:05:01
We came to present our terms, my lord.
:05:03
lf Your Majesty will be so kind
as to study these proposals.
:05:07
-Has Parliament approved this treaty?
-Parliament no longer truly...
:05:11
...represents the people of this nation,
Sir Edward.
:05:14
And you, Mr. Cromwell...
:05:15
...do you truly represent
the people of this nation?
:05:19
l represent the army, sir...
:05:22
...and the army is the heart
and conscience of the people.
:05:25
So having failed to come
to terms with Parliament...
:05:30
...you would now negotiate
with the king.
:05:34
l am not bound
to negotiate with anyone.
:05:37
With 50,000 men under my command...
:05:40
...l could impose a government
on this nation overnight.
:05:43
One is given to wondering,
Mr. Cromwell, why you do not do that.
:05:48
l am convinced, my lord,
it be the duty of Parliament...
:05:51
...to frame a constitutional government,
and not the army.
:05:54
Then l do not see that
you have any need of me at all.
:05:58
On the contrary, sir.
:06:00
An England without a king
is unthinkable.
:06:04
But withal, a king
that can command respect...
:06:07
...a monarch who governs,
not from fear...
:06:10
...but by the affection of a free people.
:06:14
Such a king could reunite
this great nation of ours...
:06:18
...and make the name of England
the noblest in all Christendom.
:06:23
Should you adorn
that inheritance, my lord...
:06:26
...all Englishmen would be proud
to call you king.
:06:30
Mr. Cromwell, l do confess that
l did greatly misjudge you...
:06:34
...for l did mark you
as an ambitious man.
:06:38
To these ends, my lord,
l am ambitious.
:06:43
Then you have my respect, sir.
:06:46
Thank you, my lord.
:06:51
-We shall return in the morning, sir.
-l shall require a little longer to study...
:06:56
...this document. Perhaps a week.
:06:58
As Your Majesty pleases.