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00:05:07	Every second bastard born
00:05:16	But in Utopia that couldn't be.
00:05:18	For why?
00:05:19	-For there the priests are very holy.
00:05:24	Is it anything interesting, Matthew?
00:05:27	-Bless you, sir. I don't know.
00:05:36	To be sure, we have
00:05:38	-Oh, name some.
00:05:41	Man's a simpleton.
00:05:44	It's from Cardinal Wolsey.
00:05:47	What's he want?
00:05:49	-Me.
00:05:50	Now.
00:05:51	In Hampton Court?
00:05:55	-The King's business.
00:05:58	Mistress Anne Boleyn's business.
00:06:00	Well, it's all the Cardinal's business.
00:06:03	That's very true. And when the Cardinal
00:06:07	What is the man? A butcher's son.
00:06:10	Chancellor of England, too.
00:06:12	No, that's his office. What's the man?
00:06:15	Surely, Your Grace,
00:06:18	...we must think he was misplaced
00:06:22	That, at least,
00:06:26	A butcher's son and looks it.
00:06:28	His looks, yes, I give you his looks.
00:06:33	What was that you said, Richard?
00:06:36	Nothing, Sir Thomas, it was out of place.
00:06:39	And Wolsey's still a butcher.
00:06:41	And you're a member of the King's
00:06:45	That is why I must go.
00:06:47	The Duke would go
00:06:50	I might.
00:06:53	I'll be back for breakfast.
00:06:56	Go to bed.
00:06:59	"Dear Lord, give us rest tonight,
00:07:03	"Careful only for our soul's salvation.
00:07:08	And bless our lord, the King.
00:07:11	-"And bless our lord, the King."
00:07:14	Excuse me, gentlemen.
00:07:21	Keep clear of Wolsey, Thomas.
00:07:26	-Who is that?
00:07:29	-What's he want?
00:07:32	-Can you give him a position?
00:07:35	No.
00:07:53	-Sir Thomas.
00:07:56	-Did you recommend me?
00:08:00	Richard, I may have a position for you.
00:08:02	-What? What position?
00:08:46	For you all, boatman.
00:08:49	Thank you, sir.
00:09:10	Sir Thomas is here, Your Grace.
00:09:14	Master Cromwell.
00:09:29	You opposed me in the Council
00:09:33	Yes, Your Grace.
00:09:35	-You were the only one.
00:09:40	You're a fool.
00:09:42	Thank God there is only one fool
00:09:49	Why did you oppose me?
00:09:51	I thought Your Grace was wrong.
00:09:55	A matter of conscience.
00:09:59	You're a constant regret to me, Thomas.
00:10:02	If you could just see facts flat on...
00:10:04	...without that horrible moral squint.
00:10:08	With a little common sense,
00:10:18	The King.
00:10:45	Where's he been? Do you know?
00:10:49	I, Your Grace?
00:10:51	Spare me your discretion.
00:10:54	He's been to play in the muck again.
00:11:00	He's been to Mistress Anne Boleyn.
00:11:08	More, are you going to help me?
00:11:14	If Your Grace will be specific.
00:11:18	You're a plodder! All right, we'll plod.
00:11:22	The King wants a son.
00:11:25	I'm very sure the King needs no advice
00:11:30	Thomas, we're alone.
00:11:33	I didn't suppose there was, Your Grace.
00:11:39	Do you favour a change of dynasty?
00:11:42	For God's sake, Your Grace!
00:11:44	Then he needs a son. I repeat,
00:11:47	I pray for it daily.
00:11:48	God's death, he means it.
00:11:51	That thing out there, at least she's fertile.
00:11:55	-But she's not his wife.
00:11:58	...and she's barren as a brick.
00:12:01	There are precedents.
00:12:06	All right. Good. Pray by all means.
00:12:11	But in addition to prayer there is effort.
00:12:20	Have I your support, or have I not?
00:12:26	The Pope gave a dispensation,
00:12:29	...his brother's widow for state reasons.
00:12:33	We are to ask the Pope to dispense with
00:12:38	I don't like plodding, Thomas. Well?
00:12:40	Then, clearly all we have to do is
00:12:44	I think we might influence
00:12:48	By argument?
00:12:49	Argument certainly. And pressure.
00:12:54	Pressure, applied to the Church?
00:13:00	Pressure.
00:13:08	No, Your Grace, I'm not going to help you.
00:13:14	Then goodnight, Master More.
00:13:20	Let the dynasty die with Henry Vlll
00:13:25	Blood-witted barons ramping the country
00:13:29	Is that what you want? Very well.
00:13:33	England needs an heir.
00:13:37	Certain measures, perhaps regrettable...
00:13:41	...perhaps not, there's much in the Church
00:13:47	All right, regrettable.
00:13:53	Now, explain how you, as a councillor
00:13:57	...for the sake
00:14:02	I think that when statesmen forsake
00:14:06	...for the sake of their public duties...
00:14:08	...they lead their country
00:14:16	And we shall have my prayers
00:14:19	You'd like that, wouldn't you?
00:14:24	Yes, I should.
00:14:26	I'd like to be there when you try.
00:14:30	Who will wear this after me?
00:14:33	Who's our next chancellor?
00:14:38	-Fisher for me.
00:14:40	What about my secretary,
00:14:44	Cromwell. He's a very able man.
00:14:49	But?
00:14:51	Me rather than Cromwell.
00:14:54	Then, come down to earth.
00:14:59	Until you do...
00:15:02	...you and I are enemies.
00:15:06	As Your Grace wishes.
00:15:10	As God wills.
00:15:12	Perhaps, Your Grace.
00:15:15	More! You should have been a cleric!
00:15:19	Like yourself, Your Grace?
00:15:34	Goodnight, Sir Thomas.
00:15:43	Sir Thomas.
00:15:45	Sir Thomas.
00:15:47	Sir Thomas.
00:15:50	-What's this?
00:15:54	-Leicester?
00:15:59	My daughter has a case, sir,
00:16:05	Baked apples, sir.
00:16:07	To sweeten my judgement.
00:16:09	I'll give your daughter the same judgement
00:16:13	A fair one, quickly.
00:16:15	Bless you, sir.
00:16:17	I understand. Yes. I'll read it.
00:16:26	Good evening, Sir Thomas.
00:16:28	-I'll read it.
00:16:30	-I could illuminate it for you--
00:16:33	Just a moment or two....
00:16:36	Boat!
00:16:38	Sir?
00:17:00	Chelsea, sir?
00:17:01	Chelsea.
00:17:03	I expect you'll make it worth my while, sir.
00:17:05	-You've got a licence?
00:17:09	-Well then, the fares are fixed.
00:17:11	Hampton to Chelsea downstream,
00:17:14	Chelsea to Hampton upstream,
00:17:16	Whoever makes the regulations
00:17:19	No. Threepence if you get me home
00:17:22	Thank you, sir.
00:17:51	A nice cup, sir.
00:17:54	Yes.
00:18:11	That's worth money, sir.
00:18:49	Mind a way, sir.
00:18:57	Thank you, sir.
00:19:05	-Have you been here all night?
00:19:09	You said there was a post?
00:19:12	Yes. I'll offer you a post, with a house,
00:19:17	What post?
00:19:19	At the new school.
00:19:23	A teacher!
00:19:25	Richard, no one's going to give you
00:19:30	Master Cromwell says
00:19:34	Cromwell?
