"Back to work, friends!" "For our wives and children: be brave!" "Peace will bring us, the labourers, better times!" "Listen!" "The trumpets are sounding!" "Listen!" "The horns answer!" "The King and court ride to the hunt!" "Away, huntsmen!" "Hurry, or the stag will escape!" "The sound of the horns is getting closer!" "Monarchs lead a pleasant life!" "The King's daughter!" "Go to her!" "She is as beautiful as she is good." "Our gentle Elisabetta..." "What would you ask, friends?" "We ask not for ourselves, but ease the misery of this poor widow, whose sons will not return from the war." "Good mother, take this golden chain... and all of you: have hope!" "This war will soon be over happiness will return!" "The King of Spain has sent an ambassador to King Enrico, my father..." "God willing, peace will also bring tranquility again!" "Lady, may God see our hearts' desire and send you a young husband, a crown and the love of your people!" "Peace will bring us, the labourers, better times!" "Away, huntsmen!" "Hurry, or the stag will escape!" "We will catch it before night falls!" "Peace will bring us, the labourers, better times!" "Fontainebleau!" "Vast and lonely forest!" "In Carlo's eyes no rose garden, no Eden can match this forest where Elisabetta appeared and smiled on him." "Braving Filippo's wrath, I fled the Spanish court, hidden among the ambassador's entourage." "Here I saw her at last, my fair betrothed!" "She who has long reigned in my thoughts, now reigns in my heart forever!" "I saw her and the sun seemed to shine in her smile." "All my hopes soared up to her like a soul towards paradise." "The joy I hope for intoxicates my heart." "O God, look kindly on our devotion, bless our pure love!" "The horns have fallen silent," "the huntsmen's cries are stilled." "The day is over!" "All is quiet!" "The first star shines in the vault of the sky." "How can I find the way back to the palace?" "The forest is so dark!" "Ho there, squires!" "To me, royal pages!" "Whose voice is that?" "Here, woodcutters, to me!" "What vision of beauty approaches!" "I cannot find the way back..." "Lean on my arm!" "The night is dark, the cold makes you shiver..." "We must keep on!" "I am so weary!" "Who are you?" "I am a foreigner, a Spaniard!" "One of the entourage of Count Lerma, the Spanish ambassador?" "Yes, noble lady!" "I shall escort you!" "What luck!" "I can see Fontainebleau in the distance..." "I will hurry to the palace and fetch you an escort!" "Go, and do not fear for me;" "I am Don Carlo's betrothed." "I can trust the honour of a Spaniard!" "Page, hurry to the palace!" "This man will protect the daughter of your King!" "What are you doing?" "In war, when the sky is our only shelter, we have to beg the earth for kindling!" "The wood has given us the spark we need and the flame is burning brightly!" "When it shines this brightly on the battlefield, it heralds victory or love!" " Have you come from Madrid?" " Yes." "Will peace be agreed this evening?" "Yes, the marriage to Don Carlo, the son of my King, must be decided tonight." "Oh, let us talk of him!" "Oh, let us talk of him!" "A secret dread has seized my heart," "I must go abroad, leave France behind..." "I wish his love were equal to mine!" "Carlo will throw himself at your feet, he burns with love, he trusts in your heart!" "I shall leave France and my father!" "It is God's will, I must go!" "A new country will be mine." "I shall go joyously, my heart full of hope!" "Carlo will live only to love you." "I swear he will lie at your feet and worship you!" "Why does my heart beat so?" "God, who are you?" "The prince's messenger;" "I bring you this..." "A gift from him!" "He has sent his true likeness!" "Oh God..." "I shall see his face!" "I dare not open it!" "Yet I long to see him!" "I dare not open it!" "Yet I long to see him!" "God in heaven!" "I am Carlo... and I love you!" "(My heart is filled with such love, such passion!" ")" "(Divine will binds me to his fate!" ")" "(The secret dread that seized my heart still makes me tremble...) (I am loved, my heart overflows with joy!" ")" "Yes, I love you, I desire you alone," "I want to live for you, to die for you!" "If love brought us together, it was to give us perfect happiness!" " What is that noise!" " The cannons firing!" "O joyful day!" "The signal to celebrate!" "Heaven be praised, peace has been concluded!" "Look at that glow!" "The palace is ablaze with light!" " The terrors of the forest are behind us and all is joy and delight!" " Heavens!" " All is joy, delight and love!" " Oh!" "Heavens!" "May heaven see our hearts united in the sacred bond of marriage!" "in the sacred bond of marriage!" "Have no fear, do not tremble!" "Have no fear, do not tremble!" " Have no fear, do not tremble" " If I still tremble..." " my fair betrothed!" " it is not from fear!" " Angel of heaven, raise to me..." " My soul surrenders to a passion..." " your lowered gaze." " I have never felt before!" "Let us renew the vow that united us:" "spoken by our lips, heard by heaven, fulfilled by our hearts!" "My lady, grant this faithful bringer of glad news a favour!" "Keep me with you!" "Let me be ever at your side!" "Very well!" "Hail, O Queen, King Filippo's wife!" "No, my father betrothed me to Don Carlo!" "Enrico has bestowed you on the King of Spain." "You are the Queen!" "Oh God!" "(Ice grips my heart!" ")" "(The abyss yawns at my feet!" ")" "(How can heaven allow this?" ")" "The fatal hour has struck!" "I will fight against this cruel fate!" "The fatal hour has struck!" "My life was blissful, now it seems bleak and grim!" " To escape such agony..." " My