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{\an7}Tracy Borman: HOW DID CHARLES II
BECOME MORE FAMOUS
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{\an7}\hFOR HIS SEXUAL ADVENTURES THAN
FOR PERFORMING HIS ROYAL DUTIES?
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{\an7}WHO WERE THE MANY MISTRESSES
\h\h\h\hWHO VISITED HIS BED?
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{\an7}\hAND WHY WAS ONE COURT OFFICIAL
KNOWN AS THE ROYAL PIMP MASTER?
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{\an7}\h\h\hMan: CHARLES II
WAS AN INDULGENT MAN.
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{\an7}HE WAS A DEBAUCHEROUS MAN.
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{\an7}HE RESTORED THE INSTITUTION
\h\h\h\h\hOF THE MONARCHY,
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{\an7}\hAND HE BROUGHT A CERTAIN
JOIE DE VIVRE TO SOCIETY.
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{\an7}[APPLAUSE]
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{\an7}Man: HERE’S A MAN WHO CAME ALONG
WITH BAGS OF WIT AND CHARM,
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{\an7}LOTS OF COLOR.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hA BIT TOO DISTRACTED
BY HIS MISTRESSES AND SPANIELS.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT HE BROUGHT BACK
THE GRANDEUR TO MONARCHY.
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{\an7}HE RE-ESTABLISHED MONARCHY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN BRITAIN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hWoman: HE WAS
INCREDIBLY CHARMING.
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{\an7}HE WAS WITTY, HE WAS ERUDITE,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND HE WAS
A VERY LIKEABLE PERSON.
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{\an7}\hHOWEVER, HE WAS NOT A VERY
EFFECTIVE LEADER NECESSARILY.
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{\an7}Man: IF I HAD TO PICK
\h\h\h\hTHREE THINGS
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{\an7}THAT SUMMED UP CHARLES II,
\h\h\h\h\hHE WAS FECKLESS,
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{\an7}HE WAS SLOTHFUL, AND HE WAS LEWD
IN HIS BEHAVIOR.
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{\an7}\hBorman: IN THIS EPISODE,
I LOOK AT THE ERA’S FASHION
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{\an7}FOR INTIMATE WIGS AND CONDOMS.
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{\an7}I REVIEW THE GLORIOUS CLOTHES
THAT CHARLES II ACTUALLY WORE.
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{\an7}I TASTE SOME OF THE ROYAL FOOD
\h\h\hAND DRINK FROM THE TIME,
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{\an7}AND I EXAMINE THE SECRET TUNNEL
\hTHAT LINKED THE THEATRE ROYAL
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{\an7}TO A BED CHAMBER
ACROSS THE ROAD,
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{\an7}WHICH ALLOWED A ROYAL LIAISON
\hWITH A CERTAIN NELL GWYNNE.
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{\an7}[LAUGHTER]
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{\an7}I’M TRACY BORMAN,
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{\an7}AND IN THIS EPISODE, I’M GOING
TO TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES,
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{\an7}TO FIND OUT WHAT REALLY WENT ON
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{\an7}IN THE PRIVATE LIFE
OF KING CHARLES II.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}IT’S MAY 1660.
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{\an7}AFTER TEN YEARS IN EXILE,
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{\an7}CHARLES STUART HAS BEEN INVITED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBACK TO ENGLAND
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{\an7}FROM THE NETHERLANDS
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{\an7}TO RECLAIM HIS THRONE
\hAS KING CHARLES II.
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{\an7}HERE IN LONDON, HE RECEIVES
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{\an7}\h\h\hAN ENTHUSIASTIC,
EVEN ECSTATIC WELCOME.
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{\an7}IT SEEMS THAT PEOPLE ARE GLAD TO
SEE THE RETURN OF THE MONARCHY
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{\an7}AFTER THE DARK AND UNHAPPY YEARS
OF CROMWELL’S COMMONWEALTH.
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{\an7}Man: KING KING!
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{\an7}\h\hDominic Selwood: IN 1660 WHEN
PARLIAMENT INVITED CHARLES BACK,
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{\an7}THERE WAS GENERAL EUPHORIA.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHERE HAD BEEN A VERY
BUTTONED-DOWN PURITAN REGIME,
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{\an7}AND PEOPLE HAD HAD ENOUGH.
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{\an7}CHARLES CAME BACK
FROM THE CONTINENT
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{\an7}WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT
\h\h\h\h\hOF GLAMOUR
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{\an7}AND A RELAXED ATTITUDE.
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{\an7}IT WENT DOWN VERY WELL.
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{\an7}Hallie Rubenhold: PEOPLE WERE
\h\h\hDESPERATE FOR A CHANGE.
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{\an7}AND CHARLES, AS WE KNOW,
\hREALLY BEGAN TO EMBODY
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{\an7}WHAT THE RESTORATION
\h\h\hWAS ALL ABOUT.
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{\an7}IT WAS A LITTLE BIT
MORE LAISSEZ-FAIRE.
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{\an7}YOU KNOW, IT WAS BAWDY,
\hIT WAS LIGHT-HEARTED,
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{\an7}\h\hIT WAS ALL OF THE THINGS
THAT PEOPLE WERE DEPRIVED OF
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{\an7}DURING THE CIVIL WARS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hRebecca Rideal:
CHARLES II IS REMEMBERED
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{\an7}AS BEING THE MERRY MONARCH
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHO PRESIDED
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{\an7}OVER THIS COURT OF EXCESS
\h\h\h\hAND LIBERTINISM.
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{\an7}\h\hBUT ACTUALLY, I THINK
HE WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIN GETTING A HANDLE
OF THE ZEITGEIST OF THE TIME
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{\an7}AND NAVIGATING HIS WAY THROUGH
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{\an7}\hSOME OF THE MOST
DEVASTATING THINGS
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{\an7}THAT COULD AFFECT ANY MONARCH--
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE GREAT PLAGUE,
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON,
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{\an7}\hAND A HUGE CRISIS OVER WHO
WOULD BE HIS HEIR AFTERWARDS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Borman: THERE WAS SOMETHING
\h\h\h\hABOUT THE NEW KING
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{\an7}THAT WAS CERTAINLY NOT IN DOUBT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THAT WAS
HIS VERY HEALTHY LIBIDO.
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{\an7}\hIT’S SAID THAT DURING
THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE,
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{\an7}\h\hCHARLES FATHERED AS MANY
AS 17 ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN,
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{\an7}\h\h\hBY UP TO EIGHT
DIFFERENT MISTRESSES.
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{\an7}DON JORDAN IS AN EXPERT
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{\an7}ON THE COMINGS AND GOINGS
\h\h\hIN THE KING’S BED.
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{\an7}SO, DON, WHEN YOU THINK
\h\hOF ROYAL SEX LIVES,
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{\an7}\h\hTHEY’RE USUALLY QUITE
RITUALISTIC, AREN’T THEY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHERE’S A LOT
OF CEREMONY INVOLVED.
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{\an7}WAS IT LIKE THAT FOR CHARLES?
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDon Jordan:
I THINK CHARLES WAS THE KING
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{\an7}WHO ACTUALLY CHANGED
\h\h\h\hALL OF THAT.
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{\an7}THERE WAS NOTHING RITUALISTIC
\h\h\h\h\h\hABOUT IT AT ALL,
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{\an7}EXCEPT IF THERE WAS ANY RITUAL,
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{\an7}IT WAS THE ENDLESS PURSUIT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF SEX.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHE WAS A MAN
WHO ACTUALLY ENJOYED WOMEN,
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{\an7}HE ENJOYED THEIR COMPANY, AND HE
CERTAINLY ENJOYED THE SEX.
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{\an7}AND HE PURSUED EVERY WOMAN
\h\h\h\h\hHE COULD PURSUE,
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{\an7}\h\hAS LONG AS THEY
WERE GOOD LOOKING.
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{\an7}Selwood: CHARLES’S LIBIDO
\h\h\hWAS OFF THE SCALE.
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{\an7}MANY MONARCHS HAD MISTRESSES,
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{\an7}\hBUT CHARLES TOOK IT
TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
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{\an7}\h\hHE HAD MULTIPLE MISTRESSES
AT THE SAME TIME, AND HIS WIFE.
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{\an7}AND HE OFTEN HAD THEM
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWORKING WITH
AND LIVING WITH EACH OTHER.
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{\an7}Rubenhold: HE FELT HIS PLACE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN SOCIETY,
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{\an7}HIS POWER, HIS MONEY,
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{\an7}ENTITLED HIM TO HAVE BASICALLY
\h\h\h\h\h\hWHATEVER HE WANTED.
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{\an7}AND THIS WAS NO HOLDS BARRED
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN TERMS OF SEX.
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{\an7}SO LIKE EVERY DESIRE, EVERY WHIM
HE HAD, COULD BE SATISFIED.
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{\an7}\h\hMatt Green: IT WAS ALMOST
AS THOUGH HE WASN’T MARRIED.
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{\an7}THE SHEER KIND OF ENTHUSIASM
WITH WHICH HE THREW HIMSELF
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hINTO ALL THESE
EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONSHIPS.
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{\an7}AND HIS WHOLE COURT
\hWAS AT IT AS WELL,
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{\an7}IT WAS A DECADENT COURT.
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{\an7}AND IN SOME WAYS THIS WAS
\h\hA DELIBERATE RESPONSE
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{\an7}TO THE DRAB, MOURNFUL,
\h\hLIFE-DENYING YEARS
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{\an7}OF MISERABLE PURITAN RULE WHICH
\h\hHAD HAPPENED IN THE 1650s.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hSO THERE WAS
A POLITICAL DIMENSION
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{\an7}TO THE HEDONISM AS WELL.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hBorman: CHARLES’S LEGENDARY
SEXUAL APPETITE HAD TO BE SATED
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{\an7}BY ANY NUMBER OF OTHER WOMEN.
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{\an7}OF COURSE, THESE LIAISONS HAD TO
BE VERY CAREFULLY PLANNED,
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{\an7}WHICH OFTEN MEANT SOMEONE
\h\hAT COURT HELPING OUT.
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{\an7}BUT WHO?
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{\an7}STEP FORWARD WILLIAM CHIFFINCH.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hROYAL PAGE,
KEEPER OF THE CLOSET,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hOTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE ROYAL PIMP MASTER.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}SO, DON, TELL ME ABOUT THIS GUY
\h\h\h\h\h\hWILLIAM CHIFFINCH.
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{\an7}Jordan: WELL, WILLIAM CHIFFINCH
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS REALLY
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{\an7}THE MOST IMPORTANT MAN
\h\h\h\h\hIN THE PALACE
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{\an7}APART FROM THE KING,
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{\an7}IN TERMS OF WHAT ACTUALLY
\hHAPPENED IN THE PALACE.
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{\an7}’CAUSE HE, HE LOOKED AFTER
\h\h\hTHIS BACKSTAIRS AREA
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{\an7}THAT WE’RE IN NOW.
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{\an7}HIS JOB WAS REALLY,
\h\hWAS TO PROCURE
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{\an7}A SECRET WORLD OF ENJOYMENT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE KING.
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{\an7}HE WAS THE MAN WHO BROUGHT
\h\h\h\hTHE WOMEN FOR HIM,
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{\an7}AND THESE WOMEN WERE PROCURED BY
CHIFFINCH INTO THIS AREA HERE,
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{\an7}THAT ONLY HE AND THE KING
\h\h\h\h\hHAD ACCESS TO.
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{\an7}AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE
\h\h\h\hOF THE PALACE,
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{\an7}THROUGH THE DOOR HERE
\h\h\h\hON THIS SIDE,
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{\an7}WAS THE OFFICIAL PALACE.
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{\an7}THIS WAS THE EXTERNAL WORLD
THAT OTHER PEOPLE WOULD SEE.
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{\an7}Tony McMahon: WILLIAM CHIFFINCH
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hWAS OFFICIALLY
PAGE OF THE BACKSTAIRS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hSO A SERVANT
WHO WOULD LOOK AFTER
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{\an7}THE KING’S MORE INTIMATE NEEDS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND HE HAD APARTMENTS
ADJOINING THE KING’S APARTMENTS.
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{\an7}WHAT HE WAS ACTUALLY KNOWN AS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE COURT
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{\an7}WAS THE PIMP MASTER GENERAL.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSelwood:
HE NOT ONLY LOOKED AFTER
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{\an7}\h\hALL THE PEOPLE
WHO CAME AND WENT,
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{\an7}\h\h\hWHICH MADE HIM
A VERY IMPORTANT MAN.
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{\an7}BUT AS FAR AS CHARLES
\h\h\hWAS CONCERNED,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHIS MAIN ROLE
WAS AS THE COURT PIMP.
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{\an7}\hHE USED TO TRAWL
THE SLUMS OF LONDON
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{\an7}TO FIND THE YOUNG WOMEN
\h\h\hTO BRING TO COURT
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{\an7}FOR CHARLES AND HIS COURTIERS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMcMahon:
HE PROCURED PROSTITUTES,
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{\an7}PROCURED UPPER CLASS COURTESANS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR THE KING,
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{\an7}ANYTHING THE KING WANTED
\h\hON THE FEMALE STAKES.
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{\an7}AND HE ALSO HAD A DISCREET
\hCOLLECTION OF PORNOGRAPHY
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{\an7}\h\hWHICH WERE DESCRIBED
AS "THE BRAVE PICTURES,"
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{\an7}WHICH THE KING AND HIS FRIENDS
\h\hWOULD GO TO SEE IN PRIVATE.
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{\an7}\h\hRideal: WHAT HE ALSO DID
WAS HE KEPT A LITTLE NETWORK
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{\an7}OF FRIENDS AND ALLIANCES
\h\h\h\hWITHIN WHITEHALL,
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{\an7}AND HE WAS OFTEN ACCUSED
\h\h\h\hOF BEING CORRUPT.
