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# Veni, Sancte Spiritus

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# Et emitte coelitus

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# Lucis tuae radium

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# Consolator optime

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# Dulcis hospes animae

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# Dulce refrigerium... #

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# ..Adoremus in aeternum

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# Sanctissimum Sacramentum

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# Alleluia. #

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BELL TOLLS

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MONKS CHANT DIES IRAE

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# ..Tuba mirum spargens sonum

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# Per sepulchra regionum

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# Coget omnes ante thronum

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# Mors stupebit et natura

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# Cum resurget creatura... #

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Well, Thomas Becket.

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Are you satisfied?

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Here I am, stripped, kneeling at your tomb,

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while those treacherous Saxon monks of yours are getting ready to thrash me.

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Me, with my delicate skin.

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I bet you'd never have done the same for me.

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But I suppose I have to do this penance to make my peace with you.

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What a strange end to our story.

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How cold it was when we last met on the shores of France.

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Funny, it's nearly always been cold,

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except at the beginning, when we were friends.

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We did have a few...

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fine summer evenings with the girls.

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Did you love Gwendolen, Archbishop?

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Did you hate me the night I took her from you,

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shouting, "I am the King!"?

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Perhaps that's what you could never forgive me for.

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Look at them lurking there, gloating.

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Oh, Thomas.

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I'm ashamed of this whole silly masquerade.

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All right, so I've come here to make my peace with their Saxon hero

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because I need them now, those Saxon peasants of yours.

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Now I will call them my sons, as you wanted me to.

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You taught me that, too.

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You taught me everything.

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Those were the happy times,

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do you remember?

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At the peep of dawn

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and as usual we'd been drinking and wenching in the town.

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You were even better at that than I was.

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MAN AND WOMAN LAUGH

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GENTLE SNORING

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LAUGHTER

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Huh? Shh! Listen. Uh? Upstairs.

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She's up to sommat.

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Well, go on up.

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WOMAN LAUGHS

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WOMAN LAUGHS Ssh!

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MAN LAUGHS

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HE GASPS

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Agh! Help! Help!

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Get off, man! Get on up there!

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Quick! Out through the window.

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Thank you.

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Oh! Ah! Ooh!

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Come on, come on.

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Come on!

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Come here!

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If I lay me hands on the dirty slut! Where is he?

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The swine! ..Don't you dare!

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Don't you...

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Here, catch!

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Go on, get in there!

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Get the boot, man!

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Faster!

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Whoo!

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Rub harder, pig,

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I'm cold.

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Oh, no-one does it the way you do, Thomas. Thank you.

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I think you actually like the cold.

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I made you a nobleman - why do you play at being my valet?

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I'm your servant, in the council chamber or here in the bath.

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My Norman barons resent it. They feel it's your Saxon way of mocking their nobility.

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Nobility lies in the man, my Prince, not in the towel.

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Have you any idea how much trouble I took to make you a noble?

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I think so. I recall you pointed a finger and said, Thomas Becket, you are noble.

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The Queen and your mother became very agitated.

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They're always agitated.

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No, I'm in trouble from the barons. They hate you, you know.

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Of course. One always hates what one wrongs.

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When you Normans invaded England, you seized our Saxon land, burned our Saxon homes,

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raped our Saxon sisters.

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Naturally, you hate Saxons.

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Don't include me.

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It was my great-grandfather, William, who was called the Conqueror.

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I'm an old resident.

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I did not mean you. Didn't you?

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When I took you into my service, everyone predicted you would put a knife in my back.

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And did you believe them?

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No. I showed them that you were a man of honour

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and a collaborator. That was accurate of you.

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How do you combine the two? My Lord?

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Honour and collaboration.

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I don't try. I love good living and good living is Norman.

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I love life and the Saxon's only birthright is to be slaughtered.

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One collaborates to live.

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And honour? Honour is a concern of the living.

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One can't very well be concerned about it once one's dead.

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You're too clever for me, Thomas.

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I know there's something not quite right about your reasoning.

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Honour is a private matter within.

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It's an idea and every man has his own version of it.

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How gracefully you tell your King to mind his own business.

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Time for the Council meeting, my Lord.

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Oh...!

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Will my Lord dine with me tonight?

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On gold plates? Always.

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I am your King and I eat off silver.

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Your expenses are heavy. I've only my pleasure to pay for.

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Tonight you can do me the honour of christening my forks. Forks?

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Yes, from Florence. New invention. It's for pronging meat and carrying it to the mouth.

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It saves dirtying your fingers. But then you dirty the fork. But it's washable.

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So are your fingers. I don't see the point. It hasn't any, practically speaking, but it's refined, subtle,

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very un-Norman. You must order me some...

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..for my barons.

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I have enough forks to go round. Bring the gentlemen with you tonight.

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I shall. We won't tell them what they're for.

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They'll probably think they're a new kind of dagger.

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All right, gentlemen, the Council is opened.

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Gentlemen, I've called you here to find out

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why a simple request for taxes causes such un-priestly caterwauling.

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My Lord...

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We must come to an understanding about who rules this kingdom -

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the Church... My Lord, I wish to ask...

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Just a moment, Archbishop.

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..the Church or me.

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There are many troublesome issues between us which call for a reckoning.

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Amongst other abuses is the claim you make of judging your clergy

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accused of civil crimes in your own ecclesiastical courts.

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I warn you,

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there can be only one justice in this country and that is the King's.

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But before we quarrel, here is some happy news.

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I have decided to revive the office of Chancellor of England, Keeper of the Lion's Seal,

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and entrust it to our loyal servant, Thomas Becket.

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Yes, my little Saxon?

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My Lord. Well, for once I've taken you by surprise.

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My Lord, this is a stupendous honour for which I may not be worthy.

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I'm inexperienced in these matters and frivolous by nature.

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Rubbish! You know more than all of us put together.

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He's read books, you know, it's amazing.

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He's drunk and wenched his way through London, but he's thinking all the time, aren't you, Thomas?

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He'll checkmate the lot of you. Even you, Archbishop.

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I never did anything without your advice.

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No-one knew it. Now everyone will, that's all.

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There, that's the Great Seal of England.

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Don't lose it.

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Without the Seal, there's no more England, then we'll all have to pack up and go back to Normandy.

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May I crave leave to greet our young and learned friend?

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For I noticed him when he was first made archdeacon.

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Thank you, Archbishop.

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But don't rely too much on Becket to play your game. He's my man.

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I'd forgotten you were an archdeacon, Thomas.

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So had I, my Prince.

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Now, to business.

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The law demands that every landowner sends soldiers to give me service, or pay a tax in silver. Is that correct?

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I have heard so, my Lord.

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We are about to cross the Channel to force Louis of France to return the Norman towns he has taken from us.

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I have received neither soldiers nor silver from you gentlemen for this war.

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Surely one must distinguish between the individual landowner and God's Church?

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The law doesn't distinguish. But this has never been spoken of before. I've never been this poor before.

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No, I've made up my mind and I'm passing round the plate.

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Just drop in the money.

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Oh, my backside's sore. Is that all?

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Count your blessings, sire. KING BELCHES

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Don't know about you, Thomas, but I'm starving.

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Have them bring us something to eat.

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A layman who shirks his duty and fails to supply his King with arms

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should pay the tax, nobody will question that.

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Least of all the clergy.

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On the other hand, a priest's duty is to assist his King with his prayers for godliness and peace.

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He cannot maintain men at arms without violating the very essence of that sacred function.

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Therefore he cannot be held liable for the tax.

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Your priests fought well enough in the days of the conquest, when there was booty to be had -

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sword in fist, rumps in the saddle, "Death to the Saxon scum! It's God's will, it's God's will!"

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Those violent days are over. The priest is back in his sanctuary. It is peacetime now.

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But not for long.

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Pay up! I don't intend to budge. Come on, Chancellor, say something. Has your new title made you tongue-tied?

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May I respectfully draw to my Lord Archbishop's attention one small point?

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Respectfully but firmly. You're Chancellor now.

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England is a ship. The King is the captain of the ship.

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That's neat, I like that. My Lord Chancellor,

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in point of fact, there is also a saying,

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"The captain is sole master after God."

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After God!

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Nobody's questioning God's authority, Archbishop.

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God protects the ship by inspiring the captain,

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but he does not set the wages of the crew nor instruct the paymaster in his duties.

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God has more important business.

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Our young deacon's ambition has carried him away from the Church,

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but he cannot have forgotten that what is important is to reveal to man only through his Church

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in the person of our Holy Father in Rome, his bishops and his priests.

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Or does the Chancellor think otherwise?

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True, there is a priest on board every ship. He gives God's blessings.

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But neither God nor the Church ask him to take the wheel from the helmsman.

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My Lord the Bishop of London, who I understand is the son of a sailor, surely cannot have forgotten that?

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I will not allow personal insinuation to compromise the integrity and honour of the Church.

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Please, Bishop, no long words. All that's at stake here is its money.

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I need money to fight the French. Will the Church give it to me? Yes or no?

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My Lord, your illustrious ancestor

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William the Conqueror granted these tax exemptions to the Church.

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May he rest in peace. Where he is now he doesn't need money.

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I'm still on Earth and I do!

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This is not primarily a question of money, Your Highness.

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This is a question of principle.

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I need troops, Bishop!

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I sent for 3,000 Swiss to help me fight the King of France

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and no-one has ever paid the Swiss with principles.

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My Lord Chancellor!

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It is pointless to continue this discussion.

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The law has given us the means of coercion. We will use it.

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You!

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You owe everything to Holy Mother Church! Would you dare plunge a dagger into her bosom?

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My Lord and King, who rules by the grace of God,

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has given me his Seal with the three lions to protect.

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My mother is England now.

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Traitor! Saxon!

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My reverent friend, I strongly suggest

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that you respect my Chancellor, or else I will call my guards.

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Ah, here they are now.

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Oh, no.

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It's only my snack.

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Now, gentlemen, if you will excuse me,

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at this hour in the morning I need sustenance, or else I tend to feel weak,

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and a King must never weaken,

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I am sure you will agree.

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I'll have it in my chapel,

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then I can pray directly afterwards.

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Come on, Thomas, keep me company.

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He means it's time for the hunt.

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Not until we have eaten, my dear Bishop.

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HUNTING CALL

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HOUNDS BAY

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HUNTING HORN

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Race? Right! Ha!

