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00:11:38 Well, we have all the trappings loaded, Master Richard.
00:11:41 Good. Enough for a queen.
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00:11:53 Keep a brave heart, my child.
00:11:55 I'll try, Sister Margaret.
00:11:57 Remember, you can always find a refuge with us, whatever happens.
00:12:01 I won't forget. You've been most kind.
00:12:03 Sir Richard. Yes, Sister.
00:12:05 Here is Mistress Sedley. I leave her to your care.
00:12:08 Are you ready, Mistress Sedley?
00:12:10 As ready as I shall ever be, Sir Richard.
00:12:12 Understand this. You come to us by the King's order.
00:12:15 I assure you, it's not my wish.
00:12:17 Understand this too, then.
00:12:19 I go only by the King's order.
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00:12:33 Quite an army.
00:12:35 Am I to consider myself under arrest?
00:12:37 They're here only for your protection.
00:12:39 The forest is full of outlaws.
00:12:42 Outlaws?
00:12:43 They're mostly good men of Lancaster, driven into exile by your Yorkers' cruelty.
00:12:47 I'd feel safer with them than a tunstall castle.
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00:13:27 Those birds are a warning when someone's skulking after you.
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00:13:34 Better call up a couple of flankers.
00:13:36 Aye, for there's many a Lancasteran in these woods who'd give his ears for a shot at me.
00:13:41 Two of you men move forward and ride with Appleyard.
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00:13:46 Just a little added protection against those outlaw friends of yours.
00:13:49 You mean men who have been robbed and persecuted and driven from their homes.
00:13:52 There was persecution on both sides and murder.
00:13:56 If you mean my father, he was no murderer.
00:13:59 He was tried and judged.
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00:14:37 Into the woods. Find that bowman.
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00:14:42 Pluck out the shaft, Richard.
00:14:44 If I do, you'll die.
00:14:46 You'll have to stand until I can get you home.
00:14:48 Two of you men get him on a horse.
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00:15:09 Brave lads, your Lancaster outlaws.
00:15:11 Shooting a man from ambush.
00:15:13 Who among them calls himself John Amendall?
00:15:15 Even if I knew, would you really expect me to tell you?
00:15:18 His name's on this message.
00:15:19 It accuses my uncle of killing my father.
00:15:22 I'll tell you this much.
00:15:24 If I received a message from John Amendall, I'd believe every word of it.
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00:15:36 Oh, we should drink the clary wine.
00:15:39 That's for our jolly friend of mine.
00:15:42 Then roam the woods like bowmen true.
00:15:45 And down at King's, my dear, or two.
00:15:47 [Laughter]
00:15:51 You're a good man, Lawless.
00:15:52 Who'd you rob this time?
00:15:53 What have you got?
00:15:54 Whatever I got. A bit of this, a bit of that.
00:15:56 Picked up here and there by the grace of Providence.
00:15:58 And me own dexterity.
00:16:00 [Laughter]
00:16:04 Oh, we should drink the clary wine.
00:16:07 That's for our jolly friend of mine.
00:16:09 Is it done?
00:16:11 Aye. As neat a shot as I ever made.
00:16:14 They carried him off, but he won't live through the day.
00:16:16 What of Joanna? Is she safe and well?
00:16:18 She looked in the bloom of health.
00:16:20 Good. She'll be safe enough at Tunstall Castle.
00:16:23 Daniel Brackley knows better than to harm the King's ward.
00:16:26 What about the boy?
00:16:27 He seemed troubled in spirit.
00:16:29 You could see it in his eyes.
00:16:31 Our Black Arrow messages have made him think.
00:16:33 That's what I hoped for.
00:16:35 Oh, thanks. I'm dry as a salt herring.
00:16:37 Your health, Sir John Amendall.
00:16:39 Here's to the next Black Arrow.
00:16:42 [Slurping]
00:16:44 Three to go.
00:16:51 Three Black Arrows for three Black Hearts.
00:16:54 I'd best get the friar.
00:17:08 I hope so.
00:17:11 Joanna, I'm so glad you weren't hurt.
00:17:14 I was in no danger, Sir Daniel, at any time.
00:17:17 How's Appolion?
00:17:19 Done for, I'm afraid. Sir Oliver's gone for the friar.
00:17:21 Now you see what I meant this morning, Richard.
00:17:23 Not a very pleasant introduction to Tunstall, is it, Joanna?
00:17:27 On the contrary, Sir Daniel.
00:17:29 You couldn't expect Sir John Sedley's daughter to be shocked by the death of any of his executioners.
00:17:33 Spoken like a girl of spirit.
00:17:35 But remember, I'm only acting as the King's agent, in all matters.
00:17:38 I'll try to see it that way from now on.
00:17:40 May I go to my rooms?
00:17:42 Why, certainly. Dame Carter's made them ready for you.
00:17:44 Welcome to Tunstall, milady.
00:17:46 Thank you.
00:17:47 It's been many years since a pretty girl crossed our threshold, Joanna.
00:17:50 Friar.
00:18:04 Where's the friar?
00:18:05 You may have no need of him.
00:18:07 Don't lie to an old soldier, lad.
00:18:10 Appolion, tell me the truth.
00:18:12 How did my father die?
00:18:14 You've been told plain enough, lad.
00:18:16 No eye patch of a dying man.
00:18:19 There was a note on the black arrow that struck you down.
00:18:21 It tells a different story of my father's death.
00:18:24 What do you know about it?
00:18:26 I can tell you nothing, Richard.
00:18:29 He's the friar. Now let me be.
00:18:32 I'm glad I was in time with the friar.
00:18:35 At least he won't die without religious consolation.
00:18:38 Yes, he seemed to have something on his conscience.
00:18:40 We all feel like that when the end draws near.
00:18:43 Some more than others.
00:18:45 He appeared to be troubled about father's death.
00:18:47 Really? What did he say?
00:18:50 What could he have said?
00:18:52 You should know. You were warned.
00:18:54 He was a man of his word.
00:18:56 I'm sure he was.
00:18:58 What could he have said?
00:19:00 You should know. You were one of the witnesses.
00:19:02 Nothing.
00:19:04 There is nothing you have not been told, my boy.
00:19:07 I hope you're telling me the truth.
00:19:09 (papers rustling)
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00:19:14 (speaking in foreign language)
00:19:20 (hammering)
00:19:35 (hammering)
00:19:38 Buck up, lad. We'll make 'em pay three to one for Appleyard.
