Previously
GERBERT : Where better to hide from us than in the past?
SATU : It’d be better to look for the Book of Life.
MATTHEW : Firstly, Diana is in need of a teacher. A witch. Between us we can find someone discreet.
DIANA : Sophie?
SUSANNA : You can keep your money. I will have no part of this.
RALEIGH : And the other matter?
DIANA : We need to locate a lost book. An alchemical manuscript.
KIT : It has details of the origins of the three creatures. If it exists.
DIANA : It exists. I can’t believe Christopher Marlowe is a demon.
KIT : A witch. If you spoke civilly to one, I’d be concerned. But, married?
DIANA : You must see, I need your help.
SUSANNA : It’s power like yours, that’s why they’re hunting us in Scotland. It’s why even here we have no peace from men like your husband.
MATTHEW : My father needed a spy in the English court. I fulfilled that need and I did it very well.
DIANA : Who do you answer to? William Cecil?
MATTHEW : Lord Burghley, yes.
CECIL : We shall see how this chaos of yours plays out.Your methods of persuasion have been sorely missed.
KIT : Being back here, wearing the cloak of his old self… Changed. Do not, for one moment, assume you know him.
SEPT-TOURS, PRESENT DAY
SARAH : Knox will find us here. I can feel it.
EM : I knew the coven will not tell Knox anything.
SARAH : Mary Johnson always hated me. I bet she snitched right away.
EM : None of them even know where Diana and Matthew have gone.
SARAH : Yeah, and they could be dead for all we know.
EM :This page is connected to Diana. It must have answers for us.
SARAH : That book started this whole nightmare.
EM : Don’t you want to know why?
Dining room
Marthe sets the table for four
YSABEAU : They’re dining with us tonight?
MARTHE : You can’t avoid each other forever.
YSABEAU : I believe we all prefer it that way. I’m tolerating them under my roof and affording them my protection. We don’t need to play happy families.
MARTHE : Matthew would want you to make them feel at home. If he has evolved, then so can we.
LONDON, 1590
TOWER OF LONDON
A cell
CECIL : Are the witches turning against Her Majesty?
CALDWELL : No. They’re loyal.
CECIL : Give me the names of your conspirators, Master Caldwell.
CALDWELL : I… I… I have none.
To his torturer
CECIL : Make him talk.
Screems
LAPLAND, FINLAND NOW
Satu visits an old woman who lives alone in a forest
SATU : Mummo.
GRANDMOTHER : You returned at last. You have suffered, Satu. Your ancestors didn’t survive amongst others either.
SATU : You taught me everything…but not who I am. Why?
GRANDMOTHER : To protect you. That’s why I raised you here.
SATU : I don’t want protection. I want to learn. I want to understand.
GRANDMOTHER : Then stay. Become the weaver you were born to be.
LONDON 1590
MATTHEW'S HOUSE
DIANA : I’m in a city full of witches. And I still can’t find a teacher.
FRANCOISE : Have patience. Master Roydon is resourceful.
DIANA : It should be a matter between witches, Francoise.
Later with Matthew's friends
DIANA : We need to do things differently. Find someone willing to help me. They can’t be coerced or bribed.
RALEIGH : Difficult. Mistress Norman may have talked to others of the…
PERCY : ...fruit incident.
MATTHEW : I wonder if Mary knows of any witches?
RALEIGH : You will enjoy Mary’s company.
DIANA : Is she a human?
MATTHEW : A trusted one. Her late brother was a close friend.
RALEIGH : She practices alchemy. Fascinating woman. Though prone to setting things alight.
DIANA : Mary Sidney.
MATTHEW : We’ll pay her a visit. Hal’s right, she could be a useful ally.
MARY'S HOUSE
DIANA : Meeting my heroes hasn’t been a wild success so far.
MATTHEW :Mary Sidney is nothing like Kit. Mary?
Mary practices alchemy when they arrive
MARY : Matthew!
In a living room
MARY : I understand you are a fellow student of alchemy.
DIANA : I am more an enthusiastic reader.
MATTHEW : Diana is being far too modest. She’s an accomplished scholar, Mary.