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HUNTING HORN

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The King's hunt! Eh? Oh!

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Inside, quick! Oh!

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Let's get under cover before we're drowned.

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We've lost the barons.

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Oh, they'll find us. Here, hold this.

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HE SHIVERS

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Oh, I'm cold, my pretty. Go on, sit on there, there's a good girl. Go on, get on there!

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I'm freezing. Get the fire going.

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There'll be no wood in this house. In the middle of the forest?

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These people are entitled to two measures of dead wood a year. One branch more and they hang.

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My edict? Your edict.

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HORSE NEIGHS

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Come here, old man. We need firewood. Don't be afraid.

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Thomas!

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Thomas, come here! Look at this.

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She stinks a bit, but we could wash her.

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What would you think of it, cleaned up a little?

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She's a child. What will it be like when it's a woman?

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How old would you say it was? 16? 17?

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She can speak, my Lord. How old are you? Eh?

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Course it can speak. How old's your daughter, dog?

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Odd the number of dumb people I meet when I set foot out of my palace. I rule over a kingdom of mutes.

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They're afraid. Quite right, too.

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Don't stand there, put the wood on the fire.

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Hello, pretty.

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Look at it.

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The odd thing is, it's so ugly that it makes such pretty daughters.

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You're a member of the family - explain that.

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Well, 20 before he lost his teeth and took on that ageless look that common people have.

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He may have been handsome and had one night of love - one moment when he was a king and shed his fear.

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Afterwards, his pauper's life went on eternally the same.

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The moment faded

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and he forgot it all.

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But the seed was sown.

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Will she grow ugly too?

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Surely.

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If we made her a whore and kept her at the palace, would she stay pretty?

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Perhaps. Then we'd be doing her a service, wouldn't we?

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No doubt. Oh...!

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Look at it! It understands every word.

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Stop staring at me, dog!

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Get me something to drink.

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I have some drink in my saddle.

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What's the matter, Thomas? Nothing.

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I'm getting you a drink.

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Thank you, Thomas.

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HUNTING HORN

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Our escort. Want some? Ah... What's the matter?

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You hurt? It's nothing.

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Show me.

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Now, you know you can't stand the sight of blood.

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My horse bit me.

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That's too funny.

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My Lord here makes us all look silly at the jousts with his fancy horsemanship,

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he goes to his saddlebags and gets bitten like a groom.

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You look quite shaken, little Saxon.

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Funny, I can't bear to think of you in pain.

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All this just to get me a drink. Wounded in the service of the King.

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This deserves a gift. What would you like?

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This girl.

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I fancy her.

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That's very tiresome of you. I fancy her myself

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and where that subject's concerned, friendship goes by the board.

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All right, she's yours.

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Thank you, my Prince.

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But you will return the favour equally one day.

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At your pleasure.

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Equally, favour for favour.

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You give me your word as a gentleman?

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I do.

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Right, she's yours.

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Shall we take her with us or shall we have her sent?

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No, no, no, the soldiers can bring her.

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WINDING OF HORN AND BAYING OF DOGS

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Wash your daughter, dog, and kill her fleas.

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She's coming to the palace with my Lordship here. He's a Saxon too, so I hope you'll be pleased.

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Give him money, Thomas, I'm feeling generous this morning.

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Don't worry about your daughter. Nobody will come to take her away.

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I'll see to that. And tell your son he should stay hidden in the forest until he can handle a knife better.

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Here.

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RAUCOUS CAROUSING

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Bring us some wine!

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Forgive me, not for fighting, my dear Baron - for eating.

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SHE SINGS IN WELSH

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Go on, it's lovely.

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DISTANT RACKET FROM HALL

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Noisy brutes.

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You seem to spend a great deal of time in their company.

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Oh, I can forget about it when I come to you.

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I'm happy that I can relieve you.

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Now, don't tease me tonight, Gwendolen. I'm off to France again tomorrow and war.

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I am my Lord's captive, whatever his purpose and whatever his mood.

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I hope so. It is God's will, since he gave the Normans victory over my people.

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And that's the only reason you're here?

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If the Welsh had won the war, I would have married a man of my own race at my father's castle.

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God did not will it so.

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All right.

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I'm sorry I was so late coming to you, but the King is demanding and the barons have to be kept at bay.

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I'm lying.

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You are my Lord, God or no God.

0:30:220:30:25

If we had won the war, you could just as easily have taken me from my father's castle.

0:30:270:30:32

I would have come with you.

0:30:320:30:35

For you had taken my heart before you captured my body.

0:30:350:30:39

Have I said something wrong?

0:30:420:30:45

Somehow I can never support the idea of being loved. I told you that.

0:30:450:30:50

MAN APPROACHES, HUMMING

0:30:500:30:53

Oh, please.

0:31:070:31:09

Sit.

0:31:110:31:12

Er...play something.

0:31:120:31:15

Something sad.

0:31:150:31:17

It helps the digestion.

0:31:170:31:19

Play.

0:31:210:31:23

SHE SINGS IN WELSH

0:31:270:31:29

Ah, sweet and melancholy.

0:31:320:31:35

Sit, Thomas, witness one of my finer moments.

0:31:380:31:42

I behave like a brute, but I'm as soft as swansdown inside.

0:31:420:31:48

HE BELCHES

0:31:480:31:50

You know, Thomas, sometimes I think that you and I

0:31:500:31:54

are the only civilised men in England.

0:31:540:31:57

I eat with a fork

0:31:570:31:59

and you've made me into a man of the most delicate sensibilities.

0:31:590:32:07

Now, if you really loved me,

0:32:070:32:09

you should find me a beautiful, well-bred girl

0:32:090:32:13

to give me a little polish.

0:32:130:32:15

"Favour for favour". Do you remember?

0:32:180:32:21

I am your servant, my Lord.

0:32:210:32:24

All that I have is yours,

0:32:240:32:27

but you were also gracious enough to say

0:32:270:32:31

I am your friend.

0:32:310:32:32

Yes, that's what I mean, as one friend to another.

0:32:320:32:36

You do care for her, then?

0:32:390:32:42

You do care about something?

0:32:420:32:44

Or do you?

0:32:460:32:47

Go on, tell me,

0:32:490:32:50

tell me if you care for her or not.

0:32:500:32:54

I said favour for favour

0:32:540:32:58

and I asked for your word.

0:32:580:33:00

And I...

0:33:010:33:03

gave it to you.

0:33:030:33:05

Right, well, that's settled, then.

0:33:060:33:09

May I have a moment's grace?

0:33:090:33:12

Surely, surely.

0:33:120:33:14

After all, I'm not a savage.

0:33:140:33:17

Did you promise me to him? No.

0:33:230:33:27

I promised him anything he asked for.

0:33:290:33:32

I never thought it would be you.

0:33:320:33:34

If he sends me away tomorrow, will you take me back?

0:33:340:33:38

No.

0:33:390:33:40

I leave you this. You've almost learned to play it.

0:33:430:33:47

You've not found anything in the whole world to care for, have you?

0:33:500:33:55

No. We both belong to a conquered race,

0:33:570:34:00

but you've forgotten that people robbed of everything can still have one thing left to call their own.

0:34:000:34:06

Yes. Where honour should be,

0:34:060:34:10

in me there is only a void.

0:34:100:34:13

I loved you,

0:34:160:34:18

Thomas Becket.

0:34:180:34:20

SINGLE LOW NOTE

0:34:370:34:39

My Lord!

0:34:550:34:56

Enter.

0:34:570:34:58

How careless you are, Thomas. You had forgotten her.

0:35:070:35:11

But you told me that you fancied her

0:35:120:35:16

and I remembered.

0:35:160:35:18

You see, I really am your friend and you're wrong not to love me.

0:35:180:35:22

Good night, sire.

0:35:240:35:26

Shall I undress, my Lord?

0:35:400:35:42

What?

0:35:440:35:46

Shall I undress?

0:35:460:35:47

Thomas!

0:36:440:36:45

Thomas!

0:36:470:36:48

She's dead.

0:36:560:36:57

She's killed herself.

0:36:590:37:01

There's blood...

0:37:030:37:04

Help me, Thomas!

0:37:060:37:08

I'm frightened.

0:37:080:37:10

I'm the King!

0:37:100:37:12

Get rid of her.

0:37:150:37:17

Guard.

0:37:190:37:21

I'm sleeping here tonight.

0:37:220:37:24

Give this girl a silver piece and let her go.

0:37:270:37:29

He won't hurt you.

0:37:320:37:34

I don't want to be alone tonight.

0:37:410:37:46

I'm here, my Prince.

0:37:470:37:49

You'll hate me now.

0:37:510:37:52

I...I'll...

0:37:540:37:56

I'll never be able to trust you.

0:37:560:37:59

You have nothing to fear.

0:38:010:38:03

You gave me your Seal and while I wear it,

0:38:030:38:08

my duty is to my King.

0:38:080:38:11

But I'll never know what you're thinking. You see?

0:38:110:38:17

Sleep now.

0:38:170:38:19

We cross the Channel tomorrow.

0:38:200:38:22

When we face the French on the field of battle, there will be simple answers to everything.

0:38:240:38:30

So long as Becket must improvise his honour from day to day...

0:38:300:38:34

..he will serve you faithfully.

0:38:350:38:37

But what if one day he should meet his honour in truth...

0:38:530:38:57

..face to face?

0:38:580:38:59

But where is Becket's honour?

0:39:050:39:09

An early good morning to you, gentlemen.

0:39:450:39:47

I have just ridden from the town.

0:39:470:39:49

I have arranged for its capitulation.

0:39:490:39:52

Will there be loot? No, I want these people to collaborate with good grace.

0:39:520:39:55

The French Bishop will deliver the keys of the city to the King at 8am in the cathedral.

0:39:550:40:00

No fighting? What are we here for?

0:40:000:40:02

To secure King Henry's possessions in France.

0:40:020:40:05

You have three more towns to recapture.

0:40:050:40:07

I'd rather sack the town and slaughter the lot.

0:40:070:40:10

Yes, and have a dead city.

0:40:100:40:12

No, I want to give the King living cities to increase his wealth.

0:40:120:40:15

From dawn this morning, I am the townspeople's dearest friend.

0:40:150:40:19

And what of England's pride?

0:40:190:40:21

England's pride, my dear Baron, is to succeed.

0:40:210:40:25

What a mentality!

0:40:310:40:34

Chancellor of England.

