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That is to say I Give & bequeath unto my well beloved Wife Judith all my Real & personal Estate to her Disposall for ye benefit of my Children & I likewise appoint my sª Wife Judith my whole & sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament Disannulling fall former Wills by me heretofore made In Witness whereunto I have Set my hand & Seal ye Date above written.
Signed Sealed Pronounced&
Lemuel Gowen (Seal)
Declared by ye sd Lemuel Gowen as his last Will & Testament
in Bsence of Jnº Watkins James fferguson. Thos Emery.
Probated 17 Oct. 1740.
Probate Office, 5, 201.
In the Name of God amen the Twenty first Day of April 1740. I Benjamin Cole of Arundel in ye County of York Weaver being very sick & weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given to God for it : Therefore calling to mind ye Mortality of my Body & knowing it is appointed unto all men once to die Do make & Ordain this my last Will & Testament that is to say Principally & first of all I give & Recomend my Soul into ye Hands of God that gave it & my Body I Recomend to ye Earth to be Buried in decent & Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executor nothing doubting but at the General Resurrection I shall re- ceive the same again by ye almighty Power of God : and as touching my worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life I give demise & dispose of ye same in y" following manner & form. after my Just Debts & Fun- eral Charges are paid out of my Estate.
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Imprimis I Do give to my dearly beloved Wife Mary a Bead & beding during her being my Widow & House Roome.
Item. I Give to my Son Solomon five Shillings to be paid by my Executor hereafter Named and ye two years time that he went from me before he was one & twenty years old which I call fourty pounds.
Item I Give to my Dafter Mary a Bed Beding Curtins & Valiens. and I give to my Dafter Sarah a Cow or five pounds in Cash to be paid her when my Son Natha" comes to the age of one & twenty years.
also I give to my Daughter Elizabeth fiue pounds in Cash to be paid her when my Son Natha" comes to ye age of one & twenty years. and I give my Daughter Hannah five pounds in Cash to be paid to her when he my sª Son Nathan when he Comes to ye age of one & twenty years.
Item. I give to my Son Natha" that fifty acres of Land which I bought of Capt Thomas Perkins (it being now my Homstead ) as it was bounded in ye Deed he gave to me of it to him his Heirs & assigns for ever. and my Son Natha !! is to take care of my Dear wife Mary during her being my Widow and provide for her, and I give to my Son Nathli all my other moucables not before disposed of & my Dwell- ing House and my Will is that my Son Natha" shall have all my other Lands & buildings not mentioned & disposed of before by me lying & being in any part of ye Province.
And I Do appoint Thomas Perkins Jur of Arundel in the County aforesd to be my Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament and to see that it is performed as far as my Estate will allow and I Do appoint the aforesd Perkins to be Guardian to my Son Nathaniel untill He comes to the age of one & twenty Years and untill that time be Expired my said Executor to take the whole Estate into his care & to Im- prove the same for to pay ye Debts & Legacies as he thinks will be most for the Advantage thereof in paying the same and to maintain my Wife with all while She remain iny Widow or till my Son Nathall comes to ye age of one &
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twenty years and I Do hereby utterly disallow reroak & Disannul all & every other former Testament Wills Legacies & bequests & Executors by me in any ways before Named willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament in Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the Day and Year above written.
Signed Sealed published & Delivered Benjamin Cole (Seal)
by ye said Benja Cole as his last Will in ye psence of us the Subscribers.
Jonathan Stone
Sam" Averell Simon Lovett Jeremiah Lassell.
Probated 15 July 1740. Inventory returned 31 Dec. 1739, at £179: 3: 0, by Simon Lovett, Jeremiah Lassell and Samuel Averell, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 202.
In the Name of God, Amen I Nathan" Boulter of Scar- borough in ye County of York & Province of Massachusets Bay in New-England Housewright haveing for a long time lien in a weak & languishing Condition as to the State of my Body ; but thro' Gods mercy & Goodness retaining still the Use of my Reason, Understanding Judgment Memory & ye powers of my mind for which I desire to bless his Name, and endeavouring to be duly apprehensive of yo Mortal state of my Body which must dye & returne to ye Earth as it was and not knowing how soon it may please God in his Providence to call me out of this crazy declineing Taberna- cle : Do therefore make & Ordain this my last Will & Tes- ment : That is to say Principally & first of all I Do give & Recomend my Immortal Soul & spirit into ye hands of my merciful God & Saviour who gave & redeemed it & my mor-
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tal Body I leave to the Earth to a Deacent Christian Inter- ment according to ye Discretion of my Executrix hoping at ye Resurrection of ye Just to receive it again by ye mighty power of God fashioned according to Christs glorious Body : and in as much as it has pleased God in this Life to bless me with Wife & Children & withall given me some worldly Estate to Distribute amongst them, I Do accordingly will & bequeath it in ye following manner.
