- Merchant: [telling Jack about his father] He was a storyteller and singer and my close friend. He taught me French when I first came here, and I taught him English. The prince, King Henry's son, hired him to sail with him across the channel.
- Jack: Prince William?
- Merchant: Your father called him the Phoenix Prince because of a ring he wore.
- Jack: Was it a signet ring?
- Merchant: Cut in the shape of a bird rising from fire. Prince William was accompanied by his wife and many people of his court, including your father, and they were never seen again.
- Jack: That was the White Ship. It was the ship that sunk with Prince William, King Henry's heir.
- Aliena: I thought no-one survived that sinking?
- Jack: My father survived it. He was on that ship.
- Philip: [to Waleran] Satan tempted Christ at his weakest, after 40 days without food or water. I haven't Christ's strength to resist, Eminence, but you... you do not have Satan's cunning. You have taught me, you see. Politics may be a bargain between beggars, but compromise between good and evil is never possible. God's work does not blend with power or greed. Your moral mortar is corrupt. And the walls of your church will crumble, and the roof will fall. And you and everyone who worships with you will be crushed. I would sooner live out the rest of my days feeding pigs at the monastery than feeding your ravenous ambition.
- Waleran Bigod: You're damned.
- Stephen: You have my undying gratitude.
- Richard: Thank you, your majesty. I humbly ask...
- Stephen: I have no title to give you. Yet there's to be a crusade, and I need volunteers. I'll give you horse and armour and a squire or two if you kill some Saracens for me.When you return, we'll see what we can do about your father's title.
- Regan Hamleigh: We know you wish Jack Jackson dead. If only wishes had knives.
- Waleran Bigod: Dear Lady, I think you miss my point. Because of Jack Jackson's miraculous statue, there are now pilgrims in Kingsbridge. And where there are pilgrims, there is a market. They have a licence. They haven't had a turnout simply because your son burned the fleece fair.
- William Hamleigh: That was your idea.
- Waleran Bigod: Is that an accusation or a compliment?
- Regan Hamleigh: In the midst of battle, your spy will stab Jack with a dagger dipped in poison. Who's to say he didn't defend his church? There's the added bonus of course of destroying Kingsbridge. What do you think?
- Waleran Bigod: Oh, leave it to Eve every time.
- Walter: Tomorrow morning, when we attack Kingsbridge, don't forget that destruction, my lord, is the work of angels, albeit the dark ones.