soul is full of grief,..." " I would defy..." " I must wear..." " death itself!" " these chains forever!" "Songs of rejoicing greet this happy day!" "Peace has brought us joyous days;" "Heaven has united two loving hearts." "Glory and honour to the beautiful lady who tomorrow weds the King of Spain!" "All is lost..." " Cruel fate!" "I am condemned to misery!" "My glorious dream is crushed, it has vanished from my heart!" "Songs of rejoicing greet this happy day!" "Peace has brought us joyous days;" "Heaven has united two loving hearts." " It is the end of everything!" " Alas!" "Our souls are condemned to wretchedness!" "We shall never again find such love, such bliss!" "Enrico, King of France, wishes to give the hand of his daughter Elisabetta to the King of Spain." "This union will seal their friendship." "But Filippo gives you the freedom to decide;" "will you accept the hand of my King, as he hopes?" "Princess, accept the King's hand!" "Have pity on us!" "Let us know peace at last!" "Have pity on us!" "What is your answer?" "Yes." "God bless you!" "(I am in agony!" ")" "(I must die!" ")" "May fortune always smile on you!" "(What unbearable anguish!" ")" "Songs of rejoicing greet this happy day!" "Peace has brought us joyous days;" "Heaven has united two loving hearts." "(O torment!" "O grief!" ")" "(Our poor damned souls will never find such love again!" ")" "Glory and honour to you, Queen of Spain!" "Alas!" "The fateful hour has struck!" "My life was blissful, now it seems bleak and grim!" "My glorious dream is crushed!" "O calamitous fate!" "O cruel destiny!" "Carlo, the supreme Emperor, is nothing but mute dust." "His proud soul now lies trembling at the feet of his divine Creator." "He sought to rule the world but forgot Him who fixes the stars in their celestial courses." "His pride was boundless, his fault grievous." "God alone is great;" "at His will heaven and earth tremble." "Merciful God, who shows pity to sinners, grant that peace and forgiveness descend on him from heaven!" "God alone is great!" "In the monastery of San Giusto where my grandfather, Carlo V, died, weary of glory and honour," "I seek in vain the peace I yearn for!" "The image of her who was stolen from me haunts me even in this grim monastery!" "The sorrows of the world find us even here." "Your troubled heart will only find the peace you long for in heaven." "His voice!" "My heart trembles!" "It seemed to me I saw the Emperor... his crown and armour hidden beneath his habit!" "It is said he still walks this monastery!" "Your troubled heart will find peace in heaven." "His voice!" "My heart trembles!" "What terror!" "He is here!" "The Infante!" " O my Rodrigo!" " Your Highness!" " ls it really you I embrace?" " O my Prince!" "Heaven has sent you, you angel of solace!" "Beloved Prince!" "Angiol consolator!" "The hour has struck!" "The people of Flanders call to you... you must help them you must be their saviour!" "Hurry to free Flanders from oppression!" "A nation, kneeling in agony and fear, holds out her arms, imploring you for help." "They hold out their arms!" "What's this I see?" "Such pallor!" "Such wretchedness!" "Grief burns in your eyes!" "You keep silent!" "Your heart is heavy!" "Dear Carlo, share your tears and your sorrow with me!" "My saviour, my brother, let me weep on your shoulder!" "Tell me what torments you!" "Open your heart to me!" " Speak freely!" " Since you wish it..." "I will tell you of my misfortune and of the deadly arrow that pierced my heart!" "I love... not an innocent love..." " Elisabetta!" " Your mother!" "Good God!" "You turn pale..." "cast your eyes down..." "What a wretch I am!" "Even you, my Rodrigo, turn from me!" "No, Rodrigo loves you still, I swear it!" "If you are suffering, the world is nothing to me!" " O my Rodrigo!" " My Prince!" " Has the King learned of your secret yet?" " No." "Then ask him leave to go to Flanders!" "Silence your heart!" "Do work worthy of you!" "Learn from the oppressed how to be a King!" "I will do it, brother!" "Listen!" "The gates are opening, Filippo and the Queen will soon arrive!" "Elisabetta!" "Brace up your hesitant spirit at my side!" "Your star will shine again!" "Ask God for strength!" "O Lord, who ignited in our souls the flames of love and hope, kindle now in our hearts the desire for freedom!" "We swear to live and die together!" "May your goodness unite us in heaven and on earth!" " They are here!" " O terror!" " I tremble at the mere sight of her!" " Take courage!" "She is his, great God!" "I have lost her!" "I have lost her!" "She is his, great God!" " Peace is the gift of heaven,..." " At my side your heart..." " God alone is great!" " will find courage!" "We will live as one and die as one!" "With our last breath we shall cry out: freedom!" "Beneath the tall pines, that shroud this holy place in shade and tranquility, we shall seek refuge:" "may the cool breeze bring relief from the glaring heat of the sun!" "Countless flowers cover the ground, the pine trees rustle, and here in the shade the nightingale takes flight more eagerly!" "How sweet it is to hear the fountain of love lament its sorrows drop by drop beneath the trees, and to while away the blistering hours in gentle shade, surrounded by these flowers!" "Only the Queen of Spain may pass within these holy walls..." "Companions, since the stars have not yet risen, shall we sing a song?" "We will gladly indulge this fancy of yours!" "We are listening, Princess!" "Bring me the lute." "Let us sing together the song of the veil that expedites love!" " Let us sing!" " Let us sing!" "In the Moorish palace