The dogs shall eat, and those that die afield The fowls of the air shall eat; and Jezebel ... Dogs shall eat Jezebel by the city wall. Now royal rottenness in purple hedged, I call a great cry from the Spirit of God. Come all you dogs and vultures, Come on your noiseless wings out of great Heaven, Come upon padding footsteps stealthily. Follow your victims in the hearts of men, And by the ways of men, and take their blood As they took his, as they took his, as they Took his, upon the stones; blood, blood, that shrieks. (_The spirit passes out of him. He swoons._) AHAB. So, Jezebel, you see what you have done. JEZEBEL. Would you have pardoned Naboth, had you heard him? AHAB. No; but to give our enemies this handle Against us, at this time, and for no reason. JEZEBEL. The laws are plain: would you have pardoned him? AHAB. I tell you, no. JEZEBEL. Then what would you have done? AHAB. Made him a mocking, or imprisoned him, Or had him publicly displayed and shamed. JEZEBEL. Why did you not then do as you have said?