0:40:380:40:40

Who knows what he is?

0:40:400:40:42

He's a Saxon.

0:40:420:40:44

Release him!

0:41:380:41:40

Leave us, Sergeant.

0:41:420:41:43

My Lord? Leave us.

0:41:430:41:46

What are you, a Saxon monk, doing in France? They'll kill you, you know.

0:41:520:41:56

I'm prepared to die. How old are you? 18.

0:41:560:41:59

Hmm, dying is easy at 18.

0:41:590:42:01

Your knife stinks of onions, like every proper little Saxon's knife.

0:42:010:42:06

You used to be a Saxon.

0:42:060:42:07

Now you belong to the Normans.

0:42:070:42:09

Ah, I see, a Saxon knife for a Saxon collaborator.

0:42:090:42:13

Did you think that by killing me you could liberate your race?

0:42:130:42:17

No, not my race, myself. From what?

0:42:170:42:20

My shame,

0:42:200:42:22

and yours.

0:42:220:42:24

The Normans have occupied England for 100 years, since Hastings.

0:42:240:42:27

Shame is an old vintage to the Saxon. Your father and grandfather drank it to the dregs.

0:42:270:42:32

The cup is empty now.

0:42:320:42:34

No. Never.

0:42:340:42:35

What's your name?

0:42:350:42:37

What is your name?

0:42:390:42:41

John.

0:42:420:42:44

Sergeant!

0:42:440:42:46

Well, Brother John, I'm going to save your life.

0:42:470:42:51

It has no importance for me, but it's very rare for fate to bring one

0:42:510:42:55

face to face with one's own ghost when young.

0:42:550:42:59

My Lord? Have this monk returned to England to the custody of the abbot of his monastery.

0:42:590:43:04

I want him treated without brutality, but carefully watched.

0:43:040:43:08

Yes, my Lord.

0:43:080:43:10

DISTANT FANFARE

0:43:270:43:29

GARGLING My Lord?

0:43:330:43:35

Good morning, my Lord. Glug, glug!

0:43:380:43:40

Ugh...French wine.

0:43:420:43:45

I had a little too much last night.

0:43:450:43:47

It's their major contribution to civilisation. Uh-huh.

0:43:470:43:50

Here's another. GASP

0:43:500:43:53

I must say, I adore my French possessions. They're certainly worth recapturing.

0:43:530:43:57

What's your name, my pretty?

0:43:570:44:00

Name? Marie.

0:44:000:44:02

Marie. Very French.

0:44:020:44:04

French luxury is very luxurious.

0:44:040:44:08

And, for the moment, free. We take possession of the town this morning.

0:44:080:44:12

Yes, I heard.

0:44:120:44:15

You managed that very well, Thomas.

0:44:150:44:17

Well, personally, I shall miss the fighting.

0:44:170:44:20

Meanwhile, we have some business to discuss.

0:44:200:44:22

I've been studying the dispatches from England. You love work, don't you?

0:44:220:44:27

If you love anything.

0:44:270:44:28

I love doing what I have to do and doing it well.

0:44:280:44:31

You'd be as efficient against me as for me, wouldn't you?

0:44:310:44:35

If fate had arranged it that way.

0:44:350:44:37

So what in most people is morality, in you it's just an exercise in... What's the word?

0:44:370:44:46

Aesthetics. Yes, that's the word.

0:44:460:44:49

Always aesthetics.

0:44:490:44:50

Yes.

0:44:500:44:52

Well, now...

0:44:530:44:55

..look at that.

0:44:560:44:58

Isn't that aesthetic too?

0:44:580:45:01

Some people go into ecstasies over cathedrals but that's a work of art.

0:45:010:45:05

Look at it, round as an apple.

0:45:050:45:07

Want her?

0:45:090:45:11

Business, my Lord.

0:45:110:45:14

All right, business. Sit down.

0:45:140:45:18

Listen carefully, Marie, to the droppings of the greatest brain of our day.

0:45:180:45:22

From all the information I've received from London, there are some unpleasant deductions to be made.

0:45:220:45:27

The power of the bishops is increasing like the plague. Soon it will rival your own. Talk sense!

0:45:270:45:32

Priests are always intriguing. I can crush them any time.

0:45:320:45:35

Do it now, or in five years there will be two Kings of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury and you.

0:45:350:45:40

In ten years there will be only one.

0:45:400:45:42

And it won't be me?

0:45:460:45:48

I fear not.

0:45:480:45:50

To horse, Thomas, to horse!

0:45:500:45:53

War on the clergy! Death to the Archbishop. My Lord! I can't breathe.

0:45:530:45:57

What are you doing down there?

0:45:570:45:59

Spying for the clergy? Be off with you.

0:45:590:46:02

Put on your clothes and go home.

0:46:020:46:05

My Lord, am I to come back to the camp tonight?

0:46:060:46:09

Yes! No! I don't know! I'm thinking of priests now, not you, go away!

0:46:090:46:14

Wait, you can never be sure of getting another one as good.

0:46:160:46:20

Yes, come back tonight.

0:46:200:46:22

You're adorable! MARIE GIGGLES

0:46:220:46:25

You must always tell them that, even when you pay.

0:46:250:46:28

That's high politics, too.

0:46:280:46:31

Only one...

0:46:330:46:35

and it won't be me.

0:46:350:46:38

It won't be you.

0:46:380:46:39

What will God say if I attack his Church?

0:46:410:46:43

After all, they're his bishops.

0:46:430:46:45

We must manage the Church.

0:46:450:46:47

One can always come to a sensible little arrangement with God.

0:46:470:46:51

Becket, you're a monster.

0:46:540:46:57

You flatter me, my Lord. But please, my Lord, dress quickly.

0:46:570:47:00

It's inelegant for conquerors to be late.

0:47:020:47:05

KING GUFFAWS

0:47:050:47:06

You're a monster!

0:47:060:47:08

FANFARE

0:47:120:47:14

CHEERING

0:47:210:47:23

You see? They love us dearly, these French.

0:47:360:47:40

So they should, we paid them enough.

0:47:400:47:42

In that case, you should have found some that didn't dress out of a rag barrel. Look.

0:47:430:47:48

The rich are at home, sulking. Supporters of King Louis of France?

0:47:520:47:56

No, it just would have cost too much.

0:47:560:47:58

That's sounds real. Yes, we have soldiers disguised in the crowd to encourage enthusiasm.

0:47:580:48:02

Why must you destroy all my illusions? Because you should have none, my Prince.

0:48:020:48:07

What do you see? Reality.

0:48:140:48:16

Stop here!

0:48:190:48:20

The Bishop is waiting. As if it mattered what I do with a Bishop whose city I've just taken.

0:48:200:48:25

It matters. Am I the strongest or am I not?

0:48:250:48:29

You are today, but one must never drive one's enemy to despair - it makes him strong.

0:48:290:48:33

Gentleness is better politics. It saps virility.

0:48:330:48:36

A good occupational force must never crush, it must corrupt.

0:48:360:48:41

Make a note of the house. Oh, never mind!

0:48:430:48:45

HE MOUTHS

0:48:500:48:52

My Lord, the Bishop.

0:48:520:48:54

Yes, Papa.

0:48:540:48:56

No, Papa.

0:48:560:48:57

Put your men at rest, Captain. Is this William of Corbeil?

0:49:200:49:23

Yes, sire. I hardly recognised you without a tankard covering your face.

0:49:230:49:28

How did they pry you away from it?

0:49:280:49:30

I had urgent messages from London for you, my Lord.

0:49:300:49:33

It seems that God is on our side after all, Thomas.

0:49:380:49:41

What is that, my Prince? He has just recalled the Archbishop of Canterbury to his bosom.

0:49:410:49:47

That frail old man.

0:49:490:49:52

He was the first Norman to take an interest in me.

0:49:520:49:55

God rest his soul.

0:49:560:49:58

He will, he will.

0:49:580:50:01

And he'll be much more use to God than he ever was to me.

0:50:010:50:04

Thomas!

0:50:140:50:15

An extraordinary idea's creeping into my mind...

0:50:220:50:26

a master stroke.

0:50:260:50:28

I'm suddenly very intelligent.

0:50:300:50:32

Probably comes from making love to that French girl last night.

0:50:320:50:36

I'm subtle,

0:50:360:50:37

I'm even profound.

0:50:370:50:39

Oh, I'm so profound it's making my head spin.

0:50:390:50:42

Are you listening to me, Thomas?

0:50:430:50:46

I'm listening, my Prince.

0:50:460:50:47

We need a new Archbishop of Canterbury.

0:50:470:50:51

I think there is a man we can rely on.

0:50:510:50:54

No matter who it is, once the Archbishop's mitre is on his head, he will no longer be on your side.

0:50:540:51:00

But if the Archbishop is my man, if Canterbury is for the King,

0:51:000:51:05

how could his power possibly get in my way?

0:51:050:51:08

My Lord, we know your bishops. Once enthroned at Canterbury, every one of them would grow dizzy with power.

0:51:080:51:15

Not this man.

0:51:150:51:17

This is someone who doesn't know what dizziness means.

0:51:170:51:21

Someone who isn't afraid of God.

0:51:210:51:23

I'm sorry to deprive you of the French girls and the other spoils of victory, but...

0:51:230:51:28

Are you listening to me, Thomas?

0:51:280:51:30

Hmm? You're leaving for England tonight.

0:51:300:51:33

On what mission, my Prince?

0:51:330:51:35

You are going to deliver a letter to all the bishops of England -

0:51:350:51:39

my royal edict nominating you, Thomas Becket, Primate of England...

0:51:390:51:46

Archbishop of Canterbury.

0:51:460:51:48

Shut up!

0:51:550:51:56

Thomas, I'm in deadly earnest.

0:51:580:52:00

My Lord,

0:52:020:52:05

don't do this.

0:52:050:52:06

You've an odd way of taking good news.

0:52:060:52:10

I should think you'd be triumphant.

0:52:100:52:11

But I...I'm not even a priest. You're a deacon.

0:52:110:52:16

You could be ordained priest and consecrated Archbishop the next day.

0:52:160:52:20

Have you considered what the Pope would say?

0:52:200:52:23

I'll pay his price.

0:52:230:52:24

My Lord...

0:52:280:52:29

..this frightens me.

0:52:310:52:33

I thought you had God in the palm of your hand, Thomas.

