roose

By a retrospective law, Roose was sentenced to be boiled to death, which was done accordingly.

Begins, “The roose as saith the philosopher Plinius hath doble verteus.”

And after dinner, in the drawing-room, Lady Cecilia did introduce me to two girls—the Roose girls—you know.

And this is a perfectly serious question, although it certainly sounds as if it were only intended for a Roose.