The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Page #3
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The old order is dead. Your house
will die if you cannot learn.
This is Elizabeth we deal with.
What's a king but a man,
a queen but a woman?
There's one man she fears,
and that man's yourself.
- And she has good reason to fear you.
- To fear me? Why? I'm loyal.
You're a man not easily governed...
...moreover, a general,
popular and acclaimed.
And last, she loves you...
...which makes you more to be feared
whether you love her or not.
Love her?
I most certainly do love her.
- My lord, a man as young as yourself...
- lf she were my mother's kitchen hag...
...toothless and wooden leg, she'd still
make the others colorless. She's a witch.
She's got a witch's brain.
I love her. I hate her.
I adore her.
That side of it you must
know for yourself.
But, my lord,
permit me to caution you.
Don't count too much
on the loves of queens.
Thanks, Schoolmaster Bacon, for that
sound lecture and the sound advice.
Which you probably will not take.
Which I probably will not.
- What's the shortest road to London?
- Up the hill to the river, then follow it.
So you would take the queen's knight,
Mistress Penelope?
I fear you are overpresumptuous
and over-inexperienced.
- All knights are fair game, Your Grace.
- I have observed you seem to think so.
The queen will protect her own.
Why didn't you move?
- Lf I do, l...
- You will take my knight.
Is that so far from your desire?
Move, I tell you.
Check to Your Grace.
I fear the queen is powerless now.
For example...
I had no desire to play,
but Your Majesty commanded me.
Never mind, child.
It's only a game,
and I'm out of sorts.
I'm tired of it.
Do something. Sing. Play.
Amuse me.
- Your Majesty?
- Well?
Would you like to hear
Master Marlowe's song:
- "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love"?
- Anything you please.
Please, Penelope, don't.
- Your Majesty.
- Well?
By Your Grace, Raleigh has lately writ
an answer to Master Marlowe's ballad.
I'll sing it if Mistress Margaret
will take Marlowe's verses against me.
A tournament of song?
By all means.
Proceed. Proceed.
So Sir Walter has turned rhymester.
The words will fit perfectly.
A woman in love with a man
much younger than herself.
Are you mad, Pen? She'll beat you...
...or send you to the tower.
Come live with me
And be my love
Enjoy with me
The pleasures here above
That hills and valleys
Dales and fields
And all the wooded mountains yield
If I could be
As young and fair as you
Believe what every shepherd
Said was true
These pretty speeches
Might me move
To live with you
And be your love
- And I will make your bed of roses
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