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 20th 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.
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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.