00:19:47 I'm putting a new edge in my blade.
00:19:49 It looked like a saw.
00:19:51 Hatch, there was a message on that black arrow that felled Appleyard.
00:19:54 More threats from men who hate us.
00:19:56 Use your good sense, lad.
00:19:58 What else do you expect from enemies we've dealt hard with after victory?
00:20:01 There's more to it than that, Hatch.
00:20:03 It narrows down to a personal matter between the four of you who witnessed Father's death.
00:20:07 Where's the message, and why haven't you shown it to Sir Daniel?
00:20:10 Because it names him as my father's murderer.
00:20:13 It says you're next on their list.
00:20:15 Take my advice and burn that message.
00:20:17 They're just trying to poison your mind against him.
00:20:19 There's just one thing, Hatch.
00:20:21 How could it happen that with four of you present,
00:20:23 you let John Sedley seize a dagger and attack Father?
00:20:25 We... we were taken by surprise, lad, before we could raise a finger.
00:20:29 I've never seen anyone take you by surprise.
00:20:31 Take my advice, lad. Let the dead rest in peace.
00:20:34 You have naught to gain in this line but trouble.
00:20:36 Hatch, I'm going to find out the truth about this, no matter whom it hurts.
00:20:41 Now, Hatch, what's all this nonsense?
00:20:55 I tell you, Sir Daniel, Richard won't stop until he finds out what he wants to know.
00:20:58 Daniel, if he should learn of certain things that would...
00:21:01 Would what?
00:21:02 Well, confuse the boy, our position here wouldn't be...
00:21:05 Well, what I mean is, if the son of Sir Harry Shelton should get to high authorities...
00:21:09 You fool, if we say Sedley killed him, who's to dispute it?
00:21:12 I'm not so sure.
00:21:13 You leave Richard to me. I'll handle him.
00:21:15 Daniel.
00:21:16 Hmm. Rather sudden friendship.
00:21:27 Hatch, tell Richard I want to see him.
00:21:29 But it's hard to believe, Joanna.
00:21:42 Four men I've known and trusted all my life.
00:21:44 But it should have been just as hard for you to believe that an honourable knight like my father would murder an unarmed man.
00:21:49 It was. That's when I first questioned the story.
00:21:53 Then the Black Arrow messages. The castle garrisoned by Daniel's cutthroats.
00:21:57 Not one of father's men left.
00:21:59 They're lying, Joanna. I intend to find out why.
00:22:03 Richard, now I think I can tell you what I haven't dared to before.
00:22:08 Make one last, Richard. Your uncle wants to see you.
00:22:11 Very well, Hatch.
00:22:13 Take care, Richard.
00:22:15 I will.
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00:22:20 Come in, Richard.
00:22:30 A cup of wine?
00:22:32 No, thank you.
00:22:33 What have I been hearing about you?
00:22:35 If there's anything on your mind...
00:22:37 There is.
00:22:38 What became of father's men who garrisoned Tunstall while we were away at the war?
00:22:41 Why, most of them were killed off in local bickerings with Sedley Manor.
00:22:45 There was only a scant dozen ancient cripples left when I got home.
00:22:48 So I had Sir Oliver pinch them off.
00:22:50 They wouldn't be much use to you against the forest outlaws.
00:22:53 I wonder if my danger lies in that direction.
00:22:55 It's a rather startling statement, Richard.
00:22:58 But it seems to stem from what Hatch has just been telling me.
00:23:01 You're letting the lying schemes of this Joanna Mendahl, whoever the rogue may be...
00:23:05 Turn you against your own flesh and blood.
00:23:07 Your oldest friends.
00:23:08 Now as I understand it, I'm actually accused of taking your father's life.
00:23:12 Of murdering my own brother.
00:23:14 May I see this latest invention of outlaw fancy?
00:23:17 You'd best hear this, Oliver. It concerns you too.
00:23:24 Bennett Hatch be next, then Sir Oliver too.
00:23:28 The last forcer, Daniel, that ran Sir Shelton through.
00:23:31 Black arrows, threats, accusations, penny rhymes.
00:23:35 Do you really doubt my word, Richard?
00:23:37 I want only truth and justice, and I mean to get it.
00:23:39 Will you give me your knightly oath on this matter?
00:23:43 Willingly.
00:23:44 Upon my knightly word of honour, upon the eternal welfare of my spirit.
00:23:52 And as I shall answer for my...
00:23:53 Put up your swords at Shelton.
00:24:03 I'll do it, Daniel said, and ran him through.
00:24:05 So Shelton fell beneath the Bible, dead.
00:24:07 My loaves.
00:24:11 - Here you to the turret. Find that bandit archer. - Aye, Sir.
00:24:14 And you, take some men to the edge of the forest. Hurry.
00:24:18 - It's Oliver. - Yes?
00:24:23 Just a moment. I want a word with you.
00:24:25 Put your hand on that Bible, and take your oath as a knight that you're keeping nothing from me.
00:24:31 Don't ask that of me.
00:24:33 Isn't it enough that I swear that I'm innocent?
00:24:35 No, it's not enough. Did Daniel kill him?
00:24:37 Answer me.
00:24:39 I've... I've told you all I can, Richard.
00:24:42 You cowardly fool.
00:24:58 - But I... I told him nothing. - You couldn't have made it worse.
00:25:01 Sir Daniel, is something wrong? The boy passed me by without a word.
00:25:04 Hatch, did you examine Sedley after he fell from Appleyard's arrow?
00:25:08 There was no need. The arrow was buried in his heart.
00:25:10 I turned him over to the friar for burial.
00:25:12 The friar? Did you know him?
00:25:14 No, Sir. He was a stranger.
00:25:16 We've been tricked. There's only one man who could have written that message.
00:25:19 Who but John Sedley would know the last words between Harry Shelton and me?
00:25:23 What shall we do? If he and Richard did ever get together and go to Buckingham and the king?
00:25:27 There's only one thing to do. Hatch, first see to it if you can.
00:25:31 Neither the boy nor the girl, neither the castle.
00:25:34 First the father, now the son.
00:25:37 Daniel, is there no other way?
00:25:39 I'm beginning to think I never wanted it any other way.
00:25:42 Tunstall and Sedley Manor combined would make a great estate.
