:50:03
Who is this leader?
:50:04
Unless I am wrong...
:50:06
...a proved and able general, Lord Essex.
:50:09
Yes, indeed. Essex, Essex.
:50:11
Thank you.
:50:14
Essex is master of the ordnance.
:50:16
I need him here.
:50:20
Who else?
:50:22
Sir Walter told me before the meeting
that he'd go if Your Majesty wished.
:50:26
But we both believe Essex
should go with him.
:50:29
In what capacity?
:50:30
Leading an equal command.
:50:32
Two generals, landing north and south,
meeting to crush Tyrone.
:50:36
You'd have two lord protectors
in Ireland?
:50:38
It was our thought
to name Raleigh lord protector.
:50:42
And I under him?
:50:43
Since your Cádiz adventure
ended so lamely...
:50:46
...Raleigh should have first place in this.
:50:48
My Cá...?
:50:50
- That's an insult!
- I speak for the good of the state.
:50:54
You never spoke for any cause
but your own.
:50:57
Stop this instantly!
:50:59
Whoever makes you angry
has won already, Essex.
:51:02
You'd make me swallow insults
from this bookkeeper...
:51:05
...who never waved anything
more dangerous than a quill?
:51:08
Well, were you not wrong at Cádiz?
:51:10
That's not for you to say.
:51:12
And if I go to Ireland,
I'll go alone.
:51:15
Will you?
:51:16
I'll have something to say about that.
Don't you see what they're trying to do?
:51:20
I see what Cecil and his friends
are plainly enough:
:51:23
Yellow rats who only show their teeth
when cornered.
:51:26
- Essex!
- Who bow and smile and scrape...
:51:29
...and spend their nights gnawing the chairs
and floors out from under us all.
:51:33
Madam, this is fantastic!
:51:35
- Lf we're to discuss...
- Do what you wish about Ireland.
:51:38
I wash my hands of it.
:51:40
That we don't doubt.
It's a difficult, dangerous job...
:51:45
...so how can we blame Lord Essex
for refusing to risk it?
:51:48
You challenge me to go?
:51:50
Give me the men I need.
Put me in command.
:51:52
If I fail to crush Tyrone, take my sword.
I'll never use it again.
:51:56
- Oh, you fool!
- They've challenged me!
:51:58
It doesn't matter.
You must not go.