"Previously on "The Tudors"" "The great part of the North have risen in sudden rebellion against His Majesty." "I'm appointing you commander of the Royal forces," "These rebels are traitors, Charles" "They must be punished," "Why will you not speak to me?" "I'm disappointed because you're not yet with child." "That's all" "Lady Misseldon, do your duties honourably and virtuously" "Poor you, Your Majesty." "The Lady Mary Tudor." "May I present you to Her Majesty Queen Jane?" "Mary, it gives more pleasure than I can say to see you reconciled with your father." "Darcy and York have betrayed me?" "I'll teach these bastard ingrates a fearful bloody lesson in slaughter!" "If you are as true and loyal as you say, then you can prove it to us" "By giving over your Captain Mr. Aske into our hands." "That I will not do." "For what is a man but his promise" "And His Holiness prays that King Henry would grasp this divine opportunity for reconciliation." "And perhaps you yourself Father Pole might considering returning to England." "In order to influence events there." "I beg you to restore and keep the abbeys." "I've told you once before:" "don't to meddle with my affairs." "You have my permission to prolong the truce for as long as necessary." "What should I tell them?" "Tell them what you like." "The more His Majesty understands the causes of this uprising, the more is he persuaded to show clemency." "And the King is still willing to offer a general pardon?" "They are not all to be pardoned." "Not the leaders." "I want them brought to you still, with halters around their necks!" ""My trusty and well beloved Aske." "we have conceived a great desire to speak with you..."" "~ Season 3" " Episode 3 ~ "Dissension and Punishment"" "How in God's name are we suppose to banish idolatry and superstition and empty ritual from our churches when they are still practiced here at court." "When shall I meet the Majesty, my lord?" "Very soon." "Majesty is most eager to talk to you." "In the meantime, he encouraged you to write a lengthy declaration of everything you did during the rebellion and the reasons for it." "Keep still." "Who are you?" "What are you doing here?" "You can't be here." "Oh my God, it's true." "I didn't believe it." "Get out." "Get out." "No." "She is my fiancée." " Well, should I...?" " No, I don't..." "There's no cause being here." "I warned you." "Is he alive?" "Master Holbein." " Master Holbein." " Your Majesty." "I must beg Your Majesty's pardon." "Pardon?" "What for?" "I have committed an assault within the verge of your court." "An assault?" "you?" "But you're an artist." "I was painting the picture of Lady Misseldon that Your Majesty commissioned, but a gentleman interrupted us." "What did you do?" "I threw the gentleman into some shelves." "You did the right thing, Master Holbein." "And I'll forgive you freely;" "I might have done the same thing myself." "Just finish the portrait." "I can't wait." "Thank you, Your Majesty." "Master Holbein." "Sir Robert Tavistock." " Sir Robert, you look out of sorts." " Your Majesty" "I have a great complaint to make against Master Holbein." "I am engaged to a young woman." "but found him painting her." "Naked." "Naked?" "Yes, Your Majesty." "On a bed, like some concubine." "I demanded that, Your Majesty, punish Mr. Holbein severely, for his lewdness, his immorality, and his violence against me." "You have not to do with Mr Holbein, but with me." "I tell you frankly." "If I have seven peasants, I can make seven lords." "but if I have seven lords, I couldn't make one Holbein." "Then tell me truthfully, do you still wish me to punish Mr. Holbein?" "No, Your Majesty." "I ask for Your Majesty's pardon." "I am Your Majesty's humble and obedient servant, and make no complaints against Mr. Holbein." "Good lad." "Happy Christmas, Robert." " Majesty?" " Sweetheart." "May I present someone to you?" "Very well." "The Countess of Salisbury was my old governess" "I know." "I know the Lady very well." " Lady Margaret?" " Your Majesty." "You are very welcome here at court." "I know how rarely you quit your fine house." "It is true." "I prefer to live a life based on piety and traditional ways, Your Majesty." "You're an example to everyone here at court." "How was your son, Reginald Pole?" "Is he still studying in Italy?" "Yes, indeed, Your Majesty." "He is now at Padua University, and has more reasons than most to be grateful to Your Majesty." "Since until very recently, you continue to pay his fees." "I showed great interest in him." "He showed great promise as scholar, as well as being my cousin," "Still, when you refused my offer to