00:25:45 I saw you in the corridor and followed you.
00:25:59 The first thing you men think of is bloodletting.
00:26:01 There's no other way out of this now.
00:26:03 But they won't let you get to him.
00:26:05 Joanna, he killed my father. Not in fair fight, but unarmed and helpless.
00:26:08 Yes, I know, I know, and then blame my father for it.
00:26:10 But even if you do fight to get to him and kill him, you'll only make things worse.
00:26:13 You talk in riddles.
00:26:15 Wait, please.
00:26:17 There's more to be considered than your personal vengeance, Richard.
00:26:20 If you kill Daniel Brackley, Blaster will not only have your head,
00:26:24 he'll track down every man in the forest.
00:26:26 Including my father.
00:26:29 Your father?
00:26:31 That's what I tried to tell you in the garden.
00:26:33 Joanna Mendahl is my father.
00:26:35 But they executed him.
00:26:37 I don't know exactly what happened, but somehow father escaped.
00:26:40 He got word to me that he would live in the forest until justice could be done.
00:26:43 He's a gallant man.
00:26:45 He has no weakling for a daughter.
00:26:48 Sir Harry Shorten's son isn't so bad either, if he'd only listen to reason.
00:26:52 Oh, Richard, what we must do now is get to my father in the forest.
00:26:55 And what then? Be outlawed ourselves?
00:26:57 Not unless your King Edward of York is really as evil as we Lancastrians always thought him.
00:27:02 That's it, of course.
00:27:04 I'll take your father to the Duke of Buckingham.
00:27:06 He'll intercede with the King.
00:27:08 I bow to your brains, milady.
00:27:10 Well, it's about time somebody appreciated women.
00:27:14 England will never be great until she's had a queen or two.
00:27:18 A good idea, your majesty. A very good idea.
00:27:22 But it won't get us through the gates.
00:27:26 He's doubling the guard.
00:27:35 Well, what does the royal brain say to that?
00:27:37 It says what all queens say when they're stumped.
00:27:40 Good sir knight, you get us out of this mess.
00:27:43 Too late.
00:27:45 Good sir knight, you get us out of this mess.
00:27:48 To hear is to obey.
00:27:50 I hope your majesty doesn't faint at the sight of spiders and rats.
00:27:53 What, after seeing Yorkers around all these years?
00:27:55 You'll pay for that when we get down to the water cell.
00:27:57 Water cell?
00:27:58 Yes, the underwater hole in the castle wall, where you duck under and through and then swim the moat.
00:28:03 Pass me a light.
00:28:05 Oh, it's like a tomb.
00:28:09 You first, majesty.
00:28:10 I?
00:28:11 Just to hold the light until I can bolt the underside of the trap.
00:28:13 I do hope you know what you're doing.
00:28:15 I used to play Robin Hood in these passages, if I haven't forgotten them.
00:28:18 Oh, that's a pleasant thought.
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00:28:51 Oliver Oates, the weak link in Daniel's chain of lies.
00:28:54 He might be useful to us.
00:28:56 Yes, if our uncle lets him live to testify.
00:28:58 This way.
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00:29:22 They've locked the passage to the water cell.
00:29:29 What now?
00:29:30 The battlements.
00:29:32 We can jump from the wall into the moat.
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00:29:38 They've made a change in the working of this door.
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00:30:05 Stay here.
00:30:10 Don't make a sound.
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00:30:16 Stand where you are.
00:30:41 Good work, lad.
00:30:43 I forgot what I taught you.
00:30:45 Keeping me in the light while you stay in darkness.
00:30:47 But now what?
00:30:49 You wouldn't kill your old teacher.
00:30:51 I'll ask the questions, Hatch.
00:30:54 How do we get out of here?
00:30:56 Easy with that bow, lad. I mean no harm.
00:30:58 Too bad.
00:31:02 I thought you'd learned how far a sword could reach.
00:31:04 I have.
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00:31:38 Have done with it, lad.
00:31:40 There's one thing I can still teach you.
00:31:42 That's how to die.
00:31:43 That won't get us out of here.
00:31:45 Is it worth my life if I tell you the way?
00:31:47 I don't have much choice.
00:31:49 There's an iron bar on the floor.
00:31:51 Pull up on it hard.
00:31:52 Joanna, try it.
00:31:54 It's opened.
00:32:04 Good.
00:32:05 Come down and tie him up.
00:32:07 Stand.
00:32:09 Under your sword belt.
00:32:11 Put your hands behind your back.
00:32:14 Try it.
00:32:27 Bolt it from beneath.
00:32:31 Get to the battlements.
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00:33:05 Guys!
00:33:06 Get the girl.
00:33:19 Capture him.
00:33:29 Richard, jump.
00:33:30 It's our only chance.
00:33:34 Run, Richard, run.
00:33:35 Hold him.
00:33:44 Shoot him.
00:33:45 Don't let him get away.
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00:34:35 Why, he looks done for.
00:34:36 No, he's not a drop on him, either.
00:34:38 It's young Shelton.
00:34:40 So it is.
00:34:41 You found him not too soon.
00:34:44 Give me a hand.
00:34:45 Up to the left.
00:34:46 Who's that, Wallace?
00:34:55 Martin, get me a panic in the water.
00:34:58 Make a bowl of some old bread.
00:35:00 I never saw him before.
00:35:01 Wallace, who's the name?
00:35:03 Here, get Sir John through.
00:35:04 Sir John.
00:35:05 Who is it, Wallace?
00:35:08 Young Shelton.
00:35:09 Found him in the forest not far from his castle.
00:35:11 Pierced through the shoulder.
00:35:12 Not by one of our men, I trust?
00:35:14 No, by an arrow from a castle crossbow.
00:35:16 I hated to leave her in Daniel's hands, Sir John.
00:35:32 But our one chance was to get to you and take our case directly to the Duke of Buckingham and the King.
00:35:37 Easy, lad.
00:35:38 You haven't the strength of a sick field mouse.
00:35:40 Here, down a little of this ale.
00:35:42 It's the most palatable blood maker I know.
00:35:45 You did well, Richard.
00:35:46 But there may be no journey for you for some days.
00:35:48 You're not strong enough to ride.
00:35:50 At least I'm strong enough to learn the truth about my father's death.
00:35:53 I'll tell it to you, lad.
