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:28:02
"Tis but a block of wood
you hold in your hand.

:28:05
-My lords, all l ask for is a little time.
-Time, my lord, costs us heavily.

:28:13
lf we can hold on here
in Oxford for six weeks...

:28:17
...the Scots have promised an army
of 20,000 men.

:28:20
Her Majesty is in communication
with my cousin, the king of France...

:28:26
...and l have good reason to hope
for support from lreland.

:28:31
An army from lreland, Your Majesty?
:28:34
l would as soon join forces
with Cromwell himself...

:28:37
...as take up arms with the Catholics!
:28:39
l am the king and defender
of my people...

:28:41
...and l maintain the right to seek
relief from no matter what quarter.

:28:45
As king, it is your duty
to defend the faith of this nation.

:28:49
l do what l think to be right.
:28:51
-Catholics as allies!
-lt is unthinkable!

:28:53
My God, if it has come to this...
:28:55
...let us rather sue for an honourable
peace than fight a dishonourable war.

:29:01
l will not countenance defeat.
:29:05
Rather than abandon
my kingdom to Parliament...

:29:08
...l would come to terms
with the devil himself.

:29:14
Since you came
to the throne, Your Majesty...

:29:17
...your armies have persistently
persecuted our Church in lreland.

:29:21
And yet, now that your need is great,
you turn to us for help.

:29:27
The king"s actions in lreland,
Your Excellency...

:29:30
...will seem as nothing should
these Puritans come to power.

:29:34
lt is not only the Crown of England
that is in peril, Excellency...

:29:39
...all institutions of established order...
:29:41
...throughout the countries
of Europe are threatened.

:29:44
An lrish army of 20,000 men,
even 1 5,000...

:29:49
...would forestall such a threat...
:29:51
...and bring this wretched war
to a speedy end.

:29:56
l am instructed to say
that His Holiness...


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