The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
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- Don't you see?
- Of course I see.

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I know that once I've gone,
they'll try to strip me here at home.

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And I say to them, "Try it."
I'll go and I'll return too.

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More of a problem to the Raleighs
and the Cecils than before I left.

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We can hardly refuse
this gracious offer now, Your Majesty.

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No.
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I suppose not.
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Council is dismissed.
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Meet again tomorrow.
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- And your decision?
- Decision's made. I go to Ireland.

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Yes, go to Ireland.
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And go to the devil too!
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Well?
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My court jester once said:
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"All the best fools come from Ireland...
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...but only a greater fool
would go there."

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You should have my fool's brain,
and he yours.

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You'd profit by the exchange.
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Thank you, Majesty.
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Oh, you!
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What malicious star rose in my sky
the day you were born?

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You're a child in council.
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I saw them draw you into this
and tried to warn you, but it was no use.

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Why not win in Ireland?
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No man wins there.
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Ireland's been fatal to every commander
who risked his fortune there.

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Even the cleverest of soldiers
would find it difficult.

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But you're so dazzled
to command an army...

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...that you'd follow the devil
in an assault on heaven.

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That's one thing the devil
doesn't know.

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Heaven's always taken by storm.
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Robert...
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I can't let you go.
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- I'll never see you again.
- Foolish fears, my darling.


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