00:35:55 You know, of course, there was always bitterness in Daniel's heart.
00:35:59 Because your father, a Shelton, inherited Tunstall.
00:36:02 While he, a younger half-brother, got nothing.
00:36:04 I never thought about it.
00:36:06 I was still just a lad when Daniel went away to the wars ten years ago.
00:36:09 I've seen a little of him since.
00:36:11 The whole countryside knew it.
00:36:13 And the night I was brought to Tunstall a prisoner, Daniel and your father were no longer mincing words.
00:36:18 Don't threaten me in my own house, sir.
00:36:20 I want you and your men out of here by morning.
00:36:22 I'm acting in Gloucester's name.
00:36:24 And now that Sedley has destroyed his manor house,
00:36:26 this is my headquarters for as long as I choose to stay.
00:36:29 Come in.
00:36:31 Good evening, Sir John.
00:36:38 I'd hoped now that peace has come to welcome you in a different fashion.
00:36:41 Thank you, Sir Harry.
00:36:42 There can be no peace while tyrants like Sir Daniel and his crook-backed master, the Duke of Gloucester,
00:36:47 revenge themselves on honest men now at their mercy.
00:36:49 Sir John, in burning your manor house, destroying your property,
00:36:54 you have subjected yourself to the charge of high treason.
00:36:57 When Gloucester gets my report,
00:36:59 I doubt if anything so gentle as banishment will be your lot.
00:37:03 Hatch, disarm him. Take him to the dungeon.
00:37:06 I'd rather die here and now.
00:37:08 I'd be glad to accommodate you.
00:37:09 This will simplify matters.
00:37:11 Sedley, Daniel, put up your sword, Daniel.
00:37:13 Gladly.
00:37:14 Now defend yourself.
00:37:22 No sword point for you, Sedley.
00:37:24 I'm sparing you for better things.
00:37:26 In the presence of four witnesses,
00:37:28 you will follow the attack to enslave my unarmed brother.
00:37:31 That's murder, Sedley.
00:37:32 Take him away.
00:37:33 We'll make a public example of him.
00:37:34 No judge in this country will believe that charge, Brackley.
00:37:37 I'm judge here, Sedley.
00:37:38 This country is under martial law.
00:37:40 Take him away.
00:37:41 Fortunately for me, Daniel may be a good man.
00:37:49 Fortunately for me, Daniel made a public occasion of my execution,
00:37:53 which enabled my old friend Lawless to get to me in the courtyard.
00:37:57 Hear ye! Hear ye!
00:38:12 The prisoner, Sir John Sedley,
00:38:16 having been judged guilty of treason here proclaimed,
00:38:19 in that he did give aid and comfort to the king's enemies,
00:38:22 that he did refuse to surrender the manor of Sedley,
00:38:25 which was confiscated by the king's order,
00:38:27 that he did burn and raze said manor,
00:38:30 and that he did most foully murder Sir Harry Shelton.
00:38:33 Now, therefore, by order of the king's officer,
00:38:37 Sir Daniel Brackley,
00:38:39 he shall this day die in a manor suited to his rank and station
00:38:44 by an arrow well and truly aimed to the heart.
00:38:48 Halt!
00:39:13 Shall a man die without making peace with heaven?
00:39:16 I think it would be wise to be both just and merciful, Daniel.
00:39:22 Let him be shriven, but quickly!
00:39:25 Courage, my friend.
00:39:32 Lawless.
00:39:33 Did you think I'd forget the time you saved me from the gallows?
00:39:37 Stand fast, Sir John.
00:39:39 Let us pray Appleyard's aim still true.
00:39:42 Enough! Get on with it!
00:39:44 So perish all traitors to his majesty King Edward.
00:40:08 By your leave, Sir, I'll take Sir John to rest in holy ground.
00:40:12 I was a friar on his estate for years.
00:40:14 Take him, friar.
00:40:16 Go home now. Away with you.
00:40:18 And then, Lawless led me to this refuge.
00:40:25 And soon, we were joined by other victims of Daniel's oppressions.
00:40:30 And I was led to this refuge.
00:40:33 And soon, we were joined by other victims of Daniel's oppressions.
00:40:38 I took the name John of Endor.
00:40:41 Hoping for the day when we Lancastrians might obtain justice.
00:40:45 It's no longer a matter of Lancaster or York, Sir John.
00:40:49 I was anxious to obtain justice for you as I am for myself.
00:40:53 That's what we hoped for.
00:40:55 We counted on your being a fair man like your father.
00:40:58 What's wrong with mankind, Sir John?
00:41:00 That my uncle can turn men like Oliver Oates, Hatch and Appleyard into cutthroats and conspirators.
00:41:05 Greed, my boy. Promises of a share in the spoils.
00:41:08 Hatch and Oliver Oates have been given the farms of several of our men.
00:41:11 Driven from their homes because they refused to submit to your uncle's oppressive demands.
00:41:15 We must move faster, John. My Lord Buckingham has King Edward's favour.
00:41:18 But so has Daniel's friend at court, Richard of Gloucester.
00:41:21 If we let Daniel make the first move...
00:41:23 Steady, lad. Rest easy, Richard.
00:41:26 When you're able to ride to London, Lawless will get horses for us.
00:41:30 He'll do, Lawless. He's brought me new hope.
00:41:33 And then what happened?
00:41:38 Well, we followed his tracks, Sir Daniel, to where the outlaws must have found him and carried him off.
00:41:42 There was every sign that the boy was badly wounded, if not dead.
00:41:46 That calls for a change of plans, Hatch.
00:41:50 (SIREN WAILING)
00:41:53 (SIREN WAILING)
00:41:55 (SIREN WAILING)
00:41:58 (HORSE GALLOPING)
00:42:01 (HORSE GALLOPING)
00:42:04 (HORSE GALLOPING)
00:42:06 (HORSE GALLOPING)
00:42:08 (HORSE GALLOPING)
00:42:10 (HORSE GALLOPING)
00:42:12 (HORSE GALLOPING)
00:42:40 Thank you.
00:42:42 Are you sure you're fit for the journey, Richard?
00:42:44 Yes, the shoulder's as good as new.
00:42:46 Where are the horses? Did you get them?
00:42:51 No use, lad. We're too late.
00:42:53 They take those in every village and at every crossroad between here and Tilbury.
00:42:56 There goes our last court of appeal.
