Freddy and Holly have travelled back through time to experience the life of poor farm labourers. It’s 1587 and Holly’s family are making their way to London in search of work. They lodge with Freddy’s family but bring sickness with them. As the children struggle to master the many skills involved in running a Tudor household, Freddy’s father becomes ill with ‘the sweats’. He is bled by an apothecary. The children seek advice from a herbalist to help Holly’s family, but despite their best efforts one of them dies.