Day of Ashes

The Borgias 2×6

& Rodrigo Borgia: To whom does the pope confess, oh, Lord?..

& Rodrigo Borgia: Who will hear his sins, wash them clean, so that he may live again in Your favour? Ah... The great silence.

& Savonarola: Tell him my work is here, ridding Florence of its sodomites and blasphemers. And my work only will be ended when the last sodomite is burning in Hell.

& Savonarola: No man can put a price on salvation.

& Rodrigo Borgia: ...And save your thoughts. Say nothing.
    Cesare: I haven’t uttered a word!
    Rodrigo Borgia: No, but we can hear you thinking.

& Rodrigo Borgia: Our son Cesare... he had an unfortunate accident.
    Vanozza: Cesare?!
    Rodrigo Borgia: No, Giovanni Sforza. He fell onto a knife that... Cesare happened to be holding.

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& Rodrigo Borgia: He must be silenced. We charge you with this task. This will require all your patience. You will travel to Florence and you will ban him from preaching the word of God.
    Cesare: He will laugh in my face.
    Rodrigo Borgia: Of course. Then we will charge him with heresy.
    Cesare: He will laugh in your face.
    Rodrigo Borgia: Of course. Then we will excommunicate him.
    Cesare: He will deny your right to do so.
    Rodrigo Borgia: Of course. And then... we will burn him. Vengeance, you see, can wait... A lifetime if necessary.

& Vanozza: Oh, and he has a dog. A gift.
    Lucrezia: A dog?
    Vanozza: For you.
    Lucrezia: A man of immense wealth, you say, and he brings a dog?

& Rodrigo Borgia: What is your verdict?
    Lucrezia: No. That’s no to the doge’s nephew. And yes to the dog... Wait, on second thoughts, it’s no to them both. Man and dog.

& Cesare: Trust me. My name is Borgia.

& Rodrigo Borgia: ...And there will be flourishing once again in your fair Florence a bank— but this time a Vatican bank.
    Piero de Medici: What does the pope know of banking?
    Rodrigo Borgia: What the pope does not know... Piero de Medici will teach him.

& Lucrezia: We’ve already seen five. This will be number six. At first it was a distraction; now it’s a chore.
    Vanozza: Then marry one of them and be done with it. Have a bed chamber of your own and put a strong lock on the door.

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