1. things, I heard, as it were,Copy !req
2. the voice of much people in heaven
saying,Copy !req
3. "Alleluia."Copy !req
4. "Salvation and glory and power
is to our God."Copy !req
5. "For true and just are his judgments..."Copy !req
6. "... who hath judged the great harlot
which corrup..."Copy !req
7. "... with her fornication..."Copy !req
8. "... and hath revenged the blood
of his servants at her hands."Copy !req
9. And again...Copy !req
10. Come, gather yourselves together
to the great supper of God.Copy !req
11. That you may eat the flesh of kings
and the flesh of tribunes...Copy !req
12. and the flesh of mighty men
and the flesh of horses...Copy !req
13. and of them that sit on them...Copy !req
14. and the flesh of all freemen
and bondmen...Copy !req
15. and of little and of great.Copy !req
16. And I saw the beast
and the kings of the earth...Copy !req
17. and their armies gathered together
to make war with him...Copy !req
18. that sat upon the horse...Copy !req
19. Bring on some water!Copy !req
20. army, and the beast was taken...Copy !req
21. and with him the false prophet...Copy !req
22. who wrought signs before him,Copy !req
23. wherewith he seduced them...Copy !req
24. who received the character
of the beast...Copy !req
25. and who adored his image.Copy !req
26. These two were cast alive
into the pool of fire...Copy !req
27. burning with brimstone.Copy !req
28. And the rest were slain by the sword
of him that sitteth upon the horse,Copy !req
29. and all the birds
were filled with their flesh.Copy !req
30. The year is 1645.Copy !req
31. England is in the grip
of bloody civil war.Copy !req
32. On the one side stand
<the Royalist party of King Charles,Copy !req
33. on the other, Cromwell's
parliamentary party, the Roundheads.Copy !req
34. The structure of law and order
has collapsed.Copy !req
35. Local magistrates
indulge their individual whims.Copy !req
36. Justice and injustice are dispensed
in more or less equal quantities...Copy !req
37. and without opposition...Copy !req
38. an atmosphere in which
the unscrupulous revel...Copy !req
39. and the likes of Matthew Hopkins
take full advantage of the situation.Copy !req
40. In a time where the superstitions
of country folk...Copy !req
41. are still a powerful factor,Copy !req
42. Hopkins preys upon them,Copy !req
43. torturing and killing
in a supposed drive...Copy !req
44. to eliminate witchcraft
from the country...Copy !req
45. and doing so with the full blessing
of what law there is.Copy !req
46. However,
his influence is confined...Copy !req
47. largely to the eastern sector
of the country, East Anglia,Copy !req
48. which is held firmly
in Cromwell's grasp...Copy !req
49. but not so firmly that the
Roundhead cavalry patrols...Copy !req
50. have everything their own way,Copy !req
51. for there still exists
an ever-present threat...Copy !req
52. from the remnants
of the Royalist armies,Copy !req
53. desperately foraging for food,
horses, and supplies.Copy !req
54. Stop that, Richard.Copy !req
55. What?Copy !req
56. What you're thinking.Copy !req
57. What am I thinking?Copy !req
58. Ungodly thoughts of your Sara,
that's my guess.Copy !req
59. Thoughts of Sara, yes.Copy !req
60. Ungodly?
Depends on how you look at it.Copy !req
61. And you, a supporter of Cromwell...Copy !req
62. Hold your talking, you two.Copy !req
63. Yes, sir.
Of course, sir.Copy !req
64. We'll be stopping in a few minutes
to give the horses a rest.Copy !req
65. You can gabble all you want then.Copy !req
66. Fifteen minutes
and we'll be on our way again.Copy !req
67. Get down!Copy !req
68. Royalist snipers.Copy !req
69. Probably only a few of 'em
after food and horses.Copy !req
70. We'll flush the bastards out
in no time.Copy !req
71. Marshall, you scout behind
to keep an eye on the nags,Copy !req
72. and the rest of you follow me
and keep spread out.Copy !req
73. Captain, look! There's one!Copy !req
74. I see him! Follow!Copy !req
75. Harcourt, this way.Copy !req
76. Robert?Copy !req
77. Captain?Copy !req
78. Captain Gordon, is that you?Copy !req
79. We're here, Trooper Marshall.Copy !req
80. It's quite all right.Copy !req
81. - Getting a bit nervous, were you, lad?
- Aye, just a bit, sir.Copy !req
82. Well, no need to worry.
We got 'em all, I reckon.Copy !req
83. Not quite all.Copy !req
84. One of them got away, sir,
though I put my sword in him first.Copy !req
85. We'd better move on out
of this wood, then.Copy !req
86. If he has got away,
he could still be dangerous.Copy !req
87. Swallow, bury Brace's body
as soon as you can.Copy !req
88. Look out, sir!Copy !req
89. Thank you, Trooper Marshall.Copy !req
90. He was trying to kill you, sir.Copy !req
91. I gathered that, Trooper.Copy !req
92. It was a lucky shot, sir.Copy !req
93. Yes.Copy !req
94. Nevertheless, it could have ended
my career for good.Copy !req
95. Right, we move out.Copy !req
96. Swallow, join us as soon as you've
finished your business here.Copy !req
97. Harcourt, give him a hand
to remove the bodies.Copy !req
98. Yes, sir.Copy !req
99. So, you granted young Richard here
leave, did you, Captain?Copy !req
100. - I did.
