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To the Interrogatories. [CENTRE HEADING] To the first and second hee saith the said shipp the ''Cane Merchant'' was built as hee hath bin credibly informed at Canne, and this deponent hath sailed in company with Peter Cavalier of Cane who said hee built her there and saith the said Sommers bought her of the said Peter C[?avalier] [?and] Peter knight in this port of London in the yeare 1654, and within t[XX] dayes or thereabouts after such buying, shipped this deponent Gunner of [?her] but this deponent is not a witnes to the bill of sale, and otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoeing deposition. To the third Interrogatorie hee saith the said John Summers was [?two] yeares in possession of the said shipp before the said seizure, which hee knoweth because hee this deponent belonged to her all that time and that it is about two yeares and a quarter since hee was deprived thereof as foresaid, referring himselfe to his foregoeing deposition To the fourth hee saith that six of the said tenn guns were s[XXXXs], [XXX] [?minions] and one falcon, and that shee had at the time of the said seizure a whole suite of sailes for her foremast, maine mast, missen mast and boltspritt, and a spare [XXX ?maine] topsaile five anchors, and fower cables and [XXXXXX], one deck, a half deck and a forecastle and that her sailes were not much worne, her cables good, and otherwise hee cannot depose, referrimng himselfe to his foregoeing deposition. To the fifth hee saith it is about 22 monethes since hee last saw the said shipp the ''Cane Merchant'', and saith the said Sommers was master of her himselfe and in possession of her to the time that shee was soe seized, and otherwise hee referreth himselfe to his foregoing deposition. To the 6. 7. 8. and 9. hee saith that hee last saw her at Passaga aforesaid namely about two and twenty monethes since, and otherwise hee cannot answer, saving as aforesaid, not having seene the said shipp since her seizure by the ''Preston frigott.'' Thomas grim[?s]ditch [SIGNATURE, RH SIDE] ********************************* The 8th of July 1658/ [CENTRE HEADING] Examined on the sayd allegation/ '''Rp. 2''' '''William Bawcock''' of North Yarmouth in Norfolk Mariner aged twenty five yeares or thereabouts a wittnesse sworne and examined saith and deposeth as followeth videlicet To the first second third and 5th articles of the sayd alleagtion hee saith hee this deponent hath knowne the arlate shipp now called the ''Change'', and formerly the ''Cane Merchant'' for those sixe moneths last past hee being a passenger in her At her seizure by the ''Preston ffrigott'' hereafter specified And saith that ever since hee know her the arlate John Somers hath bin Commonly reputed the true and lawfull Owner and proprietor of the sayd shipp formerly called the ''Cane'' ''Marchant'' and now the ''Change'' And hath heard Captaine [?Beach] (Commander) of the sayd shipp ''Change'' formerly the ''Cane Marchant'' by Commission (as hee sayd) of the duke of Yorke) saye that in the yeare 1656 when shee the ''Change'' was first taken by a shipp of warr Commissioned by the duke of Yorke or King of Scotts
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