Book II, 35: On the Prophet slaine by a Lyon

Twas not for malice; not for want of Food,
The obvious Lyon shed this Prophets blood:
Where faithlesse man neglects the sacred Law
Of God; there, beasts abate their servile awe
To man: When Man dares take a dispensation,
By sin, to frustrate th'end of Mans Creation,
The Beasts, Oft-times, by mans Example, doe
Renounce the end of their Creation too:
The Prophet must abstaine: He was forbid;
He must not eate: And yet the Prophet did:
Th'obedient Lyon had command to shed
That Prophets Blood: and see, the Prophet's dead:
O, how corrupt's the nature of Mans Will,
That breaks those Lawes which very Beasts fulfill!