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<i>(IF I HAD A HEART PLAYING)</i>

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it is no surprise to me

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that these Northmen
have arrived in Wessex.

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After I heard about their
raids into Northumbria,

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I realized it was only
a matter of time

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before they came ashore here.

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When I lived at the court
of the Emperor Charlemagne,

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of long and blessed memory,

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these Northmen had already
emerged from their lairs

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to attack parts of his empire.

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And I remember an incident
from this period very well.

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I was with Charlemagne's party

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at a harbor town
in southern Gaul.

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As we sat eating supper,

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a fleet of pirates
attacked the harbor.

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There was some confusion
about their identity,

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but from the build of their ships
and their speed through the water,

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the Emperor recognized them
at once as Northmen.

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<i>After a lightning attack...</i>

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(EXHALES)

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They made their escape.

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The Emperor's men took up the chase,
but they were soon out-sailed.

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Charlemagne rose from the table and
stood at the window, facing east.

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I remember it as clearly
as if it were yesterday.

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For a long time, he stood

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<i>while the tears
poured down his face.</i>

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In the end, he said, "Do you
know why I weep so bitterly?

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"It's not because I'm afraid these
ruffians will do me any harm.

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"I am sick at heart

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"to think that
even in my lifetime,

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"they have dared
to attack this coast.

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"And I am horror-stricken when I
foresee what evil they will do

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<i>"to my descendants
and their subjects."</i>

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And now, it is our turn
to deal with these ruffians.

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These pagans.

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But deal with them we shall.

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And must.

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Aethelwulf?

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Yes, Father.

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I put it in your hands to work with
our ealdormen to raise an army.

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In the meantime,
we shall send spies and others

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to observe the size of the raiding
party and their intentions.

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These Northmen never like to
venture far from their ships,

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and they prefer not to be
drawn into pitched battle.

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Let us not be afraid,
but rather watchful.

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And ultimately, decisive.

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As the Emperor was.

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(BIRDS CHIRPING)

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What is that place?

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It's a Christian church,

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a minster.

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A large one.
It may be Winchester.

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Is it important?

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If it is Winchester, Saint
Birinus is buried there.

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It's a place of
great pilgrimage.

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And will there
be treasure there?

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Yes. A lot
of treasure.

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(CHUCKLES)

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(EAGLE SCREECHES)

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SIGVARD: Lagertha!

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Why must I follow
you up the fields?

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You're my wife.

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You should be at my side, especially
when we have important guests.

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I will not stay to
hear my son insulted.

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Your son should
know his place.

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He continues
to be resentful.

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He refuses to accept or
acknowledge my love for him.

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You don't
love my son.

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You don't love
anyone, Sigvard.

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You don't know
how to.

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(GROANS)

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Forgive me, Lagertha.
I'm an intemperate man.

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I find it difficult
to control myself.

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But l have loved and desired
you after my fashion,

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and if your son will
only meet me halfway,

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I will make sure he
has a good future.

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(SHEEP BLEATING)

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(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

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(SHUDDERING)

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(BELL TOLLING)

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MAN 1: The alarm!

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(CLAMORING)

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MAN 2: Inside, now!

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(BELL CONTINUES TOLLING)

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(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

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(GROANS)

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(CROWD SCREAMING)

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Ready?

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Weapons!

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(BELL CONTINUES TOLLING)

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(ANIMALS BLEATING)

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(SHOUTING)

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(SHOUTS)

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(GRUNTS)

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(MAN SCREAMS)

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(SHOUTS)

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(SHOUTS)

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(SCREAMS)

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(SCREAMS)

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(GRUNTING)

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(PANTING)

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(GRUNTS)

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(SCREAMING)

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(SCREAMING)

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Could be a trap.

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Shield-wall!

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Open.

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Where have
they all gone?

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There should
be treasure.

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He said there
would be treasure.

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Why do you always
listen to him?

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Where is it?

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It's over there.

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This? This is
not treasure.

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This is an empty
wooden table.

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You are mistaken,
King Horik.

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The treasure is here.

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You're standing on it.
(KNOCKS)

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(STRAINING)

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(GRUNTING)

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(LAUGHS)

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You were right!

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(MEN LAUGHING)

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Look, it's treasure!

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How did you know?