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{\an7}SAMUEL PEPYS SPEAKS OF GOING
\h\h\hINTO THE KING’S CLOSET,
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{\an7}AT THE REQUEST OF CHIFFINCH,
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{\an7}AND SPEAKS ABOUT HOW HE WAS
\h\hEATING PICKLED HERRING
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{\an7}AND DRINKING EXPENSIVE WINES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSO CHIFFINCH WAS FREE
WITH THE KING’S FOOD AND WINE,
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{\an7}BUT ALSO IN CHARGE OF HARVESTING
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{\an7}\hTHE VERY BEST MISTRESSES AND
ONE-NIGHT STANDS FOR THE KING.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Borman: PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS
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{\an7}OF ALL KING CHARLES’S
\h\h\h\h\hMISTRESSES,
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{\an7}AND THE ONE OF WHOM IT’S SAID
\h\h\h\hTHAT HE NEVER TIRED,
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{\an7}WAS NELL GWYNNE, WHO WORKED HERE
AT THE THEATRE ROYAL DRURY LANE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSHE CERTAINLY
HAD ALL THE ATTRIBUTES
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{\an7}THAT APPEALED TO THE ROYAL EYE.
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{\an7}SHE WAS PRETTY, WITTY
\hAND THE LEAST GREEDY
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{\an7}OF ALL CHARLES’S MISTRESSES.
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{\an7}\h\hA LOT OF HER EARLY LIFE WAS
SPENT IN THE LONDON SLUM AREAS
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{\an7}THAT ONCE SURROUNDED
\h\hWHERE I AM NOW--
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{\an7}MODERN-DAY COVENT GARDEN.
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{\an7}McMahon: NELL BASICALLY
\h\h\h\h\hMADE A LIVING
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{\an7}\h\h\hSELLING ORANGES
OUTSIDE THE THEATRE.
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{\an7}\hHER FAVORITE TRICK WAS TO PUT
THE TRAY JUST UNDER HER BOSOMS,
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{\an7}SO THAT ORANGE SALES
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{\an7}WOULD PRESUMABLY BE BOOSTED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS A RESULT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hSHE WAS SPOTTED
BY SOME OF THE ACTORS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND CHARLES,
BEING A PATRON OF THE THEATRE,
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{\an7}\h\hTHEN SPOTTED HER HIMSELF, OR
MAYBE CHIFFINCH GOT HER FOR HIM,
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{\an7}AND SHE BECAME ONE
OF HIS FAVORITES.
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{\an7}Green: SHE GRAVITATED
\h\hTOWARDS THE STAGE
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{\an7}AND EVENTUALLY BECAME
\h\h\h\h\hAN ACTRESS.
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{\an7}AND IT WAS THERE
IN COVENT GARDEN
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{\an7}THAT SHE CAUGHT THE KING’S EYE,
AND HE SUMMONED HER TO HIS BOX.
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00:09:26,149 --> 00:09:29,653
{\an7}AND ON ONE OCCASION HE ACTUALLY
\h\h\hTOOK HER OUT FOR A MEAL,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE KING,
THE KING’S BROTHER JAMES,
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{\an7}THEY WERE BOTH IN DISGUISE,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND HER.
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{\an7}AND AT THE END OF IT
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY REALIZED
THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANY MONEY.
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{\an7}SO SHE HAD TO PAY FOR THESE
\hKIND OF TWO ROYAL DINERS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRubenhold:
NELL GWYNNE WAS JUST FUN.
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{\an7}YOU KNOW, THERE WERE
NO AIRS AND GRACES,
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{\an7}SHE WAS JUST UP FOR IT,
\hSHE ENJOYED HERSELF.
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{\an7}THERE WAS JUST, THERE WAS
\h\hNO FORMALITY TO THIS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND YEAH, I MEAN,
THAT WAS GREAT, WHY NOT?
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{\an7}Borman: SUCH WAS CHARLES’S
\h\h\hINFATUATION WITH NELL
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{\an7}THAT HE’S SAID TO HAVE USED
A SECRET TUNNEL TO MEET HER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT NOT ONE LEADING
TO THE WING OF A ROYAL PALACE.
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{\an7}NO, FAR FROM IT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHIS ONE LEADS FROM
THE THEATRE ROYAL OVER HERE,
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{\an7}\h\hUNDER THE ROAD
AND INTO THIS PUB,
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{\an7}NOW APPROPRIATELY CALLED
THE NELL OF OLD DRURY.
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{\an7}\h\hITS MANAGER, STEPHEN,
AGREED TO SHOW ME AROUND.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hStephen Cleverley:
TRACY, SO IF YOU’D JUST LIKE
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{\an7}TO COME THROUGH HERE,
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{\an7}JUST TURN THIS ON.
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{\an7}Borman: I’M EXCITED TO SEE THIS.
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{\an7}\hCleverley: SO THIS IS THE NELL
OF OLD DRURY’S BEST KEPT SECRET.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBEHIND THIS DOOR
IS WHERE THE TUNNEL IS,
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{\an7}WHERE CHARLES II CAME.
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{\an7}Borman: WOW, LOOK AT THAT!
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00:10:41,933 --> 00:10:43,226
{\an7}Cleverley: AND IF YOU LOOK,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU CAN SEE,
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{\an7}THIS IS ALL HERE,
THE ORIGINAL ARCH.
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{\an7}\hBorman: AND WHERE WOULD
THE TUNNEL HAVE ENDED UP?
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCleverley:
THE TUNNEL WOULD HAVE BEEN
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{\an7}JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE
\h\h\h\hOF THE THEATRE,
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{\an7}JUST PAST THE BALLET ROOM
\h\h\h\h\h\hON THIS SIDE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBorman: SO CHARLES
WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE
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{\an7}\h\h\hWATCHING A SHOW
OF SOME DESCRIPTION,
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{\an7}\h\h\hMAYBE GETS A BIT BORED,
OR IT’S DURING THE INTERVAL.
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{\an7}WALK THROUGH THE TUNNEL...
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{\an7}Cleverley: YES, COMES THROUGH
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE TUNNEL
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{\an7}AND THEN MEETS HIS MISTRESS,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNELL GWYNNE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBorman:
HERE IN THIS CELLAR OR...?
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{\an7}Cleverley: NO, I WOULD IMAGINE
\h\h\h\h\h\hIT WOULD HAVE BEEN
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{\an7}IN ONE OF THE BEDROOMS UPSTAIRS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHIS ISN’T EXACTLY
THE MOST ROMANTIC SETTING.
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{\an7}Borman: INDEED.
Cleverley: YEAH.
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{\an7}\hBorman: SO HE’S DONE THE DEED,
AND THEN GOES BACK PRESUMABLY...
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{\an7}Cleverley: GOES BACK OVER
\h\h\h\hTO WATCH THE END
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00:11:16,259 --> 00:11:17,802
{\an7}OF THE PERFORMANCE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBorman: JOB DONE.
Cleverley: JOB DONE, EXACTLY.
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{\an7}\hRubenhold: WHEN THE KING WAS
AT DRURY LANE AT THE THEATRE,
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{\an7}HE WOULD GO AND MEET
\h\h\h\hNELL GWYNNE.
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{\an7}AND SHE WAS WAITING FOR HIM IN
WHAT IS A PUB ACROSS THE ROAD.
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00:11:32,734 --> 00:11:35,487
{\an7}\h\hAND THERE WAS ACTUALLY
A SECRET TUNNEL UNDERNEATH,
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{\an7}THAT LINKED THE TWO BUILDINGS.
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{\an7}AND HE WOULD TRAVERSE THAT,
\h\hAND GO UP AND FIND HER,
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00:11:40,283 --> 00:11:41,993
{\an7}AND HAVE SEX WITH HER,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THEN COME BACK
BEFORE THE END OF THE PLAY
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{\an7}SO HE COULD APPLAUD
\hAND BE SEEN THERE.
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00:11:45,830 --> 00:11:49,834
{\an7}AND NOBODY WOULD KNOW
\hWHAT WAS GOING ON.
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{\an7}McMahon: I THINK CHARLES II’S
FASCINATION FOR LOWBORN WOMEN
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{\an7}\hIS SOMETHING YOU SEE
WITH A LOT OF MONARCHS,
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00:11:54,964 --> 00:11:58,259
{\an7}BECAUSE THEY’VE GOT THAT WHOLE
STIFLING ENVIRONMENT IN COURT.
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{\an7}\h\hSO NELL GWYNNE, FOR HIM,
IT WAS A TASTE OF REAL LIFE,
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{\an7}AND IT WAS A BIT OF EXCITEMENT.
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00:12:02,972 --> 00:12:04,682
{\an7}AND HE COULD GO AND MEET THEM
\h\h\h\h\hOUT IN THE STREET.
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00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:06,476
{\an7}AND THE STREETS OF LONDON
\h\hHERE ABOUT THAT TIME
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{\an7}\hWERE PRETTY RACY,
FILTHY, DEGENERATE,
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{\an7}\h\h\hEXACTLY THE SORT OF THING
A BORED MONARCH WAS GONNA LIKE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hBorman: ALTHOUGH NELL
WASN’T NEARLY AS GRASPING
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{\an7}AS SOME OF HER RIVAL MISTRESSES,
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{\an7}SHE DID DO QUITE WELL OUT OF HER
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE KING.
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{\an7}THIS IS 79 PALL MALL,
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{\an7}THE SITE OF HER FINAL
\h\hLONDON RESIDENCE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hIT WAS ORIGINALLY
A RED BRICK TOWNHOUSE.
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{\an7}SHE MOVED HERE IN 1671,
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{\an7}AND THE FREEHOLD WAS CONFERRED
\h\h\hTO HER FIVE YEARS LATER.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS HER MAIN HOME
FOR THE REST OF HER SHORT LIFE.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNELL DIED IN 1687,
AT JUST 37 YEARS OF AGE,
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{\an7}PROBABLY FROM THE EFFECTS
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF SYPHILIS.
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{\an7}NOT ONLY HAD SHE WON
\h\h\hA SPECIAL PLACE
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{\an7}IN THE HEART OF KING CHARLES II,
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{\an7}SHE HAD ALSO CARVED OUT A NICHE
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN POPULAR MEMORY.
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{\an7}Rubenhold: NELL WAS REALLY
\h\hA FAVORITE OF CHARLES’S
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{\an7}FOR A LARGE PART OF HER LIFE,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND HIS LIFE.
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{\an7}AND CONSIDERING THAT SHE STARTED
FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HEAP,
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{\an7}SHE DID PHENOMENALLY WELL
\h\hSOCIALLY, FINANCIALLY
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{\an7}BY CHARLES.
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{\an7}Green: THERE WAS AN ELEMENT
\h\h\h\h\hOF COMPANIONSHIP.
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{\an7}BUT IF IT HAD JUST BEEN
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA SEXUAL KIND
OF WHAM, BAM, THANK YOU, MA’AM,
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{\an7}IF I CAN PUT IT LIKE THAT,
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHEN I DON’T THINK
HE WOULD HAVE BOUGHT HER
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{\an7}A BEAUTIFUL TOWNHOUSE
\h\h\h\hIN PALL MALL.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Borman: BUT ALTHOUGH NELL GWYNNE
WAS BY FAR THE MOST FAMOUS
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{\an7}OF ALL THE KING’S MISTRESSES,
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{\an7}A LADY WHO REFUSED TO BE ONE
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{\an7}WAS TO UNWITTINGLY BECOME
\h\hSIMILARLY WELL KNOWN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hSHE WAS FRANCES STUART,
DUCHESS OF RICHMOND AND LENNOX,
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{\an7}A FAMED BEAUTY WHO APPARENTLY
\h\h\hWENT AGAINST THE TREND
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00:14:03,885 --> 00:14:07,514
{\an7}AND CONSISTENTLY DEFIED
\h\hCHARLES’S ADVANCES,
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{\an7}WHICH MUST HAVE DRIVEN THE KING
\h\h\h\hEVEN WILDER WITH LUST.
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00:14:14,896 --> 00:14:16,356
{\an7}THE LOVELORN CHARLES
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{\an7}COMMISSIONED A PORTRAIT
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF FRANCES,
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00:14:18,608 --> 00:14:21,528
{\an7}COMPLETE WITH HELMET
\h\h\h\hAND TRIDENT.
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00:14:21,569 --> 00:14:25,114
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND IT WAS THIS IMAGE
OF THE KING’S NEARLY MISTRESS
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00:14:25,156 --> 00:14:30,828
{\an7}THAT APPEARED ON BRITISH COINAGE
FOR MORE THAN 300 YEARS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMcMahon:
SAMUEL PEPYS, THE DIARIST, SAYS
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{\an7}THAT SHE WAS ONE OF THE MOST
\h\hBEAUTIFUL WOMEN AT COURT,
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00:14:35,625 --> 00:14:37,335
{\an7}I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY STUNNING,
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00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:39,504
{\an7}SO MUCH SO THAT CHARLES
\h\hGOT HER DRESSED UP
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00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:42,089
{\an7}IN A TRIDENT AND A HELMET,
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00:14:42,131 --> 00:14:45,426
{\an7}\h\h\hAND SHE WAS ACTUALLY
THE BRITANNIA ON THE COINS
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00:14:45,468 --> 00:14:48,721
{\an7}\hTHAT WERE IN CIRCULATION
IN BRITAIN FROM THE 1670s
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00:14:48,763 --> 00:14:50,348
{\an7}ALL THE WAY THROUGH
\h\h\hTO THE 1970s.
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00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:53,560
{\an7}SHE WAS BRITANNIA ON THE COIN.
