nstead. Italic passages used Roman type for emphasis; this is shown
as +Name+.]

THE WORKS

of

APHRA BEHN

Edited by
MONTAGUE SUMMERS

VOL. V

The Black Lady -- The King of Bantam
The Unfortunate Happy Lady -- The Fair Jilt
Oroonoko -- Agnes de Castro
The History of the Nun -- The Nun
The Lucky Mistake -- The Unfortunate Bride
The Dumb Virgin -- The Wandering Beauty
The Unhappy Mistake

[Illustration: (Publisher's Device)]

LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN
STRATFORD-ON-AVON: A. H. BULLEN
MCMXV

CONTENTS.

[See Transcriber's Note at beginning of text for handling of Notes
and Appendix.]

Page

The Adventure of the Black Lady 1
The Court of the King of Bantam 11
The Unfortunate Happy Lady: A True History 35
The Fair Jilt 67
Oroonoko; or, The Royal Slave 125
Agnes De Castro 209
The History of the Nun; or, The Fair Vow-Breaker 257
The Nun; or, The Perjur'd Beauty 325
The Lucky Mistake 349
The Unfortunate Bride; or, The Blind Lady a Beauty 399
The Dumb Virgin; or, The Force of Imagination 415
The Wandering Beauty 445
The Unhappy Mistake; or, The Impious Vow Punish'd 469
Appendix 507
Notes 513

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THE ADVENTURE OF THE _BLACK LADY_.

About the Beginning of last _June_ (as near as I can remember)
_Bellamora_ came to Town from _Hampshire_, and was obliged to lodge the
first Night at the same Inn where the Stage-Coach set up. The next Day
she took Coach for _Covent-Garden_, where she thought to find Madam
_Brightly_, a Relation of hers, with whom she design'd to continue for
about half a Year undiscover'd, if possible, by her Friends in the
Country: and order'd therefore her Trunk, with her Clothes, and most of
her Mone