1 00:00:01,043 --> 00:00:03,671 I am Uhtred, son of Uhtred. 2 00:00:03,795 --> 00:00:08,266 I have sworn my sword to Alfred and defeated Sigefrid and Erik 3 00:00:08,383 --> 00:00:11,102 but now the brothers have returned from banishment 4 00:00:11,220 --> 00:00:13,814 and with a great army, they have taken the city of Lundene. 5 00:00:13,931 --> 00:00:16,025 The gods are with us! 6 00:00:16,141 --> 00:00:19,486 Alfred dispatched a priest to negotiate with these Northmen... 7 00:00:19,603 --> 00:00:21,822 Father Pyrlig was once a warrior himself. 8 00:00:21,939 --> 00:00:25,193 While continuing his mission to be king of all the English. 9 00:00:25,317 --> 00:00:29,197 - I am to be married. - Which one of you is Aethelred? 10 00:00:29,321 --> 00:00:32,200 From what I know, Alfred could not have chosen a bigger turd. 11 00:00:32,324 --> 00:00:37,751 Having at last freed my sister Thyra, my friend Beocca found love. 12 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:40,169 I fear you have become someone I cannot live without. 13 00:00:40,290 --> 00:00:41,291 Fear no more. 14 00:00:41,416 --> 00:00:44,215 Whereas I found myself talking to the dead 15 00:00:44,336 --> 00:00:47,465 and wanting to believe every word that he spoke. 16 00:00:47,589 --> 00:00:51,310 He said that I should be king of Wessex and that you, you should be a king, too. 17 00:00:51,426 --> 00:00:55,647 King of Mercia. King of Saxon and Dane. 18 00:00:55,764 --> 00:00:58,563 What we have just witnessed, you believe it to be true? 19 00:00:58,684 --> 00:01:02,439 Now I must decide where my loyalties lie. 20 00:01:02,563 --> 00:01:05,487 Do not forget you were raised as a Dane. 21 00:01:05,607 --> 00:01:07,609 Destiny is all. 22 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:15,074 -== [ www.OpenSubtitles.com ] ==- 23 00:02:01,747 --> 00:02:03,920 You've barely washed, woman. 24 00:02:06,335 --> 00:02:08,337 You have been living with Saxons for too long. 25 00:02:08,462 --> 00:02:10,590 How can I wash in dirty waters? 26 00:02:10,714 --> 00:02:14,514 The water is good. We are a long way from the city. 27 00:02:25,187 --> 00:02:27,656 We will be late for the wedding. 28 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:30,817 I've been thinking about the man in the grave. 29 00:02:30,942 --> 00:02:33,240 - Bjorn. - Uhtred, no. 30 00:02:33,362 --> 00:02:36,536 - You would not like to be a queen? - Of Bebbanburg, yes. 31 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:43,213 Let us just enjoy an early morning. The two of us. 32 00:02:46,667 --> 00:02:51,218 - And a hunting party. - Who is it? 33 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:54,808 It's Aethelred. The lord of Mercia. 34 00:02:56,551 --> 00:03:00,681 Uhtred of Bebbanburg. Word has been that you were missing. 35 00:03:00,806 --> 00:03:05,312 Aethelred, I see you managed to remove your head from the king's arse. 36 00:03:05,435 --> 00:03:07,733 Well, for the moment. He's sleeping. 37 00:03:09,231 --> 00:03:11,359 The king has questions about your loyalty. 38 00:03:11,483 --> 00:03:12,780 It's his way. 39 00:03:12,901 --> 00:03:16,747 And he tells me you've been associating with those heathen Danes. 40 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:21,243 Like this one here. 41 00:03:21,368 --> 00:03:23,621 Uhtred, we are needed elsewhere. 42 00:03:23,745 --> 00:03:25,873 Is he required between your legs, my dear? 43 00:03:34,506 --> 00:03:36,929 At ease, men. 44 00:03:38,176 --> 00:03:41,020 - You wouldn't dare. - What? Take your nose? 45 00:03:41,972 --> 00:03:44,395 - I think I might. - Uhtred, we are needed. 46 00:03:44,516 --> 00:03:46,564 Lord Uhtred, you will let Lord Aethelred go. 47 00:03:48,895 --> 00:03:50,363 Please. 48 00:03:51,606 --> 00:03:53,483 Lady, on behalf of my lord, I apologize. 49 00:03:53,608 --> 00:03:54,700 - He does not. - No? 50 00:03:54,818 --> 00:03:56,418 There can be no bloodshed here. 51 00:03:56,528 --> 00:03:59,907 We are all mistaken and we are all proud. 52 00:04:01,992 --> 00:04:04,666 What men say is true. 53 00:04:04,786 --> 00:04:07,460 You behave as if you were still at your mother's tit. 54 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:13,379 You will learn respect one day, I'm sure. 55 00:04:14,087 --> 00:04:18,593 - Lord, it is over, is it not? - It is. 56 00:04:26,725 --> 00:04:30,571 I have the king's trust! That's a warning! 57 00:04:46,828 --> 00:04:50,458 - I want him dead. - Too soon. 58 00:04:51,416 --> 00:04:56,138 I'm sure Alfred would prefer him dead at times, but he knows his value. 59 00:04:56,254 --> 00:04:59,053 - He's nothing but a heathen. - Uhtred kills Danes. 60 00:04:59,174 --> 00:05:03,475 He kills Danes, he survives slavery, 61 00:05:03,595 --> 00:05:05,768 he saves the life of children and mice no doubt. 62 00:05:08,099 --> 00:05:10,898 Even my wife-to-be sings his praises. 63 00:05:14,231 --> 00:05:15,528 Leave us. 64 00:05:18,568 --> 00:05:22,869 I do not like him and he doesn't like me. 65 00:05:22,989 --> 00:05:24,366 From the moment that we met. 66 00:05:25,492 --> 00:05:30,589 You are a threat, lord, and he is the same. 67 00:05:33,583 --> 00:05:36,052 Our hope lies in Daneland. 68 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:41,058 With luck, the unrest will grow. Peace is not in their nature. 69 00:05:41,174 --> 00:05:45,020 - You wish for war, Aldhelm? - As a Mercian, lord, 70 00:05:45,136 --> 00:05:49,016 what I wish is for Aethelred to be crowned king of Mercia. 71 00:05:50,433 --> 00:05:53,061 And then of Wessex. 72 00:05:54,479 --> 00:05:55,731 Why not? 73 00:06:00,861 --> 00:06:03,831 It is Alfred we want dead 74 00:06:03,947 --> 00:06:08,794 and for that to happen sooner, we will require war. 75 00:06:14,499 --> 00:06:16,718 How do we look? 76 00:06:21,548 --> 00:06:23,266 As royalty. 77 00:06:26,094 --> 00:06:28,688 Aethelflaed is a fortunate young woman. 78 00:06:39,941 --> 00:06:41,238 I am witness. 79 00:06:41,359 --> 00:06:45,034 You are together, never to part, 80 00:06:45,155 --> 00:06:48,955 bound as man and his wife. 81 00:06:51,786 --> 00:06:54,460 - And a prayer? - I don't know any prayers. 82 00:06:56,374 --> 00:06:58,376 I will say a prayer. 83 00:07:00,587 --> 00:07:03,511 Hild. Please. 84 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:09,100 Let us pray that God and all His saints and all His angels in Heaven 85 00:07:09,220 --> 00:07:10,972 smile and bless you. 86 00:07:11,097 --> 00:07:15,523 Let us pray that this union of Dane and Saxon 87 00:07:15,644 --> 00:07:18,944 can show that this is a land for all people. 88 00:07:19,064 --> 00:07:22,284 - Under one God. - Under one God, of course. 