A REMEMBRANCE FOR JOHN LOK 



A.D. 

 I561, 



Certaine Articles delivered to M. John Lok, by 

 Sir William Gerard Knight, M. William 

 Winter, M. Benjamin Gonson, M. Anthony 

 Hickman, and M. Edward Castelin the 8 

 of September 1561, touching a voyage to 

 Guinea. 



A remembrance for you M. Lok at your com- 

 ming to the coast of Guinie. 



Irst, when God shal send you thither, to 

 procure, as you passe alongst the coast, 

 to understand what rivers, havens, or 

 harboroughs there be ; and to make 

 your selfe a plat thereof, setting those 

 places which you shall thinke materiall 

 in your sayd plat, with their true eleva- 

 tions. 



Also you shall learne what commodities doe belong 

 to the places where you shall touch, and what may be 

 good for them. 



It is thought good, that having a fort upon the coast 

 of Mina in the king of Habaans country, it would serve 

 to great purpose : wherfore you are especially sent to 

 consider where the fort might be best placed, and upon 

 what ground : wherein are to be noted these things 

 following. 



1. That the ground so serve, that it joyne to the 

 sea on the one part, so as shippes and boats may come 

 to lade and unlade. 



2. What molde of earth the ground is of. 



3. What timber or wood may be had, and how it 

 will be caried. 



4. What provision of victuals may be had in the 

 countrey : and what kinde of our victuals will best 

 serve to continue. 



5. The place must be naturally strong, or such as 



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The English 

 marchants 

 intend to 

 fortifie in 

 Ghinea, in the 

 king of 

 Habaans 

 countrey. 



