Fourth:  The troops sent should be infantry with arquebuses, corselets, and pikes; and, besides, a few musketeers.

Fifth:  Crews for four galleys should be sent, with skilled boatswains and foremen for them.

Sixth:  There should be sent, as soon as his Majesty comes to a decision, three or four artillery founders.

Seventh:  His Majesty should then order the viceroy of Yndia to send here, or give to whomsoever may go there for them, five hundred slaves, because they are so plentiful and cheap there.

Eighth:  There should be sent from Espana one or two machinists for engines of war, and fire-throwing machines, and a few artisans to make pitch (with some already prepared), as there are materials here for it.

Ninth:  There should be some master shipwrights for building galleys and fragatas with high sides, which are the best kind of craft for this purpose.  In the island of Cuba lives Francisco de Gutierrez, a neat workman, who built Pero Melendez’s boats, that proved the terror of the French.

Tenth:  A captain should be sent ahead with orders from his Majesty, and with a mandate from the general of the Society of Jesus for his religious in Japon, that they may receive him and further his mission.  He should bring sufficient money to pay the troops that are to be brought from that country and take them to an appointed place.  They should be paid a ducat or twelve reals a month, or even less.

Arms and supplies needed

First:  Besides the regular arms to be brought by the soldiers from Espana, there should be, for emergency, a number of coats of mail, and arquebuses; and, above all, five hundred muskets and three or four thousand pikes, a thousand corselets, and a thousand Burgundian morions from Nueva Espana.

Second:  Good flints and locks for the arquebuses can be had here cheaply; but the barrels must be brought from Espana, and should be all of one bore, so that the same bullets may be furnished for them.

Third:  From China we can procure very cheaply copper, saltpeter, and bullets; and in this island are ample mines of copper and sulphur, [44] and all the requisites can be bought cheaply at various places.  It is said that the necessary tin and saltpeter can be obtained cheaply and in abundance.

Fourth:  There must be brought from Yndia two thousand quintals of cordage, which will cost two thousand pesos or as many ducats.  This will make a saving of considerable money, and at the same time the cordage will not arrive frayed and worn out by the hard journey from Vera Cruz to Mexico and thence to Acapulco, over mountains, valleys, and rivers.  The anchors and necessary grappling tackle should be brought from the same country, together with the slaves already mentioned.

Fifth:  From Nueva Espana should be brought cloth (gray and other colors, and mixed) for the protection of the troops in seasons of rain and storm, for the country is rather cold and very wet. Item: there should be blankets and garments for the sick, and other necessaries.