Definition of "merchandize"

[T]he Bay of Galway [is] so well seated for Merchandize, that it has been lookd on as the greatest Place of Trade in all Ireland; insomuch that a forane Merchant meeting an Irishman, asked him in what Part of Galway Ireland stood?

1745, Guy Miege, The Present State of Great Britain, and Ireland, page 443

They have their stored booths in every bazaar, occupy all the principal caravanseries with their merchandize, and entirely control the business of bankerage and monopolies.

1854, Henry A. Stern, Dawnings of Light in the East‎, page 46