Though I love Your Majesty and I'm loyal to you, in every way, I cannot disguise my distress and unhappiness.
Well, you're going to have to.
S1 E1In Cold Blood
Tell me about King Francis, Sir Thomas.
He's 23 years old.
Is he tall?
Yes. But ill proportioned.
What about his legs? Are his calves strong like mine?
Your Majesty no one has calves like yours.
Is he handsome?
Some people might think so. He certainly thinks so himself.
He's vain?!
Your Majesty... he's French!
As a humanist I have an abhorrence of war. It's an activity fit only for beasts yet practiced by no kind of beasts so constantly as by man.
As a humanist I share your opinion. As a King, I'm forced to disagree.
Spoken like a lawyer.
You should know, you taught me.
Not well enough it seems.
Do you really think we should go to war?
I think we should try to do as the King wants us to do.
What if the King doesn't know what's in his best interests?
Then we should help him decide.
[to Thomas More] Why is Henry V remembered? Because he endowed Universities? Built Alms houses for the destitute? No. He is remembered because he won the Battle of Agincourt. 3,000 English bowman against 60,000 French. The flower of French chivalry destroyed in 4 hours. That victory made him famous Thomas. It made him immortal!
S1 E2Simply Henry
There's something deep and dangerous in you Anne, those eyes of yours are like dark hooks for the soul.
Thomas, let me give you a little advice. If you want to keep the love of a prince, this is what you must do: You must be prepared to give him the thing you most care for, in all the world.
The thing I care for most is my integrity.
What did Lord Buckingham say about the king?
He told me he has a greater claim to the throne and that, as His Majesty has no male heir and will have none but he, Buckingham will succeed to the throne, but he also told me once that he has considered bringing that eventuality forward more quickly.
In what way?
By assassinating His Majesty.
KFKing Francis
Do you see that young woman over there? Dressed in purple and gold?
Yes.
KFKing Francis
Her name is Mary Boleyn, the daughter of your ambassador, with her sister Anne. I call Mary my english mare, because I ride her so often.
[to King Henry] All right! If you want the world to know that the King of England is easily changeable, shallow, intemperate, incapable of keeping his word! Then of course I will go and tell them. After all, I am merely Your Majesty's humble servant!
So the deal is off between the French cardinals and Wolsey? As it should be. The next Pope should be Italian, as it was, is, and should be. We had one English Pope. He was insane! No more.
Henry has challenged King Francis to a wrestling match. Henry loses
I will not sign! Tell Francis I will not sign the treaty!
All right! If you want the world to know that the King of England is easily changeable, shallow, intemperate, incapable of keeping his word! Then of course I will go and tell them. After all, I am merely Your Majesty's humble servant!
S1 E3Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey!
ECEmperor Charles
Together we shall invade France and bring to an end the adventures of that libertine monarch, King Francis.
That would make me very happy.
ECEmperor Charles
It will also make you king of France.
[to Master Wyatt] You are a poet as I am a woman. Poets and women are always free with their hearts, are they not?
There's only one way to reach the King's ear, and that is through the good offices of Cardinal Wolsey.
SESpanish envoy
We heard some rumors, Mr More, that the cardinal advocates the French interests.
Only when he considers them to be in ours.
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