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00:14:53,601 --> 00:14:55,728
{\an7}\h\h\h\hSelwood: FRANCES STUART
WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO CHARLES
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{\an7}WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, 14,
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00:14:57,397 --> 00:15:00,358
{\an7}AND CHARLES WAS COMPLETELY
\h\h\h\h\hSMITTEN WITH HER.
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00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,944
{\an7}BUT SHE NEVER LET HIM
\h\hGET CLOSE TO HER.
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00:15:02,985 --> 00:15:05,779
{\an7}SHE WAS CLEVER ENOUGH TO REALIZE
THAT TO MAINTAIN HER INFLUENCE,
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00:15:05,822 --> 00:15:07,574
{\an7}WHICH SHE ALREADY HAD,
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00:15:07,615 --> 00:15:10,243
{\an7}SHE COULDN’T BETTER HER POSITION
BY SLEEPING WITH THE KING.
318
00:15:10,284 --> 00:15:13,370
{\an7}SO SHE FLIRTED WITH HIM
\h\h\h\h\h\hFOR YEARS.
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{\an7}♪
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00:15:18,876 --> 00:15:21,879
{\an7}Borman: THE DARK PURITAN YEARS
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE COMMONWEALTH
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00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:23,881
{\an7}REALLY WERE A THING OF THE PAST,
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00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:25,800
{\an7}AND CERTAIN PARTS OF SOCIETY
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00:15:25,842 --> 00:15:28,845
{\an7}READILY EMBRACED
THE NEW FREEDOM.
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00:15:28,886 --> 00:15:31,263
{\an7}IT WAS SAID THAT THE COURT
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF KING CHARLES
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00:15:31,305 --> 00:15:34,308
{\an7}WAS A REFLECTION OF HOW THINGS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWERE AT THE TIME.
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00:15:34,350 --> 00:15:36,060
{\an7}WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN TRUE,
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00:15:36,102 --> 00:15:40,064
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT EVEN ROYAL COURTS
AREN’T IMMUNE TO HEALTH RISKS,
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00:15:40,106 --> 00:15:43,568
{\an7}ESPECIALLY SEXUAL HEALTH RISKS.
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00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,783
{\an7}McMahon: CHARLES OBVIOUSLY
\h\hWAS IN EXILE FOR YEARS,
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00:15:49,824 --> 00:15:51,909
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND WHAT DO YOU DO
WHEN YOU’RE EXILED FOR YEARS
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00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:53,578
{\an7}IN ROYAL COURTS?
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hYOU’RE BASICALLY HAVING
A GOOD TIME, YOU’RE VERY BORED.
333
00:15:56,747 --> 00:15:59,208
{\an7}\h\hTHE THING IS, WHEN HE CAME
INTO POWER AS KING CHARLES II,
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00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:00,960
{\an7}HE CARRIED ON DOING
\h\hALL THE THINGS
335
00:16:01,002 --> 00:16:03,213
{\an7}THAT A BORED PERSON IN EXILE
\h\h\h\h\h\hWERE GOING TO DO.
336
00:16:03,254 --> 00:16:05,923
{\an7}SO HE HAD ALL HIS MISTRESSES,
\h\h\h\hHE DID HIS GAMBLING,
337
00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:07,467
{\an7}HE WENT TO THE THEATRE.
338
00:16:07,508 --> 00:16:11,971
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHE JUST CARRIED ON,
WHILE THIS TIME BEING KING.
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00:16:12,013 --> 00:16:15,391
{\an7}Rubenhold: THEY BELIEVED THAT
\hYOU LIVE LIFE IN THE MOMENT.
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00:16:15,433 --> 00:16:16,935
{\an7}NOBODY EXPECTED TO LEAD
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00:16:16,976 --> 00:16:20,354
{\an7}THESE LONG, SORT OF HEALTHY
\hLIFESTYLES THAT WE HAVE,
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00:16:20,396 --> 00:16:22,481
{\an7}WHERE EVERYBODY’S VERY CAUTIOUS
\h\h\h\h\h\hABOUT WHAT THEY EAT
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00:16:22,523 --> 00:16:26,944
{\an7}AND HOW THEY CONDUCT THEMSELVES
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN TERMS OF HEALTH.
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00:16:26,986 --> 00:16:28,488
{\an7}IN THE 17th CENTURY,
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00:16:28,529 --> 00:16:30,614
{\an7}YOU DIDN’T KNOW IF YOU COULD BE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hDEAD TOMORROW.
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00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:32,783
{\an7}SO TAKE YOUR PLEASURE
\h\h\hWHILE YOU CAN.
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00:16:32,825 --> 00:16:35,244
{\an7}PICK YOUR ROSEBUDS
\h\hWHILE YOU MAY.
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00:16:38,748 --> 00:16:44,087
{\an7}Borman: THIS IS SOHO, THE HEART
OF LONDON’S SEX INDUSTRY TODAY.
349
00:16:44,128 --> 00:16:48,174
{\an7}IN STUART TIMES, PROSTITUTION
\h\hWAS SIMPLY A FACT OF LIFE
350
00:16:48,216 --> 00:16:49,843
{\an7}IN THE CAPITAL,
351
00:16:49,884 --> 00:16:54,097
{\an7}\h\hWITH JUST ABOUT ANYTHING
AVAILABLE TO SUIT ANY BUDGET.
352
00:16:54,138 --> 00:16:57,850
{\an7}WITH IT CAME THE PROBLEM
\h\hOF VENEREAL DISEASE.
353
00:16:57,892 --> 00:17:01,020
{\an7}SO PROSTITUTES WOULD PROBABLY
\h\h\h\hHAVE HAD TO MAKE USE
354
00:17:01,062 --> 00:17:04,399
{\an7}OF ONE OF THE TRADE’S
\hMORE CURIOUS ITEMS,
355
00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,150
{\an7}THE MERKIN WIG.
356
00:17:06,192 --> 00:17:07,485
{\an7}AND WHAT’S A MERKIN?
357
00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:10,030
{\an7}WELL, IT’S A WIG THAT COVERS
358
00:17:10,071 --> 00:17:13,157
{\an7}CERTAIN OTHER PARTS
\h\hOF THE ANATOMY.
359
00:17:16,744 --> 00:17:18,579
{\an7}MAYBE IT’S NOT TOO SURPRISING
360
00:17:18,621 --> 00:17:22,458
{\an7}THAT DISEASES LIKE SYPHILIS
\h\h\h\hWERE RIFE AT COURT.
361
00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:26,546
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE KING EVEN HAD
HIS PERSONAL POX DOCTOR.
362
00:17:26,587 --> 00:17:30,216
{\an7}I’M HERE AT A NOTORIOUS
\hMEMBERS CLUB IN SOHO
363
00:17:30,258 --> 00:17:32,343
{\an7}TO MEET DR. ROSEMARY LEONARD
364
00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:37,473
{\an7}AND FIND OUT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT
HOW SEXUAL DISEASES WERE TREATED
365
00:17:37,515 --> 00:17:41,394
{\an7}AT THE COURT OF KING CHARLES II.
366
00:17:41,435 --> 00:17:43,729
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSO, ROSEMARY, WE HAVE
QUITE AN INTRIGUING COLLECTION
367
00:17:43,771 --> 00:17:44,981
{\an7}OF ITEMS HERE, DON’T WE?
368
00:17:45,022 --> 00:17:46,565
{\an7}CAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH
\h\h\h\h\h\hSOME OF IT?
369
00:17:46,607 --> 00:17:49,193
{\an7}Rosemary Leonard: YES, THIS IS
\h\h\h\h\hTHE STATE OF THE ART
370
00:17:49,235 --> 00:17:51,946
{\an7}FOR THE APOTHECARY
IN JACOBEAN TIMES.
371
00:17:51,988 --> 00:17:55,325
{\an7}THERE WERE THINGS THEY COULD DO
\hTO TRY AND PROTECT THEMSELVES
372
00:17:55,366 --> 00:17:57,702
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM GETTING
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
373
00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:00,663
{\an7}AND ALSO, ONE PRESUMES,
\hTO STOP PREGNANCIES.
374
00:18:00,705 --> 00:18:06,127
{\an7}\hSO THIS IS A JACOBEAN SORT
OF PROTECTIVE, ONE MIGHT SAY.
375
00:18:06,168 --> 00:18:07,920
{\an7}AND THIS WAS TIED ON.
376
00:18:07,962 --> 00:18:09,464
{\an7}I MEAN, YOU CAN’T
\hIMAGINE IT NOW.
377
00:18:09,505 --> 00:18:11,799
{\an7}I MEAN, YOU’D THINK IT WOULD
\h\hWORK AS A CONTRACEPTIVE,
378
00:18:11,841 --> 00:18:14,260
{\an7}BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY WOULDN’T
\h\h\h\hWANT TO DO IT ANYMORE.
379
00:18:14,302 --> 00:18:17,222
{\an7}BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY TIED ON
TO TRY AND KEEP IT IN PLACE.
380
00:18:17,263 --> 00:18:18,723
{\an7}\hBorman: I WAS GONNA SAY,
OTHERWISE YOU WOULD IMAGINE
381
00:18:18,764 --> 00:18:20,766
{\an7}\h\hTHAT WOULD STAY ON
FOR ABOUT TWO SECONDS.
382
00:18:20,808 --> 00:18:22,184
{\an7}Leonard: NO, I CAN’T THINK
\h\h\h\h\hIT WORKED AT ALL.
383
00:18:22,226 --> 00:18:23,436
{\an7}I SHOULD JUST THINK IT CAME OFF.
384
00:18:23,477 --> 00:18:24,895
{\an7}Borman: ABSOLUTELY.
385
00:18:24,937 --> 00:18:26,355
{\an7}\hLeonard: SO PERHAPS
THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED.
386
00:18:26,397 --> 00:18:30,234
{\an7}SO THEY THEN ALSO HAD
THE LARGER, YOU KNOW,
387
00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:31,652
{\an7}MORE ROBUST VERSION.
388
00:18:31,694 --> 00:18:32,904
{\an7}Borman: A DELUXE VERSION,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHERE WE GO.
389
00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:34,738
{\an7}Leonard: THE DELUXE VERSION.
390
00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:36,407
{\an7}Borman: AND WHAT IS THIS MADE
\hOUT OF? IT’S PRETTY THICK.
391
00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:37,742
{\an7}Leonard: IT IS VERY THICK.
392
00:18:37,783 --> 00:18:39,326
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT’S MADE OUT
OF ANIMAL INTESTINE.
393
00:18:39,368 --> 00:18:41,787
{\an7}SHEEP’S INTESTINE,
\hCOW’S INTESTINE.
394
00:18:41,829 --> 00:18:43,080
{\an7}THEY WOULD PULL THEM ON,
395
00:18:43,122 --> 00:18:44,832
{\an7}TIE THEM AT THE TOP
\hAND PULL THEM ON.
396
00:18:44,874 --> 00:18:46,125
{\an7}Borman: I HARDLY DARE ASK,
397
00:18:46,167 --> 00:18:47,960
{\an7}BUT WOULD IT HAVE BEEN USED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONLY ONCE?
398
00:18:48,002 --> 00:18:49,587
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLeonard:
WELL, WE DON’T REALLY KNOW.
399
00:18:49,629 --> 00:18:51,798
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT I WOULD PRESUME
AN UPPER CLASS GENTLEMAN,
400
00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:54,342
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hOR THE KING,
WOULD HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY.
401
00:18:54,383 --> 00:18:57,219
{\an7}BUT PEOPLE OF LESSER MEANS,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPROBABLY YES,
402
00:18:57,261 --> 00:19:00,598
{\an7}\hTHEY WOULD RINSE THEM OUT,
WASH THEM AND USE THEM AGAIN.
403
00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,267
{\an7}Borman: I’M GONNA QUICKLY HAND
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHIS BACK TO YOU,
404
00:19:02,308 --> 00:19:05,269
{\an7}SO WE CAN PASS ON.
405
00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:08,105
{\an7}\h\h\h\hRubenhold: ONE WAY
YOU COULD PROTECT YOURSELF
406
00:19:08,147 --> 00:19:13,694
{\an7}\h\hWAS TO USE A FAIRLY NEW
INVENTION CALLED A CONDON,
407
00:19:13,736 --> 00:19:15,988
{\an7}OR A CONDOM AS WE WOULD KNOW IT.
408
00:19:16,030 --> 00:19:20,701
{\an7}AND AT THIS TIME, THEY WERE MADE
LARGELY FROM EITHER SHEEP’S GUT
409
00:19:20,743 --> 00:19:23,788
{\an7}\h\h\hOR ANOTHER TYPE
OF ANIMAL INTESTINE,
410
00:19:23,829 --> 00:19:26,373
{\an7}AND THEY COULD BE WASHED OUT
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND REUSED AGAIN.
411
00:19:26,415 --> 00:19:30,669
{\an7}\h\h\h\hOR THEY WERE MADE OUT OF
A VERY FINE LINEN CLOTH AS WELL.
412
00:19:30,711 --> 00:19:33,964
{\an7}AGAIN, WASHED OUT AND REUSED.
413
00:19:35,966 --> 00:19:37,593
{\an7}Borman: SO WHAT’S NEXT?
414
00:19:37,635 --> 00:19:40,680
{\an7}Leonard: SO DESPITE USING
CONTRACEPTIVES PROTECTION,
415
00:19:40,721 --> 00:19:45,142
{\an7}POX WAS RIFE, AND THEY WOULD
\hGET LESIONS ON THEIR SKIN.
416
00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:47,978
{\an7}SO THEY WOULD TRY AND TREAT THEM
417
00:19:48,020 --> 00:19:52,816
{\an7}WITH A WONDERFUL POULTICE
\h\h\h\h\hOF FROG’S SKIN.