MARY : You could assist me. If your duties at home permit. So many things get in the way of study.
DIANA : Oh, I couldn’t agree more.
MARY : Still, you and I have an easier time than most women do.We have our books and the leisure to indulge our passions, thank God. We women own nothing…
Diana looks at one of Mary's shoes with a snake on it
MARY :... save what lies between our ears.
The snake comes to life
DIANA : Oh, no.
Mary sees it
MARY : How on earth? Quickly!
MATTHEW : Oh. Must’ve slithered in from the garden.
MARY : Yes, that’ll be it. What a nuisance.
Diana apologizes to Matthew
DIANA : I don’t know how I…
MATTHEW : It’s all right. Mary. We are in need of a witch. As you can see, it’s quite urgent.
MARY : I know no witches... I learned what you are from my brother as a child. I understood it to be a fable. That is how I would like to keep it.
MATTHEW : You would deny the truth of creatures like Diana and I? We will trouble you no further.
MARY : Why can’t we go on as before?
MATTHEW : Because I love Diana and want to see her secure.
MARY : I… I cannot help you with a witch. But I gladly offer you my friendship.
DIANA : And I mine.
MARY : A word of caution, Diana. No one in London should be trusted with knowledge of you. What is happening in Scotland is making people fearful.
CECIL'S OFFICE
MATTHEW : Her Majesty is satisfied with the events in Scotland?
CECIL : The distractions facing King James pleases her.
MATTHEW : Good. I am glad to hear it.
CECIL : There was an omission, however, in your statement. The imprisonment of Agnes Sampson.
MATTHEW : One witch is much like any other. I didn’t feel the need to specify any of their names.
CECIL : One cannot forget your disdain for witches. Still, torture of their leader poses a risk. English witches may turn against Her Majesty. Side with their people in the north.
MATTHEW : England’s witches assisted in repelling the Armada.Surely their loyalty is above suspicion?
CECIL : No one is above suspicion. And, now, disturbing news from Garlickhythe. A minister questioned one of his parishioners about suspected witchcraft. Shortly after, he fell ill.
MATTHEW : This does not appear to be a matter for us.
CECIL : This witch, Thomas Caldwell, made threats against the Crown during his questioning.
MATTHEW : It is against our covenant to meddle in human affairs.
CECIL : And, yet, here you are, Roydon, working for us.
MATTHEW : Her Majesty has never shown displeasure with my service.
CECIL : You are greatly depended on, of course. Question this Tom Caldwell at the Tower. Find out what the witches are plotting. Extract a confession by any means necessary.
CECIL : Yes, My Lord.
STREET
HUBBARD'S CREATURE : Master Roydon. Welcome back to London.
MATTHEW : I suggest you stay where you are. What do you want?
HUBBARD'S CREATURE: I’ve a message from Father Hubbard.
MATTHEW : Ah.Well, deliver it.
HUBBARD'S CREATURE : He wants to see you.
MATTHEW : You can tell Hubbard I’ll visit when it’s convenient.
HUBBARD'S CREATURE : You’ll visit tonight. Before the clock tolls 7:00. Bring your witch.
MATTHEW'S HOUSE
MATTHEW : Send for Kit. Tell him a summons came. From Father Hubbard.
PIERRE : At once, Master Roydon.
MATTHEW : Diana?
Matthew finds Diana upstairs
MATTHEW : Andrew Hubbard is a vampire who rules over the city of London.
DIANA : How did the city become his?
MATTHEW : Well… The Black Death arrived in 1348.If you weren’t already dead, you were trying to flee the city. Except for one man, a priest named Father Hubbard. Now… He cared for the sick until he finally succumbed to the illness. At which point, he dug himself a grave
and climbed in “to wait for God.” When he climbed out again, he prophesied divine resurrection.
DIANA : Someone made him a vampire.
MATTHEW : No one claimed to. So, the creatures believed his story and, from then until now, he gathers up and helps the lost souls of the city.
DIANA : That sounds noble.
KIT : Hubbard controls them too. Or at least tries to.
