England, My England (1995)

John Fortune: Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon

Quotes 

• Charles II : How much?

  Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon : 11 pounds, 2 shillings, and ten pence, the total in the exchequer, your majesty. And the national debt, in excess of... 3 million, your majesty.

  Charles II : [thinking of his musicians]  I cannot pay them. Why they do it, I cannot think. Why they play on, sing on, they do. I cannot pay my sailors. I cannot pay my guard, but they are rogues, they pay themselves. But the players, the singers, the dancers. We must find a way Edward to pay them. Chapel Royale...

  Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon : Bankers were a tribe grew up in Cromwell's time. Never were heard of before.

  Charles II : They've come to stay, I fear.