418
00:19:52,858 --> 00:19:56,904
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hYOU MIXED IT UP WITH
ANIMAL LARD, THAT’S ANIMAL FAT,
419
00:19:56,946 --> 00:20:02,702
{\an7}YOU MADE A POULTICE, AND RUB IT
\h\h\h\hON TO THE POXY LESIONS.
420
00:20:02,743 --> 00:20:05,537
{\an7}SO EVEN WHEN THE POX HAD HEALED,
421
00:20:05,579 --> 00:20:09,583
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIT WOULD DESTROY
THE LOOK OF THEIR PUBIC AREA,
422
00:20:09,625 --> 00:20:10,835
{\an7}THEY’D HAVE SCARRING.
423
00:20:10,876 --> 00:20:12,628
{\an7}SO THEY USED THESE.
424
00:20:12,670 --> 00:20:14,213
{\an7}Borman: THE FAMOUS MERKIN.
425
00:20:14,255 --> 00:20:15,631
{\an7}Leonard: YEAH.
426
00:20:15,673 --> 00:20:17,133
{\an7}\hBorman: THE PUBIC WIG,
JUST TO COVER IT ALL UP.
427
00:20:17,174 --> 00:20:18,759
{\an7}Leonard: COVER IT ALL UP.
428
00:20:18,801 --> 00:20:22,138
{\an7}\h\hAND ALSO HAVING A LOT OF
PUBIC HAIR WAS, UNLIKE TODAY,
429
00:20:22,179 --> 00:20:24,848
{\an7}\hIT WAS REGARDED AS BEING
VERY SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE.
430
00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:26,475
{\an7}Borman: REALLY? FASHIONS
HAVE CHANGED THAT MUCH.
431
00:20:26,517 --> 00:20:28,019
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLeonard:
FASHIONS HAVE CHANGED, YES.
432
00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:30,062
{\an7}\h\hBorman: NOW, WOULD THIS
HAVE BEEN REAL PUBIC HAIR?
433
00:20:30,104 --> 00:20:31,939
{\an7}\h\h\hLeonard: AFRAID SO,
YES, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN.
434
00:20:31,981 --> 00:20:33,816
{\an7}AND THEY TIED THEM ON.
435
00:20:33,858 --> 00:20:35,651
{\an7}\hBorman: RIGHT.
ONE WOULD IMAGINE
436
00:20:35,693 --> 00:20:38,696
{\an7}\hTHEY MIGHT NOT HAVE STAYED
IN PLACE THROUGHOUT, BUT...
437
00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:40,448
{\an7}\h\h\h\hLeonard: YEAH,
YOU COULD IMAGINE THEM
438
00:20:40,489 --> 00:20:43,534
{\an7}GOING SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY...
\hYES, IN THE WRONG POSITION.
439
00:20:43,576 --> 00:20:46,370
{\an7}Rideal: WOMEN AND PROSTITUTES
\hAND SOMETIMES MEN AS WELL,
440
00:20:46,412 --> 00:20:48,623
{\an7}\hIF THEY WANTED TO HIDE THE
SYMPTOMS OF VENEREAL DISEASE,
441
00:20:48,664 --> 00:20:53,878
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY’D WEAR A MERKIN,
WHICH WAS BASICALLY A PUBIC WIG.
442
00:20:53,919 --> 00:20:56,880
{\an7}AND THEY WORE THEM TO HIDE
\hTHESE GROTESQUE SYMPTOMS
443
00:20:56,922 --> 00:20:59,633
{\an7}THAT THEY WOULD HAVE CONTRACTED.
444
00:20:59,675 --> 00:21:01,218
{\an7}McMahon: IT COULD BE LICE,
445
00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:03,179
{\an7}IT COULD BE SYMPTOMS
\h\hOF POOR HYGIENE.
446
00:21:03,220 --> 00:21:05,389
{\an7}BUT MORE LIKELY IT WOULD BE
\h\h\h\h\hVENEREAL DISEASE,
447
00:21:05,431 --> 00:21:06,974
{\an7}SO THEY WERE HIDING THAT AWAY.
448
00:21:07,016 --> 00:21:09,185
{\an7}SO IT WILL PROBABLY BE MADE
\h\h\hOF HAIR, ANIMAL HAIR,
449
00:21:09,226 --> 00:21:11,812
{\an7}\h\hMAYBE HUMAN HAIR,
MAYBE THEIR OWN HAIR.
450
00:21:11,854 --> 00:21:13,189
{\an7}BUT IT COULD ALSO BE SOFT CLOTH.
451
00:21:13,230 --> 00:21:15,441
{\an7}I MEAN, IT MAY HAVE BEEN
DECORATIVE ON OCCASION,
452
00:21:15,483 --> 00:21:16,693
{\an7}IT MAY HAVE BEEN JOKEY.
453
00:21:16,734 --> 00:21:18,611
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT I THINK
IN THE MAJORITY OF CASES
454
00:21:18,652 --> 00:21:23,157
{\an7}IT WAS TO HIDE SOMETHING DOWN
BELOW THAT WASN’T QUITE RIGHT.
455
00:21:23,199 --> 00:21:28,246
{\an7}♪
456
00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:30,539
{\an7}Borman: KING CHARLES II
\h\h\h\hHAD OTHER LOVES
457
00:21:30,581 --> 00:21:32,249
{\an7}BESIDES WOMEN, OF COURSE.
458
00:21:32,291 --> 00:21:36,086
{\an7}\h\hHORSE RACING WAS ONE,
AND ANOTHER WAS HIS DOGS.
459
00:21:36,128 --> 00:21:38,881
{\an7}THE KING WAS VERY FOND
OF THE SPANIEL BREED,
460
00:21:38,923 --> 00:21:41,134
{\an7}AND IT’S SAID THAT HE NEVER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWENT ANYWHERE
461
00:21:41,175 --> 00:21:43,761
{\an7}WITHOUT AT LEAST THREE OF THEM
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT HIS HEELS.
462
00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:46,055
{\an7}THE DOWNSIDE WAS THE MESS.
463
00:21:46,096 --> 00:21:49,641
{\an7}APPARENTLY IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
\hTO WALK IN A STRAIGHT LINE
464
00:21:49,683 --> 00:21:52,477
{\an7}\h\h\h\hACROSS THE FLOORS
OF THE KING’S RESIDENCES.
465
00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:54,856
{\an7}\h\hTHEY WERE ALSO
GREAT FLEA MAGNETS,
466
00:21:54,897 --> 00:21:57,400
{\an7}AND IT’S SAID THAT PEOPLE
TOOK THEM INTO THEIR BEDS
467
00:21:57,441 --> 00:22:01,236
{\an7}SO THAT THE FLEAS WOULD BITE
\h\h\h\hTHE DOG AND NOT THEM.
468
00:22:03,239 --> 00:22:04,907
{\an7}Green: HE DIDN’T DISCIPLINE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE DOGS,
469
00:22:04,949 --> 00:22:07,160
{\an7}SO THEY WOULD JUST FOUL
\h\h\h\h\h\hEVERYWHERE.
470
00:22:07,201 --> 00:22:08,619
{\an7}SO THE WHOLE KIND OF...
471
00:22:08,661 --> 00:22:11,789
{\an7}ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL STAIRCASES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND GILDED ROOMS
472
00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:13,291
{\an7}WERE JUST KIND OF ICED
473
00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:16,126
{\an7}IN THIS KIND OF DISGUSTING SORT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF DOG EXCREMENT.
474
00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:18,545
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND IT WAS SEEN
AS SORT OF LIKE SYMBOLIC
475
00:22:18,587 --> 00:22:22,299
{\an7}OF THE KIND OF MORAL FILTH
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE DAY.
476
00:22:22,341 --> 00:22:25,344
{\an7}\hRubenhold: CHARLES’S
MAIN OBJECTIVE IN LIFE
477
00:22:25,386 --> 00:22:28,848
{\an7}\h\h\hWAS TO PLAY THINGS
AS CAREFULLY AS HE COULD.
478
00:22:28,889 --> 00:22:32,726
{\an7}AND SEX, AND EXTRAVAGANT
\hLIFESTYLE, AND EATING,
479
00:22:32,768 --> 00:22:34,103
{\an7}AND ALL OF THIS TYPE OF THING,
480
00:22:34,144 --> 00:22:36,813
{\an7}WAS THIS INCREDIBLE
DISTRACTION FOR HIM,
481
00:22:36,856 --> 00:22:38,399
{\an7}WHICH MEANT THAT HE
DIDN’T HAVE TO THINK
482
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:41,443
{\an7}ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF THE COURT,
OF THE COUNTRY.
483
00:22:41,485 --> 00:22:44,279
{\an7}IT WAS TOTAL ESCAPISM.
484
00:22:45,155 --> 00:22:51,703
{\an7}♪
485
00:22:51,745 --> 00:22:55,123
{\an7}Borman: ANOTHER OF CHARLES’S
\h\h\h\hGREAT LOVES WAS FOOD.
486
00:22:55,165 --> 00:23:00,337
{\an7}\hMEAL TIMES WERE FILLED
WITH RITUAL AND CEREMONY.
487
00:23:00,379 --> 00:23:03,841
{\an7}FOOD HISTORIAN IVAN DAY
\hHAS AGREED TO MEET ME
488
00:23:03,883 --> 00:23:07,220
{\an7}AT THE HISTORIC 15th CENTURY
\h\h\h\h\hLONG CRENDON MANOR
489
00:23:07,261 --> 00:23:08,888
{\an7}IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
490
00:23:08,929 --> 00:23:13,267
{\an7}TO TALK ME THROUGH AND SHOW ME
\h\h\h\hJUST WHAT THE KING ATE.
491
00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:22,193
{\an7}Ivan Day: TRACY, I’VE GOT HERE
492
00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:25,696
{\an7}A REALLY REMARKABLE BIT
\h\hOF BRITISH HISTORY,
493
00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:30,034
{\an7}\h\hWHICH IS A BOOK, PUBLISHED
DURING THE REIGN OF CHARLES II,
494
00:23:30,075 --> 00:23:33,579
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hABOUT THE HISTORY
OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER.
495
00:23:33,621 --> 00:23:38,376
{\an7}AND DURING HIS REIGN, OF COURSE,
KING CHARLES II
496
00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:40,878
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWAS THE CHIEF PIXIE
OF THE ORDER OF THE GARTER.
497
00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:44,632
{\an7}\hBorman: AND THERE HE
IS IN ALL HIS SPLENDOR.
498
00:23:44,673 --> 00:23:48,385
{\an7}Day: WHY WE’RE FOCUSED ON IT IS,
A BIT FURTHER BACK IN THE BOOK,
499
00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:54,058
{\an7}IS AN ACCOUNT OF A FEAST
HELD AT WINDSOR IN 1671.
500
00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:57,936
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND AT THAT MEAL, WE HAVE
THE FIRST RECORD OF ICE CREAM...
501
00:23:57,978 --> 00:23:59,062
{\an7}Borman: OH, HOW WONDERFUL.
502
00:23:59,104 --> 00:24:00,897
{\an7}Day: ...BEING SERVED. SO...
503
00:24:00,940 --> 00:24:02,733
{\an7}Borman: WOW! LOOK AT THAT!
504
00:24:02,775 --> 00:24:07,405
{\an7}THAT’S AMAZING TO SEE A MEAL
\h\hIN SUCH DETAIL LIKE THAT.
505
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,698
{\an7}Day: WELL, IT’S ABOUT AS REGAL
\h\h\hAS YOU CAN GET, ISN’T IT?
506
00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:11,909
{\an7}THIS IS ST. GEORGE’S HALL.
507
00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:13,536
{\an7}Borman: THERE AT THE TOP TABLE,
508
00:24:13,577 --> 00:24:15,704
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI PRESUME THAT’S
THE MAN HIMSELF, THAT’S CHARLES.
509
00:24:15,746 --> 00:24:18,415
{\an7}Day: NO, HE’S SITTING ALONE
\hUNDER A CANOPY OF STATE,
510
00:24:18,457 --> 00:24:20,751
{\an7}AND ALL THESE PEOPLE AROUND HIM
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hARE SERVING HIM.
511
00:24:20,793 --> 00:24:22,670
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE KNIGHTS
ARE ALL SITTING HERE,
512
00:24:22,711 --> 00:24:26,423
{\an7}AND THEY’RE PROBABLY CONSUMING
THE FIRST COURSE OF THE MEAL.
513
00:24:26,465 --> 00:24:30,094
{\an7}AND THERE WERE TWO MAIN COURSES
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE FEAST,
514
00:24:30,135 --> 00:24:34,306
{\an7}\h\hAND WE ALSO HAVE THE MENU,
THE BILL OF FARE FOR THAT MEAL.
515
00:24:34,348 --> 00:24:37,476
{\an7}YOU’VE GOT THESE SAVORY DISHES,
\h\h\h\h\h\hLOBSTERS AND THINGS
516
00:24:37,518 --> 00:24:40,730
{\an7}\h\hTHAT COULD BE COOKED
VERY QUICKLY, GAME BIRDS.
517
00:24:40,771 --> 00:24:43,524
{\an7}AND THEN AFTERWARDS
\hI GUESS THEY HAD
518
00:24:43,565 --> 00:24:47,110
{\an7}WHAT WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF OUR
MODERN AFTER-DINNER CHOCOLATE,
519
00:24:47,152 --> 00:24:50,280
{\an7}WHICH WAS A DESSERT, BUT THEY
\h\h\hCALLED IT THE BANQUET.
520
00:24:50,322 --> 00:24:52,574
{\an7}Borman: SO NOT A GREAT FEAST
\h\hAS THE WORD CONJURES UP?