0:52:350:52:38

I beg of you,

0:52:420:52:44

do not do this.

0:52:440:52:47

You've never disappointed me, Thomas,

0:52:470:52:50

and you're the only man I can trust.

0:52:500:52:52

You leave for England tonight.

0:52:530:52:55

Becket!

0:53:010:53:02

MEN CHANT: # Te Deum laudamus

0:53:060:53:11

# Te Dominum confitemur... #

0:53:110:53:19

Thank you for returning to us the keys of our city.

0:53:190:53:23

The die is cast, Thomas.

0:53:270:53:30

Make the most of it.

0:53:300:53:32

And if I know you, I am sure you will.

0:53:320:53:36

# ..Et universae potestates

0:53:360:53:43

# Sanctus

0:53:430:53:48

# Sanctus... #

0:53:480:53:54

BELL TOLLS

0:53:540:53:57

There you are. Thank you, my Lord.

0:54:260:54:28

Thank you, my Lord. You're welcome. It will keep you warm.

0:54:360:54:39

He'll only sell it for drink. Then THAT will keep him warm. Yes, Your Grace.

0:54:390:54:43

I'm not Your Grace, I will not be consecrated Archbishop until tomorrow. I'm sorry, Father.

0:54:430:54:48

That is temporarily correct. You don't really intend to give away your winter cloaks.

0:54:480:54:52

Everything. Has all the gold plate been sold? Yes, the money is in those purses.

0:54:520:54:57

Excellent. Bring me the rest of the money.

0:54:570:54:59

But Your Grace... I mean Father.

0:54:590:55:01

Everything.

0:55:010:55:03

Welcome to Canterbury, my Lord Bishop.

0:55:070:55:09

Is anything wrong? May I ask what is happening here?

0:55:090:55:12

"Sell all that thou hast and give it to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven."

0:55:120:55:17

I doubt if the Lord Jesus meant that to apply to a Chancellor about to be consecrated Archbishop.

0:55:170:55:22

Perhaps then it's a touch of vanity. A truly saintly man, I know, would never do all this in one day.

0:55:220:55:27

Let us call it the clumsy gesture of a spiritual gatecrasher. Most clever.

0:55:270:55:32

An Archbishop who gives all so dramatically to the people will be most popular with them.

0:55:320:55:37

Oh, no, Folliot, I'm simply enjoying all this.

0:55:370:55:40

I'm beginning to believe he's not a sad God after all.

0:55:400:55:45

Forgive me, I fear my inexperienced methods will never meet with your approval.

0:55:480:55:54

I know that you cast the only vote against me.

0:55:540:55:56

In the end, I gave way to the King's wishes.

0:55:560:55:59

I don't blame you. As Bishop of London and senior churchman, you should have been Archbishop.

0:55:590:56:05

Now, to have to consecrate me and place the mitre on my head...

0:56:050:56:08

I have no choice. I'm only performing my function as Bishop.

0:56:080:56:12

I see you still wear the Seal of the King's Chancellor.

0:56:120:56:16

Yes. I will continue to wear it, that and the Archbishop's ring.

0:56:180:56:23

You do not find this inconsistent?

0:56:230:56:26

No. God is best served when the two rest side by side, in harmony.

0:56:260:56:30

These excessive acts of humility will not compensate for subservience to the Crown.

0:56:300:56:35

Thank you.

0:56:350:56:37

We are both aware of the delicacy of my position.

0:56:370:56:40

Let us trust that God

0:56:400:56:42

will find a solution for it.

0:56:420:56:44

And now, since humility seems to be a little hard on the knees...

0:56:470:56:52

I trust you will be comfortable under our roof, my Lord Bishop.

0:56:530:56:57

Dear Lord,

0:57:120:57:15

I wish there was something I really regretted parting with

0:57:150:57:19

so that I might offer it to you.

0:57:190:57:20

But forgive me, Lord,

0:57:200:57:23

it's like going on a holiday.

0:57:230:57:25

I've never enjoyed myself so much in my whole life.

0:57:250:57:28

Lord, are you sure you're not laughing at me?

0:57:310:57:36

It all seems...

0:57:380:57:40

far too easy.

0:57:400:57:41

# Magnificat anima mea Dominum

0:57:430:57:50

# Et exsultavit spiritus meus

0:57:510:57:58

# In Deo salutari meo

0:57:580:58:04

# Gloria Patri et Filio... #

0:58:040:58:09

It is a Bishop's duty to pass judgment,

0:58:090:58:12

to interpret, to consecrate,

0:58:120:58:15

to ordain, to offer sacrifice,

0:58:150:58:19

to baptise and to confirm.

0:58:190:58:22

# ..Et in saecula saeculorum, amen. #

0:58:230:58:27

Let us pray, beloved brethren,

0:58:280:58:31

that the goodness of Almighty God providing for the wellbeing of his Church

0:58:310:58:37

may bestow upon this Bishop elect

0:58:370:58:40

the abundance of his grace,

0:58:400:58:43

through Christ our Lord.

0:58:430:58:46

ALL: Amen.

0:58:460:58:47

# Kyrie eleison

0:58:470:58:50

# Christe eleison

0:58:500:58:53

# Kyrie eleison... #

0:58:530:58:55

May these hands be anointed with hallowed oil,

0:59:020:59:06

with the chrism that sanctifies.

0:59:060:59:09

Even as Samuel anointed David, King and Prophet,

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so may these hands be anointed and consecrated.

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Take this ring, token of the pledged word.

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Yours it is to guard with unshakeable fidelity,

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to preserve and guard,

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in unblemished honour,

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God's bride,

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Holy Church.

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# Veni, Creator Spiritus

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# Mentes tuorum visita

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# Imple superna... #

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Lord, on the head of this Bishop and champion of thine,

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I put the helmet of defence and salvation,

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that with forehead thus adorned,

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head armed with the horns of both Testaments,

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he may appear fearsome to the enemies of truth.

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# ..Surrexit, ac Paraclito

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# In saeculorum saecula

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# Amen. #

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# Sit nomen Domini benedictum

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# Sit nomen Domini benedictum

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# Ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum

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# Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini

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# Qui regit coelum in aeternam

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# Benedicat vos omnipotens Deus

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# Pater

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# Et Filius

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# Et Spiritus Sanctus

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# Amen. #

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# Sacerdos et pontifex

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# Et virtutum opifex

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# Pastor bone in populo

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# Sic placuisti Domino

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# Alleluia. #

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CROWD CHEERS

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CHEERING

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His Grace will receive you here.

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It isn't every day that a Saxon monk has an audience with an Archbishop. Open your eyes.

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You'll kiss his ring and show respect for His Grace or you'll get my foot on your backside.

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You're welcome to Canterbury.

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Kneel to His Grace. I see our young brother is quite unchanged. Has he been troublesome to his abbot?

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Stubborn as a mule, my Lord.

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Brother Abbot tried kindness, but in the end had to have recourse to the whip.

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Nothing has any effect. Except for a kick in the rump, if Your Grace will pardon the expression.

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Stand up straight. Pay attention to your brother. As a rule, the sin of pride stiffens a man's back.

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Look me in the face.

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Well, what do you have to say for yourself?

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I see.

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Now, brothers, we relieve you for today from your rule of abstinence.

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Go to our kitchen before you depart and I hope you do justice to our cuisine.

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And this one?

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We will keep him here with us.

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He's vicious, Your Grace. We are not afraid.

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Well, now, wouldn't you rather have a Saxon Archbishop than a Norman one?

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I hope I won't regret sending for you.

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Why did you?

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I'm not sure.

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Perhaps in a young, intemperate way, yours is a voice that is good for me to hear.

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Then why...? But please, not too often and not too loud, Brother John.

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You betrayed your Saxon race, now you betray God.

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Perhaps you will succeed in teaching me humility. It's a virtue I've never mastered.

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KNOCK AT DOOR Enter.

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Your Grace, Bishop Folliot has just arrived from London and wishes to speak to your urgently.

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Well, my Lord Bishop, what is it?

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But, Your Grace... You may speak freely. Brother John is in our confidence.

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What is it? Your Grace, I have a most serious matter to report which requires your immediate intervention.

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Proceed. A parish priest in Lord Gilbert's domain who was accused of debauching a young girl

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has been seized by His Lordship and dragged before the civil courts.

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Is the priest guilty?

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That is immaterial. As a consecrated minister of God, he can only be tried by our ecclesiastical courts.

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You must demand his release into Church custody immediately.

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The principle is a vital one.

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Does the King know of this?

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He knows, but he turns a deaf ear.

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Lord Gilbert is his friend.

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I am also a friend of King Henry.

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As Chancellor, you are his friend.

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But I wear the mitre now.

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You also wear the Great Seal of England and I warned you, you could never do so honourably.

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It is fortunate that I do.

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I will plead our case to the King. I did not come here to ask you to plead a case.

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I'm asking you to defend a principle and you'd better do so quickly...

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Your Grace.

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Thank you for your warning.

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We appreciate your efforts to chart the course you would naturally have followed had YOU become Archbishop.

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At least, Your Grace, I could never have been accused of divided loyalties.

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Should I go now?

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Can I go? KNOCK AT DOOR

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No. See who's outside.

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This is Brother Philip, Your Grace.

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He's come with a message for the Bishop of London.

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I told him he'd just left, but now he insists on seeing you.

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Your Grace, I wouldn't have dreamed of disturbing you but...

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It is you who are disturbed, Brother Philip. What is it?

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I believe my Lord Bishop of London came to you to demand the custody of the accused priest. Yes.

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The priest is dead.

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Dead?

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Yes.

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He tried to escape but... Lord Gilbert's soldiers caught him

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and, in the presence of His Lordship, killed him.

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Thank you, Brother Philip.

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You may retire.

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Leave us now, Brother John.

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My Lord Jesus,

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I find it difficult to talk to you.

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What can I say?

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I, who have turned away from you so often with indifference.

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I have been a stranger to prayer, undeserving of your friendship

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and your love.

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I've been without honour

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and feel unworthy.

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I am a weak and shallow creature, clever only in the second-rate and worldly arts,

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seeking my comfort and pleasure.

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I gave my love, such as it was, elsewhere,

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putting service to my earthly King before my duty to you.

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But now they have made me the shepherd of your flock and guardian of your Church.

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Please, Lord,

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teach me now how to serve you with all my heart,

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to know at last what it really is to love, to adore...

