1 00:00:27,180 --> 00:00:28,720 The voice. 2 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:30,640 The year is 1645. 3 00:04:31,380 --> 00:04:33,700 England is in the grip of bloody civil war. 4 00:04:34,120 --> 00:04:37,920 On the one side stand the Royalist Party of King Charles. On the other, 5 00:04:38,020 --> 00:04:40,300 Cromwell's parliamentary party, the Roundheads. 6 00:04:40,700 --> 00:04:43,100 The structure of law and order has collapsed. 7 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:46,600 Local magistrates indulge their individual whims. 8 00:04:46,900 --> 00:04:51,600 Justice and injustice are dispensed in more or less equal quantities and 9 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:55,420 opposition. An atmosphere in which the unscrupulous revel. 10 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,160 and the likes of Matthew Hopkins take full advantage of the situation. 11 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,860 In a time where the superstitions of country folk are still a powerful 12 00:05:04,000 --> 00:05:08,720 Hopkins preys upon them, torturing and killing in a supposed drive to eliminate 13 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:13,180 witchcraft from the country, doing so with the full blessing of what law there 14 00:05:13,180 --> 00:05:17,920 is. However, his influence is confined largely to the eastern sector of the 15 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:21,980 country, East Anglia, which is held firmly in Cromwell's grasp. 16 00:05:22,620 --> 00:05:26,240 But not so firmly that the roundhead cavalry patrols have everything their 17 00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:30,660 way. For there still exists an ever -present threat from the remnants of the 18 00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:34,800 royalist armies desperately foraging for food, horses and supplies. 19 00:05:38,020 --> 00:05:39,020 Stop that, Richard. 20 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:42,000 What? What you're thinking. 21 00:05:42,520 --> 00:05:43,620 What am I thinking? 22 00:05:44,180 --> 00:05:46,540 Ungodly thoughts of your Sarah, that's my guess. 23 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,000 Thoughts of Sarah, yes. 24 00:05:48,420 --> 00:05:50,720 Ungodly. Depends on how you look at it. 25 00:05:51,470 --> 00:05:55,050 And you as supporter of Cromwell. Hold your talking, you two. 26 00:05:55,430 --> 00:05:57,030 Yes, sir. Of course, sir. 27 00:05:58,950 --> 00:06:01,550 We'll be stopping in a few minutes to give the horses a rest. 28 00:06:02,370 --> 00:06:04,090 You can gabble all you want then. 29 00:06:19,090 --> 00:06:21,330 Fifteen minutes, then we'll be on our way again. 30 00:06:30,580 --> 00:06:31,580 Get down! 31 00:06:32,460 --> 00:06:33,460 Royalist snipers. 32 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:36,120 Probably only a few of them after food and horses. 33 00:06:36,820 --> 00:06:38,700 We'll flush the bastards out in no time. 34 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:43,740 Marshal, you stop behind and keep an eye on the nags. The rest of you follow me 35 00:06:43,740 --> 00:06:44,920 and keep spread out. 36 00:08:25,299 --> 00:08:26,299 Robert? 37 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:34,960 Captain? 38 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:40,020 Captain Gordon, is that you? 39 00:08:41,179 --> 00:08:42,280 We're here, Trooper Marshal. 40 00:08:44,220 --> 00:08:45,220 It's quite all right. 41 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:49,500 Getting a bit nervous, were you, lad? Aye, just a bit, sir. 42 00:08:49,820 --> 00:08:50,820 No need to worry. 43 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,500 We've got them all, I reckon. Not quite all. 44 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:53,920 One of them got away, sir. 45 00:08:54,250 --> 00:08:55,570 Though I put my sword in him first. 46 00:08:55,870 --> 00:08:57,310 We'd better move on out of this wood, then. 47 00:08:57,590 --> 00:08:59,310 If he has got away, he could still be dangerous. 48 00:08:59,930 --> 00:09:02,810 Swallow, bury Brace's body as soon as you can. Look out, sir! 49 00:09:04,710 --> 00:09:11,590 Thank you, 50 00:09:11,610 --> 00:09:13,830 Trooper Marshal. He was trying to kill you, sir. 51 00:09:14,250 --> 00:09:15,530 I gathered that, Trooper. 52 00:09:15,850 --> 00:09:17,010 It was a lucky shot, sir. 53 00:09:18,150 --> 00:09:19,150 Yes. 54 00:09:19,630 --> 00:09:21,710 Nevertheless, it could have ended my career for good. 55 00:09:22,150 --> 00:09:23,150 Right, we move out. 56 00:09:24,279 --> 00:09:26,360 Swallow, join us as soon as you've finished your business here. 57 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,520 Harcourt, give him a hand to remove the bodies. Yes, sir. 58 00:09:40,540 --> 00:09:43,140 So you granted young Richard here leave, did you, Captain? 59 00:09:43,460 --> 00:09:44,960 I did. Aye, two days. 60 00:09:45,820 --> 00:09:47,720 Then you'll be away to see your girl, I suppose. 61 00:09:48,330 --> 00:09:51,930 And how will she greet you? Just promoted cornet for killing king's men? 62 00:09:52,130 --> 00:09:54,310 That's my reason for fighting. It's in the middle of trouble, Lars. 63 00:09:54,670 --> 00:09:56,010 What are you laughing at? 64 00:09:56,350 --> 00:09:58,830 Leave him be, Robert. Start your season, love. 65 00:09:59,050 --> 00:10:00,430 Aye, I'm not ashamed of it either. 66 00:10:00,670 --> 00:10:05,790 A toast, lads, to the lovely women of Suffolk. And may they keep their beds 67 00:10:05,790 --> 00:10:07,550 for General Cromwell's gallant men. 68 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:30,480 Come on, boy. 69 00:11:27,470 --> 00:11:33,350 I trust you're well, sir. My body is as strong as ever, but... The war 70 00:11:33,350 --> 00:11:35,270 continues. Aye, we still fight. 71 00:11:35,770 --> 00:11:37,670 And why... Well, my company's recruiting. 72 00:11:38,070 --> 00:11:39,070 I have two days' leave. 73 00:11:39,290 --> 00:11:41,050 Then you must eat with us this evening. 74 00:11:41,310 --> 00:11:45,090 I thank you, sir. We still have good food, for all you soldiers take it from 75 00:11:45,330 --> 00:11:46,249 And ale. 76 00:11:46,250 --> 00:11:47,670 Come, we shall drink together. 77 00:11:58,160 --> 00:11:59,139 Your experience. 78 00:11:59,140 --> 00:12:02,340 It is likely our village has grown a little smaller for you, eh, Richard? 79 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,500 Not so much smaller as lacking in promise, perhaps. 80 00:12:07,700 --> 00:12:11,360 In Ipswich or Cambridge, a man might find better opportunities. 81 00:12:12,020 --> 00:12:16,660 Richard, if you took Sarah to wife... You mean you'd give us your blessing? 