You think you know a story, but you only know how it ends. To get to the heart of the story, you have to go back to the beginning.

If the lion knows its own strength, no man could control it.

If she gets her way, she will set our whole country in a roar.

I love your neck.

I know what you are trying to do, but do not think to take the King away from me. Let him play with you. Let him give you gifts. But he cannot give you his true heart.

He will tire of you, like all the others.

And what if he does not?

I have no heir.

Seduce me. Write letters to me. And poems, I love poems. Ravish me with your words. Seduce me.

You can't have 3 people in a marriage!

You've taken her honor!

You son of a whore.

I should kill you for this!

For what it's worth I did fuck her.

They say all his liaisons are soon over. He blows hot, he blows cold.

Perhaps you could imagine a way to keep his interests more... prolonged?

I want a divorce, and you will get one for me.

If I cannot please the King, will he kill me?

Tell me, do you prefer your place in this life rather than in heaven?

I am my father's daughter.

You are my WIFE. You are not my Minister, you are not my Chancellor, but my wife.

Of course I loved her. But... from a distance.

I have an audience with His Majesty.

What would a silly girl like you have to say to a king?

I am so glad to see you. It is often lonely here.

Things are not well between us. His Majesty and I.

I saw with my own eyes how attentive he is to you. He looks at you with such devotion, it seems. With such love.

It is settled. We are to war with France. Now... I can go play.

Here is a book of prophecy. This is the King- this is the Queen- and this is myself... with my head cut off.

That is your judgement, Your Grace; it is not mine. Neither is it the King's.

Now, my love, let me conceive... and we will have a son.

I'm going to have to attend on the king and that bitch of his at her coronation!

Can you not plead some indisposition?

I've asked the French Ambassador to hold him at the font during his christening. If he drops him, it's war!

Perhaps, one day this little girl will preside over empires.

Do you know who that was?

No, you told me that we would always be truthful with one another! You said it was the definition of love!

You must shut your eyes and endure like your betters have done before you!

Now I am indeed Queen.

I was married before and, I must confess, I rather like the liberty of not being married again!

You know, I cannot think whether it would be a bad thing, or a good thing if he died.

I saw her hugging and kissing her brother!

Do you believe this to be true?

You believe that your husband committed incest with the queen!?

He told me she'd had to do with over a hundred men.

She pleaded not guilty to all charges against her, but the evidence being overwhelming...she was sentenced to death, either by burning or decapitation according to the King's pleasure.

BUT I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO'S GUILTY!

So I am to keep my Earldom?

Madam... forgive me, for what I must do.

Bless you.

Fetch my sword!

If need be, I will dispatch a second army to destroy the rebels.

My lord, I was promised artillery when I arrived here, but I don't see any guns!

Don't go. Just because you have done everything that you have promised, don't leave me.

Without you, life is a desert, a howling wilderness.

I know....But this too shall pass.

Everyone has plans and what I want doesn't matter!

I am more convinced than ever that he is the agent of Satan.

I would strip him from the King's side- and burn him.

Please, God, in Your mercy, don't take her away from me!

One day I shall lie beside you again, I promise and we shall sleep together for eternity.

Why go on dwelling in darkness?

And my father, my father told me "If you leave so much as a sapling in the ground, one day it will grow into a tree!"

You are the milk of human kindness, the light in my dark, dark world.

Without you, life is a desert, a howling wilderness.

I don't require you to flatter me.

IDIOT! I charge you, personally, to find enough horses within two days, and bring the guns on after our army, or God help me.

Your Grace, I did not want to cause a panic by forcing people to part with their horses and drays!

Perhaps you don't understand. I'm about the King's most urgent business.

I have a moment of nostalgia now and then... even for my enemies.

Yes, and the only mourners at that funeral were the ghosts of his children.

And, now that you are back at Court, what are you intentions?

That is very ambitious.

Without knowledge, life is not worth having.

You're dead!!

Do you want a confessor?

I have spoken to God so rarely, I do not think he would know who I was.

I have come here to die.

Life is very beautiful.

Tell me what is happening in Court.

Is the King thinking of marrying again?

There is a new law enacted.

Your Grace, I will appoint you commander of the armies if you have the will and the stomach for the fight.

I can only thank God for the chance to win honor and glory in the field.

What are you thinking?

I will not hide the truth from you, Your Grace.

What are you doing here?

I have come to see my daughter.

She ought to be a long time married by now, she ought to have her own children.

You have sent me away before,though I loved you. But I was still your wife in God's eyes- and still am.

She was the only pure thing in my life and in my life I neglected her.

I did nothing to you.

All the accusations against me were false.

We were like two moths drawn to the flame- and burned.

Don't you understand?! You have killed him!