"Previously..." "Luther denies that Rome mediate between God and men." "With abundant generosity, I have given 60 days to that heretic to withdraw his words." "If he does not, he will have to be arrested immediately." "If I lose the Pope's favour, the threat of England and France will extend to all of my borders." "I propose you a peaceful agreement." "Encourage Henry to meet me for this aim." "May everyone know the the dauphin and my daughter will be man and wife one day." "Hernán Cortés, why are you coming to me?" "On the order of my lord, the King of Castile, I come to show you the true faith." "With the man who represents him here, Hernán Cortés, I will govern these domains." "Cardinal Wolsey had a meeting with King Francis." "They are planning an alliance." " We are leaving!" " Your Highness, it was only a game!" "Let us return to the banquet." "Win in magnanimity, at least." "He is dead for me!" "You will govern Spain during my absence." "The rebels of Castile have taken Tordesillas." "Declare that the throne belongs only to you, or the enemies of our cause will not stop until they annihilate us." " Do you want me to overthrow Charles?" " Ferdinand didn't propose to be candidate." "If you have any grudge because of this, it should be towards me." "I am introducing you the new Archduke of Austria, my brother Ferdinand." "I will only marry Charles." "Either Caesar or nothing." "You will go to Portugal to marry King Manuel." "I regret to inform you that my husband, the King of England, sealed grave agreements with France." "Agree to our conditions." "And let us isolate the French with our agreement." "He took away an empire from me and now he takes an ally." "What harm have I done to God to deserve Charles?" "They have revolted." "They seems to be obsessed with fraud!" "And our men even more do." "They believe the Mexicans are preparing it as a disguise to attack us." "Stop!" "We will not leave this place." "Either we escape or this will be our last dwelling." "Heresy and War" "Sent by Hernán Cortés, Captain and Chief Judge of Yucatán, to the very high and most powerful Caesar, Señor Don Charles, Emperor and King of Spain." "We are referring to the things that happened during the conquest of the city of Tenochtitlán and the other provinces that rebelled." "As the deaths of the Spanish was in our hearts, it was my will to return to the city." "We promised everyone that we would not depart without victory or leaving there our lives." "More than 6000 souls died, inculding men, women and children." "Those from the city fought and they were such a crowd and they gave so many cries and roars, that it seemed the world would break apart." "They sacrificed every Spanish who they caught, tearing out their hearts, to offer them to their idols." "Since the day we approached the city, until they ran away, 75 days passed, with many dangers and misadventures that the subjects suffered." "Very Catholic lord:" "May God, Our Lord maintain your royal person, and enlarge you with augmentation of greater kingdoms and lordships, as his true heart wishes." "That Cortés destroyed an empire." "He did." "Will you name him governor of the conquered territories?" "Not yet." "Now all I have to think about is the Diet of Worms." "I am glad of it." "No doubt, that is your first great challenge as emperor." "At the assembly of Worms, Your Majesty, you will meet all the princes of the Imperial States." "There will be petitions to pay attention to." "As usual." "True." "But, first of all, the princes want to see the new emperor." "To offer an opinion." "Those princes has already proved themselves to be very expensive to us, and they want even more." "That is why we should prepare this meeting with the greatest care." "Worms will mark the beginning of your governance, Your Majesty." "And it will not be an easy task." "Forgive me for being late, Your Majesty." "A letter has come from Rome." "The Pope wants to know why I have not done anything against Luther yet." "My lord, it is not only the pope who that heretic defies with his taunts." "But also the empire and your authority." " Hand him over to the agent of Rome." " Luther enjoys the affection of the Germans." "Going against him would be going against Frederick and, hence, against the princes." "Is this how the Emperor should introduce himself before them" " in their first meeting?" " There should be only one faith in the Empire." "That is what maintains it united, and the emperor takes care of it." "Several threats are preying already upon our borders, Lord of Chiévres." "So it is best not to provoke more conflicts in the inside." " What we cannot do is..." " Enough!" "I know what I have to do." "Gentlemen, I ascended the throne eager for glory, with the plan of demonstrating to the world the power of the Crown of France." "And, thanks to this the Duchy of Milan belongs to you." "No doubt, Charles has similar pretensions." "Half of Spain has revolted against him." "And the German nobility is not going to prove themselves to be easy." "Will that soothe his longings?" "No." "In