Note XXII‑34 — Chapter XXII · AFFAIRS IN PANAMÁ. 1551-1600.
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In 1595 travellers without passports visited the Isthmus in such numbers as to cause scarcity of provisions, and often included men whose services were needed in the army. The oidores were threatened with penalties unless there was a reform in this matter. Reales Cédulas, in Pacheco and Cárdenas, Col. Doc., xvii. 410.