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It is a Christian habit

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to bury the bones of the revered
dead beneath the altar.

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Ragnar!

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HORIK: Let me see that.

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(TREASURE CLATTERING)

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(MEN LAUGHING)

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Who was this?

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It must be
Saint Birinus.

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You keep talking to me like
I know what a saint is.

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A saint is a man who has lived
a particularly holy life,

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performed some miracle,

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or been martyred,
killed, for their beliefs.

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MAN: It's all gold!

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But I am dead.
What use can I be?

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(CHUCKLES)

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Christians believe that the bones
can still exert benediction.

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Can perform miracles.

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What is a miracle?

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Miracles are things
which are impossible to do.

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HORIK: Take it all.

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It's heavy.

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Wait.

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MAN: What do they want?

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(WOMAN GASPS)

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(WOMAN SCREAMS)

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(SHUDDERING)

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No! Stop!

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(GROANS)

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(GASPING)

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(SPEAKING
IN NATIVE TONGUE)

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(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

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You speak
our language. How?

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It doesn't matter.
Just do as I say. Hide.

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Hide, or they will kill you.
You're one of us.

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Once. Then, I will
tell you this.

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One day,
you will be caught.

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We will catch you
and crucify you,

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for an apostate is the lowest
and the vilest of all creatures

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in the eyes of God.

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Oh.

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(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

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(SCREAMING)

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(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

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(SPEAKING LATIN)

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(GROANS)

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(MEN LAUGHING)

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(IN NATIVE TONGUE)

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(CHEERING)

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What will
happen to him?

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You just wait
and see, Priest.

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(MEN LAUGH)

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(PRIEST PRAYING IN LATIN)

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(GROANS)
(MEN CHEER)

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(CONTINUES PRAYING)

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(RUSTLING)
(OBJECTS CLATTERING)

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(MAN CHEERS)

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MAN: More treasure!

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Here!

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(GROANS)
(MEN CHEERING)

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(LAUGHING)

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(PRIEST PRAYING IN LATIN)

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(MEN CHEER)

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(CONTINUES PRAYING)

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FLOKI: Is he still talking?

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Tough old goat.

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HORIK: Erlendur, quiet him.
Right in his mouth.

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(GASPING)

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(PRIEST CONTINUES PRAYING)

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(GASPS)

195
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(BLESSING IN LATIN)

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Suffer no more, but
trust in thy salvation.

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(GROANS WEAKLY)
(SLICES)

198
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(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

199
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Mother, why would you allow
him to do that to you?

200
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What are you
talking about?

201
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Your husband,
Earl Sigvard.

202
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I saw him.

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Bjorn, please.

204
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Please what?

205
00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:55,604
Has he
hit you before?

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Will you let
him hit you again?

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It will never
happen again.

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If it does,
I'll kill him.

209
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I said it won't.

210
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What would
Ragnar say?

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00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,805
What has it to do with your father?
Nothing.

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00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:20,642
Sometimes I think
of him.

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I miss him.
I can't help it.

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00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:27,365
Of course not.
You're his son.

215
00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:30,649
You must
always be proud.

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As should you,
for being his wife.

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00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,728
(CHILDREN PLAYING)

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00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:05,961
(SIGHS)

219
00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:20,045
Another son?
(BABY COOS)

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Yes.

221
00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:24,931
What is his name?

222
00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:28,202
Sigurd,
after my father.

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00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:44,723
Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye.

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MAN: Close the gate!

225
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EDMUND: <i>Your Majesty, you have
heard of the attack on Winchester?</i>

226
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Of course.

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I grieve.

228
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EDMUND: The martyrdom of my
fellow bishop, Bishop Swithern.

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A fine Christian.

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ECBERT: Praise be to God.

231
00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:17,166
There are those who ask
why we did not do more

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to protect our brothers and sisters
at such an important site.

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ECBERT: Are there?

234
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,649
What answer did you give them,
My Lord Eadric?

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00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:32,280
(LAUGHS)

236
00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:34,881
Perhaps he did not
have an answer.

237
00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,442
I've never found Lord Eadric
to be at a loss for words.

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00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:39,971
(MEN LAUGH)

239
00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:44,002
I confess, Sire, that
in this case, it's true.

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I had no ready answer.