89 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,698 - Amen. - Amen. 90 00:07:24,819 --> 00:07:26,867 Amen. 91 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:41,219 When are you going to tell him what Sihtric saw? 92 00:07:41,336 --> 00:07:43,930 That the ghost is a lie. 93 00:07:44,047 --> 00:07:47,597 If I tell him, he'll talk and Sigefrid will hear. 94 00:07:50,136 --> 00:07:52,514 They must believe that we believe. 95 00:07:55,558 --> 00:07:57,185 I do enjoy another wedding. 96 00:07:57,310 --> 00:08:00,985 A royal wedding in particular. 97 00:08:01,106 --> 00:08:02,608 It is a tonic for the soul. 98 00:08:02,732 --> 00:08:04,359 The excitement, the expense... 99 00:08:04,484 --> 00:08:08,614 Aethelwold, I am still undecided, so do not mention talking corpses. 100 00:08:12,033 --> 00:08:15,879 Nobles have traveled across the sea from as far as Frankia 101 00:08:15,996 --> 00:08:18,124 solely to see the beautiful Aethelflaed 102 00:08:18,248 --> 00:08:20,967 many this pretty bread-pudding of a boy. 103 00:08:21,084 --> 00:08:22,631 A fair description. 104 00:08:22,752 --> 00:08:27,553 Furthermore, he gets to hump the king's daughter all night long. 105 00:08:27,674 --> 00:08:30,143 - Aethelwold, you will be quiet. - It is the truth. 106 00:08:30,260 --> 00:08:33,104 - You will be quiet. - Or you will do what, Irishman? 107 00:08:33,221 --> 00:08:35,599 Kill you in your sleep. 108 00:09:16,264 --> 00:09:20,610 - She is so beautiful. - She is too good for him. 109 00:09:20,727 --> 00:09:22,104 Why are we delaying? 110 00:09:22,228 --> 00:09:25,107 Did Sihtric witness something at the graveside? 111 00:09:25,231 --> 00:09:28,735 Sihtric saw nothing. 112 00:09:47,295 --> 00:09:49,548 May I say that you look quite beautiful. 113 00:09:51,758 --> 00:09:54,637 God looks upon me with favor I do not deserve. 114 00:09:58,306 --> 00:10:00,729 Lord God in your Heaven, 115 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:08,029 we are humbly gathered before you on this day of thanks and celebration... 116 00:10:08,233 --> 00:10:11,112 A gift from the king! 117 00:10:11,236 --> 00:10:14,365 If you don't mind. 118 00:10:24,666 --> 00:10:27,169 The point I make is simple. 119 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:29,045 All of the power, all of the wealth, 120 00:10:29,170 --> 00:10:31,969 all the land that could belong to you, will now belong to him. 121 00:10:32,090 --> 00:10:35,139 - Should I hit him? - Yes! Yes, by all means, strike me. 122 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:38,855 But in your heart, in your purse, you know I speak the truth. 123 00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:39,972 Yes, hit him. 124 00:10:43,852 --> 00:10:46,196 All I will say, again, 125 00:10:46,312 --> 00:10:49,657 is that the dead man speaks the truth. 126 00:10:49,774 --> 00:10:51,697 - Lord? - Some would say it is treason. 127 00:10:51,818 --> 00:10:55,038 - No, no, this wedding is treason. - Lord? 128 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:58,785 This wedding is a betrayal of Wessex and the men of Wessex. 129 00:10:58,908 --> 00:11:00,125 Meaning you. 130 00:11:00,243 --> 00:11:02,621 Should the king die, I have a strong and rightful claim. 131 00:11:02,745 --> 00:11:05,419 Alfred is working to make a new line of succession. 132 00:11:05,540 --> 00:11:07,713 - Excuse me, Lord Uhtred. - Go away. 133 00:11:07,834 --> 00:11:11,805 - I am Osferth. - You are a monk. A baby monk. 134 00:11:12,839 --> 00:11:16,594 - Go away. - Lord, you knew my uncle, lord. 135 00:11:16,718 --> 00:11:19,437 His name was Leofric. 136 00:11:19,554 --> 00:11:21,306 Leofric was a great man. 137 00:11:23,099 --> 00:11:28,071 - You are Alfred's bastard son. - No, but I wish to join you, lord. 138 00:11:28,188 --> 00:11:31,067 - Be by your side as my uncle was. - No, we have no need of a monk. 139 00:11:31,191 --> 00:11:34,161 As a warrior, lord. 140 00:11:34,277 --> 00:11:37,201 I wish to serve you as a warrior. 141 00:11:39,407 --> 00:11:40,829 Uhtred. 142 00:11:41,951 --> 00:11:44,295 Uhtred, you are wanted. 143 00:11:46,331 --> 00:11:48,675 - The king! - Enjoy the wedding feast. 144 00:11:51,336 --> 00:11:57,093 You. Find me again, bring a sword and lose your cross. 145 00:11:57,217 --> 00:11:59,470 Thank you, my lord. I will. 146 00:12:14,901 --> 00:12:16,278 Lord. 147 00:12:21,199 --> 00:12:23,952 - Lord. - You were seen. 148 00:12:24,077 --> 00:12:25,294 Seen where, lord? 149 00:12:25,411 --> 00:12:28,085 Leaving Winchester, leaving Wessex, 150 00:12:28,206 --> 00:12:31,210 entering Saxon Mercia and crossing Watling Street. 151 00:12:31,334 --> 00:12:36,090 Going into Daneland, Uhtred. I'm sure you have an explanation. 152 00:12:36,214 --> 00:12:38,342 I trust we will hear the truth of it. 153 00:12:38,466 --> 00:12:40,343 What business do you have in Daneland? 154 00:12:40,468 --> 00:12:45,395 The king's business. Lord, your business. 155 00:12:45,515 --> 00:12:47,517 You're happy for me to speak in this company? 156 00:12:50,520 --> 00:12:52,193 Freely. Why not? 157 00:12:57,944 --> 00:13:02,620 Lundene has been taken. By the Northmen, Sigefrid and Erik. 158 00:13:02,740 --> 00:13:05,994 - Never. Says who? - Did my lips not move? 159 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:10,124 - Sigefrid and Erik are in Frankia. - They were and now they are not, lord. 160 00:13:10,248 --> 00:13:13,752 They have a fleet at Beamfleot, they have an army at Beamfleot, 161 00:13:13,876 --> 00:13:15,970 some of which has sailed upriver and taken Lundene. 162 00:13:16,087 --> 00:13:19,341 If this is true, it cannot be allowed. 163 00:13:19,465 --> 00:13:22,469 - Lundene belongs to Mercia. - They will choke the river. 164 00:13:22,593 --> 00:13:24,015 They will, lord. 165 00:13:25,388 --> 00:13:27,607 With respect, Lord Uhtred, 166 00:13:27,724 --> 00:13:31,069 you have still not explained why you crossed the street into Daneland. 167 00:13:31,185 --> 00:13:34,234 - I can never remember your name. - I am Aldhelm. 168 00:13:34,355 --> 00:13:37,199 I'm commander of Lord Aethelred's household guard. 169 00:13:37,317 --> 00:13:40,571 - Would you like me to write it down? - You will answer, Uhtred. 170 00:13:40,695 --> 00:13:43,790 I was invited to Daneland, lady, to Padintune. 171 00:13:45,450 --> 00:13:48,374 And there I was asked to join with Sigefrid and Erik. 172 00:13:49,245 --> 00:13:51,464 I was offered the kingdom of Mercia. 173 00:13:51,581 --> 00:13:53,879 - And your response? - He is here, is he not? 174 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:57,300 I would say that is response enough. 