pages, 1048 lines.] August 19.

723--737. _MS. First edition of 28 pages._
733-4 not in the MS., but in
First edition of 28 pages.

738--745. _First edition of_ 41 _pages_. June 5, 1813.

746--786. First edition of 28 pages. Not in the MS.

787--831. _MS. First edition of 28 pages_.

832--915. Seventh edition.

916--998. _First edition of 41 pages_.
937-970 no MS.

999--1023. Second edition.

1024--1028. Seventh edition.

1029--1079. _First edition of 41 pages_.

1080--1098. Third edition.

1099--1125. _First edition of 41 pages_.

1126--1130. Seventh edition.

1131--1191. Fifth edition.

1192--1217. Seventh edition.

1218--1256. Fifth edition.

1257--1318. _First edition of 41 pages_.

1319--1334. _MS. First edition of 28 pages_.

NOTE.

The first edition is advertised in the _Morning Chronicle_, June 5; a
third edition on August 11, 13, 16, 31; a fifth edition, with
considerable additions, on September 11; on November 29 a "new edition;"
and on December 27, 1813, a seventh edition, together with a repeated
notice of the _Bride of Abydos_. These dates do not exactly correspond
with Murray's contemporary memoranda of the dates of the successive
issues.

To

SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQ.

as a slight but most sincere token

of admiration of his genius,

respect for his character,

and gratitude for his friendship,

THIS PRODUCTION IS INSCRIBED

by his obliged

and affectionate servant,

BYRON.

London, _May_, 1813.

ADVERTISEMENT.

The tale which these disjointed fragments present, is founded upon
circumstances now less common in the East than formerly; either because
the ladies are more circumspect than in the "olden time," or because the
Christians have better fortune, or less enterprise. The story, when
entire, contained the adventures of a female slave, who was thrown, in
the Mussulman manner, into the sea for infidelity, and avenged by a
young Venetian, her lover, at the time the Seven Islands were possessed
by the Republic of Venice, and soon after