00:19:36	Well, if you know Cromwell
00:19:40	Sir Thomas?
00:19:44	If only you knew how much,
00:19:50	Not to a place at court.
00:19:52	Why not?
00:19:56	Look.
00:19:58	-What is it?
00:20:03	"l am the gift of Averil Machin."
00:20:07	And Averil Machin has a lawsuit
00:20:11	Italian silver. Take it. No joke.
00:20:18	Thank you.
00:20:22	What will you do with it?
00:20:25	Sell it.
00:20:25	-And buy what?
00:20:29	But Richard, that's a little bribe.
00:20:32	At court they offer you all sorts of things,
00:20:38	A man should go
00:20:41	Why not be a teacher? You'd be
00:20:47	-lf I was, who would know it?
00:20:51	God. Not a bad public, that.
00:20:58	And a quiet life.
00:21:00	You say that.
00:21:03	Yes, talking with the Cardinal.
00:21:06	It's eating your heart out, isn't it?
00:21:10	The divorce?
00:21:12	Boatman!
00:21:14	Sir?
00:21:15	-Take this gentleman to the New lnn!
00:21:17	Sir Thomas?
00:21:20	Thank you.
00:21:22	Be a teacher.
00:21:34	-Matthew.
00:21:35	-Lady Alice in bed?
00:21:37	-Lady Margaret?
00:21:39	The Master Roper's here, sir.
00:21:41	At this hour? Who let him in?
00:21:44	He's a hard man to keep out, sir.
00:22:08	Will wants to marry me, Father.
00:22:11	Well, he can't marry you.
00:22:14	Sir Thomas, I'm called to the Bar.
00:22:16	Oh, congratulations, Roper.
00:22:19	My family may not be at the palace,
00:22:22	There's nothing wrong
00:22:25	There's not much wrong with you.
00:22:29	Except you seem to need a clock.
00:22:31	I can buy a clock, sir.
00:22:33	Roper, the answer is no...
00:22:35	...and will be no as long as you're a heretic.
00:22:37	Now, that's a word I don't like,
00:22:39	It's not a likeable word or thing.
00:22:41	The Church is heretical!
00:22:45	Luther is an excommunicate!
00:22:47	From a heretic Church!
00:22:50	-Salvation by the shilling! And divorces!
00:22:53	-What I know, I'll say!
00:22:57	He's no sense of the time.
00:23:00	Now listen well.
00:23:02	Two years ago you were
00:23:04	Now you're a passionate Lutheran.
00:23:06	We must just pray
00:23:09	...your face is to the front again.
00:23:13	-ls your horse here?
00:23:17	Well, take a horse from the stables
00:23:21	Go along.
00:23:24	May I come again?
00:23:27	Yes. Soon.
00:23:34	Is that final, Father?
00:23:36	As long as he's a heretic, Meg,
00:23:43	What did Wolsey want?
00:23:48	Nice boy, young Will.
00:23:51	Terribly strong principles, though.
00:23:55	Clumsy, too.
00:23:57	-You're very pensive.
00:24:00	Was it the divorce?
00:24:03	To bed.
00:24:05	They're a cantankerous lot, the Ropers.
00:24:09	Old Roper was just the same--
00:24:13	You don't want to talk about it.
00:24:16	No.
00:24:22	-I'm sorry you were awakened, chick.
00:24:26	What did Wolsey want?
00:24:29	-Will Roper's been.
00:24:32	Yes, he's been here all night.
00:24:35	-Why you don't beat that girl l--
00:24:38	She's full of education
00:24:42	Goodnight, Meg.
00:24:44	Goodnight.
00:24:49	Marry Meg. A lawyer's son.
00:24:51	Well, she's a lawyer's daughter.
00:24:56	Norfolk spoke of you
00:25:01	Well, he's a dangerous friend then.
00:25:04	Wolsey's chancellor, God help him.
00:25:07	But Norfolk said, if Wolsey fell, you--
00:25:09	If Wolsey fell, the splash would swamp
00:25:13	No.
00:25:15	There'll be no new chancellors
00:26:06	The Duke of Norfolk,
00:26:22	Have you any message for His Majesty?
00:26:27	If I had served God...
00:26:29	...one half so well as I've served my King...
00:26:33	...God would not have left me here,
00:26:39	Thank God you're dying here.
00:27:06	"l am straightly charged
00:27:09	"...here openly to declare
00:27:13	"...is beholden to this man.
00:27:15	"And how worthy he is
00:27:21	"And how dearly
00:27:25	"...not only for much good council...
00:27:28	"...deliberate council,
00:27:32	"...that which is privy to the King's person.
00:27:36	"This same Sir Thomas More...
00:27:38	"...here made before you all to be...
00:27:41	"...Lord Chancellor of the Realm."
00:29:20	Calm yourself, Matthew.
00:29:21	Fetch Lady Alice.
00:29:35	That's very well.
00:29:41	My lady! The King!
00:30:45	Now remember, the visit's a surprise.
00:30:47	But he'll know we're expecting him--
00:30:49	It's a very great honour.
00:30:52	What's he really coming for?
00:30:53	To talk about the divorce.
00:30:56	-But he's had his answer.
00:30:58	Thomas!
00:31:06	Your Majesty does my house more honour
00:31:10	No ceremony Thomas, no ceremony!
00:31:12	A passing fancy.
00:31:15	Look. Mud.
00:31:20	By heaven, what an evening.
00:31:24	Lady Alice,
00:31:27	Yes, Your Grace. Well, no, Your Grace.
00:31:29	Well, that is, we are ready to entertain--
00:31:32	This is my daughter Margaret, sire.
00:31:36	She's not yet had the honour
00:31:39	Why Margaret,
00:31:42	Answer, Margaret.
00:31:44	Among women, I pass for one, Your Grace.
00:32:17	Can you dance, too?
00:32:19	Not well, Your Grace.
00:32:23	Well, I dance superlatively!
00:32:26	That's a dancer's leg, Margaret!
00:32:40	Lady Alice,
00:32:43	If Your Grace would share
00:32:46	It would please me. Lead them in.
00:32:48	Thomas and I will follow.
00:32:49	Matthew.
00:32:51	My lords and gentlemen!
00:32:59	Margaret?
00:33:00	Your Grace?
00:33:02	Do you like music?
00:33:03	Yes, Your Grace.
00:33:05	They'll play to you.
00:33:30	Now, listen to this.
00:33:35	Sit down.
00:33:38	Be seated. No courtship, Thomas.
00:33:44	You're my friend, are you not?
00:33:47	Your Majesty.
00:33:48	Thank God I have a friend
00:33:50	Readier to befriend, I trust,
00:33:53	My own knowledge of my poor abilities--
00:33:56	I will judge of your abilities.
00:33:59	Thomas?
00:34:03	You know that Wolsey named you
00:34:07	Before he died, Wolsey named you,
00:34:11	He was a statesman
00:34:17	Was he?
00:34:19	Was he so?
00:34:22	Then, why did he fail me?
00:34:26	It was villainy then.
00:34:29	Yes, villainy. Secret opposition, secret.
00:34:31	But deliberate, wilful,
00:34:34	Wanted to be pope to master me, Wolsey.
00:34:37	What is it? Thought!
00:34:38	Because I'm simple and plain and deal
00:34:43	Because of that I say,
00:34:51	Wolsey was a proud man, Thomas.
00:34:57	Pride right through.
00:34:59	And he failed me.
