hn
Pakington, seventh baronet of the line.

=Roge'ro=, brother of Marphi'sa; brought up by Atlant[^e]s, a magician. He
married Brad'amant, the niece of Charlemagne. Rogero was converted to
Christianity, and was baptized. His marriage with Bradamant and his
election to the crown of Bulgaria concludes the poem.--Ariosto, _Orlando
Furioso_ (1516).

Who more brave than Rodomont? who more courteous than
Rogero?--Cervant[^e]s, _Don Quixote_, I. i. (1605).

_Rogero_, son of Roberto Guiscardo, the Norman. Slain by
Tisaphern[^e]s.--Tasso, _Jerusalem Delivered_, xx. (1575).

_Rogero_ (3 _syl._), a gentleman of Sicilia.--Shakespeare, _The Winter's
Tale_ (1604).

[Asterism] This is one of those characters which appear in the _dramatis
personae_, but are never introduced in the play. Rogero not only does not
utter a word--he does not even enter the stage all through the drama. In
the Globe edition his name is omitted. (See VIOLENTA.)

=Rogers= (_Mr._), illiterate, tender-hearted, great-souled old father of
_Louisiana_. When she begs his pardon for having been ashamed of, and
having disowned him, he tells her, "It's _you_ as should be a-forgivin'
_me_ ... I hadn't done ye no sort o' justice in the world, an' never
could."--Frances Hodgson Burnett, _Louisiana_ (1880).

=Roget=, the pastoral name of George Wither in the four "eglogues" called
_The Shepheards Hunting_ (1615). The first and last "eglogues" are
dialogues between Roget and Willy, his young friend; in the second
pastoral Cuddy is introduced, and in the third Alexis makes a fourth
character. The subject of the first three is the reason of Roget's
imprisonment, which, he says, is a hunt that gave great offence. This
hunt is in reality a satire called _Abuses Stript and Whipt_. The fourth
pastoral has for its subject Roget's love of poetry.

[Asterism] "Willy" is his friend, William Browne, of the Inner Temple
(two years his junior), author of _Britannia's Pastorals_.

=Roi Panade= ("_king of slops_"), Louis XVIII. (1755, 1814-1824).

=Roister Doister= (_Ralph_), a vain, thoughtless, blustering fellow, in
pursuit of Custance, a rich widow, but baffled in his endeavor.--Nicholas
Udall, _Ralph Roister Doister_ (the first English comedy, 1534).

=Rokesmith= (_John_), _alias_ JOHN HARMON, secretary of Mr. Boffin. He
lodged with the Wilfers, and ultimately married Bella Wilfer. John
Rokesmith is described as "a dark gentleman, 30 at the utmost, wit