gardens, amid the scent and shade of laurel trees and ?" "owers, a lovely woman, swathed in a veil, seemed to contemplate a star in the sky." "The Moorish King, Mohammed, came to her and said, "1 adore you, o gentle beauty!"" ""Come and reign at my court, the Queen no longer arouses my desire!"" "Weave your veils, pretty girls while the sun still shines in the sky, for when the stars come out veils are serviceable to love!" "For when the stars come out veils are serviceable to love!" ""Under this dark sky I can barely make out your lovely hair, your little hand, your foot!"" ""Oh, lift the veil that hides your face from me show me the heavenly beauty it conceals!"" ""if you give me your heart" "I will give you my throne, for I am the King."" ""if this is your wish then I shall grant it." ""Allah, the Queen!" Mohammed cried!" "Weave your veils, pretty girls while the sun still shines in the sky, for when the stars come out veils are serviceable to love!" "For when the stars come out veils are serviceable to love!" "The Queen!" "(Her heart is always heavy with a secret sorrow!" ")" "I heard a merry song here!" "(Alas, merriness has long vanished from my heart!" ")" "The Marquis of Posa, Grandee of Spain!" "My lady!" "In Paris your mother gave me this letter for you." "(Read it, in the name of God!" ")" "Here is the royal seal, the golden ?" "eur-de-lis!" "What news from France, that fair and gracious land?" "They say there will be a tournament attended by the King himself!" "(I dare not open it!" ")" " The ladies of France..." " (To open it would be to betray...)" " are so elegant and graceful!" " (the King's honour!" ")" " In you alone we see grace..." " (Why do I tremble?" ")" "mingled with beauty." " When the ladies appear at revels,..." " (My soul is still pure!" ")" "is it true that their beauty rivals heaven's?" " God knows my heart!" " The loveliest is missing!" " ls that true?" " Do the ladies at balls..." " ("For the sake of the times past...")" " wear silk and gold?" " ("we spent together...")" "(put your trust in this man." "Carlo.")" "A lady of your beauty can wear anything!" "My thanks to you." "You may ask a favour of the Queen." "I shall, but not for myself!" "(I can hardly bear it!" ")" "Who could be worthier than you of seeing his wish fulfilled?" "(I am so frightened!" ")" " Speak, then!" "Who?" " Who?" "Carlo, whom we both love dearly, lives in great sorrow here in this land, and no one knows the depth of the grief that blights his heart." "You are his one hope in his despair;" "grant him peace and strength, permit him to see you." "If he returns, he can be saved." "(Once when I stood beside his mother I saw Carlo tremble.)" "(Can he be in love with me?" ")" "(Oh, the agony!" "To see him again would kill me!" ")" "(Why does he hide his feelings?" ")" "The heart of the King, his father, has always been closed towards Carlo, and yet I do not know anyone worthier of love." "A single word of love would soothe the pain in his heart," "permit him to see you." "If he returns, he can be saved." " (Can he be in love with me?" ") - (I can hardly bear it!" ")" " (Why does he hide his feelings?" ") - (To see him again would kill me!" ")" "If he returns, he can be saved." "If he returns, he can be saved." "Go, I am ready to see my son again!" "(If only he would dare to open his heart to me!" ")" "(If only he would dare to open his heart to me!" ")" "I come to beg a favour of my Queen." "She alone, who holds first place in the King's heart, can obtain this favour for me." "can obtain this favour for me." "The air of the court is suffocating, it stifles and oppresses me." "I have to leave!" "The King must let me go to Flanders!" " My son!" " Not that name!" "The one you used to use!" "I am so wretched, I cannot go on!" "Have pity!" "I have suffered so!" "A miserly heaven gave me one day's happiness, then snatched it away again!" "Prince, if Filippo hears my plea and entrusts you with Flanders, you could leave tomorrow." "God in heaven!" "Not one word for the poor wretched exile!" "Why does no pity speak from your heart?" "My soul is crushed, icy cold overwhelms my heart..." "Fool that I am: in my madness" "I prayed to a cold marble tombstone!" "Why do you accuse me of indifference?" "Surely you understand my silence?" "My duty shines brightly before my eyes and I shall follow its light." "God is my hope, God and my innocence!" "O my lost treasure, my be-all and end-all, the light of my life!" "At least I can still hear your voice heaven reveals itself in your words!" "heaven reveals itself in your words!" "Merciful God, ease the pain of this noble heart, let it forget!" "Carlo, farewell, if I could live my earthly life at your side" "I should think myself in heaven!" "A miracle!" "My heart seizes new hope and comfort;" "the agonising memories fade..." "Heaven has taken pity on such great suffering!" "Elisabetta, I could die of love at your feet..." "Merciful heaven, life is ebbing from his eyes!" "Almighty God, give strength to this heart that has suffered so much!" "The pain is killing him... he will die in my arms of grief and love... the man heaven intended for me!" "What heavenly voice is this that speaks to me of love?" "Elisabetta, beloved..." "How dreadful!" "You are seated beside me, as in days gone by!" " Look, the sky is all lit up, the forest blooms anew!" " He is dying!" "God, he is dying!" " O my darling!" " Almighty God!" " My sweet love!" " Oh!" "Heavens!" " My beloved!" " Merciful heaven!" " My beloved!" " Merciful heaven!" "Why do you rip me from my grave, from eternal sleep, 0 merciless heaven!" "Carlo!" "Carlo!" "Let