82 00:12:17,060 --> 00:12:18,720 You would take her away from here? 83 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:22,560 You honour me, sir, but I only have a small farm that belonged to my father 84 00:12:22,560 --> 00:12:25,320 my soldier's pay, which is far from... I am a little concerned with your ill 85 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:26,320 -kept lands. 86 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:30,720 And still less for the silver you get for killing good Christians. 87 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:35,120 Forgive me. 88 00:12:35,780 --> 00:12:36,900 That was unjust. 89 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,440 But there is trouble coming to this village. 90 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:42,920 And I want Sarah far away before it arrives. 91 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,320 Surely Suffolk should be free from the king's armies. 92 00:12:46,860 --> 00:12:49,800 It's not only the king's armies which bring death this year. 93 00:12:50,540 --> 00:12:53,960 The lack of order in the land encourages strange ideas. 94 00:12:54,420 --> 00:12:55,420 You mean more rebellion? 95 00:12:56,490 --> 00:12:58,570 I'm sorry. You have worries enough already. 96 00:12:58,910 --> 00:13:03,070 But give me your word that you will soon take Sarah away from here and you shall 97 00:13:03,070 --> 00:13:04,070 ask her consent tonight. 98 00:13:04,830 --> 00:13:06,710 You have my word on that, sir. 99 00:13:07,110 --> 00:13:08,110 Good, Richard. 100 00:13:08,170 --> 00:13:09,170 Good. 101 00:13:13,850 --> 00:13:14,930 That's right, my dear. 102 00:13:15,150 --> 00:13:16,290 Master Richard Marshall. 103 00:13:16,970 --> 00:13:18,230 Far boy into soldier. 104 00:13:19,010 --> 00:13:20,490 Welcome back, Master Marshall. 105 00:13:21,630 --> 00:13:23,350 I'm glad to be back, Mistress Sarah. 106 00:13:24,130 --> 00:13:25,270 By the way, Sarah. 107 00:13:26,220 --> 00:13:28,380 I expect the meal at the usual time. 108 00:13:28,700 --> 00:13:29,700 Yes, uncle. 109 00:13:31,620 --> 00:13:33,960 Your uncle has agreed to our marriage. 110 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:37,680 Oh, Richard. 111 00:13:45,980 --> 00:13:49,800 Oh, the army has taught you rough manners. 112 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:03,700 Sarah, why is he frightened? 113 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:09,320 There have been threats to us since you were last here. Threats? Why? 114 00:14:09,560 --> 00:14:13,280 We've been called papists and idolaters and filth chalked up on the walls. 115 00:14:13,700 --> 00:14:17,720 They say we are king's creatures and should be pilloried and worse. Who says 116 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:19,840 these things? We've become outcasts in our own village. 117 00:14:24,620 --> 00:14:25,620 Rest easy. 118 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:29,080 Now, no one shall harm you. 119 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:31,840 I put my oath to that. 120 00:14:38,670 --> 00:14:40,690 And have you arranged a day for the wedding, Richard? 121 00:14:40,970 --> 00:14:41,949 No, sir. 122 00:14:41,950 --> 00:14:43,830 Much depends on how the armies move. 123 00:14:44,350 --> 00:14:45,870 Remember, it must be soon. 124 00:14:46,430 --> 00:14:48,590 How certain are your fears of this danger? 125 00:14:50,670 --> 00:14:53,150 Perhaps just an old man's bad dream. 126 00:14:53,470 --> 00:14:55,890 And being an old man, I must early to my bed. 127 00:14:56,610 --> 00:14:57,650 Good night, my dear. 128 00:14:57,890 --> 00:14:58,890 Good night, Uncle. 129 00:14:59,410 --> 00:15:03,750 Oh, and Sarah, remember to see the doors are well bolted. Yes, Uncle. 130 00:15:04,350 --> 00:15:07,590 And Richard, don't keep Mistress Sarah up too late. 131 00:15:08,230 --> 00:15:12,090 Country women need full eight hours in their beds if they're to be proper wives 132 00:15:12,090 --> 00:15:13,090 and mothers. 133 00:15:14,310 --> 00:15:15,490 Good night, Gornet. 134 00:15:15,750 --> 00:15:16,750 Night, sir. 135 00:15:25,110 --> 00:15:27,830 And will you make a proper wife and mother, Sarah? 136 00:15:28,990 --> 00:15:30,890 I still have much to learn, Richard. 137 00:15:31,470 --> 00:15:32,470 I'll teach you. 138 00:15:33,370 --> 00:15:37,150 Now, didn't your uncle just say you must hurry to bed? 139 00:15:37,660 --> 00:15:38,359 He did. 140 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:39,760 And isn't he a wise man? 141 00:15:40,220 --> 00:15:41,580 He is. Right. 142 00:16:47,690 --> 00:16:49,030 How much further, Matthew? 143 00:16:49,710 --> 00:16:51,230 You'll not call me Matthew. 144 00:16:51,950 --> 00:16:56,710 I'm not one of your drinking cronies carousing and wenching in the taverns. 145 00:16:56,790 --> 00:17:00,590 you're not that. Remember, John Stern, you ride with me only because you help 146 00:17:00,590 --> 00:17:02,370 in my work. You call it work? 147 00:17:02,610 --> 00:17:06,849 It's the Lord's work, a noble thing. And a profitable one, the good Lord paying 148 00:17:06,849 --> 00:17:08,069 in silver for every hanging. 149 00:17:08,520 --> 00:17:12,460 That is blasphemy, sir, and hold your tongue. I'm merely an honest man who 150 00:17:12,460 --> 00:17:16,640 you get your confessions. The law has prescribed you methods of interrogation. 151 00:17:16,740 --> 00:17:19,720 And I have been blessed with the skills to carry them out. Oh, stop your 152 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:21,480 gabbling. We have work to do in Brandiston. 153 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:24,960 Who is it this time? The message tells of a priest. 154 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:25,959 A priest? 155 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,800 One who gives worship to Satan and calls him Lord. 156 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:30,860 Was the priest himself a witch? 157 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:36,060 There'll be others corrupted, too, I'm thinking. You enjoy torture, don't you, 158 00:17:36,140 --> 00:17:37,140 sir? And you? 159 00:17:43,100 --> 00:17:44,260 Sir. Goodbye, sir. 160 00:17:45,060 --> 00:17:46,260 Gone to be with you, Richard. 161 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:49,760 Goodbye, Richard. 162 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:50,920 Goodbye, Sarah. 163 00:17:51,540 --> 00:17:52,680 I'll see you again soon. 164 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:41,660 Given up ale for stargazing, Tom Salter? Not stargazing, Master Marshall. 165 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,380 Waiting. What for? 166 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,540 Matthew Hopkins, a lawyer. 167 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,020 Must be important that you wait after dark. 168 00:18:50,300 --> 00:18:51,300 Tis that. 169 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,140 Aye. Well, if I see a lawyer on the road, I'll tell him you're here. 170 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:30,460 How far is it to Brandiston, friend? 