00:35:01	Failed me in the one thing that matters,
00:35:08	But look.
00:35:10	Be seated.
00:35:16	What an evening.
00:35:19	A man could fight a lion.
00:35:21	Some men could, Your Grace.
00:35:24	Thomas...
00:35:27	...touching this matter of my divorce.
00:35:30	Have you thought of it
00:35:32	Of little else.
00:35:33	Then you see your way clear to me?
00:35:35	That you should put away
00:35:38	Alas, as I think of it, I see so clearly...
00:35:40	...that I cannot come with Your Grace,
00:35:43	...not to think of it at all.
00:35:44	Then you haven't thought enough!
00:35:54	Lilac.
00:35:56	We have them at Hampton.
00:35:59	Not so fine as this, though.
00:36:03	I'm in an excellent frame of mind.
00:36:10	Thomas, you must consider,
00:36:13	It was no marriage.
00:36:15	I have lived in incest
00:36:19	Leviticus: "Thou shalt not uncover
00:36:24	Leviticus. Chapter 18, verse 16.
00:36:27	Yes, Your Grace. But Deuteronomy--
00:36:28	Deuteronomy is ambiguous!
00:36:30	Your Grace, I'm not fitted
00:36:33	To me, it seems a matter for the Holy See--
00:36:35	Thomas, does a man need a pope
00:36:40	It was a sin.
00:36:43	God's punished me.
00:36:45	I've no son.
00:36:48	Son after son she's borne me.
00:36:50	All dead at birth, or dead within the month.
00:36:53	I never saw the hand of God
00:36:56	It's my bounden duty
00:36:58	And all the popes, back to Peter,
00:37:04	How is it that you cannot see?
00:37:06	Then, why does Your Grace
00:37:10	Because you're honest.
00:37:12	And what is more to the purpose,
00:37:14	Those like Norfolk follow me
00:37:17	Those like Cromwell follow
00:37:20	...and I'm their tiger. A mass follows me...
00:37:22	...because it follows anything that moves.
00:37:27	And then there's you.
00:37:30	I am sick to think
00:37:34	No, Thomas, I respect your sincerity.
00:37:41	But respect...
00:37:43	...man, that's water in the desert.
00:37:51	How'd you like our music?
00:37:52	That air they played, it had a certain....
00:37:54	Well, tell me what you thought of it.
00:37:57	Could it have been Your Grace's own?
00:37:59	Discovered!
00:38:01	Now I'll never know your true opinion,
00:38:04	Well, we artists, we love praise,
00:38:08	-Then I will tell my true opinion.
00:38:10	To me it seemed delightful.
00:38:15	Thomas, I chose the right man
00:38:19	I should in fairness add that my taste
00:38:24	Your taste in music is excellent!
00:38:26	It exactly coincides with my own.
00:38:33	Music.
00:38:35	Music.
00:38:38	Send them back without me, Thomas.
00:38:42	My house is at Your Grace's disposal.
00:38:44	Touching this other business, mark you...
00:38:49	...I'll have no opposition.
00:38:52	Your Grace.
00:38:54	No opposition, I say. No opposition.
00:38:59	Be seated.
00:39:03	I'll leave you out of it
00:39:08	I don't take it kindly
00:39:14	I see how it will be.
00:39:17	The bishops will oppose me!
00:39:20	The full-fed princes of the Church!
00:39:25	Mind they do not take you in, Thomas!
00:39:27	Your Grace is unjust.
00:39:28	If I cannot serve Your Grace
00:39:32	I have no queen!
00:39:34	Catherine's not my wife!
00:39:37	No priest can make her so.
00:39:40	They that say she is my wife
00:39:45	Yes, traitors!
00:39:48	That I will not brook now!
00:39:50	Treachery!
00:39:52	I will not brook.
00:39:53	It maddens me!
00:39:55	It is a deadly canker in the body politic,
00:40:10	See?
00:40:13	You see how you've maddened me?
00:40:16	I hardly know myself.
00:40:26	If you could come with me,
00:40:29	...yes, with my own hand.
00:40:31	Your Grace overwhelms me.
00:40:42	What's that?
00:40:44	Eight o'clock, Your Grace.
00:40:48	Lift yourself up, man.
00:40:53	Have I not promised I'll leave you out of it?
00:40:57	Shall we eat?
00:40:59	If Your Grace pleases.
00:41:04	Eight o'clock, you said.
00:41:07	The tide will be turning.
00:41:09	-I was forgetting the tide. I must go.
00:41:13	If I don't catch the tide
00:41:16	No, don't come.
00:41:21	Lady Alice, I must go and catch the tide.
00:41:24	So we give you our thanks
00:41:48	What's this?
00:41:50	-You crossed him!
00:41:52	-Why?
00:41:54	You're too nice altogether, Thomas.
00:41:56	-Woman, mind your house!
00:42:03	God save Your Majesty!
00:42:06	God save Your Grace!
00:42:15	God save the King!
00:42:19	Lift!
00:42:28	Drop blades!
00:42:31	Sire! Sire! Sire!
00:43:04	Are you coming my way, Rich?
00:43:09	No.
00:43:12	I think you should, you know.
00:43:14	I can't tell you anything.
00:43:23	Well?
00:43:36	Thomas?
00:43:39	Stay friends with him.
00:43:43	Whatever may be done by smiling,
00:43:53	Set your mind at rest.
00:43:55	This is not the stuff
00:44:08	Good evening, sir, Lady Alice.
00:44:12	Will wants to talk to you, Father.
00:44:15	I told him it wouldn't be convenient.
00:44:17	You were quite right.
00:44:19	You're very free
00:44:22	Yes.
00:44:24	It's of that I wish to speak.
00:44:26	Sir, you've had a disagreement
00:44:30	-Have l?
00:44:32	I offer my congratulations.
00:44:34	If it's true,
00:44:37	Yes!
00:44:41	Sir, when last I asked you
00:44:46	...you objected to my unorthodox opinions.
00:44:50	-I did.
00:44:51	Well, since then my views
00:44:58	Well, that's good hearing, Will.
00:45:00	Mind you, I modify nothing concerning
00:45:04	-Quite right.
00:45:07	...no. I see behind that an attack on God.
00:45:09	-Roper!
00:45:11	...to be done by the Devil's ministers!
00:45:13	For heaven's sake, remember my office.
00:45:15	If you stand on your office--
00:45:16	No, I don't stand on it,
00:45:21	Sir Thomas.
00:45:24	Richard?
00:45:26	I fell.
00:45:29	Lady Alice.
00:45:30	-Lady Margaret.
00:45:32	Do you know William Roper, the younger?
00:45:34	By reputation, of course.
00:45:36	-Good evening, Master....
00:45:46	You've heard of me?
00:45:47	Yes.
00:45:49	In what connection?
00:45:58	I sense that I'm not welcome here.
00:46:00	Why Richard? Have you done something
00:46:03	Cromwell is asking questions.
00:46:05	About you. He's always asking
00:46:08	Of whom?
00:46:11	Of him, for one. That's one of his sources.
00:46:14	Of course. That's one of my servants.
00:46:18	All right, Matthew.
00:46:25	Well, you look at me
00:46:29	Why Richard, you're shaking.
00:46:33	Help me.
00:46:35	How?
00:46:36	Employ me.
00:46:38	No.
00:46:40	-Employ me!
00:46:56	I would be faithful.