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..so that I may worthily administer your kingdom here upon Earth

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and find my true honour

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in observing your divine will.

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Please, Lord...

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..make me worthy.

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You are a creature of extremes, aren't you, Brother John?

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Get up.

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Forgive me,

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I didn't know.

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I never realised.

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Nor did I.

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Get up.

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You were very good at admonishing an Archbishop.

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Do you think you could talk to a King? Yes.

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Good.

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Then you will memorise what I write.

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Henry.

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Henry. What is it, Mother?

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Why do you keep gazing out of the window?

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Becket won't come, you know. He's much too busy giving money to the poor.

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And fitting sandals on beggars.

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I never liked him as an adventurer, but now that he puts on the airs of a saint...

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He certainly keeps himself in splendid isolation since you made him Archbishop.

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He's in retreat. It's part of the ritual.

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Anyway, I don't need to be reassured by his presence.

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He's my friend.

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More's the pity. He has a strange way of showing gratitude.

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Your friend! You mean you went to the whorehouses together.

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It was he who lured you away from the duties you owe to me.

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Madam, in matters of debauchery, it was I who lured him.

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And I didn't need anyone to lure me away from the duties I owe you.

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I made you four children very conscientiously.

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Thank the Lord, my duty is done.

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I pray heaven he stays away from you.

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When you realise how he has used you, you may appreciate the joys of family life again.

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CHILDREN SHOUT

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The joys of family life are limited, madam.

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To be perfectly frank, you bore me, you and your everlasting backbiting.

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Stop this. And this eternal tutting of yours!

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God! How long does it take to make a tapestry?! And it's mediocre beyond belief!

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One performs according to one's gifts.

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Yes.

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CHILDREN SHOUT AND SCREAM

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Victory!

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Come on! Ow! Victory!

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Shut up, the lot of you!

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Which one are you? Henry III.

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Not yet, sir. Number two is in the best of health.

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A fine way you bring up your children, madam.

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Do you see yourself as Regent already?

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No wonder I shun your bed - it's not amusing to make love with one's own widow.

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Who's that?

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A messenger,

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from Canterbury,

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if you can spare the time from bullying your children. Messenger?

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Is your master ill?

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No, Your Highness.

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I have a message from His Grace. Message?

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These are Becket's words.

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"Whereas men at arms of the Lord Gilbert, under his orders and in his presence,

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"have seized and killed a priest of the Church,

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"I, Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of England,

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"do now ask that Your Highness,

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"in accordance with the law of the realm,

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"apprehend Lord Gilbert and charge him with the crime of murder."

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Well, my son.

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Now you have heard from your friend.

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Get out!

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Get out, both of you!

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Take your royal vermin with you!

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Your Highness,

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is there a reply for the Archbishop?

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Your Grace. Yes?

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The King is here.

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Are you certain? He came mounted and alone but...

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I'm sure it's he.

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My Prince.

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Why did you send the messenger?

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Canterbury's only five hours from London.

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I have just ridden it in four, I'm frozen stiff.

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Would you like some wine? No.

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Give me a reason, why did you send a messenger?

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What answer did you give him?

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You've arrived here before he has.

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I detect the old, devious Becket here.

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What game are you playing, Thomas?

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No game, my Prince.

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Lord Gilbert murdered a priest,

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I want the guilty punished. Guilty of what?!

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This priest was a scandal to his parish.

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That was never proved. Gilbert should have handed the accused to the Church for process of law.

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If guilty, we would have determined his punishment. I am the law!

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Gilbert recoursed to me, I gave him leave to arrest this priest!

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I cannot allow any of my clergy to be thrown into prison and tried by the civil authorities.

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Neither can I stand by and let my priests be murdered. You?

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YOU can't allow?!

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YOU can't stand by?!

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Are you taking yourself seriously as archbishop?!

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I am the Archbishop, my Prince.

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By MY grace!

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Are you demented? You're Chancellor of England, you're mine.

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I'm also the Archbishop

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and you have introduced me to deeper obligations.

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And if I won't charge Gilbert?

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I can't force you

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but there is always a final judgment beyond the King's justice.

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Oh, that(!)

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Lord Gilbert will face his fate on the day of judgment as we all will.

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I'm sure he'll have a great deal more to answer for than killing a felonious priest.

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Lord Gilbert will come to the judgment already down, sire.

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I intend to ex-communicate him.

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You ARE demented.

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Don't you understand that when you attack my nobles, you attack ME

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and when you attack ME, you attack England?

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There is more to England that the Crown,

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you must learn to face that eventually, my Prince.

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Damn you! Don't lecture me!

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You once told me you didn't know what honour was and I laughed at you

1:17:261:17:31

but now to betray me, to challenge my power.

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I do not seek power, my Prince.

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It is only that I have finally discovered a real honour to defend.

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Whose honour?

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Whose honour is greater than the King's?

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The honour of God.

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Forgive me.

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You give the Lions of England back to me...

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like a little boy who doesn't want to play any more.

1:18:201:18:23

I would have gone to war with all of England's might behind me

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and even against England's interest to defend you, Thomas.

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I would have given away my life,

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laughing before you.

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Only I loved you

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and you didn't love me, that's the difference.

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Stay away.

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But thank you for this last gift as you desert me,

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now I shall learn to be alone.

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BELL TOLLS

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..Et Spiritus Sanctum. ALL: Amen.

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Bishop.

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What do you want, Philip?

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Your Majesty!

1:19:511:19:54

Alone without an escort?

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The King nevertheless.

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Bishop, I wish to confess.

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The King has his own confessor.

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It is an important court prerogative.

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Don't be nervous, Bishop.

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I'm not asking for absolution.

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I've something far worse than a sin on my conscience.

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A mistake,

1:20:151:20:17

a crass mistake.

1:20:171:20:20

I ordered you to vote for Becket at the election at Canterbury,

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I repent on it.

1:20:241:20:26

I bowed beneath the Royal Hand.

1:20:261:20:28

Very reluctantly I know, I am told this compromise with your conscience made you seriously ill afterwards.

1:20:281:20:34

God cured me. Very good of him.

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You wear his uniform and have his ear.

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He's let me fall ill without lifting a finger

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and I must cure myself. I did not know this.

1:20:441:20:47

I have the Archbishop on my stomach,

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a big, hard lump

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I shall have to vomit back.

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I think you are a man one can talk to, Bishop.

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I believe I misjudged you, friendship blinded me.

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Is the King's friendship for Thomas Becket dead, your Highness?

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Yes, Bishop it died quite suddenly, a sort of heart failure.

1:21:061:21:09

Curious phenomenon, your Highness.

1:21:091:21:12

Quite frequent. I hate Becket now.

1:21:121:21:16

I hate him

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as much as you are jealous of him.

1:21:181:21:20

It's like an animal tearing my guts, I can't bear it any more.

1:21:201:21:24

I shall have to turn it loose on him

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but I am the King

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and my office stands in my way.

1:21:311:21:34

I need someone to help me.

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My only interest is for the Church.

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Come, Bishop.

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We're alone and the Church is empty.

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The Church is never empty.

1:21:431:21:45

The little red lamp burns in the chapel signifying God's presence in the tabernacle.

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Do you take me for one of your sheep, Holy Pastor?

1:21:531:21:57

I like playing games but only with boys of my own age.

1:21:571:22:01

The one for whom that little red lamp burns

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has seen into your most innermost heart, and mine, a long time ago

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of my hatred of Thomas Becket and your envy of him.

1:22:071:22:12

He knows all there is to know.

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Strange, I'd always taken Your Highness for a perennial adolescent who cared only for his pleasures.

1:22:151:22:21

One can be wrong about people, Bishop. I made the same mistake.

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Now, if it could be proved that Becket had committed some gross impropriety as Chancellor, say...

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embezzlement,

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what would the Church do?

1:22:341:22:36

If that were established, I say "if",

1:22:361:22:40

the Bishops could legally dissolve their allegiance to him pending their report to the Pope.

1:22:401:22:45

And beyond that? You?

1:22:451:22:48

You would go beyond?

1:22:481:22:50

The whole way.

1:22:501:22:52

In his guilt, if he were found guilty, he would then be charged under Canon law.

1:22:521:22:58

And the penalty?

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That would be for Your Majesty to decide.

1:23:001:23:04

Thomas, you love him don't you?

1:23:041:23:06

You still love him, that impostor, that Saxon guttersnipe, that mitred hog.

1:23:061:23:12

Hold you tongue, priest!

1:23:121:23:15

All I confided to you was my hate, not my love.

1:23:151:23:20

For England's sake you'll help me get rid of him but don't EVER insult him to my face.

1:23:201:23:27

He will be accused

1:23:311:23:34

and you will play your proper part.

1:23:341:23:36

According to law.

1:23:371:23:39

I would spit...

1:23:411:23:42

if I were not in God's house.

1:23:441:23:47

BELL TOLLS

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BELL TOLLS

1:23:581:24:00

My Brothers,

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as you have been told your presence here is voluntary.

1:24:061:24:10

If any of you have second thoughts, you may retire now.

1:24:101:24:13

Thank you for attending.

1:24:151:24:17

Good day, my Lords.

1:24:441:24:46

I did not expect to see you at Canterbury, you still disagree with my decision?

1:24:461:24:51

Your Grace, can nothing persuade you to delay?

1:24:511:24:54

Oh, yes,

1:24:541:24:55

the King's arrest of Lord Gilbert on the charge of sacrilegious murder.

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There will be an arrest, but not Lord Gilbert.

1:25:001:25:03

The Sheriff of London is in the sacristy.

1:25:031:25:05

He has orders to summon you before the King's Grand Justicer,

1:25:051:25:08

the instant you pronounce the excommunication. Curious, on what charge? Embezzlement.

1:25:081:25:14

The King finds that there a large sums of money

1:25:141:25:16

missing from the Treasury during your administration as Chancellor.

1:25:161:25:20

How much? ?40,000 in fine gold.

1:25:201:25:23

There was never that much gold in the whole Treasury.

1:25:241:25:27

I beg of you, do not do this. It will strike a blow that will split Church and State for a generation.

1:25:271:25:32

If I do not strike it now, the Church as we know it will not survive a generation.

1:25:321:25:37

God will see that is survives.

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No, the kingdom of God must be defended like any other kingdom.