the best of the cases, that will only delay them." "I have decided to attack the Emperor on several fronts." "Navarre, where Albret will enter with the support of Lesparre." "While Charles rearranges his troops to keep the attack off, we will invade Luxembourg." "His first duchy." "Itt will not cause him rejoicing." "I've foreseen the he will counterattack from Germany and Naples towards Milan." "That is why I will reinforce our presence in Italy." "I will send the Lord of Lescun to the Duchy of Milan in order to help Lautrecet." " Any objection, Constable?" " Sire..." "I am worried less because of the plan than because of the chosen men to put through." "With all due respect, the Lord of Lesparre is not the appropriate man to command the offensive en Navarre." "And the Lord of Lescun..." "No doubt, Lautrec will be very glad to receive his brother's visit, but entrusting them with the defense of the Duchy of Milan seems temerity to me." "And I suppose your reserves has nothing to do with the fact that they are the brothers of Françoise de Foix?" "Rather with the fact that this would be his only action worth mentioning in his sheet of services." "Questioning their capacity of command, you doubt mine, too." "I am your councillor, Your Highness." "And the leader of your armies." "I have to behave as such." "Then go and respect my orders." "My lady, I am not applying to you invoking a friendship when we know it is devastated." "But our quarrels must not impede that you intervene." "But I agree with your son in something:" "the future of France is at stake." "Are you asking me to criticize the King himself in a matter of war?" "I am applying to your common sense." "I ask you to bring him to reason." "It is been a while since he doesn't listen to me." "If he wants to give proof of his love for his mistress, it would be good to find a way of doing it which doesn't lead France into disaster." "Welcome!" "I am pleased to congratulate you on your victory in Tordesillas." "The King thanks you for having rescued his mother and sister that way." "Not all the news are good." "The fall of Tordesillas should have provoked the surrender" " of the other rebel cities." " But it didn't." "I thought I could soon tell His Majesty that Castile was in peace again." "Padilla has reorganized his forces and it has encouraged the rebels." "However, there is something." "I have the impression that we didn't capture" "Tordesillas only because of the determination of our men." "Someone could smooth the way for us." " Explain yourself." " Do you remember Pedro Girón?" " He wanted the Duchy of Medina-Sidonia." " But His Majesty denied." "His men protected the city but made an unexplainable decision, a mistake, which let us open a breach and recapture it." "Do you think he did it to favor us?" "We have no proof but it is our sensation." "An interesting supposition..." "What do you suggest?" "It may be advantageous to know what Girón has on the brain." "Tell me, Girón, why did you leave the southern access to Tordesillas unprotected?" "We saw the opportunity of capturing Villalpando, and we did so." "You know well that we succeeded." "Are you saying that it seemed opportune to lessen the defense of Doña Joanna to go on the conquest of another place?" "An unusual strategy, no doubt." "And very risky." "Is there a precise accusation behind your words?" "Because, if there is, a knight should say it face to face." "Many people ask themselves the same question, but I have interceded for you." "I thought I would understand your reasons, however, you are not giving me arguments to defend yourself." "It seems it is not engough, neither to you nor to the others, that I have risked my fortune and name because of this cause." "Maybe you were led to the conclusion that your presence amongst us costs too much." "I am a grand of Castile." "You cannot even imagine what I can lose." "But those who think that I am one of those traitors who turned their eyes back towards the Crown," " those will have to confront me." " Calm down, Girón." "You have fought bravely." "And that is why you will remain by our side." "But you will only lead your men." "Traitor or not, the loss of Tordesillas has dispersed the despondency." "Now there are voices that suggest that we should negotiate with the nobles." "Having reached so far to end humiliated!" "It is not the moment to regret but to fight with more fierceness against the enemy." "Right." "In Burgos, there are still many people who are loyal to our cause, and we can recover it." "Padilla, they respect you more than anyone." "If they know that you are going there they will support us." "Then let us go as soon as possible." "My lord..." "John." "Tell me, father." "Soon you will be King of Portugal." "I want..." "I want you to take care of your stepmother and sister as if you were me." "I will, father." "Promise me... that you will not marry until you have wedded your sister with the Emperor." "Promise me." "I promise, father." "Father..." "Your father's death makes me a widow and condemns me to go