MATTHEW : Under no circumstances are you to let him taste your blood.
DIANA : Why would I?
MATTHEW : Because it’s part of his ritual of adoption. He believes that it reveals the content of their souls.
DIANA : But reveals their secrets too?
MATTHEW : Yes. Promise me.
DIANA : Yes. Matthew, why didn't you tell me this?
MATTHEW : There is a treaty between Hubbard and the De Clermont family. He stays out of our way, and we stay out of his.
DIANA : But I fall outside your diplomatic immunity, is that it?
KIT : It’s one of the perils of being a timespinner. You know the future, but forget the past. You would better re-inhabit your old life, my friend. Before you get yourself killed.
HUBBARD'S CHURCH
CREATURE : Father, I give my blood willingly, that God may know my heart.
HUBBARD : I accept your gift and vow to protect you as my child.
He bites the creature on his wrist and drinks some of his blood
HUBBARD : God bless you. Now, greet your kin.
Matthew and Diana arrive
HUBBARD : You’re late.
Hubbard rushes on Diana but Matthew is faster and grabs him by the throat
HUBBARD : We have a problem.
MATTHEW : We have several. You have your hands upon someone who doesn’t belong to you. And if you don’t step back, I’ll tear this day to pieces… Hubbard.
HUBBARD : Leave us. Monsieur de Clermont, I permit your presence because of my treaty with your father, Philippe. But you flout our customs. Allow this witch to roam.
He sees the marks on Diana's neck
HUBBARD : Then there’s the marks. Relationship between a witch and a wearh is sin enough.
But this… If the witches find you took blood without consent, you will be put to death. If she gave it willingly, then she will be cast out of England. Oh, fear not. Once you are family, I will protect you.
MATTHEW : I do not answer to you, nor does Diana. Tell your flock she belongs to you, if it brings you comfort, but you won’t have her blood.
HUBBARD : Then we are at an impasse.
DIANA : I fed Matthew willingly, Father.
MATTHEW : Diana.
HUBBARD : Carry on.
DIANA : Matthew was dying. I forced him to take my blood in order to save his life. And…
HUBBARD : He did so unwillingly?
DIANA : It was my decision. And I would make it again.
HUBBARD : Yes… God accepts your act of mercy. But know this, nothing happens in London without my blessing. God is watching you both.
OUTSIDE HUBBARD'S CHURCH
Matthew is a little angry
MATTHEW : Diana.
DIANA : I was buying us time.
MATTHEW : That was reckless. But…also brilliant. Let’s get you home.
CHURCH
Matthew prays. Kit arrives
MATTHEW : Amen.
KIT : Is God listening?
MATTHEW : I never know. Do you know, in all the madness of the arrival, I missed All Soul’s Day.
KIT : Let us have fun. You’ve forgotten the other side of Matthew Roydon.
MATTHEW : Let me guess. You still require a loan.
STREET
Diana sees Susanna
To Françoise
DIANA : I need to talk to her. Alone.
To Susanna
DIANA : Mistress Norman. Please… It was wrong to force you to our home. But I need you. I invite you to come. Master Roydon is out.
MATTHEW'S HOME
SUSANNA : Get the contents of this egg into that bowl without using your hands.
DIANA : I… I… Can we do a different one? I don’t know that spell.
SUSANNA : If your power is too weak, then no witch can help you.
DIANA : Magic is desire made real.
A chick comes out of the egg
Susanna is amazed
SUSANNA : I’ll speak to Goody Alsop.
DIANA : She’s your head of coven?
SUSANNA : She is England’s most powerful witch.
TAVERN
Kit, Matthew and are playing cards with a man
MATTHEW : Yes.
KIT : Please. Matthew?
MATTHEW : I give up ever so gracefully.
KIT : Hm. It’s just you and I.
CARD PLAYER : Indeed.
The man takes his shirt back
MATTHEW : The shirt off his back.
CARD PLAYER : Voila.
MATTHEW : Fair bet.
KIT : Very well.
Kit bets more money
MATTHEW : Oh, a raise. A big raise.
CARD PLAYER : I have nothing left.