1:25:381:25:44

Gentlemen, it is a supreme irony

1:25:471:25:52

that the worldly Becket, the profligate and libertine,

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should find himself standing here at this moment.

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And here he is,

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in spite of himself

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but the King, for good or ill, chose to pass the burden of the Church onto me and now I MUST carry it.

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I've rolled up my sleeves and taken the Church on my back.

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Nothing...

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will ever make me set it down again.

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My Lords...

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if you will forgive me.

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MONKS: # Quantus tremor est futurus

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# Quando judex est venturus

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# Cuncta stricte discussurus

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# Tuba mirum spargens sonum

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# Per sepulchra regionum

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# Coget omnes ante thronum

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# Lacrimosa dies illa

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# Qua resurget ex favilla

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# Judicandus homo reus

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# Huic ergo parce, Deus

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# Pie Jesu Domine

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# Dona eis requiem

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# Amen. #

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Lord Gilbert, Baron of England by the grace of His Majesty, King Henry the Second,

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seized upon the person of a priest of the Holy Church

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and unlawfully did hold him in custody.

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Furthermore, in the presence of Lord Gilbert and by his command,

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his men seized upon this priest when he tried to escape and put him to death.

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This is the sin of murder and sacrilege.

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In that, Lord Gilbert has rendered no act of contrition or repentance

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and is at the moment at liberty in the land,

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we do here and now separate him from the precious body and blood of Christ

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and from the society of all Christians.

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We exclude him from our Holy Mother Church

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and all her sacraments in Heaven or on Earth.

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We declare him excommunicate and anathema.

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We cast him into the outer darkness, we judge him damned

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with the Devil and his fallen angels and all the reprobates

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to eternal fire and everlasting pain.

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ALL: So be it.

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# Miserere mei, Deus

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# Secundum magnam misericordiam tuam

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# Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum

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# Dele iniquitatem meam

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# Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea

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# Et peccato meo munda me

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# Quoniam iniquitatem Meam ego cognosco

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# Et peccatum meum contra me Est semper... #

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As the Lord Sheriff of London

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I am commanded to summon you, Thomas Becket, to the King's Court

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on the charges herein set forth, stamped with the King's seal.

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I, Robert de Beaumont, Duke of Leicester,

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Grand Justicer of the Realm,

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do now summon Thomas Becket to this court of law

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for the third and last time. Thomas Becket step forward.

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He's doomed, isn't he?

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Yes. At last.

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I forbid you to gloat.

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At seeing your enemy perish, why not?

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Becket is my enemy but, in the human balance, traitor that he is and naked as his mother made him

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he's worth a hundred of you, Madam,

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with your crown and your jewels and your august uncle the Emperor into the bargain!

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I am forced to fight him now and crush him

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but at least he gave me with open hands everything that is at all good in me

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and you have never given me anything but your carping mediocrity

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and your everlasting obsession with your puny little person and what you thought was due to it!

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That's why I forbid you to SMILE while Becket is being destroyed!

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I gave you my youth, gave you your children.

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I don't like my children!

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And as for your youth?!

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That withered flower pressed between the pages of a hymn book since you were twelve years old

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with its watery blood and stale insipid scent, you can bid farewell to that without a tear.

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Your body was an empty desert, Madam,

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which duty forced me to wander in alone

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but you have never been a wife to me

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and Becket was my friend.

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Red blooded, generous and full of strength.

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Oh, my Thomas.

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And I,

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I have given you nothing I suppose?

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Life...yes.

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Thank you.

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But after that I never saw you except in a passageway on your way to a ball in your crown and ermine mantel,

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ten minutes before official ceremonies when you were forced to TOLERATE my presence! NO!

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No-one on this earth has ever loved me except Becket!

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Call him back then, absolve him if he loves you, give him back his power but do something.

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I am.

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I'm learning to be alone.

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FANFARE

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By the authority granted me, I, Robert de Beaumont, servant of the Crown,

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do now before this council charge Thomas Becket with the crimes of...

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Robert.

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I charge you, Thomas Becket. Robert de Beaumont, hear me

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for the sake of your soul which is in the gravest danger.

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All in this assembly know how faithfully I have served my Lord, the King.

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It was he that willed that I be Archbishop and it was for love of him alone that I accepted.

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I am innocent of any wrongdoing

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in my administration of the King's Treasury as Chancellor or at any other time.

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I therefore refuse to plea to these trumped up charges.

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I will be judged by the Pope alone

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to whom before you all I now appeal and place myself AND my Church under his protection.

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As Head of the Church of England

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and as your spiritual father,

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I forbid you to pass judgment on me.

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I command you and all who would charge me to hold your peace

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on pain of endangering your immortal souls.

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Well, played, Thomas.

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Do you think you can carry this off indefinitely?! You fool!

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We are all God's fools, my Lord.

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Becket!

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You are a liar, you are a traitor.

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Sheath your sword before you impale your soul upon it.

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HENRY CHUCKLES

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It's funny, it's too funny.

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He's made mincemeat of them.

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I'm surrounded by fools!

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Becket is the only intelligent man in my kingdom and he's against me!

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Your Highness, it was impossible.

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Shut up! Get to your feet.

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Did you hear him? He appeals to the Pope,

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if he gains the Pope's ear, Bishop, we may find the entire kingdom under papal interdict.

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I could be excommunicated myself.

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But Your Highness, I do not think that... I want no more thinking!

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Becket must not cross the Channel.

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King Louis of France would be the first to help him get to the Pope.

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The Archbishop must not leave England, see to it.

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From now on, Bishop...

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it is total war.

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Psst.

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My French knight takes your English bishop.

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Your Majesty's adroit.

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Pardon, sire.

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Too snug. Why do all tailors want to strangle one's armpits?

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Your Majesty, the English Ambassadors Extraordinary insist that I convey their compliments.

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They've already done that. I'll see them when I'm ready, that's my job.

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They wish respectfully, sire, to call your attention to the fact that they have waited for three days.

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Let them wait, that's their job. Ambassadors are paid to pace about in anterooms,

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especially in these times of uneasy peace.

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But the have an urgent communication from Henry of England, sire.

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The King and his ambassadors can drown in what they impertinently call their English Channel.

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But, Your Majesty, the extradition of a criminal is a courtesy due from one crowned head to another.

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My dear man, crowned heads are free to play the little game of courtesy but nations owe one another none.

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Oh!

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All right,

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show them in, show them in.

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No, you may stay.

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The ambassadors can share our attention with our tailor.

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It will demonstrate to the English their exact social status at our court.

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May I be permitted to present to Your Majesty

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the two Envoys Extraordinary from His Highness, Henry of England?

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His Grace the Bishop of London and Robert de Beaumont, Duke of Leicester.

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Welcome, my Lords.

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Fresh from England,

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how is our good King Henry?

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He was well, Your Majesty, when we left him, two weeks ago.

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Two weeks to cross the Channel?

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Gentlemen. We have been waiting upon Your Majesty for three days.

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Why was I not informed?

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Gireaux! Your Majesty?

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You see what I have to contend with but perhaps I can make it up to you.

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Would you permit me to furnish you with some French garments made by our craftsman?

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It will only take two weeks. We thank Your Majesty but we have urgent business in Rome.

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Too bad.

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Well, is there anything else I can do for you?

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I wish to deliver a message from Henry, King of England, to his friend Louis, King of the French.

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We are all ears. He wishes you to know...

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Just one moment.

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Yes, do continue. He wishes you to know that Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury,

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has been found guilty of treason

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and has forthwith fled his kingdom.

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He therefore entreats you not to allow this criminal

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to reside within your territories nor to permit any of your vessels to give counsel or support to him.

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He solemnly declares that your enemies would receive none from him, nor from his subjects.

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Henry, King of England, Duke of Normandy.

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Gentlemen, we have listened most attentively to your sovereign's gracious request

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and we shall shortly be drafting a formal reply to it.

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In the meantime however we can only express our astonishment.

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No news has reached us of the Archbishop of Canterbury's presence in our domains.

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Sire, we have word that he is in your domains.

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He has taken refuge in the Abbey of Saint Martin.

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My Lord Bishop, we flatter ourselves there is some order in our kingdom.

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If he were there we should most certainly have been informed.

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Bring in Thomas Becket.

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Rise, Thomas Becket, and greet us as the Primate of England,

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a bow would have been enough

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and if I know my etiquette you were entitled to a slight nod of the head from me.

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That's better.

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I might also be required to kiss the ring if it's visible and an official one

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but I am under the impression that it isn't. No, sire.

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I'm only an exile. That too is an important title in France.

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I'm told you are a dangerous one.

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I'm afraid so, sire. How delightful, shall we discuss it in private?

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We enjoy danger, Becket.

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It keeps us alive.

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Do you value candour? I do, sire. Then let me tell you that were you a French bishop

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I might have clapped you in prison. For the moment, we are pleased to grant you our royal protection.

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I humbly thank you, Your Majesty, but I have to say

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that I cannot buy your favour with any act hostile to my country.

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You do us an injustice, that was understood.

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I believe that in the past however, you have been no stranger to the art of political manoeuvre.

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That is true, sire. Well, speaking frankly, you suit our purpose in our chess game.

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England is splitting into the Henry camp and the Becket camp and that suits us admirably.

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We ask nothing further of you

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but, there is always a but as I'm sure you are aware...

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I am aware. ..I am responsible only for France's interest, Becket.

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Unfortunately I cannot afford to shoulder those of Heaven as well.

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At the moment it suits me to shelter any fugitive from Henry's court.

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His recent impertinence in claiming and capturing

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some of our frontier towns must be well known to you, Thomas,

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since you more than distinguished yourself in several of these engagements.

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In a month or so however, my dealings with Henry may require

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a different tactic, I might even be obliged to ask you to leave France.

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I hope to have a solution to such a dilemma. Oh?

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I intend to go on to Rome to put my case before the Holy Father,

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if you will give me safe conduct.

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You shall have it, of course, you're the ideal guest.

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Might I be permitted to give you a word of advice?

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I would appreciate it. The Pope is a most holy man but, like so many lofty personages,

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he is surrounded by men of a somewhat inferior standard.

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They need money

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and King Henry might be willing to provide it.

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Keep your eyes open.

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I will.

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Permit me to show you my aviary.

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That man Becket smacks of too much sincerity,

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a practice that is most disconcerting.

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Fiddlesticks, sincerity is a form of strategy just like any other.

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In a pinch I have been known to use it myself.