back to Castile." "It will not be tomorrow." "Do you think that Charles will not demand me without delay in order to wed me with whom he wishes?" "The Emperor will respect your mourning." "I am sure of it." "My dear friend, that Caesar whom you dream to marry doesn't have a heart." "I assure you." "How can you say such a thing about your brother?" "Because I know him." "He sacrifices whoever he needs." "Including his most beloved ones." "Everbody, on the altar of his interests." "Listen to me, Eleanor." "When I marry your brother, and God know that this day will come," "I will intercede for you and I will do my best to give you a worthy husband for the Queen of Portugal." "To hand over Luther?" "How can you think of such a thing?" "Have you not read his letter to the Pope?" " Has he retracted his words, finally?" " Not exactly." "But in that, it remains quite clear that Luther is loyal to His Holiness." "His critics aim at the Curia of Rome." "Maybe your protege should be less prolix in his writings and think over his deeds with more prudence." "We are not here to argue about theology nor to judge someone who is right." "I could order the arrest of Luther today." "And you would have to hand him over." "However, I want to give him a last opportunity." "There is somehing in which Luther and I agree." "I also believe that a reform in the Church is expedient." "But the debate should take place inside of the Church itself." "Not on the margin." "Nor against Rome." "Do you think that this thing is possible?" "I will spur the covoking of a synod." "There, he and many others will be able to expose their ideas." "But I have a condition:" "he should retract his writings, just as the Pope demands." "And he has to do that in public, at the assembly of the Empire." "You promised that your subjects would be judged unbiasedly." "I understand that Luther will have the opportunity to defend himself." "I keep my promises." "And you?" "Will you convince him to show himself?" "Who assures me that you will not use the opportunity to arrest him?" "There will be nothing against him." "You have my word." "I would like to find the best way out of this conflict." "Your Majesty." "France is attacking us." "Damned Francis!" "He has chosen the moment well." "A typical ability of serpents, Your Majesty." "The problem is that he surprised us." "We cannot pay attention to so many fronts at the same time." "And the French knows that." "We have to reorganize our forces." "That will take a time we don't have." "Gattinara, you are going to travel to England immediately." "Your Majesty, I very much doubt that Henry will accept to enter into this war." "He assumed it if France attacks us." "He will not do it." "But he can mediate to get a truce." "A truce to gain time and reorganize our armies." "I trust you." "Do as much as you can." " Each hour yields our favour." " Your Majesty." "Soon Francis will be a poor king, or I will be a poor emperor." "It is true that you have the privilege to choose your men." "But also the obligation to have the best ones." "And what makes you think that Françoise's brothers are not those?" "That no one consider them worthy of such honours, except you and, I suppose, your mistress." "Have you allied with my cousin against Françoise?" "With whom else you conspires behind my back?" "I forbid you to doubt my loyalty." "You are the King of France but also my son." "I gave birth to you." "I have created you." "It is not reprehension but frank worry that we both feel because of your caprices." "I don't make decesions lightly, mother." "And I will not dispense the lords of Foix from the entrusted missions." "But, since you are so worried by this campaign, you should know that I will march on the front of my armies in Luxembourg." "And I will let your friend, the Constable, know that." "You need to rest." "Tomorrow is going to be a long day." "Every day is long, brother." "The fronts that I must pay attention to are multiplying." "My days are lacking hours." "I wonder if I will have time to fight so much fire." "My enemies belive me to be vulnerable." "And they dare to swoop down on me." "Are you, maybe?" "We all are, in some moments." "They are, too, then." "It will not take long before they uncover that." "One by one, Your Majesty." "One by one." "Alright, then." "First, Luther." "Then I will go to Francis on the front of my armies." "And I will go with you." "I would not lose the defeat of that arrogant French for all the world." "Luther must not show himself before the assembly of Worms." "It is a grave mistake." "You are not someone to question the decision of the Emperor." "And we should stay silent when it can bring damaging consequences?" "Before leaving for England, use your influence on him, please." "Convoking the heretict before the Imperial Diet gives him the opportunity to diffuse his ideas even more, if that is possible!" "As if it were not enough with his books." "But we must trust in the Emperor's good judgement." " No, we must protect him from himself!" " Hold your horses, Lord of