return home, the truth is made
manifest, Robert is vindicated, and marries Helen. His aliases are James
Seaton and John Hazel.

=Robert the Devil=, or =Robert the Magnificent=, Robert I., duke of
Normandy, father of William "the Conqueror" (*, 1028-1035).

Robert Fran[c,]ois Damiens, who tried to assassinate Louis XV., was
popularly so called (*, 1714-1757).

=Robert of Lincoln.= The saucy songster is an especial favorite with
American poets. Bryant does not disdain to write a long poem that has
him as the theme.

"Merrily singing on briar and reed,
Near to the nest of his little dame,
Over the mountain-side or mead,
Robert of Lincoln is telling his name:
'Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link!
Spink, spank, spink!
Snug and safe is that nest of ours,
Hidden among the summer flowers,
Cha! cha! cha!'"

William Cullen Bryant, _Poems_.

=Roberts=, cash-keeper of Master George Heriot, the king's goldsmith.--Sir
W. Scott, _Fortunes of Nigel_ (time, James I.).

_Roberts_ (_John_), a smuggler.--Sir W. Scott, _Redgauntlet_ (time,
George III.).

=Robespierre's Weavers=, the fish-fags and their rabble female followers
of the very lowest class, partisans of Robespierre in the first French
Revolution.

=Robin=, the page of Sir John Falstaff.--Shakespeare, _Merry Wives of
Windsor_ (1601).

_Robin_, servant of Captain Rovewell, whom he helps in his love
adventure with Arethusa, daughter of Argus.--Carey, _Contrivances_
(1715).

_Robin_, brother-in-law of Farmer Crop, of Cornwall. Having lost his
property through the villainy of Lawyer Endless, he emigrates, and in
three years returns. The ship is wrecked off the coast of Cornwall and
Robin saves Frederick, the young squire. On landing, he meets his old
sweetheart, Margaretta, at Crop's house, and the acquaintance is renewed
by mutual consent.--P. Hoare, _No Song no Supper_ (1790).

_Robin_, a young gardener, fond of the minor theatres, where he has
picked up a taste for sentimental fustian, but all his rhapsodies bear
upon his trade. Thus, when Wilhelmina asks why he wishes to dance with
her, he replies:

Ask the plants why they love a shower; ask the sunflower why it
loves the sun; ask the snowdrop why it is white; ask the violet why
it is blue; ask the trees why they blossom; the cabbages why they
grow. 'Tis all because they can't help it; no more can I help my
love for you.--C.