00:42:58 Daniel's done his work well, Sir John. He's turned King Edward against me.
00:43:01 What do you propose to do now, my boy?
00:43:03 I'll be only too glad to join you and your men, if you'll have me.
00:43:06 Gladly, lad. We'll have to work it out in our fashion now.
00:43:09 One thing, Sir John. There are fresh tracks of horsemen down by the glen as I came by this morning.
00:43:13 That needs looking into.
00:43:15 Richard, take some men around by the brook.
00:43:17 Cooper, Giles, Whitton, Norris, gather a party and lead them round about to cut the road behind them.
00:43:21 Green Sheave, you men there, come.
00:43:23 (WHISTLING)
00:43:33 (WHISTLING)
00:43:35 It's Benidatch.
00:43:46 Well done, men. Well done.
00:44:01 Overeagerness, sadly. It often leads to errors in judgment, and in your case, a fatal one.
00:44:06 Get him to the horses, quickly. Come along.
00:44:09 (WHISTLING)
00:44:19 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
00:44:21 Hatch, hold them off. Cover our retreat.
00:44:39 Men, head after them.
00:44:41 (HORSES GALLOPING)
00:44:43 (HORSES GALLOPING)
00:44:46 (GLASS SHATTERING)
00:44:48 (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
00:45:13 (GRUNTING)
00:45:15 (GRUNTS)
00:45:23 (HORSES GALLOPING)
00:45:29 (HORSES WHINNYING)
00:45:40 (HORSES WHINNYING)
00:45:42 (HORSES WHINNYING)
00:45:44 (HORSES GALLOPING)
00:46:12 Come on, Hatch. There'll be no bargaining this time.
00:46:15 Right you are, lad. We'll see who pays the reckoning.
00:46:18 You'll have to do better than that.
00:46:20 Remember this one.
00:46:29 (GRUNTS)
00:46:40 Here's one I didn't teach you.
00:46:42 (GRUNTS)
00:46:44 That one I taught myself.
00:46:48 You sent for me?
00:47:06 Yes, come in, Joanna.
00:47:08 Won't you sit down?
00:47:10 Thank you.
00:47:11 I thought it time we came to a fuller understanding.
00:47:14 I'm afraid I understand you all too well, Sir Daniel.
00:47:18 That'll make it all the easier.
00:47:20 But I don't think you understand my authority as your guardian
00:47:23 over the matter of arranging a marriage for you.
00:47:25 Is this marriage you hope to arrange for me
00:47:27 one that would give you permanent control of Sudley Manor?
00:47:30 You are as sensible as you are charming.
00:47:32 Your understanding is almost complete.
00:47:34 Almost, but not quite.
00:47:38 Do you really think I'd let myself live to be your wife?
00:47:41 That is the one remaining point of misunderstanding.
00:47:43 It's not your life that's at stake.
00:47:45 Come here, my dear.
00:47:49 Father.
00:48:00 A very gallant gentleman.
00:48:02 We'll make it a great occasion.
00:48:04 The Bishop of Tillsbury will officiate
00:48:06 and our guest of honor will be the Duke of Gloucester himself.
00:48:09 And when our guests are gone,
00:48:11 your father will be permitted to go to France in exile.
00:48:14 I seem to have no choice in this matter.
00:48:18 Very well, I agree.
00:48:21 A wise decision, dear lady.
00:48:23 Have I your permission to go now?
00:48:25 Of course, my dear.
00:48:27 Put the sewing women to work in your wedding gown.
00:48:29 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:48:31 Easy, lad.
00:48:46 You'll rescue neither Joanna nor her father with worry.
00:48:48 There's only one way.
00:48:50 We must get Sudley out of there.
00:48:51 Then she can refuse to go through with the wedding.
00:48:53 That's easier said than done.
00:48:55 What about your flier's robes? Have you more than one?
00:48:58 Half a dozen, if need be.
00:49:00 A man of my taking ways would be content
00:49:04 to pick up what he can here and there.
00:49:06 But I have a great respect for the cloth.
00:49:08 Never steal anything when I wear it.
00:49:10 It'll be dangerous for you at the castle.
00:49:12 They may recognize you.
00:49:13 The only man who saw my face at Sir John's execution was Hatch.
00:49:16 And you disposed of him.
00:49:18 By the way, I forgot to do him honor.
00:49:22 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
00:49:28 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
00:49:31 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
00:49:33 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
00:49:39 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
00:50:07 So that's your cutthroat, the Duke of Gloucester.
00:50:10 I'd not like to be hailed before him for justice.
00:50:12 Nor I now. He's no man of mercy.
00:50:14 How could you fight for some murderous villain?
00:50:23 I fought for York, not Gloucester.
00:50:25 There were ruthless men on both sides.
00:50:26 Heaven, none like yonder crook back.
00:50:28 He murdered our good King Henry in the Tower of London.
00:50:31 Heaven help all England if he ever becomes King Richard III.
00:50:34 Quiet, you'll get our throats cut.
00:50:37 My Lord Bishop, Old Tunstall is delighted to receive you.
00:50:40 Good day, Your Grace. I am honored that you accepted my invitation.
00:50:43 I was pleased to come, Brackley.
00:50:45 I don't readily forget my old battle companions.
00:50:47 Thank you, Your Grace.
00:50:48 Permit me to escort you to your apartments.
00:50:50 What now?
00:50:56 I have to see Joanna first.
00:50:58 Distract those guards in the doorway.
00:51:00 They'll follow me to the upper corridor.
00:51:02 Well, what have we here?
00:51:05 Good English ale?
00:51:06 Wine from France, Friar.
00:51:08 But too potent for a man of the cloth.
00:51:10 I'm a better judge of that.
00:51:12 A blessing to you, my son.
00:51:15 And good health.
00:51:16 What about a blessing for me, good Friar?
00:51:18 I need one badly.
00:51:19 Willingly, but my throat is so dry I can't pronounce it.
00:51:22 Perhaps this will loosen my throat.
00:51:25 A blessing on all of you, my brave lads.
00:51:27 Come, drink heartily.
00:51:30 Come, drink heartily.
00:51:31 To the King!
00:51:37 To the Duke!
00:51:40 To the King!
00:51:43 To the Duke!
00:51:45 To the King!
00:51:46 Hold still, child.
00:51:53 The body would think you were going to a funeral
00:51:56 instead of marrying the finest lord in Tunstall County.