00:47:02	You couldn't answer for yourself
00:47:17	Arrest him!
00:47:19	-For what?
00:47:20	-Libel. He's a spy!
00:47:22	-There's no law against that.
00:47:24	-Then God can arrest him.
00:47:27	Go he should, if he were the Devil,
00:47:30	-Now you give the Devil benefit of law!
00:47:33	Cut a road through the law
00:47:36	Yes. I'd cut down every law in England
00:47:39	And when the last law was down,
00:47:42	...where would you hide, Roper,
00:47:45	This country is planted with laws
00:47:48	...Man's laws, not God's,
00:47:51	...and you're just the man to do it...
00:47:53	...do you really think you could stand
00:47:58	Yes.
00:47:59	I give the Devil benefit of law
00:48:39	-Master Rich?
00:48:41	In there, sir.
00:48:48	Rich? Come in.
00:48:54	Taken you long enough to get here.
00:48:56	Have I kept you waiting?
00:48:59	Months.
00:49:02	-Here.
00:49:06	Do you know the news?
00:49:08	-What news?
00:49:12	And I succeed him.
00:49:15	Secretary to the Council?
00:49:17	You?
00:49:19	'Tis surprising, isn't it?
00:49:22	I mean, one sees that's logical.
00:49:26	Sit down, Rich.
00:49:29	...as His Majesty would say.
00:49:34	You see how I trust you.
00:49:37	I'd never repeat or report a thing like that.
00:49:41	What kind of thing
00:49:46	Nothing said in friendship.
00:49:48	Do you believe that?
00:49:49	-Why, yes.
00:49:51	Well, yes.
00:49:53	Rich, seriously.
00:50:02	That would depend what I was offered.
00:50:07	Don't say it just to please me.
00:50:08	It's true. It would depend
00:50:13	Well, there is another post vacant.
00:50:16	Collector of Revenues for York.
00:50:19	Is it in your gift?
00:50:20	Effectively.
00:50:23	What must I do for it?
00:50:27	I know a man
00:50:32	Normally a matter of small importance,
00:50:34	...it's our liege, Lord Henry,
00:50:38	Which is a quaint way of saying that
00:50:42	And our job as administrators...
00:50:45	...is to minimise the inconvenience
00:50:49	That's our only job, Rich,
00:50:54	A harmless occupation
00:50:57	We administrators are not liked, Rich.
00:51:00	We are not popular.
00:51:02	I say "we" on the assumption you'll accept
00:51:11	Yes.
00:51:20	It's a bad sign when people are depressed
00:51:23	-I'm not depressed.
00:51:25	I was lamenting. I've lost my innocence.
00:51:27	Some time ago.
00:51:32	Your friend, our present Lord Chancellor,
00:51:38	The odd thing is, he is.
00:51:40	Yes, I say he is. Unhappily...
00:51:43	...his innocence is tangled up
00:51:45	...that you can't change your woman
00:51:48	...and you can't get a divorce
00:51:51	And from this meaningless circumstance,
00:51:56	-lnconvenience?
00:51:59	This goblet he gave you,
00:52:03	Come along, he gave you a silver goblet.
00:52:08	Fifty shillings.
00:52:09	It was a gift, wasn't it,
00:52:12	-Yes.
00:52:16	Don't get drunk!
00:52:18	Which court was the litigant's case?
00:52:23	Court of Requests.
00:52:26	There. That wasn't too painful, was it?
00:52:32	-No.
00:52:33	And you'll find it easier, next time.
00:53:10	My Lord Archbishop, my lords...
00:53:13	...Reverend Doctors of the Church.
00:53:15	The answer of our liege, Lord Henry...
00:53:18	...to his trusty well-beloved subjects...
00:53:20	...pontiffs in the Canterbury Convocation.
00:53:25	"His Majesty...
00:53:26	"...acknowledges your humble admission
00:53:31	"...for which he accepts...
00:53:32	"...the manumission of £100,000 in token.
00:53:39	"Mindful for the well-being of the realm
00:53:43	"...His Majesty requires that you do now
00:53:47	"...allegiance to the See of Rome.
00:53:50	"And admit the statute
00:53:54	"...acknowledging the King's good title...
00:53:57	"...Supreme Head of the Church
00:54:05	Well, my lords, what's your answer?
00:54:09	Yea or nay?
00:54:14	His Majesty accepts your resignation
00:54:17	He's mindful of your goodness
00:54:19	And in any matter concerning your honour
00:54:25	You will convey my humble gratitude.
00:54:33	-Help me with this.
00:54:39	-Alice?
00:54:41	Sun and moon, Master More, you're taken
00:54:46	To betray your ability...
00:54:48	...abandon your station
00:54:52	Shall l, sir?
00:54:55	No, thank you, son Roper.
00:55:00	Margaret...
00:55:02	...will you?
00:55:04	Yes.
00:55:11	If you want.
00:55:17	There's my clever girl.
00:55:22	Well done, sir! In my opinion,
00:55:27	I'll tell you my opinion
00:55:29	Don't! Will, silence!
00:55:34	...and may have children.
00:55:47	All right, Thomas, make me understand...
00:55:49	...because I tell you,
00:55:52	All right, I will.
00:55:53	This isn't reformation,
00:55:57	Our King has declared war on the Pope
00:56:00	-...that our Queen is not his wife.
00:56:06	Is she?
00:56:10	Have I your word that what we say here
00:56:12	Very well.
00:56:14	And if the King should command you
00:56:17	I should keep my word to you.
00:56:19	Then what has become of your oath
00:56:26	You lay traps for me!
00:56:27	No, I show you the times.
00:56:33	We are at war with the Pope.
00:56:37	He is. He's also the descendant
00:56:41	So you believe.
00:56:45	...which includes the respect
00:56:48	Because what matters
00:56:51	...not that I believe it, but that I believe it.
00:56:55	-I trust I make myself obscure?
00:57:01	Why do you insult me
00:57:05	Because I'm afraid.
00:57:07	Man, you're ill.
00:57:12	This isn't Spain, you know.
00:57:33	My friends, you all know
00:57:37	I have today resigned my office.
00:57:43	I am no longer a great man.
00:57:47	Sir, we want you to know
00:57:51	My side? What side is that?
00:57:54	Well, sir, we all know what you think.
00:57:56	None of you knows what I think.
00:57:58	...and babble it about,
00:58:03	Since I am no more a great man,
00:58:06	Nor can I afford one. You will have to go.
00:58:11	However, I still number some great men
00:58:14	...and they still need great households.
00:58:17	No one will be turned away
00:58:20	-We can't find places for them all.
00:58:25	Thank you.
00:58:28	That is all.
00:58:39	What about you, Matthew?
00:58:45	Will you stay?
00:58:46	Well, sir, that's according.
00:58:48	There will be more work and less money.
00:58:52	Well then, I don't see how I can then, sir.
00:58:56	Quite right, Matthew. Why should you?
00:59:01	Oh, no, sir, you see through me, sir.
00:59:08	I shall miss you.
00:59:21	Damn me! Isn't that them all over!
00:59:23	Miss me? What's in me for him to miss?
00:59:26	"Matthew, will you take a cut in wages?"
00:59:30	And that's it. And that's all of it! All right,
00:59:36	I don't mind saying
00:59:38	If I had good luck to spare
00:59:40	I wish we could have good luck
00:59:42	I wish rainwater was beer!
00:59:57	Well, there's an end of you.