175 00:13:57,420 --> 00:14:02,642 Uhtred, I did not see you at the church. I do hope you were there. 176 00:14:02,759 --> 00:14:05,182 I was there, lady, of course I was. 177 00:14:05,303 --> 00:14:07,726 And may I say how beautiful you are today. 178 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:08,848 Thank you. 179 00:14:08,973 --> 00:14:12,728 My dear, we are discussing a matter of importance. 180 00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:13,853 Yes, I heard, lord. 181 00:14:13,978 --> 00:14:17,528 So are the Northmen intending to remain in Lundene 182 00:14:17,648 --> 00:14:19,901 or are they waiting for a ransom? 183 00:14:20,026 --> 00:14:21,073 A fair question. 184 00:14:21,194 --> 00:14:25,415 Besides Uhtred's loyalties, it is the only question. 185 00:14:25,531 --> 00:14:28,250 - We shall offer negotiations. - Quite right. 186 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:31,121 Once the celebrations are done, you, together with Aethelred, 187 00:14:31,245 --> 00:14:34,124 shall travel to Lundene. Assess their strength and their numbers. 188 00:14:34,248 --> 00:14:36,171 An excellent way forward, lord. 189 00:14:36,292 --> 00:14:38,636 Though if you had killed these brothers in Northumbria, 190 00:14:38,753 --> 00:14:41,097 this event could not have occurred. 191 00:14:47,970 --> 00:14:54,023 Lord King, may I ask, what bargain was struck in Northumbria 192 00:14:54,143 --> 00:14:56,066 to allow the brothers to leave with their lives? 193 00:14:56,187 --> 00:14:57,939 Uhtred has told me this story. 194 00:14:58,064 --> 00:15:01,318 He defeated Sigefrid in combat but spared him 195 00:15:01,442 --> 00:15:02,659 on the condition they leave. 196 00:15:02,777 --> 00:15:05,530 He did this to preserve the lives of his own men. 197 00:15:05,655 --> 00:15:09,250 - Ah. - It is called negotiation, 198 00:15:09,367 --> 00:15:10,835 Lord Aldhelm. 199 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:14,714 And now we suffer the consequences of this negotiation. 200 00:15:14,831 --> 00:15:17,835 Decisions are made and consequences follow. It is the way. 201 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,759 Our task is to deal with the present. 202 00:15:21,879 --> 00:15:24,803 To your wisdom, lord. 203 00:15:42,692 --> 00:15:44,569 My dear. 204 00:15:45,695 --> 00:15:47,572 It's not your place to involve yourself 205 00:15:47,697 --> 00:15:51,622 in a conversation that became an informal Witan. 206 00:15:51,742 --> 00:15:53,665 We were discussing matters of land and war. 207 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:56,710 Lord, I take an interest in these matters. 208 00:15:56,831 --> 00:15:58,959 My father has always encouraged... 209 00:15:59,083 --> 00:16:01,586 You are no longer the king's daughter. 210 00:16:03,087 --> 00:16:04,464 You are my wife. 211 00:16:06,549 --> 00:16:09,018 It's me you will obey. 212 00:16:09,135 --> 00:16:10,728 And you are delicate. 213 00:16:10,845 --> 00:16:14,395 I find it interesting. I would speak with the king often... 214 00:16:14,515 --> 00:16:18,895 You are of Mercia now. You are my queen. 215 00:16:19,020 --> 00:16:21,068 Do you think you're a king? 216 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:30,702 I call you "queen" because you mean that much to me. 217 00:16:33,284 --> 00:16:36,288 I do not like your tone nor accusation. 218 00:16:39,415 --> 00:16:40,837 What I would like... 219 00:16:42,168 --> 00:16:43,385 is you 220 00:16:43,503 --> 00:16:47,178 on your belly... on the bed. 221 00:16:47,298 --> 00:16:48,550 Lord... 222 00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:51,427 Your husband wishes to ride you. 223 00:16:53,471 --> 00:16:55,223 You will lie on your belly. 224 00:16:58,518 --> 00:17:02,614 What's this? Disobedience? 225 00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:05,946 It's confusion, lord. 226 00:17:06,067 --> 00:17:09,116 Should I hand you back to Wessex? 227 00:17:10,613 --> 00:17:13,082 Unused but... tarnished? 228 00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:15,748 You wouldn't dare. 229 00:17:17,453 --> 00:17:19,080 We shall see. 230 00:17:20,331 --> 00:17:21,924 Lord! 231 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:27,846 I am your wife. 232 00:17:48,484 --> 00:17:52,205 - A good day. - It was. 233 00:17:52,321 --> 00:17:55,996 - Though I'm glad it's over. - Lord. 234 00:17:57,159 --> 00:17:59,082 If I may have a brief word. 235 00:18:00,705 --> 00:18:03,959 Lady, it will take just a moment. 236 00:18:04,083 --> 00:18:07,633 Be sure it does, Odda. The king is tired. 237 00:18:17,388 --> 00:18:18,935 Lord. 238 00:18:20,141 --> 00:18:22,564 I fear that you undervalue Uhtred. 239 00:18:22,685 --> 00:18:24,813 He is by far our most accomplished warrior 240 00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:26,359 and has been nothing but loyal... 241 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,278 Odda, we have discussed this many times. 242 00:18:28,399 --> 00:18:31,086 He is sworn and yet he continues to behave as if he were his own man. 243 00:18:31,110 --> 00:18:33,579 He is a little reckless at times, yes. 244 00:18:33,696 --> 00:18:36,825 Uhtred crosses into Daneland without advising you or I first. 245 00:18:38,409 --> 00:18:41,788 I tolerate this behavior only because he is our most accomplished warrior. 246 00:18:41,912 --> 00:18:44,290 But if he had not crossed the street, lord, 247 00:18:44,415 --> 00:18:46,292 we would not know of the fall of Lundene. 248 00:18:46,417 --> 00:18:50,388 Do not doubt for one moment Uhtred Ragnarson has ambition. 249 00:18:52,423 --> 00:18:55,472 He will have been tempted by this offer from the Northmen. 250 00:18:55,593 --> 00:18:59,223 - And yet, he is here, lord. - Doing what? 251 00:19:00,014 --> 00:19:02,688 Spying? Waiting? 252 00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:05,277 Did he volunteer this information before being confronted? 253 00:19:05,394 --> 00:19:08,489 - No, he did not. - No, lord. 254 00:19:08,606 --> 00:19:10,825 Ask yourself why. 255 00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:15,200 I have said many times, 256 00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:17,665 he is a sword I would rather wield than face, 257 00:19:17,782 --> 00:19:20,376 but he is not godly and never shall be. 258 00:19:22,244 --> 00:19:25,669 I wish you a good night's rest, Odda. You are clearly in need of it. 259 00:19:34,799 --> 00:19:36,722 What troubles you, brother? 