521
00:24:52,616 --> 00:24:55,619
{\an7}\h\h\h\hDay: NO, IT HAD A TOTALLY
DIFFERENT MEANING IN THOSE DAYS.
522
00:24:55,661 --> 00:24:59,582
{\an7}PROBABLY THE MOST LUXURIOUS ITEM
IS ONE PLATE OF ICE CREAM.
523
00:24:59,623 --> 00:25:00,958
{\an7}Borman: WOW!
524
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,211
{\an7}Day: AND THAT REALLY
IS THE FIRST RECORD
525
00:25:03,252 --> 00:25:05,671
{\an7}OF ICE CREAM BEING SERVED
\h\h\h\hIN BRITAIN, YEAH.
526
00:25:05,713 --> 00:25:08,424
{\an7}Borman: THAT’S EXTRAORDINARY.
527
00:25:08,465 --> 00:25:10,008
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRubenhold:
BECAUSE CHARLES WAS A KING,
528
00:25:10,050 --> 00:25:12,010
{\an7}HIS TABLE WAS ALWAYS
EXTREMELY WELL LAID.
529
00:25:12,052 --> 00:25:14,888
{\an7}AND IN THE 17th CENTURY,
\hTHAT MEANT A MULTITUDE
530
00:25:14,930 --> 00:25:17,975
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hOF DIFFERENT DISHES
PUT ON THE TABLE ALL TOGETHER.
531
00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:21,771
{\an7}\h\h\hYOU KNOW, HE COULD HAVE
20, 30 DISHES LAID BEFORE HIM
532
00:25:21,812 --> 00:25:27,901
{\an7}OF MEATS AND PIES AND PUDDINGS
\hAND REALLY SUMPTUOUS THINGS.
533
00:25:27,943 --> 00:25:33,157
{\an7}HE DIDN’T HAVE TO EAT EVERYTHING
THAT WAS PUT BEFORE HIM.
534
00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:35,033
{\an7}McMahon: HE WOULD SIT THERE
\hHAVING LITTLE BITS OF THIS
535
00:25:35,075 --> 00:25:36,034
{\an7}AND LITTLE BITS OF THAT.
536
00:25:36,076 --> 00:25:37,869
{\an7}EVEN THE ACT OF WASTING FOOD
537
00:25:37,911 --> 00:25:39,579
{\an7}WAS SOMETHING THAT ONLY
\h\h\hA KING COULD DO.
538
00:25:39,621 --> 00:25:43,041
{\an7}\h\h\hBECAUSE WHO ELSE IN SOCIETY
COULD WASTE THAT AMOUNT OF FOOD?
539
00:25:46,587 --> 00:25:50,299
{\an7}\h\h\hDay: YOU’D NEED A HOLLYWOOD
BUDGET TO DO THIS AUTHENTICALLY.
540
00:25:50,340 --> 00:25:54,553
{\an7}BUT I’VE HAD A GO AT REPLICATING
CHARLES’S DESSERT,
541
00:25:54,595 --> 00:25:56,097
{\an7}OR BANQUET COURSE.
542
00:25:56,138 --> 00:25:57,848
{\an7}Borman: WOW!
543
00:25:57,890 --> 00:26:00,351
{\an7}ALL OF THIS JUST FOR ONE MAN.
\h\h\h\hTHAT’S EXTRAORDINARY.
544
00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:02,394
{\an7}SO, IVAN, WHERE DO I START?
545
00:26:02,436 --> 00:26:03,854
{\an7}Day: WELL, I THINK
\h\hYOU SHOULD TRY
546
00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:05,689
{\an7}ONE OF THE OLDEST DISHES
\hOF THE BANQUET COURSE,
547
00:26:05,731 --> 00:26:08,609
{\an7}WHICH IS THIS VERY LIGHT THING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCALLED A WAFER.
548
00:26:08,650 --> 00:26:10,944
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBorman: LOVELY,
IT’S BEAUTIFULLY DECORATED.
549
00:26:10,986 --> 00:26:12,863
{\an7}Day: MADE IN 17th CENTURY
\h\h\h\h\hWAFERING IRONS.
550
00:26:12,905 --> 00:26:15,074
{\an7}Borman: AHH.
551
00:26:15,115 --> 00:26:16,742
{\an7}MMM. OH, THAT’S NICE.
552
00:26:16,784 --> 00:26:19,996
{\an7}\h\h\hIT’S NOT TOO SWEET,
BUT STILL A NICE FLAVOR.
553
00:26:20,037 --> 00:26:22,581
{\an7}OKAY, AND NOW THIS
\h\hLOOKS GLORIOUS.
554
00:26:22,623 --> 00:26:26,919
{\an7}Day: WELL, THIS IS A SYLLABUB IN
A 17th CENTURY SYLLABUB GLASS.
555
00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:30,964
{\an7}\hAND YOU FIRST OF ALL DRANK
THE LIQUID FROM THE BOTTOM,
556
00:26:31,006 --> 00:26:32,549
{\an7}BY SUCKING IT THROUGH THE SPOUT.
557
00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:34,259
{\an7}THAT’S NOT LIKE A TEA POT,
\h\h\hIT’S NOT FOR POURING,
558
00:26:34,301 --> 00:26:35,344
{\an7}IT’S FOR SUCKING.
559
00:26:35,385 --> 00:26:37,178
{\an7}SO HERE WE GO.
560
00:26:37,221 --> 00:26:39,306
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBorman:
HUH! AND IT REALLY WORKS.
561
00:26:39,348 --> 00:26:40,808
{\an7}\hDay: AND YOU GET
STRONG ALCOHOLIC,
562
00:26:40,849 --> 00:26:43,060
{\an7}AND THEN YOU EAT THE REST OF IT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS SPOON MEAT.
563
00:26:43,102 --> 00:26:46,147
{\an7}\hBorman: AH, SO A LITTLE BIT
OF CREAM TO FOLLOW THE BOOZE.
564
00:26:46,188 --> 00:26:47,147
{\an7}Day: YEAH.
565
00:26:47,189 --> 00:26:48,148
{\an7}Borman: WONDERFUL.
566
00:26:48,190 --> 00:26:49,900
{\an7}WHAT’S ON THIS VERY...
567
00:26:49,942 --> 00:26:52,069
{\an7}\hDay: WELL, THERE’S AN ARRAY
OF WHITE AND RED GINGERBREADS
568
00:26:52,111 --> 00:26:53,779
{\an7}AND BLACK GINGERBREAD.
569
00:26:53,821 --> 00:26:56,032
{\an7}AND THEN THESE ARE CALLED
\h\h\h\h\h\hPIPPIN KNOTS,
570
00:26:56,073 --> 00:26:57,283
{\an7}THEY’RE MADE FROM APPLES.
571
00:26:57,324 --> 00:26:58,742
{\an7}AND THEN THIS ONE,
572
00:26:58,784 --> 00:27:01,829
{\an7}WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS FOOD
ON THE TABLE,
573
00:27:01,870 --> 00:27:05,374
{\an7}\hTHIS IS THE VIAGRA
OF THE STUART PERIOD.
574
00:27:05,415 --> 00:27:06,541
{\an7}Borman: OH, REALLY.
575
00:27:06,583 --> 00:27:08,293
{\an7}Day: IT’S CANDIED RINGO ROOT,
576
00:27:08,335 --> 00:27:11,046
{\an7}\h\hAND IT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE
THE MOST POWERFUL APHRODISIAC,
577
00:27:11,088 --> 00:27:12,923
{\an7}PRETTY SUITED TO THIS PARTICULAR
MERRY MONARCH,
578
00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:14,717
{\an7}I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT.
579
00:27:14,758 --> 00:27:16,385
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBorman: WELL, NOW YOU’VE
SET IT UP, I’VE GOT TO TRY THIS.
580
00:27:16,426 --> 00:27:18,011
{\an7}Day: I’M STEPPING WELL BACK.
581
00:27:18,053 --> 00:27:20,764
{\an7}Borman: [LAUGHS] I CAN’T ACCOUNT
FOR MY ACTIONS AFTER THIS.
582
00:27:22,933 --> 00:27:24,476
{\an7}THAT’S VERY UNUSUAL.
583
00:27:24,518 --> 00:27:27,229
{\an7}IT’S KIND OF LIKE PARSNIP.
584
00:27:27,271 --> 00:27:29,064
{\an7}I’M GETTING NOT WHAT I WAS
\h\h\h\h\hEXPECTING AT ALL.
585
00:27:29,106 --> 00:27:31,025
{\an7}Day: YEAH, SOMETIMES
CALLED SEA PARSNIP.
586
00:27:31,066 --> 00:27:32,818
{\an7}Borman: MMM.
587
00:27:32,860 --> 00:27:34,987
{\an7}Day: WHAT YOU’RE EATING IT WITH
IS A THING CALLED A SUCKET FORK.
588
00:27:35,028 --> 00:27:37,906
{\an7}SO YOU CAN EAT SOMETHING STICKY
\h\h\hLIKE THAT WITH THE FORK.
589
00:27:37,948 --> 00:27:40,826
{\an7}AND THEN WHY DON’T YOU TRY
\h\h\hCHARLES’S ICE CREAM?
590
00:27:40,868 --> 00:27:43,204
{\an7}\h\hBorman: THIS IS REALLY
THE SHOWSTOPPER, ISN’T IT?
591
00:27:43,245 --> 00:27:45,539
{\an7}THE ICE CREAM.
592
00:27:45,581 --> 00:27:47,917
{\an7}LOVELY.
593
00:27:47,958 --> 00:27:51,003
{\an7}MMM, THAT IS DELICIOUS.
594
00:27:51,044 --> 00:27:53,505
{\an7}IT’S VERY DELICATELY FLAVORED.
595
00:27:53,547 --> 00:27:55,007
{\an7}WHAT IS THAT THAT I’M TASTING?
596
00:27:55,048 --> 00:27:56,841
{\an7}Day: IT’S ORANGE FLOWER WATER,
597
00:27:56,884 --> 00:28:00,304
{\an7}WHICH WAS REALLY THE PERFUME
\hOF THE COURT OF LOUIS XIV.
598
00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:02,639
{\an7}Borman: OF COURSE, YES, HE LOVED
ORANGE FLOWER, DIDN’T HE.
599
00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:04,391
{\an7}WELL, THAT’S ABSOLUTELY
\h\h\h\h\h\hBEAUTIFUL.
600
00:28:04,433 --> 00:28:07,144
{\an7}VERY DELICATE FLAVOR.
601
00:28:07,186 --> 00:28:08,896
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMcMahon:
ONE OF HIS FAVORITE FOODS
602
00:28:08,937 --> 00:28:11,231
{\an7}WAS SOMETHING CALLED
\hEGG AND AMBERGRIS.
603
00:28:11,273 --> 00:28:14,401
{\an7}AND AMBERGRIS IS BASICALLY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWASTE MATTER
604
00:28:14,443 --> 00:28:17,738
{\an7}THAT WHALES BARF UP OR DEFECATE.
605
00:28:17,779 --> 00:28:19,823
{\an7}\h\hAND IT BASICALLY
INCLUDES SQUID BEAKS
606
00:28:19,865 --> 00:28:21,241
{\an7}AND ALL SORTS OF HORRIBLE STUFF.
607
00:28:21,283 --> 00:28:23,911
{\an7}BUT IT SMELLS FOUL
\hWHEN IT’S FOUND,
608
00:28:23,952 --> 00:28:25,996
{\an7}\h\hBUT THEN ACQUIRES
A VERY PUNGENT ODOR.
609
00:28:26,038 --> 00:28:28,082
{\an7}\hAND CHARLES LOVED HAVING
THIS CHOPPED UP WITH EGG.
610
00:28:28,123 --> 00:28:30,500
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hIT WAS ONE
OF HIS FAVORITE MEALS,
611
00:28:30,542 --> 00:28:32,919
{\an7}AND I HAVE TO SAY IT SOUNDS
\h\hABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING,
612
00:28:32,961 --> 00:28:35,464
{\an7}BUT THAT’S WHAT HE LIKED.
613
00:28:35,505 --> 00:28:36,464
{\an7}Day: WHY DON’T YOU TRY
\h\h\h\h\hONE OF THESE?
614
00:28:36,506 --> 00:28:38,258
{\an7}THIS IS CALLED BANE BREAD.
615
00:28:38,300 --> 00:28:39,760
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWE DON’T KNOW
WHY IT’S CALLED THAT,
616
00:28:39,801 --> 00:28:41,845
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT IT’S ABSOLUTELY
SPECTACULARLY DELICIOUS.
617
00:28:41,887 --> 00:28:42,930
{\an7}Borman: MMM.
618
00:28:42,971 --> 00:28:45,223
{\an7}Day: VERY CRISP.
\h\hBorman: MMM.
619
00:28:45,265 --> 00:28:47,476
{\an7}Day: MADE FROM ALMONDS...
\h\h\h\hBorman: OH, YEAH.
620
00:28:47,517 --> 00:28:48,893
{\an7}\hDay: AND YOU SHOULD GET
SOME ROSE WATER IN THERE.
621
00:28:48,936 --> 00:28:50,813
{\an7}Borman: MMM, AGAIN, IT’S GOT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA SIMILAR TASTE
622
00:28:50,854 --> 00:28:52,939
{\an7}\h\hTO THE ICE CREAM,
THAT VERY FRAGRANT...
623
00:28:52,981 --> 00:28:55,650
{\an7}\hDay: THEY LOVE THE FLAVOR OF
PERFUMES, IT’S EXTRAORDINARY.
624
00:28:55,692 --> 00:28:57,694
{\an7}\h\hBorman: MMM, MMM,
NO, THAT’S DELICIOUS.