Imps. To my Beloved Son Natha" Boulter I give & Be- queath my House, Barn, Upland, Marsh, Interest in ye Saw- mill & all my Real Estate to him his Heirs & assigns for ever unless the payment of Debts & Legacies here after bequeathed require that some of my Real Estate be sold, and in that Case I leave it to the Discretion of my Executrix to sell & Dispose of as much as She shall Judge necessary of my Real Estate for ye payment thereof, and I Do hereby Authorize & impower her to make & Execute a good Deed of Conveyance accordingly.
Item. To my beloved Wife Grace Boulter (whom I here- by nominate Ordain & appoint my sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament) I Give & bequeath all my Goods, Chattels, Monies, Bonds, Book Debts with all my Personal Estate as also ye Income of my Real Estate to be for her own Support & ye maintainance of the Children till able to maintain themselves & also for ye payment of Debts & nec- essary Expences I Do also give to my said Wife the third of ye Income of all my Estate ever after during her Life.
Item. To my beloved Daughters Elizabeth Boulter & Mary Boulter I give & bequeath ye sum of fifty pounds Each to be raised & levied out of my Estate & paid them when arrived to age to Demand it.
And I Do hereby utterly Disallow Revoak & Disannull all & every other former Testaments Wills, Legacies Be- quests & Executors, Ratifying this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I have hereunto
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set my Hand & seal this third Day of March Anno Domini one Thousand seven hundred & thirty nine. Signed sealed published pronounced Natha" Boalter (seal) & Declared by ye s' Natha" Boalter as his last Will & Testament in the Bsence of us the Subscribers his Daniel X Hasty mark Robert Hasty I'm Thompson
Probated 26 August 1740. Inventory returned 2 Oct. 1740, at £1000:6: 6, by Sami Small, Samb Libbee and Daniel Hasty appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 207.
In the Name of God, Amen The first Day of August Anno Domini one Thousand seven Hundred & forty, I Thomas Jenkins of Kittery in ye County of York in the Province of ye Massachusets Bay in New-England Black- Smith being very Infirm & weak in Body but of perfect mind & memory, Thanks be given unto God: Therefore calling anto mind the Mortality of my Body Do make & Ordain this my last Will & Testament that is to say, Prin- cipally & first of all I give & Recomend my Soul into the Hands of God that gave it & my Body I Recomend to the Earth to be Buried in Decent Christian Burial at ye Discre- tion of my Executrix ; and as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of ye same in the following manner & form.
Imprimis, I Will that all my Just Debts & Funeral Charges be paid so soon as may be conveniently after my Decease.
Item. I give & bequeath to Anne my dearly beloved Wife
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during the time of her Widow hood the Use Improvement & Incom of all my Estate both Real & Personal of what kind & sort soever and in whatsoever place for her Comfor- table Support & maintainance & for ye maintainance of my younger Children untill they shall be of a Suitable Age to be put to apprentiships : And if the Income of my Estate be not sufficient for her and their Support & maintainance ; I give her by these presents full Power & Liberty to sell & Dispose of so much thereof as shall be sufficient for her own & their Comfortable Maintainance ; and Case there shall be any of my Estate remaining at the Ending of her Widow- hood I give her by these presents full Power & Authority to give & Dispose of the same as She in her Prudence & Wis- dom shall see meet to & among my Children namely Thomas Jenkins, Lemuel Jenkins, Joseph Jenkins Benjamin Jenkins, Mary Mace Koturah Webber Anne Polly, Philadelphia Jen- kins, Lois Jenkins or to such as shall Legally represent them if any of them should depart this Life before that time.
Finally, I Constitute, Make & Ordain my Dearly beloved Wife Anne Jenkins my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament : And I Do hereby utterly disallow, revoke & Disannul all & every other former Testaments Wills Lega- cies & Bequests & Executors by me in any ways before Named Willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament In Witness where- of I have hereunto set my Hand & seal
the Day & Year above written. Thomas Jenkins (Seal) Signed Sealed published
Pronounced & Declared
by ye said Thomas Jenkins
as his last Will & Testament
in ye psence of us ye Subscribers
Jos : Curtis Ricd' Cutt Jur
Thomas Cutt John Newinarch
Probated 21 Oct. 1740. Inventory returned 2) Oct. 1740, at $900 : 8 : 8, by Richard Curs Ja, Thomas Cutt and John Godsce, appraisers.
