That they should perish for the shepherd's fault?
They bring their yearly wool, to clothe their owners;
And yet, when bare themselves, are culled for slaughter.
Should I do this, what could the wolf do more,
Than what the master did?
Ram. Then Garcia, must he 'scape?
Alph. 'Tis true, I had him at my mercy once;
I should have killed him then, or, once forgiven,
Should spare him now.
Ram. [Aside.] His noble soul relents.