The Crusades Page #3

I've no love for monks

and shave-pates.

And I'm content in England.

And France.

You realize why we've come,

Richard, Alice and I?

How long do you propose

to honor us here?

My time is short.

And so I give you happiness,

Richard...

in your marriage

to my sister.

I've no wine left,

Philip.

I can't drink that toast.

The pledge of marriage

was given by your father.

Yes, but Alice and I

were just children then.

The late king, your father,

desired this alliance

with France.

Philip, you know

that the late king,

my father, and I...

seldom agreed on anything.

The Lion squirms in the net.

Richard of England...

do you refuse to wed

the Princess of France...

to whom you are pledged?

Sire, there's a great crowd

at the outer gate.

They seek the King.

Well, let them in!

You'll answer me!

Yes, yes, Philip.

Later, later.

Open the gates.

Open the gates, I say.

Richard!

You will get an excellent view

from the balcony.

Open the gates!

The Hermit is here.

Let the Holy Man through.

Oh, ye men of England...

the kings and the peoples

of every other land...

are going forth to war

for the cross.

Will you close your ears

to the cry of Christendom?

No!

Do you fear to die

where Christ, our Lord,

suffered...

to give you life

everlasting?

No!

Never!

Will you turn from him...

now that he is being

crucified again?

Behold,

in the City of His Sorrow...

darkness falls again

upon the Mount of Calvary.

Will ye deny him now?

No!

Never!

Come to the army of the cross.

Lift up your swords,

not for lust or gold...

but for the Lord, our God.

Come, ye men of England.

Take the cross

to your heart...

that ye may find

the real, true cross.

That man's inspired!

Now shall the son depart

from the father...

and the husband from the wife.

Many who go shall not return.

Therefore,

all other earthly promises

and vows are wiped away.

By the devil's teeth,

I see the way out!

Father!

The King! Make way

for the King! Stand back!

King Richard.

God bless you, Richard.

Good father,

do I hear it right?

The taking of the cross

will cancel a pledge?

No other pledge shall bind one

who has taken

the Crusader's Oath.

Then give me the Oath.

Richard of England,

will you join the Crusade,

forsaking all else?

Yes,

I will renounce everything.

Even the lovely woman

to whom I'm pledged.

Richard of England...

do you swear

you will not lift your hand...

against any other

who wears the cross?

That you will not turn aside

from the Crusade...

until the Holy City

is again free?

I swear.

Give me the cross.

You can lie to yourself,

Richard...

you can lie to me...

but you cannot lie to God.

This cross will humble you,

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