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Probate Office, 5, 216.
In the Name of God Amen the Sixth Day of December Annog Domini 1737. Andrew Brown of the Town of Scar- borough in the County of York in ye Province of the Mas- sachusets Bay in New-England, yeoman being aged of Body but of perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once Dye Do make & Ordain this my Last Will & Testament that is to say Principally & first of all I give & Recomend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it & my Body I Recomend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executor nothing doubting but at ye Gen- eral Resurrection I shall Receive ye same again by ye mighty Power of God, and as Touching such Worldly Estate where- with it hath pleased God to bless me with in this Life I Give Demise & Dispose of ye same in the following manner & form.
I Give & bequeath to Susanna Brown my Dearly beloved Wife one half of my Dwelling House which end She shall make Choice of during her natural Life & the Land that is mine adjoyning to said House on the East side of the heigh way & ye whole of that Land that I purchased of John Larrabe on the Westermost side of the Heighway & ya whole of that Lot of Marsh that I purchased of the Hune- wells be to the Saw Mill & all my Housel Goods & one Cow & five Sheep & a Year old Heiffer during her natural Life in Lew or Stead of Her thirds of my Estate.
I Give to my wellbeloved & Eldest Daughter Rebeccha Hunnewell twenty shillings money or Bills of Credit to be paid to her by my Executor.
I Give to my well beloved & Second Daughter Hannab Hunewell twenty Shillings money or Bills of Credit to be paid to her by my Executor.
I Give to my well beloved Daughters Abigail, Susanna,
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& Sarah a Cow & Three Sheep apiece to Each of my three Daughters above named to be paid to them or the value thereof in money or Bills of Credit by my Executor. and all my Housel Goods after ye Death of their Mother Susana Brown.
I Give to my well beloved Son Joshua Brown whom I likewise Constitute make & Ordain my Sole Executor of this my Last Will & Testament ; all & singular my Lands & Marsh's Meadows that is mine or ought to be mine & my Common Right & all thing or things, Excepting what I have before Excepted & given & bequeathed in this my last Will & Testament by him freely to be possessed & Enjoyed & I Do hereby utterly disallow Revoak & Disaunul all and every other or former Testament Wills Legacies & bequests & Executors by me in any wise named Willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal the Day & Year above written Signed Sealed published pronounced & Declar'd by the s" Andrew Brown as his last Will & Testament in ye presence of us the Sub- scribers.
John Fogg Andrew Libbee Sam" Libbee
Andrew Brown (Seal)
Probated 3 March 1740. Inventory returned 19 March 1740-41, at £630: 5: 0, by Sam! Livbee, John Fogg and Andrew Brown, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 220.
In the Name of God amen March ye 7th 1740.
I John Morse of Kittery in the County of York in New- England Blacksmith being very sick and weak of Body but of a perfect mind & memory thanks be to God for ye same Therefore Calling to mind the mortality of my Body and
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knowing that it is appointed for all men once to Dye Do make & ordain this my last Will and Testament that is to say first & principally I Give & Recomend my Soul to God who, Gaue it and my Body I Recommend to ye Earth to be buried In a Decent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executrix hereafter named nothing doubting but at ye Gen- erall Resurrection I shall Receive ye same again by ye mighty Power of God & as Touching such Worldly Estate where- with it hath pleased God to bless me in Life, I Give Demise & Dispose of ye same in the following Manner & form.
Inprimis, I Will & Ordain that my Just Debts & Fun- erall Charges be first paid & Discharged.
Item. I Give & bequeath to my beloved Wife Dorcas Morse all ye Residue of my Estate both Real & Personal together with all my Book Debts, I Give also to my beloved Friend Naham Ward twenty pounds to be paid by my Exec- utrix I Likewise Constitute make & Ordain my beloved Wife Dorcas Morse my Sole Executrix of this my last Will & Testament & I Do hereby Revoak & Disannul & Disallow all and Every other Testaments & Wills Legacies & bequests & Executors before named willed & bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & Seal ye Day & Year above written.
Signed Sealed Published Pronounced John Morse (Seal) & Declared by ye sd John Morse
to be his last Will & Testament In ye presence of Us.
her Joanna X Oram mark Sam" Lunt Joseph Gunnison.
Probated 21 April 1741.
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Probate Office, 5, 221.