- Aye, two days.Copy !req
101. Then, you'll be away to see your girl,
I suppose.Copy !req
102. And how will she greet you?Copy !req
103. Just promoted cornet
for killing king's men.Copy !req
104. She knows my reason for fighting,
and it's only while the trouble lasts.Copy !req
105. What are you laughing at?Copy !req
106. Leave him be, Robert.
Can't you see he's in love?Copy !req
107. Aye, I'm not ashamed of it, either.Copy !req
108. A toast, lads,
to the lovely women of Suffolk.Copy !req
109. And may they keep their beds warm
for General Cromwell's gallant men.Copy !req
110. Come on, boy.
Nearly home.Copy !req
111. Well!Copy !req
112. Master Marshall, welcome.Copy !req
113. I trust you're well, sir.Copy !req
114. My body is as strong as ever, but..Copy !req
115. The war continues?Copy !req
116. Aye, we still fight.Copy !req
117. And why...Copy !req
118. Well, my company's recruiting.
I have two days leave.Copy !req
119. Then, you must eat with us
this evening.Copy !req
120. I thank you, sir.Copy !req
121. We still have good food
for all you soldiers take it from us.Copy !req
122. And ale.Copy !req
123. Come, we shall drink together.Copy !req
124. After your experience,Copy !req
125. it is likely our village has grown
a little smaller for you, eh, Richard?Copy !req
126. Not so much smaller
as lacking in promise, perhaps.Copy !req
127. In Ipswich or Cambridge,
a man might find better opportunities.Copy !req
128. Richard, if you took Sara to wife...Copy !req
129. You mean, you'd give us
your blessing?Copy !req
130. You would take her away from here?Copy !req
131. You honor me, sir,Copy !req
132. but I only have a small farm
that belonged to my father...Copy !req
133. and my soldier's pay,
which is far from...Copy !req
134. I am little concerned
with your ill-kept lands.Copy !req
135. And still less for the silver you get
for killing good Christians.Copy !req
136. Well, forgive me.Copy !req
137. That was unjust.Copy !req
138. But there is trouble coming
to this village,Copy !req
139. and I want Sara far away
before it arrives.Copy !req
140. Surely Suffolk should be free
from the king's armies.Copy !req
141. It's not only the king's armies
which bring death this year.Copy !req
142. A lack of order in the land
encourages strange ideas.Copy !req
143. You mean more rebellion?Copy !req
144. I'm sorry.
You have worries enough already.Copy !req
145. But give me your word that you will
soon take Sara away from here...Copy !req
146. and you shall ask her consent tonight.Copy !req
147. You have my word on that, sir.Copy !req
148. Good, Richard. Good.Copy !req
149. That's right, my dear,
Master Richard Marshall.Copy !req
150. Farm boy into soldier.Copy !req
151. Welcome back, Master Marshall.Copy !req
152. I'm glad to be back, Mistress Sara.Copy !req
153. By the way, Sara,
I expect the meal at the usual time.Copy !req
154. Yes, Uncle.Copy !req
155. Your uncle has agreed
to our marriage.Copy !req
156. Oh, Richard!Copy !req
157. The army has taught you
rough manners.Copy !req
158. Sara, why is he frightened?Copy !req
159. There have been threats to us
since you were last here.Copy !req
160. Threats? Why?Copy !req
161. We've been called Papists
and idolaters,Copy !req
162. and filth chalked up on the walls.Copy !req
163. They say we are king's creatures
and should be pilloried and worse.Copy !req
164. Who says these things?Copy !req
165. We've become outcasts
in our own village.Copy !req
166. Rest easy.Copy !req
167. Now, no one shall harm you.Copy !req
168. I put my oath to that.Copy !req
169. And have you arranged a day
for the wedding, Richard?Copy !req
170. No, sir.Copy !req
171. Much depends
on how the armies move.Copy !req
172. Ah. Remember, it must be soon.Copy !req
173. But how certain are your fears
of this danger?Copy !req
174. Perhaps just an old man's bad dream,Copy !req
175. and being an old man,
I must early to my bed.Copy !req
176. Good night, my dear.Copy !req
177. Good night, Uncle.Copy !req
178. Oh, and Sara, remember to see
the doors are well bolted.Copy !req
179. Yes, Uncle.Copy !req
180. And, Richard,
don't keep Mistress Sara up too late.Copy !req
181. Country women need full eight hours
in their beds...Copy !req
182. if they're to be proper wives
and mothers.Copy !req
183. Good night, Cornet.Copy !req
184. Good night, sir.Copy !req
185. And will you make a proper wife
and mother, Sara?Copy !req
186. I still have much to learn, Richard.Copy !req
187. I'll teach you.Copy !req
188. Now... didn't your uncle just say
you must early to bed?Copy !req
189. - He did.
- And isn't he a wise man?Copy !req
190. - He is.
- Right.Copy !req
191. How much further, Matthew?Copy !req
192. You'll not call me Matthew.Copy !req
193. I'm not one of your
drinking cronies...Copy !req
194. carousing and wenching
in the taverns.Copy !req
195. Aye, you're not that, sir.Copy !req
196. Remember, John Stearne,
you ride with me...Copy !req
197. only because you help me
in my work.Copy !req
198. You call it work?Copy !req
199. It's the Lord's work, a noble thing.Copy !req
200. And a profitable one.Copy !req
201. The Good Lord paying in silver
for every hanging.Copy !req
202. That is blasphemy, Stearne.
Hold your tongue.Copy !req
203. I'm merely an honest man
who helps you get your confessions.Copy !req
204. The law has prescribed due methods
of interrogation.Copy !req
205. And I have been blessed
with the skills to carry them out.Copy !req
206. Oh, stop your gabbling.
We have work to do in Brandeston.Copy !req
207. Who is it this time?Copy !req
208. - The message tells of a priest.
- A priest?Copy !req
209. One who gives worship to Satan
and calls him Lord.Copy !req
210. Mm, with the priest himself a witch,Copy !req
211. there'll be others corrupted, too,
I'm thinking.Copy !req
212. You enjoy torture, don't you, Stearne.Copy !req
213. And you... sir?Copy !req
214. Good-bye, sir.Copy !req
215. God be with you, Richard.Copy !req
216. Good-bye, Richard.Copy !req
217. Good-bye, Sara.
I'll see you again soon.Copy !req
218. Given up ale for stargazing,
Tom Salter?Copy !req
219. Not stargazing, Master Marshall.
Waiting.Copy !req
220. What for?Copy !req
221. Matthew Hopkins, a lawyer.Copy !req
222. Must be important,
that you wait after dark.Copy !req
223. It is that.Copy !req
224. Aye.Copy !req
225. Well, if I see a lawyer on the road,
I'll tell him you're here.Copy !req
226. Hup.Copy !req
227. How far is it to Brandeston, friend?Copy !req
228. - About three miles.