Chiévres!" "We cannot calculate the consequences Luther's presence." "But His Majesty has given his word." "He has to keep it." "Don't cry more, please." "I hope that what I am going to tell you would ease your pain." "What is it, my lady?" "Does the idea of marrying me displease you so much?" "No." "No, Your Highness." "It is not that." "I understand that it could seem to be abrupt." "The King's death is still recent, but the council of the kingdom..." "My lord, you know the settlement your father signed." "In that, there is no word about a wedding with the heir." "My brother will not hesitate to demand my return to Castile." "Do not worry." "I will not bow to him." "Listen to me." "Please." "I have had a secret for a long time which devours me from inside." "I love you, Eleanor." "I love you from the moment I saw you coming to the palace." "You don't know how many nights I died of jealousy." "How I hated my father because I knew that you are in his arms." "Your Highness, please..." "have you gone mad?" "God know that I am saying the truth." "My adored Eleanor!" "I know you feel affection for me." "That is enough." "And I have the hope that one day you will love me as I love you." "Ah, my lord." "I..." "I would like nothing more than stay here but..." "Tell me, have you sent an embassy to Castile to arrange my wedding with the Emperor?" "No." "Not yet." "Your wedding will have to wait." "The Royal Council has decided that I should marry Eleanor." "That is the most useful for the Crown." " You promised our father..." " You don't have to remind me!" "But to wed you with the Emperor requires a dowry that Portugal cannot give without emptying the treasury." "However, my wedding with Eleanor doesn't require a dowry." "It is a wedding between equals." " Are you not ashamed?" " Hold your horses, sister!" "I understand your frustration." "But I am not going to tolerate that you don't respect me." "You!" "Do you dare to demand respect?" "My lord!" "Burgos is definitely lost." "The King's men are not only adroit with the sword," " but also use the fear." " They have scattered the terror" " among our men." " Our cause is just." "We should not lose faith." "You are right." "Now that Burgos is lost, we only have one chance." "There is a place, on the line which unites Valladolid with Tordesillas and Rioseco." "Torrelobatón!" "From that point, the region could be dominated." "If we capture Torrelobatón, we can cut the supplies of our enemies." "And prepare the counterattack." "What are we waiting for to go there?" "No." "This time, you will not come with me." "After a defeat like this, I need you in Toledo." "María..." "The flame of the rebellion must not be extinguished in the cities that are still loyal." "And, in Toledo, they respect you as much as me." "Promise me that we will see each other again." "Not even death could impede that." "I love you." "Thank you for coming to my call, but, above all, for trusting me." "I want to think that the word of a grand is worth as much as that of another." "Including in these troublous times!" "You will wonder why I have proposed this meeting." "The war which sets us against each other can only end in one way:" " with the victory of the Crown." " Time will show." "There is a natural order." "Nothing can change it." "This order allows that now we are conversing as equals" " in spite of fighting on opposite sides." " You are shuffling." "Be clear and explain to me what I am doing here." "We want to offer you a treaty." "Help us catch the leaders of the movements." "I have heard about your differences." "Do you also consider me a traitor?" "The only traitors are those who will pay for their acts, when this ends the way I have already explained." "You, however, could not only get forgiveness, but also improve your situation." "I suppose, of course, that you are talking in the name of the Crown." "I am." "I am interested in your offer but I know what I want in return." "So that felon demands the dukedom that I denied from him once?" "It seems that the cause what united him with the rebel side was not another." "And now, he returns to the trail." "What audacity!" "He should be satisfied with keeping his head." "I understand your anger but Castile is bleeding to death in that war." "Girón could help us well to end the revolts with one blow." "Okay." "He will be duke, then." "But I will not give him anything else." "Now let us see how the heretic defends himself." "Worms, 17 April 1521" "Do you recognize those books?" "Yes, I do." " I wrote them." " They contain scandalous, erroneous, offensive ideas, and seductive for the simple souls." "They demonstrate your attack against the doctrine of the Church." "Do you retract these writings?" "Do you retract them?" "I need time to answer." "Time?" "You, who use words with such an ease, need time to answer with a yes or no?" "I would like to think over my answer." "In order to be fair to the word of God and the health of my soul." "You must give the answer now!" "Now!" " Give him what he wants." " No!" "He should answer without more