00:51:59 I'm sorry, Dame Carter.
00:52:01 I suppose brides should wear the smile of happiness.
00:52:04 Oh, you straight fish.
00:52:28 There's a guard beyond.
00:52:29 One of those who rode with me to fetch Joanna.
00:52:31 Distract him.
00:52:32 Pleasant work, too.
00:52:34 Oh, he should drink the clary wine, that Friar John Evert.
00:52:42 Well, on dry and lonely duty, my son,
00:52:45 when merriment rules the castle.
00:52:47 Aye, and what are you doing up here, Friar?
00:52:49 I come as a Samaritan.
00:52:50 Wine from France.
00:52:52 And pleasantly potent, my lad.
00:52:54 Will you join me in a health to the bride?
00:52:57 Aye.
00:52:58 One to the Duke and the Bishop.
00:53:09 One to ourselves.
00:53:16 Your turn.
00:53:26 My turn again.
00:53:27 There's a young friar in the ante room, Mistress Sedley.
00:53:32 Wants to see you before the ceremony, he said.
00:53:34 A young friar?
00:53:36 Who sent him, did he say?
00:53:37 Only that he came to the castle with the Bishop and the Duke, my lady.
00:53:40 Oh, better see him, child.
00:53:42 It may put you in a better humor.
00:53:44 Richard, I knew you'd come to me somehow.
00:53:53 I've come to try and get your father out of the castle.
00:53:55 Then you can refuse to go through with the wedding.
00:53:57 But it's so dangerous, Richard.
00:53:59 It's the only way.
00:54:00 Whatever happens, you must go on with the ceremony
00:54:02 until you know we've succeeded or failed.
00:54:04 Yes, I'll go through with it.
00:54:06 And be praying for you.
00:54:07 Your Majesty.
00:54:08 That would be calling the wedding guests to the chapel.
00:54:14 I'm afraid so.
00:54:16 Remember what I told you.
00:54:17 I will.
00:54:19 Goodbye for now, Richard.
00:54:21 My heart goes with you.
00:54:23 (SIGHS)
00:54:24 (SINGS)
00:54:29 Shh!
00:54:35 You'll ruin everything.
00:54:36 You knife him?
00:54:40 No, should I?
00:54:41 No, no, he'll do as he is.
00:54:43 I'm afraid you won't.
00:54:44 I'm sorry, Richard.
00:54:45 Like all unsavage, well, I overestimated myself
00:54:49 and underestimated a friend.
00:54:51 Well, we can't stay here. Come on.
00:54:53 Richard, I've failed you.
00:55:02 It's too late to think of that now.
00:55:04 But, Richard...
00:55:05 Hide in here.
00:55:06 At least to the inner passageways.
00:55:08 What I have for you plans, land...
00:55:09 Never mind, never mind.
00:55:11 I'll try and save Sedley alone.
00:55:12 I'll come back.
00:55:13 Now, hurry.
00:55:15 (DOOR CLOSES)
00:55:17 (DOOR OPENS)
00:55:18 (DOOR CLOSES)
00:55:21 (DOOR OPENS)
00:55:49 Richard, why, you must be mad to come here like this.
00:55:52 I came to free Sir John Sedley and prevent this marriage if I can.
00:55:55 Richard, you must know how dreadful this has all been for me.
00:55:58 Your father's oldest friend.
00:56:00 It'll be more dreadful for you if you don't stop your hypocritical whining
00:56:02 and do as I tell you.
00:56:03 Do? But what can I do?
00:56:04 You can write an order to the dungeon keeper to let me take the prisoner.
00:56:07 I'll do the rest.
00:56:08 Oh, I wouldn't dare.
00:56:09 Danny would have me tortured to death.
00:56:11 I'd do anything I could to help you, Richard, but...
00:56:13 I thought when I came home from the war I was through with killing.
00:56:16 Take your pen and write what I say.
00:56:19 Write, "Deliver the prisoner Sedley...
00:56:21 "to this friar."
00:56:26 Sign it.
00:56:31 Not a sound out of you.
00:56:39 Not a sound out of you.
00:56:40 Good day, friar.
00:57:08 I come from Sir Oliver Oates.
00:57:10 Permission has been granted the prisoner
00:57:12 to witness his daughter's wedding from the vestry.
00:57:14 I'll open up for you, friar.
00:57:24 'Tis a kindly thought.
00:57:26 Ah, indeed.
00:57:27 Sinner though he be, he should be at least granted that privilege.
00:57:32 One moment, keeper.
00:57:37 Who gave this friar permission to visit the prisoner?
00:57:39 Sir Oliver Oates, my son. In writing.
00:57:42 No offence, father, but this is a very important prisoner.
00:57:46 I'm afraid we'll have to take you to Sir Oliver to verify this order.
00:57:51 I can understand your caution, my son.
00:57:53 There's great need of it today.
00:57:55 Be brave of heart.
00:57:57 My deliverance will come in time.
00:58:00 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
00:58:02 (GRUNTS)
00:58:14 He's no friar. It's Richard Shelton.
00:58:20 Disarm him and lock him in the dungeon with the other prisoner.
00:58:23 If he gives any trouble, silence him.
00:58:25 Yes, it would be a pity to have any disturbance while the Duke is here.
00:58:28 Take him away.
00:58:29 (FOOTSTEPS)
00:58:30 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
00:58:35 (FOOTSTEPS)
00:58:36 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
00:58:57 (FOOTSTEPS)
00:58:58 (FOOTSTEPS)
00:59:18 (FOOTSTEPS)
00:59:23 (FOOTSTEPS)
00:59:24 We are gathered here to unite in holy matrimony
00:59:41 as son and daughter of our church.
00:59:43 The solemn engagement by which you are to be united
00:59:48 is not of a transient and momentary nature.
00:59:51 It will bind you together during the whole period of your earthly existence.
00:59:56 "For what God hath joined," says the scripture,
00:59:59 "let no man put asunder, as nothing but death
01:00:03 "will be able to dissolve the union that is to exist between you."
01:00:08 It is of the highest importance that you should implore at this moment
01:00:13 that blessing of divine providence,
01:00:16 without which you would in vain promise yourself any real happiness.