- Thank you.Copy !req
229. - Are you the lawyer?
- Aye.Copy !req
230. - Name of Hopkins?
- Aye, Matthew Hopkins.Copy !req
231. And this is my assistant
John Stearne.Copy !req
232. Why do you want to know, soldier?Copy !req
233. There are some men from the village
back there waiting for you.Copy !req
234. Aye, they sent for us.Copy !req
235. What would a lawyer want
in Brandeston?Copy !req
236. A man who may not be
what he seems to be.Copy !req
237. Come, Stearne.Copy !req
238. - John Lowes is his name.
- An evil man.Copy !req
239. - A Papist.
- Yeah, burning candles and all.Copy !req
240. That is no proof of witchcraft
in itself.Copy !req
241. Dressed himself in devil's garments,
he did.Copy !req
242. - And made unholy signs.
- Aye, he did. I saw him.Copy !req
243. I will find out the truth for you.
Have no fear, friends.Copy !req
244. Yes?Copy !req
245. John Lowes?Copy !req
246. So, it has come to this.Copy !req
247. You accuse me, a priest,
of working with the devil.Copy !req
248. We can only judge by the evidence.Copy !req
249. And there's a lot of that, old man.Copy !req
250. I reject your accusations totally.Copy !req
251. He's gonna give us trouble.Copy !req
252. A simple confession, priest,
that's all we ask.Copy !req
253. Help us.Copy !req
254. We've got a lot of work to do
in Brandeston.Copy !req
255. Leave my house, the pair of you!Copy !req
256. I told you he was going to be difficult.Copy !req
257. I reject your foul suggestions.
Leave here at once!Copy !req
258. All you reject is the true God!Copy !req
259. Take him, Stearne.Copy !req
260. - Look for the devil's marks upon him.
- Right.Copy !req
261. Help us, you two.Copy !req
262. Look, he still prays to Satan.Copy !req
263. Get on with your task.Copy !req
264. If the devil made you a priest,Copy !req
265. he's gonna have hidden his mark
with a lot of care.Copy !req
266. To what purpose is this?Copy !req
267. When the devil buys a soul,Copy !req
268. he marks the person's flesh
so we will know him.Copy !req
269. If such a mark is pricked,
no blood will flow nor pain be felt.Copy !req
270. Mistress Sara! Mistress Sara!
They've come for him!Copy !req
271. They've come for the old man!Copy !req
272. Quick! Hurry!Copy !req
273. Seems Satan has hidden his mark
well, Matthew.Copy !req
274. Set him to running.Copy !req
275. Quick, then, you two, around the table.
And keep him moving.Copy !req
276. You would be his niece.Copy !req
277. - Your name, child?
- Sara.Copy !req
278. I am Matthew Hopkins, witchfinder.Copy !req
279. Being his niece,
you, too, may be corrupted by Satan.Copy !req
280. No, not his niece.Copy !req
281. A foundling taken in
by him and his housekeeper.Copy !req
282. - Are you telling me the truth, child?
- Yes, yes, of course.Copy !req
283. When she died, I became his servant.Copy !req
284. And you've remained innocent
all of these years?Copy !req
285. Yes, sir, entirely.Copy !req
286. I trust you know the old man.Copy !req
287. Better than anyone.Copy !req
288. In private talk, we may shed
some light on his innocence.Copy !req
289. Private?Copy !req
290. Yes, away from the distraction
of the crowds.Copy !req
291. Perhaps in the quiet
of your room tonight...Copy !req
292. you might be able to help me
prove him guiltless.Copy !req
293. Would you release him now?Copy !req
294. You might be convinced tonight
that this is all needless.Copy !req
295. And you will make every effort
to present the facts to me?Copy !req
296. You may come to my room tonight, sir.Copy !req
297. At what hour?Copy !req
298. At 8:00.Copy !req
299. If you'll release him now.Copy !req
300. All right.Copy !req
301. He can sleep in the jail,
and we'll be rid of him.Copy !req
302. Come on!
Get up, you Papist bastard!Copy !req
303. Has he confessed yet?Copy !req
304. Not a word.Copy !req
305. Well, then, stop this.Copy !req
306. But he hasn't confessed.Copy !req
307. Take him to the jail.Copy !req
308. We'll continue the interrogation
tomorrow.Copy !req
309. Jail...Copy !req
310. You heard what he said.Copy !req
311. Quiet down, you animal.Copy !req
312. You know what, Marston?Copy !req
313. There were these couple
of right filthy girls.Copy !req
314. Filthy they were!
Horrible to behold. Horrible!Copy !req
315. - Witches?
- Yeah, both of them.Copy !req
316. We hanged them, Matthew and me.Copy !req
317. Matthew. You know Matthew.
He's my partner.Copy !req
318. Did it take you long to get
a confession out of them, John?Copy !req
319. Well, a couple of days
with one of them.Copy !req
320. - The other one...
- Do you want more ale, sir?Copy !req
321. Yeah...Copy !req
322. Go on, then. Come on.
What about the other one?Copy !req
323. - Tell us about her.
- Oh, yeah, the other one.Copy !req
324. Now, she was a real strange one,
she was.Copy !req
325. Loved us for it,
like she wanted to get strung up.Copy !req
326. Reckon that was the only bit
of excitement she ever had.Copy !req
327. Well, go on, then, Mr. Stearne.Copy !req
328. Go on.Copy !req
329. Filthy...Copy !req
330. Sara, I've come to question you.Copy !req
331. You came here for a purpose, sir.Copy !req
332. I came here to get your evidence
about the priest.Copy !req
333. He's been kind to me.Copy !req
334. Perhaps he had a motive.Copy !req
335. Men sometimes have strange motives
for the things they do.Copy !req
336. I know.Copy !req
337. My motive in coming here
was to... find the truth.Copy !req
338. How about the priest,
Master Hopkins?Copy !req
339. We'll have done with him
in a day or two.Copy !req
340. Have no fear, child.Copy !req
341. - He's been good to me in his way.