make him the youngest ever Bishop of Winchester." "I remember I had to thump him." "Your Majesty must believe it was not ingratitude on Reginald's part." "No, no." "He was in tears after leaving Your Majesty's presence." "The truth is my son is too much of a scholar and private person ever to desire public office or notoriety." "Then after all, I forgive him." " Majesty." " Lady Salisbury." "Are you ladies conspiring something." "We were both like to present someone else to Your Majesty at this Christmastide." "Very well." "Your Majesty, this is..." "My daughter Elizabeth." "You don't need to tell me." "Come here, child." "Votre Majeste." "ca va ca va bien, ma petite." "venez ici" "attention" "Je suis on famille" "Your Majesty, Mr. Robert Aske." " Majesty." " Mr. Aske." "Come." "I am very glad to see you, Mr. Aske." "For a long time, I believed I was badly misinformed about the causes of disturbances in the Northern part of our kingdom." "but I have read your full and frank explanation." "I am persuaded by the justice of your cause." "I esteem the commonwealth of the realm, and love of my subjects," "Mr. Aske, far more than any riches" "I'm truly humbled by Your Majesty's words." "and ask in all you ability." "If your sacred Majesty intends to fulfil those pledges made in Your Majesty's name, by his grace, the Duke of Suffolk at Pontefract." "In every part, the general and liberal pardon shall be extended to all our Northern subjects." "There will be a free election to a Parliament to be held at York." "when members of churchmen without our displeasure, shall them may speak and show their learning and their free minds." "Furthermore, after my Lord Suffolk has come down to you with the great seal to claim on this, then to show the great love we bear on the Northern subjects." "we ourselves shall come to York." "and it is there, Mr. Aske, where my Queen shall be crowned." "Your Majesty is truly gracious." "I swear to you." "You will find no more loving and loyal people on the whole of your realm than Northern Yorkshire." "One more thing." "You've written against some of my advisors, and protesting at their lack of noble blood." "Your Majesty, I..." "No, I agree with you." "But don't say anything." "Now, I have a gift for you." "Majesty, I..." "Happy Christmas, Mr. Aske." "That was quite entertaining." "but you don't even know who I am, do you?" "Of course, I do." "You're Edward Seymour's wife." "If he ever discovered us, he'd probably kill you." "Really?" "Yet he seems so nice." "Cold, perhaps but pleasant with all?" "That's a mistake they all make." "Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum, Amen" "Mr. Aske." "Lady Mary." "I'm sorry to disturb your prayers." "Not at all, since you are always a part of them." "I come only to wish you well you, Mr. Aske." "For I know you are here upon God's work." "I trust the King's Majesty will grant you and your people all their desires." "I have every hope now, as I have ever hoped one day you will succeed as Queen of England, for the better maintaining of our faith." "Lady, you must know, how beloved you are to the people, as was your mother before you." "God rest her soul." "Remember me by this." "May God bless and keep you, Master Aske." "How's father?" "They told me he has fallen ill" "I was going tell you at a better time." "Father is dead." "Dead?" "When?" "Why?" "Keep smiling." "A week ago." " A week?" " Yes a week." "I arranged the funeral, everything has done to honour him." "You should have told me." "I should have been there." "I wish I could be otherwise, but can't now, your place is here, you have to understand that." "Later you can visit his mausoleum" " Sister." " My Lady." "I presume you have told her about her father, is she alright" "Of course." "She's the Queen." "Gentlemen." "Noble and worshipful man of this country." "I swear by the faith that I bear to God and St. George that I have not only forgiven and pardoned the men of the North by writing under seal but also freely in my heart." "It is my honour that those men now wear the cross of St. George who thankfully accepted my free pardon and mean to be as loyal subjects, as they were before their sorry insurrection." "And my Queen and I, wish you all, a very happy and prosperous New Year." "I tell you frankly, the King is a good and gracious lord who has granted us as far as he may, all our desires and petitions." "It's true." "I heard it from his own mouth that he intends to hold a free and fair parliament in York and have the Queen crowned there." "Promises, Mr. Aske, just more promises." "No, not just promises." "Lord Suffolk is sworn to