_Tat._ Why then, dear madam, make me no farther pother, Were I your majesty, I'd try another. _Queen._ I think 'tis best to follow thy advice. _Tat._ I'll fit you with a husband in a trice: Here's Rigdum-Funnidos, a proper man; If any one can please a queen, he can. _Rig-Fun._ Ay, that I can, and please your majesty. So, ceremonies apart, let's proceed to business. _Queen_. Oh! but the mourning takes up all my care, I'm at a loss what kind of weeds to wear. _Rig-Fun_. Never talk of mourning, madam, One ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow, Take me at once, and let us wed to-morrow. I'll make thee a great man, my little Phoscophorny. [_To_ ALDI, _aside_. _Aldi_. I scorn your bounty; I'll be king, or nothing. Draw, miscreant! draw! _Rig_. No, sir, I'll take the law. [_Runs behind the_ QUEEN. _Queen_. Well, gentlemen, to make the matter easy, I'll have you both; and that, I hope, will please ye. And now, Tatlanthe, thou art all my care: Where shall I find thee such another pair? Pity that you, who've serv'd so long, so well, Should die a virgin, and lead apes in hell. Choose for yourself, dear girl, our empire round, Your portion is twelve hundred thousand pound. _Aldi_. Here! take these dead and bloody corps away; Make preparation for our wedding day. Instead of sad solemnity, and black, Our hearts shall swim in claret, and in sack. _The next piece is taken from successive numbers of_ THE ANTI-JACOBIN, _which was planned by_ Canning, _and of which the first number appeared on the_ 20_th of November_, 1797_. "_The Rovers, or the Double Arrangement_," _was the joint work of_ George Canning, George Ellis, _and_ John Hookham Frere. THE ROVERS; OR, THE DOUBLE ARRANGEMENT. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. PRIOR _of the_ ABBEY _of_ QUEDLINBURGH, _very corpulent and cruel_. ROGERO, _a Prisoner in the Abbey, in love with_ MATILDA POTTINGEN. CASIMERE, _a Polish Emigrant, in Dembrowsky's Legion, married to_ CECILIA, _but having several children by_ MATILDA. PUDDINGFIELD _and_ BEEFINGTON, _English Noblemen exiled by the Tyranny of King John, previous to the signature of Magna Charta_. RODERIC, _Count of Saxe Weimar, a bloody Tyrant, with red hair, and an amorous complexion_. GASPAR, _the Minister of the Count; Author of_ ROGERO'S _confinement_. _Young_ POTTINGEN, _brother to_ MATILDA. MATILDA POTTINGEN, _in love with_ ROGERO, _and mother to_ CASIMERE'S _children_. CECILIA MÜCKENFELD, _wife to_ CASIMERE. _Landlady, Waiter, Grenadiers, Troubadours, &c._ PANTALOWSKY, _and_ BRITCHINDA, _children of_ MATILDA, _by_ CASIMERE.