- He is an idolater.Copy !req
342. He must confess and die.
Stearne will see to that.Copy !req
343. Oh, no, please!
Don't let him be harmed, please!Copy !req
344. You seek to protect a witch
from rightful justice?Copy !req
345. Oh, no, not that,
but couldn't he be kept in a cell?Copy !req
346. He could do no harm
from a prison cell.Copy !req
347. - Oh, please!
- But justice must be done, my dear.Copy !req
348. Grant me this.Copy !req
349. Please, Matthew.Copy !req
350. Past noon, you unkempt lout.Copy !req
351. Get up!Copy !req
352. Get away!Copy !req
353. I need air.Copy !req
354. Where's the priest?Copy !req
355. Where you put him, in the jail.Copy !req
356. We'll, uh, get him out
and start questioning him, then, eh?Copy !req
357. - No.
- What?Copy !req
358. - He stays where he is.
- But we have no confession at all.Copy !req
359. I said we'll leave him in the cell.Copy !req
360. All right, then. All right.Copy !req
361. Um, what about the women?Copy !req
362. When are we gonna start
interrogating them?Copy !req
363. I hear tell they've a good few witches
around this place.Copy !req
364. When you're in fit condition.Copy !req
365. I'm fighting-fit as it is.Copy !req
366. Oh, and where were you last night,
Matthew?Copy !req
367. - I hear tell you've been a-wandering.
- You hear tell too much, man.Copy !req
368. You there. Old man.Copy !req
369. Master Hopkins, the witchfinder,Copy !req
370. he says you're to be kept here,
interrogated no further.Copy !req
371. Where are you off to, John?Copy !req
372. I'm going for a walk.Copy !req
373. By myself.Copy !req
374. Tell me!Copy !req
375. Tell me!Copy !req
376. Tell me!Copy !req
377. Tell me that!Copy !req
378. Come on. Tell me!Copy !req
379. Confess, witch!Copy !req
380. Tell us your foul iniquities!Copy !req
381. No!Copy !req
382. Your familiars, woman.Copy !req
383. Confess!Copy !req
384. Stop.Copy !req
385. Stop.Copy !req
386. For God's sake, stop.Copy !req
387. Quiet, old man, and be thankful
you're not getting the same.Copy !req
388. Tell me when I ask you!Copy !req
389. How many of them?Copy !req
390. A dog? A ferret?Copy !req
391. Come on. Tell me!Copy !req
392. John.
The witchfinder, he's coming.Copy !req
393. I trust you are using
the prescribed methods, Stearne.Copy !req
394. Naturally.Copy !req
395. Has she confessed?Copy !req
396. Well, give me time.
She's only been here an hour.Copy !req
397. Continue with the interrogation.
I shall be gone for a while.Copy !req
398. You're always going off somewhere...
sir, aren't you?Copy !req
399. What do you mean?Copy !req
400. Nothing.Copy !req
401. I've been called over the hill
to the next village.Copy !req
402. I shall be back by tomorrow.Copy !req
403. You will remain in charge here.Copy !req
404. Carry on your work
while you're away, aye, sir?Copy !req
405. Indeed.Copy !req
406. And the priest?Copy !req
407. I said to leave him be.Copy !req
408. What do you want?Copy !req
409. You.Copy !req
410. Where's Master Hopkins?Copy !req
411. Gone.Copy !req
412. Gone?Copy !req
413. - Where?
- Just gone.Copy !req
414. He's left me in charge.Copy !req
415. No!Copy !req
416. Help me!Copy !req
417. Help me.Copy !req
418. No!Copy !req
419. And don't think I don't know
why the old priest is being spared, eh?Copy !req
420. Stearne, the priest,
I've changed my mind.Copy !req
421. Confess!Copy !req
422. Confess.Copy !req
423. He confessed.
You heard him.Copy !req
424. I've heard nothing yet,
Master Hopkins.Copy !req
425. Refresh Master Salter's memory,
Stearne.Copy !req
426. You heard him.Copy !req
427. You did, too.Copy !req
428. Yes, Master Hopkins.Copy !req
429. Witnesses.Copy !req
430. Get up, you blasted witch! Get up!Copy !req
431. Come on!Copy !req
432. You are, all of you,
confessed idolaters.Copy !req
433. However, these proceedings
shall be carried out...Copy !req
434. through due process of law.Copy !req
435. What law demands, we shall satisfy.Copy !req
436. You will each be tied
in a prescribed fashion...Copy !req
437. and cast into the moat.Copy !req
438. Should you then sink,Copy !req
439. we will know
that your confessions are false.Copy !req
440. If, on the other hand,
you are seen to swim or float,Copy !req
441. then your confessions of witchcraft
are proven beyond a doubt...Copy !req
442. in the sight of God,Copy !req
443. and you will be withdrawn
from the water...Copy !req
444. and hanged by the neck
until you are dead.Copy !req
445. You can't hang me!
The law forbids it! I'm with child!Copy !req
446. And who would want
to make you pregnant, witch?Copy !req
447. Quiet.
Stearne, go on with your task.Copy !req
448. Oh, God, help me!Copy !req
449. Help me!Copy !req
450. Help.Copy !req
451. Hey, look!
One of them's gone already.Copy !req
452. They swim.Copy !req
453. The mark of Satan is upon them.Copy !req
454. Give us a hand here! Come on!Copy !req
455. They must hang.Copy !req
456. She was innocent.Copy !req
457. God forgive you, Matthew Hopkins.Copy !req
458. Jailer...Copy !req
459. take them to the tree.Copy !req
460. The money from the magistrate,
nine guineas in silver.Copy !req
461. Good. Now we can leave.Copy !req
462. - Good morning, soldier.
- Good morning.Copy !req
463. What'll you be after
in the way of horses, then, aye?Copy !req
464. A dozen or so for General Cromwell's
armies up north.Copy !req
465. Well, lost a few, have you?Copy !req
466. Aye, at Cheriton Wood.Copy !req
467. That's a pretty sorry looking bunch
of old nags you got in there, friend.Copy !req
468. The best we could find.Copy !req
469. Then, they'll have to do.Copy !req
470. - A dozen you say, eh?
