REMEMBRANCES FOR A FACTOR a.d. 



1582. 



at the second or the third hand &c. For if a commodity 

 that is to be had of meere necessity, be in one hand, it is 

 dearely purchased. 



1 How many severall colours be died is to be learned 

 of our Diers before you depart. 



2 Then how many of those colours England doth die 

 of her owne naturall home materials and substances, and 

 how many not. 



3 Then to bring into this realme herbs and plants to 

 become naturall in our soiles, that may die the rest of the 

 colours, that presently of our owne things here growing 

 we can not yet die, and this from all forren places. 



4 There is a wood called Logwood or Palo Campechio, 

 it is cheape and yeeldeth a glorious blew, but our work- 

 men can not make it sure. This wood you must take 

 with you, and see whether the Silke diers or Wooll diers 

 in Turky can doe it, with this one you may inrich your 

 selfe very much, and therefore it is to be endevoured 

 earnestly by you. It may bring downe the price of 

 Woad and of Anile. 



Other some things to be remembred. 



IF you can finde out at Tripoly in Syria or elsewhere a 

 vent for the Cappes called in Barbaric, Bonettos 

 colorados rugios, which is a red Scottish cap as it were 

 without brims, you should do your countrey much good : 

 for as a sacke of wooll turned into fine Devonshire kersies 

 doth set many more people on worke then a sacke spunne 

 for broad cloth in a grosser threed, so a sacke of wool! 

 turned into those Bonets doth set many more poore 

 people on worke, then a sacke turned into Kersies, by 

 reason of the knitting. And therefore if you can in- 

 devour that, you worke great effect. And no doubt that 

 a marvellous vent may be found out of them into Afrike 

 by the way of Alexandria, and by Alcayer Southeast and 

 Southwest thence. 



2 And by the vent of our knit hose of Woollen yarne, 

 Woorsted yarne, and of Linnen thred, great benefit to 



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