Note XXIX‑33 — Chapter XXIX · CORSAIRS IN THE SOUTH SEA. 1671-1682.

So close was the blockade of the city, and so great the terror inspired by the buccaneers, that the first news received at the city of Mexico affirmed that Panamá was captured, many Spaniards slain, and that the nuns and many other people had fled to the mountains. This intelligence was transmitted by the president of Guatemala, and did not reach Mexico until August 8, 1680. Robles, Diario, ii. 310.