171 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:31,800 About three miles. 172 00:19:31,900 --> 00:19:33,220 Thank you. Are you the lawyer? 173 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,120 Aye. Name of Hopkins? 174 00:19:35,420 --> 00:19:39,100 Aye, Matthew Hopkins, and this is my assistant John Stern. Why do you want to 175 00:19:39,100 --> 00:19:39,919 know, soldier? 176 00:19:39,920 --> 00:19:42,880 There's some men from the village back there waiting for you. Aye, they sent 177 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,860 us. What would a lawyer want in Brandiston? 178 00:19:46,300 --> 00:19:49,320 A man who may not be what he seems to be. 179 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:50,800 Come, Stern. 180 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,740 Rose is his name. An evil man. A papist. Burning candles and all. 181 00:20:11,980 --> 00:20:14,140 That is no proof of witchcraft in itself. 182 00:20:14,620 --> 00:20:18,420 Dressed himself in devil's garments, he did. And made unholy signs. He did, I 183 00:20:18,420 --> 00:20:21,260 saw him. I will find out the truth for you. Have no fear, friend. 184 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:50,020 Yes? John Lowe's? 185 00:21:08,580 --> 00:21:09,940 So it has come to this. 186 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:14,680 You accuse me, a priest, of working with the devil. We can only judge by the 187 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:16,880 evidence. And there's a lot of that, old man. 188 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:19,380 I reject your accusations totally. 189 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:20,600 He's going to give us trouble. 190 00:21:20,740 --> 00:21:23,300 A simple confession, priest. That's all we ask. 191 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:24,299 Help us. 192 00:21:24,300 --> 00:21:26,280 We've got a lot of work to do in Brandiston. 193 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,100 Leave my house. 194 00:21:28,340 --> 00:21:31,840 The pair of you. I told you it was going to be difficult. I reject your foul 195 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:35,880 suggestions. Leave him and watch. Why do you reject us, the true God? 196 00:21:36,180 --> 00:21:37,180 Take him, Stern. 197 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,960 Look for the devil's marks upon him. Right. 198 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:41,280 Help us, you two. 199 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,040 Look, 200 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,980 he still prays to Satan. Get on with your task. 201 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:01,160 If the devil made you a priest, he's going to have hidden his mark with a lot 202 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:02,160 care. 203 00:22:09,710 --> 00:22:13,710 What purpose is this? When the devil buys a soul, he marks the person's 204 00:22:13,890 --> 00:22:15,030 so we will know him. 205 00:22:15,310 --> 00:22:19,390 If such a mark is pricked, no blood will flow, nor pain be felt. 206 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:28,880 be his niece. 207 00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:31,320 Your name, child? 208 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:34,880 Sarah. I am Matthew Hopkins, witch finder. 209 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,700 Being his niece, you too may be corrupted by Satan. 210 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,000 No, not his niece. 211 00:23:44,040 --> 00:23:48,700 A foundling, taken in by him and his housekeeper. Are you telling me the 212 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,360 child? Yes, yes, of course. When she died, I became his servant. 213 00:23:51,840 --> 00:23:54,040 And you have remained innocent all of these years? 214 00:23:54,490 --> 00:23:57,090 Yes, sir, entirely. I trust you know the old man? 215 00:23:57,290 --> 00:23:58,289 Better than anyone. 216 00:23:58,290 --> 00:24:02,030 In private talk, you may shed some light on his innocence. 217 00:24:03,350 --> 00:24:06,330 Private? Yes, away from the distraction of the crowds. 218 00:24:06,830 --> 00:24:10,950 Perhaps in the quiet of your room tonight, you might be able to help me 219 00:24:10,950 --> 00:24:11,950 him guiltless. 220 00:24:12,070 --> 00:24:13,770 Would you release him now? 221 00:24:15,310 --> 00:24:18,990 You might be convinced tonight that this is all needless. 222 00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:27,700 You will make every effort to present the facts to me? 223 00:24:28,740 --> 00:24:30,840 You may come to my room tonight, sir. 224 00:24:31,080 --> 00:24:32,080 At what hour? 225 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:34,600 At eight. 226 00:24:35,580 --> 00:24:36,920 If you will release him. 227 00:24:37,620 --> 00:24:38,620 Now. 228 00:24:40,060 --> 00:24:41,060 All right. 229 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:43,600 He can sleep in the jail. 230 00:24:43,820 --> 00:24:45,160 And we'll be rid of him. 231 00:25:07,120 --> 00:25:08,240 Has he confessed yet? 232 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:09,560 Not a word. 233 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:11,160 Well, then, stop this. 234 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:12,440 But he hasn't confessed. 235 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:13,820 Take him to the jail. 236 00:25:14,100 --> 00:25:16,100 We'll continue the interrogation tomorrow. 237 00:25:17,020 --> 00:25:18,020 Jim. 238 00:25:19,060 --> 00:25:20,160 You heard what he said? 239 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:29,560 You know what, Master? There's a couple of right filthy girls. Filthy, they 240 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:30,940 were. Horrible to be old. Horrible. 241 00:25:31,380 --> 00:25:33,760 Witches? Yeah, both of them. Matthew and me. 242 00:25:34,420 --> 00:25:36,460 Matthew. You know Matthew. He's my partner. 243 00:25:36,700 --> 00:25:38,680 Did it take you long to get a confession out of him, John? 244 00:25:38,940 --> 00:25:41,740 Well, a couple of days with one of them, the other one. You want more ale, sir? 245 00:25:43,140 --> 00:25:48,480 Go on, then, John. What about the other one? Tell us about her. 246 00:25:49,220 --> 00:25:51,080 Now, she was a real strange one, she was. 247 00:25:51,460 --> 00:25:53,820 Loved us for it. Like she wanted to get stronger. 248 00:26:31,790 --> 00:26:33,270 You came here for a purpose, sir. 249 00:26:33,550 --> 00:26:36,970 I came here to get your evidence about the priest. 250 00:26:38,290 --> 00:26:39,770 He's been kind to me. 251 00:26:40,710 --> 00:26:42,150 Perhaps he had a motive. 