The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume 2

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THE WORKS OF APHRA BEHN
VOL. II
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MONTAGUE SUMMERS

CONTENTS
ABDELAZER; OR, THE MOOR'S REVENGE THE YOUNG KING;
OR, THE MISTAKE THE CITY HEIRESS; OR, SIR TIMOTHY
TREAT-ALL THE FEIGN'D CURTEZANS; OR, A NIGHT'S
INTRIGUE NOTES

ABDELAZER; OR, THE MOOR'S REVENGE.

ARGUMENT.

The old King of Spain, having conquered Fez and killed the Moorish
monarch, has taken the orphaned prince Abdelazer under his protection
and in time made him General. Abdelazer, though always courageous,
has the desire of revenge ever uppermost, and to gain influence, rather
than from any love, he becomes the Queen's paramour. She, being a
lustful and wicked woman, joins with the Moor in poisoning her
husband, at whose death Philip, her second son, newly returned victor
from a martial expedition, leaving his army at some distance, rushes in
mad with rage and publicly accuses his mother of adultery with
Abdelazer. She is greatly incensed, but Cardinal Mendozo, as Protector
of the King, promptly banishes her gallant. The young King Ferdinand,
however, to please Florella, the Moor's wife, whom he loves, revokes
this decree. Abdelazer, in revenge, next orders his native officer Osmin
to kill Philip and the Cardinal. They escape by night disguised as
monks, whilst Abdelazer alarms the castle with cries of treason and
tells the King that Philip and the Cardinal are plotting to murder him.
Ferdinand orders Abdelazer to follow them, intending to visit Florella
during her husband's absence. Abdelazer, fully aware of his plan, out of
pride and mischief furnishes Florella with a dagger, bidding her stab
the King if he persists in his suit. Elvira, the Queen Mother's confidante,
Watches the King enter Florella's apartment and conveys the news to
her Mistress who, with dissembled reluctance, informs Alonzo, the
Moor's brother-in-law. Florella resists the King's solicitations and
produces the dagger threatening to stab herself. At this juncture the
Queen rushes in and, feigning to think that Florella was about to
attempt the King's life, kills her. Her motive for this deed is, in reality,
jealousy. Whilst the King falls weeping at his dead mistress' feet
Abdelazer enters, and in the ensuing fight Ferdinand is slain. Philip is
then proclaimed King, but Abdelazer announcing he is a bastard, an
avowal backed by the Queen, declares himself Protector of Spain,
Overpowered by his following, The lords accept him. Alonzo, however,
flies to Philip's camp with the tidings. A battle between the two parties
follows, but the Queen treacherously detaches Mendozo, who loves her,
from Philip, and although the Moors are at first beaten back they now
gain the advantage and Philip is captured. At a general assembly of the
nobles the Queen relates the false tale of Philip's illegitimacy and
asserts that the Cardinal is his father. She privately bids Mendozo

acknowledge this and so gain the crown, but he refuses to support the
lie and is promptly arrested as a traitor. Abdelazer now brings forward
the Infanta Leonora and proclaims her Queen of Spain, He next
disposes of the Queen Mother by bidding Roderigo, a creature of his
own, assassinate her forthwith. Roderigo gains admittance disguised as
a friar and stabs her, upon which Abdelazer, to screen himself, rushes
in and cuts him down. He next openly declares his love for Leonora
and is about to force her when Osmin, his officer, enters to inform him
that Alonzo, to whom Leonora is affianced, has resisted arrest but is at
last secured. Abdelazer, enraged