Barbarossa Page #3

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Rome is weak and sick.

You just have to wait a little more.

[Clearing Throat]

How long?

That avid and stubborn Englishman

that took on the name of Pope Adrian IV

has one foot in the grave already.

Our cardinals tell me that his successor

will be much more malleable.

Soon, very soon you will be able to sit

on the throne that belonged to Charlemagne.

Let's go.

[SCREAMING]

[CHUCKLES]

Gotcha!

[WOMAN LAUGHING]

Siniscalco Barozzi,

he came to our house last night.

He asked for the hand

of my sister, Tessa.

Barozzi's a worm.

Barozzi will never take

my sister to the altar.

And how can you be so sure?

Well, I can...

I can feel it.

[CHUCKLES]

So what they say is... is true.

You are sort of a witch.

No. Wait.

Wait!

[LAUGHS] I brought you something.

Wait. Wait.

With this spoon, I'll take care of you

for the rest of my life.

With this dagger, I'll defend you

at the cost of my life.

[GASPS]

what? What?

[WHIMPERING]

Hey. What's wrong?

Hey!

Damn it!

[GRUNTING]

Oh, this damn thing.

[TESSA]:
Eleonora. Hey.

Are you sleeping?

No.

I wanted to show you something.

Look.

He finally made up his mind?

Ranero gave me the pledge.

Don't tell our father.

He keeps telling me that Siniscalco Barozzi

is an eligible bachelor

and that one day he

may even be a consul.

Our father would never have

to sleep in the same bed

with Siniscalco Barozzi.

Follow your heart, Tessa.

You must follow your heart.

Hey! Get some sleep, you two!

Tomorrow is another day.

My heart has already decided.

So this is the way it must be.

Hyah! Hyah!

Ho. Ho.

[HORSES WHINNYING]

[MEN SHOUTING]

My God.

[SOLDIER]:
You may go in.

I'm to confer directly

with the emperor.

I'm afraid you'll have to content yourself

with conferring with me.

I bring Milan's oath of allegiance.

Milan is a city with a short memory.

- I don't understand.

- You do understand.

You were there too

when that Milanese consul of yours trampled

on the imperial seal.

I, Ranald of Dassel, was humiliated,

made fun of, beaten by your rabble.

How dare you?

I have also come to apologize.

There is no more time for words.

Go back to your consuls and tell them

the emperor is coming

and that this is not going

to be a courtesy visit.

Listen. Listen to me.

There are many noblemen in Milan

who are favorable to the emperor.

There is nothing more

you can do, Barozzi.

[SIGHS]

[COINS JINGLING]

This stays here.

Ah.

It's true. I am scared.

I am scared

because I have seen with my own eyes

the power of the German army.

Their tents covered the entire plain.

And they have so many war machines...

that our whole square

could not contain them.

For the love of reason, I implore you,

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