KIT : Your earring, if you please.
MATTHEW : Oh, Kit.
KIT : I mean, it’s a thing of beauty.
Kit shows his cards
MATHEW : Oh… Fine hand! Good hand, Kit.
CARD PLAYER : You are a cheater.
KIT : I find that very offensive. Gift?
Kit offers the earring to Matthew
KIT : I chose it especially.
MATTHEW : How very thoughtful.
KIT : Good evening, gentlemen.
MATTHEW : Oh, leave him his shirt, Kit.
Matthew puts the earring
KIT : Oh. See, now you look like Matthew Roydon.
MATTHEW : Hm. Gentlemen.
OUTSIDE THE TAVERN
KIT : Ah, Peckham. Are you lost?
PECKHAM : What news of Thomas Caldwell’s interrogation?
MATTHEW : It’s ongoing.
PECKHAM : It has not begun.
MATTHEW : And what does a Whitehall clerk know of my methods?
PECKHAM : I know you’ve not set foot in The Tower.
MATTHEW : I’m allowing my prisoner time to fear.The potent power of the imagination, Peckham.
PECKHAM : Do not test Lord Burghley’s patience.
MATTHEW : Do not test mine.
MATTHEW'S HOUSE
MATTHEW : Thank you.
KIT : Tell me of your future life.
MATTHEW : No, Kit, it isn’t wise.
KIT : Do you still write verse?
MATTHEW : Not for 70 years or more.
KIT : Read philosophy?
MATTHEW : More science though.
KIT : Science.Our chemical processes.
MATTHEW : As it evolves. We have a greater understanding of the physical and natural world.
KIT : So, what questions press you?
MATTHEW :The same ones that always have, to know why I’m here.
KIT : And the future hasn’t answered?
MATTHEW :I doubt if it ever will.
KIT : What about my work? Is it still read?
MATTHEW : You will not draw me on your future, Kit. That way madness lies.
KIT : Maddening visions are a part of my nature.
MATTHEW : No man should ever know their fate.
KIT : And yet you know mine.
MATTHEW : I must go.
KIT : To The Tower, if you have sense.Whatever you feel now about witches, do not ignore Cecil’s orders.
Later
Downstairs
JACK : I’m coming for you.
FRANCOISE : Get your coat.
Matthew came back and tries to work in the attic
DIANA : Jack seems to be settling in well.
MATTHEW : Glad to hear it.
Diana finds the Malleus Maleficarum on Matthew's desk
DIANA : Hm. Why do you have this?
MATTHEW : A minister in London questioned a witch, a man named Thomas Caldwell. I’m reading the testimonies.
DIANA : He used the Malleus Maleficarum.
MATTHEW : Mm-hm.
DIANA : These questions were used to trap the innocent. Thousands of people were killed this way.
MATTHEW : Fortunately, Cecil isn’t bloodthirsty on that score.
DIANA : Why interrogate a creature if he knows they exist?
MATTHEW : The Queen fears that England’s witches will turn against her. And unfortunately, very unfortunately, under duress, Thomas said some very foolish things about the crown.
DIANA : Treason. But that’s a death sentence.
MATTHEW : Mm-hm.
DIANA : Mary was right.
MATTHEW : I know what you’re thinking, Diana. I wouldn’t have brought you here if witch hunts were going to break out.
Taking the book in Diana's hands
MATTHEW : Thank you. It’s 20 years before the Lancashire hunts begin.
DIANA : With reasoning like that, it’s a good thing you’re a scientist and not a historian.
MATTHEW : Oh, so a historian knows better than someone who’s actually lived through it?
DIANA : Of course. Look at what’s happening here. The population is exploding. Land is being cleared. Harvest are bad. Matthew, people are struggling.
MATTHEW : So, you think people are looking for scapegoats as we speak?
DIANA : One minute we’re friends with our neighbors, the next, we’re running scared.
MATTHEW : We will be long gone by the time that happens, I promise. Now, Diana, please, please, please, for the love of God, let me finish my reading.
DIANA : Bye.
MATTHEW : Thank you.