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The trouble is, if your opponent starts being sincere

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at the same time you do then the game becomes horribly confusing.

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Shh!

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I assure you, Your Holiness, it's a simple matter.

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No, no, no, Zambelli, I don't agree.

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It is impossible. If we take the money from King Henry I cannot possibly receive Becket.

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Receive the money from the King, Holy Father, and receive the Archbishop too.

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The one will neutralise the other.

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You know what they say Becket is going to ask me?

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No, Holy Father.

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Zambelli, don't play the fox with me.

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It was you who told me.

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Beg your pardon, Holy Father.

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I had forgotten or rather as your Holiness was asking me the question,

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I though you had forgotten and so I took a chance and...

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Zambelli, if you start out-manoeuvring yourself to no purpose, we'll be here all night.

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Well, bring him in.

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His Holiness will receive you now.

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I'm sorry to be importunate, Your Holiness, but time is running out

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and my cause concerns the very life of the Church in England.

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I know, I know,

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and your cause is worthy but nevertheless, Becket,

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the Church must seek to exist peacefully within the framework of the State.

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I sought that with desperation, Your Holiness.

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Precisely, Becket, you are new to God's service

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and perhaps for that reason

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you were somewhat hot-headed and intemperate in your methods.

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You have proved your moral worth

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but you have also split the Church in England into two parties and that is regrettable.

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Holy Father, I fear this may be true

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and it has given me much agony.

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If I'm guilty, if my judgment was wrong then I am most sincerely repentant.

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Unfortunately that doesn't solve the problem.

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Holy Father,

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relieve me of the title of Archbishop, let me be an ordinary priest.

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Right, done. Zambelli!

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Why do you request this?

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Then your Holiness can make a free and open decision.

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The protection of my position as Head of the English Church

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may prove an embarrassment I would like to relieve you of.

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No. That would mean our total surrender to the State.

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You will maintain your status as Archbishop

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but you will, for the present, maintain it in a monastic retreat.

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Where do you wish us to send you?

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To the Abbey of Saint Martin in France.

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I ask only that my former servant, Brother John, be allowed to accompany me.

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Of course.

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God grant you peace, Thomas Becket.

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The man is obviously an abyss of ambition.

1:50:001:50:05

How long a retreat?

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A very long retreat.

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I wouldn't count on it,

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wait till he tastes the food at the monastery.

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RATTLING CARRIAGE WHEELS

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You look concerned, Your Grace.

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Is something wrong? No, Brother John.

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You are unhappy here?

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No, perhaps I'm too happy.

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Can I help?

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No, only God can help.

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Lord...what do you really want me to do?

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To remain here a poor monk in simplicity of spirit,

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is it a path to bring me nearer to you?

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Or is it too easy a way, perhaps even...

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a luxury.

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The path to holiness in this monastery is too effortless.

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I think it would be too easy to...

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buy you like this,

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bargain price.

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It has pleased you to make me Archbishop

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and to set me like a solitary pawn, face-to-face with the King on the chessboard.

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I think you mean me to defend your honour peacefully if I can with argument and with compromise...

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and if I cannot,

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then with the full challenge of my office

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and the soaring force of what I know...to be right.

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So, I shall take up the mitre again

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and the golden cope and the great silver cross...

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and I shall go back

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and fight with the weapons it has pleased you to give me.

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All the rest.

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Thy will...

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be done.

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Look, Thomas, your king awaits you.

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I'm glad you weren't born on this side of the Channel, Thomas, you'd have been a thorn in my side too.

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How did you bewitch me into doing this for you?

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I convinced you that if the King and I reconciled, he will be placed in your debt.

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True.

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Why does he hate you so?

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He's never forgiven me for preferring God to him.

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Go, Thomas.

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You know it's a strange thing but Becket's safety has become quite dear to me.

1:54:061:54:12

You look older, Thomas.

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So do you, my Prince.

1:54:401:54:41

You cold? I'm frozen stiff.

1:54:431:54:47

Chilblains are killing me. You love it of course, you're in your element aren't you? Just that monk's habit.

1:54:471:54:52

I always told you one must fight the cold with the cold's weapons.

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Strip yourself naked every morning and...

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BOTH: ..splash yourself with cold water.

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I used to when you were there to make me.

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I never wash now, I stink.

1:55:091:55:11

How is your son? He must have come of age.

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He's an idiot and sly like his mother.

1:55:151:55:18

Thomas, don't you ever marry.

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You took that matter out of my hands when you had me ordained.

1:55:211:55:24

If we start on that we're sure to quarrel! Talk about something else.

1:55:241:55:29

Very well.

1:55:291:55:32

Has Your Majesty done much hunting lately?

1:55:321:55:35

Yes, every day. It doesn't amuse me any more.

1:55:351:55:39

Becket, I'm bored.

1:55:391:55:41

My Prince, I wish I could help you.

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What are you waiting for?

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For the honour of God and the honour of the King to become one.

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That may take long.

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Yes...that may take long.

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I am the King, Thomas,

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and so long as we are on this earth, you owe me the first move.

1:56:011:56:06

I am prepared to forget a lot of things but not the fact that I am King.

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You yourself taught me that. Never forget it, my Prince.

1:56:111:56:14

You have a different task to do, you have to steer the ship.

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And you, what do you have to do?

1:56:191:56:21

To resist you with all my might when you steer against the law of God.

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What do you expect of me then?

1:56:241:56:26

Are you hoping I'll weaken? No.

1:56:261:56:29

I'm afraid we must only do...

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absurdly...

1:56:331:56:35

what it has been given to us to do, right to the end.

1:56:351:56:40

Look suppose we come down to earth and use words that make sense to a boor like myself,

1:56:401:56:46

otherwise we'll never get anywhere

1:56:461:56:48

and there'll be two frozen statues trying to make their peace in a frozen eternity.

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My Lord, I was doing my best to make you understand.

1:56:531:56:56

I'm an idiot then! Talk to me like an idiot!

1:56:561:56:59

Will you lift the excommunication you pronounced on Lord Gilbert?

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No, because it's the only weapon I have left to defend what was given into my care.

1:57:021:57:07

Will you agree to the ten proposals which the bishops accepted in your absence,

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particularly to the surrender of priests

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who seek the protection of the Church to escape my courts of justice?

1:57:131:57:17

No, my role is to defend my sheep and they ARE my sheep.

1:57:171:57:22

But I shall agree to the nine other articles

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in the spirit of peace and because I know you must remain King in all and of all,

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save the honour of God.

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All right,

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I will give way on this one point

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in memory of our past friendship.

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You may return to England. Thank you, my Prince.

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I meant to go back in any case and give myself up to your power

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but in all things that concern this earth,

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I owe you obedience.

1:58:021:58:04

We've finished now and I'm cold.

1:58:081:58:12

I feel cold too...

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..now.

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You NEVER loved me, did you, Thomas?

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In so far as I was capable of love,

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yes, I did.

1:58:291:58:31

Did you start to love God?

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YOU MULE! Answer a simple question!

1:58:341:58:37

Yes.

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I started to love...

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the honour of God.

1:58:441:58:46

I should never have seen you,

1:58:491:58:52

it hurts too much. My Prince.

1:58:521:58:55

No! No pity, it's dirty.

1:58:551:58:58

This is the last time I shall come begging to you.

1:59:001:59:03

Go back to England.

1:59:031:59:05

Farewell, my Prince.

1:59:061:59:08

I sail tomorrow.

1:59:091:59:11

I know that I shall... never see you again.

1:59:131:59:16

How dare you say that to me when I've given you my Royal word! Do you take me for a traitor?!

1:59:161:59:21

THOMAS!

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Sit.

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Come here you.

2:00:192:00:20

Sit here.

2:00:252:00:27

You look to me, sir, not your mother.

2:00:272:00:29

SIT, you witless baboon!

2:00:302:00:33

What is the meaning of this?

2:00:332:00:35

Henry, what are you going? I know very well what I'm doing, Madam.

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Out!

2:00:392:00:42

Before you fill your bellies, we have something to announce.

2:00:422:00:45

Reviving an ancient custom, we have decided to have our successor crowned in our lifetime.

2:00:452:00:53

We do this to protect the kingdom from future pretenders to the throne.

2:00:532:00:57

Henry, this... Shut up! Stop dribbling while I raise you to glory.

2:00:572:01:01

To my successor...

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Henry the Third.

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ALL: Henry the Third.

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When will the coronation take place?

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As soon as we arrive in England.

2:01:132:01:15

Where, may I ask?

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You may well ask.

2:01:172:01:19

At York. Not at Canterbury?

2:01:192:01:23

My good mother, gentlemen, is hinting with her customary delicacy

2:01:232:01:27

that there is a double purpose to this mummery.

2:01:272:01:31

There is.

2:01:312:01:32

We are going to show our freshly reinstated Archbishop that we can still do without him.

2:01:322:01:38

The coronation of the English King is the most jealously guarded privilege of Canterbury.

2:01:382:01:44

I'd give anything to see Becket's face when he learns he's lost it and that York has got it.

2:01:452:01:52

THEY CHUCKLE

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Ah, we'll fix him.

2:01:542:01:56

Get out of there, you young cretin, you're not crowned yet.

2:01:572:02:01

What a look.

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Filial devotion is a beautiful thing.

2:02:132:02:17

You'd like to be the real king wouldn't you, you little pig?

2:02:192:02:23

With that number three after your name and Papa good and stiff in his tomb.

2:02:232:02:28

You're going to have to wait a bit

2:02:282:02:30

because Papa is well,

2:02:302:02:33

Papa is very well indeed.

2:02:332:02:36

My son, do you know I've always been against any reconciliation with that wretch, Becket.

2:02:362:02:42

You know I understand your hatred for him but do not let it

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lead you into an action which you may bitterly regret.

2:02:452:02:49

This boy is not clever, ambitious men will use him against you long before you cease to reign.

2:02:492:02:56

I'm still very much alive, Madam, and in control.

2:02:562:03:00

Henry, for all our sakes think of England and not of your disappointed love for this man.

2:03:002:03:07

Love?!

2:03:072:03:09

Love?! A moment ago it was hate! And what gives you the right, Madam, to meddle in my loves and hates?

2:03:092:03:16

You have an obsession about him which is unhealthy and unnatural

2:03:162:03:21

and now that he no longer gives you comfort?

2:03:212:03:23

God, if Thomas Becket were a faithless woman you'd behave no differently.

