158 NA TURAL HIS TOR V OF SHAKESPEARE. 
And saw the lion’s shadow ere himself, 
And ran dismay’d away. 
Merchant of Venice, Act ii. Scene i ; 
Act v. Scene I. 
Petrucio. Have I not in my time heard lions roar ? 
Taming of the Shrew, Act i. Scene 2. 
Bast. He that perforce robs lions of their hearts, 
May easily win a woman’s. 
King Philip. Richard, that robb’d the lion of his 
heart, 
And fought the holy wars in Palestine, 
Bast. You are the hare of whom the proverb goes, 
Whose valour plucks dead lions by the beard. 
Bast. Talks as familiarly of roaring lions, 
As maids of thirteen do of puppy-dogs ! 
King John, Act i. Scene 1 ; Act ii. 
Scenes 1 and 2. 
King Richard. 
tame. 
. . —lions make leopards 
King Richard II., Act i. Scene 1. 
Falstaff. I shall think the better of 
myself, and thee, during my life; I for a valiant lion, 
and thou for a true prince. 
King Henry IV., Part I. Act ii. Scene 4. 
King Henry. The man that once did sell the lion’s 
skin 
While the beast lived, was killed with hunting him. 
King Henry V., Act iv. Scene 3. 