- Aye.Copy !req
471. We'll be back in Suffolk soon,Copy !req
472. where, thank God,
they still breed strong horses.Copy !req
473. Oh, I doubt you'll find
much better there.Copy !req
474. I'm just back from those parts.Copy !req
475. The mounts up there
are much like these.Copy !req
476. Have you been through Brandeston
at all, man?Copy !req
477. Brandeston? Aye.Copy !req
478. And a fine commotion
they're stirring up there.Copy !req
479. What, over you taking their horses?Copy !req
480. No, nothing like that.Copy !req
481. - A mass hanging.
- Who?Copy !req
482. Witches, I heard.
Two women and a priest.Copy !req
483. Where was the priest from, man?Copy !req
484. Brandeston, I suppose.Copy !req
485. A brave old boy for all his white hairs.Copy !req
486. Was he a friend of yours?Copy !req
487. Two troopers, Gifford and Harcourt,
will be here directly.Copy !req
488. Have 'em take these horses here
back to the regiment...Copy !req
489. and report that I'm delayed.Copy !req
490. I'll join them further north.
Do you understand?Copy !req
491. Yes, but where will you be going to?Copy !req
492. Maybe not.Copy !req
493. Sara!Copy !req
494. Sara?Copy !req
495. Sara!Copy !req
496. Sara.Copy !req
497. Sara!Copy !req
498. Sara!Copy !req
499. Sara!Copy !req
500. They took him and killed him.
They said he was an idolater.Copy !req
501. I know. I heard.Copy !req
502. - Sara...
- One of them... the witchfinder...Copy !req
503. he...Copy !req
504. he...Copy !req
505. I didn't want to...Copy !req
506. I thought I could save him.Copy !req
507. I thought they'd have pity.Copy !req
508. We kneel before thee, oh, Lord,
in humility...Copy !req
509. to ask for a blessing on our union.Copy !req
510. We ask for forgiveness of our sins...Copy !req
511. and strength to lead righteous
lives as man and wife.Copy !req
512. We pray, also, for the soul
of thy servant, John Lowes.Copy !req
513. May he know eternal peace.Copy !req
514. And it is in thy sight, oh, Lord,
that I hereby swear...Copy !req
515. I shall not rest from the
pursuit of his murderers...Copy !req
516. till they stand before thee ready
to answer to thee for their sins.Copy !req
517. Take this money and whatever
you need from the rectory...Copy !req
518. and go to Lavenham.Copy !req
519. - You'll be safer there.
- I will, Richard.Copy !req
520. Find lodgings and stay there.
I'll come to you.Copy !req
521. I love you very much.Copy !req
522. Oh, Richard!Copy !req
523. Shepherd, I seek two men.
Witchfinders, they call themselves.Copy !req
524. They were said
to be headed this way.Copy !req
525. - Matthew Hopkins and his assistant?
- Aye.Copy !req
526. I've heard they're in Hoxne,
about four miles yonder,Copy !req
527. but I can't be sure.Copy !req
528. Thank you, shepherd.Copy !req
529. Get out!Copy !req
530. Oh, come on, Johnny, give us a kiss.Copy !req
531. Oh, get away from me.Copy !req
532. Oh, stop it, you dirty rascal!Copy !req
533. Stop it!Copy !req
534. Here, I'll bet you two pennies.Copy !req
535. Get another drink.
Go on, Johnny. Be a love.Copy !req
536. - Ale, soldier?
- Aye, to wash the dust from my throat.Copy !req
537. - Another one for you?
- Aye, get a move on with it.Copy !req
538. She's got a powerful thirst still.Copy !req
539. Landlord, I'm looking for a man
called Hopkins.Copy !req
540. - I heard he was coming this way.
- Matthew Hopkins?Copy !req
541. Would you know where he is, friend?Copy !req
542. Aye, he's gone to Cambridge today.Copy !req
543. But you got an accusation to make,
I'll get your confession for you.Copy !req
544. I do the pricking, you know,
not Matthew.Copy !req
545. I'm your man, friend.
John Stearne, they call me.Copy !req
546. I'm husband to Sara Lowes.Copy !req
547. You all right, friend?Copy !req
548. Yeah.Copy !req
549. You better get out of here.Copy !req
550. Yeah, I'm going. Don't worry.Copy !req
551. As for you, soldier,Copy !req
552. you're coming down
to see the magistrate.Copy !req
553. Am I?Copy !req
554. Not with you!Copy !req
555. Quick, Matthew!Copy !req
556. For God's sake, Stearne,
what have you done?Copy !req
557. - Who was that?
- Richard Marshall.Copy !req
558. - Who?
- He's married to the girl... Sara.Copy !req
559. - How did he find you?
- He was looking for you.Copy !req
560. He found out about Brandeston.
We're going to have to separate.Copy !req
561. I won't run from him.Copy !req
562. We have work to do down south
in Lavenham.Copy !req
563. Not me. He's after our blood.Copy !req
564. Seems to me
he's already had some of yours.Copy !req
565. Well, he's not gonna have any more,
you understand?Copy !req
566. You're forgetting our powers.
He could be a witch.Copy !req
567. He's a man
who's out to kill both of us.Copy !req
568. Then, it appears to me...Copy !req
569. that we should take steps
to see to his death first.Copy !req
570. Come. We travel to Lavenham.Copy !req
571. I full well understand
your feelings, Cornet,Copy !req
572. but you're an officer
of the army, a soldier,Copy !req
573. and desertion is
punishable by death.Copy !req
574. However, in this case,
there are two factors...Copy !req
575. which will stay me from subjecting
you to a full court-martial.Copy !req
576. One, we are grouped here at Naseby...Copy !req
577. in preparation for a major assault
on the Royalist armies.Copy !req
578. We need every man we can get.Copy !req
579. And you're a pretty good soldier
most of the time.Copy !req
580. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
581. Secondly, I would sleep ill
if I had to send to the gallows...Copy !req
582. a man who had saved my life.Copy !req
583. But, Cornet, remember this.Copy !req
584. If you should leave
your command again,Copy !req
585. I will have no alternative...Copy !req
586. but to throw the whole weight
of military law against you.Copy !req
587. - Understand?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
588. Dismissed, Cornet.Copy !req
589. And may God help you in your search,
Cornet Marshall.Copy !req
590. Robert, hello.Copy !req
591. - Richard, you're back.