01:00:00	What'll you do now? Sit by the fire...
01:00:02	...and make goslings in the ash?
01:00:05	Not at all, Alice.
01:00:07	I expect I'll write a bit...
01:00:11	...I'll write...
01:00:13	...I'll read, I'll think.
01:00:17	I think I'll learn to fish.
01:00:20	I'll play with my grandchildren
01:00:26	-Alice, shall I teach you to read?
01:00:32	Poor, silly man,
01:00:35	If we govern our tongues, they will!
01:00:41	I have a word to say on that. I've made
01:00:47	The King is made, by act of parliament,
01:00:50	This English Church will divorce him from
01:00:55	But on any of these matters,
01:00:58	No.
01:01:00	If I'm to lose my rank and fall to
01:01:03	-So make a statement now.
01:01:06	Alice, it's a point of law.
01:01:08	...that in silence is my safety,
01:01:11	And my silence must be absolute,
01:01:15	In short, you don't trust me.
01:01:21	I'm the Lord Chief Justice,
01:01:25	I take your hand...
01:01:26	...I clamp it on the Bible,
01:01:30	"Woman, has your husband
01:01:34	"On peril of your soul remember,
01:01:39	No.
01:01:41	And so it must remain.
01:01:53	Have you opened your mind to Meg?
01:01:55	Would I tell Meg what I won't tell you?
01:01:59	Meg has your heart.
01:02:13	This is a dangerous matter then...
01:02:16	...if you've not told Meg.
01:02:19	I don't think so. No.
01:02:23	When they find I'm silent...
01:02:25	...they'll want nothing better
01:02:30	You'll see.
01:02:52	But he's silent, Master Secretary,
01:02:56	Your Grace, not being a man of letters...
01:02:59	...you perhaps don't realise
01:03:02	This silence of his
01:03:05	In Europe he is claimed
01:03:07	Rubbish! Crank he may be,
01:03:10	Exactly. And with a little pressure....
01:03:13	With a little pressure
01:03:15	That's all we need.
01:03:18	-...to the present administration.
01:03:22	The King does not agree with you.
01:03:30	What kind of pressure do you think
01:03:34	I have evidence that Sir Thomas,
01:03:38	What?
01:03:40	Goddammit! He was the only judge
01:03:43	When was there a chancellor
01:03:47	...totalled £100 and a gold chain?
01:03:53	It is, as you imply, common practice...
01:03:56	...but a practice may be common
01:03:59	This offence could send a man
01:04:06	Come here.
01:04:08	This woman's name is Averil Machin.
01:04:12	-She entered a case--
01:04:14	Shut your mouth.
01:04:16	A property case in the Court of Requests
01:04:19	And got a wicked false judgement!
01:04:20	And got an impeccably correct judgement
01:04:23	-No, sir, it was not!
01:04:25	...about the gift you gave the judge.
01:04:29	I gave him a cup, sir.
01:04:30	A silver ltalian cup I bought in Leicester,
01:04:34	Did Sir Thomas accept this cup?
01:04:36	Yes, sir, he did.
01:04:37	He did accept it. We can corroborate that.
01:04:41	-To my way of thinking--
01:04:51	-ls that your witness?
01:04:55	By an odd coincidence that cup later
01:05:01	How?
01:05:05	-He gave it to me, Your Grace.
01:05:08	A gift.
01:05:10	Yes, you were a friend, weren't you?
01:05:14	When did Thomas give you this thing?
01:05:17	I can't exactly remember.
01:05:21	Do you "remember" what you did with it?
01:05:24	-I sold it.
01:05:26	-A shop.
01:05:30	No. They've lost all track of it.
01:05:32	How convenient.
01:05:35	You doubt Master Rich's word,
01:05:38	It had occurred to me.
01:05:43	This is the bill of sale.
01:05:55	That cow put her case into court in April,
01:06:01	In other words, the moment Thomas knew
01:06:04	...he dropped it into the nearest gutter.
01:06:10	The facts will bear that interpretation,
01:06:14	This is a horse that won't run,
01:06:16	Just a trial gallop.
01:06:19	-I want no part of it.
01:06:24	What's that you say?
01:06:27	The King particularly wishes you
01:06:31	He's not told me that.
01:06:33	Indeed? He told me.
01:06:39	Look here, Cromwell...
01:06:40	...what's the purpose of all this?
01:06:43	There you have me.
01:06:45	It's a matter of conscience, I think.
01:06:48	The King wants Sir Thomas
01:06:52	If Sir Thomas appeared at the wedding
01:06:58	He won't attend the wedding.
01:07:01	If I were you, I'd try and persuade him.
01:07:04	I really would try, if I were you.
01:07:09	Cromwell, are you threatening me?
01:07:12	My dear Norfolk, this isn't Spain.
01:07:16	This is England!
01:09:29	Thomas? Thomas!
01:10:34	Lady Margaret?
01:10:36	Yes.
01:10:39	We've been cutting greens.
01:10:44	I have a letter for your father,
01:10:52	He's to answer certain charges
01:10:59	Good of you to come, Sir Thomas.
01:11:06	Master Rich will make a record
01:11:09	Good of you to tell me, Master Secretary.
01:11:11	I think you know one another.
01:11:12	Indeed yes, we're old friends.
01:11:15	That's a nice gown you have, Richard.
01:11:23	Sir Thomas, believe me.
01:11:25	No, that's asking too much.
01:11:29	You have no more sincere admirer
01:11:34	No, not yet, Rich, not yet.
01:11:40	If I might hear the charges.
01:11:42	-The charges?
01:11:45	Some ambiguities of behaviour
01:11:48	Make a note of that, will you, Master Rich?
01:11:53	Sir Thomas, Sir Thomas.
01:12:00	The King is not pleased with you.
01:12:03	I am grieved.
01:12:06	And yet, do you know that even now,
01:12:09	...to agree with the Church,
01:12:13	...there is no honour which His Majesty
01:12:17	I am well acquainted with
01:12:23	Very well.
01:12:26	You have heard of the so-called
01:12:31	...who was executed for prophesying
01:12:33	-Yes, I met her.
01:12:35	Yet you did not warn His Majesty
01:12:39	She spoke no treason.
01:12:43	But the woman was notorious.
01:12:46	-Happily, there were witnesses.
01:12:49	Yes. I wrote, advising her to abstain
01:12:54	I have a copy of the letter. Also witnessed.
01:12:59	-You have been cautious.
01:13:11	In the June of 1521,
01:13:16	A theological work.
01:13:19	It was called,
01:13:21	For which he was named "Defender
01:13:26	By the Bishop of Rome,
01:13:30	No. "Bishop of Rome" if you like.
01:13:35	Thank you. You come to the point
01:13:40	For example, in the Church of England...
01:13:42	...what exactly is
01:13:45	You will find it very ably set out
01:13:50	...in the King's book.
01:13:52	In the book published under
01:13:55	-You wrote this book.
01:13:58	I don't mean you actually held the pen.
01:14:00	I answered to my best ability,
01:14:03	...which the King put to me,
01:14:05	Do you deny you instigated it?
01:14:07	It was from first to last
01:14:10	The King says not.
01:14:14	The King knows the truth of it.
01:14:18	And whatever he may have said to you...
01:14:20	...he will not give evidence
01:14:24	Why not?
01:14:26	Because evidence is given on oath,
01:14:30	If you don't know that,
01:14:39	Sir Thomas More.
