re found, so was his steed. Several generations passed away, when, in
a hermitage near Viseu, a tomb was discovered, "which bore in ancient
characters King Roderick's name;" but imagination must fill up the gap.
He is spoken of as most popular.

Time has been
When not a tongue within the Pyrenees
Dared whisper in dispraise of Roderick's name,
Lest, if the conscious air had caught the sound,
The vengeance of the honest multitude
Should fall upon the traitorous head, and brand
For life-long infamy the lying lips.

Southey, _Roderick, etc._, xv. (1814).

_Roderick's Dog_ was called Theron.

_Roderick's Horse_ was Orel'io.

_Roderick_ (_The Vision of Don_). Roderick, the last of the Gothic kings
of Spain, descended into an ancient vault near Toledo. This vault was
similar to that in Greece, called the cave of Triph[=o]nios, where was
an oracle. In the vault Roderick saw a vision of Spanish history from
his own reign to the beginning of the nineteenth century. _Period I._
The invasion of the Moors, with his own defeat and death. _Period II._
The Augustine age of Spain, and their conquests in the two Indies.
_Period III._ The oppression of Spain by Bonaparte, and its succor by
British aid.--Sir W. Scott, _The Vision of Don Roderick_ (1811).

=Roderick Dhu=, an outlaw and chief of a banditti, which resolved to win
back the spoil of the "Saxon spoiler." Fitz-James, a Saxon, met him and
knew him not. He asked the Saxon why he was roaming unguarded over the
mountains, and Fitz-James replied that he had sworn to combat with
Roderick, the rebel, till death laid one of them prostrate. "Have, then,
thy wish!" exclaimed the stranger, "for I am Roderick Dhu." As he spoke,
the whole place bristled with armed men. Fitz-James stood with his back
against a rock, and cried, "Come one, come all, this rock shall fly from
its firm base as soon as I." Roderick, charmed with his daring, waved
his hand, and all the band disappeared as mysteriously as they had
appeared. Roderick then bade the Saxon fight, "For," said he, "that
party will prove victorious which first slays an enemy." "Then," replied
Fitz-James, "thy cause is hopeless, for Red Murdock is slain already."
They fought, however, and Roderick was slain (canto v.).--Sir W. Scott,
_The Lady of the Lake_ (1810).

=Roderick Random=, a child of impulse, and a selfish libertine. His
treatment of Strap is infamous and most heartless