delay." "Do you not see what is happening?" "You have one day." "Tomorrow, you will show yourself before us with your answer." "He should have retracted his words!" "That is why he had to appear!" "It would be good to talk to his protector." "To learn how Luther reacted to your recommendation." "Wake up, Your Highness!" "The Saxon has fooled us again." "If we act against Luther now, we will make him a hero, a martyr." "How long would the nobles hestitate to abet their peasants against you?" "But, if we let him go, his ideas will spread like weed." "A trap..." "I have fallen into a trap!" "Catch Luther, my lord." "Rome demands it." "Nobody could reproach you for it." "Do it, and the Germans will consider you a footman of the Pope." "You gave your word that Luther would not be arrested." "You kept it!" "And the heretic didn't." "Let us wait until tomorrow." "That he gives us his answer." "For being so young, you are too cautious!" "You should not wait for the blow;" "you should forestall it!" "We will wait until tomorrow!" "You are doing skinny favour your emperor with similar pieces of advice." "The weed can only be eradicated by the root." "You sold your defeat dearly, and your people paid for it well with blood." "You won." "Grab your knife and kill me right here." "It is fair." "You fought bravely." "You don't deserve to die." "You are my prisioner." "But you will get a treatment worthy of your position." "Your privileges will be respected." "You have my word." "Don't be ashamed." "Only cowards and people without honour should be." "Even defeated, he is still a great leader for his people." "He is more useful alive than dead." "Sir." "We've suffered very much together to reach so far." "But remember, that my suffering began before you reached these coasts." "What are you getting at?" " I would like to return to Castile." " Go, if that is your wish." "You fulfilled more than enough for me." "And for the Crown." "Aguilar, my friend." "Thank you..." "My lady." "My lord..." " Help me." " Calm down." "What is the matter?" "With all of my strength, I would like to be faithful to the word of God." "But..." " I fear the strength fails me." " Listen to me carefully:" "no one, except for God, should judge you." "Is it not what you suggest in your writings?" "Each person has the salvation of their soul in their hands." "Neither the Pope nor the Curch of Rome could mediate between believer and God." "Well then, if you have faith in what you write, you have nothing to fear." " And tomorrow?" " I will be with you." "Be faithful to your conscience." "Sir!" "You convinced your men to follow you with the promise that they would go back home as rich men." "And some of them can't even pay for their weapons." "I know it very well." "We saw a treasury with our own eyes!" "We conquered an empire to get it!" "But now..." "I'm also disappointed in the booty." "I assure you, my part and the royal fifth cover their miserable payment." "If we knew where they are hiding it..." "I swear we will not stop until we find it!" "Cuauhtémoc... must know where they are hiding it." "The men ask what you are waiting for to obligate him to speak." "I won't torment someone who fought bravely in order to knead our greediness!" "We should behave in another way with him." "There are some men who suspect of your softness with the defeated..." "They think you know the whereabouts of the treasury, because they think you are a friend of Cuauhtémoc." "If they have the guts, may they dare to say that face to face!" " Calm down, my lord!" " Take your anger out on me, if you wish." "Do it!" "But I warn you:" "they consider you the last obstacle which stands between them and the treasury." "And we both know the way obstacles are eliminated in these lands." "I don't worry about the men, I worry about the King!" "In Castile, they believe that here it is enough to hold out a hand to fill it with gold again and again." "What would happen if those rumours came to the ear of the Crown?" "How long would Velázquez hesitate to take away the governance of these lands from me?" "How long?" " Have you been discreet?" " Yes, my lord." "Here what we agreed is." "I have complied." "Now, it is your turn." " Of course." " You cannot fail." "I warn you." "Now go." "I hope you thought well over your answer." "Yes." "I did." "And, as you wish, I am going to give you that." "While I do not confute the Holy Scripture or the evident reasons, unlike popes and synods, which often contradict one another," "I do not want to, and I cannot retract my words." "Because that would be going against my conscience and God's word." "May God help me!" "He condemned himself, Your Majesty." "It is the moment to arrest him." "You have a charter to leave the city." "Do it while it is still effective." "Then your luck will decide it." "Discover who was the man who achieved to escape, but do nothing." "I only want his name." "You are still in time to save yourself from an unnecessary suffering, and to save me from a painful task." "Please..." "Tell me where you are hiding the