01:14:41	Have you anything to say...
01:14:42	...regarding the King's marriage
01:14:45	I understood
01:14:47	Then you understood wrongly.
01:14:50	They are terrors for children,
01:14:59	Then know that the King
01:15:02	...in his name, with great ingratitude!
01:15:05	And to tell you that there never was,
01:15:09	...nor so traitorous a subject, as yourself!
01:15:14	So...
01:15:17	...I am brought here at last.
01:15:21	Brought?
01:15:23	You've brought yourself
01:15:28	You may go.
01:15:34	For the present.
01:15:41	What will you do now?
01:15:45	Whatever's necessary.
01:15:56	Boat!
01:16:13	Oh, come, come, it's not as bad as all that!
01:16:21	Howard!
01:16:28	I can't get home.
01:16:30	They won't bring me a boat.
01:16:32	Do you blame them?
01:16:34	Is it as bad as that?
01:16:36	It's every bit as bad as that!
01:16:39	Then it's good of you to be seen with me.
01:16:42	I followed you.
01:16:44	Were you followed?
01:16:56	-You're dangerous to know!
01:16:58	-I do know you.
01:17:00	-I am your friend. I wish I wasn't, but I am.
01:17:04	-Give in.
01:17:06	Our friendship's more mutable than that.
01:17:09	The one fixed point in the world
01:17:11	-...is that Sir More won't give in.
01:17:15	Affection goes as deep in me
01:17:18	But only God is love right through,
01:17:24	And who are you?
01:17:27	A lawyer! And a lawyer's son!
01:17:29	We're supposed to be the proud ones,
01:17:33	Why must you stand out?
01:17:35	Goddammit man! It's disproportionate!
01:17:41	You'll break my heart.
01:17:44	No one is safe, Howard,
01:17:50	We'll end our friendship now.
01:17:53	-For friendship's sake?
01:17:56	Daft!
01:18:04	Norfolk, you're a fool!
01:18:07	You can't place a quarrel,
01:18:10	Hear me out. You and your class
01:18:13	...'cause this country's religion
01:18:16	Well, that's a foolish saying for a start!
01:18:19	The nobility of England--
01:18:21	The nobility of England would have
01:18:25	But you'll labour like scholars
01:18:29	An artificial quarrel is not a quarrel.
01:18:31	We've had a quarrel since the day we met.
01:18:35	You can be cruel when you want,
01:18:38	What do you value in your bulldogs?
01:18:43	-Yes.
01:18:44	-Yes.
01:18:46	It's so with men.
01:18:47	I will not give in, because I oppose it.
01:18:49	Not my pride, not my spleen,
01:18:56	Is there, in the midst of all this muscle,
01:19:00	...of Norfolk's, but is just Norfolk?
01:19:02	-Give that some exercise, my lord!
01:19:04	As you stand you'll go before your Maker
01:19:07	Now steady.
01:19:08	And he'll think that, somewhere back along
01:19:26	Cast in this very house
01:19:30	...it is a matter very fit
01:19:35	...in parliament, to take in hand.
01:19:37	Or, in consequence of the decay of guilds...
01:19:42	...the woolen cloth, now coming out
01:19:46	...and the like, is not to blame and this....
01:19:51	I will defer the rest of my matter to later.
01:20:01	That the loyal Commons, here assembled,
01:20:06	For as much as it concerns the King's
01:20:10	Both matters pleasing to a loyal subject.
01:20:15	Mark, my Masters...
01:20:17	...there is among us
01:20:22	...to which deceit
01:20:24	And we, his loyal huntsmen, must now
01:20:58	Father?
01:20:59	Margaret!
01:21:01	I couldn't get a boat.
01:21:03	What is it, Meg?
01:21:05	Father, there's a new act
01:21:10	And by this act,
01:21:12	...about the marriage.
01:21:15	On what compulsion is the oath?
01:21:18	-High treason.
01:21:20	Do the words matter?
01:21:22	Tell me the words.
01:21:23	An oath is made of words.
01:21:26	Take it?
01:21:27	And if it can be taken,
01:21:30	No!
01:21:31	Listen, Meg. God made the angels
01:21:36	As he made animals for innocence
01:21:40	But Man he made to serve him wittily,
01:21:45	If he suffers us to come to such a case
01:21:49	...then we may stand to our tackle
01:21:51	And yes, Meg, then we can clamour
01:21:56	But it's God's part, not our own,
01:22:00	Our natural business lies in escaping.
01:22:06	If I can take this oath, I will.
01:22:13	I would, for my sake,
01:22:14	I never took a man into the Tower
01:22:17	Thank you, Master Governor.
01:22:22	Thank you.
01:22:25	Sir Thomas.
01:23:56	Sir Thomas.
01:24:01	Sir Thomas!
01:24:22	This is iniquitous.
01:24:27	-Where to this time?
01:25:24	Sit down.
01:25:33	This is the Seventh Commission
01:25:36	...of Sir Thomas More, appointed
01:25:39	Have you anything to say?
01:25:41	No.
01:25:45	-Seen this document before?
01:25:47	It is the Act of Succession.
01:25:48	These are the names
01:25:51	-I have, as you say, seen it before.
01:25:54	No.
01:25:55	Thomas, we must know--
01:26:01	We must know plainly whether you
01:26:05	...as heirs to the throne.
01:26:07	The King in parliament
01:26:10	-Of course I recognise them.
01:26:12	-Yes.
01:26:15	Because there is more than that in the act.
01:26:18	Just so. Sir Thomas, it states in the
01:26:23	...to the Lady Catherine was unlawful...
01:26:25	...she being his brother's widow and
01:26:30	Is that what you deny?
01:26:38	Is that what you dispute?
01:26:46	Is that what you are not sure of?
01:26:55	You insult His Majesty and Council
01:26:59	I insult no one.
01:27:01	I will not take the oath.
01:27:04	-Then your reasons must be treasonable!
01:27:08	It's a fair assumption!
01:27:10	The law requires more than an assumption,
01:27:13	Of course, I cannot judge
01:27:17	...but until I know the ground
01:27:19	...I can only guess
01:27:24	If you're willing to guess that, it should be
01:27:27	Then you do have objections to the act?
01:27:29	Well, we know that, Cromwell!
01:27:31	No, my lord, you don't.
01:27:33	You may suppose I have objections,
01:27:37	...for which you cannot lawfully
01:27:40	But if you were right in supposing me
01:27:44	...in supposing my objections
01:27:47	...the law would let you cut my head off.
01:27:51	Oh, yes.
01:27:54	Well done, Sir Thomas.
01:27:56	I've been trying to make that clear
01:28:00	Oh, confound all this! I'm not a scholar.
01:28:02	I don't know if the marriage
01:28:04	...but damn it, Thomas,
01:28:07	Why can't you do as I did,
01:28:11	And when we die, and you are sent
01:28:15	...and I am sent to hell for not doing mine,
01:28:21	So, those of us whose names are there,
01:28:24	I have no window to look into
01:28:27	I condemn no one.
01:28:29	-Then the matter is capable of question?
01:28:31	But that you owe obedience to the King
01:28:34	So weigh a doubt against a certainty
01:28:40	Some men think the earth is round,
01:28:45	It is a matter capable of question.
01:28:49	But if it is flat,
01:28:53	And if it is round,
01:28:57	No, I will not sign.
01:29:00	Then you have more regard for
01:29:03	-For myself I have no doubt.