241
00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:51,684
No, because it's always easier to
be wise after the fact, is it not?

242
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My kingdom is very large.

243
00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,042
There are many
important sites.

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Could I protect
all of them? No.

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Did I want to discover where
the pagans would strike?

246
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Yes.

247
00:23:10,120 --> 00:23:12,043
For now I know
where they are.

248
00:23:12,320 --> 00:23:17,087
So Bishop Swithern was
a necessary sacrifice.

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00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:23,006
As a man of God, I assumed he welcomed
the opportunity for martyrdom.

250
00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:27,648
Or do you disagree?
Oh, no, Sire.

251
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All of the cloth would welcome
martyrdom in the cause of our faith,

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service of our
lord Jesus Christ.

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Good.

254
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Because I'm going to offer you
precisely that same opportunity,

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My Lord Bishop.

256
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And, I trust,
very soon.

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00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,205
(SIGHS DEEPLY)

258
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TORSTEIN: It's times like this
I miss our friend Arne.

259
00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,088
He could always make us laugh.

260
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Even in the darkest moments.

261
00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,007
Now, he's making
the gods laugh.

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00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:37,404
That's why they took him from
us, 'cause they were jealous.

263
00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:41,401
(CHUCKLES)

264
00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:42,641
Speaking of gods...

265
00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,447
I have something
for you, Athelstan.

266
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:00,165
Don't you want it?

267
00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:04,245
Are these not
the images of your god?

268
00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:08,604
I told you before,
and I will tell you again.

269
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:11,522
My god is Odin,
the Allfather.

270
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,329
I know you've told me.

271
00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:17,045
Only, I don't believe you.

272
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:20,606
And this?

273
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,604
Ragnar gave me this.

274
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,764
Wearing a dog turd
doesn't make you a dog.

275
00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:28,761
Oh!

276
00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,967
I have something
else for you.

277
00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:42,846
The hand of your
holy man, I believe.

278
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:46,120
(CHUCKLES)

279
00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:51,764
So tell me, how do
you find England?

280
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,284
It is a pleasant land,

281
00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:58,850
rich with treasure.

282
00:25:59,360 --> 00:26:02,330
You are right.
This land is rich.

283
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,808
But here, here is
the real treasure.

284
00:26:08,120 --> 00:26:09,326
(SMELLS)

285
00:26:11,120 --> 00:26:12,167
Earth?

286
00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,325
Have you not seen? Everywhere
we go, there are crops.

287
00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:17,649
There is food growing.

288
00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:21,010
I am a farmer and
the son of a farmer,

289
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,487
and this is what
I understand.

290
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,927
Compared to our poor countries
where it is hard to farm,

291
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:29,331
hard to live,

292
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:32,207
here, it is easy.

293
00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:38,604
If we lived here, we could feed everybody.
There would be no hunger.

294
00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:42,411
I like your thinking,
but here is my question.

295
00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:46,164
Will the Saxons simply invite
us to live among them?

296
00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:47,321
Hmm?

297
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,246
(PEOPLE CHEERING LOUDLY)

298
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,126
(APPLAUDING)

299
00:26:58,360 --> 00:27:00,727
(CHEERING)

300
00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:05,246
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

301
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:33,245
Friends, family,
what's left of it,

302
00:27:35,120 --> 00:27:37,726
so, l am married
for the second time.

303
00:27:38,760 --> 00:27:41,809
As most of you know, my first
marriage lasted less than an hour,

304
00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,009
because my own brother
poisoned the drinks that day.

305
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:48,409
Of course, the same thing
can never happen twice,

306
00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:50,124
so let the wine
be poured.

307
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,089
(CHEERING)

308
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,242
(BANGING TABLE)

309
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,403
Now, who will be the first
to drink in celebration?

310
00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:13,846
I will.

311
00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,526
No. No, I could not bear it.
Not a second time.

312
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:26,484
Let me taste the wine.

313
00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:35,407
(COUGHING)

314
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:45,250
That's good enough.

315
00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:46,651
(CHEERING)

316
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,840
I have something
else important to say.

317
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:09,605
I don't wish to
dampen the celebrations,

318
00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,729
but you all know that the
agreement between myself,

319
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:15,844
King Horik and Ragnar
Lothbrok has been broken.

