E22 - Use Your Head More, Damn Brat. Don’t Die Even If You Are Weak.

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    --Your Majesty!
    --Your Majesty!
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    Your Majesty, punish the rebels
    with force of arms!
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    Calm down! Are you certain that the
    Duke of Buckingham leads the rebels?
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    We can't afford mistakes!
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    The rebels have proclaimed it,
    and the duke hasn't denied it!
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    Your Majesty, Buckingham has declared
    the Earl of Richmond his new king!
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    Richmond? Does he even
    have a claim to the throne?
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    He comes of the Lancastrian royal line.
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    A new king?
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    But he... He was my kingmaker.
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    King Richard, if His Grace truly
    has joined the Lancastrians,
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    the boys in the Tower...
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    If the Lancastrian Richmond really
    means to seize the crown,
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    then the next briar in his path will be...
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    He's had...
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    He's had more than enough time
    to give me his answer.
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    If Richard can't cut through the briars,
    then there's only one path.
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    Like I did then,
    I'll take it upon myself to...
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    If I weren't king, I might have
    run to you immediately.
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    I might have given up
    everything without a thought.
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    But if I release my grip now...
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    --Your Majesty!
    --Your Majesty!
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    Call soldiers!
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    Assemble our finest troops at once!
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    York of the white rose.
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    Lancaster of the red rose.
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    These royal houses with roses for
    their crests battled for the throne.
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    People call their strife
    the "Wars of the Roses."
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    Your Majesty.
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    I am the king.
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    Back then, I could have
    thrown it all away.
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    But now...
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    Sooner or later,
    God will pass judgment on me
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    for forsaking my oath of love and trust.
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    Are you truly certain about this?
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    Was there any other way?
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    Are you saying that I should
    never have become king?
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    If I had never lain with him...
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    If I weren't a demon child...
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    King Richard.
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    Pondering what-ifs does no good.
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    Isn't that right, Henry?
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    I was able to grasp the light
    because I had you with me.
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    I seized my desire with these hands.
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    So, I will never allow this body
    to rule my soul again.
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    Catesby, go to London and fetch Jane.
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    As fast as you can.
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    Northumberland,
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    I'm glad you came.
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    Your Majesty!
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    I... I'm a knight too! I'll fight!
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    Edward.
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    I'll help you, Father.
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    Going to war means killing others,
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    or sometimes dying before
    you get a chance to fight.
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    Battle is pointless and brutal.
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    Honor demands stifling your feelings
    to fight in the reek of mud and blood.
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    Can you do that?
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    I cannot take him into battle.
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    Not this kind child.
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    Father,
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    this seems so painful for you.
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    So... So, I'll join you!
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    The king must fight.
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    Even against friends and family
    when they turn on him.
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    Richard, I don't know what passed between
    you and the Duke of Buckingham,
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    but I believe in you.
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    Both as a father and as a king.
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    We shall march southwest
    and strike the main rebel force!
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    Advance with all haste!
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    Edward,
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    keep Anne safe for me.
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    Your Excellency, proceed as we planned.
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    Days of rain have seriously delayed us.
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    Now that we can't hope
    to reach London ahead of him,
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    we'll have to take that route.
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    Richard,
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    I'll march to the place
    where we were to meet.
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    Your Majesty, our scouts report that
    Buckingham has already left his castle,
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    but his destination remains unknown.
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    Still, he can't march
    quickly in this rain.
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    The forest.
[07:17] ---
    True. He could enter the forest of Dean
    and ford the river to reach London.
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    I thought we had already
    parted ways for good,
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    and yet...
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    Give the order to our whole force!
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    To the forest of Dean!
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    I know where my other half will go.
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    He's waiting for me in that forest.
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    If we cut through the woods
    and ford the river, London is ours!
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    I don't care if I fall to earth or my good
    name is dragged through the mud.
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    I will end our kingdom
    with my own two hands.
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    Where are you, Buckingham?
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    Once we meet, it will all be over.
[08:05] ---
    And yet...
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    Our scouts bring word!
    Buckingham's army is in these woods!
[08:12] ---
    My frozen blood flows backwards.
[08:16] ---
    It cries out for that heat.
[08:18] ---
    Your Majesty!
[08:20] ---
    Your heat that burned away my curse.
