Blackadder (TV Series)
Witchsmeller Pursuivant (1983)
Frank Finlay: The Witchsmeller Pursuivant
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Quotes
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[In court]
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : Have you or have you not, committed sins of the flesh with him?
Jane Firkettle : I have.
Prince Edmund : You must be joking!
Jane Firkettle : To my deepest shame.
Prince Edmund : And mine. I mean look at her!
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The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : [Edmund is on trial, accused of being a witch] And Prince Edmund, I believe you have a pussy cat?
Prince Edmund : That's right, yes.
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : Awww. Its name is Bubbles?
Prince Edmund : Yes, that's the one.
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : Or to give it its full name,
[shouts]
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : Beelzebubbles!
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Prince Edmund : [after the Witchsmeller Pursuivant has accused him of being a witch] You're just an old quack!
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : What did you call me?
Prince Edmund : Quack! Quack! Quack!
[the crowd reacts in shock]
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : [to Prince Harry] My Lord, you see how the duck still possesses him.
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The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : Did you ask this cat, and I quote, "Hello, Bubbles, would you like some milk"?
Prince Edmund : I might have done.
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : What did you mean by that?
Prince Edmund : Well, obviously, I meant would the cat like some milk.
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : Milk? What did you mean by milk?
Prince Edmund : Well, I meant milk! Bloody milk!
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : BLOODY MILK! It was a mixture of milk and blood!
Prince Edmund : No, no, just milk.
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : Ah, but the blood was to come later.
Prince Edmund : There wasn't any blood!
The Witchsmeller Pursuivant : So, you had to make do with milk!