the earth gape beneath my feet, let a thunderbolt strike my head!" "I love you, Elisabetta!" "The world is nothing to me!" "Do it, then!" "Murder your father!" "And then, smeared with his blood, lead your mother to the altar!" "Do it!" "Murder your father!" "I am cursed!" "I am cursed!" "God was watching over us!" "O Lord!" "The King!" "The King!" "Why is the Queen alone?" "ls not even one lady-in-waiting with you?" "Are you unaware of my decree?" "Which lady should have attended you?" "Which lady should have attended you?" "Countess, tomorrow morning you return to France!" "Countess, tomorrow morning you return to France!" "(He has insulted the Queen!" ")" "(He has insulted the Queen!" ")" "My dear friend, do not weep." "Dry your eyes!" "You have only been banished from Spain, not from my heart!" "My childhood days with you were full of joy..." "Return to our native land, my heart will follow you!" "Take this as one last token of my regard." "Say nothing of the shameful insult that still burns my cheeks." "Say nothing of my tears, of the cruel pain I feel." "Return to our native land, my heart will follow you!" "(She feigns nobility in my very presence!" ")" "Gentle, pious spirit, calm your sorrow!" "Stay!" "Why have you not yet asked an audience of me?" "I reward all those who defend me!" "You have, I know, served the Crown well." "What could I hope for from a King's favour?" "I am content, the law is my shield." "I like a proud spirit!" "I can forgive boldness... on occasion." "You no longer serve in the army." "Can a man like you, from a noble family, remain idle long?" "If Spain should need a vengeful fist, a guardian of her honour... then my sword will flash out, steeped in blood!" "I know that..." "But what can I do for you?" "For me, nothing, but for others." "What do you mean, for others?" "May I speak plainly, Sire?" "Speak!" "Sire, I have come from Flanders, which was once such a fair land!" "Now it is as still as the grave, a horrifying sight!" "Homeless orphans roam the streets, weeping..." "Fire and the sword have left nothing standing, mercy has been outlawed!" "The river ?" "ows red with blood, and everywhere mothers bewail their murdered children." "Praise be to God for allowing me to tell of this horror so that the King might learn of it!" "Without bloodshed I could not bring peace to the world." "My sword has smashed the pride of the reformers, who delude the people with lies!" "In my hands, death will reap many fruitful harvests." "What?" "Do you think by sowing death, you can plant for eternity?" "Look at Spain!" "The artisans in the cities, the peasants in the countryside are faithful to God and the King, they have no complaints!" "This is the peace I shall bestow on Flanders!" "A terrible peace!" "The peace of the graveyard!" "A terrible peace!" "The peace of the graveyard!" "O King, may history never say of you:" ""He was another Nero!"." ""He was another Nero!"." "ls this the peace you want to give the world?" "A gift like this brings terror!" "The priests are hangmen, the soldiers thugs!" "The people weep and die in silence;" "your empire is a desert where Filippo's name is cursed!" "Renew the whole globe like a redeeming God, soar upwards to sublime heights, above every other monarch!" "Let the world rejoice because of you!" "Grant it freedom!" "What a strange dreamer you are!" "You will think differently when you know the hearts of men as well as Filippo knows them!" "Enough!" "No more!" "The King heard none of this!" "No, you need not be afraid!" "But beware of the Grand Inquisitor!" "What?" "Sire!" "You stay in the King's presence and still have no favour to ask of him?" "I want you at my side!" "Sire, no!" "I want to stay the man I am." "You are too proud!" "Your gaze has dared to penetrate my throne..." "Hear, then, of the grief and anguish that torment the head that bears the heavy weight of the crown!" "Look at my palace, shrouded in worry..." "A pitiful father!" "A still more pitiful husband!" "What do you mean?" "The Queen..." "A suspicion haunts me..." " My son..." " His soul is proud and pure!" "Nothing on earth can equal the treasure he stole from me!" "I shall entrust their fate to you!" "Look into their hearts, led astray by a mad love!" "You may see the Queen whenever you wish!" "You, who alone are a man among all mankind..." "I lay my heart in your loyal hands!" "(All unforeseen the dawn lightens the sky!" ")" "(The heart has opened that that was closed to all!" ")" "May I find peace again some day!" "(All unforeseen the dawn lightens the sky!" ")" "(O my sacred dream!" "O glorious hope!" ")" "Beware of the Grand Inquisitor!" "Beware!" "Sire!" "So many flowers, so many stars in the garden and in the sky!" "So many beautiful ladies behind mysterious veils!" "Until dawn the palace is given over to pleasure!" "May the new sunrise be many hours away!" "May the dawn be hours away!" "Mandolins, golden strings, be tuned by love alone!" "Harmonies that make hearts sing and joyous melodies shall inspire you to pleasure till the break of day!" "Come here!" "The festivities have scarcely begun yet I am weary of these merry sounds!" "They ask too much of me!" "The King, who is to be crowned tomorrow is praying to God before the altar" "I too will plead with God in prayer!" "The whole court is here... and Carlo..." "Take my robe, the chain and my mask." "Stay here, they will take you for me while I am gone!" "Go, my heart longs to pray." "You are wanted at the festivities." "Farewell!" "For a brief while I am the Queen!" "Every Grandee will bow to me, fooled by these clothes." "I am like