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.