So he had them into the slaughterhouse, where was a butcher killing a sheep. And behold, the sheep was quiet and took her death patiently. Then said the Interpreter, "You must learn of this sheep to suffer, and put up wrongs without murmurings and complaints. Behold how quietly she takes her death! And without objecting she suffered her skin to be pulled over her ears. Your King doth call you his sheep.

The Pilgrim's Progress