the beauty in the legend of the veil, watching the glimmer of a star..." "Until dawn comes, I am the Queen!" "I shall secretly spellbind" "Prince Carlo with love!" "Mandolins, golden strings, be tuned by love alone!" "Harmonies that make hearts sing and joyous melodies shall inspire you to pleasure till the break of day!" ""At midnight, in the Queen's gardens, under the laurels near the fountain."" "It is midnight and I think I hear the murmuring of the fountain nearby." "My heart is drunk with love and joy!" "Elisabetta, my beloved, come to me!" "It is you, my fairest love, appearing to me amidst the flowers!" "It is you!" "All memory of pain vanishes from my soul!" "My sole source of happiness, at least I can speak to you!" "My sole source of suffering, it is you, my love!" "(So great a love bestows the greatest happiness!" ")" "(I am loved!" ")" "Forget the whole world!" "I desire you alone!" "I will not think of the past nor of the future!" "I love you!" "May love unite your heart with mine for all eternity!" "Forget the world, forget this life, forget heaven itself!" " I love you!" " (Utmost joy!" ")" "(God, it is not the Queen!" ")" "Why have you turned so pale and still?" "Your lips are as cold as ice!" "What ghost has come between us?" "Do you not believe my heart that beats for you alone?" "Do you not know what dreadful trap has been set for you?" "At any moment, a thunderbolt may strike your head!" "I know the storm clouds are gathering over me." "The thunderbolt that waits to strike me is always before my eyes!" "I heard your father and Posa talking of you in ominous tones." " Rodrigo!" " I can save you." "I love you!" "What secret have I uncovered here?" "Carlo!" "You have the heart of an angel, but mine must be forever closed to happiness!" "We dreamed a strange dream, you and I, in this sweet night, between the perfumed flowers." "A dream!" "O God!" "The words you spoke were for another ear!" "What a revelation!" "What a secret!" " You love the Queen!" " Have pity!" "What did he say?" "He is mad, do not believe him!" "I saw love in his heart, he has given himself away!" " What do you mean?" " I know everything!" "What do you mean?" "Tremble, you wretch!" "I am..." "You are the King's confidant, I know" "But I am a dangerous enemy." "I know your power, but you do not yet know mine." " Say plainly what you mean!" " Nothing." "It will do you no good to flee my rage." "I hold his life in my hands!" "Then speak and tell us what brought you here!" "When a tigress's heart is wounded the insult demands revenge!" "The wrath of heaven, which protects the innocent, will strike you down!" "What a fool I have been!" "Oh cruel fate!" "I have tainted my mother's name!" "God alone knows that my heart is innocent!" "You have wounded my heart!" "You have wounded my heart!" "Fear the worst from my fury!" "And to think I trembled before her!" "And to think I trembled before her!" "She draped her heart in virtue, played the saint, to drink her fill of lust and wallow in love!" "By God, she is shameless!" " I shall kill you on the spot!" " Rodrigo!" "No, the venom has not yet been spewed from her accursed lips!" "Rodrigo, restrain yourself!" " Does your hand waver?" " No!" " Strike now!" " No!" "Here I am!" "No, I still have one hope left to me." "God will guide me!" "Fear for your life, false son, my vengeance will find you!" "Fear for your life, the abyss will soon yawn at your feet!" " Have pity on his pain..." " She knows everything!" "or God will punish you!" " Hold your tongue or the abyss..." " O bitter grief!" "will soon yawn at your feet!" "will soon yawn at your feet!" "If you talk, may a severe God raise his arm to punish you!" "She knows all!" "If only the earth would open up at last to swallow me!" "Woe betide you, soon the earth will open up to swallow you!" "Carlo, if you have any important letter, any news, any secret, entrust it to me!" "To you!" "The King's confidant!" "Do you distrust me?" "Me?" "No, you are my heart's dearest hope!" "I could not close it to you if I tried!" "I shall put all my trust in you." "Yes, I will give you these precious letters." " Carlo, you can trust me!" " My life is in your hands!" "The day of joy has come at last, glory to the greatest of all kings!" "The nations trust in him, the world lies prostrate at his feet!" "Our love goes with him everywhere and such a love will never diminish!" "His name is the pride of Spain, may he live forever!" "The day has come, the day of wrath, the frightful, fateful day!" "They shall die!" "They shall die!" "God's stern judgment is just!" "Yet excommunication can be followed by the divine voice of forgiveness, if the sinner repents in his final hour." "Glory to the King!" "The day of joy has come at last, glory to the greatest of all kings!" "The nations trust in him, the world lies prostrate at his feet!" "Glory to the King!" "He will live in eternity!" "Glory to the King!" "Open the church gates!" "O House of God, open to us!" "Sacred shrine, give to us our King!" "Open the church gates!" "O House of God, open to us!" "Sacred shrine, give to us our King!" "When I set this crown upon my head," "I swore to heaven to punish the guilty by fire and the sword!" "Glory to the King!" "Glory to God!" " (Carlo!" "Oh God!" ") - (What is he doing here?" ")" "Who are these men kneeling at my feet?" "They are envoys from Brabant and Flanders, whom your son presents to the King." "Sire..." "No, Flander's last hour has not yet struck in spite of all she suffers." "An entire nation implores you: do not let our tears and sighs last forever!" "If in this church your