:38:34,157 --> 00:38:37,771 There is also the question of Cesare's dubious birth. 448 00:38:37,772 --> 00:38:41,067 Canon law expressly forbids an illegitimate male 449 00:38:41,068 --> 00:38:43,690 from rising in the church hierarchy. 450 00:38:44,763 --> 00:38:49,434 - Vice-Chancellor. - Cesare is not illegitimate. 451 00:38:49,435 --> 00:38:54,744 I have here a certificate, proving that Cesare is the son of Vannozza Catanei 452 00:38:54,745 --> 00:38:58,648 and my late cousin, Domenico Giannozzi d'Arignano. 453 00:38:58,649 --> 00:39:02,887 Signed by your uncle, Pope Sixtus. 454 00:39:14,263 --> 00:39:16,741 Since Valencia is in Spain, 455 00:39:16,742 --> 00:39:22,372 such a transfer must also receive the approval of the king. 456 00:39:23,062 --> 00:39:24,468 Vice-Chancellor. 457 00:39:24,469 --> 00:39:28,339 I believe His Most Catholic Majesty will give consent. 458 00:39:28,340 --> 00:39:31,987 I did not presume to ask, until I knew Your Holiness' will, 459 00:39:31,988 --> 00:39:34,482 which is the will of Almighty God. 460 00:39:43,602 --> 00:39:45,697 No, no, no. 461 00:39:45,698 --> 00:39:48,528 What says the consistory? Assent? 462 00:39:51,777 --> 00:39:53,152 12. 463 00:39:53,153 --> 00:39:54,047 Dissent? 464 00:39:57,633 --> 00:39:58,911 Eight. 465 00:40:01,295 --> 00:40:04,255 Only 12 votes this time, Borgia. 466 00:40:08,462 --> 00:40:09,853 Yes. 467 00:40:21,069 --> 00:40:24,539 I have lived in Rome 37 years 468 00:40:24,540 --> 00:40:31,354 and still, to the ancient families, the Colonna, the Orsini, 469 00:40:31,355 --> 00:40:33,945 I am a foreigner. 470 00:40:33,946 --> 00:40:37,817 When my uncle was Pope, they treated us well. 471 00:40:37,818 --> 00:40:42,024 But after he died the Roman elite, like a firestorm, 472 00:40:42,025 --> 00:40:45,896 drove our relatives from this city, with clubs and swords. 473 00:40:45,897 --> 00:40:52,678 My brother died alone in exile while I stayed in Rome. 474 00:40:53,944 --> 00:40:56,503 How did I manage to stay? 475 00:40:56,504 --> 00:41:00,086 Not only stay alive but thrive in my position as Vice-Chancellor 476 00:41:00,087 --> 00:41:02,741 under four popes as different as the seasons? 477 00:41:02,742 --> 00:41:04,693 How? 478 00:41:04,694 --> 00:41:09,188 By remaining a foreigner. By never becoming one of them. 479 00:41:09,189 --> 00:41:13,955 Never lowering myself to their level, to their base Roman brutality. 480 00:41:13,956 --> 00:41:16,835 Uncle, I didn't... Not a word, Cesare. 481 00:41:19,395 --> 00:41:22,978 You, my nephews, separately and in tandem, 482 00:41:22,979 --> 00:41:27,009 have, at a time when we need friends, created enemies. 483 00:41:28,786 --> 00:41:31,569 Sleeping with another man's wife 484 00:41:31,570 --> 00:41:34,160 must be based on the husband's lack of character, 485 00:41:34,161 --> 00:41:35,648 not the woman's lust. 486 00:41:38,241 --> 00:41:43,247 Before beating a man senseless, learn his family's history. 487 00:41:43,248 --> 00:41:46,318 The Colonna invented vendetta. 488 00:41:48,383 --> 00:41:52,254 Our actions have consequences beyond the moment. 489 00:41:52,255 --> 00:41:58,253 So, to soothe the Colonna temper, I am forced to exalt them 490 00:41:58,254 --> 00:42:03,100 by convincing His Holiness to name Fabrizio Prefect of Rome 491 00:42:03,101 --> 00:42:06,427 a job for which he is uniquely incompetent 492 00:42:06,428 --> 00:42:08,459 and will use against us. 493 00:42:12,187 --> 00:42:18,601 We are all one misstep from exile, from extinction. 