2:03:232:03:28

Sweet Jesus, you'd tear him out of your heart.

2:03:282:03:31

Oh, if I were a man.

2:03:312:03:33

Thank God, Madam, he gave you breasts -

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an asset from which I derived not the slightest benefit.

2:03:382:03:41

I was let out to be suckled by a peasant girl.

2:03:422:03:45

That, no doubt, is why it is so difficult to see the king beneath your crown.

2:03:452:03:49

So you have something to add, my Lady?

2:03:512:03:54

Well, go on, add it, add it, get it out of you once and for all in one great whine!

2:03:542:04:01

Let's hear the poison you've accumulated!

2:04:012:04:04

I pity you.

2:04:042:04:06

I tolerated your mistresses, Sir, but don't expect me to tolerate everything! Becket!

2:04:062:04:13

Always Becket! I am a woman, I am your wife, I am a queen.

2:04:132:04:18

I'll complain to my father, I'll complain to my uncle, the Emperor,

2:04:182:04:22

I'll complain to all the kings of Europe, I'll complain to God.

2:04:222:04:25

If I were you, Madam, I'd start with God.

2:04:282:04:30

Go to your chapel and see if he's at home.

2:04:302:04:33

Get out, the pair of you! I wretch with boredom at the sight of you.

2:04:332:04:37

To the Devil, my whole family if he'll have you?!

2:04:372:04:41

And, as for you, young Henry the Third, here's my Royal foot up your Royal buttocks!

2:04:412:04:48

Ah, that's better.

2:05:032:05:05

Let us drink, gentlemen.

2:05:062:05:08

Let us drink till we roll under the table in vomit and oblivion.

2:05:102:05:15

My faithful hounds,

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it's warm beside you like beasts in a stable.

2:05:232:05:28

Good sweat.

2:05:282:05:30

Comfortable nothingness

2:05:302:05:34

with the least glimmer inside

2:05:342:05:37

to spoil the fun.

2:05:372:05:40

And to think before I met Becket I was like you,

2:05:402:05:44

a well-oiled machine of belching, whoring and punching heads.

2:05:442:05:49

What did you put in mine, Thomas,

2:05:532:05:56

that stopped the machine?

2:05:562:05:58

Tell me, do you ever think?

2:06:012:06:04

Never, sire, a gentleman has better things to do.

2:06:042:06:07

Go on, drink up.

2:06:092:06:11

What's the news from England?

2:06:142:06:16

Has Becket landed?

2:06:162:06:19

He has landed, sire.

2:06:192:06:21

Was no-one there to receive him?

2:06:232:06:27

Lord Gilbert for example?

2:06:272:06:30

Oh, he was there, damned and excommunicate as he still is

2:06:302:06:35

but there were seven bishops there charging his soldiers not to cause bloodshed

2:06:352:06:40

and give the lie to the safe conduct you gave Becket.

2:06:402:06:43

Yeah...I gave him safe conduct.

2:06:432:06:47

The peasants escorted him from village to village.

2:06:472:06:51

They cheered him all the way to Canterbury.

2:06:512:06:54

Not a single gentleman, not a single Norman showed his face.

2:06:542:06:58

Only Saxons? ALL: Yeah.

2:06:582:07:01

Swarms of them.

2:07:012:07:03

Becket left England a fugitive, an exile.

2:07:032:07:07

He's returned there to find an affection that people have always saved for their king.

2:07:072:07:13

A man who ate my bread.

2:07:162:07:18

A man I raised from nothing.

2:07:212:07:24

A man I loved.

2:07:272:07:29

Yes...I loved him.

2:07:332:07:36

I loved him

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and I still do.

2:07:412:07:43

Enough! Oh, God!

2:07:442:07:47

Enough!

2:07:472:07:48

Stop! Stop!

2:07:502:07:53

I can do nothing.

2:08:012:08:03

I am as useless as a woman.

2:08:032:08:06

So long as he's alive

2:08:082:08:12

I tremble,

2:08:122:08:13

I shake.

2:08:132:08:15

I'm the King...

2:08:172:08:19

and yet I shake.

2:08:202:08:23

Will no-one rid me of this meddlesome priest?

2:08:332:08:37

A priest who mocks me.

2:08:402:08:42

Are all around me cowards...

2:08:442:08:46

like myself?

2:08:462:08:49

Are there no men left in England?

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I...I can't...

2:08:562:08:58

It's my heart...

2:08:582:09:00

It's too fond...

2:09:032:09:05

too fond.

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It's too...

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Thomas...

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BELL TOLLS

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Make haste. It's difficult with all these little laces, wants a woman's hands.

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A man's hands are better today. If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.

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Yes.

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If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.

2:10:112:10:13

Do all the laces, every one of them,

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I must look my best today.

2:10:182:10:20

God will give us time.

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There, that's done

2:10:262:10:28

but I'd just as soon cleaned out our pigsty at home.

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It's not half so much hard work.

2:10:312:10:33

Were you fond of your pig?

2:10:342:10:36

Yes, I was.

2:10:362:10:38

At my father's house we had some pigs too when I was a child.

2:10:392:10:42

Did you now?

2:10:422:10:43

Will it...

2:10:482:10:51

be today?

2:10:512:10:52

It's possible, my son.

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Are you afraid? Oh, no,

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not if I have time to fight.

2:11:002:11:04

What I want is the chance to strike a few blows first

2:11:042:11:08

so I shan't have done nothing but receive them all my life.

2:11:082:11:12

If I can kill one Norman first, just one,

2:11:122:11:15

that'll seem fair and right enough to me.

2:11:152:11:18

Are you so set on killing one? Yes, I am.

2:11:182:11:21

I don't mind if I am just a grain of sand in a machine

2:11:212:11:24

because I know by putting more and more grains of sand in a machine,

2:11:242:11:29

one day it'll come grinding to a stop.

2:11:292:11:32

And on that day,

2:11:322:11:34

what then? Well, we'll have a fine new, well-oiled machine in place of the old one

2:11:342:11:40

and this time we'll put the Normans into it instead.

2:11:402:11:43

That's what justice means, doesn't it?

2:11:482:11:50

Now give me my silver cross.

2:12:042:12:05

I must hold it.

2:12:072:12:08

Oh, it's heavy.

2:12:132:12:16

A good swipe with this and they'd feel it.

2:12:162:12:18

Lucky little Saxon.

2:12:202:12:23

For you that would settle all accounts in this...

2:12:232:12:26

black world wouldn't it?

2:12:262:12:28

There, Lord.

2:12:372:12:39

I am ready...

2:12:402:12:42

..adorned for your festivities.

2:12:452:12:47

Come, let us go to the altar.

2:12:522:12:55

HE RINGS BELL

2:13:022:13:04

Your Grace...

2:13:202:13:21

Your Grace, there are armed men at the doors. I've bolted the doors but...

2:13:232:13:28

It's time for vespers. Does one bolt the doors during vespers, I've never heard of it.

2:13:282:13:34

But, Your Grace.

2:13:342:13:35

Open them. Everything must be as it should be for divine service.

2:13:352:13:40

THUDDING KNOCKING AT DOOR

2:13:422:13:44

THUDS CONTINUE

2:13:492:13:51

THUDS CONTINUE

2:13:572:13:59

# Deus in adjutorium meum intende... #

2:14:012:14:09

THUDS CONTINUE # Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina... #

2:14:092:14:17

It is here now,

2:14:172:14:19

the supreme folly, this is its hour.

2:14:192:14:24

# ..Sicut erat in principio

2:14:312:14:35

# Et nunc et semper

2:14:352:14:41

# Et in saecula saeculorum, amen

2:14:412:14:45

# Alleluia. #

2:14:452:14:48

CHANTING CONTINUES

2:14:482:14:53

One does not carry arms into God's house.

2:15:042:15:07

What do you want?

2:15:072:15:09

Your death.

2:15:092:15:12

# Dixit Dominus Domino meo

2:15:122:15:14

# Sede a dextris meis

2:15:142:15:17

# Donec ponam inimicos tuos... #

2:15:172:15:22

We will continue with the service.

2:15:222:15:25

# ..Scabellum pedum tuorum... #

2:15:252:15:28

Saxon!

2:15:302:15:31

Dog!

2:15:332:15:35

Traitor!

2:15:372:15:38

Oh, Lord,

2:16:062:16:09

how heavy thy honour is to bear.

2:16:092:16:12

Poor Henry.

2:17:052:17:07

SCOURGES CRACK

2:17:142:17:16

Thank you.

2:17:462:17:51

Yes, yes, it was all agreed, I forgive you.

2:17:512:17:55

Pigs!

2:17:552:17:57

Saxon pigs!

2:17:572:17:59

They certainly wanted their money's worth.

2:18:012:18:05

Is there a large crowd outside?

2:18:082:18:10

Yes, sire.

2:18:102:18:12

There's nothing more certain to win them over

2:18:122:18:15

than the sight of the King doing penance and humbling himself under the lash.

2:18:152:18:19

The honour of God, gentlemen, is a very good thing

2:18:242:18:28

and, all things considered, one gains by having it on one's side.

2:18:282:18:32

Thomas Becket, our friend,

2:18:352:18:38

always used to say so.

2:18:382:18:40

Tonight in Council,

2:18:422:18:45

we will determine what punishment his murderers should receive.

2:18:452:18:48

Sire, they are unknown.

2:18:502:18:52

Justice will seek them out, you may be sure.

2:18:542:18:58

It is a time, my dear barons, for all of us to do penance.

2:19:052:19:10

RISING HUM OF CHATTER

2:19:242:19:28

Hear me!

2:19:362:19:37

People of Canterbury

2:19:392:19:41

and citizens of England.

2:19:412:19:43

As I have submitted myself to the lash

2:19:452:19:48

so have I petitioned the Pope

2:19:482:19:52

and this day

2:19:522:19:54

I have received his answer.

2:19:542:19:56

Thomas Becket,

2:19:562:19:58

former Archbishop of Canterbury

2:19:582:20:01

and martyr to the cause of God and his Church

2:20:012:20:06

shall henceforth

2:20:062:20:08

be honoured and prayed to in this kingdom

2:20:082:20:12

as a saint.

2:20:122:20:14

CHEERING

2:20:142:20:20

Is the honour of God washed clean enough?

2:20:462:20:49

Are you satisfied now, Thomas?

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