ALEC
I’M SURE YOU’LL LIKE THESE GAMES TODAY, THE
GREATEST JOUST IN ALL THE LAND.
MEN COME FROM FAR TO WEAR YOUR CHARM AND BATTLE BRAVELY FOR YOUR HAND.
JOANNA
I THINK THERE’S NOT A MAN AMONG THEM WHO CAN DO
WHAT YOU SAY, LORD!
ALEC
YOU THINK THERE’S NOT A MAN SO STRONG?
JOANNA
I THINK THERE’S NOT A ONE AMONG --
ALEC
NOT ONE BRAVE MAN AMONG THE CROWD?
JOANNA
WHO’LL STAND UP PROUD WITH HEAD UNBOWED!
ALEC
A MAN LIKE THAT --
JOANNA
THERE’S NOT A ONE!
ALEC
NOT ONE AT ALL?
JOANNA
I SAID --
ALEC
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE LAST TO FALL?
JOANNA
WHY DO YOU ASK? I THINK YOU WOULD... MY
CHAMPION BE.
ALEC
YOU PRESUME TOO MUCH, MILADY, OTHERS COME TO SEEK
THAT GRAIL.
BUT TRUTH ATTEST, MY MIND WILL REST WHEN ALL THEIR VALIANT EFFORTS FAIL!
JOANNA
SO TELL ME LORD, WOULD YOU THEN BE A GOOD AND
LOVING FRIEND TO ME?
ALEC
CLOSE BY YOUR SIDE TO HELP AND GUIDE --
JOANNA
AND NEVER COMPROMISING ME?
ALEC
AH, PERHAPS A LITTLE YIELD...
JOANNA
I’LL NEVER BEND, T’WOULD BE THE END!
ALEC
NO COMPROMISE?
JOANNA
NO COMPROMISE!
ALEC
IF YOU CAN’T BEND --
JOANNA
I WON’T!
ALEC
I THINK IT BEST THAT YOU KEEP FREE!
JOANNA
PRAY TELL MILORD, SO WOULD YOU NOT... MY
CHAMPION BE?
ALEC
HERE THESE MEN ON LOVE’S CRUSADE HAVE ALL COME
FORWARD UNASHAMED!
BUT FAIL YOUR TEST, GIVE UP THE QUEST AND LEAVE YOUR WILD HEART UNTAMED!
JOANNA
SO, YOU WOULD BE MY CHAMPION?
ALEC
PERHAPS FOR THIS I TRULY YEARN!
JOANNA
DID I HEAR YOU SAY YOU LOVE ME?
ALEC
YOU ARE FAIR AND LOVELY, LADY!
JOANNA
SO YOU’D LIKE TO PLANT YOUR LANCE --
ALEC
JUST TELL ME WHERE, I’LL PLANT IT SQUARE!
JOANNA
YOUR LANCE IN ME!
ALEC
MY LANCE IN THEE?
JOANNA
SO, WOULD YOU NOT --
ALEC
NOT I!
JOANNA
NOT USE YOUR LANCE TO WIN MY HEART?
ALEC
OH, YES, I WOULD --
JOANNA
CONFESSED! YOU WOULD... MY CHAMPION BE!
ALEC
I PRAY YOU’LL UNDERSTAND MY REASON, WHY I TOOK THE
FIELD THIS WAY.
SO NOW IT’S OUT, THERE IS NO DOUBT, I’D HOPED TO WIN YOUR HEART TODAY.
JOANNA
LIKE THE FALCONER YOU’VE CREPT, TO SLIP A HOOD
DOWN ON MY EYES...
ALEC
AS I LOVE YOU, COULD YOU LOVE ME?
JOANNA
DO YOU THINK THAT I'LL BE TETHERED?
ALEC
FAIREST ONE, I BEG OF YOU --
JOANNA
SO NOW YOU BEG ON BENDED KNEE?
ALEC
DON’T BE UNKIND!
JOANNA
I’LL NOT BE KIND!
ALEC
TO WIN YOUR HEART --
JOANNA
STAND BACK!
ALEC
I TOOK THIS PATH TO WIN YOUR HEART!
JOANNA
YOUR GALL I JUST DESPISE!
YOU’LL NOT... MY CHAMPION BE.
YOU’LL NOT... MY CHAMPION BE.