01:29:06	No doubt that I will not take this oath.
01:29:08	But why I will not, you,
01:29:12	I might get it out of you in other ways.
01:29:16	You threaten like a dockside bully.
01:29:19	How should I threaten?
01:29:20	Like a minister of state, with justice!
01:29:25	Justice is what you're threatened with.
01:29:27	Then I am not threatened.
01:29:35	Gentlemen, can't I go to bed?
01:29:38	Aye. The prisoner may retire
01:29:40	-Unless you--
01:29:47	Then, goodnight, Thomas.
01:29:55	May I have one or two more books?
01:29:58	Why, you have books?
01:30:00	Yes.
01:30:01	I didn't know, you shouldn't have.
01:30:11	May I see my family?
01:30:13	No.
01:30:20	Captain!
01:30:22	Master Secretary?
01:30:24	Have you ever heard the prisoner speak
01:30:28	-...or the King's marriage?
01:30:30	If he does, you will repeat it to me.
01:30:33	Of course.
01:30:40	Rich.
01:30:41	Secretary?
01:30:42	Tomorrow morning,
01:30:44	Is that necessary?
01:30:46	With regards to this case,
01:30:49	-Aye, with you.
01:30:51	The King's impatience
01:31:03	Master Secretary.
01:31:07	Sir Redvers Llewellyn has retired.
01:31:10	The Attorney General for Wales.
01:31:12	His post is vacant.
01:31:15	You said that I might approach you.
01:31:18	Not now, Rich.
01:31:23	He must submit. He must!
01:31:26	Rack him.
01:31:31	No. The King's conscience
01:31:35	We have to find some other way.
01:31:46	Sir Thomas!
01:31:50	Father!
01:31:51	What? Margaret?
01:31:53	Father!
01:31:55	Meg. For God's sake,
01:31:58	-No, sir, a visit.
01:32:00	Father.
01:32:03	-Good morning, husband.
01:32:08	Good morning, Will.
01:32:15	Well, this is a hellish place!
01:32:18	Except it's keeping me from you,
01:32:21	It's remarkably like any other place.
01:32:23	-lt drips!
01:32:37	Well, what is it?
01:32:40	Father, come out!
01:32:46	Is this why they've let you come?
01:32:48	Yes.
01:32:52	Meg's under oath to persuade you.
01:32:55	That was silly, Meg.
01:33:05	How do you plan to do that?
01:33:09	Father.
01:33:11	"God more regards the thoughts
01:33:14	-Well, so you've always told me.
01:33:17	Then say the words of the oath
01:33:20	What is an oath then,
01:33:29	Listen, Meg.
01:33:31	When a man takes an oath, he's holding
01:33:36	...Iike water.
01:33:37	And if he opens his fingers then,
01:33:43	Some men aren't capable of this, but I'd be
01:33:51	-I have another argument.
01:33:53	In any state that was half good,
01:33:58	-...for what you've done already.
01:34:02	It's not your fault
01:34:04	No.
01:34:05	If you elect to suffer for it,
01:34:08	That's very neat.
01:34:10	But look now. If we lived in a state
01:34:14	...common sense would make us saintly.
01:34:16	But since we see that avarice, anger,
01:34:21	...commonly profit far beyond charity,
01:34:26	...perhaps we must stand fast a little...
01:34:28	...even at the risk of being heroes.
01:34:35	But in reason!
01:34:37	Haven't you done as much
01:34:45	Well, finally it isn't a matter of reason.
01:34:48	Finally, it's a matter of love.
01:34:54	You're content then to be shut up here
01:34:57	-...when you might be home with us?
01:34:59	If they'd open a crack that wide, I'd be
01:35:09	I haven't told you
01:35:11	Don't, Meg.
01:35:13	-What we do in the evening without you.
01:35:16	We don't read because we've no candles.
01:35:18	We don't talk because we wonder
01:35:21	The King is more merciful.
01:35:24	Two minutes to go, sir.
01:35:25	-I thought you'd like to know.
01:35:29	-Jailer!
01:35:33	Listen, you must leave the country.
01:35:37	-And leave you?
01:35:39	They won't let me see you again.
01:35:40	You must all go on the same day,
01:35:43	-Different boats from different ports.
01:35:46	There'll be no trial, they have no case.
01:35:50	Do this for me, I beseech you.
01:35:53	-Will?
01:35:54	-Margaret?
01:35:57	Alice?
01:36:03	-Alice, I command you!
01:36:13	This is splendid.
01:36:16	-I know who packed this.
01:36:19	Yes.
01:36:22	You still make a superlative custard, Alice.
01:36:25	Do l?
01:36:28	That's a nice dress you have on.
01:36:32	Nice colour anyway.
01:36:34	My God, you think little of me!
01:36:36	I know I'm a fool...
01:36:37	...but I'm not such a fool
01:36:41	...or to relish complimenting
01:36:43	I'm well rebuked.
01:36:46	-Alice--
01:36:51	I'm sick with fear when I think of the worst
01:36:55	But worse than that will be to go
01:37:00	I don't.
01:37:02	If you can tell me that you understand,
01:37:07	-Your death's no good to me.
01:37:11	I don't!
01:37:12	I don't believe this had to happen!
01:37:14	If you say that
01:37:16	It's the truth!
01:37:18	-You're an honest woman.
01:37:22	I'll tell you what I'm afraid of...
01:37:24	...that when you've gone,
01:37:31	You mustn't, Alice.
01:37:36	You mustn't.
01:37:42	As for understanding, I understand you're
01:37:46	And if you go, God knows why I suppose,
01:37:51	...God's kept deadly quiet about it.
01:37:54	And if any one wants to know
01:37:58	...he only has to ask for it!
01:38:04	Why, it's a lion I married.
01:38:07	A lion. A lion.
01:38:15	This is good.
01:38:20	It's very good.
01:38:22	Sorry, Sir Thomas!
01:38:24	-Oh, for pity's sake!
01:38:26	-But one more minute!
01:38:29	-Come along, Miss.
01:38:31	Now, don't do that, sir.
01:38:35	Now, madam, don't make trouble.
01:38:40	Come along, please, Lady Alice.
01:38:46	Take your muddy paws off me!
01:38:49	Filthy, stinking, gutter-fed, turnkey!
01:38:52	I'll see you suffer for this!
01:38:56	Goodbye.
01:39:12	You must understand my position, sir.
01:39:14	I'm a plain, simple man
01:39:27	Dear Lord Jesus, my soul Saviour,
01:39:33	Dear Lady, Blessed Mother of God,
01:39:38	...and forgive me for them.
01:40:42	Sir Thomas More, though you have
01:40:46	...we hope that if you'll even now
01:40:51	...you may still taste his gracious pardon.
01:40:55	My lords, I thank you.
01:40:58	As for the matters
01:41:00	...I fear from my present weakness,
01:41:04	...nor my memory will serve...
01:41:07	...to make sufficient answer.
01:41:10	I should be glad to sit down.
01:41:12	A chair for the prisoner.
01:41:28	Master Secretary Cromwell,
01:41:30	-I have, my lord.
01:41:36	"That you did wilfully and maliciously
01:41:39	"...our liege, Lord Henry,
01:41:43	"...Supreme Head of the Church
01:41:48	But, I have never denied this title.
01:41:53	At Westminster Hall, at Lambeth,
01:41:57	...you stubbornly refused the oath.
01:41:59	Was this no denial?
