Cerdic Quotes in King Arthur (2004)

Cerdic: You come to beg a truce, you should be on your knees.

Arthur: I came to see your face so that I alone may find you on the battlefield. And you would do well to mark my face, Saxon, for the next time you see it, it will be the last thing you see on this earth.

Cerdic: Ahhh, finally, a man worth killing

Cerdic: Wherever I go on this wrenched island, I hear your name. Always half whispered, as if you were... a god. All I see is flesh, blood. No more god than the creature you're sitting on.

[after Cynric's defeat by Arthur's knights]

Cerdic: We've lost the respect of the enemy.

Cynric: Father... I offer my life as payment for my disgrace.

[he offers his knife; Cerdic takes it, and holds Cynric's head tightly]

Cerdic: No...

[he makes a deep cut down Cynric's face, but does not kill him and throws the knife away]

Cerdic: Raewald. You're second-in-charge now.

[Raewald glows]

Cerdic: Yeah, you're like a son to me.

[Cynric stabs his knife into a nearby soldier; he falls, dead. Cynric stalks away. Cerdic laughs]

[Cerdic stops a Saxon soldier raping a captive woman]

Saxon: By our laws, no man may deny me the spoils of our conquest!

Cynric: He speaks the truth, Father.

[Cerdic draws his sword and cuts the raping soldier almost in half]

Scottish Village Girl: Oh, my lord! God's blessings, my lord!

Cerdic: [pushes her away] Kill her.

[the woman screams as the Saxons drag her away. Cerdic approaches Cynric]

Cerdic: Are you challenging me? If you're challenging me, you have to have a sword in your hand. While my heart beats, I rule and you hold your tongue... or I'll cut it out.

[the Saxons stop in front of Hadrian's Wall; the gate swings open, inviting them in]

Cerdic: He's got a plan, this Roman.

[motions to Cynric]

Cerdic: Send what's left of your infantry.

Cynric: [whispering] You want to kill my men?

Cerdic: [shouts] They're *my* men!