260 00:19:39,345 --> 00:19:42,224 Uhtred, he doubts the dead man. 261 00:19:42,348 --> 00:19:44,942 - You believe so? - Yes. 262 00:19:48,688 --> 00:19:52,409 We should have approached him man on man, with honor. 263 00:19:52,525 --> 00:19:54,698 You think he knows it is a trick? 264 00:19:57,029 --> 00:19:58,246 Yes. 265 00:20:00,032 --> 00:20:02,285 - Maybe. - You don't know. 266 00:20:02,410 --> 00:20:05,505 No. 267 00:20:26,767 --> 00:20:32,319 - How is the pain? - The same. Constant. 268 00:20:37,027 --> 00:20:39,325 It reminds me I am alive. 269 00:20:41,657 --> 00:20:43,534 That I should live. 270 00:20:47,204 --> 00:20:50,834 If Uhtred knows that Bjorn is a lie, 271 00:20:50,958 --> 00:20:52,960 then he will come. 272 00:20:54,044 --> 00:20:56,422 - With Alfred's army. - Yes. 273 00:20:58,799 --> 00:21:02,645 So I get to kill him after all. 274 00:21:04,013 --> 00:21:06,357 If we wish, there is a way to raise 275 00:21:06,474 --> 00:21:08,818 the greatest army these shores have ever seen. 276 00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:11,729 It can be done. 277 00:21:12,688 --> 00:21:15,862 The Temes river would be dark with ships. 278 00:21:15,983 --> 00:21:17,906 Danes and Northmen. 279 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:24,868 All we need to be is clever... and patient. 280 00:21:24,992 --> 00:21:27,836 Patient? 281 00:21:32,416 --> 00:21:35,260 Oh, there will still be blood to spill, brother. 282 00:21:37,546 --> 00:21:40,595 But this way, we can be kings of it all. 283 00:21:42,009 --> 00:21:43,807 No Guthrun. 284 00:21:43,928 --> 00:21:47,899 No Aethelred. No Alfred. 285 00:21:50,392 --> 00:21:51,735 No Uhtred. 286 00:22:12,748 --> 00:22:15,092 They say Lundene is dangerous. 287 00:22:15,209 --> 00:22:19,840 Oh, it is, but Lundene is alive with every kind of life. 288 00:22:19,964 --> 00:22:22,342 I hear women do not walk the streets unguarded, 289 00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:24,389 that bodies are found in the river daily. 290 00:22:24,510 --> 00:22:28,356 Twice daily. With each and every tide. 291 00:22:28,472 --> 00:22:30,770 Lundene is not Winchester, 292 00:22:30,891 --> 00:22:33,815 but one year here is worth ten elsewhere. 293 00:22:34,311 --> 00:22:37,315 - Then why do you not live there? - And end up dead in the river? 294 00:22:37,439 --> 00:22:39,908 Do I look like a fool? 295 00:22:40,025 --> 00:22:42,369 What's to stop them from cutting our throats 296 00:22:42,486 --> 00:22:43,988 and siding with the Northmen? 297 00:22:44,113 --> 00:22:47,333 I've been pondering the same. 298 00:22:47,449 --> 00:22:50,578 The answer is that you are Alfred's son-in-law now. 299 00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:09,847 Uhtred, how is it that you know these streets so well? 300 00:23:09,972 --> 00:23:11,690 I stayed here for a time 301 00:23:11,807 --> 00:23:14,026 with Earl Ragnar the Fearless when I was a boy. 302 00:23:14,143 --> 00:23:15,611 When you were a Dane? 303 00:23:18,522 --> 00:23:20,570 As you can see, the one fact in our favor 304 00:23:20,691 --> 00:23:23,865 is that the whole of Lundene cannot be defended. It's too big. 305 00:23:23,986 --> 00:23:26,114 Even the walls surrounding the old Roman city 306 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:27,518 would need many hundreds of men. 307 00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:29,117 So the brothers' position is weak? 308 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:34,338 Not weak, but Lundene's been open to all tribes for a reason. 309 00:23:34,914 --> 00:23:37,963 The ground is not far now. I shall speak. 310 00:23:38,083 --> 00:23:43,089 You should ask for food and ale, lord. My belly believes my throat is cut. 311 00:23:54,224 --> 00:23:56,773 I do not understand how this kills a man. 312 00:23:56,894 --> 00:23:58,614 Sigefrid, take his head and be done with it. 313 00:23:58,729 --> 00:24:02,233 No, no. No, no, no. I want to know how. 314 00:24:02,358 --> 00:24:04,326 The cross kills a man slowly, lord, 315 00:24:04,443 --> 00:24:06,116 over days. 316 00:24:06,236 --> 00:24:09,240 It is both torture and execution. 317 00:24:09,365 --> 00:24:12,710 Unlike Saxons and Danes, the Romans were clever. 318 00:24:12,826 --> 00:24:16,251 There, you have your answer. Now take his head off. 319 00:24:16,372 --> 00:24:17,544 Agreed, lord. 320 00:24:17,665 --> 00:24:19,713 And if you please, when it comes to me, 321 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:21,835 with your sharpest axe and strongest man. 322 00:24:21,961 --> 00:24:26,808 - You talk too much. - I do. You should kill me swiftly. 323 00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:37,142 God preserve us. 324 00:24:38,477 --> 00:24:41,606 It is a death, nothing more. 325 00:24:51,073 --> 00:24:54,748 Lords, it is Uhtred. 326 00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:07,552 Uhtred Ragnarson! 327 00:25:08,382 --> 00:25:10,805 The future king of Mercia! 328 00:25:10,926 --> 00:25:15,397 Welcome to Lundene, your new home, should you want it. 329 00:25:16,557 --> 00:25:21,563 Sigefrid. I thought you might want to kill me still. 330 00:25:21,687 --> 00:25:24,281 Oh, for a long time, I did. 331 00:25:24,398 --> 00:25:26,821 But then I grew to like my new hand. 332 00:25:26,942 --> 00:25:30,697 Though I have to be careful when wiping my arse. 333 00:25:33,532 --> 00:25:36,877 It is good to see you here, Uhtred. 334 00:25:37,453 --> 00:25:39,421 Though your friends are not familiar. 335 00:25:39,538 --> 00:25:42,257 - This is Aethelred of Mercia. - Lord. 336 00:25:43,333 --> 00:25:46,132 My spies tell me you are to marry Alfred's daughter. 337 00:25:46,253 --> 00:25:49,473 Your spies are wrong, lord. I've already married Alfred's daughter. 338 00:25:49,590 --> 00:25:52,844 - Oh, how does she ride? - I've no complaint. 339 00:25:52,968 --> 00:25:55,221 Uhtred, why is he here? 340 00:25:55,345 --> 00:25:59,350 I am here, lords, to ask of you your price for leaving Lundene. 341 00:25:59,475 --> 00:26:02,319 - Alfred wishes to negotiate. - I wish to negotiate. 342 00:26:02,436 --> 00:26:06,532 We have only just arrived. Why would we want to leave? 343 00:26:06,648 --> 00:26:09,902 You are warriors. You will know that Lundene is impossible to defend, 344 00:26:10,027 --> 00:26:11,620 so let's get this done. 345 00:26:12,529 --> 00:26:15,533 - Is that a threat? - Your price. 346 00:26:15,657 --> 00:26:17,125 It sounds like a threat. 347 00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:20,963 I'm asking you to retreat, lords, for a price, for silver. 348 00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:24,584 Flesh is our price. 