treasury." "If you say it, I will do that you and your people stop to suffer." "One more time!" "Do what is necessary to make him speak." "Do it until he finds his tongue." "More!" " I told you that you had nothing to fear." " Thank you." "I thought I would never see the light of the next day again." "That is how it could be." "But the one who wanted to finish you off will not have another opportunity." "Calm down, my dear friend!" "Please." "How do you want me to calm down?" "You are going to impede my wedding with your brother." "I would never do such a thing, Isabella." "You know how much I respect you." "What will happen when the Emperor learns it?" "Go back to Castile, or you will be accomplice in my disgrace." "Do you not understand?" "If we don't fulfill the agreement, he will refuse to marry me." "Are you asking me to sacrifice my happiness for yours?" "Your happiness?" "My brother doesn't care about you." "He only wants to save the money of my dowry." "You are the one who doesn't understand it, my lady!" "I am the Queen of Portugal, and I wish to stay here!" "So this agreement is also good for you." "John is nearly my age and I feel great affection for your brother." "You..." " love him?" " I will get to love him." "I know I will." "No doubt, my brother and you will make a good deal with your union." "But not on my cost." "Will you break the promise you made to our father on his deathbed only to slip into bed with his widow?" "!" "Since when are you so miserable?" "Don't give up on Eleanor if you desire her so much, but marry someone else!" "Is it not the dowry that troubles you?" "We will compensate mine with that of your wife." "Enough!" "Dear sister, your offer is unworthy." "Because I love Eleanor deeply." "But, above all, it is useless." "Your beloved emperor is engaged to the daughter of Henry of England." "Read." "Read!" "You said it yourself:" "either Caesar or nothing." "I fear it will be nothing." "How is it possible that we lost Torrelobatón?" "The Count of Haro claims that the Count of Melgar hadn't hasked him to go to the defense of Torrelobatón," " the Count of Melgar blaims the Count of Haro..." " And who is responsible?" " The two and all of them." " Don't come to me with puzzles." "The lords don't want to fight a battle against the comuneros in their properties." "They fear that those will be destroyed as reprisal." "The rebels' commitment with their cause is greater than the nobles' loyalty towards their king." "They only look for their interests." "They are not in hurry to win the war." "They wish the victory of the Crown, but not before the Emperor understands that he cannot do anything without them." "So much ruses disgust me!" "What about our deal with that Girón?" "Be patient, Your Reverence." "He has to do it it the right moment." "There is another thing..." "The nobles entrusted me with that you should transmit a message to His Majesty." "They want me to pay the wage of their armies!" "The nobles of Castile differ from the Germans in very few things." "You could only expect from them as much loyalty as you buy." "We don't even have resources to satisfy them!" "Have you thought about what to do with the seized properties of the comuneros?" "You need to satisfy the nobles." "Promise them indemnifications when they finish the rebellion." "Thank you." "I will do so." "He is here now." "And now, let us face another liar." "Your Majesty, forgive my mood." "You surely know that when Luther was last seen..." "He was entering in the forest of the Palatinate." "It seems he never left it." "And the two guards who accompanied him were found dead." "It is quite bad news, especially for you, since you guaranteed his safety." "I fear it calls your word in question." "Should we believe that Luther dissolved into thin air, my lord?" "Do you think that I have something to do with this?" "The moratorium I gave him has expired." "Luther haven't withdrawn his words and will be declared a runaway." "Any man in Germany could take his life, and will not go against the law." "If they haven't done it yet." "May God not want that." "Because the consequences will be terrible for all of us." "Listen to me well!" "If I regret anything it is having given him the opportunity of defending himself." "He only deserved the stake!" "Let him know that." "Thank you for the endeavour you have put in your negotiations." "They have given us the time we needed." "But I hope that you are not very tired, because you should leave again." "I will go anywhere you need me to." "We should compensate Rome for letting Luther escape." "Give this message to His Holiness, Leo X:" "I promise to conquer Parma and Piacenza for the Papal States." "And add that Luther has been declared a runaway, and his writings forbidden in the whole Empire." "His Holiness should be satisfied." "You offer many things in return for a heretic." "For a heretic and a synod, don't forget that." "Because the Holy See needs something more than opening its windows to frighten bad moods away." "Your Majesty..." "Please excuse me." "I feel somewhat