Overview:Lucrécia refuses to leave the convent, despite Heráclitus' insistence. Amália insinuates to Diana that she is wrong about Catarina. Rodolfo is thinking about instituting the payment of licenses for all traders, in order to solve Montemor's financial crisis. Faced with the people's revolt against the decisions imposed by Rodolfo, Cássio identifies the need for Afonso to assume the throne.