Note XXII‑16 — Chapter XXII · AFFAIRS IN PANAMÁ. 1551-1600.
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'Here is a great want ... of provision for here is almost none to be had for any money, by reason that from Lima there is no shipping come with maiz.... But I can certifie your worshippe, that all things are very deeire here, and that we stand in great extremitie for want of victuals.' Letter from Panamá, August 12, 1590. Hakluyt's Voy., iii. 563.