come here to bring both great authority, the King's seal and thus he told me many comfortable answers." "I have to tell you, Mr. Aske, though it grieves me to do so, that since you have been away, there have been many rumours and a widespread mistrust of the King and his council." "Aye." "The Northern lands are open mustering again and this time we won't be betrayed." "Tell them to believe me, John." "Tell them to wait for the coming of Lord Suffolk, for another rising now risks everything." "Robert, there was a time when nothing was more sure than a promise of a prince, but now we think these promises nothing but a policy to blind the people." "and when we rise again, we will trust no promises." "I cannot believe this." "If you will not trust the King, then will you at least trust me?" "Have I not guided you well so far?" "Have I not secured a pardon for all of us?" "But have you secured the King's absolute promise to restore our monasteries?" "His Grace promised me that all those matters would be discussed freely and openly in parliament." "I trust him." "He offered me as much as true and honest and good man could desire of their sovereign." "but we have no proof." "Where are you going?" "Marching on Carlisle." "John, I plead with you, for the love of God, not to put this agreement in jeopardy by false actions and rush judgements." "Their minds are already made up, Mr. Aske." "Even before you returned." "There is no agreement just base and empty promises." "The King will not be moved by words but by actions." "We shall do now, what we should have done before." "gather the men." "I wish the Lady Mary lived at the court." "I miss her very much." "Yes, and Lady Elizabeth." "Is she not the sweetest, cleverest, brightest child?" "It's not have been easy for either of them." "and for all my troubles I'm glad I never have theirs." "Your Majesty." "Madam." "I did not know whether to tell you, but but the King has taken Lady Misseldon as mistress." "He must do as he will." "It is we, Lady Rochford, must always honour and obey." "Do not leave trouble for me, for I have great reason to be happy." "The Duke of Suffolk, and the Lord Privy Seal." "You're going to North at once." "Yes, Your Majesty." "In order to establish due obedience, you will administer an oath, to the leaders and gentlemen of Yorkshire and Lancashire." "They will acknowledge that they made other oath contrary to their allegiance and to the great offence of God." "They must utterly renounce them and swear to be our true and faithful subjects." "They must commit themselves to obey and even to spill their blood to maintain all our laws and to assist our church commissioners in their duties." "If they will not take the oath, then there will be no clemency." "You will apprehend such persons where there is no danger to yourself." "And they will, by law, be judged to suffer execution." "Your Majesty, what are your instructions regarding the setting of the parliament at York?" "You may say there has been necessary delays." "Your Majesty, I..." "I gave them my word upon my honour." "Let me remind Your Grace that rebellion is the heinous sin which cries out to God for punishment." "It is the sin of sin." "For where there is no right order, there is only carnal liberty, sin and Babylonian disorder." "These wretched men have threatened my whole realm with uproar as they have threatened me, Charles." "They have to and will be punished for it." "I agree with Your Majesty." "If I might..." "No you may not." "Your low birth, Mr. Cromwell, deems you're unfit to meddle in the affairs of King's." "You're dismissed." " Hey Charlie." "Captain Constable." "So the men are still together." "Are they still in good spirits." "Aye, the lads are up for it" "Good, the rest will be joining in us tomorrow." "We'll walk in to Carlisle, we will take the castle as soon as fast what we've got here" "Rabbits." "Rabbits." "So what are you going to do with that?" "Feed the five thousand?" "Jesus!" "Charlie!" "Stay low!" "Out!" "Out!" "Alright" "Get him some water." "My God, man what in God's name has happened?" "We started together, Mr. Aske, near Carlisle, ready and eager to, assault the castle." "Then Sir Christopher Dacre." "and the Lord Suffolk, came out of the castle with the men and brought their spears on us and afterwards, made a bloody chase and captured scores" "I saw my two boys slain." "God help us." "Sirs we are broken." "What about Mr. Constable?" "Captured." "My Lord." "We've got him." "They broke their pledges." " I mean to see the King." "Yes, My Lord" "We shall impose martial law on whole of the North." " John Constable?" "Aye." "Do