although cleverer than the prince, baldrick, knowing his place in the medieval pecking-order, holds him in awe. he often leads cheers in the prince's honour (along with lord percy, who tries hard to join in), fills his head with illusions of grandeur, and often ends up doing his dirty work. this included carrying the decapitated body of richard iii and sleeping with the spanish infanta, edmund's fiancée, making her unchaste in hopes that this would prevent the marriage. the latter task resulted in several injuries, including a seriously blackened eye. when baldrick is abandoned by edmund in the final episode, a tear falls from his eye.