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Quotation from Oroonoko by Aphra Behn

“I was myself an Eye-witness to a great Part of what you will find here set down”

Aphra Behn (spoken by Narrator)

Oroonoko, Opening of The History of the Royal Slave

Directly after disclaiming a feigned hero, the narrator stakes the book's authority on her own presence in Surinam.

Citation: "I was myself an Eye-witness to a great Part of what you will find here set down" — Aphra Behn, Oroonoko, Opening of The History of the Royal Slave. (id behn-oroonoko-q2)

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