you deny that you acted as a leader and captain of this rebellion?" "No." "I'm proud of it." "You're going to be taken to London and examined further as your actions and motives." "you mean tortured, you promised us a parliament, but you lied." "You betrayed us" "You never meant to do anything, did you, did you, Your Grace?" "Here are the names of those who refuse to renounce their actions and sign the oath." " How many?" " Seventy-four, all to be executed, Your Grace." "It was all well done Your Grace." "You know that his Majesty's has ordered us to arrest Lord Darcy" "Sir Ralph Ellerker and Robert Aske." "They are to be charged on suspicion of treason but must not know it." "Your Grace must surely know that Mr. Aske Sir." "Ralph and I were firmly and emphatically and openly against this new rising." "We believed and believe still in the promises and assureties and good gracious of the King's Majesty." "It is also true that nothing can be done or imagined here against the King's Majesty that I cannot let the council and you know of." "I am assured of your loyalty to his Majesty." "Nevertheless, the King requires you travel south with me to explain this recent events which seems so contrary to his expressed hopes." "Your Grace can see with your own eyes that I am old and sick and unfit to travel" "Allow me to speak openly to Your Grace." "although I love and trust the King absolutely and know that he would always treat me justly and mercifully." "I can not say the same for some of his councillors." "I would rather fear to fall into their hands my Lord." "Allow me to reassure you." "I will write a letter to both the King and council in all of your favours and shall we show you before we leave." "Then, we must go." "Yes, it is the King's command." "Then I say God have mercy on us." "God bless you and keep you, my own dear husband." "And you too my darlings, but I shall be all right for I trust in the honestly of His Grace." "He showed me a letter, it was written to the council on our behalf and it was all good." "He said he stood surety for us and I doubt any harm will come to us." "After all, what could be gained by when the North most now be appeased and quietened." "There our daughters don't weep." "You're Yorkshire lass," "Yorkshire lasses have iron in their souls just like your good mother." "You will see me again soon, I promise." "God bless you Mr. Aske" "God speed Mr. Aske" "Men, march on." "God bless you Mr. Aske" "I see you eating quail's eggs again sweetheart?" "Did you not have those yesterday." "Yes, Your Majesty." "I seemed to have developed fondness of them." "Especial fondness?" "Well indeed." "For some reason, I desire quail's eggs above anything else." " Leave." " Your Majesty" "I think you're with child." "I am." "My love." "My Queen." "John Constable you are a principal and unredeemed traitor and villain against the King's Majesty." "Nothing can save you." "Oh Lord. forgive me, forgive them oh Lord for they know not what they do..." "Guards, hold him down on the table." "Sweet Jesus!" "oh God!" "oh Jesus!" "Damn you to hell..." "Ahhh!" "Ahhrrrgg!" "...Lord Darcy Your Grace I think the journey almost broken him" "His Lordship is taken care of." "This is Sir Francis Bryan." " Mr. Aske." " Sir Francis." "I have orders to commit you to the tower." " but - it's for your own safety." "You will be lodged comfortably enough." "Mr Cromwell desires to ask you a few questions." "I trusted you, Your Grace." "I swear, I have done my best for you, Mr. Aske." "The Duke of Suffolk, my Lord." "You asked to see me." "Yes Your Grace." "Well explain yourself, what do you want?" "I have some reports." "You always have reports Cromwell." "But these are very interesting." "they are reports from Assizes in Carlisle where he sat in judgement against rebels who attempted to overthrow His Majesty." "Everything was done legally and properly." "seventy-four rebels were judged and hanged." "There's the problem." "one point all agree there were at least 40,000 rebels armed and in the field and yet Your Grace found only seventy-four guilty." "I hanged those who were the leaders and most guilty of inciting the rest to rebellion." "Had you actually been there to hear the evidence?" "I must be honest with Your Grace, you had been accused of too great of leniency towards the rebels, towards recalcitrant monks and other upholders of the old religion, it... it is disputed whether you are in your heart and soul" "fully engaged in this struggle against the treasonous rebels or whether you are in your heart still papist" "Who?" "Accused me?" "His Majesty." "Consequently, his