625
00:28:57,736 --> 00:28:59,363
{\an7}Day: MM-HMM.
626
00:28:59,404 --> 00:29:02,365
{\an7}Borman: AND HERE AT THE END,
\hWE HAVE SOMETHING HEALTHY.
627
00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:05,035
{\an7}A LARGE DISH OF ORANGES.
628
00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:06,328
{\an7}Day: WELL, OF COURSE,
\hYOU HAVE TO REMEMBER
629
00:29:06,370 --> 00:29:07,746
{\an7}THAT HIS MISTRESS NELL GWYNNE
630
00:29:07,788 --> 00:29:09,498
{\an7}WAS SELLING THESE
IN COVENT GARDEN.
631
00:29:09,539 --> 00:29:12,417
{\an7}Borman: AH, SO THIS IS A LITTLE
\h\h\hREFERENCE TO HER PERHAPS.
632
00:29:12,459 --> 00:29:13,835
{\an7}HOW FANTASTIC.
633
00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:16,171
{\an7}WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING ME
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hALL OF THIS.
634
00:29:16,213 --> 00:29:19,133
{\an7}\hI MEAN, I KNOW YOU SAID
THIS IS A REDUCED VERSION
635
00:29:19,174 --> 00:29:21,093
{\an7}OF ONE OF CHARLES’S BANQUETS.
636
00:29:21,134 --> 00:29:23,219
{\an7}BUT I JUST FIND IT
\hHARD TO BELIEVE,
637
00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:25,681
{\an7}ALL OF THIS JUST FOR ONE MAN.
638
00:29:25,722 --> 00:29:27,140
{\an7}Day: NOT A MAN, A KING.
639
00:29:27,182 --> 00:29:28,684
{\an7}Borman: AND A VERY PAMPERED ONE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT THAT.
640
00:29:28,725 --> 00:29:29,893
{\an7}Day: YEAH.
641
00:29:29,935 --> 00:29:37,359
{\an7}♪
642
00:29:37,401 --> 00:29:39,320
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBorman:
AS WELL AS HIS LOVE OF FOOD,
643
00:29:39,361 --> 00:29:41,738
{\an7}CHARLES WAS A BIT OF A DANDY.
644
00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:43,282
{\an7}HE WAS FASHION CONSCIOUS
645
00:29:43,323 --> 00:29:46,618
{\an7}AND LIKED TO LOOK HIS BEST
\h\h\h\h\hFROM HEAD TO TOE.
646
00:29:46,660 --> 00:29:49,204
{\an7}IT’S NOT THAT WELL KNOWN
\h\hTHAT HE WAS THE FIRST
647
00:29:49,246 --> 00:29:52,207
{\an7}TO MAKE THE THREE-PIECE SUIT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFASHIONABLE.
648
00:29:52,249 --> 00:29:54,752
{\an7}HISTORICAL COSTUMIER
\h\h\h\hMARK GRIFFIN
649
00:29:54,793 --> 00:29:57,379
{\an7}HAS AGREED TO SHOW ME
\h\hWHAT KING CHARLES
650
00:29:57,421 --> 00:30:01,508
{\an7}AND OTHER FASHIONABLE MEN AND
WOMEN IN THE MID-17th CENTURY
651
00:30:01,550 --> 00:30:03,302
{\an7}WERE WEARING.
652
00:30:05,887 --> 00:30:09,641
{\an7}SO, MARK, YOUR MAJESTY, LOOKING
\h\hRESPLENDENT ALREADY TODAY.
653
00:30:09,683 --> 00:30:11,310
{\an7}\hCAN YOU TALK ME THROUGH
WHAT THE KING IS WEARING?
654
00:30:11,351 --> 00:30:12,602
{\an7}Mark Griffin: HI, TRACY, YES.
655
00:30:12,644 --> 00:30:14,604
{\an7}WELL, RIGHT FROM THE VERY START,
656
00:30:14,646 --> 00:30:16,314
{\an7}HE’S GOT A NEW WONDERFUL
\h\h\h\h\h\hFASHION ITEM,
657
00:30:16,356 --> 00:30:18,191
{\an7}THE HEELED SHOES HE’S WEARING.
658
00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:19,443
{\an7}THEY’RE ACTUALLY NOT MADE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN A PAIR,
659
00:30:19,484 --> 00:30:20,777
{\an7}THEY’RE STRAIGHT-LASTED,
660
00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:22,154
{\an7}SO HE COULD WEAR THEM
\h\h\hON EITHER SIDE.
661
00:30:22,195 --> 00:30:24,197
{\an7}BUT HE’S GOT BUCKLES ON
THAT HE CAN INTERCHANGE.
662
00:30:24,239 --> 00:30:27,117
{\an7}THEY CAN HAVE BOWS AND THINGS
\h\h\h\h\h\hAUGMENTING THEM.
663
00:30:27,159 --> 00:30:29,119
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEN HE’S GOT
HIS FINE SILK STOCKINGS ON,
664
00:30:29,161 --> 00:30:30,704
{\an7}I WOULDN’T SUGGEST
\h\hYOU FEEL THEM,
665
00:30:30,746 --> 00:30:33,332
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT THEY ARE
OF THE FINEST QUALITY.
666
00:30:33,373 --> 00:30:35,584
{\an7}THEN WE HAVE, MOVING ON
\h\h\hTO HIS BREECHES,
667
00:30:35,625 --> 00:30:39,337
{\an7}WHICH ARE MADE OF VELVET,
\h\hPROBABLY FROM ITALY.
668
00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:42,632
{\an7}UM, MAYBE VENETIAN, UM,
SO VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.
669
00:30:42,674 --> 00:30:44,509
{\an7}I MEAN, HIS BREECHES ALONE
\h\h\h\h\h\hARE WORTH MORE
670
00:30:44,551 --> 00:30:46,178
{\an7}THAN MOST PEOPLE WILL EARN
\h\h\h\hIN THEIR LIFETIME.
671
00:30:46,219 --> 00:30:48,012
{\an7}SO VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE.
672
00:30:48,055 --> 00:30:53,143
{\an7}\h\hTHEN HE’S WEARING A SHIRT
OF FINEST HOLLAND LAWN LINEN.
673
00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:56,397
{\an7}\h\h\hIT IS ALMOST LIKE SILK,
IT’S VERY, VERY FINE INDEED,
674
00:30:56,438 --> 00:31:00,984
{\an7}AND IT’S GOT SOME EXTREMELY FINE
LACE ON THERE AS WELL.
675
00:31:01,026 --> 00:31:03,487
{\an7}Borman: SO WHAT DO WE HAVE NEXT
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE REPERTOIRE?
676
00:31:03,528 --> 00:31:05,405
{\an7}Day: WELL, NEXT IS A NEW FASHION
677
00:31:05,447 --> 00:31:07,991
{\an7}THAT CHARLES HAS DISCOVERED
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN FRANCE.
678
00:31:08,033 --> 00:31:09,660
{\an7}THIS IS THE WAISTCOAT.
679
00:31:09,701 --> 00:31:12,037
{\an7}\h\hHE HASN’T INVENTED IT,
BUT HE WILL POPULARIZE IT.
680
00:31:12,079 --> 00:31:14,915
{\an7}SO WE’RE ACTUALLY GETTING THE
START OF THE THREE-PIECE SUIT.
681
00:31:14,956 --> 00:31:18,418
{\an7}Borman: AH! IT ALL STARTS HERE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH CHARLES.
682
00:31:18,460 --> 00:31:20,921
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hRubenhold:
CHARLES LOVED CLOTHING,
683
00:31:20,962 --> 00:31:23,006
{\an7}AND HE LOVED EXTRAVAGANCE.
684
00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:27,219
{\an7}AND ONE OF THE THINGS WHICH HE
\h\h\hWAS SAID TO HAVE INVENTED
685
00:31:27,260 --> 00:31:31,431
{\an7}WAS THE ENGLISH WAISTCOAT,
686
00:31:31,473 --> 00:31:36,228
{\an7}WHICH SURPRISINGLY
\h\hWAS VERY PLAIN.
687
00:31:36,269 --> 00:31:40,523
{\an7}BUT HE ORNAMENTED HIMSELF
\h\h\h\h\hIN OTHER WAYS.
688
00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:43,818
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT WAS VERY IMPORTANT
THAT HE BE SEEN TO BE WEARING
689
00:31:43,860 --> 00:31:47,322
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHESE VERY SUMPTUOUS,
LUXURIOUS THINGS AND FABRICS,
690
00:31:47,364 --> 00:31:51,910
{\an7}BECAUSE THE CLOTHES
\hPORTRAYED POWER.
691
00:31:51,952 --> 00:31:54,580
{\an7}\hGreen: THIS WAS ALL PART
OF THE THEATRE OF THE AGE.
692
00:31:54,621 --> 00:31:57,624
{\an7}\h\hYOU KNOW, HE SAW LONDON
AS ONE SORT OF GIANT STAGE
693
00:31:57,666 --> 00:31:59,835
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hON WHICH HE MUST
KIND OF APPEAR AND PERFORM.
694
00:31:59,876 --> 00:32:01,586
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND YOU KNOW,
IF HE’D LOOK SCRUFFY,
695
00:32:01,628 --> 00:32:03,171
{\an7}OR IF HE HADN’T CUT
\h\hA FINE FIGURE,
696
00:32:03,213 --> 00:32:06,216
{\an7}THEN THAT WOULD HAVE BLEMISHED
\h\h\h\h\h\hHIS POWER SOMEWHAT.
697
00:32:06,258 --> 00:32:11,972
{\an7}\h\h\hSO HE WAS THE FIRST KIND
OF DANDYISH KING IN MANY WAYS.
698
00:32:12,013 --> 00:32:14,432
{\an7}\hGriffin: WELL, NOW WE COME
TO THE PIECE DE RESISTANCE.
699
00:32:14,474 --> 00:32:16,351
{\an7}THIS IS THE NEXT THING
\h\h\hI’M GONNA PUT ON.
700
00:32:16,393 --> 00:32:19,396
{\an7}A NICE LONG COAT,
\hAGAIN IN VELVET,
701
00:32:19,438 --> 00:32:26,195
{\an7}AND WE’RE STARTING TO DECORATE
\h\h\h\h\hWITH EVEN MORE BOWS.
702
00:32:26,236 --> 00:32:30,407
{\an7}THERE’S SILK HERE,
\hTHERE’S RIBBONS,
703
00:32:30,449 --> 00:32:31,909
{\an7}THERE’S GOLD FOIL,
704
00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:34,619
{\an7}THERE ARE LITTLE TINY
METALLIC FOIL SEQUINS,
705
00:32:34,661 --> 00:32:38,165
{\an7}EVERYTHING SHOWING HIM OFF
\h\hAS THE CENTER OF POWER.
706
00:32:38,206 --> 00:32:40,917
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBorman: AND IMAGINE HOW
IT WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE LIGHT,
707
00:32:40,959 --> 00:32:43,420
{\an7}YOU KNOW, HIS PALACE
\h\hIS ALL CANDLELIT,
708
00:32:43,462 --> 00:32:46,632
{\an7}\h\hTHERE’S LOTS OF KIND OF
GOLD THREAD, SILVER THERE.
709
00:32:46,673 --> 00:32:49,551
{\an7}IT MUST HAVE JUST SPARKLED.
710
00:32:49,593 --> 00:32:52,429
{\an7}McMahon: MEN, DURING CHARLES’S
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPERIOD AT COURT,
711
00:32:52,471 --> 00:32:55,224
{\an7}PROBABLY SPENT MORE TIME GETTING
THEMSELVES READY THAN WOMEN.
712
00:32:55,265 --> 00:32:56,683
{\an7}AND THEY WORE MAKEUP,
713
00:32:56,725 --> 00:32:59,269
{\an7}AND THEY WORE EXTREMELY
\h\hLUXURIANT CLOTHING.
714
00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:02,856
{\an7}\h\hSO CHARLES, FOR HIM, IT WAS
UNACCEPTABLE TO APPEAR IN COURT
715
00:33:02,898 --> 00:33:05,234
{\an7}UNTIL HE’D BEEN MADE UP
\hTO THE NINES, FRANKLY,
716
00:33:05,275 --> 00:33:07,861
{\an7}IN ALL HIS LACES,
IN ALL HIS SILKS,
717
00:33:07,903 --> 00:33:10,239
{\an7}WITH HIS MASSIVE WIG ON.
718
00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:11,948
{\an7}\hAND THAT WAS THE WAY
THE KING HAD TO APPEAR.
719
00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:13,575
{\an7}\hIT WOULD HAVE BEEN
UNACCEPTABLE FOR HIM
720
00:33:13,617 --> 00:33:17,454
{\an7}TO JUST SIMPLY LOPE IN IN CHINOS
AND A PAIR OF SNEAKERS.
721
00:33:20,165 --> 00:33:21,541
{\an7}\h\hBorman: SO, MARK,
WHAT SORT OF WEAPONRY
722
00:33:21,583 --> 00:33:23,168
{\an7}WOULD THE KING HAVE HAD?
723
00:33:23,210 --> 00:33:25,295
{\an7}Griffin: WELL, HE’S A MAN
OF ACTION, A MILITARY MAN,
724
00:33:25,337 --> 00:33:27,548
{\an7}BUT HE DOES WANT SOMETHING
THAT’S A BIT MORE GENTEEL.
725
00:33:27,589 --> 00:33:29,299
{\an7}IT’S A GENTLEMAN’S SWORD.
726
00:33:29,341 --> 00:33:32,135
{\an7}THIS IS A SMALL SWORD, SO IT’S
\hGOT A LOVELY WIRE-BOUND HILT
727
00:33:32,177 --> 00:33:33,887
{\an7}WITH LOVELY CHISELED WORK ON IT,
728
00:33:33,929 --> 00:33:36,098
{\an7}THE HEIGHT OF BAROQUE FASHION,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBASICALLY.