252 00:26:43,350 --> 00:26:47,390 Men sometimes have strange motives for the things they do. 253 00:26:49,930 --> 00:26:50,930 I know. 254 00:26:51,510 --> 00:26:56,330 My motive in coming here was to find the truth. 255 00:27:09,520 --> 00:27:13,040 About the priest, Master Hopkins. We'll have done with him in a day or two. Have 256 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:14,040 no fear, child. 257 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,760 He's been good to me in his way. He is an idolater. 258 00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:20,580 He must confess and die. Stern will see to that. Oh, no, please. 259 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:26,640 Don't let him be harmed. Please. You seek to protect a witch from rightful 260 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,800 justice? Oh, no, not that bit. Couldn't he be kept in a cell? He could do no 261 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,980 harm from a prison cell. Oh, please. A justice must be done, my dear. 262 00:27:33,980 --> 00:27:34,980 Grant me this. 263 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:38,880 Please, Matthew. 264 00:27:47,200 --> 00:27:50,420 It's past noon, you unkempt lout. Get up! 265 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,460 Get away! 266 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:01,040 I need air. 267 00:28:20,010 --> 00:28:20,989 Where's the priest? 268 00:28:20,990 --> 00:28:21,990 Where you put him. 269 00:28:22,210 --> 00:28:23,210 In the jail. 270 00:28:31,450 --> 00:28:34,330 We'll get him out and start questioning him, then, eh? 271 00:28:34,550 --> 00:28:35,630 No. What? 272 00:28:36,310 --> 00:28:39,630 He stays where he is. Well, we haven't had a confession at all. I said we'll 273 00:28:39,630 --> 00:28:40,630 leave him in the cell. 274 00:28:41,990 --> 00:28:42,990 All right. 275 00:28:43,470 --> 00:28:44,470 All right. 276 00:28:46,170 --> 00:28:49,230 What about the women? When are we going to start interrogating them? 277 00:28:49,660 --> 00:28:51,400 I tell you, I have a good few witches round this place. 278 00:28:52,020 --> 00:28:53,400 When you're in fit condition. 279 00:28:53,660 --> 00:28:55,180 I'm fighting fit as it is. 280 00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,300 Oh, and where were you last night, Matthew? 281 00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:02,580 I tell you, you've been a wanderer. You here tell too much, man. 282 00:29:35,370 --> 00:29:37,030 Master O 'Connor is the witch finder. 283 00:29:37,410 --> 00:29:40,270 He says you'll be kept here, interrogated no further. 284 00:30:02,150 --> 00:30:04,910 Where are you off to, John? I'm going for a walk. 285 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:06,720 By myself. 286 00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:16,660 John, the witch finder. He's coming. 287 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:19,540 I 288 00:33:19,540 --> 00:33:27,300 trust 289 00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:29,820 you are using the prescribed method, Stern? 290 00:33:30,310 --> 00:33:31,310 Naturally. 291 00:33:32,390 --> 00:33:33,430 Has she confessed? 292 00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:35,970 Oh, give me time. She's only been here an hour. 293 00:33:36,890 --> 00:33:38,410 Continue with the interrogation. 294 00:33:38,750 --> 00:33:40,170 I shall be gone for a while. 295 00:33:40,590 --> 00:33:44,850 You're always going off somewhere, sir, aren't you? 296 00:33:45,630 --> 00:33:46,630 What do you mean? 297 00:33:47,730 --> 00:33:48,730 Nothing. 298 00:33:49,550 --> 00:33:53,450 I've been called over the hill to the next village. I shall be back by 299 00:33:54,030 --> 00:33:55,750 You will remain in charge here. 300 00:33:56,790 --> 00:33:58,810 Carry on your work while you're away, sir. 301 00:34:01,550 --> 00:34:04,430 Indeed. And the priest, I said to leave him be. 302 00:34:48,750 --> 00:34:49,750 What do you want? 303 00:34:52,150 --> 00:34:53,150 You. 304 00:34:53,870 --> 00:34:55,050 Where's Master Hopkins? 305 00:34:56,650 --> 00:34:58,410 Gone. Gone? 306 00:35:00,410 --> 00:35:02,430 Where? Just gone. 307 00:35:03,370 --> 00:35:04,690 Left me in charge. 308 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:32,860 Creatures being spared, eh? 309 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:51,720 Stern, the priest. 310 00:36:51,940 --> 00:36:53,300 I've changed my mind. 311 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:09,800 Confess! 312 00:37:11,420 --> 00:37:12,420 Confess. 313 00:37:15,540 --> 00:37:19,000 He confessed. 314 00:37:20,460 --> 00:37:21,900 I've heard nothing yet, Master Hopkins. 315 00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,160 Refresh Master Salter's memory, Stern. 316 00:37:31,100 --> 00:37:32,380 You heard him. 317 00:37:35,260 --> 00:37:36,340 You did too. 318 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:38,620 Yes, Master Hopkins. 319 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:42,480 Witnesses. 320 00:37:50,190 --> 00:37:51,190 Ugh! 321 00:38:58,250 --> 00:38:59,810 you confessed idolaters. 322 00:39:00,250 --> 00:39:05,870 However, these proceedings shall be carried out through due process of law. 323 00:39:06,090 --> 00:39:08,930 What law demands, we shall satisfy. 324 00:39:09,410 --> 00:39:15,670 You will each be tied in a prescribed fashion and cast into the moat. Should 325 00:39:15,670 --> 00:39:18,990 then sink, we will know that your confessions are false. 326 00:39:19,630 --> 00:39:24,670 If, on the other hand, you are seen to swim or float. 327 00:39:25,180 --> 00:39:30,800 then your confessions of witchcraft are proven beyond a doubt in the sight of 328 00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:37,560 God. And you will be withdrawn from the water and hanged by the neck until you 329 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:38,238 are dead. 330 00:39:38,240 --> 00:39:40,620 You can't help me! No, Mr. Bissett! 331 00:39:40,840 --> 00:39:41,940 I was child! 332 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,120 And who'd want to make you pregnant, witch? 333 00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,780 Quiet. Stern, go on with your task. 334 00:40:57,930 --> 00:40:58,930 Satan is upon them. 335 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,880 The money from the magistrate. Nine guineas in silver. 336 00:41:53,180 --> 00:41:55,320 Good. Now we can leave. 337 00:42:47,310 --> 00:42:48,310 Good morning, soldier. 338 00:42:48,470 --> 00:42:49,470 Good morning. 339 00:42:49,670 --> 00:42:52,670 What'll you be after in the way of horses then, eh? A dozen or so for 340 00:42:52,670 --> 00:42:53,830 Cromwell's armies up north. 341 00:42:54,090 --> 00:42:55,090 Well, lost a few, have you? 342 00:42:55,250 --> 00:42:56,410 Aye, at Cheriton Wood. 343 00:42:57,150 --> 00:43:00,130 That's a pretty sorry -looking bunch of old nags you got in there, friend. 