(to the Cardinals, as he is dying) You are afraid to enter, but you must. (they enter) I am about to meet my maker, and I have confessed. And, I confess... I am very afraid. (acknowledges several of them, and they bow) Corlona. Sforza. Orsini. Borgia.
(bows) Your Holiness.
...Della Rovere. (Della Rovere bows) You will fight, like dogs... over this corpse I leave...for this throne, of St. Peter's. (Della Rovere crosses himself) But, it was pure, once. We have all sullied it, with our greed and... lechery. (Borgia and Della Rovere meet each other's eyes) Which of you... will wash it clean?! (Della Rovere seems about to speak, but Borgia speaks first)
It shall be cleansed, Your Holiness- with the tears we shed for you. I swear, before the living God.
(sneering) You swear thus- a Spanish burano, a white Moor?!
(firmly) As Vice-Chancellor, I swear, before the living God. (kisses the Pope's hand)
And so do I, Your Holiness.
And I, Your Holiness. (the Cardinals all gather around the bed, voicing their assurances)
Rest assured, Your Holiness, the glory of our Holy Mother Church will be restored- in my lifetime. (kisses the Pope's hand as Borgia watches him)
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