- Aye.Copy !req
592. What happened with the Captain?Copy !req
593. Nothing.Copy !req
594. I heard about Brandeston, Richard.Copy !req
595. Hopkins and Stearne.Copy !req
596. I'll find them somewhere.Copy !req
597. But what can you do?Copy !req
598. What proof have you
that they committed any crime?Copy !req
599. I got Sara's word on it.Copy !req
600. Is that enough for the magistrates?Copy !req
601. There'll be no magistrates involved.Copy !req
602. What do you mean?Copy !req
603. We'll talk more later, Richard.Copy !req
604. We must be on our way.Copy !req
605. We're after horses
for this skirmish that's coming up.Copy !req
606. All right.Copy !req
607. Hup. Come on. Hup.Copy !req
608. Parliament men.Copy !req
609. Comrades of friend Marshall.Copy !req
610. There's some good ones
coming now.Copy !req
611. Look.Copy !req
612. Hey!Copy !req
613. Let's make a run for it, shall we,
while we can.Copy !req
614. Be calm.Copy !req
615. Yeah, but if they find out
who we are, they'll...Copy !req
616. They won't. Come on.Copy !req
617. That's a fine horse
you've got there, friend.Copy !req
618. The army needs mounts
of such caliber.Copy !req
619. I am not selling.Copy !req
620. But you will get your money
when the war's over.Copy !req
621. You don't appear to understand.
I am not selling.Copy !req
622. Oh, but you are selling, friend.Copy !req
623. And we'll take that one, there, too.Copy !req
624. So you filthy soldiers
can butcher my mare?Copy !req
625. Sergeant,
he thinks we're filthy soldiers.Copy !req
626. - Do you hear?
- Aye, I heard.Copy !req
627. You can't go saying
things like that, friend.Copy !req
628. What he needs
is a little army discipline.Copy !req
629. I hear you need more pikemen
in your platoon, Sergeant.Copy !req
630. You'll pay for this!Copy !req
631. Hey!Copy !req
632. Good horse you had there.
Cost a pretty penny, I reckon.Copy !req
633. We robbed the county mint.Copy !req
634. Ah, right jester, he is.Copy !req
635. Yeah, well, a day's fighting
in Cromwell's armyCopy !req
636. will soon cure your wit, my lad.Copy !req
637. I am not doing any fighting,Copy !req
638. neither for the king
or your precious Cromwell, either.Copy !req
639. - You mark that well, soldier.
- Yeah, you coward.Copy !req
640. Just like your friend.Copy !req
641. - Matthew Hopkins is no friend of mine.
- Hopkins?Copy !req
642. The fancy boy who just made a fool
of your cavalry, comrade.Copy !req
643. - You rode with him.
- I had reasons.Copy !req
644. - Ah, he pays you?
- We were partners.Copy !req
645. - In what business?
- Extermination.Copy !req
646. - Eh?
- And what does that mean?Copy !req
647. Now...Copy !req
648. Matthew Hopkins, sir.Copy !req
649. Adequate, very adequate.Copy !req
650. We did our best, sir.Copy !req
651. Lavenham has served me well,
Master Webb.Copy !req
652. Now I must find out
how I can serve you.Copy !req
653. They're all women, sir.Copy !req
654. Strange, isn't it, how much iniquity
the Lord vested in the female?Copy !req
655. Pardon, sir?Copy !req
656. Who makes the accusations?Copy !req
657. Myself, sir.
I'm representing the town.Copy !req
658. - How many?
- Three, sir.Copy !req
659. And what age?Copy !req
660. Well, two are young, sir...
Elizabeth Clark and Mary Reynolds.Copy !req
661. The other's worn and old.Copy !req
662. Mm. Fetch the young pair here to me.Copy !req
663. What of the other hag?Copy !req
664. Oh, the old ones are more sensible.Copy !req
665. It's the young ones who are stubborn.
They require time.Copy !req
666. Oh, I see.Copy !req
667. - Um, sir?
- Yes, man?Copy !req
668. Your assistant, sir...Copy !req
669. We were told he, too,
would be coming to Lavenham.Copy !req
670. He's engaged elsewhere.Copy !req
671. He's fighting
for the Parliamentary cause.Copy !req
672. Oh. He will be joining you here, sir?Copy !req
673. I really can't say.Copy !req
674. You can manage without him?Copy !req
675. Of course.Copy !req
676. - I apologize.
- No.Copy !req
677. Not only can I manage without him,Copy !req
678. but I intend to instigate
a new method of execution,Copy !req
679. and you, Master Webb,
you shall aid me in carrying it out.Copy !req
680. What's that, sir?Copy !req
681. You'll see.Copy !req
682. It's a fitting end for the foul
ungodliness in womankind.Copy !req
683. Yes, sir.Copy !req
684. Now fetch that young pair here.Copy !req
685. Sir.Copy !req
686. An excellent meal, gentlemen.Copy !req
687. There is little I find so satisfying...Copy !req
688. as good food
after a well-earned victory.Copy !req
689. - Wouldn't you agree?
- Entirely, General.Copy !req
690. The conflict at Naseby, sir,Copy !req
691. will go down
as a triumph of your strategy.Copy !req
692. Perhaps.Copy !req
693. I would rather that it went down...Copy !req
694. as a triumph
for the forces of true godliness.Copy !req
695. Nevertheless, your name
will symbolize the victory, sir.Copy !req
696. Whether I like it or not, eh, Captain?Copy !req
697. That cornet
you so highly recommended to me,Copy !req
698. is he to join us?Copy !req
699. - He's coming now, General Cromwell.
- Good.Copy !req
700. Amongst the most pleasurable
aspects of victory, gentlemen,Copy !req
701. is the opportunity it affords
to reward valor.Copy !req
702. It ranks almost with good food.Copy !req
703. - Cornet Marshall, sir.