Majesty now demands you return North and carry out an proper and efficient reprisals against these rebels and traitors" "You are to make a terrible example of them." "And teach those parts the virtues of loyalty." "Seventy-four is an inadequate number" "Your Grace" "Since you asked me for the truth, I will answer that, in all parts of the realm men's heart were most hurt by the destruction of the abbeys" "Because they thought perhaps with a reason that this was the first fruit, of the destruction, of their whole religion in England" "This letter of yours..." "On the 19th of Jan., you wrote to reassure the mayor of common Pontefract" ""I should keep a clean true heart to God and the King and will evermore further to be a true petitioner for the commonwealth good."" "You signed it." "T Dacy?" "I remember it." "But I am not sure, what is wrong with it." "Can you not agree, was it rather the spreading false rumours for example, that parish churches were going to be pulled down, which actually caused rebellion" "No, it was the fact, that the abbeys were being suppressed and burned." "You wrote on the 19th of January that is after the King declared his pardon and rebellion had ended." "but I understood the King had also agreed to a free parliament where subjects could still show their griefs and complains my letter was only meant to..." "I will tell you what it meant, my Lord." "What it meant is even after the King's gracious pardon, you had not changed your traitor's heart and opinions" "You continue to seek the annulment of laws that make for the good of the commonwealth and you still wish to depose the King." "Tell me, why... they were so important to you?" "Because the abbeys in the North gave alms to poor men and Lord belief to serve God." "They were one of the beauties of this realm to all men and strangers are alike." "They took care of their servants, their tenants, and their local communities in every sort of way." "From maintaining bridges and seawalls." "to seeing that girls and boys were brought up in virtue" "And when they stood, people not only had worldly of refreshment in their bodies, but they also have a spiritual refuge." "So you begrudge this suppression and the King's supremacy" "After such confessions, Lord forgive us." "It is not Mr. Aske but you, who are the very original and chief cause of all this rebellion and mischief although You could probably find some ways of having all the noble men's head of the realm struck off you if you wanted." "yet I trust, there might be one left who can still to strike off yours." "Well, may it surprise you to learn, Mr. Aske," "That err.." "there is very good reason, I determine to save you." "You've been here for two days." "But still you don't talk to me." "Even though you are unhappy." "How'd you know?" "You wake in the night." "You say things." "What do I say?" "Unburden your heart." "If I do, believe me, everything will change." "I am commanded to return North to carry out retribution." "I must excecute more rebels." "Only this time I'll trial "proper" process." "Many?" "Yes, many." "Many, hundreds, thousands," "I must kill hundreds of men, women and children or lose the love of my King." "Women and children?" "I have no choice." "Of course you have choice!" "What if they were your own children?" "!" "I will still have to do it." "His Majesty, the King." "Stand up, Mr. Aske." "Mr. Cromwell has reported your words to me." "I've come to talk to you." "About the abbeys and the religious houses you care so much about." "Please." "You have so much affection for these monks." "Yet I can prove to you how far they are from good religious men." "They claim to live in wilful poverty, chastity and obedience." "Yet they mass possessions." "And put themselves outside the law," "They are richer than princes." "Yet but without our responsibilities." "And what is wilful poverty anyway?" "And that's for obedience, God help us." "How can they be obedient when they disobliged their sovereign Lord whom by God's commandments they ought to obey in all things." "We should not think of these men as good religious men who forsake all earthly possessions as they claim." "But rather as idle and sturdy vagabonds." "I like you Mr. Aske" "You may be misguided in certain matters, yes but, your mistakes are honest." "I know that in your heart your are the most loyal of all men." "I love and respect Your Majesty, above all things." "I would never seek to offend you" "Majesty, the boatman from Calais is here." " Majesty." " Monsieur." "Let me see." " Majesty." " Quail eggs, Sir Francis, quail's eggs," "To feed the Queen." "Monsieur."