mes to himself, he resolves, if
possible, to find his rose, and Welcome promises to aid him; Shyness,
Fear, and Slander obstruct him; and Reason advises him to give up the
quest. Pity and Kindness show him the object of his search; but Jealousy
seizes Welcome, and locks her in Fear Castle. Here the original poem
ends. The sequel, somewhat longer than the twenty-four books of Homer's
_Iliad_, takes up the tale from this point.

=Roma'no=, the old monk who took pity on Roderick in his flight (viii.),
and went with him for refuge to a small hermitage on the sea-coast,
where they remained for twelve months, when the old monk died.--Southey,
_Roderick, The Last of the Goths_, i., ii. (1841).

=Rome Does= (_Do as_). The saying originated with Saint Ambrose (fourth
century). It arose from the following diversity in the observance of
Saturday:--The Milanese make it a feast, the Romans a fast. St. Ambrose,
being asked what should be done in such a case, replied, "In matters of
indifference, it is better to be guided by the general usage. When I am
at Milan, I do not fast on Saturdays, but when I am at Rome, I do as
they do at Rome."

=Rome Saved by Geese.= When the Gauls invaded Rome, a detachment in single
file scaled the hill on which the capitol stood, so silently that the
foremost man reached the summit without being challenged; but while
striding over the rampart, some sacred geese were disturbed, and by
their cackle aroused the guard. Marcus Manlius rushed to the wall, and
hustled the Gaul over, thus saving the capitol.

A somewhat parallel case occurred in Ireland in the battle of Glinsaly,
in Donegal. A party of the Irish would have surprised the Protestants if
some wrens had not disturbed the guards by the noise they made in
hopping about the drums and pecking on the parchment heads.--Aubrey,
_Miscellanies_, 45.

=Ro'meo=, a son of Mon'tague (3 _syl._), in love with Juliet, the daughter
of Cap'ulet; but between the houses of Montague and Capulet there existed
a deadly feud. As the families were irreconcilable, Juliet took a sleeping
draught, that she might get away from her parents and elope with Romeo.
Romeo, thinking her to be dead, killed himself; and when Juliet awoke and
found her lover dead, she also killed herself.--Shakespeare, _Romeo and
Juliet_ (1598).

=Romeo and Juliet=, a tragedy by Shakespeare (1598). The tale is taken
from _Rhomeo and Julietta_, a novel by Boisteau, in French, borrowed
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