indisposed." " Should we call the physician?" " No." "It is not necessary." "You get ready!" "We are leaving for Valenciennes." "I will not be without your advice on the front." "It will be an honour to accompany you." "It seems to be written that Francis and I have to see each other face to face on the battlefield." "I know how much you respected him." "The arm of the German princes is longer than we thought." "Are you sure he was poisoned?" "We will have to be more careful." "I am sorry for your loss." "I am glad to see you again, in spite of the circumstances." "I trust you will soon let me enjoy your company." "I will do my best." "If I am not mistaken, the Crown owes me 700 000 pounds, which I was willing to advance from my fortune." "That is right, my lady." "I believe the moment has come to collect my debt." "My lady, with all due respect, a war is going on, is this the best moment?" "You are not mistaken, but I also have to face my expenses." "Let us leave it in 400 000 and not talk about it anymore." "I understand your reserves, but the money is mine." "I will answer for my deeds." "Pass it to me without more deferment." "Señor Padilla, a letter!" "What is it?" "María." "The royalists cut her way, and she had to find a shelter in Toro." "But they are under siege, and those are twice as many as them." "She will not be able to resist for a long time." "The letter is a farewell." "She asks you not to change your plans for her." " And should I abandon her?" " Think it over." "It is not wise to abandon our position." "If her calculations are correct, the royal forces exceed us." "She is my wife, Maldonado!" "What would you do in my place?" "We will leave a sufficient garrison to defend the castle." "The others, we are leaving for Toro immediately." "You, with me!" "My lord, the Emperor could hardly collect 15 000 men, including the army of the Count of Nassau." "You have 3000 spears and 30 000 infantries, among Gascons and Swiss." "Consider also the superiority of our artillery, Your Highness." "Have they built the bridges over the Scheldt?" "They will be ready at midnight." "We should attack once the bridge builders finish." "No, don't be precipitate." "Sire, let us not give occasion to the enemy to regroup his armies." "Do you want to throw my men into an attack in the middle of the night?" "It would be suicide!" "You are as arrogant as imprudent, my lord." "Your Highness, we have the opportunity to win the war with only one battle." "We could capture the Emperor himself!" "We will wait." "Do you trust him?" "No." "But this time he is right." "This is now or never." "What do the scouts say?" "That the French are twice as many as we are, my lord." "The Count of Nassau made incursion with his men and he confirmed it." "What would you do in my place?" "The most prudent thing would be retreating and waiting for reinforcements." " Do you want me to avoid the battle?" " I ask you to adjourn it." "Until our forces are equal with the French forces." "We must attack, damn it!" "That is what they least expect." "Fall over them with me on the front!" " Stay in the rearguard." " What kind of emperor would do so?" "An astute one, Your Majesty!" "If they take you prisoner, the war will be lost." "Charles is retreating?" "Are you sure?" "He left on the front of a thick escort." "Many people saw it." "And what are you waiting for to cut his way?" "Too late, Your Highness." "Go away, then!" "The generals are still waiting for your orders." "And they will get them in the nick of time." "I said, leave!" "Damned bastard!" "Thousand times damned!" "Speak!" "Enough!" "He can't serve us if he's dead." "Get out!" "Your stubbornness drives both of us into a corner." "Don't you see?" "What are you going to do?" "If killing him with my own hands satiated my men's greediness," "I wouldn't doubt for an instant." "I assure you!" "We could do nothing but face the truth." "And trust that God protects us." "Villalar, 23 April 1521" "Surrender!" "Save your men from certain death." "Because the defeat is the only thing waiting for you." "Be calm, Padilla." "Because your wife is not enclosed in Toro." "We will catch her in Toledo." "Traitor!" "Thousand times traitor!" "Santiago, freedom!" "I warned you, my lady." "Your son caused an irreparable harm to France." "He let the Emperor escape." "And he is so foolish that he will lose the war soon." "May God forgive him." "I cannot." "Our army recovered Parma and Piacenza for the Pope." "And that is not all, Your Majesty." "We took the Duchy of Milan away from Francis." " Magnificent!" "What about Luxembourg?" " We subdued the French." "In Navarre too." "The Imperial army entered into France, and did so in several places." "Thank you." "Finally, the wind seems to blow in our favour." "Your Highness..." "Mail from Italy." "But what the hell was Lautrec thinking?" "Damn him!" "How could he let them win in Italy?" "The Constable was right." "My mother was right." "I should have never trusted in your brothers!" "Don't blame Lautrec for the defeat." "He had to let them go after