heart begged for mercy and for peace, then have pity on us, spare our land, o King, for your power comes from God!" "You have been unfaithful to God and your King!" "Flanders rebelled against me." "Guards, take them away!" "They are disloyal!" "Stretch out your royal hand to shelter them!" " You have been unfaithful to God!" " They have no faith in God!" "Have pity on poor suffering Flanders in her death throes!" " You have been unfaithful to your King!" " They have no faith in God!" "Have pity on poor suffering Flanders in her death throes!" "Away from me!" "You have been unfaithful to God and your King!" " Take them from my sight!" " They deserve harsh measures!" "A wretched people is condemned to death!" "Have pity on poor suffering Flanders in her death throes!" "Sire, it is time I learned to live." "I am tired of being hidden away in this country." "If it is God's will that I should one day wear your crown, then raise a King worthy of Spain!" "Entrust me with Brabant and Flanders!" "Are you mad?" "How dare you make such a demand!" "Shall I myself hand you the sword that will one day strike the King?" "God knows our hearts, he must be the judge!" " (I tremble!" ") - (He is lost!" ")" "I swear by God," "I alone will be your saviour, people of Flanders!" "To draw his sword before the King!" "The Infante has lost his mind!" "Guards, disarm him!" "My lords, upholders of my throne, disarm him!" "What?" "Will no one?" "Who dares try?" "Who can escape this sword?" "Disarm him!" "Give me your sword!" "God in heaven!" "Rodrigo!" "You!" "He!" "Posa!" " (He!" ")" " Marquis, I hereby dub you Duke." "Now to the fiesta!" "The day of joy has come at last, glory to the greatest of all kings!" "The nations trust in him, the world lies prostrate at his feet!" "The day of wrath has come." "Fly up to heaven, you piteous souls!" " You shall find solace..." " And you look on, o heaven?" " in the peace of the Lord!" " God does not put out these flames!" "The tyrant kindles the pyre's flame in the name of the Lord!" " Glory to God!" " God allows these sacrifices!" "She has never loved me!" "No, her heart is closed to me, she does not love me." "I still recall how shocked she was by my white hair when she arrived from France." "No, she does not love me!" "Where am I?" "The lamps have almost burned out!" "Dawn casts its pale light on my balcony." "It is daybreak!" "The days of my life are ebbing away!" "Oh God, sleep evades my tired eyes." "I shall sleep alone in my royal mantle when the evening of my life draws near." "I shall asleep alone in that gloomy vault, the crypt of the Escorial!" "If only the crown could give me the power to see into men's hearts, as God alone can!" "When the monarch sleeps, the traitor is alert;" "the King loses his crown, the husband his honour!" "The Grand Inquisitor!" "Am I in the presence of the King?" "Yes, I sent for you, Father!" "I have doubts!" "Carlo fills my heart with grief." "He has rebelled against me, he has taken up arms against his father!" "What punishment do you wish to see inflicted?" "The very harshest!" "And that would be?" "Either exile... or the axe..." "Well?" "If I condemn him to death, will you grant me absolution?" "The life of a rebel is a small price to pay for peace within the empire." "May a Christian sacrifice his son for the world?" "God sacrificed His to redeem us!" "Can such a harsh law hold here?" "It holds everywhere since it held on the cross!" "Can I stifle the voice of love and nature?" "In the name of faith, you must stifle everything!" "Very well!" "Is there another matter the King wishes to address?" "No." "Then I must raise it, Sire." "Heresy has never been tolerated in Spain, but one man seeks to undermine the divine order:" "the King's friend, your faithful companion, a fiend who is tempting you on to ruin!" "Carlo's treachery is a trifling matter compared to his." "And I, the Inquisitor who have so often raised my fist against shadowy heretics, now ignore my faith to please earthly princes." "I have let a rebel go free..." "and the King!" "I could not find at court the one thing I longed for to help me through these grim times." "A man!" "An honest heart!" "And then I found one." "A man?" "What for?" "Why are you called the King if a mere man is your equal?" "Enough, priest!" "The reformers' ideas have infected your mind!" "You think your weak hand can break the holy yoke that rests upon the Roman Catholic world!" "Return to your duty." "The Church can forgive those who truly repent." "Hand the Marquis of Posa over to me!" "No, never!" "Sire, if I were not with you in this palace now, then, by God, tomorrow you would stand before the highest court of the Inquisition!" "Priest, I have listened to your cruel words too long!" "Then why do you evoke the shade of Samuel?" "I have already given this mighty empire two kings!" "Do you want to destroy all that we have achieved?" "It is madness!" "Why am I here?" "What does Your Majesty want from me?" "Father, let us make peace again." "Peace?" "Forget what has been said here!" "Perhaps!" "It is always the way, the throne must bow before the altar!" "Justice, Sire!" "I trust in the King's integrity!" "I am cruelly treated at court, unknown enemies commit vile outrages against me!" "My casket where I keep my treasures, my jewels..." "and other things still dearer to me... has been stolen!" "I demand justice from your Majesty!" "Is this what you are looking for?" "God in heaven!" "Won't you open it?" "Very well, I shall!" "(I cannot bear it!" ")" "Carlo's portrait!" "Words appear to fail you." "Carlo's portrait!" "Yes." "Among your