349 00:26:24,708 --> 00:26:28,758 - Your bride, Aethelflaed. - Nonsense. 350 00:26:28,879 --> 00:26:31,007 She has great beauty, a good mind. 351 00:26:31,131 --> 00:26:32,303 I'm in need of a wife. 352 00:26:32,424 --> 00:26:34,222 I'm in need of a hump. We will share her. 353 00:26:34,343 --> 00:26:35,560 She is my wife. 354 00:26:35,677 --> 00:26:37,395 Aethelred, they are teasing you. 355 00:26:38,972 --> 00:26:43,443 Perhaps we can begin with a cup of ale? It was a long walk from the river. 356 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,109 A cup of ale it is, Lord Uhtred. 357 00:26:51,193 --> 00:26:55,118 - Do you have food, lord? - The bread is stale, but good. 358 00:27:08,001 --> 00:27:11,301 I have been told that you saw the dead man rise. 359 00:27:12,506 --> 00:27:15,680 - I did. - And you heard him speak? 360 00:27:15,801 --> 00:27:18,224 Of a good plan, yes. 361 00:27:18,345 --> 00:27:22,100 Could you guarantee Ragnar and all the men he commands? 362 00:27:22,224 --> 00:27:24,647 - Are you with us? - I'm here. 363 00:27:24,768 --> 00:27:27,396 Yes, but are you here for Alfred or yourself? 364 00:27:27,521 --> 00:27:31,492 - Or us? - Ragnar's in the North. 365 00:27:31,608 --> 00:27:33,408 It would take some time for news to reach him, 366 00:27:33,527 --> 00:27:38,203 more time for him to decide. I guarantee nothing, lord. 367 00:27:38,323 --> 00:27:40,701 Your prisoners are from where? 368 00:27:40,826 --> 00:27:42,703 They are from Guthrum's arse. 369 00:27:42,828 --> 00:27:45,172 The Earl Guthrum is called Aethelstan now. 370 00:27:45,289 --> 00:27:47,633 Guthrum is a shit stain. 371 00:27:47,749 --> 00:27:51,128 He sends priests to Beamfleot begging for peace. 372 00:27:51,253 --> 00:27:54,348 Begging for warriors to settle and do what? 373 00:27:54,464 --> 00:27:56,967 - Raise sheep? - Many men do, lord. 374 00:27:57,092 --> 00:27:59,766 There are no sheep farmers in Valhalla. 375 00:27:59,887 --> 00:28:02,481 Do you intend to put all priests on the cross? 376 00:28:02,598 --> 00:28:04,566 It is Sigefrid's game. 377 00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:06,777 I do not understand how it kills a man. 378 00:28:06,894 --> 00:28:09,022 Slowly, lord. It's a cruel death. 379 00:28:09,146 --> 00:28:11,899 - That's what the priest there said. - The priest is right. 380 00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:15,745 The priest looks like a pale bag of bones and dough. 381 00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:17,158 You should let him fight. 382 00:28:17,279 --> 00:28:22,080 The Romans used this square for just that purpose. Combat. 383 00:28:22,201 --> 00:28:24,044 He would die too easily. 384 00:28:24,161 --> 00:28:28,041 Give him something to fight for. His freedom. 385 00:28:36,798 --> 00:28:37,799 Why? 386 00:28:37,925 --> 00:28:43,056 I'd rather watch him spill his guts than nailed to a piece of wood. 387 00:28:43,180 --> 00:28:45,023 Where's the fun in that? 388 00:29:01,865 --> 00:29:04,835 Boltan! We need to be entertained! 389 00:29:05,994 --> 00:29:07,837 Are you man enough to kill a priest? 390 00:29:20,050 --> 00:29:23,304 I'm almost ready. Pointy end forward, is it? 391 00:29:24,638 --> 00:29:27,061 So, when I kill him, I'm allowed to go free, 392 00:29:27,182 --> 00:29:28,183 that is the bargain? 393 00:29:28,308 --> 00:29:29,525 That is the bargain. 394 00:29:29,643 --> 00:29:32,692 Hear that, Boltan? He plans to kill you. 395 00:29:32,813 --> 00:29:34,781 I do. Beware. 396 00:29:34,898 --> 00:29:39,153 I'm afraid, lord. Spare me this trial, I beg you. 397 00:30:10,892 --> 00:30:12,644 Come on, priest. 398 00:30:20,027 --> 00:30:21,574 Finish him! 399 00:30:39,296 --> 00:30:43,927 Now I do not wish to kill this idiot as I'm sure his mother loves him. 400 00:30:46,928 --> 00:30:50,808 But do I have your word as warriors that I am now a free man? 401 00:30:50,932 --> 00:30:53,401 You have my word, priest. 402 00:30:56,521 --> 00:30:58,615 If all your men fight like this, 403 00:30:58,732 --> 00:31:01,906 Alfred will have no trouble throwing you out of Lundene. 404 00:31:02,027 --> 00:31:05,122 - Put down your sword. - Thank you, lord. 405 00:31:05,238 --> 00:31:06,956 It was a bit on the heavy side. 406 00:31:17,292 --> 00:31:20,592 Where have you learned to fight, priest? The monastery? 407 00:31:20,712 --> 00:31:22,555 I'm a Briton, lord. 408 00:31:22,672 --> 00:31:27,428 - I was brought up killing Saxons. - Then join us. 409 00:31:27,552 --> 00:31:32,604 - Join me. - Ten years ago, maybe. 410 00:31:32,724 --> 00:31:37,571 But now I will fight for my God and my freedom, it seems. 411 00:31:39,106 --> 00:31:43,156 If it is acceptable, I will return with the Lord Uhtred. 412 00:31:43,276 --> 00:31:47,577 Not before we've settled on a price. I hope? 413 00:31:49,032 --> 00:31:52,536 How much? For you to leave Lundene? 414 00:31:54,538 --> 00:31:57,633 I find it disturbing that they will not consider silver. 415 00:31:57,749 --> 00:31:58,921 Why should they? 416 00:31:59,042 --> 00:32:02,387 The longer Wessex is without trade, the greater the worth of Lundene. 417 00:32:02,504 --> 00:32:04,177 You were able to assess their strength? 418 00:32:04,297 --> 00:32:07,301 Your priest Pyrlig says they have up to 1,000 men, lord. 419 00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,645 We can muster three times that number, lord, easily. 420 00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:12,480 Lundene is not a field. It won't be a simple question of numbers. 421 00:32:12,597 --> 00:32:15,646 Of course it is a question of numbers. It will be a siege. 422 00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:17,967 The more men we have, the greater the chance of success. 423 00:32:18,061 --> 00:32:20,655 - Regardless of how many die? - It'll be men climbing ladders. 424 00:32:20,772 --> 00:32:22,695 It will only succeed with numbers and with death. 425 00:32:22,816 --> 00:32:25,786 I will not lose men for the sake of too little thought. 426 00:32:25,902 --> 00:32:30,999 - There must be a clear plan. - Then let us hear this clear plan. 427 00:32:34,411 --> 00:32:36,664 We attack one gate with a substantial army, 428 00:32:36,788 --> 00:32:39,712 allowing smaller groups to enter through a second gate, a third gate even. 429 00:32:39,833 --> 00:32:42,086 - Attacking from land? - Yes, from land. 430 00:32:42,210 --> 00:32:43,837 - Not the river? - No, lord. 431 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:47,057 The river is worth considering, lord. It would be counter to their thinking. 