729
00:33:36,139 --> 00:33:37,974
{\an7}AND HE IS GOING TO NEED THIS,
730
00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:41,728
{\an7}BECAUSE OUT AND ABOUT,
731
00:33:41,770 --> 00:33:44,356
{\an7}HE MAY WELL BE SET UPON
\h\h\h\h\hBY FOOTPADS.
732
00:33:44,397 --> 00:33:47,400
{\an7}\h\hSO HE STILL NEEDS
TO BE ABLE TO FENCE,
733
00:33:47,442 --> 00:33:49,110
{\an7}WHICH WAS A VERY, VERY POPULAR
\h\h\h\h\h\hSPORT AT THE TIME.
734
00:33:49,152 --> 00:33:51,446
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI MEAN, CHARLES
HAD POPULARIZED THE THEATRE,
735
00:33:51,488 --> 00:33:53,240
{\an7}YACHT RACING, HORSE RACING,
736
00:33:53,281 --> 00:33:56,159
{\an7}BUT STILL FENCING WAS A VERY,
VERY POPULAR EXERCISE FOR MEN.
737
00:33:56,201 --> 00:33:58,495
{\an7}\h\h\hBorman: SO HE LOOKS
PRETTY MUCH READY TO ME.
738
00:33:58,537 --> 00:34:00,080
{\an7}Griffin: YES, WE HAVE...
739
00:34:00,121 --> 00:34:03,708
{\an7}IF HE’S GOING OUT AND ABOUT,
\h\h\h\hWE HAVE THIS MANTLE,
740
00:34:03,750 --> 00:34:05,502
{\an7}AGAIN MORE VELVET,
741
00:34:05,544 --> 00:34:09,173
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE COLLAR LACED
WITH A VERY FINE BIT OF RIBBON,
742
00:34:09,214 --> 00:34:10,674
{\an7}AND SOME MORE LACE.
743
00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:12,383
{\an7}Borman: BEAUTIFUL.
744
00:34:12,425 --> 00:34:14,802
{\an7}IT DOES SEEM LIKE, ADMITTEDLY
\hTHIS IS THE KING, OF COURSE,
745
00:34:14,844 --> 00:34:16,596
{\an7}\hSO HE’S GONNA BE
SPLENDIDLY DRESSED.
746
00:34:16,638 --> 00:34:20,809
{\an7}BUT IS IT THE CASE THAT MEN ARE
\hTHE KIND OF PEACOCKS AT COURT,
747
00:34:20,850 --> 00:34:22,518
{\an7}AND THEY OUTSHINE THE WOMEN
748
00:34:22,561 --> 00:34:25,230
{\an7}WITH ALL OF THESE KIND OF LAYERS
AND DIFFERENT FABRICS?
749
00:34:25,272 --> 00:34:31,487
{\an7}\h\hGriffin: BOTH SIDES ARE VYING
FOR LOOKING AS FINE AS POSSIBLE.
750
00:34:31,528 --> 00:34:34,156
{\an7}I MEAN, BUT LOOKING
\h\h\hAT PORTRAITS
751
00:34:34,197 --> 00:34:35,407
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND LOOKING
AT THE AMOUNT OF WORK
752
00:34:35,448 --> 00:34:36,741
{\an7}THAT GOES INTO MEN’S COSTUMES,
753
00:34:36,783 --> 00:34:38,326
{\an7}I THINK THEY’RE THE ONES
754
00:34:38,368 --> 00:34:44,124
{\an7}\hSPENDING THE VAST AMOUNT
OF MONEY ON THEIR CLOTHING.
755
00:34:44,165 --> 00:34:47,085
{\an7}Borman: SO HERE HE IS
\hIN ALL HIS FINERY.
756
00:34:47,127 --> 00:34:50,130
{\an7}\hHE’S GOT HIS BROCADE
AND THE VELVET CLOAK,
757
00:34:50,171 --> 00:34:51,964
{\an7}THE SWORD ALL READY.
758
00:34:52,007 --> 00:34:54,051
{\an7}HE’S SET TO GO FORTH.
759
00:34:54,092 --> 00:35:07,814
{\an7}♪
760
00:35:07,856 --> 00:35:10,901
{\an7}Borman: FOR OTHER GLIMPSES
OF THE REAL KING CHARLES,
761
00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:14,070
{\an7}WE’RE INDEBTED TO ANOTHER
FAMOUS NAME FROM THE ERA--
762
00:35:14,112 --> 00:35:16,573
{\an7}THE DIARIST SAMUEL PEPYS.
763
00:35:16,615 --> 00:35:17,991
{\an7}IT’S SOMETIMES FORGOTTEN
764
00:35:18,033 --> 00:35:20,452
{\an7}THAT CHARLES’S REIGN
\h\h\h\hWAS BLIGHTED
765
00:35:20,493 --> 00:35:23,830
{\an7}BY TWO OF BRITISH HISTORY’S
\h\h\hGREATEST DISASTERS--
766
00:35:23,872 --> 00:35:26,416
{\an7}THE GREAT PLAGUE OF 1665
767
00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:29,920
{\an7}AND THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN 1666.
768
00:35:29,961 --> 00:35:33,465
{\an7}PEPYS RECORDED BOTH
IN HIS FAMOUS DIARY,
769
00:35:33,506 --> 00:35:36,217
{\an7}\hAND IT PROVIDES US
WITH VIVID PICTURES
770
00:35:36,259 --> 00:35:38,303
{\an7}OF A PRETTY TERRIBLE TIME,
771
00:35:38,345 --> 00:35:43,892
{\an7}AND ESPECIALLY CHARLES’S DIRECT
\h\h\hAND PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT.
772
00:35:43,933 --> 00:35:47,478
{\an7}Green: THE PLAGUE
\hARRIVED IN 1665,
773
00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:51,107
{\an7}IT KILLED 100,000 PEOPLE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN LONDON.
774
00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:53,401
{\an7}BUT ANYONE WITH ANY MONEY,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI.E. CHARLES,
775
00:35:53,443 --> 00:35:55,570
{\an7}\hJUST GOT THE HELL OUT
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
776
00:35:55,612 --> 00:35:57,447
{\an7}YOU KNOW, AT THE FIRST SIGNS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF THE PLAGUE,
777
00:35:57,489 --> 00:35:58,991
{\an7}HE LEFT WITH HIS ENTIRE COURT.
778
00:35:59,032 --> 00:36:01,493
{\an7}HE ACTUALLY ABANDONED
\h\h\h\hTHE CAPITAL.
779
00:36:01,534 --> 00:36:03,077
{\an7}McMahon: PEOPLE IN LONDON
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hKNEW THIS,
780
00:36:03,119 --> 00:36:05,705
{\an7}THEY KNEW THAT THE KING HAD GONE
AND ALL THE ARISTOCRACY.
781
00:36:05,747 --> 00:36:08,458
{\an7}AND IN FACT THERE WERE RIOTS
IN LONDON DURING THE PLAGUE.
782
00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:11,253
{\an7}AND PEOPLE WHO’D BEEN LOCKED UP
IN THEIR HOUSES WITH THE PLAGUE,
783
00:36:11,294 --> 00:36:12,796
{\an7}AND THE RED CROSS PUT ON,
784
00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:15,298
{\an7}\h\hWERE ACTUALLY LET OUT,
WHICH WAS AGAINST THE LAW.
785
00:36:15,340 --> 00:36:18,134
{\an7}BUT IT WAS PEOPLE WHO WERE
FED UP WITH THE KNOWLEDGE
786
00:36:18,176 --> 00:36:20,512
{\an7}THAT WHILE THEY WERE DYING
\h\h\h\h\hIN THE THOUSANDS
787
00:36:20,553 --> 00:36:22,138
{\an7}WITHIN THE CITY WALLS,
788
00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:24,849
{\an7}THE KING AND ALL HIS COURT
WERE CARRYING ON AS USUAL
789
00:36:24,891 --> 00:36:29,771
{\an7}UP IN HAMPTON COURT
\h\h\hOR IN OXFORD.
790
00:36:29,813 --> 00:36:32,899
{\an7}Borman: THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WERE DYING EVERY SINGLE DAY
791
00:36:32,941 --> 00:36:34,401
{\an7}FROM THE PLAGUE.
792
00:36:34,442 --> 00:36:36,903
{\an7}AND THERE WAS ALMOST NOTHING
\h\h\h\h\hTHAT COULD BE DONE,
793
00:36:36,945 --> 00:36:41,283
{\an7}\hAPART FROM ISOLATING THOSE
UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO CATCH IT.
794
00:36:41,324 --> 00:36:47,872
{\an7}\hSOMEWHERE HAD TO BE FOUND TO
BURY THE VAST NUMBERS OF DEAD.
795
00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:52,210
{\an7}THIS IS BUNHILL ROW CEMETERY
\h\h\hIN THE CITY OF LONDON,
796
00:36:52,252 --> 00:36:55,005
{\an7}WHICH WAS DESIGNATED
\hAS A BURIAL GROUND
797
00:36:55,046 --> 00:36:58,383
{\an7}FOR LONDON’S INCREASING NUMBER
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF PLAGUE VICTIMS.
798
00:36:58,425 --> 00:37:01,428
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUBONIC PLAGUE
WAS A TERRIBLE DISEASE
799
00:37:01,469 --> 00:37:03,221
{\an7}THAT SLOWLY INFECTED THE BODY,
800
00:37:03,263 --> 00:37:07,726
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hCOVERING VICTIMS WITH
VERY PAINFUL SORES AND LESIONS,
801
00:37:07,767 --> 00:37:09,936
{\an7}GRADUALLY DRAINING THEM OF LIFE,
802
00:37:09,978 --> 00:37:12,772
{\an7}UNTIL THEY LITERALLY
\h\h\h\hROTTED AWAY.
803
00:37:12,814 --> 00:37:17,277
{\an7}\h\hTHE PLAGUE DEVASTATED
THE POPULATION OF LONDON.
804
00:37:17,318 --> 00:37:19,904
{\an7}Green: ALL OVER THE CITY, AND
PARTICULARLY ON ITS OUTSKIRTS,
805
00:37:19,946 --> 00:37:21,448
{\an7}AS BUNHILL ROW IS,
806
00:37:21,489 --> 00:37:23,700
{\an7}YOU’VE GOT THESE FRIGHTENING
\h\h\h\hLANTERN-FRAMED PITS,
807
00:37:23,742 --> 00:37:24,952
{\an7}\hWHERE THE BODIES
WOULD ACCUMULATE,
808
00:37:24,993 --> 00:37:26,369
{\an7}THE DEAD CART WOULD ARRIVE.
809
00:37:26,411 --> 00:37:28,079
{\an7}THEY’D SHOOT THE BONES
\h\h\h\h\hINTO THE PIT.
810
00:37:28,121 --> 00:37:30,290
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hPEOPLE USED TO RUN
THROUGH THE STREETS SCREAMING
811
00:37:30,331 --> 00:37:32,500
{\an7}\hAND ACTUALLY KISSING PEOPLE
TO TRY AND SPREAD THE PLAGUE,
812
00:37:32,542 --> 00:37:35,628
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND THEN THEY’D DIVE INTO
THE BONES BEFORE THEY WERE DEAD,
813
00:37:35,670 --> 00:37:39,966
{\an7}AND JUST WAIT FOR DEATH AMONGST
\hTHOSE WHO WERE ALREADY DEAD.
814
00:37:40,008 --> 00:37:41,593
{\an7}McMahon: THERE WERE HUNDREDS
\h\h\hOF BODIES PUT IN THERE,
815
00:37:41,634 --> 00:37:44,554
{\an7}\hAND OFTEN VERY CLOSE
TO THE GROUND SURFACE.
816
00:37:44,596 --> 00:37:47,682
{\an7}AND THERE WAS NO TIME TO POUR
\h\hQUICK LIME ON THE BODIES
817
00:37:47,724 --> 00:37:49,684
{\an7}OR TREAT THEM IN ANY WAY.
818
00:37:49,726 --> 00:37:50,977
{\an7}AND IT WAS SAID AT THE TIME
819
00:37:51,019 --> 00:37:54,022
{\an7}THAT A SWEET SICKLY SMELL
\h\h\h\hHUNG OVER LONDON
820
00:37:54,063 --> 00:37:56,065
{\an7}BECAUSE THESE BODIES
\h\hWERE EVERYWHERE,
821
00:37:56,107 --> 00:37:58,610
{\an7}NOT FAR FROM THE SURFACE,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hROTTING.
822
00:38:02,197 --> 00:38:04,491
{\an7}Borman: IF THE PLAGUE
\hWASN’T BAD ENOUGH,
823
00:38:04,532 --> 00:38:10,580
{\an7}LONDONERS HAD TO ENDURE A SECOND
GREAT DISASTER IN 1666.
824
00:38:10,622 --> 00:38:14,042
{\an7}IN SEPTEMBER THAT YEAR,
\h\h\hA FIRE BROKE OUT
825
00:38:14,083 --> 00:38:18,004
{\an7}AT A SMALL BAKERY
\hIN PUDDING LANE.
826
00:38:18,046 --> 00:38:21,424
{\an7}AT FIRST, NOBODY SEEMED
\h\h\h\hUNDULY ALARMED.
827
00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:23,885
{\an7}\hTHE MAYOR OF LONDON,
SIR THOMAS BLOODWORTH,
828
00:38:23,927 --> 00:38:25,887
{\an7}FAMOUSLY OBSERVED THAT A WOMAN
829
00:38:25,929 --> 00:38:29,558
{\an7}\h\hWOULD BE ABLE TO DOUSE THE
FLAMES NATURALLY, SO TO SPEAK.
