(to his doctor) Go away! (to Cardinal Sforza) Do nightmares ever plague the Vice-Chancellor?
The very office is a nightmare, Your Holiness. Plots, petty intrigues and petitions... which I do my utmost to keep from your presence.
(nods slowly) I need your assurance... of the welfare of my daughter- in the castle of your cousin, Giovanni Sforza.
You suspect she's ill-used?
(sighs worriedly) Our nightmares tell us so.
He will be... putty in her soft hands, Your Holiness. Yes, he inherited the Sforza name, the Sforza wealth- but none of its' vigor.
And the Sforza appetite for intrigue?
(shrugs) Yes, well...yes, that he did inherit. But... intrigue is no match for Borgia intelligence, as all Rome has discovered.
So... I need your further assurance that... he, and another cousin, the Duke of Milan, will be constant in their support... for our Papacy. (Cardinal Sforza looks away) We have merged our fortunes with the Sforza name- the consequence of that trust being betrayed... would be most severe.
(pause) Do you speak to me as Vice-Chancellor, Your Holiness?
Rodrigo Borgia/Alexander VI': (coldly)...No. As a Sforza.
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