jewels?" "Yes." "What?" "You dare admit it?" "Yes, indeed I dare!" "You know my hand was first promised to your son." "Now I am yours, obedient to God's will, and as chaste as the lilies." "Yet someone dares to doubt Elisabetta's honour!" "My honour!" "And the man who delivers that insult... is the King!" "Oh, bold words!" "You think me weak, you think you can provoke me." "My weakness can quickly turn to anger." "Tremble, then, for yourself and for me!" " What have I done?" " Liar!" "If dishonour has been heaped on dishonour if you have been unfaithful to me, then I swear by God that blood will flow!" "I pity you!" "The pity of an adulteress!" "Come to the Queen's aid!" "(God in heaven, what have I done!" ")" "Sire, half the world is subject to you." "You control a vast empire, yet it seems you cannot control yourself." "(Damn this ruinous suspicion, whispered in my ear by a fiend from hell!" ")" "(I have ruined her!" "My remorse is agonising!" ")" " (She has not betrayed her marriage vow!" ") - (I have committed a hellish crime!" ")" " (Her pride disclose it to me!" ") - (I have ruined her!" ")" "(At last the time for action has come, a terrible thunderbolt has split the sky.)" "(A man must die for Spain..." "to secure her future happiness!" ")" " (She has not betrayed her marriage vow!" ") - (I have betrayed this noble heart!" ")" " (She was not unfaithful to me!" ") - (O remorse!" ")" "What happened?" "Oh, heavens!" "They have all abandoned me..." " (O remorse!" ") - to tears and grief!" "I am a stranger in this land!" " (Bitter sadness!" ")" " I have lost all hope in this world!" "(I have betrayed this noble heart!" "The pain will kill me!" ")" " (Bitter sadness!" ") - (Accursed be the infamous suspicion... )" " My only hope lies in heaven." " (work of a hateful demon!" ")" "Have mercy!" "Have mercy on a repentant sinner!" "At my feet?" "You?" "What have you done?" "Remorse is killing me, my heart is in torment!" "Angel of heaven, illustrious Queen, learn what devil hell gave you over to!" " Your casket!" "I was the thief!" " You!" " I!" "I was your accuser!" " You!" "Love, rage, my hatred of you... cruel jealousy, all these drove me to act against you!" "I love Carlo and he rejected me!" "You love him?" "Rise." "No, I have more to confess!" "More?" "Have pity on me!" "The King..." "Oh, do not curse me!" "Yes... seduced... dishonoured..." "The crime I accused you of..." "I... myself... committed it!" "Give me back my cross!" "You will leave the court tomorrow" "You may choose between exile and a convent." "Alas, I shall never see the Queen again!" "What a destructive, cruel gift heaven gave me in its rage!" "A curse on that which makes us vain and proud, a curse on my loveliness!" "All I can do is weep tears, all my hopes are lost!" "My crime is so terrible that I can never atone for it!" "A curse on my loveliness!" "O my Queen, I sacrificed you to the mad folly of my heart!" "I shall bury my anguish in a convent and hide it from the world!" "Alas!" "Oh, God!" "Carlo!" "He goes to his death tomorrow!" "I still have one day left, hope is on my side!" "Thanks be to heaven!" "I shall save him!" "I still have one day left!" "Thanks be to heaven!" "I shall save him!" "It is me, my dear Carlo!" "Rodrigo," "I am so grateful to you for visiting me in this dungeon!" "Carlo!" "You know I have no strength left!" "My love for Elisabetta torments and devours me!" "I am of no more use to the living!" "But you can still save them, put an end to their slavery!" "You know how much I love you!" "You must escape from this dreadful tomb!" "I am happy just to embrace you one more time!" " I have saved you!" " What are you saying?" "We must part, dear Carlo!" "My last day has come, we shall never see each other again." "May God, who rewards his faithful servants, reunite us in heaven." "There are tears in your eyes." "Why are you so sad?" "No, take heart!" "For the man who dies for you, the final breath will be a joyful one." "Why do you talk of death?" "Listen, time is short," "I have made myself the target of the vengeful thunderbolt." "You are no longer the King's adversary... the man stirring up revolt in Flanders is me!" " No one will believe it!" " The evidence is overwhelming!" "Your letters, which were found in my possession, are clear proof of rebellion." "A price has already been set on my head, I am sure." " I shall tell the King everything!" " No, save yourself for Flanders!" "You must finish the great work I began!" "You will usher in a new golden age!" "Your destiny is to rule and mine is to die for you!" "God in heaven!" "This means death!" "But whose?" "Mine!" "The King's vengeance could not be delayed for long." "Almighty God!" "Carlo, listen." "Your mother expects you tomorrow in San Giusto;" "she knows everything." "I am fading..." "Dear Carlo, give me your hand!" "I am dying, but I die happy, knowing my death has saved the saviour of Spain!" "Do not forget me!" "Do not forget me!" "Yes, your destiny is to rule and mine is to die for you!" "I am fading... give me your hand!" "Save Flanders!" "Carlo, farewell!" "Carlo, take back your sword;" "I was deceived, but the traitor paid for his crime!" " Come here!" " Stand back!" "Your face is spattered with his loyal blood!" "God has set the mark of His vengeance on your brow!" " My son!" " I am no longer your son!" "You can choose a son who resembles you from among the hangmen!" "Follow me!" "You think you know men's hearts and do not know what pure blood your hand has just shed!" "He loved me like a brother." "A sacred oath bound my heart to his." "He despised your favour no less than