A Knight's Tale (2001)

James Purefoy: Colville

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• Prince Edward : [sighs]  What a pair we make, huh? Both trying to hide who we are, both unable to do so. Your men love you. If I knew nothing else about you, that would be enough. But you also tilt when you should withdraw... and that is knightly, too.

  Prince Edward : [to guards]  Release him.

  [Edward turns to crowd] 

  Prince Edward : He may appear to be of humble origins, but my personal historians have discovered that he is descendent from an ancient royal line.

  [crowd murmuring] 

  Prince Edward : This is my word... and, as such, is beyond contestation.

  Prince Edward : [turns to William]  Now, if I may repay the kindness you once showed me... take a knee.

  [draws his sword] 

  Prince Edward : By the power vested in me by my father, King Edward, and by all the witnesses here, I dub thee Sir William.

  [crowd cheers] 

  Prince Edward : [silencing crowd]  Arise... Sir William. Can you joust?

  William : What?

  Prince Edward : There's my tournament to finish. Now, are you fit to compete, or shall the forfeit stand?

  William : No, I'm fit.

  Prince Edward : I shall have your opponent informed of it. You look for his shield in the lists... at once.

  William : Thank you, my lord.

• Prince Edward : Your men love you. If I knew nothing else about you, that would be enough.

• William : It's not in me to withdraw.

  Prince Edward : No. Nor me. Though it happens.

• Prince Edward : If I may repay the kindness you once showed me. Take a knee...