320
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,046
They have gone raiding west
without me, without us,

321
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,010
which is an insult not only
to myself, but to all of you.

322
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:26,286
And now, also to my wife
and to my wife's family.

323
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,331
I have to do something
about this insult.

324
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:35,449
Frankly, I blame King Horik
more for what has happened,

325
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:39,889
but at the same time consider what
is happening to Earl Ragnar's lands.

326
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,569
He has abandoned them

327
00:29:43,160 --> 00:29:46,243
to the care of his wife
and his drunken brother.

328
00:29:47,080 --> 00:29:48,764
(LAUGHING)

329
00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:52,601
In order to punish those who
have insulted me and my family,

330
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,206
I declare today that I will seek
vengeance against Ragnar Lothbrok.

331
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:04,091
By all our gods, I swear that
we will seize all his lands,

332
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,927
and that I will repay his
brother's treachery with the ax.

333
00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,207
(CHEERING)

334
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,765
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Who can speak to us?

335
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,086
I can.

336
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,450
I have been sent here by
Ecbert, King of Wessex.

337
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:09,365
The King regrets your attack on
the holy church at Winchester.

338
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:14,606
He wonders how much longer you
intend to remain in his kingdom.

339
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:16,641
(CLEARS THROAT)

340
00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:21,763
Well, that depends.

341
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:25,963
EDMUND: Upon what?

342
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,209
Upon what he'll
offer us to leave.

343
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:35,560
Or what he'll
offer us to stay.

344
00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:40,211
Stay?

345
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:45,363
Yes, we want to make
peace with the King.

346
00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:48,651
Peace.

347
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:53,849
(GROANS)
(MEN LAUGH)

348
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,806
So we don't have to
kill any more of you.

349
00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:02,329
I will relay your
message to the King.

350
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,009
(FLOKI CHUCKLES)

351
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:09,284
(SPEAKING IN NATIVE TONGUE)

352
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:14,641
(GROANS)

353
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:19,285
(LAUGHS)

354
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:21,249
(GRUNTING)

355
00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,529
(STRAINING)

356
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,887
(MEN LAUGHING)

357
00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:36,321
(GROANS)

358
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,050
(LAUGHING)

359
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:47,489
(NEIGHS)

360
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,722
SIGVARD: Not hungry, Bjorn?

361
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:54,801
No.

362
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:56,325
Any reason?

363
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:57,731
No reason.

364
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:00,205
Are you unhappy?

365
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:08,047
What can I do to
make you happy?

366
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,887
Shall I raid one of my
unsuspecting neighbors,

367
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,611
so you can show off
your fighting skills?

368
00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:16,922
And maybe slaughter
them all?

369
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:20,802
Show that you are truly the
son of Ragnar Lothbrok?

370
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,450
(MEN LAUGHING)

371
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,724
SIGVARD:
No, believe me,

372
00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:27,962
I do not like to
see you so solemn.

373
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,648
So tell me,
what can I do?

374
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:39,003
You can let me go live in
a cabin in the mountains.

375
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:41,885
By yourself? In the mountains?
Yes.

376
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:44,768
I'd like to test myself.

377
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,329
Get away from all this.

378
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,406
All these servants. All these
people doing everything for us.

379
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,045
I want to know what
is essential to life.

380
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:57,529
What is
really important.

381
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:03,165
Will you let me?

382
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,562
No. Of course not.

383
00:34:08,800 --> 00:34:10,450
I am the earl here.

384
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,361
What would folk think if I let
my beloved stepson starve

385
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,410
or freeze to death
in some mountain pigsty?

386
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:20,606
(MEN LAUGH)

387
00:34:20,720 --> 00:34:23,405
SIGVARD: You understand
that, don't you, my boy?

388
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:24,806
In any case,

389
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:29,530
I have solemnly sworn to Lagertha
that I shall take care of you.

390
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:31,766
And I will.

391
00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:53,681
Rollo!

392
00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,088
Rollo, wake up.
What?

393
00:34:59,920 --> 00:35:02,161
What is it?
There are boats.

394
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:08,851
SIGGY: Who are they?

395
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:11,530
ROLLO:
I think I can guess.

396
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:13,405
Go back to the town.

397
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:15,804
Find anyone
who can fight.

398
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:17,803
Anyone who can
hold a weapon.