494 00:42:25,481 --> 00:42:27,240 Be gone from my sight. 495 00:42:43,111 --> 00:42:48,294 I'm sending you back to Spain, old friend, so that you may convince King Ferdinand 496 00:42:48,295 --> 00:42:51,557 to approve Cesare's elevation as Bishop of Valencia. 497 00:42:51,558 --> 00:42:54,884 The certificate verifying Cesare's birth. 498 00:42:54,885 --> 00:42:58,772 This is very authentic. Bobbo's done a fine job. 499 00:42:58,773 --> 00:43:00,772 Queen Isabella will be resistant. 500 00:43:00,773 --> 00:43:02,883 She's already fearful of your ambition. 501 00:43:02,884 --> 00:43:04,851 Remind Her Most Catholic Majesty that 502 00:43:04,852 --> 00:43:07,538 it was I who arranged the papal dispensation 503 00:43:07,539 --> 00:43:12,034 which allowed her to marry Ferdinand, her cousin. 504 00:43:12,035 --> 00:43:14,401 - Regardless of - Isabella's objections, 505 00:43:14,402 --> 00:43:17,536 Cesare must become Bishop of Valencia. 506 00:43:45,868 --> 00:43:52,699 Cesare Borgia, you are henceforth Bishop of Valencia, 507 00:43:55,163 --> 00:43:57,914 shepherd of souls. 508 00:43:57,915 --> 00:44:04,552 In nomine Patris et Filii et Spiritus Sancti. 509 00:44:11,610 --> 00:44:14,359 - Take that. - I'll get you, Goffy. 510 00:44:16,793 --> 00:44:21,126 - Chopped off your head. - Please, be happy. 511 00:44:21,127 --> 00:44:24,887 You're Bishop of Valencia, with an income of 16,000 ducats a year. 512 00:44:24,888 --> 00:44:28,389 As Duke of Gandia, Juan gets 25,000. 513 00:44:28,390 --> 00:44:30,838 Petulance is unbecoming, my son. 514 00:44:30,839 --> 00:44:33,701 Despite what you are feeling, I am proud. 515 00:44:33,702 --> 00:44:36,661 I only wish I had been permitted to attend the ceremony. 516 00:44:36,662 --> 00:44:39,412 Proud of me, Mama? For what? 517 00:44:39,413 --> 00:44:42,148 I'm a bishop, even though I am not yet a priest. 518 00:44:42,149 --> 00:44:45,524 I did not earn the honor. It was handed me by Rodrigo, 519 00:44:45,525 --> 00:44:48,802 who insists that I return to Pisa and complete my study. 520 00:44:48,803 --> 00:44:53,570 I am 18 years old, half of my life is over and I've done nothing. 521 00:44:54,658 --> 00:44:58,368 Boys, go play outside. Yes, Mama. 522 00:44:58,369 --> 00:45:01,920 I don't want to play outside. Come on, Ottavio. 523 00:45:01,921 --> 00:45:04,944 Then make something of your new position. 524 00:45:04,945 --> 00:45:08,239 You've been chosen to reform the Church, save Rome. 525 00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:11,647 These past eight years under Innocent, the quality of life... 526 00:45:11,648 --> 00:45:13,742 Please. I am no reformer. 527 00:45:13,743 --> 00:45:17,454 I am a fraud, just like all the others. 528 00:45:17,455 --> 00:45:20,110 How can I stand in front of my congregation, 529 00:45:20,111 --> 00:45:23,068 blessing them in Latin when the words are hollow to me? 530 00:45:23,069 --> 00:45:26,237 Well, change. Change yourself. 531 00:45:26,238 --> 00:45:30,395 Change night into day. I wish I could. 532 00:45:31,245 --> 00:45:32,667 Oh, Mama. 533 00:45:33,404 --> 00:45:35,931 My dream is to lead Rome. 534 00:45:36,796 --> 00:45:41,642 No, all of Italy, into a golden age. 535 00:45:41,643 --> 00:45:44,762 Return the Eternal City to dominance over the world. 536 00:45:44,763 --> 00:45:47,049 Improve the lives of all our people. 537 00:45:47,050 --> 00:45:50,184 Like my namesakes, Julius and Augustus Caesar. 