Regni verò nostri vicessimo quarto. * * * * * A briefe Remembrance of things to be indeuoured at Constantinople, and in other places in Turkie; touching our Clothing and our Dying, and things that bee incident to the same, and touching ample vent of our naturall commodities, and of the labour of our poore people withall, and of the generall enriching of this Realme: drawen by M. Richard Hakluyt of the middle Temple, and giuen to a friend that was sent into Turkie 1582. 1 Anile wherewith we colour Blew to be brought into this realme by seed or roote. 2 And the Arte of compounding of the same. 3 And also all other herbes vsed in dying in like maner to bee brought in. 4 And all Trees whose Leaues, Seedes, or Barkes, or Wood doe serue to that vse, to be brought into this realme by Seed or Roote. 5 All little Plants and Buskes seruing to that vse to be brought in. 6 To learne to know all earths and minerals forren vsed in dying, and their naturall places, for possible the like may here be found vpon sight. 7 Also with the materials vsed in dying to bring in the excellencie of the arte of dying. 8 To procure from Muhaisira a citie in Ægypt to Constantinople, the seed of Sesamum the herbe, and the same into this realme. Common trade is betweene Alexandria and Constantinople, and therefore you may easily procure the seeds. Of this seed much oyle is made, and many mils set on worke about the same in the sayde Muhaisira, and if this seede may prosper in England, infinite benefite to our Clothing trade may rise by the same. This citie is situate vpon Nilus the riuer, and thence this is brought to Venice and to diuers other Cities of Italie, and to Antwerpe. 9 To note all kindes of clothing in Turkie, and all degrees of their labour in the same. 10 To endeanour rather the vent of Kersies, then of other Clothes as a thing more beneficiall to our people. 11 To endeauour the sale of such our clothes as bee coloured with our owne naturall colours as much as you can, rather then such as be coloured with forren colours. 12 To seeke out a vent for our Bonettos, a cap made for Barbarie, for that the poore people may reape great profite by the trade. 13 To endeuour vent of knit Stocks made of Norwich yarne, and of other yarne, which brought to great trade, may turne our poore people to great benefite, besides the vent of the substance, of our colours, and of our diuers labour. 14 To endeuor a vent of our Saffron for the benefit of our poore people: for a large vent found, it setteth many on worke. * * * * * Remembrances for master S. to giue him the better occasion to informe himselfe of some things in England, and after of some other things in Turkie, to the great profite of the Common weale of this Countrey. Written by the foresayd master Richard Hakluyt, for a principall English Factor at Constantinople 1582.