Standing interrogatories to be administered on behalf of our sovereign lord George the Third, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith

to all commanders, masters, officers, mariners, and other persons found on board any ships or vessels which hath been or shall be seized or taken as prize by any of His Majesty's ships or vessels of war, or by merchant ships or vessels which have, or shall have, commissions or letters of marque and reprisals, concerning such captured ships, vessels, or any goods, wares, and merchandizes on board the same, examined as witnesses in preparatory, during the present hostilities