t Mrs. Behn's
father, John Amis, was a barber, argues that a man in such a position
could hardly have obtained so important a post, and if her 'father was
not sent to Surinam, the only reason she gives for being there
disappears.' However, since we know her father to have been no barber,
but of good family, this line of discussion falls to the ground.

p. 180 _Brother to Harry Martin the great Oliverian._ Henry, or Harry,
and George Marten were the two sons of Sir Henry Marten (_ob._ 1641)
and his first wife, Elizabeth, who died 19 June, 1618. For the elder
brother, Henry Marten, (1602-80), see note Vol. I, p. 457.

p. 193 _The Deputy Governor._ William Byam was 'Lieutenant General of
Guiana and Governor of Willoughby Land', 1661-7. Even previously to this
he had gained no little influence and power in these colonies. He headed
the forces that defended Surinam in 1667 against the Dutch Admiral
Crynsens, who, however, proved victorious.

p. 198 _my new Comedy. The Younger Brother; or, The Amorous Jilt_,
posthumously produced under the auspices of, and with some alterations
by, Charles Gildon at Drury Lane in 1696. George Marteen, acted by
Powell, is the young and gallant hero of the comedy.

p. 200 _his Council_. In _The Widow Ranter_ Mrs. Behn draws a vivid
picture of these deboshed ruffians.

p. 207 _one Banister_. Sergeant Major James Banister being, after
Byam's departure in 1667, 'the only remaining eminent person' became
Lieutenant-Governor. It was he who in 1668 made the final surrender of
the colony. Later, having quarrelled with the Dutch he was imprisoned by
them.

[Footnote 5: Nell Gwynne had no part in the play.]

Cross-Reference from Critical Notes: _Oroonoko_

Note to p. 180: For the elder brother, Henry Marten, (1602-80), see note
Vol. I, p. 457.

Vol. I, p. 457 note (referring to _The Roundheads_, V, ii):

p. 414 _Peters the first_, _Martin the Second_. Hugh Peters has been
noticed before. Henry Martin was an extreme republican, and at one
time even a Leveller. He was a commissioner of the High Court of
Justice and a regicide. At the Restoration he was imprisoned for
life and died at Chepstow Castle, 1681, aged seventy-eight. He was
notorious for profligacy and shamelessness, and kept a very seraglio
of mistresses. [[The date "1681" is in the original.]]

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