Letter to the Gyeonggi Naval Commander移京畿水使文
琵琶串形勢甚好兩邊雖有民田而皆是沮洳之地若於狹項設築城壘以扼要衝一境之民皆將避亂於其中水營亦必堅固今聞南陽府使所言則民情亦欲爲之云此乃機會水使更與府使相議日氣稍暖之後爲先伐木待土脈融解別爲土築其法已爲分付於府使如有未盡之端事知軍官上送親聽敎令以去期於成就
Bipagot (琵琶串) is of a very good lie. Though there are the people's fields on both sides, they are all marshy ground. If a wall and rampart are raised at the narrow neck to block the vital point, the people of the whole district will all flee the troubles within it, and the naval station too will surely be firm.
Now I hear what the magistrate of Namyang has said, that the people's feeling too is to have it so. This is the very chance. Let the Naval Commander talk the matter over again with the magistrate, and when the weather has grown a little warmer let him first fell the trees, and then wait for the ground to thaw and raise it separately with earth. The method of it has already been given out to the magistrate. If there is any point left unfinished, send up an officer who knows the business, to hear the order in person and go, and so make sure it comes to pass.
Interlinear notes 1
Bipagot (琵琶串) is a cape running out into the sea at Namyang.