538 00:45:50,185 --> 00:45:54,376 You will. I know it in my heart. 539 00:45:54,377 --> 00:45:58,104 A mother's heart, which is decidedly biased. 540 00:45:58,105 --> 00:46:00,935 But what of my father? He is dead. 541 00:46:00,936 --> 00:46:05,031 No, he is Rodrigo Borgia, Vice-Chancellor of the Universal Church. 542 00:46:05,032 --> 00:46:06,166 Vicious gossip. 543 00:46:06,167 --> 00:46:08,375 Stop lying, Mother. I learned the truth years ago. 544 00:46:08,376 --> 00:46:12,230 Juan, Lucrezia, Goffredo, the four of us, we're Cardinal Borgia's runts. 545 00:46:12,231 --> 00:46:15,877 If what you're saying is true, and I confirm nothing, 546 00:46:15,878 --> 00:46:18,581 then you should follow the commandment. 547 00:46:18,582 --> 00:46:20,949 Honor thy father and go back to Pisa. 548 00:46:20,950 --> 00:46:22,323 If I do I will be destroyed. 549 00:46:22,806 --> 00:46:24,181 By your enemies? 550 00:46:24,182 --> 00:46:25,491 By my passions. 551 00:46:28,276 --> 00:46:29,667 There is a girl. 552 00:46:31,300 --> 00:46:32,674 I am in love. 553 00:46:34,052 --> 00:46:37,186 My passion for her is too overwhelming. 554 00:46:39,074 --> 00:46:41,617 My sweet boy, 555 00:46:41,618 --> 00:46:44,464 each of us over the course of our lives 556 00:46:44,465 --> 00:46:50,591 must learn to control our passions, whether it be love, jealousy or power. 557 00:46:50,592 --> 00:46:54,734 Ironically, that is where we gain our strengths. 558 00:46:57,328 --> 00:47:01,373 When Rodrigo Borgia left my bed, after ten years of bliss, 559 00:47:01,374 --> 00:47:05,917 I felt a cancer burrow through me. 560 00:47:06,894 --> 00:47:09,932 But here I am, a decade later, 561 00:47:09,933 --> 00:47:12,525 with a beautiful villa, a large estate, 562 00:47:12,526 --> 00:47:15,340 owner of a thriving vineyard, three prospering inns. 563 00:47:15,341 --> 00:47:17,803 Money is not happiness, Mother. 564 00:47:17,804 --> 00:47:20,763 It is a fine substitute, my child. 565 00:47:20,764 --> 00:47:23,226 And if I cannot learn to control my passion? 566 00:47:24,668 --> 00:47:27,722 You will rule the world. 567 00:47:27,723 --> 00:47:33,097 Question is, will that make you any happier? 568 00:47:33,098 --> 00:47:36,808 You bribed Lucrezia to pay me the respect she should give freely? 569 00:47:36,809 --> 00:47:39,240 Bribe is a harsh word, La Bella. 570 00:47:39,241 --> 00:47:43,175 If Lucrezia wants so desperately to go live with her mother, then let her. 571 00:47:43,176 --> 00:47:49,719 No. The girl must be nurtured. Like a peach before harvest. 572 00:47:50,359 --> 00:47:52,966 Then marry her off, and soon. 573 00:47:52,967 --> 00:47:56,197 Before your little peach ripens and falls from the tree. 574 00:48:14,179 --> 00:48:16,803 Be a mother to the child. 575 00:48:16,804 --> 00:48:19,810 Love her, as you do me. 576 00:48:20,962 --> 00:48:22,145 Hmm? 577 00:48:23,170 --> 00:48:26,113 I will, Eminence. 578 00:48:39,951 --> 00:48:41,135 This heat. 579 00:48:43,535 --> 00:48:48,382 Last summer when temperatures rose this high, disease spread through Rome. 580 00:48:48,383 --> 00:48:51,133 God thins out the less strong. 581 00:48:51,134 --> 00:48:55,068 I suggest that I remove Lucrezia to our country estate. 582 00:48:55,069 --> 00:48:57,692 A healthier climate till the fever dissipates. 583 00:48:58,413 --> 00:49:01,035 No. But when disease spreads... 