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Transcription

To the 4th hee saith hee cannot more particulerly answere to the contents
of this Interrogatorie than in his foregoeing deposition hee hath declared./

To the 5th and 6th Interrogatories hee saith the last tyme hee sawe the shipp Interrogate
was after her seizure by the Preston ffrigott shee being then under
custody of the sayd ffrigott at Lisbone And further to these Interrogatories
hee cannot answere saving hee saith that as this
respondent hath divers tymes heard the sayd Captaine Bea[XX] sayd
the sayd shipp now called the Change had when shee was
seized by the name of the Cane Merchant, the Merchant Adventurers
Armes, and this deponent observed when hee left the Change at
Lisbone where shee stayed after the Preston frigott (in which this
deponent came for England) with some of the Preston ffrigotts
Company in her to take in a ladeing of salt and bring the same for
England, that shee had then the same Armes remayning upon her
[?Arme], as the sayd Bea[XX] told this deponent were upon her sterne
when shee was seized by the name of the Cane Merchant./

To the 7th hee saith the shipp Interrogate was seized by the Preston
ffrigott in the moneth of Aprill last and about the one or two and
twentith day thereof and further to this Interrogatorie saving his
foregoeing deposition hee cannot answere/

To the 8th Interrogatorie hee saith the shipp Change at the tyme of her
seizure by the Preston ffrigott was a man of warr and soe
had bin (as hee heard) for severall moneths before, but how long
hee knoweth nmot And further hee cannot answere/

To the last Interrogatorie hee saith hee sawe the Change last at Lisbon as
aforesayd, when shee had thirteene gunnes aboard her, which as hee
hath heard was three more than shee had when shee was seized
in the yeare 1656 by the name of the Cane Merchant And further
or more particulerly to this Interrogatorie hee cannot answere/

The marke of the sayd
William + Bawcock./ [MARKE, RH SIDE]

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The same day [CENTRE HEADING]

Examined on the sayd allegation./

Rp. 3

Edward ffinch of Sandwich in Kent Mariner
aged twenty fower yeares or thereabouts a wittnes
sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet

To the first second third 4th 5th and 6th articles of the sayd allegation hee
saith that hee hath knowne the arlate shipp formerly called the Cane
Merchant and now called the Change for these three yeares last [?past]
and saith the arlate John Somers in the yeares 1655 and 1656
was Master and Commander of the sayd shipp by the name then of
the Cane Merchant and was reputed alsoe to be Owner of her this
hee the better knoweth for that hee was aboard the sayd shipp in the
latter end of the yeare 1655 in the downes and should have gone in
her as one of her Company the voyage shee was then bound out [XXX]
(the sayd Somers being then Master of her and shee being then called
the