:15:00
War? There is a war with Spain.
:15:02
And such a silly, frightened womanish war
as only a woman would wage.
:15:07
Let me answer that.
:15:08
You are not forthright with yourself. You
wish to complete your record as general...
:15:13
...crush Spain, make a name like Caesar's,
and climb to fame.
:15:16
You won Cádiz and caught
the people's hearts.
:15:19
Caught their voices until the streets
ring with your name when you pass.
:15:23
Take care. You are too popular already.
:15:25
My lord, you are loved better
than the queen.
:15:28
That's your danger.
:15:30
She will not suffer a subject
to eclipse her, she cannot.
:15:33
Make no mistake, she will not.
:15:35
- So I must wait? Hold back?
- Precisely.
:15:38
Why? I come of better
blood than Elizabeth.
:15:41
My name is among the earls
who stood around the oak with King John.
:15:45
What the nobles once taught a king,
a noble may teach a queen.
:15:49
You talk treason and death. The old order is
dead. Your house will die if you cannot learn.
:15:54
This is Elizabeth we deal with.
:15:56
What's a king but a man,
a queen but a woman?
:15:59
There's one man she fears,
and that man's yourself.
:16:02
- And she has good reason to fear you.
- To fear me? Why? I'm loyal.
:16:08
You're a man not easily governed...
:16:10
...moreover, a general,
popular and acclaimed.
:16:13
And last, she loves you...
:16:15
...which makes you more to be feared
whether you love her or not.
:16:19
Love her?
:16:21
I most certainly do love her.
:16:24
- My lord, a man as young as yourself...
- lf she were my mother's kitchen hag...
:16:28
...toothless and wooden leg, she'd still
make the others colorless. She's a witch.
:16:33
She's got a witch's brain.
I love her. I hate her.
:16:37
I adore her.
:16:44
That side of it you must
know for yourself.
:16:47
But, my lord,
permit me to caution you.
:16:51
Don't count too much
on the loves of queens.
:16:56
Thanks, Schoolmaster Bacon,
for that sound lecture and the sound advice.