In the Name of God Amen the thirteenth Day of January in ye Year of Our Lord one Thousand seven Hundred & thirty four I Mathew Libbey of Kittery in ye County of York & Province of ye Massachusets Bay in New-England Yeoman haveing upon me the Infirmities of old age but of perfect mind & memory and Considering it as a Duty to set my House in Order before I Die Do make & Ordain this In- strument & none Other to be my last Will & Testament in manner following Vizt.
Imp$ I Comitt my Soul into ye hands of God who gave it and my Body to ye Earth to be Decently buried at the Dis- cretion of my Executor hereafter named, and as to such Worldly goods as God in his providence hath given me I Do dispose in manner following after my Just Debts & Fun- eral Charges are paid and Discharged.
Item. I Give to Elizabeth my Dearly beloved Wife one half ye Improvement of my Homestead where I now Dwell in Kittery aforesd Excepting what I have given in this my Will to my Son Mathew Libbey during her Life with the Eastermost half of my Dwelling House besides her Thirds of my Personal Estate at her disposing.
Item. I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Mathew Lebbey his Heirs & assigns for ever that Tract of Land where he now dwells Containing Twenty four Acres bounded by ye Country Road or Highway runing ye whole breadth of my Lot between the Lands of James Staples & ye Land of Solomon Libbey & runing back North East & by East untill Twenty four Acres be Compleated Excepting one Rod which I Reserve for a way Adjoyning to Solomon Libbeys ye whole length back and my meaning is that he run so far as will make Twenty four Acres Excludeing sd way.
Item. I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Son William Libbey his Heirs & assigns for ever one third part of my · Interest in ye Sawmill which he & his Brothers John and
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Andrew now Improve in ye Town of Scarborough besides ye Land I formerly give him by Deed in Scarborough afores".
Item. I give & bequeath unto my Sons John Libbey & Andrew Libbey their Heirs & assigns for ever all my Lands & Meadows which I have or Claim in Scarborough afores" Except what I gave to my Son William aforesd Together with two third parts of ye aforesd Mill to be Equally Divided between them, and also all my Right of Comonage or any after Division of Lands which might Accrue to me in Scar- borough aforest to be Equally Divided between them.
Item. I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Nathaniel Libbey five pounds in Cattle or other Specie besides what I have already given him to be paid by my Executor within a Year after my Decease.
Item. I Give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Mary Libbey one Acre of Land in Kittery where her husband Samuel Libbey formerly built & dwelt provided it be not sold to any person Except to my Son Samuel Libbey & ye price not to exceed twenty pound.
Item. I Give & bequeath to my beloved Daughters Hannah Hanscom & Sarah Libbey fifteen pounds Each of them in specie at money price to be paid within two Years after my Decease by my Executor always provided that what shall appear by my accot to have been paid them after ye Date of this my Will shall be accounted as part of said Legacies.
Item. I Give to my beloved Daughters Dorcas Staples and Lydia Stacie Eight pounds Each of them to be paid by my Executor in Specie at money price within three Years after my Decease provided always that what shall appear by my Accot to have been paid after ye Date of this my Will shall be accounted as part of said Legacies.
Item. I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Daughter Mehitable Kaight Ten pounds besides what She has already had to be paid in Specie by my Execu" at money price within four Years after my Decese provided that, what shall
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appear to be paid after ye Date of this my Will shall be accounted as part of said Legacie.
Item. I .Give & bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Libbey Ten shillings to be paid by my Execu".
Item. I Give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Samuel Libbey all my Land where I now Dwell with ye Houses buildings Orchards &c. thereon in Kittery and all other my Lands whatsoever or wheresoever with ye Comon Rights & all other my Estate Real & Personal to him ye sd Samuel Libbey his Heirs & assigns for ever.
And Lastly I Nominate Constitute & appoint my said Son Samuel Sole Executor of this my last Will & Testament.
In Testimony, whereof I have hereunto set my Hand & affixed my Seal ye Day & Year first above written Signed Sealed Published & his
Declared by Mathew Matthew TIL Libbey (Seal) Libbey to be his last Will & mark
Testament/ after ye words
their Heirs & assigns for ever
were Interlined. In presence of Us.
Jos : Hammond
Jos : Hammond Jur
Geo : Hammond.