- Mm.Copy !req
704. All right. Rest, Cornet.Copy !req
705. Your captain has told me about you.Copy !req
706. He says you're a good soldier.Copy !req
707. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
708. He recommends that I promote you
to captain.Copy !req
709. I thank you, sir.Copy !req
710. I have a special mission for you,
Captain.Copy !req
711. Take three men
and ride back into East Anglia.Copy !req
712. The king has escaped us...Copy !req
713. and is rumored to be making
for the Norfolk coast.Copy !req
714. If that is the case,Copy !req
715. find and apprehend him
before he can escape to the continent.Copy !req
716. It's an honor, sir.Copy !req
717. Pick your men.
Start at once.Copy !req
718. If you find the king,
you will escort him then to Norwich.Copy !req
719. If not, join us in the west.Copy !req
720. Good luck, Captain.Copy !req
721. Shall we rest up for the night,
Richard?Copy !req
722. We got a job to do.
We'll go on till we've done it.Copy !req
723. Do you mean looking for the king
or finding Hopkins and Stearne?Copy !req
724. Both.Copy !req
725. Richard, you can't go off
and desert again.Copy !req
726. I don't plan to desert.Copy !req
727. But supposing you do find out
where they are?Copy !req
728. Then I shall take
temporary leave again.Copy !req
729. For God's sake, Richard,
I know how you feel,Copy !req
730. but to risk court-martial
to kill Parliament's own appointees,Copy !req
731. you'll be hanged yourself.Copy !req
732. Robert...Copy !req
733. I've taken an oath.
I won't break it.Copy !req
734. - It's madness.
- It's justice.Copy !req
735. It's my justice.Copy !req
736. And what about one of them, sir?Copy !req
737. You won't find better horseflesh
in the whole of Suffolk.Copy !req
738. So, how much are you gonna try to
drag out of me if I take that one?Copy !req
739. He's yours
for a couple of guineas, sir.Copy !req
740. A guinea.Copy !req
741. A guinea and a half for getting me
out of bed at this hour of the morning.Copy !req
742. - One guinea.
- And a quarter?Copy !req
743. I'll quarter you.Copy !req
744. - Ah, you drive a hard bargain, sir.
- Yeah.Copy !req
745. And where would you be heading
that you need a horse in such a hurry?Copy !req
746. - To find my partner.
- Your partner, eh?Copy !req
747. And what line of business
might you be in?Copy !req
748. God's business... witch-finding.Copy !req
749. Witch-finding. Oh, that's nice.
That's very nice.Copy !req
750. You wouldn't make it a guinea
and a quarter, would you?Copy !req
751. Do you know a man
called Matthew Hopkins?Copy !req
752. You know where he is?Copy !req
753. I heard tell of such a man down south.
Lavenham, I believe.Copy !req
754. What's he doing in Lavenham?Copy !req
755. Extracting confessions, I don't doubt.Copy !req
756. You let me have
that four-legged cripple now!Copy !req
757. This happened three days ago.Copy !req
758. Why didn't you report it
to the militia then?Copy !req
759. How should we know
it was the king himself?Copy !req
760. A stranger, obviously a townsman,
tries to hire a boat to cross to France...Copy !req
761. and you suspect nothing?Copy !req
762. When the country's torn by civil war?Copy !req
763. I didn't know there was a war on
till you gentlemen told me so.Copy !req
764. Oh, come on, Richard.
We'd better go back.Copy !req
765. Aye, I suppose so.Copy !req
766. I want to pass through Lavenham,
see how Sara is.Copy !req
767. - Lavenham?
- Aye. How far is it from here?Copy !req
768. About two days ride, I reckon.Copy !req
769. They got more excitement over there
than any of your city folk's wars.Copy !req
770. - What do you mean?
- They're burning witches there, I hear.Copy !req
771. Some such rigmarole.Copy !req
772. They're in Lavenham!Copy !req
773. Aye. Richard!Copy !req
774. Elizabeth!Copy !req
775. Elizabeth!Copy !req
776. Oh, God.Copy !req
777. - All is ready, Master Hopkins?
- Aye.Copy !req
778. Proceed with the executions, then.Copy !req
779. Bring forth Elizabeth Clark.Copy !req
780. Right.Copy !req
781. Siegel, fetch the rope.Copy !req
782. Oh, come on, you little bitch!Copy !req
783. No!Copy !req
784. Hold still, will ya?Copy !req
785. No!Copy !req
786. All right, lower away.Copy !req
787. Slowly, now. Keep her slow.Copy !req
788. Elizabeth!Copy !req
789. Master Hopkins,
there are two more to be burned.Copy !req
790. Yes, Magistrate.Copy !req
791. Master Webb... the others.Copy !req
792. Here you are, 12 guineas in silver.Copy !req
793. To be spent in the service
of our Lord, Magistrate.Copy !req
794. We must thank you
for your good work,Copy !req
795. Master Witchfinder.Copy !req
796. Thank you, Magistrate, for your aid.Copy !req
797. Leave 'em alone.
Don't want to buy? Move away.Copy !req
798. Get out. Get out. Get out.Copy !req
799. Witchfinder!Copy !req
800. Greetings, Stearne.Copy !req
801. Is that all you've got to say...Copy !req
802. after leaving me there
with Cromwell's men?Copy !req
803. Well, I provided us both
with the opportunity to escape.Copy !req
804. Only you did and I was captured.Copy !req
805. Fortunes of war, Stearne.Copy !req
806. You know me well enough...Copy !req
807. to know that I wouldn't hesitate
to fire and kill you.Copy !req
808. Aye, you would that.Copy !req
809. I hold all human life dearly,
Stearne, especially my own.Copy !req
810. Oh, come now.Copy !req
811. You've escaped and all is well.Copy !req
812. Maybe.Copy !req
813. I even saved your share of the pay...Copy !req
814. even though I did all
of the work myself.Copy !req
815. Now, are you going to be sensible,
or do I kill you?Copy !req
816. By the way, do you know
what they call me now?Copy !req
817. What?Copy !req
818. Witchfinder General.Copy !req
819. There are those who think
that I should be appointed such...Copy !req
820. for all of England,Copy !req
821. appointed by Parliament.Copy !req
822. Here. Look.Copy !req
823. Sara... she's here.Copy !req
824. Very nice, eh, Matthew?Copy !req
825. No, you fool.Copy !req
826. Don't you realize that if she's here,
that trooper must be around, too?Copy !req
827. But he's away fighting.Copy !req
828. Suppose he got leave after Naseby,
where do you think he'd go?Copy !req
829. To see her, of course.Copy !req
830. - We better move along then, eh?