booty." "What would you have done if you had had nothing to pay the Swiss with?" "Excuses!" "I ordered to send him the money." "What did they do with it?" "Maybe you should ask your mother." "Did you keep Lautrec's money?" " Leave." " Did you keep it?" "It was mine." "The Crown owed me." "400 000 pounds?" "I lost the Duchy of Milan, and all because you decided to collect your debt in the worst moment!" "Don't blame me for the defeat." "I warned you about the de Foixs, but your pride made you blind." "That was your objective, wasn't it, mother?" "To prove that about Françoise's brothers and herself." "You did this." "By entrusting them with a mission they were incapable of." "Do you realize the consequences of your deeds?" "My dear son..." "I have never betrayed you and I never will." "When will you understand that I am the only one you have?" "That I am the only one you can trust?" "Your Holiness!" "The Emperor has recovered the Duchy of Milan." "Your Holiness..." "The Pope is dead!" "The Holy Father is dead!" "The Pope is dead!" "What a misfortune!" "Now that he was on our side." "A great loss for the Church, but, especially, for us." "Who is the candidate with the most possibilities to succeed him?" "Cardinal Wolsey, no doubt." "They also said that Francis would be emperor." "We will have to send an urgent mail." "Follow me!" "I promised you gold and riches, if you accompanied me." "And I haven't forgotten that." "Just like no one will forget the treasury we say there." "With God's help, we could recover a part of the gold that took many of us with itself to the bottom of the lagoon." "But that is not enough." "Never enough." "Moctezuma's treasury is lost." "Maybe forever." "However, we were the first people to come to these lands." "We suffered like animals and behaved like animals to subject its inhabitants." "Now you will gather the fruits." "But not with weapons in the hand, but by governing these lands, your lands, with justice." "But one law should be respected above all." "Those who raise their sword against me or against any of my men, will die!" "You are a reliable man." "You are precipitate, Johanna." "Because you have not enjoyed my company yet." "My lady..." "You know that I don't intend to do you harm." "I promised that I would intercede for you before my brother." "I fear it is too late for that, Your Highness." "Do not yield." "It is not like you." "In any case..." "it would not have been appropriate to send back to Castile someone who maybe carries in her belly the future King of Portugal." "Are you not happy for the good news?" "I am glad to see you together." "On better terms, I hope, than in the last days." "That is right, Your Highness." "Señor Bravo, yesterday was a day to fight like a knight." "Today is to die like a Christian." "My lady..." "If your pain did not hurt me more than my death," "I would consider myself happy." "I would have liked to have more time to write you some things to comfort you." "You, my lady, as a sane person, cry for your ill fortune and not for my death, which, being so just, should not be cried by anyone." "I do not want to linger, not to cause trouble to the executioner who is waiting for me, and not to give the suspicion that in order to make my life longer," "I am making the letter longer." "I am leaving, because I have nothing else anymore, my soul in your hands." "Do with it like with the thing that loved you the most." "And I am staying this way, leaving this pain, waiting for the knife of your pain and of my rest." "Next time:" "Eleanor will come back, like it was stipulated in the contracts, once she gives birth." "You are the King of Portugal." "You should act like that." "In the Emperor's name I am offering you an alliance." "I beg you, Your Majesty, we should find a way to stop this fight that no one desires." "If you decide to execute Monsignor Antonio Acuña," "I will see myself forced to excommunicate you." "I see you have the courage to show yourself here when the Emperor has put a prize on your head." "How do I know that I can trust you?" "Your wife is very ill." "She is dying." "Rome is informing me that I have been elected pope." " If the Emperor and I..." " Ingenue!" "My brother will never marry you!" "What the hell is going on in Portugal?" " Has something happened to my husband?" " They're suggesting here that he has another woman." "Rome cannot sink on its knees before the Empire." "Find out as much as you can about Doña Germaine's situation." "If you rule it is because I permit it." "I will ask for the protection of the highest authority!" "Don't you dare!" "By God, I will do my utmost to prevent you to be taken away from me." "Go for her and drag her here if you must." "She should come back immediately!" "You sold me." "What kind of maltreatment have I given to him that he offends me this way?" "Call His Majesty." "It is urgent." "We will attack France on three fronts." "I am leaving for Italy with my men." "I need to know if I can count on you." "We could not have better booty, gentlemen." "He is the King of France."