[08:23] ---
    Not even merciless
    arrows of rain can quell it.
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    My soul burns with longing.
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    Even if it brings everything to an end.
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    Half of my divided self
    wails with desire for you.
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    Buckingham, I cannot allow
    you to reach London!
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    Is that your answer?
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    If so...
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    I must slay Richard III here and now.
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    Your Majesty! Leave Buckingham to--
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    Stay back!
    I'll see to this personally!
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    Come, Richard!
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    Buckingham!
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    You can't run forever!
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    Buckingham!
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    Raise your sword.
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    You mean to kill me, don't you?
[09:35] ---
    In that moment when your burning
    golden eyes reflect only me...
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    ...supreme bliss lights my soul ablaze.
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    I've never dreamed of killing you.
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    --Then why--
    --I want to kill...
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    ...King Richard III!
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    Richard, it's not too late.
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    Richard III could vanish here,
    in the midst of battle.
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    A little evidence left behind
    would convince everyone
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    that King Richard and
    the Duke of Buckingham
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    perished in the floodwaters,
    still locked in combat.
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    Is that why you led me
    away from the troops?
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    We'll go abroad and forsake our names.
[11:10] ---
    I'll stay at your side, clearing briars
    from your path as long as I live.
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    Even the loyalty to your father
    that binds you now.
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    Loyalty to my father?
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    Yes.
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    Your longing for the crown must have
    its roots in your father's ambition.
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    Was that truly your own wish?
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    It's true that I sometimes wondered
    if my light lay elsewhere.
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    But I only sought such salvation
    because I had lost hope.
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    Buckingham,
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    you opened my eyes to the truth.
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    Now that the light is mine, I know.
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    My father's spirit is no briar.
[12:05] ---
    His wish, memory,
    and suffering are all a part of me.
[12:14] ---
    Those are the thorns I mean.
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    So are Anne, Edward, and all the rest.
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    England, and even you.
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    That's why...
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    ...I can't go with you.
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    I have only one wish now!
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    Flee, Henry!
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    Flee in the boat I meant to take with you?
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    Flee to a world without you?
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    What would such a world be worth?
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    It's the best we can do now.
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    If we live, we have a future.
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    No matter where you go,
    I promise to find you and follow.
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    Until I do,
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    I'll think of this ring as you.
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    Not a mere ring.
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    If only I could sear
    this kiss into your hand!
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    A mark to remind you
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    of these lips, which will always
    call your name with love.
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    Say no more, but swear you'll write to me.
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    Your Majesty!
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    Take this ring. It bears the royal seal.
[13:52] ---
    You'll find it useful in a tight spot.
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    Go!
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    Richard.
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    Your Majesty!
    The river has burst its banks!
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    Fall back at once!
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    The flood has scattered our foes.
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    They won't be able to run far.
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    It's fading.
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    The cruel rain is stealing
    the last vestige of warmth,
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    as though it had all been an
    illusion from the very beginning.
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    Your Grace!
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    You're unhurt!
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    Let us retreat to a friendly manor
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    and wait for the Earl of
    Richmond's reinforcements!
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    I'll fetch you a horse!
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    Richmond won't come.
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    A storm is delaying his forces.
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    Those soldiers might
    betray you if they knew.
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    I wouldn't mind if they did.
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    You called me a part of you.
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    But to me, Richard, you are everything.
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    Tyrrell, take this.
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    I'll have no more need of it.
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    I have one last duty to fulfill.
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    I hear that His Majesty is in residence.
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    Why, Sir Catesby!
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    Inform the king that
    I've returned from London.
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    Make way!
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    Hey, isn't that...?
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    Buckingham?!
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    How?
[16:05] ---
    His Grace seems quite resigned.
[16:08] ---
    I'm told that his comrades
    sold him for a reward.
[16:14] ---
    It can't be. He should have
    been able to escape.
[16:17] ---
    So, why is he...?
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    Behead the traitors who gave him up.
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    The rebel Buckingham deserved no better!
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    Death is the only punishment for treason!
[16:29] ---
    That's right.
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    I've slaughtered countless
    foes before now.
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    It's only natural that he
    would be no exception.
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    Why, Henry?
[16:45] ---
    Why did you come back?
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    Is this the ending King Richard wanted?!