In the Name of God Amen I Matthew Libbey above named haueing a further Consideration of my Devises in this my Last Will & Testament. Do hereby make this Altera- tion in ye Article therein relateing to what I have given to my Wife Elizabeth Viz' That She have the whole of my Personal Estate within Doors of what sort soever; and the third part of my Personal Estate without Doors after my Just Debts & Funeral Charges are paid : all the other
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Articles I Do hereby Ratifie & Confirm this 28th Day of February Anno Domini : 1742.
Signed sealed & pronounced
his
by ye Testator to be an addition to his Will before
Mathew E Libbey (Seal)
written In presence of
mark
Test. Jos : Hammond Ephraim Libbey James Fogg.
Probated 11 March 1740. Inventory returned 11 July 1740, at £543: 6: 9, by Abraham Townsend, Batchelor Hussey and Humphrey Scammon, appraisers.
Probate Office, 5, 241.
In the Name of God Amen. I Roger Dearing Esq" of. Scarborough in ye County of York and Province of ye Mas- sachusats Bay in New-England being of sound mind & memory for which I bless God and considering ye Mortal State of my Body which must Dye & return to ye Earth as it was; and being by daily infirmity & wasting sickness admonished to prepare for that important Change Do make & Ordain this my last Will & Testament, That is To say Principally & first of all I give & recomend my Soul into ye Hands of God who gaue it hoping he will receive it to mercy through his Sons Merits ; and my Body I comit to a Decent Christian Burial at ye Diseretion of my Executrix. And as Touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this Life, I give demise & dispose of it in ye following manner. Imprimis, To my well beloved Wife Eliza Dearing whom I likewise Constitute make & ordain my Sole Executrix of this my Will and Testament, I Do give & bequeath all & singular my Lands Houses, Messuages & Tenements Moneys Goods & Chattels that I have in ye
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Township of Scarborough or otherwhere, To her her Heirs and Assigns for ever. to her & their proper Use benefit & behoof for ever only Excepting what must go for ye payment of Debts funeral Charges ye Expences of Adminis" and what is here after bequeathed.
Item. To the Church of Scarborough to which I have hitherto sustained a particular Relation I give & bequeath the sum of ten pounds.
Item. To the Religious industrious poor of ye Town of Scarborough I give & bequeath the sum of ten pounds The said poor to be chosen at ye discretion of my Executrix.
And I Do hereby utterly disallow revoak & disannull all & every other former Testament Wills Legacies & bequests & Executors by me in any wise before named willed and be- queathed : Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament.
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & Seal the third Day of November Anno Domini one Thousand seven hundred & forty one.
Signed Sealed published pronounced Roger Dearing (seal)
& Declared by ye sd Roger Dearing
Esq' as his last Will & Testament in psence of us ye Subscribers,
Dominicus Jordan Edward Skillin Wm Tompson.
Probated 12 Jan. 1741.
Probate Office, 5, 242.
In The Name of God amen. I Margaret Tripe of Kittery in the County of York in ye Province of ye Massachusets Bay, in New-England Widow, being sick & weak in Body but of perfect Mind & Memory Thanks be given to God :
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Therefore calling unto Mind ye mortality of my Body Do make & Ordain this my Last Will & Testament that is to say Principally & first of all I give & Recomend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it: And my Body I Rec- omend to the Earth to be buried in decent Christian Burial at ye Discretion of my Executor And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me in this Life I give demise and dispose of the same in ye fol- lowing manner & form.
Imps I give to my Grand Children Samuel Tripe Abigail Tripe, Anne Tripe & William Tripe ye Children of my Son Silvanus Tripe Decesd Ten shillings in passable money to each of them or in passable Bills of Credit.
215. I giue to my wellbeloved Son Thomas Tripe one pair of Bed Blankits which are marked with ye two first Letters of his Name.
.3wy. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Son Robert Tripe the Bed Bolster & one of ye Pillows whereon I now ly & my great Iron Pott & ye black Drugget and Shaloon that is in my Chest not made up.
41. I give to my beloved Daughter Joanna Pope one of my biggest Pewter Platters & two Soop Plates & two other Pewter Plates.
šly. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Margaret Fernald one of my bigest Pewter Platters & two Soop Plates & two other Pewter Plates.
6ly. I give & bequeath to my well beloved Daughter Mary Follet my Bed & Bolster that is at her dwelling house & the Suit of Curtains that are about my Bed whereon I now ly and my Looking Glass & two of my next biggest Pewter Platters & two Soop plates & two other pewter plates.
7ly. I give to my well beloved Grandson Samuel Tripe the Son of my Son Samuel Tripe Decesd enough of that Drugget that is in my Chest to make him a Coat & Breeches & my Son Robert Trine to get them made for him.
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