Bell is suspicious of Sylvester's activities and the recent attacks that have taken place. Major Bell arrives to deputise for Judd while Judd is away undertaking other orders. In retaliation, he threatens to reveal her true beliefs to her father. Claire has fallen in love with Edward so she resists Sylvester's advances when she returns to the mansion. Edward and Claire and the other Royalists successfully rescue the refugees. Judd realises information about the ambush must have been leaked from within and inadvertently places Sylvester in charge of investigating who the traitor is. They all return to Edward's hiding place where they plan to rescue the king and also a group of Royalist refugees. When the execution party arrives, they attack and successfully rescue Jacob. Next day Edward and his men overpower the Roundhead soldiers lying in ambush at the gallows tree. Sylvester goes there and explains to Edward that he has decided to help them in order to win the hand of Claire. Jacob is convinced of Sylvester's intentions and reveals Edward's hiding place. Sylvester questions Jacob about Edward's whereabouts, saying it is the only way he can save Jacob and Edward. Sylvester therefore believes Jacob is working with Edward so tells Judd of his plan to execute Jacob in the woods at the gallows tree, on the basis that Edward will show up to rescue him and he and Judd can capture Edward. Claire informs Sylvester about Jacob and the secret door. Despite Judd's men's efforts, Edward escapes from the grounds. While they are dining with Judd and his officers, Edward throws a rock with a message through the window vowing a death for every murder. Sylvester mentions he has seen Claire conversing with Major John Drury, a Royalist, and threatens to tell Judd unless she agrees to him spending time with her. Sylvester attempts to court Claire but she resists his approaches. In return for their attacks, the Roundheads randomly select villagers for execution. Along with Edward's accomplices Gonzales and the gypsy Pablo, they vow to attack the Roundheads wherever and whenever they can in revenge. That night Claire spies Beverley's former servant Jacob opening a secret door in one of the rooms of the mansion so that he can leave the grounds secretly via an underground passage. Judd orders the king be taken to Hampton Court and his accomplices executed. Judd's men capture King Charles and bring him back to the mansion. She doesn't share her father's anti-Royalist views. Judd's daughter Claire arrives at the mansion.

However, Judd tricks the villager and puts him in jail to protect him from Royalist villagers who would be angry at him receiving his reward publicly. The Roundheads offer a reward for information leading to the capture of the king so the villager tells Judd what he has seen. In the woods, King Charles I thanks Edward for his assistance, unknown they are being spied upon by a villager. When Judd arrives at the mansion he threatens Beverley with execution, but he refuses to say where the king has gone, sealing his own fate. Edward's father stays behind while Edward and his siblings Philip and Constance escape with the king. Edward Beverley, aka The Scarlet Blade, a Royalist supporter of King Charles I, rushes to collect the king from his father's mansion ahead of a group of Roundheads lead by Colonel Judd and Captain Sylvester.

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