399
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:20,770
We're under attack.

400
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:34,168
Rollo, what is it?
What is happening?

401
00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:37,483
Jarl Borg. He has come
back to attack us.

402
00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:39,371
Jarl Borg?

403
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:40,845
I'm sure
it is him.

404
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,249
Ragnar and King Horik broke
their agreement with him.

405
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,167
He has returned to
gain his revenge.

406
00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:50,049
What are we
going to do?

407
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,082
What do you think
we're going to do?

408
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:56,090
We're going to fight.

409
00:35:57,720 --> 00:36:00,007
Come. Go! Go!

410
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:02,522
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

411
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:08,605
ROLLO: Torfin! Olaf!
One of you on each flank.

412
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,206
Help with the barricades.

413
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,447
Ragnar has taken all of
the best fighting men.

414
00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:23,004
Look what we have left.

415
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:28,207
What are you doing?

416
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:29,645
What does it look like?

417
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,401
Not you. You are not
a shield-maiden.

418
00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,130
You're not...
Lagertha.

419
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,164
Siggy, I need you to go
back to the Great Hall.

420
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:40,965
Find Princess Aslaug
and her children,

421
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:42,366
and take them up
into the mountains.

422
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,204
And then what?
Wait.

423
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:46,520
For what?

424
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:52,484
For whatever the gods have
decided is about to happen.

425
00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:55,091
Now go.

426
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,166
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

427
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:25,726
Come on.

428
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,127
This way.
To the mountains.

429
00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:32,522
This way. Go, Hvitserk.
Run. Quickly.

430
00:37:41,400 --> 00:37:42,890
Sail down!

431
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,521
(HORN BLOWS)

432
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:50,689
Row! Row!

433
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:00,283
ROLLO: Stay strong!

434
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,203
Don't make it
easy for them!

435
00:38:03,240 --> 00:38:05,288
Light the fires!

436
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:29,403
(MEN SHOUTING)

437
00:38:32,240 --> 00:38:33,366
(BANGING)

438
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:35,205
ROLLO: Archers!

439
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:38,085
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

440
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:46,286
Oars!

441
00:38:50,400 --> 00:38:51,845
ROLLO: Hold your places!

442
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:03,606
Jump ship!

443
00:39:03,720 --> 00:39:05,290
(SHOUTS)

444
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:07,081
Go!

445
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:09,931
(SHOUTING)

446
00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:13,921
(GROANS)

447
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:19,641
(GROANS)

448
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:32,921
(GROANS)

449
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:35,961
(GRUNTING)

450
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:37,446
(SCREAMS)

451
00:39:42,480 --> 00:39:43,481
(GROANS)

452
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:45,327
(GROANS)

453
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:48,488
As fast as you can!
Shields!

454
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:06,326
BOY: Rollo!

455
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:25,726
Fall back!

456
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:57,201
(SHOUTS)

457
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:01,440
Fall back!

458
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:03,723
Back to the
marketplace.

459
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:08,566
Move!

460
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,248
That's right,
Rollo, run!

461
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:16,049
Run, like
you always do.

462
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:18,964
(SHOUTING)

463
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:44,761
(GRUNTS)

464
00:41:49,440 --> 00:41:50,566
Loose!

465
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:57,246
Loose!

466
00:42:01,720 --> 00:42:03,051
Shield-wall!

467
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:21,964
You can't win,
Rollo!

468
00:42:23,760 --> 00:42:26,570
There is no disgrace in the eyes
of the gods to save yourself

469
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:28,449
for another day, Rollo.

470
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:33,481
(GROANS)
(GASPING)

471
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:40,651
Your first duty is to try and
save the sons of Ragnar.

472
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:42,644
Surrender!

473
00:42:45,080 --> 00:42:46,206
Rollo,

474
00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:48,526
let me speak for the gods,

475
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:51,490
for I will shortly join them
in their bright halls.

476
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:55,931
But you, you have
other work to do here.

477
00:42:57,720 --> 00:42:58,846
Go.

478
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:02,731
I will tell the gods
what you have done.

479
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,087
Now do you surrender?

480
00:43:52,480 --> 00:43:53,811
(SHOUTS)
(SCREAMS)

481
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,931
(ALL SHOUTING)