432 00:32:47,174 --> 00:32:51,395 - There is a gate close to the river? - Yes, lord. It is called Ludd Gate. 433 00:32:51,511 --> 00:32:54,890 Perfect. Silent oars, the cover of darkness, 434 00:32:55,015 --> 00:32:56,392 the advantage of surprise. 435 00:32:56,516 --> 00:33:00,646 The river runs fast at Ludd Gate, making it impossible to land men safely. 436 00:33:00,770 --> 00:33:04,445 But if the lord of Mercia believes that men sinking to the bottom of the river 437 00:33:04,566 --> 00:33:07,035 is an advantage, then let him attack. 438 00:33:07,152 --> 00:33:11,498 Uhtred, your advice may well be sound, but how am I to trust it? 439 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:13,991 Lord? 440 00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:17,170 Why do the brothers call you the next lord of Mercia? 441 00:33:22,417 --> 00:33:25,091 They call me the next king of Mercia, Lord. 442 00:33:25,212 --> 00:33:27,055 Why? 443 00:33:33,970 --> 00:33:37,600 Why do they call you king? What has been said, Uhtred? 444 00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:39,943 - What has been agreed? - Nothing has been agreed. 445 00:33:40,060 --> 00:33:42,904 - How am I to trust you? - Lord, I am weary of this. 446 00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:44,614 You are weary of this? 447 00:33:45,565 --> 00:33:48,409 You say you are sworn, yet you behave like a spy. 448 00:33:48,527 --> 00:33:53,579 You float into Daneland and back again, you tell half-truths, keep secrets 449 00:33:53,698 --> 00:33:56,542 and you refuse to accept the existence of the one true God! 450 00:33:56,660 --> 00:34:00,005 - You serve your king reluctantly! - But I serve, lord. 451 00:34:00,121 --> 00:34:01,247 I do not know you! 452 00:34:04,292 --> 00:34:06,420 And I can never know you, I... 453 00:34:14,094 --> 00:34:15,767 I do not understand you. 454 00:34:17,847 --> 00:34:19,815 And I will never understand you, that is a fact, 455 00:34:19,933 --> 00:34:21,856 and one of increasing concern. 456 00:34:23,436 --> 00:34:28,112 And on top of this, my enemies now call you king. 457 00:34:30,569 --> 00:34:33,072 And they called you a weasel, lord. 458 00:34:35,448 --> 00:34:36,995 Neither is true. 459 00:34:40,704 --> 00:34:42,627 Impossible. 460 00:35:02,642 --> 00:35:05,566 We must devise a plan of attack. Uhtred, you will leave us. 461 00:35:11,151 --> 00:35:14,701 - You will leave. - Oh, I will be happy to. 462 00:35:16,156 --> 00:35:19,535 Should you need me further, you will find me at the Two Cranes Inn. 463 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:42,311 Lord, with the greatest respect, 464 00:35:42,432 --> 00:35:46,858 the insolence we have witnessed cannot go unpunished. 465 00:35:46,978 --> 00:35:49,481 With the greatest respect, it is not your business. 466 00:35:49,606 --> 00:35:50,903 It is the business of Wessex. 467 00:35:51,024 --> 00:35:52,571 Uhtred is to return to Coccham. 468 00:35:52,692 --> 00:35:55,992 We are on the cusp of war, you will need your best warriors. 469 00:35:56,112 --> 00:35:59,116 Uhtred is to return to Coccham. 470 00:36:00,450 --> 00:36:05,456 Then I will go to the Two Cranes Inn and inform him, personally. 471 00:36:08,041 --> 00:36:09,167 As you wish. 472 00:36:13,421 --> 00:36:15,549 You will return to Mercia and gather men, a thousand. 473 00:36:15,674 --> 00:36:17,347 - Wessex will match it. - Yes, lord. 474 00:36:17,467 --> 00:36:19,435 My exact written instruction shall follow. 475 00:36:19,552 --> 00:36:22,852 I want Sigefrid and Erik out of Lundene and soon. 476 00:36:22,972 --> 00:36:25,851 It will be done, lord. Thank you, lord. 477 00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:36,988 - Steapa. - Lord? 478 00:36:37,821 --> 00:36:40,244 Do you trust the ealdorman Uhtred? 479 00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:44,327 With my life, lord. 480 00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:31,424 He believes I drink too much. 481 00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:36,679 And I do, of late. 482 00:37:36,796 --> 00:37:39,174 It's the taste, lord. 483 00:37:40,091 --> 00:37:42,093 It is the effect. 484 00:37:47,223 --> 00:37:49,976 I'm getting old, Uhtred. 485 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:56,449 I'm getting old with no son to follow me. 486 00:37:59,944 --> 00:38:02,413 It is as though my time has been wasted. 487 00:38:03,406 --> 00:38:06,330 No, lord. Never. 488 00:38:06,451 --> 00:38:12,959 Promise me you won't desert him, not yet at least. 489 00:38:13,082 --> 00:38:15,050 I am not an oath-breaker. 490 00:38:18,129 --> 00:38:20,882 How can I serve a man who doesn't trust me? 491 00:38:23,092 --> 00:38:25,515 To whom I have given so much. 492 00:38:27,138 --> 00:38:30,233 All he can see is how I am different. 493 00:38:31,226 --> 00:38:33,775 And all I see in him is his piety. 494 00:38:39,025 --> 00:38:41,198 He's a man I'm beginning to despise. 495 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:50,671 I asked, and all that came was further doubt. 496 00:38:53,748 --> 00:38:54,874 I am growing Wessex. 497 00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:59,379 I am reaching out for an England, all in the name of God. 498 00:39:01,464 --> 00:39:03,717 Yet I am relying upon the strength of a heathen. 499 00:39:05,134 --> 00:39:09,355 - The iron of a pagan. - It does not fit, lord. 500 00:39:09,472 --> 00:39:11,065 It does not. 501 00:39:13,601 --> 00:39:17,322 What if all this time, it has been the work of the Devil tempting me? 502 00:39:18,565 --> 00:39:22,615 Offering me this warrior, this seemingly loyal and brave man 503 00:39:22,735 --> 00:39:27,206 who... piece by small piece, is eating at my soul 504 00:39:27,323 --> 00:39:29,917 and clouding what I believe to be right and wrong? 505 00:39:34,163 --> 00:39:39,215 Lord King, this is what the Devil would do. 506 00:39:40,211 --> 00:39:43,715 But I swear, your soul has not diminished. 507 00:39:44,924 --> 00:39:46,676 I would have seen it. 508 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:54,351 Uhtred will not change, I'm sure. He will be heathen till his death. 509 00:39:55,894 --> 00:39:58,818 But nor will you change. 510 00:39:58,938 --> 00:40:02,784 Your faith is one that will grow stronger. 511 00:40:06,237 --> 00:40:11,243 You are God's king, lord. 512 00:40:14,996 --> 00:40:17,670 Yet at my right hand is a pagan. 513 00:40:18,917 --> 00:40:22,012 Do you trust him wholly? 514 00:40:23,671 --> 00:40:25,344 I do not. 515 00:40:29,552 --> 00:40:31,304 I cannot. 516 00:40:34,807 --> 00:40:36,809 Then be rid of him. 517 00:41:02,001 --> 00:41:03,503 Lord. 518 00:41:20,979 --> 00:41:26,986 In my hand, I have a letter from Alfred of Wessex! 