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    Continue to protect Richard
    as you always have.
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    I have another role.
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    That's all.
[16:59] ---
    Your "role" is to betray him
    and be executed?
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    I wanted to obtain something at any cost.
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    Ever since childhood.
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    The two of us finally seized it.
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    Because of that, I realized that we
    had been looking at different lights.
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    I shouldn't have to tell you that I take
    what I want by any means necessary.
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    You drew out his secret desires
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    and cruelly led him down
    a path of wickedness.
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    Your sins are beyond forgiveness!
[17:38] ---
    True.
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    And I won't change.
[17:42] ---
    As long as I live, I'll long to possess
    Richard completely. I can't help it.
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    If you realize that,
    you could live on and atone!
[17:50] ---
    Don't play the saint!
[17:52] ---
    You would commit any heinous
    crime for his sake as well.
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    I know that I would kill
    Richard if left unchecked!
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    Even so, I still believe
    that you should not die.
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    If you imagine that I mean
    to scar Richard with my death,
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    you're mistaken.
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    My role is to clear the briars
    from Richard's path.
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    Even if I turn out to be one of them.
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    I doubt that I'll ever be able to
    agree with your way of thinking.
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    Does Your Grace have any last requests?
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    Execute me soon.
[18:44] ---
    A long prison stay will
    leave me dingy and haggard.
[18:49] ---
    I want to look my best for Richard.
[18:53] ---
    I'll inform him.
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    Wait. Just one more thing.
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    Enough. Say no more.
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    --But--
    --I don't want to hear any more!
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    It's his final wish.
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    He wants to see you one final time!
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    Meeting him will blunt my resolve.
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    Incompatible desires threaten
    to tear my soul apart.
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    King Richard.
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    Where is she?
[19:25] ---
    You brought Jane, didn't you?
[19:28] ---
    Your Majesty summoned me?
[19:30] ---
    I've brought what you desire.
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    Catesby, leave us.
[19:37] ---
    A drink of that will end it?
[19:41] ---
    I... I only wanted... to be king.
[19:50] ---
    No one's life is without regret.
[19:56] ---
    The date of Your Grace's
    execution has been set.
[20:00] ---
    Tomorrow.
[20:02] ---
    Won't Richard come to see me?
[20:06] ---
    Tomorrow is All Souls' Day.
[20:08] ---
    We may pray for anyone's soul then.
[20:12] ---
    For friends, for foes,
    and even for despicable traitors.
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    Prayers? What could be less fitting
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    for demons like us?
[20:28] ---
    No. You're...
[20:30] ---
    You're no demon!
[20:33] ---
    The only demon was me!
[20:36] ---
    God, if you exist, I'll spend
    my last hours in prayer.
[20:42] ---
    Please, do not punish Richard.
[20:46] ---
    Your Grace, the Duke of Buckingham!
[20:48] ---
    Marriage? It's absurd.
[20:51] ---
    They were fighting to
    the death not long ago.
[20:53] ---
    Now they make a show of merriment.
[20:56] ---
    This marriage is the end of my life.
[21:00] ---
    Living like a pet dog, with no will
    of my own, is no better than death.
[21:10] ---
    Training at a time like this?
[21:12] ---
    Some noble's child?
[21:14] ---
    More importantly, are they a boy?
[21:21] ---
    Ow.
[21:23] ---
    Are you suicidal?!
[21:25] ---
    Duke Richard! The feast is beginning!
[21:28] ---
    I'll be there soon!
[21:29] ---
    H-Hey...
[21:31] ---
    Use your head more, damn brat.
[21:34] ---
    Don't die even if you are weak.
[21:42] ---
    Shameless wretch!
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    Traitor!
[21:45] ---
    Traitor!
[21:46] ---
    I don't believe in God or fate.
[21:51] ---
    I have no regrets.
[21:54] ---
    I was born in this world
    and got to meet you.
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    I have nothing to say. Do it.
[22:06] ---
    But if I had one final wish...
[22:14] ---
    ...it would be...
[22:17] ---
    It would be to see you... once more.
[22:39] ---
    Henry.
[22:43] ---
    Wait for me in hell.
[22:49] ---
    I swear that we'll meet again.
[23:08] ---
    This blood seals the pact
[23:13] ---
    that will reunite us.