DIANA : By the way, I found a teacher.
GOODY'S HOUSE
SUSANNA : Stay outside, wearh. It is Mistress Roydon she wants to meet.
MATTHEW : I’m not leaving Diana alone.
GOODY : Let me have a look at you.
With a spell, she closes door and windows
GOODY :To keep out prying eyes.
When Goody wants to touch Diana's head, she steps back, afraid
DIANA : A witch tried to see inside me.
GOODY : This should not hurt. I have waited a long time for you, Diana. The auguries foretold your arrival a long time ago. And with the portents in the north, I knew to expect you now.
MATTHEW : The witch hunts in Scotland.
GOODY : They have imprisoned Agnes Sampson. The three of us are all that is left of our kind.
DIANA : “Our kind”? I don’t know what you mean.
GOODY : You are a weaver. A maker of spells.
DIANA : With respect, I think you’re mistaken. My Aunt Sarah is gifted. I am…terrible with spells. Ask Susanna.
GOODY : You must devise your own.
MATTHEW : There are old stories of witches with miraculous power. I’ve lived a long time, Goody Alsop.And I’ve never met one.
GOODY: We are rare creatures, Master Roydon. We have been hunted down and forced into hiding.
DIANA : The witch that attacked me was powerful. She knew I was different.
MATTHEW : Do you think Satu knew you were a weaver?
DIANA : I don’t know. Maybe.
GOODY: Sadly, the greatest threat to our safety is our own kind. Envy and fear are powerful forces.
DIANA : My parents were killed by witches. Maybe that’s why.
GOODY: You cannot tell…but your father was one. He knew that you would follow his path.
DIANA : You sense his magic inside me?
SUSANNA : They are seldom men.
GOODY: He was a self-taught weaver, Susanna. I can see the last threads of his spellbinding…roughly woven together. So…it was made with love to protect you.
DIANA : Will you teach me, Goody Alsop?
SUSANNA : It will attract too much attention. The Rede must be consulted.
MATTHEW : If you inform the council of witches, you will reveal Diana’s identity,and I cannot allow that.
GOODY: Please sit down, Master Roydon. My neck no longer bends that way. Diana’s presence is already felt. We established The Rede to protect our interests. Their consent is necessary.
MATTHEW : Then seek it at once.
REDE'S HOUSE
The counsel of witches is reunited (Rede)
THE HEAD OF THE COUNSEL : Mistress Roydon, make your case to The Rede.
DIANA : I was spellbound and orphaned as a child. Cut off from my essence as a witch. Now that my bindings are gone, I am ready to learn the full nature of my power. I need a community of witches to do that.
THE HEAD OF THE COUNSEL : We take pity on you, Mistress. To be spellbound is a grave thing. But another city may be a better place to help you.
DIANA : No. No. I am meant to be here.
THE HEAD OF THE COUNSEL : Mistress Norman, you have concerns.
SUSANNA : I, too, take pity on Mistress Roydon, but training her could threaten the safety of our fellow witches.
THE HEAD OF THE COUNSEL : How so, Mistress?
SUSANNA : She is married to a wearh, the known enemy of our people.
THE HEAD OF THE COUNSEL : This is, sadly, true. As we stand here today, one of our own is locked in The Tower with Master Roydon as inquisitor.
GOODY : Mistress Roydon’s soul is as clear to me as my own.
SUSANNA : Forgive me, but it is not such an easy matter, Goody Alsop. If we are to help a witch who has allied herself with a wearh over her own people, then we must be prepared to make an enemy of Father Hubbard.
DIANA ; My relationship is not a rejection of my people.
GOODY : Dark times are coming. A witch has long been prophesied to come to our aid. Diana is that witch.
THE HEAD OF THE COUNSEL : Forgive us, but how do we know that that is true?
DIANA : I’m a time spinner. I have come from the future in order to seek out a special teacher. I’ve seen The Book of Life with my own eyes.
GOODY : The first grimoire?
DIANA : Yes. I don’t understand how my magic is connected to it, or my purpose once I’ve come into my power. But I do know this… My relationship to my magic, to Matthew Roydon and to The Book of Life are woven together. One cannot exclude the other.