519 00:41:27,110 --> 00:41:32,162 It is the promise of 1,000 men! 520 00:41:34,867 --> 00:41:38,713 It is the 1,000 men demanded 521 00:41:38,830 --> 00:41:41,754 by our lord, Aethelred of Mercia, 522 00:41:41,874 --> 00:41:45,003 to fight alongside the great fryd of Mercia, 523 00:41:45,128 --> 00:41:49,474 to help rid Lundene of the filthy, stinking, 524 00:41:49,590 --> 00:41:53,345 pox-ridden, pig's-arse-ugly, 525 00:41:53,469 --> 00:41:56,143 heathen Danish bastards! 526 00:41:57,598 --> 00:41:59,942 A toast! 527 00:42:00,059 --> 00:42:04,530 A toast. To the warriors of Mercia. 528 00:42:05,565 --> 00:42:09,991 Where we go, Alfred and Wessex shall follow. 529 00:42:10,111 --> 00:42:13,115 And we shall rise. 530 00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:16,789 We shall rise! 531 00:42:16,909 --> 00:42:21,085 To Mercia! 532 00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:23,583 To Mercia! 533 00:42:46,439 --> 00:42:48,737 You are eating like a little bird. 534 00:42:48,858 --> 00:42:52,658 - Peck, peck, peck. - I have no appetite. 535 00:42:57,492 --> 00:43:01,542 Tomorrow we ride. I would like you to travel with me. 536 00:43:01,662 --> 00:43:04,381 - To battle? - Part of the way. 537 00:43:06,459 --> 00:43:11,306 - Or would you rather not? - No. No, lord. I would like to go. 538 00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:15,427 Then eat, for strength. 539 00:43:23,434 --> 00:43:24,560 Out. 540 00:43:24,685 --> 00:43:27,154 All of you, out. 541 00:43:44,539 --> 00:43:46,382 You have the palest of skin. 542 00:43:55,842 --> 00:43:57,059 Unblemished. 543 00:44:01,305 --> 00:44:05,936 - My touch offends you? - No, it was a surprise, lord. 544 00:44:06,060 --> 00:44:07,733 Nothing more than that. 545 00:44:12,608 --> 00:44:15,578 Lord, love should be gentle and kind. 546 00:44:15,695 --> 00:44:18,118 Gentle and kind, she says. 547 00:44:19,866 --> 00:44:22,094 How is it that you have a knowledge of how love should be? 548 00:44:22,118 --> 00:44:24,621 - I... I do not. - Am I not the first? 549 00:44:25,788 --> 00:44:27,085 You will not insult me. 550 00:44:27,206 --> 00:44:29,526 And you will not offer me lessons in how to plough a field. 551 00:44:29,625 --> 00:44:32,629 - That is not what I was doing. - Who is it that you've been with? 552 00:44:33,921 --> 00:44:35,468 How many have you been with? 553 00:44:35,590 --> 00:44:37,513 - Lord, please. - Uhtred is one, is he not? 554 00:44:37,633 --> 00:44:39,556 You have no right to speak to me in this way! 555 00:44:39,677 --> 00:44:41,520 Of course I have a right, you are my wife! 556 00:44:41,637 --> 00:44:43,560 I am Aethelflaed of Wessex 557 00:44:43,681 --> 00:44:47,026 and you will not treat me like I am a servant girl! 558 00:44:47,143 --> 00:44:49,066 Do not... 559 00:44:57,695 --> 00:45:03,828 Do not... Never raise your shrill voice to me! 560 00:45:14,378 --> 00:45:18,383 You will see a priest and we shall find the truth of this. 561 00:45:18,507 --> 00:45:20,680 This is not love, that is the truth of it. 562 00:45:20,801 --> 00:45:22,849 You will see a priest! 563 00:46:21,445 --> 00:46:25,040 Father Beocca. I would like to speak with you. 564 00:46:26,367 --> 00:46:27,710 About prayer. 565 00:46:38,462 --> 00:46:40,260 This must go no further. 566 00:46:41,716 --> 00:46:46,938 I fear that I am not the first... with my wife. 567 00:46:47,763 --> 00:46:51,484 - The first, lord? - To lie with her, to bed her. 568 00:46:52,351 --> 00:46:55,150 Oh, I see. 569 00:46:55,271 --> 00:46:58,525 - But she is the king's daughter. - I need it proven. 570 00:47:01,235 --> 00:47:04,114 Have you asked her, lord, directly? 571 00:47:04,238 --> 00:47:08,584 I need to know the truth of it. Is there a way to test her word? 572 00:47:08,701 --> 00:47:10,578 Lord, she is Aethelflaed. 573 00:47:10,703 --> 00:47:15,254 Do I go to another priest, Father? A stranger to my wife? 574 00:47:15,374 --> 00:47:16,876 Lord Aethelred! 575 00:47:17,001 --> 00:47:21,928 Welcome to Coccham, the jewel of Wessex. 576 00:47:22,048 --> 00:47:23,595 Uhtred is expecting you. 577 00:47:24,383 --> 00:47:28,138 There is a way, lord, from the holy books. 578 00:47:28,262 --> 00:47:29,354 Then do it. 579 00:47:31,849 --> 00:47:35,570 Uhtred is with the women, lord, helping them prepare food. 580 00:47:35,686 --> 00:47:38,235 Such is the life of a banished warrior. 581 00:47:43,778 --> 00:47:46,998 I have not seen the inside of a pagan hall. 582 00:47:47,114 --> 00:47:50,288 I am surprised at its... warmth. 583 00:47:50,409 --> 00:47:53,333 Were you expecting to see heads on poles, lord? 584 00:47:53,454 --> 00:47:56,628 I was, lady. Excuse my ignorance. 585 00:47:56,749 --> 00:48:00,219 I will excuse you this one time. 586 00:48:01,379 --> 00:48:04,849 Will Lady Aethelflaed be joining us after prayers, lord? 587 00:48:04,965 --> 00:48:09,061 If she has the will, yes. She has not traveled well. 588 00:48:09,178 --> 00:48:11,681 Should she be traveling at all to battle? 589 00:48:11,806 --> 00:48:14,184 It was her wish to accompany her husband. 590 00:48:14,308 --> 00:48:18,029 They are newly married after all. 591 00:48:18,145 --> 00:48:19,772 She will be kept out of harm's way. 592 00:48:21,816 --> 00:48:24,936 Uhtred, has the king written that when the siege of Lundene begins, 593 00:48:24,985 --> 00:48:26,237 I am to be first up the ladder? 594 00:48:26,362 --> 00:48:29,241 It is, after all, something he would do. 595 00:48:29,365 --> 00:48:32,915 You accept that I am in charge of all men? 596 00:48:34,537 --> 00:48:37,757 - It's the king's wish. - It is. 597 00:48:37,873 --> 00:48:40,376 Oh, dear. 598 00:48:40,709 --> 00:48:42,461 You are with us? 599 00:48:44,338 --> 00:48:46,386 Why would I not be? 600 00:48:46,507 --> 00:48:48,180 I am an ealdorman of Wessex. 601 00:48:48,300 --> 00:48:51,270 Alfred has decided to give you this one last chance. 602 00:48:53,514 --> 00:48:55,357 Do you have a plan? 603 00:48:55,474 --> 00:48:57,442 Together we will travel downriver 604 00:48:57,560 --> 00:48:59,688 and meet with the armies of Mercia and Wessex, 605 00:48:59,812 --> 00:49:01,530 make camp a short distance from Lundene. 606 00:49:01,647 --> 00:49:04,901 - Do you have a plan of attack? - Yes. 607 00:49:05,025 --> 00:49:07,323 It is not too dissimilar from your plan. 608 00:49:07,445 --> 00:49:09,823 You will attack the north gate with your own men. 609 00:49:09,947 --> 00:49:11,745 Once the assault is underway, 610 00:49:11,866 --> 00:49:14,494 I shall attack from the marshes with the main army. 611 00:49:14,618 --> 00:49:17,212 And how will you know my assault is underway? 