344 00:43:00,350 --> 00:43:01,350 The best we could find. 345 00:43:01,530 --> 00:43:02,530 Well, I have to do. 346 00:43:02,850 --> 00:43:04,550 A dozen, you say, eh? Aye. 347 00:43:05,430 --> 00:43:09,270 We'll be back in Suffolk soon, where, thank God, they still breed strong 348 00:43:09,630 --> 00:43:11,050 Oh, I doubt you'll find much better there. 349 00:43:11,370 --> 00:43:12,570 I'm just back from those parts. 350 00:43:12,790 --> 00:43:14,330 The mounts up there are much like these. 351 00:43:14,650 --> 00:43:16,270 We've been through Branderston at all, man. 352 00:43:16,590 --> 00:43:17,590 Brandiston, aye. 353 00:43:17,750 --> 00:43:19,490 On a fine commotion, they're staring up there. 354 00:43:19,850 --> 00:43:21,170 What, are you taking their horses? 355 00:43:21,410 --> 00:43:23,590 No, nothing like that. A mass singing. 356 00:43:23,810 --> 00:43:26,170 Who? Witches, I heard. Two women and a priest. 357 00:43:26,490 --> 00:43:27,630 Where was the priest from, man? 358 00:43:27,970 --> 00:43:28,970 Brandiston, I suppose. 359 00:43:29,110 --> 00:43:30,930 A brave old boy for all his white hairs. 360 00:43:31,130 --> 00:43:32,230 Was he a friend of yours? 361 00:43:32,990 --> 00:43:35,270 Two troopers, Gifford and Harcourt, will be here directly. 362 00:43:35,550 --> 00:43:37,990 Have them take these horses here back to the regiment and report that I'm 363 00:43:37,990 --> 00:43:39,810 delayed. I'll join them further north. Do you understand? 364 00:43:40,150 --> 00:43:41,570 Yes, but where will you be going to? 365 00:45:39,850 --> 00:45:42,470 They took him and killed him. They said he was an idolater. 366 00:45:43,250 --> 00:45:44,490 I know. I heard. 367 00:45:46,510 --> 00:45:47,510 Sarah... One of them. 368 00:45:48,990 --> 00:45:49,990 The Witchfinder. 369 00:45:52,490 --> 00:45:55,750 He... He... 370 00:45:55,750 --> 00:46:01,010 I didn't want to. 371 00:46:02,570 --> 00:46:05,370 I thought I could save him. 372 00:46:08,780 --> 00:46:10,060 I thought they'd have pity. 373 00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:54,840 We kneel before thee, O Lord, in humility to ask for a blessing on our 374 00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:55,840 union. 375 00:46:56,700 --> 00:47:03,660 We ask for forgiveness of our sins and strength to lead righteous 376 00:47:03,660 --> 00:47:06,580 lives as man and wife. 377 00:47:09,740 --> 00:47:14,980 We pray also for the soul of thy servant, John Lois. 378 00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:18,620 May he know eternal peace. 379 00:47:26,060 --> 00:47:32,780 And it is in thy sight, O Lord, that I hereby swear I shall not 380 00:47:32,780 --> 00:47:39,760 rest from the pursuit of his murderers till they stand before thee ready to 381 00:47:39,760 --> 00:47:41,260 answer to thee for their sins. 382 00:47:58,250 --> 00:48:00,990 Take this money and whatever you need from the rectory and go to Lavenham. 383 00:48:01,070 --> 00:48:01,948 You'll be safer there. 384 00:48:01,950 --> 00:48:02,950 I will, Richard. 385 00:48:02,990 --> 00:48:04,450 Find lodgings and stay there. 386 00:48:04,970 --> 00:48:05,970 I'll come to you. 387 00:48:21,150 --> 00:48:22,490 I love you very much. 388 00:50:14,250 --> 00:50:16,950 Shepard, I seek two men, which finders they call themselves. They were said to 389 00:50:16,950 --> 00:50:19,090 be headed this way. Matthew Hopkins and his assistant? 390 00:50:19,450 --> 00:50:24,810 Aye. I've heard they're in Oxney, about four miles yonder, but I can't be sure. 391 00:50:25,570 --> 00:50:26,570 Thank you, Shepard. 392 00:50:26,990 --> 00:50:27,990 Get out! 393 00:51:04,910 --> 00:51:05,749 Come on, Johnny. 394 00:51:05,750 --> 00:51:06,750 Give us a kiss. 395 00:51:07,030 --> 00:51:11,110 Oh, get away from me. Oh, stop it, you bloody rascal. 396 00:51:11,570 --> 00:51:12,570 Stop it. 397 00:51:13,570 --> 00:51:15,010 Here, I'll bet you two pennies. 398 00:51:15,710 --> 00:51:18,590 Go on, Johnny. Be a love. Hail, soldier. 399 00:51:18,810 --> 00:51:20,810 Aye. To wash the dust from my throat. 400 00:51:22,790 --> 00:51:28,650 Another one for you? Get a move on with it. Got a powerful thirst still. 401 00:51:29,010 --> 00:51:32,350 Landlord, I'm looking for a man called Hopkins. I heard he was coming this way. 402 00:51:32,450 --> 00:51:33,450 Matthew Hopkins? 403 00:51:33,720 --> 00:51:34,840 Would you know where he is, friend? 404 00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:36,580 Ah, he's gone to Cambridge today. 405 00:51:37,380 --> 00:51:40,140 But you've got an accusation to make. I'll get your confession for you. 406 00:51:40,460 --> 00:51:42,280 I do the pricking, you know, not Matthew. 407 00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:44,280 I'm your man friend. 408 00:51:44,580 --> 00:51:45,740 John Stern, they call me. 409 00:51:48,780 --> 00:51:50,460 I'm husband to Sarah Lowe's. 410 00:52:48,430 --> 00:52:51,350 You, soldier, you are coming down to see the magistrate. Am I? 411 00:52:52,190 --> 00:52:53,190 Not with you. 412 00:54:25,130 --> 00:54:26,130 Thank you. 413 00:55:02,760 --> 00:55:05,460 For God's sake, Stern, what have you done? Who was that? Richard Marshall. 414 00:55:05,780 --> 00:55:07,640 Who? He's married to the girl, Sarah. 415 00:55:08,620 --> 00:55:11,020 How did he find you? He was looking for you. 416 00:55:11,400 --> 00:55:13,700 He found out about Brandiston. We're going out to separate. 417 00:55:14,020 --> 00:55:18,180 I won't run from him. We have work to do down south in Lavenham. Not me. He's 418 00:55:18,180 --> 00:55:19,180 after our blood. 419 00:55:19,320 --> 00:55:21,520 Seems to me he's already had some of yours. 420 00:55:22,120 --> 00:55:23,540 Well, he's not going to have any more. You understand? 421 00:55:24,170 --> 00:55:25,490 You're forgetting our powers. 422 00:55:25,690 --> 00:55:26,690 He could be a witch. 423 00:55:26,870 --> 00:55:30,710 He's a man who's out to kill both of us. Then it appears to me that we should 424 00:55:30,710 --> 00:55:33,250 take steps to see to his death first. 425 00:55:33,810 --> 00:55:35,310 Come, we travel to Lavenham. 426 00:56:04,970 --> 00:56:07,230 I full well understand your feelings, Cornet. 427 00:56:07,710 --> 00:56:11,910 But you're an officer in the army, a soldier, and desertion is punishable by 428 00:56:11,910 --> 00:56:16,150 death. However, in this case, there are two factors which will stay me from 429 00:56:16,150 --> 00:56:18,010 subjecting you to a full court martial. 430 00:56:19,310 --> 00:56:24,290 One, we are grouped here at Naseby in preparation for a major assault on the 431 00:56:24,290 --> 00:56:26,750 Royalist armies. We need every man we can get. 432 00:56:27,550 --> 00:56:30,450 And you're a pretty good soldier, most of the time. 433 00:56:30,830 --> 00:56:31,830 Thank you, sir. 434 00:56:33,190 --> 00:56:34,190 Secondly... 