Young Bess Page #3

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They'll invade us. Perhaps they'll

kill the King before he kills her.

- But they'll have to hurry.

- I don't believe you.

Don't you?

Come on with me.

Why should you care? The King's will

and wish means nothing to you!

The King's law is not heeded by his

own wife. What a sad spectacle!

- You plead for a heretic?

- You see!

After the execution,

they'll send you back to Hatfield.

- Anything in sight?

- Nothing, Lord Admiral.

Keep looking. First man to sight

the French fleet gets an extra grog

Signal Burnell. Tell him

to fill in that gap in the line.

The biggest fleet ever gathered

against us. The danger is real.

Ned, the King's barge is coming for

the ladies. You should go with them

- We want to stay for the fighting

- Will you lead a boarding party?

Why not?

Are we so sure we can beat them

that we have women on board?

That was your idea.

- Is this a war or a picnic?

- A picnic, sir.

That's the spirit.

That's what I like to hear.

- Don't you agree, spoilsport?

- Not with overconfidence.

- Did you forget their 300 ships?

- No, and they didn't forget me!

- I broke the blockade in Boulogne

- Glorious nonsense.

Glorious performance.

Were there ever two brothers

less alike, fighting like cats?

Archbishop, tell them what

happened to the Kilkenny Cats.

Just a moment, Your Majesty.

- How do you feel, Cranmer?

- A little better.

- How is Mrs. Cranmer?

- Very well indeed.

- You're not afraid of me, are you?

- No. What reason could there be?

They say in this document

that while I was in France, -

- you authorized a translation

of the Bible into English.

Could you hurt my feelings allowing

this jewel to be translated?

- Who am I to use the royal power?

- Who did it then?

- Not I, Sire.

- Who is cleverer than the King?

Who between the church and the state

thinks he can do as he pleases?

Does Your Majesty forget that I was

monarch while you were away?

- No, Kate, I do not forget that.

- I've pleaded for this translation

I know.

I still think that the word of God

should be available for everybody.

So you've become a learned doctor?

- You're here to instruct us?

- I never thought ...

Quiet!

Pretty business that I, in my old

age, should be taught by my wife.

Do you know what the law obliges

me to do, even though I like you?

Even though you're a very pretty

woman. I like you very much.

- Stop that hellcat screeching.

- What is it?

- The French!

- Where?

Out there. Tall ships.

Coming up like clouds.

- Top-man, what do you see?

- Nothing, my Lord Admiral.

- No trace of the French?

- Not a sail in sight.

I did see the ships for a moment.

Perhaps they saw us and sailed away

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