your anger!" " He died for me!" " Heavens!" " He sacrificed himself for me!" " O my prophetic soul!" "O King of devastation and horror!" "Who will you find to wear this crown when your end draws near?" "My throne will be at my side!" "Who can bring this man back to me?" "O abyss!" "Save him from my calamitous mistakes!" "He alone, of all men, was born a hero..." "I have destroyed the tower of strength God sent me!" "Yes, I loved him, his noble mind showed me a new world... and I gave his fiery spirit over to the horror of the grave!" "Our lives are meaningless..." " This proud man!" " O my friend..." "He has stolen the King's heart from us..." "His Majesty is consumed by remorse!" " Give me your heart!" " We are descending into the night of the tomb!" "Give me your great soul!" "Make me a hero of your new world!" "Fill me with the divine flame or else drag me down to join you in the underworld!" "Our lives are meaningless..." "Spaniards!" "We are descending into the night of the tomb!" "Fill me with the divine flame or else drag me down to join you in the underworld!" "Let's descend into the night of the tomb!" "The bell rings out a warning!" "Whoever stands in our way will die!" "We will strike without fear or pity!" " Tremble and yield..." " The people are in uproar!" " before the avenging people!" " They demand to see the Infante!" " Open the gates!" " Good God!" "Obey!" "It is my will!" "We will strike without fear or pity!" "Tremble before the people's vengeful anger!" " Well, what holds you back?" " Strike!" " Long live the King!" " Death to him who stops us!" " Strike!" " Long live the King!" "Butcher an old king, you loyal servants!" "Trample my lifeless carcass and robe my son in the imperial purple!" " Down with you!" " The Grand Inquisitor!" "Down on your knees before the King!" "He is under God's protection!" "Down with you!" "On your knees!" "Lord, have mercy on us!" " Glory be to almighty God!" " Long live the King!" " Have mercy on us!" "You who partook of the vanities of this world and now enjoy the profound peace of the tomb:" "if there is still weeping in heaven, weep for my grief and bring my tears before God's throne!" "Carlo will come here!" "Yes!" "He must go away and learn to forget me..." "I promised Posa I would watch over him!" "He must follow his destiny, it will be a glorious one." "As for me, my life has already reached its evening." "France," "you noble land, so dear to me in my youth!" "Fontainebleau!" "My thoughts fly to you." "There I swore before God an oath of eternal love, though that eternity only lasted a day." "You lovely gardens here in Spain, if Carlo should walk in you of an evening, may the lawns, streams, woods and flowers sing of our love in harmony!" "sing of our love in harmony!" "Farewell, golden dreams and lost illusions!" "The last tie has been cut, the light extinguished!" "Farewell, my youth!" "My heart, in its grief, desires only" "My heart, in its grief, desires only the peace of the grave!" "the peace of the grave!" "There she is!" "Just one word!" "I commend the departing pilgrim to heaven." "And then I require just one thing of you: that you forget me and live!" "Yes, I will try to be strong." "But when love shatters, it kills more certainly than death itself." "No, think of Rodrigo!" "He did not sacrifice himself for a mere whim!" "I will erect for him a splendid tomb in Flanders, more magnificent than that of any King!" "The flowers of paradise will gladden him!" "Once I had a dream, a wondrous dream... but it has faded... and in its place I see in agony a flaming bonfire and a stake!" "A river as red as blood, fields like a graveyard, a nation of dying people, who stretch out their hands to me as if I could save them!" "I will go to them gladly, whether to death or victory, as long as I am sure of your praise or your tears!" "Yes, this is the sacred fire of heroism!" "A love worthy of us, whose flame was lit by a brave man!" "A love that turns mortals into gods!" "Do not delay!" "Go and save a dying nation!" "These people call me with your voice!" "Save the people!" "And if I die for them, my death will be a noble one!" "Go, do not delay!" "Save a dying nation!" "Until today no human power could have torn my hand from yours..." "But on this great day, my honour has vanquished love;" "a cause like this transforms both heart and spirit!" "Do you see, Elisabetta..." "I can clasp you in my arms and my virtue is unshaken!" "When it is all over and I have withdrawn my hand from yours... now you weep?" "Yes, I weep, but in admiration." "These tears come from my soul, now you can see the tears women shed for heroes!" "We shall meet again, up above, in a better world, an eternal future has begun for us." "In the arms of the Lord we will find the longed-for happiness that eluded us on earth!" "We shall meet again, up above, in a better world, an eternal future has begun for us." "In the arms of the Lord we will find the longed-for happiness that eluded us on earth!" "On that day that will bring us no more tomorrows, let us forget the names for carnal love!" "Farewell, mother!" "My son, farewell!" "Farewell forever!" "Forever farewell!" "Yes, forever!" "I demand a dual sacrifice!" "I shall do my duty." "And you?" "The Inquisition will do its duty, too." " Heavens!" " Guards!" "God will avenge me!" "His fist will smash this tribunal of blood!" "Earthly sorrow finds us even in the cloister." "The strife in your heart will only find peace in heaven." " The voice of Carlo!" " It is Carlo the Fifth!" " My father!" " God in heaven!" "Carlo, the supreme emperor, is but dust and ashes."