01:42:01	No, this was silence.
01:42:03	And for my silence,
01:42:07	-Why have I been called again?
01:42:12	For which the punishment
01:42:16	Death...
01:42:17	...comes for us all, my lords.
01:42:20	Yes, even for kings he comes.
01:42:22	The death of kings is not in question,
01:42:25	Nor mine, I trust, until I'm proven guilty.
01:42:28	Your life lies in your own hands, Thomas,
01:42:31	Is that so, my lord?
01:42:34	Then I'll keep a good grip on it.
01:42:42	So, Sir Thomas...
01:42:44	...you stand on your silence?
01:42:47	I do.
01:42:49	But, gentlemen of the jury...
01:42:51	...there are many kinds of silence.
01:42:55	Consider first the silence of a man
01:42:58	Suppose we go into the room
01:43:01	What do we hear?
01:43:04	Silence.
01:43:05	What does it betoken, this silence?
01:43:09	Nothing. This is silence pure and simple.
01:43:12	But let us take another case.
01:43:14	Suppose I were to take a dagger
01:43:16	...and make to kill the prisoner with it.
01:43:18	And my lordships there, instead of crying
01:43:23	That would betoken!
01:43:25	It would betoken a willingness
01:43:28	And under the law,
01:43:32	So silence can,
01:43:36	...speak.
01:43:38	Let us consider now the circumstances
01:43:43	The oath was put to loyal subjects
01:43:47	...His Grace's title to be just and good!
01:43:49	But when it came to the prisoner,
01:43:53	He calls this "silence."
01:43:57	Yet, is there a man in this court....
01:44:00	Is there a man in this country...
01:44:03	...who does not know
01:44:10	Yet, how can this be?
01:44:12	Because this silence betokened...
01:44:15	...nay, this silence was not silence at all,
01:44:23	Not so.
01:44:26	Not so, Master Secretary.
01:44:30	The maxim of the law is,
01:44:33	If, therefore, you wish to construe
01:44:36	...you must construe that I consented,
01:44:42	Is that in fact what the world
01:44:44	Do you pretend that is what you wish
01:44:48	The world must construe
01:44:51	This court must construe
01:45:03	My lords, I wish to call Sir Richard Rich!
01:45:08	Richard Rich, come into court.
01:45:11	Richard Rich!
01:45:33	"l do swear the evidence I'll give
01:45:36	"...the whole truth,
01:45:39	"So help me God," sir.
01:45:41	"So help me God."
01:45:45	Now Rich, on May 12,
01:45:49	-I was.
01:45:50	I was sent to carry away
01:45:53	-Did you talk with the prisoner?
01:45:55	Did you talk of the King's supremacy
01:45:58	Yes.
01:45:59	What did you say?
01:46:01	I said to him, "Supposing there were
01:46:04	"...to say that l, Richard Rich,
01:46:07	"Would not you, Master More,
01:46:10	"That I would," he said.
01:46:15	"For then you would be king."
01:46:19	Yes?
01:46:22	Then he said,
01:46:26	"How, if there were an act of parliament,
01:46:31	-This is true and then you said--
01:46:34	Continue.
01:46:38	But then I said,
01:46:42	"Parliament has made our King
01:46:44	"Why will you not accept him?"
01:46:50	Well?
01:46:54	And then he said,
01:46:59	Repeat the prisoner's words.
01:47:03	He said:
01:47:06	"Parliament had not the competence."
01:47:10	Or words to that effect.
01:47:13	He denied the title!
01:47:15	He did.
01:47:24	In good faith, Rich,
01:47:29	-Do you deny this?
01:47:32	You know if I were a man
01:47:35	...I need not be here.
01:47:37	Now, I will take an oath.
01:47:41	If what Master Rich has said is true...
01:47:45	...I pray I may never see God in the face.
01:47:49	Which I would not say, were it otherwise,
01:47:53	-That is not evidence.
01:47:56	Is it probable
01:48:01	...the very point so urgently sought of me...
01:48:03	...I should open my mind
01:48:09	Sir Richard, do you wish
01:48:13	No, my lord.
01:48:14	Is there anything you wish
01:48:17	No, my lord.
01:48:18	Have you anything to add?
01:48:20	No, my lord.
01:48:22	-Have you, Sir Thomas?
01:48:29	I am a dead man.
01:48:34	You have your will of me.
01:48:37	Then the witness may withdraw.
01:48:47	There is one question
01:48:52	That's a chain of office you're wearing.
01:49:03	The Red Dragon.
01:49:05	What's this?
01:49:06	Sir Richard is appointed
01:49:09	For Wales.
01:49:12	Why Richard, it profits a man nothing
01:49:19	But for Wales.
01:49:28	My lords! I've done.
01:49:31	The jury will retire
01:49:35	Considering the evidence, it shouldn't
01:49:42	Is it necessary?
01:49:50	Then is the prisoner guilty or not guilty?
01:49:58	Guilty, my lord!
01:50:09	Sir Thomas More,
01:50:13	-The sentence of the court--
01:50:16	When I was practising the law,
01:50:20	...before pronouncing sentence,
01:50:24	Have you anything to say?
01:50:27	Yes.
01:50:38	Since the court has determined
01:50:42	...God knoweth how...
01:50:45	...I will now discharge my mind...
01:50:49	...concerning the indictment
01:50:56	The indictment is grounded
01:51:01	...which is directly repugnant...
01:51:04	...to the law of God and His Holy Church.
01:51:07	The supreme government of which
01:51:12	...may by any law
01:51:16	This was granted...
01:51:19	...by the mouth...
01:51:21	...of our Saviour, Christ Himself...
01:51:24	...to St. Peter and the bishops of Rome
01:51:29	...and was personally present...
01:51:35	...here on earth.
01:51:38	It is therefore insufficient in law...
01:51:43	...to charge any Christian to obey it.
01:51:47	And more than this...
01:51:48	...the immunity of the Church is promised
01:51:53	...and in the King's own coronation oath.
01:51:58	Now, we plainly see you are malicious!
01:52:01	Not so.
01:52:05	I am the King's true subject...
01:52:08	...and I pray for him and all the realm.
01:52:13	I do none harm.
01:52:16	I say none harm.
01:52:18	I think none harm.
01:52:23	And if this be not enough
01:52:26	...then in good faith, I long not to live.
01:52:31	Nevertheless...
01:52:34	...it is not for the supremacy
01:52:38	...but because I would not bend
01:52:50	You have been found guilty of high treason.
01:52:54	The sentence of the court
01:52:57	...to the Tower of London...
01:53:01	...until the day hence to the appointment...
01:53:05	...for your execution!
01:53:22	I am commanded by the King to be brief...
01:53:26	...and since I am
01:53:29	...brief I will be.
01:53:32	I die His Majesty's good servant...
01:53:36	...but God's first.
01:53:44	I forgive you, right readily.
01:53:52	Be not afraid of your office.
01:53:55	You send me to God.
01:53:59	You're very sure of that, Sir Thomas?
01:54:01	He will not refuse one who is so blithe
01:54:26	Thomas More's head was stuck
01:54:29	Then his daughter, Margaret,
01:54:34	Cromwell was beheaded for high treason
01:54:38	The Archbishop was burned at the stake.
01:54:41	The Duke of Norfolk should have
01:54:44	...but the King died of syphilis
01:54:48	Richard Rich became
01:54:51	...and died in his bed.

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