Note XV-2 — Chapter XV · SPANISH DEPREDATIONS ROUND PANAMÁ BAY. 1521-1526.

ARMS OF THE CITY OF PANAMÁ.

The title was 'Nueva Ciudad de Panamá.'

Décadas

, in

Pacheco

and

Cárdenas

,

Col. Doc.

, viii. 16. A second decree, dated from Lisbon December 3, 1581, added to the title 'muy noble y muy leal.'

Panamá

,

Descrip.

, in

id.

, ix. 80. A half-page representation of the arms is given in

Gonzalez Dávila

,

Teatro Ecles.

, ii. 56—shield on golden field divided; on the right a handful of gray arrows with blue points and silvery feathers, and a yoke, the device of the Catholic kings. On the left three caravels, significant of Spice Island or other commerce, over which shines the north star. Above the golden field a crown, and round the field a border of castles and lions. 'Tambien le diò los Honores, y Titulos de muy Noble, y muy Leal, y que sus Regidores gozen del Titulo de Veintiquatros.'