WCWilliam Cornish
[in a play] You give us no choice but to attack and breach your defenses!
ULady Unkindness
No knight shall ever breach mine.
WCWilliam Cornish
Lady, Desire overcomes all.
S1 E3Wolsey, Wolsey, Wolsey!
[to Wolsey] What we lack in men, we can more than make up for in ships. We are in an island race, Cardinal. We have the best and bravest sailors in the world. I will have the greatest navy.
TWThomas Wolsey
Ships are expensive, your Majesty.
My father was a clever man, your Eminence. A shrewd man. A businessman. He left me a great deal of money, your Eminence. I intend to spend it!
Well, do you like it?
Should I like something that accuses me of being cruel?
But you are cruel Mistress Anne.
Am I? You have no claim on me Master Wyatt.
I have the same claim as every other lover to whom their heart has been freely given.
[to Master Wyatt] You are a poet as I am a woman. Poets and women are always free with their hearts, are they not?
No
S1 E4His Majesty, The King
Your highness must be looking forward with great anticipation to your wedding? I hear the king was a great horseman... in his time. And famous for his beautiful mistresses.
Don't tease me. I don't like it.
Will you like it when an old man tries to make love to you?
Your grace goes too far. Already.
Gospel says the truth will make you free.
Now you are blasphemous!
[to Norfolk] There will come a point when the King's belief in his minister will hang in the balance and then, Your Grace, we shall drop our truth into the scales... and the scales will fall.
Mister Wyatt.
Your Majesty.
I hear you're a poet.
I write poems, I don't know how to be "a poet".
I've read some, I like them.
My Lord, I don't know what to say.
[whispers in Wyatt's ear] Were you in love with Anne Boleyn?
I...
Cardinal Wolsey tells me you were once engaged.
No, that's not true.
Did you love her?
Lady Anne is so beautiful, it is the duty of every man to love her. Of course I loved her, but from a distance. Personally, I have a wife.
We have a new visitor at court, Princess Marguerite of Nevarre. I was saying to myself yesterday, I found her a very beautiful young woman with a very sweet and yielding disposition, She confessed to great admiration for Your Majesty. Should I, arrange ...?
Yes! Yes, do it.
Well, at least our alliance with the emperor is popular, although sometimes I ask myself why that should be so.
Because he's not French!
Quite.
Perhaps you don't understand. But i can't sleep. I can hardly breathe, for thinking of you. Your image is before my eyes every waking second. I almost believe that I would sacrifice my kingdom for an hour in your arms... I beg you, name some place that we can meet, and when... where I an show you truly an affection which is beyond a common affection. Written with the hand of your servant, Henry.
S1 E5Arise, My Lord
[regarding Henry's desired divorce] It is my considered opinion that we should apply to His Holiness, Pope Clement, for a ruling on this matter. Since he loves Your Majesty, I'm certain he will rule in your favour.
Oh, I hope so. I certainly do hope so, for your sake.
How dare you look at me! I am your Lord and Master, not your brother! You are both banished from court. You will relinquish your London houses. You will remove yourself from my sight. Do you understand?
Yes... Your Majesty.
And Margaret...
What?
I have yet to decide whether to make your bedmate a head shorter.
Katherine of Aragon is not only a great queen and the daughter of great kings, she is also immensely popular throughout the whole of the country. God forbid that the king should abandon her just to ease his own conscience. I don't think the English people would ever forgive him!
Anne, I want to say something to you. If it pleases you to be my true loyal mistress and friend, to give yourself up to me body and soul, I promise, I'll take you as my only mistress. I won't have a thought or an affection for anyone else.
S1 E6True Love
[about Brandon] Look, I don't mean he is banished forever. Just as long as he breathes.
TTThomas Tallis
I'm going away.
WCWilliam Compton
You're going away, why?
TTThomas Tallis
Cardinal Wolsey is going to France. He invited me to go with him. With other musicians.
WCWilliam Compton
Must you go?
TTThomas Tallis
You know very well that an invitation from a cardinal is like an invitation from a king. We little people must put our hands into the fire if invited to.
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