584 00:49:01,036 --> 00:49:05,963 Adriana, if the women in this house leave, then Giulia must go as well. 585 00:49:05,964 --> 00:49:07,835 To Bassanello, yes. 586 00:49:07,836 --> 00:49:10,315 I cannot live without La Bella. 587 00:49:13,195 --> 00:49:18,249 A man's final love is at once his most bitter and most sweet. 588 00:49:18,874 --> 00:49:20,713 You wish to see me, Uncle? 589 00:49:20,714 --> 00:49:26,312 Darling girl. I am about to fulfill your deepest wish. A bridegroom. 590 00:49:26,313 --> 00:49:28,279 Uncle, may I ask who? 591 00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:32,246 Cherubin de Centelles, Lord of Val d'Ayora, 592 00:49:32,247 --> 00:49:35,894 son of the Count of Oliva, a great nobleman of Spain. 593 00:49:35,895 --> 00:49:37,589 Spain? You mean I must leave Rome? 594 00:49:37,590 --> 00:49:39,190 Eventually, perhaps. 595 00:49:39,191 --> 00:49:43,045 There is a long aisle between the betrothal and the altar. 596 00:49:43,046 --> 00:49:44,757 May I go tell Mother? No. 597 00:49:44,758 --> 00:49:48,628 You must get ready for today's big celebration, your first at my house. 598 00:49:48,629 --> 00:49:53,908 I want you to look especially beautiful, so I can show you off. 599 00:49:53,909 --> 00:49:58,898 Yes. So, come, Lucrezia dear, I will help you select a dazzling dress. 600 00:50:17,041 --> 00:50:18,575 Savage. 601 00:50:18,576 --> 00:50:21,359 This cretin invaded a community of holy nuns 602 00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:23,183 and brought violence to its sacred walls. 603 00:50:23,184 --> 00:50:26,926 He is no priest-to-be. He is Satan's son. 604 00:50:28,751 --> 00:50:31,630 I shall have my revenge upon you. 605 00:50:33,870 --> 00:50:37,868 Do not poke at me, Colonna. 606 00:50:49,419 --> 00:50:50,698 Juan. 607 00:50:52,652 --> 00:50:55,562 If the Muslims conquer Rome, will they turn Saint Peter's into a mosque 608 00:50:55,563 --> 00:50:56,937 and change the city's name? 609 00:50:56,938 --> 00:50:58,697 No, Alessandro. 610 00:50:58,698 --> 00:51:01,609 Well, 40 years ago, they renamed Constantinople, Istanbul. 611 00:51:01,610 --> 00:51:04,296 And the Basilica of Saint Sophia is now a mosque. 612 00:51:04,297 --> 00:51:05,544 Borgia! 613 00:51:07,145 --> 00:51:09,832 Marcantonio, in God's name, we should talk about... 614 00:51:38,356 --> 00:51:40,083 No, no. Cesare, please. 615 00:51:40,084 --> 00:51:42,162 Please. No, no, Cesare. 616 00:51:45,748 --> 00:51:49,394 You will poke my chest no longer. 617 00:51:50,803 --> 00:51:53,713 The sound of Marcantonio's cry. 618 00:51:53,714 --> 00:51:55,601 It was like a goose honking. 619 00:51:55,602 --> 00:51:58,225 Damn, I'll never get the blood off these clothes. 620 00:51:58,226 --> 00:52:01,808 My hands still tremble with fright. The trouble is over. 621 00:52:01,809 --> 00:52:04,944 Is it? Or does chaos follow you? 622 00:52:04,945 --> 00:52:07,471 Cesare, back at school, I never... 623 00:52:07,472 --> 00:52:10,478 This violence is a side of you which I did not know existed. 624 00:52:10,479 --> 00:52:11,534 Quiet. 625 00:52:18,222 --> 00:52:20,493 Once again you behaved a brute. 626 00:52:20,494 --> 00:52:22,253 The Colonna attacked us. 627 00:52:22,254 --> 00:52:26,316 Your Eminence, Cesare saved my life. And mine. 628 00:52:33,883 --> 00:52:36,666 Soon, we will face more than a bar brawl. 629 00:52:36,667 --> 00:52:39,594 The Pope, riddled with fever, inches toward death. 630 00:52:39,595 --> 00:52:41,242 Keep your weapons ready, 631 00:52:41,803 --> 00:52:43,081 even at Mass.