168 NATURAL HISTORY OF SHAKESPEARE. 
Chief-Justice. ... since all is well, keep it 
so : wake not a sleeping wolf. 
King Henry IV., Part II. Act i. Scene 2. 
Constable. . . . they will eat like wolves, 
King Henry V., Act iii. Scene 7. 
Shepherd . I wish some ravenous wolf had eaten 
thee ! 
King Henry VI., Part I. Act v. Scene 4. 
Gloster. Ah, thus king Henry throws away his 
crutch, 
Before his legs be firm to bear his body: 
Thus is the shepherd beaten from thy side, 
And wolves are gnarling who shall gnaw thee first. 
King Henry VI., Part II. Act iii. Scene 1. 
Richard. Nay, Warwick, single out some other 
chase; 
For I myself will hunt this wolf to death. 
King Henry VI., Part III. Act ii. Scene 4. 
Queen Elizabeth. Wilt thou, O God, fly from such 
gentle lambs, 
And throw them in the entrails of the wolf? 
King Richard III., Act iv. Scene 4. 
Buckingham. This holy fox, 
Or wolf, or both (for he is equal ravenous 
As he is subtle; and as prone to mischief, 
As able to perform it: his mind and place 
Infecting one another, yea, reciprocally,) 
King Henry VIII., Act i. Scene 1. 