830
00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:34,312
{\an7}\h\hBUT THE FLAMES TOOK HOLD, AND
SOON THE WHOLE CITY WAS BURNING.
831
00:38:34,354 --> 00:38:35,981
{\an7}SAMUEL PEPYS WATCHED THE FIRE
832
00:38:36,022 --> 00:38:39,859
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM RIGHT HERE ATOP
ALL HALLOWS BY THE TOWER CHURCH,
833
00:38:39,901 --> 00:38:42,153
{\an7}NEXT TO THE TOWER OF LONDON.
834
00:38:42,195 --> 00:38:46,241
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHE WROTE,
"5th OF SEPTEMBER, 1666.
835
00:38:46,282 --> 00:38:49,202
{\an7}\h\hI UPPED THE TOP
OF BARKING STEEPLE,
836
00:38:49,244 --> 00:38:53,540
{\an7}AND THERE SAW THE SADDEST SIGHT
\hOF DESOLATION THAT I EVER SAW.
837
00:38:53,581 --> 00:38:57,543
{\an7}\hEVERYWHERE GREAT FIRES,
OIL CELLARS AND BRIMSTONE
838
00:38:57,585 --> 00:38:59,462
{\an7}AND OTHER THINGS BURNING.
839
00:38:59,504 --> 00:39:04,884
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE FIRE BEING SPREAD
AS FAR AS I COULD SEE IT."
840
00:39:04,926 --> 00:39:08,263
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hGreen: SAMUEL PEPYS WAS
THE FOREMOST DIARIST OF THE AGE.
841
00:39:08,304 --> 00:39:11,307
{\an7}\hHE LEAVES INCREDIBLY VIVID
ACCOUNTS OF THE GREAT FIRE.
842
00:39:11,349 --> 00:39:13,184
{\an7}AND HE USED TO CLIMB
\h\h\hUP ALL HALLOWS
843
00:39:13,226 --> 00:39:14,978
{\an7}BY THE TOWER OF LONDON
844
00:39:15,019 --> 00:39:18,773
{\an7}\hAND WATCH JUST ENTIRE STREETS,
BUILDINGS, PALACES, MONASTERIES
845
00:39:18,815 --> 00:39:22,360
{\an7}\h\h\hJUST BE DEVOURED
IN ONE ENORMOUS FLAME.
846
00:39:22,402 --> 00:39:24,404
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND WITHOUT
HIS EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT,
847
00:39:24,445 --> 00:39:27,657
{\an7}\h\hI’M NOT SURE WE’D HAVE
SUCH A SORT OF SOUND SENSE
848
00:39:27,699 --> 00:39:31,411
{\an7}OF THE SCALE AND TRAGEDY
\h\hOF THAT CATASTROPHE.
849
00:39:31,452 --> 00:39:37,083
{\an7}♪
850
00:39:37,125 --> 00:39:39,753
{\an7}Borman: AS THE FIRE GOT
\hMORE OUT OF CONTROL,
851
00:39:39,794 --> 00:39:42,755
{\an7}KING CHARLES AND HIS BROTHER
\h\h\h\hJAMES, DUKE OF YORK,
852
00:39:42,797 --> 00:39:47,010
{\an7}TRAVELED ON HORSEBACK TO JOIN
THE FIGHT AGAINST THE FLAMES.
853
00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:49,053
{\an7}AT THE END OF A LONG DAY,
854
00:39:49,095 --> 00:39:53,224
{\an7}THE TWO ROYAL VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
\h\h\h\hWERE MUDDY AND SWEATY,
855
00:39:53,266 --> 00:39:56,060
{\an7}THEIR FACES BLACKENED
\h\h\h\h\hWITH SMOKE.
856
00:39:56,102 --> 00:39:58,479
{\an7}James: HERE! HERE!
857
00:39:58,521 --> 00:40:00,565
{\an7}[SHOUTING]
858
00:40:00,607 --> 00:40:02,943
{\an7}Rubenhold: CHARLES II REALLY
SHOWED WHAT HE WAS MADE OF,
859
00:40:02,984 --> 00:40:06,446
{\an7}\h\hIN TERMS OF BEING
THE PEOPLE’S MONARCH
860
00:40:06,487 --> 00:40:08,197
{\an7}DURING THE FIRE OF LONDON,
861
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:12,744
{\an7}\hWHEN HE AND THE DUKE OF YORK
WENT OUT TO THE FIRE DIRECTLY,
862
00:40:12,785 --> 00:40:15,413
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND LITERALLY
ROLLED UP HIS SLEEVES
863
00:40:15,455 --> 00:40:18,917
{\an7}AND TRIED TO HELP
PUT THE FIRE OUT.
864
00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:21,461
{\an7}McMahon: HE WENT DOWN THERE,
\h\h\h\h\h\hREDEEMED HIMSELF,
865
00:40:21,502 --> 00:40:23,921
{\an7}STOOD THERE WITH LONDONERS,
\h\hSHARED THEIR SUFFERING,
866
00:40:23,963 --> 00:40:28,301
{\an7}\hCAME AWAY COVERED IN MUD AND
BLOOD AFTER SAVING BUILDINGS.
867
00:40:28,343 --> 00:40:30,053
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRideal:
IF HE HADN’T GOT INVOLVED,
868
00:40:30,094 --> 00:40:32,972
{\an7}\h\hTHE REPERCUSSIONS
WOULD HAVE BEEN HUGE.
869
00:40:33,014 --> 00:40:34,891
{\an7}HE WAS THE LEADER
\hOF THE COUNTRY,
870
00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:36,560
{\an7}HE NEEDED TO BE INVOLVED
871
00:40:36,601 --> 00:40:39,020
{\an7}IN FIGHTING THE GREAT FIRE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF LONDON.
872
00:40:41,648 --> 00:40:44,693
{\an7}\h\h\hBorman: BRUCE HOAD IS
A FORMER DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF
873
00:40:44,734 --> 00:40:48,279
{\an7}\h\hWHO HAS CO-WRITTEN A BOOK
ON THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON.
874
00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:54,702
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSO IS THIS TYPICAL
OF A 17th CENTURY LONDON STREET?
875
00:40:54,744 --> 00:40:57,247
{\an7}\h\hBruce Hoad: WELL, ABSOLUTELY
TYPICAL, OTHER THAN FOR THE FACT
876
00:40:57,288 --> 00:40:59,040
{\an7}THAT THIS IS BUILT OF STONE,
877
00:40:59,082 --> 00:41:01,751
{\an7}AND WE’D HAVE BEEN LOOKING
AT TIMBER BUILDINGS THEN.
878
00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:02,961
{\an7}Borman: BUT AS CLOSE AS THAT?
879
00:41:03,002 --> 00:41:04,754
{\an7}Hoad: ABSOLUTELY, YES.
880
00:41:04,796 --> 00:41:06,673
{\an7}ALMOST TOUCHING AT THE TOP,
881
00:41:06,714 --> 00:41:08,925
{\an7}AND FROM A FIREFIGHTER’S
\h\h\h\h\hPOINT OF VIEW,
882
00:41:08,967 --> 00:41:10,802
{\an7}AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE.
883
00:41:10,843 --> 00:41:13,095
{\an7}BECAUSE, AS WE ARE NOW,
884
00:41:13,137 --> 00:41:15,890
{\an7}YOU CAN ONLY SEE THE LENGTH
\h\h\h\h\hOF THE ALLEYWAY.
885
00:41:15,932 --> 00:41:17,767
{\an7}YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBEHIND YOU.
886
00:41:17,809 --> 00:41:20,061
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE FIRE COULD BE
BREAKING OUT ANYWHERE.
887
00:41:20,103 --> 00:41:21,688
{\an7}Borman: YEAH.
888
00:41:21,729 --> 00:41:23,606
{\an7}\hHoad: IT WOULD’VE BEEN
INCREDIBLY HOT AND SMOKY,
889
00:41:23,648 --> 00:41:25,525
{\an7}EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE.
890
00:41:25,566 --> 00:41:28,027
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBorman:
AND IN TERMS OF CASUALTIES,
891
00:41:28,069 --> 00:41:30,071
{\an7}WHAT SORT OF NUMBERS
\h\h\hARE WE TALKING?
892
00:41:30,113 --> 00:41:33,700
{\an7}Hoad: WELL, SURPRISINGLY,
THERE WERE ONLY SIX DEATHS
893
00:41:33,741 --> 00:41:36,535
{\an7}\h\h\h\hOFFICIALLY RECORDED
AND ATTRIBUTED TO THE FIRE.
894
00:41:36,577 --> 00:41:39,413
{\an7}Borman: SO IN FACT WORD SPREAD
\h\hEVEN QUICKER THAN THE FIRE?
895
00:41:39,455 --> 00:41:42,124
{\an7}Hoad: YES, IT DID, AND IT GAVE
\h\h\h\hPEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY
896
00:41:42,166 --> 00:41:44,335
{\an7}TO EVACUATE AND GET AWAY
\h\h\h\h\hFROM THE FLAMES
897
00:41:44,377 --> 00:41:47,213
{\an7}BEFORE THEY WERE REACHED.
898
00:41:47,255 --> 00:41:48,923
{\an7}Rideal: THERE WERE A NUMBER
\h\h\hOF WAYS TO FIGHT FIRE
899
00:41:48,965 --> 00:41:50,425
{\an7}IN THE 17th CENTURY.
900
00:41:50,466 --> 00:41:52,218
{\an7}SO THERE WERE FIRE ENGINES,
901
00:41:52,260 --> 00:41:54,846
{\an7}\hBUT THEY’RE NOT FIRE ENGINES
THAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND TODAY.
902
00:41:54,887 --> 00:41:58,599
{\an7}\h\hTHEY WERE BASICALLY CARTS
WITH HUGE BUCKETS ON THE TOP,
903
00:41:58,641 --> 00:42:01,310
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHAT YOU COULD PUMP
AND WATER WOULD SQUIRT OUT.
904
00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:05,147
{\an7}NEVER REALLY ENOUGH
TO FULLY END A FIRE.
905
00:42:05,189 --> 00:42:08,776
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHoad:
CHARLES, JAMES, PEPYS, PENN,
906
00:42:08,818 --> 00:42:11,112
{\an7}THEY WERE ALL PRESENTED
\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH A FIRE
907
00:42:11,154 --> 00:42:15,241
{\an7}THAT WAS WAY BEYOND CONTROL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT THAT TIME.
908
00:42:15,283 --> 00:42:18,411
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND ACTUALLY
THROUGH EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP
909
00:42:18,453 --> 00:42:20,830
{\an7}THEY DID MANAGE TO BRING
THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL,
910
00:42:20,872 --> 00:42:23,917
{\an7}BUT ONLY WHEN DRASTIC ACTION
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS TAKEN,
911
00:42:23,958 --> 00:42:28,004
{\an7}\hAND THEY ACTUALLY THEN STARTED
TO BLOW HOUSES UP WITH DYNAMITE.
912
00:42:28,046 --> 00:42:31,925
{\an7}AND THAT WOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED
\hWITHOUT SOME FIRM LEADERSHIP,
913
00:42:31,966 --> 00:42:35,219
{\an7}ON THE PART OF CHARLES
AND HIS BROTHER JAMES.
914
00:42:35,261 --> 00:42:38,639
{\an7}♪
915
00:42:38,681 --> 00:42:41,976
{\an7}Borman: KING CHARLES WAS NEVER
\h\hONE TO PUT AFFAIRS OF STATE
916
00:42:42,018 --> 00:42:44,020
{\an7}BEFORE AFFAIRS OF THE HEART.
917
00:42:44,062 --> 00:42:46,273
{\an7}BUT HE WAS ACTUALLY VERY CAPABLE
918
00:42:46,314 --> 00:42:48,608
{\an7}WHEN HE SET HIS MIND
\h\h\h\hTO BUSINESS.
919
00:42:48,649 --> 00:42:51,068
{\an7}\h\hSOMEHOW, THOUGH,
MORE PRESSING MATTERS
920
00:42:51,110 --> 00:42:53,070
{\an7}JUST SEEMED TO GET IN THE WAY,
921
00:42:53,112 --> 00:42:55,698
{\an7}MAINLY IN THE SHAPE OF A WOMAN.
922
00:42:55,740 --> 00:42:58,368
{\an7}HE WAS A POPULAR,
\hWELL-LOVED KING
923
00:42:58,409 --> 00:43:00,244
{\an7}WHO WAS GENUINELY MOURNED
924
00:43:00,286 --> 00:43:06,167
{\an7}\h\hWHEN, AGED 54, HE DIED
A DIFFICULT DEATH IN 1685.
925
00:43:06,209 --> 00:43:08,044
{\an7}ALWAYS A SECRET CATHOLIC,
926
00:43:08,086 --> 00:43:11,381
{\an7}HE WAS RETURNED TO THE FAITH
\h\h\h\h\h\hON HIS DEATHBED.
927
00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:13,257
{\an7}JOHN EVELYN SAID OF CHARLES
928
00:43:13,299 --> 00:43:16,636
{\an7}THAT "HE WAS A PRINCE
OF MANY GREAT VIRTUES,
929
00:43:16,677 --> 00:43:18,637
{\an7}AND MANY GREAT IMPERFECTIONS,
930
00:43:18,679 --> 00:43:20,723
{\an7}BUT NOT BLOODY OR CRUEL."
931
00:43:20,765 --> 00:43:23,768
{\an7}WHICH IS PROBABLY
A SUITABLE EPITAPH
932
00:43:23,810 --> 00:43:27,272
{\an7}\h\hAND ONE HE MIGHT WELL
HAVE CHOSEN FOR HIMSELF.