01:00:21 Whatever may be your present anticipation,
01:00:24 whatever the tie of affection that binds you to each other,
01:00:28 the time of difficulty, the moment of trial must arrive
01:00:33 when all the courage of a generous heart
01:00:35 and all the piety of a true Christian
01:00:38 will be requisite to sustain you, to enlighten you,
01:00:42 and to protect from the fury of the storm the fair fruits of domestic peace.
01:00:48 It is this that awakens the feeling of the deepest interest among those...
01:00:52 Richard was here, but I've had him put into the dungeon.
01:00:55 ...prompts us all to invoke upon you the favour of the Almighty.
01:00:59 May he then extend to you those graces
01:01:02 which will be the security of your earthly happiness
01:01:06 and a pledge of your eternal welfare.
01:01:10 Guards, close the doors! Let no one leave!
01:01:13 My friends, don't be alarmed. The assassin will soon be found.
01:01:16 Well, Brackley, for whom was the arrow meant? You or me?
01:01:19 Your grace must realize my humiliation.
01:01:21 That rebellious traitor, young Richard Shelton, slipped in with our guests.
01:01:24 We have him in the dungeons.
01:01:26 His accomplice who shot the arrow will be quickly found.
01:01:28 I don't enjoy indoor archery, especially with myself as a possible target.
01:01:32 Seems I'll have to teach you how to deal with these outlaws.
01:01:35 We'll postpone this affair till the matter's been settled.
01:01:38 - Help me, sir. - Oh, there.
01:01:41 Serves you right, say I,
01:01:56 trying to deceive an honest dungeon keeper with such trickery.
01:01:59 But you didn't have me fooled for a moment, young man.
01:02:02 - Of course not. You're too clever for me. - Ah, lad.
01:02:05 Not with the wink of an eye did you have me fooled.
01:02:08 I let you in, says I, as I pick up my keys, meaning to do just that.
01:02:12 And keeping me eye on you all the time,
01:02:15 I could have had me darken your back in a trice.
01:02:18 - And another thing... - Go on.
01:02:20 - What? - I'm with you. No more nonsense.
01:02:22 - I hate... - Enough of your talk, man.
01:02:25 Open up, keeper. Thanks for the door, you two, and turn your faces to the wall.
01:02:31 Cut the bonds, at least. Would you let a man die of thirst?
01:02:35 No, fear, you'll not live that long. They'll have the gallows built by morning.
01:02:39 Ah, to think I let those Frenchmen get the best of me and bring us to such a pass.
01:02:45 Ah, the shame of it.
01:02:49 Disgusting.
01:02:52 - Your Grace. - Mr. Sedley. Won't you sit down?
01:03:00 - Thank you. - That must have been a very trying experience for you in the chapel.
01:03:04 There was worse in store for me, Your Grace, unless you went to see.
01:03:07 We've come to plead with you to right a great wrong.
01:03:10 Nothing pleases me more than to right a wrong that isn't one of my own.
01:03:14 - If you knew this girl's story, Your Grace... - I'm afraid I know it already.
01:03:18 Her father was a greatly wronged man, as are all Lancastrians,
01:03:21 and he really didn't mean to kill Sir Harry Shelton.
01:03:24 He didn't kill him. Sir Daniel Fosley accused him.
01:03:27 It was a conspiracy, Your Grace.
01:03:30 I think before you go further, the man you accused should be present.
01:03:33 - Catesby, send for Brackley. - Yes, Your Grace.
01:03:36 Have you no heart, man?
01:03:47 If there's no more ale, at least fill me a cup of cold water.
01:03:50 And have you get those great paws on me throat?
01:03:53 No, you don't, you murderous brigand!
01:03:55 He's much too clever for you, Lawless. He's a man of deep perception.
01:03:59 He knew I was no friar.
01:04:01 I'm afraid he's too honest a man as well.
01:04:03 Not even a gold coin could tempt him to take a message for me.
01:04:07 - What kind of a message? - A most secret one.
01:04:11 I'll have to whisper it.
01:04:13 Well, whisper it and no tricks, or I'll drive this dirt to the hilt in ye.
01:04:18 Down!
01:04:20 Get his keys.
01:04:23 (Door opens)
01:04:25 Lawless.
01:04:32 (Grunts)
01:04:38 (Grunts)
01:04:42 (Breathing heavily)
01:04:44 (Grunts)
01:04:46 (Door opens)
01:04:51 (Footsteps)
01:04:53 Wait. There's the wait of the battlements and moats, Sir John.
01:04:58 You sure you and Lawless want to go through with this instead of trying for the forest?
01:05:02 I'm for seeing it through, wherever it ends. What do you say, Lawless?
01:05:05 Aye. An arrow in the back or a swinging noose? What's the odds?
01:05:08 Yes, for it.
01:05:10 You sent for me, Your Grace?
01:05:15 Brackley, I thought it only just that you'd be present while your charming bride finishes the strange story she started to tell me.
01:05:21 - Thank you, Your Grace. - Proceed, Mr Sedley.
01:05:23 Your Grace, when Sir Daniel had my father arrested...
01:05:27 Come on, Lawless. Shoot the first one to move.
01:05:29 - What's this? More assassins, Brackley? - Take the door, Sir John.
01:05:32 Silence the first one to open it.
01:05:34 Now, Your Grace, I'll answer your question myself.
01:05:37 Not assassins, but men unjustly condemned to die and desperate enough not to care how,
01:05:41 so long as they first have a chance to lay their cause before you.
01:05:43 - Your Grace... - Silence, Daniel.
01:05:45 I'll run you through with as little mercy as you showed my father.
01:05:48 So, this is the young traitor, Richard Shelton.
01:05:50 No traitor, Your Grace, but the same Richard Shelton who was knighted by your brother, the King, less than a month ago.
01:05:55 And since outlawed for consorting with our enemies, what sort of loyalty is that?
01:05:59 Or this, confronting me with drawn weapons? I've had men in the rack for less.
01:06:03 Hear, Your Grace. I submit to any judgment you may pronounce, once you have heard my case.
01:06:08 I'll hear nothing while your fellow conspirators still threaten us.
01:06:11 Lower your weapons.
01:06:13 Brackley, you were a good man in the field, but remind me never to visit you again without an army at my back.
01:06:18 Now, what's this about your father's death?
01:06:20 You accusing Brackley of murdering his own half-brother?
01:06:23 Yes, and of condemning Sir John Sedley for the crime,
01:06:25 and falsely reporting the matter to you in a complete tissue of lies.
