- Micheletto, Orsini's assassin is recruited by Cesare to defect into the service of Della Rovere who is trying to prove Rodrigo has taken on a mistress.
- With Cardinal Orsini's assassin in custody, Cesare Borgia plots to ensure the man's loyalty but Cardinal Della Rovere isn't so sure that the man knows nothing and also seeks his loyalty. The Cardinal soon organizes those who voted against the Pope and searches for a legal means to dethrone the him For his part, the Pope installs a new mistress, Giulia Farnese, in Orsini's palace. The Pope's 14 year-old daughter Lucrezia tells her mother of Giulia's presence in the Papal rooms leading to a major confrontation. It may also provide Della Rovere what he needs to depose him. The Pope moves to neutralize Della Rovere and announces the appointment of 13 new Cardinals, including his son Cesare.—garykmcd
- Cesare captures traitorous host-cardinal Orsini's poisoning henchman, Michelotto. The fellow opportunist proves his switched loyalty by volunteering to have his bare back flogged convincingly for cardinal Della Rovere, the Borgia's remaining arch-rival. the ploy allows the spy to report most prominent can law expert Bucrhart is being consulted to plan deposing the Spanish pope on the basis of open vile debauchery. Despite a grim encounter with his children's shoved-aside wife, Alexander sets up Giulia Farnese, the wife of an 'abusive' mighty nobleman, whom he imposes such 'penance' for failing her marital duties, in a palace linked to his by underground passage for intimate encounters. Michelotto helps set up Della Rovere for a murder.—KGF Vissers
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