K. Hen. So flies the reckless shepherd from the wolf;
So first the harmless sheep doth yield his fleece,
And next his throat unto the butcher's knife.
What scene of death hath Roscius now to act?

(Shakespeare, 3 Henry VI, V.6.7-10)

[External link: the complete play.]

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