435 00:56:34,510 --> 00:56:38,170 I would sleep ill if I had to send to the gallows a man who had saved my life. 436 00:56:38,670 --> 00:56:40,010 But, Cornet, remember this. 437 00:56:41,550 --> 00:56:47,450 If you should leave your command again, I will have no alternative but to throw 438 00:56:47,450 --> 00:56:49,630 the whole weight of military law against you. 439 00:56:50,130 --> 00:56:51,130 Understand? 440 00:56:51,350 --> 00:56:52,350 Yes, sir. 441 00:56:53,270 --> 00:56:54,270 Dismissed, Cornet. 442 00:56:59,790 --> 00:57:03,090 And may God help you in your search, Cornet Marshall. 443 00:57:23,060 --> 00:57:24,240 Richard, you're back. 444 00:57:24,460 --> 00:57:25,840 Hi. What happened with the captain? 445 00:57:26,900 --> 00:57:27,900 Nothing. 446 00:57:28,620 --> 00:57:30,260 I heard about Brandiston, Richard. 447 00:57:31,400 --> 00:57:32,400 Hopkins and Stern. 448 00:57:33,100 --> 00:57:34,300 I'll find them somewhere. 449 00:57:34,900 --> 00:57:35,960 But what can you do? 450 00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:38,300 What proof have you that they committed any crime? 451 00:57:38,700 --> 00:57:41,980 I got Sarah's word on it. Is that enough for the magistrates? 452 00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:43,840 There'll be no magistrates involved. 453 00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:45,200 What do you mean? 454 00:57:50,860 --> 00:57:52,220 We'll talk more later, Richard. 455 00:57:52,640 --> 00:57:53,640 We must be on our way. 456 00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:57,000 We're after horses for this skirmish that's coming up. All right. 457 00:57:57,320 --> 00:57:58,780 Come on. 458 00:58:04,380 --> 00:58:04,820 Parliament 459 00:58:04,820 --> 00:58:14,380 men. 460 00:58:15,400 --> 00:58:16,560 Comrades of friend Marshall. 461 00:58:17,520 --> 00:58:19,140 There's some good ones coming now, look. 462 00:58:21,220 --> 00:58:23,060 Let's make a run for it, shall we, while we can. Be calm. 463 00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:26,620 Yeah, but if they find out who we are, they'll... They won't. Come on. 464 00:58:41,400 --> 00:58:43,080 That's a fine horse you've got there, friend. 465 00:58:43,580 --> 00:58:47,300 The army needs mounts of such caliber. I am not selling. But you will get your 466 00:58:47,300 --> 00:58:51,740 money when the war's over. You don't appear to understand. I am not selling. 467 00:58:51,780 --> 00:58:52,960 but you are selling, friend. 468 00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:57,840 And we'll take that one there, too. So you filthy soldiers can butcher my mare? 469 00:58:58,320 --> 00:59:03,040 Sergeant, he thinks we're filthy soldiers, do you hear? Aye, I heard. You 470 00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:06,080 go saying things like that, friend. What do you need, a little army discipline? 471 00:59:06,780 --> 00:59:10,100 I hear you need more pikemen in your platoon, Sergeant. 472 00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:11,320 You pay for this! 473 00:59:12,940 --> 00:59:13,940 Thank you. 474 00:59:43,180 --> 00:59:46,020 What you had there? Cost a pretty penny, I reckon. We robbed the county mint. 475 00:59:46,340 --> 00:59:49,660 Ah, Roy Jester he is. Yeah, well, a day's fighting in Cromwell's army will 476 00:59:49,660 --> 00:59:53,260 cure your wit, my lad. I am not doing any fighting, either for the king or 477 00:59:53,260 --> 00:59:54,400 precious Cromwell, either. 478 00:59:54,880 --> 00:59:56,880 You mark that well, soldier, you coward. 479 00:59:57,680 --> 00:59:58,680 Just like a friend. 480 00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:03,020 Matthew Hopkins is no friend of mine. Hopkins? The fancy boy who just made a 481 01:00:03,020 --> 01:00:07,220 fool of your cavalry comrade. You rode with him. I had reasons. He paid you? We 482 01:00:07,220 --> 01:00:07,999 were partners. 483 01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:09,000 In what business? 484 01:00:09,540 --> 01:00:10,319 Extermination. Eh? 485 01:00:10,320 --> 01:00:11,320 And what does that mean? 486 01:00:16,400 --> 01:00:17,400 No! 487 01:02:57,870 --> 01:02:58,870 Matthew Hopkins. 488 01:03:00,410 --> 01:03:01,410 Sir. 489 01:03:11,470 --> 01:03:13,330 Adequate. Very adequate. 490 01:03:13,690 --> 01:03:14,690 We did our best, sir. 491 01:03:14,790 --> 01:03:19,070 Labanum has served me well, Master Webb. Now I must find out how I can serve 492 01:03:19,070 --> 01:03:20,470 you. At your own will, sir. 493 01:03:21,450 --> 01:03:25,310 Strange, isn't it, how much iniquity the Lord vested in the female? 494 01:03:25,710 --> 01:03:26,710 Pardon, sir? 495 01:03:27,690 --> 01:03:29,030 Who makes the accusations? 496 01:03:29,630 --> 01:03:30,630 Myself, sir. 497 01:03:30,670 --> 01:03:31,670 Representing the town. 498 01:03:31,790 --> 01:03:32,769 How many? 499 01:03:32,770 --> 01:03:34,650 Three. And what age? 500 01:03:35,010 --> 01:03:37,470 Well, two are young, sir. Elizabeth Clark and Mary Reynolds. 501 01:03:37,690 --> 01:03:38,890 The other's worn and old. 502 01:03:39,630 --> 01:03:41,270 Fetch the young pair here to me. 503 01:03:41,810 --> 01:03:42,870 What have the other had? 504 01:03:43,190 --> 01:03:44,990 The old ones are more sensible. 505 01:03:45,490 --> 01:03:48,910 It's the young ones who are stubborn. They require time. 506 01:03:49,350 --> 01:03:50,350 I see. 507 01:03:52,610 --> 01:03:55,290 Sir? Yes, ma 'am? Your assistant, sir. 508 01:03:55,690 --> 01:03:57,610 We were told he too would be coming to Labanham. 509 01:03:58,230 --> 01:03:59,550 He's engaged elsewhere. 510 01:03:59,810 --> 01:04:01,790 He's fighting for the parliamentary cause. 511 01:04:02,210 --> 01:04:04,490 Oh. He will be joining you here, sir? 512 01:04:05,070 --> 01:04:06,270 I really can't say. 513 01:04:06,510 --> 01:04:07,830 You can manage without him? 514 01:04:08,150 --> 01:04:09,150 Of course. 515 01:04:09,330 --> 01:04:10,089 I apologize. 516 01:04:10,090 --> 01:04:11,090 No. 517 01:04:11,430 --> 01:04:15,730 Not only can I manage without him, but I intend to instigate a new method of 518 01:04:15,730 --> 01:04:20,890 execution. And you, Master Webb, you shall aid me in carrying it out. 519 01:04:21,770 --> 01:04:22,770 What's that, sir? 520 01:04:23,210 --> 01:04:24,210 You'll see. 521 01:04:25,420 --> 01:04:29,380 It's a fitting end for the foul ungodliness in womankind. 522 01:04:29,760 --> 01:04:30,760 Yes, sir. 523 01:04:31,780 --> 01:04:33,500 Now fetch that young bear here. 524 01:04:41,600 --> 01:04:42,200 An 525 01:04:42,200 --> 01:04:50,320 excellent 526 01:04:50,320 --> 01:04:51,320 meal, gentlemen. 527 01:04:54,640 --> 01:04:58,760 There is little I find so satisfying as good food after a well -earned victory. 528 01:04:59,180 --> 01:05:00,180 Wouldn't you agree? 529 01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:03,960 Entirely, General. A conflict that may be so will go down as a triumph of your 530 01:05:03,960 --> 01:05:04,960 strategy. Perhaps. 