- No.Copy !req
831. That man Marshall
is not going to give up.Copy !req
832. He's proved that to us already.Copy !req
833. Then, we have to get him
before he gets us, right?Copy !req
834. We have the power to do it legally.Copy !req
835. Prove him a witch, huh?Copy !req
836. Exactly.Copy !req
837. He'd never confess, not that one.Copy !req
838. On his own, no.Copy !req
839. But if we had him and the girl?Copy !req
840. Yeah, she's the niece of a man
we executed for witchcraft.Copy !req
841. And Marshall is her husband.Copy !req
842. I owe that jumped-up plowboy
a seeing-to.Copy !req
843. Go out and ask around.
Find out if he's been seen.Copy !req
844. If not, we'll tarry here a while
until he does arrive.Copy !req
845. - Who is it?
- Sara, open the door. It's me.Copy !req
846. Richard?Copy !req
847. They were here...
Hopkins and Stearne.Copy !req
848. I didn't know what to do.
I saw them in the street.Copy !req
849. - I didn't know if they saw me or not.
- I know. I know.Copy !req
850. Well... I'll be in the tavern
with the others, then.Copy !req
851. He's here, Matthew!
Just arrived.Copy !req
852. - Where's he gone?
- To see the girl.Copy !req
853. - Alone?
- Yeah.Copy !req
854. The three others are in the tavern.Copy !req
855. Go and get us an extra man to help.Copy !req
856. Where are we gonna take them,
Matthew?Copy !req
857. Up to the castle.Copy !req
858. Magistrate here is very helpful.Copy !req
859. That's where you interrogated
the others, is it?Copy !req
860. Yes.Copy !req
861. Now hurry to it, man.Copy !req
862. What are you going to do?Copy !req
863. You say Hopkins arrived
two days ago?Copy !req
864. Yes, and then he was with
the other one in... in the street today.Copy !req
865. And they haven't left yet?Copy !req
866. I'm not sure.
I've been too scared to leave.Copy !req
867. Come on! Open up in there!Copy !req
868. Drop that sword, soldier.Copy !req
869. This man accuses you, Sara Lowes,
and you, Richard Marshall,Copy !req
870. of consorting with the devil.Copy !req
871. - Is that not so, Master Webb?
- It is that, sir.Copy !req
872. Will you describe
your evidence to us?Copy !req
873. I observed the accused
talking with their familiars...Copy !req
874. and making the signs of Satan, sir.Copy !req
875. And what were these familiars
to which you refer?Copy !req
876. Black cat and a stoat, sir.Copy !req
877. You're a very observant citizen,
Master Webb.Copy !req
878. Well, Sara...Copy !req
879. do you confess?Copy !req
880. And what do you have to say, soldier?Copy !req
881. I'm gonna kill you, Hopkins.Copy !req
882. I don't think you'll find that easy.Copy !req
883. The law is with me, remember.Copy !req
884. And what are you?
An accused witch.Copy !req
885. They must be submitted to the test.
Take them, Stearne.Copy !req
886. Hopkins!Copy !req
887. A Royalist sympathizer, evidently.Copy !req
888. But what are we gonna do with him?Copy !req
889. Leave him.
I'll inform the magistrate later.Copy !req
890. We have more important work to do.Copy !req
891. Come on.Copy !req
892. Get moving.Copy !req
893. Orders from the magistrate.
Suspected witches.Copy !req
894. Yes, sir. Sorry, sir.Copy !req
895. I heard them.Copy !req
896. Where are they taking them?Copy !req
897. To the castle to test them.Copy !req
898. Test them?Copy !req
899. They're accused...Copy !req
900. of witchcraft.Copy !req
901. - Harcourt, you come with me.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
902. - Shall I look after him, sir?
- Yes. Try and find him a physician.Copy !req
903. I've heard much of how Hopkins
conducts his interrogations.Copy !req
904. Come on, Harcourt.Copy !req
905. All right, Stearne.Copy !req
906. Well, Captain Marshall,
do you now confess?Copy !req
907. Keep at it, Stearne.
You're doing God's work.Copy !req
908. Put her over here.Copy !req
909. And you, Master Webb, help him.Copy !req
910. Master Hopkins and his assistants,
are they here, man?Copy !req
911. - That they are, sir.
- Well, let us pass, then.Copy !req
912. You're here to help the witchfinder?Copy !req
913. We're here to find him, yes.Copy !req
914. Have you a signed pass?Copy !req
915. Sara...Copy !req
916. I'm going to place this iron
on your back.Copy !req
917. Should you faint or cry out,Copy !req
918. we can only take it
that Satan has intervened...Copy !req
919. to... spare you your agony.Copy !req
920. However, I could show mercy if...Copy !req
921. if Captain Marshall were to
confess to witchcraft first.Copy !req
922. But will you do it, sir?Copy !req
923. I shall kill you.Copy !req
924. So, you have no proper
authorization, then.Copy !req
925. What do you mean?Copy !req
926. From the magistrate.
Authorization.Copy !req
927. Not here with us, no.Copy !req
928. Well, we'll go back and get one then.Copy !req
929. All right.
Then I'll let you pass.Copy !req
930. Master Webb,
go and see what is the matter.Copy !req
931. Yes, Master Hopkins.Copy !req
932. What do we do, Matthew?Copy !req
933. We shall carry on with God's work
as before, man.Copy !req
934. And fetch Captain Marshall
over here.Copy !req
935. He shall kneel before his wife
and watch her suffer.Copy !req
936. - But, Matthew...
- Go do it, man!Copy !req
937. Oh, God!Copy !req
938. You took him away from me.Copy !req
939. You took him from me.Copy !req
940. You took him from me.Copy !req
941. You took him from me!Copy !req
942. You took him from me!Copy !req
943. May God have mercy on us all.Copy !req