GOODY : The long awaited weaver is among us. This is not a test, Diana. This is a welcome.
STREET
HUBBARD : Fine day for an interrogation.
MATTHEW : What do you want, Hubbard?
HUBBARD : One of my children has been caught up in Cecil’s web.Tom Caldwell.
MATTHEW : Why should that concern me?
HUBBARD : He’s innocent.
MATTHEW : I think that’s for the Crown to decide, don’t you?
HUBBARD : The Queen’s trusted shadow can exert influence.
MATTHEW : Any influence I may have won’t be spent protecting your interests, I can assure you. Good day.
HUBBARD : There would be benefit in our cooperating. We have a great deal in common, after all. Both men of faith. You’re determined to protect Diana and me, Tom. Or should I ask Philippe de Clermont for assistance?
MATTHEW : This has nothing to do with him, Andrew.
HUBBARD : Let us hope so.
MATTHEW : Good day.
MATTHEW'S HOUSE
MATTHEW : Tangled mess!Hubbard expects me to free Thomas Caldwell, and Cecil, Cecil,
demands that I extract a confession from him and put him to death!
KIT : Contact Philippe.It can influence the situation in untold ways.
Matthew is furious
MATTHEW : No. If my father finds out about Diana, then everything will become undone. Everything!
Matthew tries to calm
KIT : Take my counsel. Take my counsel. Dampen Cecil’s suspicions. Your prisoner will survive for how long? Two weeks? Three?Matthew Roydon is never cruel for sport.
We see Matthew in the Tower Of London.
TOWER OF LONDON
CELL
To Thomas Caldwell,
MATTHEW : Father Hubbard pleaded your case.
MATTHEW'S HOUSE
KIT : But he is ruthlessly efficient.Do not impersonate Matthew Roydon. Become him.
TOWER OF LONDON
CELL
Quickly, Matthew kills Thomas Caldwell : he breaks his neck
MATTHEW'S HOME
PIERRE :Master Roydon.
MATTHEW : Yeah.
DIANA : The Rede will allow me to train.
Diana sees Matthew sour mood
DIANA : Tom?
MATTHEW : He didn’t suffer.
DIANA : You killed him out of mercy.
MATTHEW : If I was truly merciful, currently, he would be rowing himself down the Thames.
DIANA : He was innocent.
MATTHEW : There was no way, no path where Tom survived that I can keep you safe.
DIANA : He made no threat against me.
MATTHEW : Correct.
HUBBARD'S CHURCH
Thomas Caldwell body is here
HUBBARD : We gather together to mourn Thomas Caldwell, beloved member of our family.
We keep him in our hearts.His life was cut short.But our memories are long.
Hubbard writes a letter and seal it
HUBBARD'S CREATURE : France, sir?
HUBBARD : Put this into the hand of Philippe de Clermont yourself.
CECIL'S OFFICE
CECIL : Explain yourself.
MATTHEW : The witch refused to cooperate and became contemptuous. I lost my temper.
CECIL : You snapped his neck!
MATTHEW : For which I beg your forgiveness.
CECIL : It is out of character. Perhaps you have reason to side with the traitor,to support the witches.
MATTHEW : My loyalty and devotion to the Queen are steadfast.Something I will remind her of at once.
CECIL : Her Majesty’s in no humor to see you.I advise you to remember the punishment for traitors,human or creature.
Next time
DOMENICO : It looked like an uncontrolled feeding.Multiple bite marks. The body was torn apart.I haven’t seen anything like that in centuries.
CECIL : Her Majesty questions the trust she long placed in you, Master Roydon.
QUEEN ELISABETH : You look tired, Shadow, marriage does not suit you.
GOODY : A weaver selectsand shapes something new.Just let the power move through you.
Dr DEE'S ASSISTANT : You seek a specific text.
DIANA : An old book of alchemy in an unknown language.
Dr DEE'S ASSISTANT :Dr. Dee does have such a book. Acquired from Emperor Rudolf.
DIANA : May I see it?
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