136 NATURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE . 
Messenger. . . . he hath borne himself beyond 
the promise of his age; doing, in the figure of a 
lamb, the feats of a lion : 
Much Ado about Nothing, Act i. Scene 1. 
Duke. . . . my thoughts are ripe in mischief: 
I’ll sacrifice the lamb that I do love, 
To spite a raven’s heart within a dove. 
Twelfth Night, Act v. Scene 1. 
Gremio. . . . she’s a lamb, a dove, 
Taming of the Shrew, Act iii. Scene 2. 
Arthur. Nay, hear me, Hubert! drive these men 
away, 
And I will sit as quiet as a lamb; 
King John, Act iv. Scene 1. 
York. In peace, was never gentle lamb more mild, 
King Richard II., Act. ii. Scene 1. 
King Henry. Our kinsman Gloster is as innocent 
From meaning treason to our royal person, 
As is the sucking lamb, or harmless dove : 
Queen Margaret. . , t 
Is he a lamb ? his skin is surely lent him, 
King Henry VI., Part II. Act iii. Scene 1. 
King Hemy. And when the lion fawns upon the 
lamb, 
The lamb will never cease to follow him. 
King Henry VI., Part III. Act iv. Scene 8. 
