1:42:01
No, this was silence.
1:42:03
And for my silence,
I am punished with imprisonment.
1:42:07
-Why have I been called again?
-On a charge of high treason, Sir Thomas.
1:42:12
For which the punishment
is not imprisonment.
1:42:16
Death...
1:42:17
...comes for us all, my lords.
1:42:20
Yes, even for kings he comes.
1:42:22
The death of kings is not in question,
Sir Thomas.
1:42:25
Nor mine, I trust, until I'm proven guilty.
1:42:28
Your life lies in your own hands, Thomas,
as it always has!
1:42:31
Is that so, my lord?
1:42:34
Then I'll keep a good grip on it.
1:42:42
So, Sir Thomas...
1:42:44
...you stand on your silence?
1:42:47
I do.
1:42:49
But, gentlemen of the jury...
1:42:51
...there are many kinds of silence.
1:42:55
Consider first the silence of a man
when he is dead.
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Suppose we go into the room
where he is laid out and we listen.
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What do we hear?
1:43:04
Silence.
1:43:05
What does it betoken, this silence?
1:43:09
Nothing. This is silence pure and simple.
1:43:12
But let us take another case.
1:43:14
Suppose I were to take a dagger
from my sleeve...
1:43:16
...and make to kill the prisoner with it.
1:43:18
And my lordships there, instead of crying
out for me to stop, maintain their silence.
1:43:23
That would betoken!
1:43:25
It would betoken a willingness
that I should do it.
1:43:28
And under the law,
they would be guilty with me.
1:43:32
So silence can,
according to the circumstances...
1:43:36
...speak.
1:43:38
Let us consider now the circumstances
of the prisoner's silence.
1:43:43
The oath was put to loyal subjects
all over the country who all declared...
1:43:47
...His Grace's title to be just and good!
1:43:49
But when it came to the prisoner,
he refused!
1:43:53
He calls this "silence."
1:43:57
Yet, is there a man in this court....