RUSTICUS'S PIG 
 
 
mother of Charlotte Rusport. Very proud, 
very mean, very dogmatical, and very 
vain. Without one spark of generosity 
or loving charity in her composition. 
She bribes her lawyer to destroy a will, 
but is thwarted in her dishonesty. Lady 
Rusport has a tendresse for Major O'Fla- 
herty; but the major discovers the villainy 
of the old woman, and escapes from this 
Scylla. 
   Charlotte Rusport, step-daughter   of 
 Lady Rusport. An amiable, ingenuous, 
 animated, handsome girl, in love with her 
 cousin, Charles Dudley, whom she mar- 
 ries.-R. Cumberland, The West Indian 
 (1771). 
 
   Russet (Mr.), the choleric old father of 
Harriot, on whom he dotes. He is so 
self-willed that he will not listen to rea- 
son, and has set his mind on his daugh- 
ter marrying Sir Harry Beagle.      She 
marries, however, Mr. Oakly.-(See HTR- 
RIOT.)-George Colman, The Jealous Wife 
(1761). 
 
  Russian Byron (The), Alexander Ser- 
geiwitch Pushkin (1799-1837). 
 
  Russian History (The Father of), Nes- 
tor, a monk of Kiev. His Chronicle in- 
cludes the years between 862 and 1116 
(twelfth century). 
 
  Russian Murat (The), Michael Milora- 
dowith (1770-1820). 
 
  Rust (Martin), an absurd old antiqua- 
ry. "He likes no coins but those which 
have no head on them." He took a fancy 
to Juliet, the niece of Sir Thomas Lofty, 
but preferred his "2En~as, his precious 
relic of Troy," to the living beauty; and 
Juliet preferred Richard Bever to Mr. 
 
 
Rust; so matters were soon amicably 
adjusted.-Foote, The Patron (1764). 
 
   Rustam, chief of the Persian mythical 
 heroes, son of ZOI "the Fair," king of 
 India, and regular descendant of Benja- 
 min, the beloved son of Jacob, the patri- 
 arch. He delivered King Ca'icus (4 syl.) 
 from prison, but afterwards fell into dis- 
 grace because he refused to embrace the 
 religious system of Zoroaster. Caicaus 
 sent his son, Asfendiar (or Isfendiar) to 
 convert him, and, as persuasion availed 
 nothing, the logic of single combat was 
 resorted to. The fight lasted two days, 
 and then Rustam discovered that Asfen- 
 diar bore a "charmed life," proof against 
 all wounds. The valor of these two 
 heroes is proverbial, and the Persian ro- 
 mances are full of their deeds of fight. 
 Bustam's    Horse, Reksh. -   Chardin, 
 Travels (1686-1711). 
 In Matthew Arnold's poem, Sohrab and 
 Bustum, Rustum fights with and over- 
 comes Sohrab, and finds too late that he 
 has slain his own son. 
 
 Bustam, son of Tamur, king of Persia. 
 He had a trial of strength with Rustam, 
 son of ZAl, which was to pull away from 
 his adversary an iron ring. The combat 
 was never decided, for Rustam could no 
 more conquer Rustam than Roland could 
 overcome Oliver.-Chardin, Travels (1686- 
 1711). 
 
 Rusticus's Pig, the pig on which Rus- 
 ticus fed daily, but which never dimin- 
 ished. 
 Two Christians, travelling in Poland,... came 
to the door of Rustfeus, a heathen peasant, who 
had killed a fat hog to celebrate the birth of a 
son. The pilgrims, being invited to partake of 
the feast, pronounced a blessing on what was 
left, which never diminished in size or weight from 
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