531 01:05:05,620 --> 01:05:09,340 I would rather that it went down as a triumph for the forces of true 532 01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:12,420 Nevertheless, your name will symbolize the victory, sir. 533 01:05:12,680 --> 01:05:14,280 Whether I like it or not, eh, Captain? 534 01:05:25,480 --> 01:05:27,140 Cornet, you so highly recommended to me. 535 01:05:27,360 --> 01:05:30,320 Is he to join us? He's coming now, General Cornwall. Good. 536 01:05:30,900 --> 01:05:35,740 Amongst the most pleasurable aspects of victory, gentlemen, is the opportunity 537 01:05:35,740 --> 01:05:37,500 it affords to reward valor. 538 01:05:37,960 --> 01:05:39,980 It rags almost with good food. 539 01:05:41,740 --> 01:05:42,740 Cornet Marshal, sir. 540 01:05:43,040 --> 01:05:45,260 All right. Rest, Cornet. 541 01:05:50,220 --> 01:05:52,240 Your captain has told me about you. 542 01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:55,040 He says you're a good soldier. 543 01:05:55,500 --> 01:05:56,500 Thank you, sir. 544 01:05:57,260 --> 01:05:59,400 He recommends that I promote you to captain. 545 01:05:59,820 --> 01:06:00,860 I thank you, sir. 546 01:06:01,380 --> 01:06:03,560 I have a special mission for you, captain. 547 01:06:05,040 --> 01:06:07,300 Take three men and ride back into East Anglia. 548 01:06:08,120 --> 01:06:11,780 The king has escaped us and is rumoured to be making for the Norfolk coast. 549 01:06:12,740 --> 01:06:16,520 If that is the case, find and apprehend him before he can escape to the 550 01:06:16,520 --> 01:06:18,560 continent. It's an honour, sir. 551 01:06:18,780 --> 01:06:19,519 Pick your man. 552 01:06:19,520 --> 01:06:20,520 Start at once. 553 01:06:21,140 --> 01:06:24,540 If you find the king... You will escort him then to Norwich. 554 01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:27,440 If not, join us in the west. 555 01:06:27,760 --> 01:06:29,440 Good luck, Captain. 556 01:06:39,780 --> 01:06:41,480 Shall we rest up for the night, Richard? 557 01:06:42,580 --> 01:06:45,080 We got a job to do. We'll go on till we've done it. 558 01:06:45,420 --> 01:06:49,400 Do you mean looking for the king or finding Hopkins and Stern? 559 01:06:50,260 --> 01:06:51,260 Both. 560 01:06:52,110 --> 01:06:54,370 Richard, you can't go off and desert again. 561 01:06:54,610 --> 01:06:55,710 I don't plan to desert. 562 01:06:56,050 --> 01:06:58,390 But supposing you do find out where they are? 563 01:06:58,870 --> 01:07:02,770 Then I shall take temporary leave again. For God's sake, Richard, I know how you 564 01:07:02,770 --> 01:07:07,890 feel. But to risk court martial to kill Parliament's own appointees, you'll be 565 01:07:07,890 --> 01:07:08,890 hanged yourself. 566 01:07:09,090 --> 01:07:14,050 Robert, I've taken an oath. I won't break it. It's madness. 567 01:07:14,430 --> 01:07:15,430 It's justice. 568 01:07:16,910 --> 01:07:17,910 It's my justice. 569 01:07:28,430 --> 01:07:30,650 You're going to try to drag out of me if I take that one. 570 01:07:30,910 --> 01:07:33,170 He's yours for a couple of guineas, sir. A guinea. 571 01:07:33,530 --> 01:07:37,050 A guinea and a half for getting me out of bed at this hour in the morning. One 572 01:07:37,050 --> 01:07:38,550 guinea. And a quarter? 573 01:07:38,910 --> 01:07:39,910 I'll quarter you. 574 01:07:40,230 --> 01:07:42,530 You drive a hard bargain, sir. Yeah. 575 01:07:43,070 --> 01:07:45,990 And where would you be heading that you need a horse in such a hurry? 576 01:07:46,210 --> 01:07:47,210 To find my partner. 577 01:07:47,310 --> 01:07:50,770 Your partner, eh? And what line of business might you be in? 578 01:07:51,050 --> 01:07:52,050 God's business. 579 01:07:52,150 --> 01:07:53,150 Witch finding. 580 01:07:53,170 --> 01:07:56,230 Witch finding. Oh, that's nice. That's very nice. 581 01:07:56,780 --> 01:07:58,480 You wouldn't make it again in a quarter, would you? 582 01:08:00,300 --> 01:08:02,660 Do you know a man called Matthew Hopkins? 583 01:08:04,060 --> 01:08:05,060 You know where he is? 584 01:08:05,200 --> 01:08:07,360 I heard tell us such a man down south. 585 01:08:08,060 --> 01:08:09,060 Leavenham, I believe. 586 01:08:09,240 --> 01:08:10,420 What's he doing in Leavenham? 587 01:08:11,640 --> 01:08:13,320 Extracting confessions, I don't doubt. 588 01:08:13,640 --> 01:08:15,740 You let me have that four -legged cripple now! 589 01:08:34,060 --> 01:08:37,020 This happened three days ago. Why didn't you report it to the militia then? How 590 01:08:37,020 --> 01:08:38,540 should we know? It was the king himself. 591 01:08:38,899 --> 01:08:42,880 A stranger? Obviously a townsman tries to hire a boat to cross to France and 592 01:08:42,880 --> 01:08:45,439 suspect nothing. The country's torn by civil war. 593 01:08:45,660 --> 01:08:49,120 I didn't know there was a war until you gentlemen told me so. Oh, come on, 594 01:08:49,120 --> 01:08:50,220 Richard. We'd better go back. 595 01:08:50,439 --> 01:08:53,240 Aye, I suppose so. I want to pass through Lavenham and see how Sarah is. 596 01:08:53,420 --> 01:08:56,939 Lavenham? Aye. How far is it from here? About two days' ride, I reckon. 597 01:08:57,220 --> 01:09:00,520 They got more excitement over there than any of your city folk's wars. 598 01:09:00,819 --> 01:09:01,478 What do you mean? 599 01:09:01,479 --> 01:09:03,240 They're burning witches there, I hear. 600 01:09:03,660 --> 01:09:05,600 Some such rigmarole. They're lovin' him! 601 01:09:06,600 --> 01:09:08,920 Ha! Ha! Oi! Quick, sir! 602 01:10:01,740 --> 01:10:02,780 with the execution, then. 603 01:10:06,640 --> 01:10:08,420 Bring forth Elizabeth Clark. 604 01:13:18,260 --> 01:13:21,180 To be spent in the service of our Lord, Magistrate. 605 01:13:21,400 --> 01:13:25,040 We must thank you for your good work, Master Witchfinder. Thank you, 606 01:13:25,080 --> 01:13:26,080 for your aid. 607 01:13:35,980 --> 01:13:36,980 Witchfinder! 608 01:13:37,320 --> 01:13:38,320 Greetings, Stern. 609 01:13:38,340 --> 01:13:41,060 That all you've got to say after leaving me there with Cromwell's men? Well, I 610 01:13:41,060 --> 01:13:45,140 provided us both with the opportunity to escape. Only you did, and I was 611 01:13:45,140 --> 01:13:46,980 captured. The fortunes of war, Stern. 612 01:13:48,330 --> 01:13:51,710 You know me well enough to know that I wouldn't hesitate to fire and kill you. 613 01:13:52,790 --> 01:13:53,910 Aye, you would that? 614 01:13:54,410 --> 01:13:58,230 I hold all human life dearly, Stern, especially my own. 615 01:13:59,030 --> 01:14:00,030 Oh, come now. 616 01:14:00,450 --> 01:14:02,110 You've escaped and all is well. 617 01:14:03,350 --> 01:14:07,590 Maybe. I even saved your share of the pay, even though I did all of the work 618 01:14:07,590 --> 01:14:10,790 myself. Now, are you going to be sensible or do I kill you? 619 01:14:14,230 --> 01:14:16,170 By the way, do you know what they call me now? 620 01:14:16,410 --> 01:14:17,410 What? 621 01:14:17,870 --> 01:14:19,130 Witch finder general. 622 01:14:19,390 --> 01:14:22,790 There are those who think that I should be appointed such for all of England. 623 01:14:23,610 --> 01:14:24,810 Appointed by Parliament. 