Crossword-Solution: PERLAS 6 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 8

Textus unus aureus magnus continens saphiros xx., et smaragdos [emeralds] vi., et thopasios viii., et alemandinas [? carbuncle or ruby] xviii., et gernettas [garnets] viii., et perlas xii.

They were furnished with matter and stuff from the hands of the Lord Nausiclete, who every year brought them seven ships from the Perlas and Cannibal Islands, laden with ingots of gold, with raw silk, with pearls and precious stones.

San Lorenzo Bay is also called Bahia de las Perlas, from the pearls found in its waters in the early-days; it is related that in 1531 five pecks were sent to Spain as the royal fifth.

Eran su traje unas calzas De púrpura de Valencia, Y de recamado ante Un coleto á la leonesa: 20 De fino lienzo gallego Los puños y la gorguera, Unos y otra guarnecidos Con randas barcelonesas: Un birretón de velludo 25 Con su cintillo de perlas, Y el gabán de paño verde Con alamares de seda.

Yet the latter a few months earlier had been unable to preserve their homes from pillage, and had been obliged to flee to La Granjeria de las Perlas on the Rio de la Hacha.[55] There is small wonder, indeed, that the defenders were so rarely victorious.