612 00:49:17,329 --> 00:49:20,924 - I will know. - You will know? 613 00:49:21,917 --> 00:49:26,548 Uhtred, do not doubt me, I want this victory. 614 00:49:26,672 --> 00:49:30,472 Lundene belongs to Mercia and I am lord of Mercia. 615 00:49:30,593 --> 00:49:35,064 I will go with every man at my disposal to reclaim what is mine. 616 00:49:35,181 --> 00:49:38,355 - Good. - I am with Uhtred. 617 00:49:39,852 --> 00:49:44,278 - No, Steapa, you are with me. - I am with Uhtred. 618 00:49:44,398 --> 00:49:46,196 The king says. 619 00:49:50,362 --> 00:49:52,114 Very well. 620 00:49:53,282 --> 00:49:56,912 I am with Steapa, behind Steapa. 621 00:49:57,036 --> 00:49:59,255 Your bravery knows no beginning, Aethelwold. 622 00:50:00,581 --> 00:50:05,678 A toast. To the Mercians who died for Wessex at Ethandun. 623 00:50:05,794 --> 00:50:09,048 And to the men of Wessex who will fight for Mercia at Lundene. 624 00:50:10,591 --> 00:50:14,391 - To allies. - To allies. 625 00:50:36,200 --> 00:50:38,953 This is the word of the Lord. 626 00:50:41,997 --> 00:50:45,297 If a man fears that his wife has been unfaithful... 627 00:50:45,417 --> 00:50:47,385 I have not. 628 00:50:48,504 --> 00:50:53,726 He shall bring her before a priest who shall prepare the bitter waters. 629 00:50:57,012 --> 00:51:02,519 A mixture of God's water and God's earth shall be drunk. 630 00:51:08,274 --> 00:51:13,246 Know this, if thou hast gone aside to another man, 631 00:51:13,362 --> 00:51:19,119 the Lord shall make thy thigh to rot and thy belly to swell. Amen. 632 00:51:20,995 --> 00:51:22,838 Amen. 633 00:51:24,832 --> 00:51:31,761 Child, you will now drink... the bitter waters. 634 00:51:52,901 --> 00:51:55,745 This will not be necessary. 635 00:51:55,863 --> 00:51:59,959 You are pure and may God strike me down this very instant if you are not. 636 00:52:06,040 --> 00:52:08,088 Does he beat you? 637 00:52:09,251 --> 00:52:12,346 If he does not, then he will. I can see it. 638 00:52:18,052 --> 00:52:22,273 He is not, er, tender or loving. 639 00:52:22,389 --> 00:52:24,391 Father Beocca, you must tell the king. 640 00:52:24,516 --> 00:52:26,518 No! You cannot. 641 00:52:26,644 --> 00:52:29,147 The king is the only man who can end it. 642 00:52:29,271 --> 00:52:32,366 God put an end to this ordeal before it had begun. 643 00:52:34,443 --> 00:52:37,287 Not all in Mercia are friends of Wessex. 644 00:52:37,404 --> 00:52:40,783 Not all are happy with the king's influence. 645 00:52:40,908 --> 00:52:43,832 And I must do my duty to Alfred. 646 00:52:46,038 --> 00:52:48,257 My husband will not break me. 647 00:52:52,503 --> 00:52:56,349 You must not tell anyone what has happened here. 648 00:53:00,969 --> 00:53:07,022 - You're quiet today, Father Beocca. - A sleepless night. 649 00:53:07,142 --> 00:53:09,861 Should I speak with Thyra? Tell her you need your rest? 650 00:53:09,978 --> 00:53:13,573 You shall do no such thing. You will not talk of such matters. 651 00:53:13,691 --> 00:53:16,365 And what matters are those, Father? 652 00:53:17,611 --> 00:53:20,535 I have said enough. You've all said enough. 653 00:53:54,732 --> 00:53:58,657 Lords, they have set up their camp no more than a mile away. 654 00:53:59,987 --> 00:54:01,534 Then we get this done. 655 00:54:01,655 --> 00:54:05,535 Tofi, the fire must smoke, black smoke. 656 00:54:05,659 --> 00:54:07,661 Yes, lord. There will be smoke. 657 00:54:13,459 --> 00:54:17,589 Every man on his feet! 658 00:54:17,713 --> 00:54:23,311 We must be ready! You all know what needs to be done! 659 00:54:23,427 --> 00:54:25,429 We cannot fail! 660 00:54:26,472 --> 00:54:29,225 Go! We cannot fail! 661 00:55:02,466 --> 00:55:04,969 - It's open. - Do you see a guard? 662 00:55:05,093 --> 00:55:07,687 None. I see a trap. 663 00:55:12,226 --> 00:55:14,649 Yes, of course if it is a trap, we should walk towards it. 664 00:55:14,770 --> 00:55:16,022 Hey, shush your mouth. 665 00:55:37,292 --> 00:55:41,593 Hey, inside! If you want to live, stay inside! 666 00:56:00,148 --> 00:56:05,279 - Any idea what's happening? - None. 667 00:56:08,240 --> 00:56:10,242 Shield wall! 668 00:56:24,882 --> 00:56:26,509 Aethelred? 669 00:56:27,926 --> 00:56:29,724 Aethelred? 670 00:56:29,845 --> 00:56:31,097 Uhtred? 671 00:56:32,890 --> 00:56:35,484 - We've seen not a single man. - Same! 672 00:56:37,394 --> 00:56:39,442 Then they have fled. 673 00:56:39,563 --> 00:56:43,534 It is our numbers, lord. They fear our numbers. 674 00:56:43,650 --> 00:56:45,823 Move. Move. 675 00:56:46,653 --> 00:56:47,950 They fear us! 676 00:56:48,071 --> 00:56:51,826 The city is ours! 677 00:56:51,950 --> 00:56:55,045 No, no, no! Keep the formation! 678 00:56:57,873 --> 00:57:00,001 Keep your formation! 679 00:57:03,587 --> 00:57:04,713 Lord. 680 00:57:07,633 --> 00:57:09,761 Fire! Fire! 681 00:57:09,885 --> 00:57:12,934 Fire! Up there! 682 00:57:13,055 --> 00:57:16,104 Stand ready! It's a signal! 683 00:57:16,224 --> 00:57:19,603 It is a signal no doubt, lord. They will come. 684 00:57:28,904 --> 00:57:32,329 It's a signal that can be seen from a mile or more. 685 00:57:33,784 --> 00:57:37,004 Aethelred! Aethelred! 686 00:57:42,668 --> 00:57:44,341 Move! Move! 687 00:57:46,171 --> 00:57:48,014 Aethelred! The camp! 688 00:57:50,300 --> 00:57:51,472 Thyra. 689 00:58:01,770 --> 00:58:03,647 Death. 690 00:58:03,772 --> 00:58:06,491 Death is coming. 691 00:58:06,608 --> 00:58:09,612 Death is coming. 692 00:58:09,736 --> 00:58:12,535 Death is coming! 693 00:58:14,950 --> 00:58:17,248 Wake up! 694 00:58:18,620 --> 00:58:20,293 Wake up! 695 00:58:20,414 --> 00:58:23,918 Death is coming! 696 00:58:24,543 --> 00:58:28,093 Wake up! 697 00:58:28,213 --> 00:58:30,932 Wake up! 698 00:58:31,049 --> 00:58:33,928 Take up your swords! 699 00:58:35,137 --> 00:58:37,435 Wake up! 700 00:58:37,556 --> 00:58:40,560 - Death is coming! - Aethelflaed is to be protected! 701 00:58:40,684 --> 00:58:42,402 With your lives! 702 00:58:42,519 --> 00:58:46,114 For God and the king! 703 00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:04,462 This way! 704 00:59:10,005 --> 00:59:13,225 Aethelflaed! Aethelflaed! 705 00:59:13,341 --> 00:59:15,685 - Thyra! - Aethelflaed! 706 00:59:16,678 --> 00:59:18,271 Princess! 707 00:59:18,388 --> 00:59:21,688 - The forest! - Thyra! 708 00:59:24,603 --> 00:59:25,855 Come on! 709 00:59:39,993 --> 00:59:42,041 - Quick! - This way! 710 00:59:43,163 --> 00:59:44,790 Run! 711 00:59:50,462 --> 00:59:55,184 Aethelflaed, don't let go of my hand! Run! Run! 711 00:59:56,305 --> 01:00:56,639 Please rate this subtitle at www.osdb.link/73j6a Help other users to choose the best subtitles