624 01:14:26,350 --> 01:14:27,350 Here, look. 625 01:14:29,970 --> 01:14:31,090 Sarah, she's here. 626 01:14:31,310 --> 01:14:32,310 Very nice of you, Matthew. 627 01:14:32,530 --> 01:14:37,130 No, you fool. Don't you realize that if she's here, that trooper must be around 628 01:14:37,130 --> 01:14:38,630 too? He's away fighting. 629 01:14:39,090 --> 01:14:41,150 Suppose he got leave off to Naseby. 630 01:14:41,650 --> 01:14:43,730 Where do you think he'd go to see her, of course? 631 01:14:43,990 --> 01:14:45,110 Better move along than, eh? No. 632 01:14:45,600 --> 01:14:47,620 That man Marshall is not going to give up. 633 01:14:48,020 --> 01:14:49,660 He's proved that to us already. 634 01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:53,400 Then we have to get him before he gets us, right? We have the power to do it. 635 01:14:54,040 --> 01:14:55,260 Legally. Prove him a witch. 636 01:14:56,000 --> 01:14:58,360 Exactly. He'd never confess, not that one. 637 01:14:58,560 --> 01:14:59,560 On his own, no. 638 01:15:00,720 --> 01:15:03,340 But if we had him and the girl. 639 01:15:03,580 --> 01:15:05,960 Yeah, she's the niece of a man we executed for witchcraft. 640 01:15:06,180 --> 01:15:07,420 And Marshall is her husband. 641 01:15:07,840 --> 01:15:11,180 I owe that jumped up plowboy a seeing to. Go out and ask around. 642 01:15:11,500 --> 01:15:13,100 Find out if he's being seen. 643 01:15:13,760 --> 01:15:17,480 If not, we'll tarry here a while until he does arrive. 644 01:15:28,440 --> 01:15:35,380 Who is it? Sarah, open the 645 01:15:35,380 --> 01:15:36,380 door. It's me. 646 01:15:54,490 --> 01:15:57,010 They were here, Hopkins and Stern. I didn't know what to do. I saw them in 647 01:15:57,010 --> 01:15:58,690 street. I didn't know whether I saw them or not. I know. 648 01:16:03,050 --> 01:16:04,050 Well, 649 01:16:05,410 --> 01:16:08,070 I'll be in the tavern with the others then. 650 01:16:26,210 --> 01:16:27,670 He's here, Matthew. Just arrived. 651 01:16:27,970 --> 01:16:28,829 Where's he gone? 652 01:16:28,830 --> 01:16:29,890 To see the girl. Alone? 653 01:16:30,170 --> 01:16:33,590 Yeah. The three others are in the tavern. Go and get us an extra man to 654 01:16:33,810 --> 01:16:35,550 Where are we going to take them, Matthew? Up to the castle. 655 01:16:36,330 --> 01:16:38,330 The magistrate here is very helpful. 656 01:16:39,030 --> 01:16:41,010 That's where you interrogated the others, is it? Yes. 657 01:16:42,110 --> 01:16:43,150 Now hurry to it, man. 658 01:17:07,280 --> 01:17:08,280 What are you going to do? 659 01:17:09,580 --> 01:17:11,900 You say Hopkins arrived two days ago? 660 01:17:12,540 --> 01:17:15,840 Yes. Then he was with the other one in the street today. 661 01:17:16,740 --> 01:17:17,820 And they haven't left yet? 662 01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:20,600 I'm not sure. I've been too scared to leave. 663 01:17:20,940 --> 01:17:21,938 Come on. 664 01:17:21,940 --> 01:17:22,940 Open up in there. 665 01:17:46,160 --> 01:17:50,720 This man accuses you, Sarah Lowe's, and you, Richard Marshall, of consorting 666 01:17:50,720 --> 01:17:54,040 with the devil. Is that not so, Master Webb? Tis that, sir. Will you describe 667 01:17:54,040 --> 01:17:55,100 your evidence to us? 668 01:17:55,360 --> 01:17:58,800 I observed the accused talking with their familiars and making the signs of 669 01:17:58,800 --> 01:18:02,200 Satan, sir. And what were these familiars to which you refer? 670 01:18:02,500 --> 01:18:06,580 Black Cat and Astote, sir. You're a very observant citizen, Master Webb. 671 01:18:07,800 --> 01:18:10,380 Well, Sarah, you confess? 672 01:18:14,220 --> 01:18:15,580 What do you have to say, soldier? 673 01:18:19,480 --> 01:18:20,900 I'm going to kill you, Hopkins. 674 01:18:22,240 --> 01:18:23,900 I don't think you'll find that easy. 675 01:18:24,580 --> 01:18:26,180 The law is with me, remember. 676 01:18:26,720 --> 01:18:27,720 And what are you? 677 01:18:27,900 --> 01:18:29,440 An accused witch. 678 01:18:30,400 --> 01:18:32,540 They must be submitted to the test. Take them, Stern. 679 01:18:50,640 --> 01:18:52,140 What are we going to do with him? 680 01:18:52,420 --> 01:18:54,840 Leave him. I'll inform the magistrate later. 681 01:18:55,080 --> 01:18:56,840 We have more important work to do. 682 01:19:25,520 --> 01:19:26,660 Orders from the magistrate. 683 01:19:27,160 --> 01:19:28,700 Suspected witches. Yes, sir. Sorry, sir. 684 01:20:11,290 --> 01:20:12,630 Yes, I heard them. 685 01:20:13,190 --> 01:20:14,650 Where have they taken him? 686 01:20:16,050 --> 01:20:17,050 To the castle. 687 01:20:17,750 --> 01:20:19,150 Test them. Test them? 688 01:20:20,950 --> 01:20:24,950 They're accused of witchcraft. 689 01:20:25,670 --> 01:20:26,670 Harcourt, you come with me. 690 01:20:26,830 --> 01:20:29,190 Yes, sir. Shall I look after him, sir? Yes, try and find him a physician. 691 01:20:29,970 --> 01:20:32,830 I've heard much of how Hopkins conducts his interrogations. 692 01:20:33,090 --> 01:20:34,090 Come on, Harcourt. 693 01:21:25,270 --> 01:21:26,730 Marshal, do you now confess? 694 01:21:30,070 --> 01:21:32,570 Keep at it, Stern. You're doing God's work. 695 01:22:11,400 --> 01:22:12,500 and his assistants there. Here, man. 696 01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:14,280 Let us pass, then. 697 01:22:14,500 --> 01:22:17,360 You're here to help the witch finder? We're here to find him, yes. 698 01:22:17,620 --> 01:22:18,620 Have you a sign pass? 699 01:22:25,040 --> 01:22:29,700 Sarah, I'm going to place this iron on your back. 700 01:22:30,700 --> 01:22:35,320 Should you faint or cry out, we can only take it that Satan has intervened to 701 01:22:35,320 --> 01:22:37,300 spare you your agony. 702 01:22:38,460 --> 01:22:40,900 However, I could show mercy if... 703 01:22:43,080 --> 01:22:48,100 If Captain Marshall were to confess to witchcraft first, what will you do it, 704 01:22:48,160 --> 01:22:49,160 sir? 705 01:22:49,860 --> 01:22:51,620 I shall kill you. 706 01:22:51,920 --> 01:22:54,140 So you have no proper authorization, then? What do you mean? 707 01:22:54,700 --> 01:22:56,100 From the magistrate, authorization. 708 01:22:56,580 --> 01:22:57,580 Not here with us, no. 709 01:22:57,940 --> 01:22:59,480 Well, we'll go back and get one, then. 710 01:22:59,700 --> 01:23:01,260 All right, then I'll let you part. 711 01:23:07,360 --> 01:23:10,300 Master Webb, go and see what is the matter. Yes, Master Hopkins. 712 01:23:12,810 --> 01:23:16,290 What do we do, Matthew? We shall carry on with God's work as before, man. 713 01:23:16,570 --> 01:23:20,470 Then fetch Captain Marshall over here. He shall kneel before his wife and watch 714 01:23:20,470 --> 01:23:22,490 her suffering. But, Matthew... Go do it, man. 715 01:24:37,290 --> 01:24:38,148 from me. 716 01:24:38,150 --> 01:24:39,830 You took him from me. 717 01:24:40,190 --> 01:24:42,170 You took him from me. 718 01:24:54,910 --> 01:24:56,570 May God have mercy on us all.