Memorandum of things--not only articles of barter, but arms and military supplies--which are necessary, to be provided immediately from Nueva España in the first vessels sailing from the said Nueva España to these Felipinas Islands; of which the following articles must be speedily furnished: Articles First: twelve pieces of heavy artillery, and among them culverins and reënforced cannon and swivel-guns for the fortress which is to be built, xii Fifty more bronze _bersos_ [small culverins], of the sort brought from España with double chambers, 1 Twenty falcons with double chambers, xx A dozen new scaling ladders, xii Balls for the artillery and the molds for making them, Two hundred _quintals_ [90] of powder cc Fifty _quintals_ of fuses, l Two hundred _quintals_ of lead, cc Fifty _quintals_ of saltpetre, l Thirty _quintals_ of rock sulphur, xxx Three hundred arquebuses (not of the worthless supply there in Mexico); and with them some with flints, all with horn powder-flasks (large or small) together with their molds and gear, which are to be in good condition, ccc One hundred corselets with their fittings, c Two hundred _morions_ and helmets, cc Fifty coats-of-mail, of rather heavy mail, 1 One hundred tapir hides, c One hundred white blankets for light and serviceable body armor, c Three hundred pikes with their iron points, ccc Fifty cavalry lances, 1 Fifty good broadswords, of which there is great need, 1 Twelve foreign cannoniers, for those whom we brought with us are of little account, xii Three hundred well-disposed soldiers who are to remain here, (a third or half of them to be sailors), ccc A dozen carpenters to build the vessels which must be built here, xii Two smiths, with their forges and tools, ii Four pairs of bellows with their tubes, iiii Twelve negroes for these forges, and among them four sawyers, xii An artificer or two to make arquebuses and locks for them, ii Two other locksmiths, ii