Robin Hood (TV Series)
The King's Fool (1984)
John Rhys-Davies: King Richard
Quotes
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King Richard : Tell him there's some land in it for him.
Robert de Rainault : Very generous, my liege!
King Richard : Not so generous - it's in Wales.
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King Richard : So, still in Germany, am I? Still in prison? The nobles kept the ransom, did they? Pigs will fly when I return - well, where are they? Nesting?
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Robin of Loxley : It's time to pay us, Sir Knight.
King Richard : Pay you?
Robin of Loxley : For the meal.
King Richard : But you said I was your guest.
Robin of Loxley : And so you are, one of many, but they've each had to pay.
King Richard : So much for hospitality.
Friar Tuck : No, so much for the venison and so much for the ale.
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King Richard : God's legs, you're a wild lad, Robin! But you've saved the life of your King, and that wipes the slate clean.
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King Richard : I tell you, with two hundred men like this, I could have taken Jerusalem!
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King Richard : Suppose I told you that I sent for them?
Sir Guy of Gisburne : Sent for them?
King Richard : SENT for them, Gisburne! Demanded their presence here!
Sir Guy of Gisburne : But why should they come?
King Richard : [shouting] Because I am the King of England!
[long pause while Gisburne looks at the floor]
King Richard : Untie them, boy!
Robin of Loxley : [to Gisburne] Thank you... boy.
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King Richard : At our crowning, we bestowed many appointments, many positions of authority...
Robert de Rainault : [sotto voce, to Hugo] Here we go.
King Richard : They were on lease, my lords. Their term is up!
Robert de Rainault : This isn't a council. It's an auction!