01:06:28 Then, when he saw I was on the right scent, he set a death trap for me here in my own castle,
01:06:32 forcing me to take to the forest for refuge.
01:06:34 I deny each and every accusation, Your Grace.
01:06:36 He chose to believe the trumped-up charges of our enemies.
01:06:38 What proof have you to offer of these accusations?
01:06:41 Only the word of Sir John Sedley, who, though an enemy of York, is a man whose honor is beyond question.
01:06:45 There were three other witnesses, Your Grace,
01:06:47 all treacherously slain by these same accusers, lest they live to testify in my favor.
01:06:51 All this leads to nothing, young sir.
01:06:54 The witness is dead, the word of an enemy outlaw and young renegade knight,
01:06:58 against that of a tried and true battle companion.
01:07:01 Your Grace, I prove my loyalty on the battlefield, and stand ready to prove it again.
01:07:05 I might concede as much in your favor.
01:07:08 You may have been duped by the revengeful plottings of these outlaws.
01:07:11 But in all else, the facts weigh heavily for Brackley.
01:07:13 I see no reason to interfere with this wedding, or the previous judgments against these Lincastrians.
01:07:18 Then I claim my knightly and legal right to submit my cause and theirs to the highest court of all,
01:07:23 on the field of honor.
01:07:24 Trialed by combat?
01:07:26 My life against Brackley's, under the judgment of heaven.
01:07:28 I protest, Your Grace. The church forbids such encounters.
01:07:32 It's a true man's way of settling such disputes.
01:07:35 And much more entertaining than a wedding.
01:07:38 You've raised a challenge I'm bound by our ancient code of chivalry to respect.
01:07:42 But you must limit your cause to the issues affecting your own life, honor and happiness.
01:07:47 If it please Your Grace, the fate of Sir John Sedley and his daughter's happiness is now one cause with mine.
01:07:53 So?
01:07:54 So that's the way of it. A romance.
01:07:57 What say you, Catesby?
01:07:59 May the challenging knight submit such additional appeals to this trial by battle?
01:08:03 Ay, Your Grace. It's been permitted in many cases.
01:08:06 And you, Sedley, you willingly rest your hopes for mercy on the outcome?
01:08:09 Yes, Your Grace. I only wish I were young enough to champion my own cause.
01:08:13 And you, Bowman?
01:08:14 Ay, Your Grace. I stand or fall with a ladsword.
01:08:17 What say you, Brackley? Do you accept this challenge?
01:08:20 Gladly, if I must act as a mere executioner.
01:08:22 Splendid. This will make my visit here memorable indeed.
01:08:26 I ask the judgment against my companions be suspended and that they may act as seconds in this encounter.
01:08:31 Granted.
01:08:32 I cannot lend my presence further to this forbidden arrangement.
01:08:36 If you'll excuse me, Your Grace.
01:08:38 Very well.
01:08:39 Here is a gauntlet tonight. You know the proper ritual?
01:08:44 By heart, Your Grace.
01:08:45 This will be a severe test. Your opponent has many years' experience in the use of lance, battle axe and mace.
01:08:51 If my cause be just, how can I lose?
01:08:53 Well spoken. Now make your challenge.
01:08:55 I do accuse you, Daniel Brackley, of being a foul and a tainted murderer, liar and false witness.
01:09:01 I offer to prove my charge and all that it maintains in mortal combat on the field of honor.
01:09:05 And herewith my gauge of defiance.
01:09:21 I dub thee Sir Richard, my true and noble knight.
01:09:25 And give thee this token to wear into battle and preserve thee from mortal harm.
01:09:30 Where did you learn that, Your Majesty?
01:09:32 From the same ancient book of chivalry from which you took your challenge.
01:09:36 Oh, Richard, I'll be praying every moment from now on.
01:09:40 I'll be thinking of you in the chapel praying.
01:09:42 I'll be at the list, not at the chapel.
01:09:44 It will be a sorry world indeed when a woman cannot bear to watch the man she loves go into peril for the sake of all they hold dear.
01:09:51 You really are a queen, Joanna.
01:09:53 [Music]
01:10:04 [Trumpet]
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01:10:30 Know ye all who are present.
01:10:33 By order of His Grace, the Duke of Gloucester, the two knights, Sir Daniel Brackley and Sir Richard Shelton,
01:10:40 will now settle all questions of truth and justice between them under the code of trial by combat.
01:10:48 There will be no replacement of weapons.
01:10:50 Each man must defend himself as best he can at all times, as there will be no quarter asked or given.
01:10:56 Agreed, Sir Daniel?
01:10:57 Agreed.
01:10:58 And you, Sir Richard?
01:11:00 Agreed.
01:11:02 Then may heaven defend the one whose cause is righteous.
01:11:05 [Music]
01:11:19 Godspeed you, Richard.
01:11:20 Thank you, Sir.
01:11:21 How do you feel this, lad?
01:11:23 Just below the shoulder.
01:11:25 [Music]
01:11:35 If your cause is just, milady, what need is there to pray? Isn't Providence looking on?
01:11:42 One glance at your coat of arms, Your Grace, and it might turn its back on the whole affair.
01:11:46 I must remember to tell that to Brother Edward.
01:11:50 [Music]
01:12:02 [Growl]
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01:12:22 [Gunshot]
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01:12:39 [Gunshot]
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01:13:06 [Gunshot]
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01:13:33 That was a foul blow if ever I saw one.
01:13:35 Yes, Your Grace.
01:13:36 [Music]
01:13:42 [Gunshot]
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01:13:45 [Gunshot]
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01:14:05 [Growling]
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01:14:25 [Gunshot]
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01:14:53 [Gunshot]
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01:15:23 Well fought, Sir Knight. I'm happy to see you're able to stand.
01:15:26 I'll live, Your Grace.
01:15:27 And so will all your friends.
01:15:28 Sir John, the House of York needs friends more than enemies.
01:15:32 I restore your estates and all former rights and privileges.
01:15:34 My thanks, Your Grace.
01:15:36 Your Grace, you've been more than kind.
01:15:38 Please, milady, you mustn't spread rumors like that about. You'll ruin my reputation.
01:15:42 Oh, Richard, you are all right, aren't you?
01:15:48 Perfect now, Your Majesty.
01:15:51 [Music]