WHOLE VOL. THE WEST INDIES VAZQUEZ DE ESPINOSA 457 



Here is accurate information arriving from Lima this present 

 year, 1629, and written in 1627: they advise me that there are 329 

 pieces of heavy bronze artillery, distributed as follows : in the forts 

 of Guadalcazar, San Pablo, the Hospital, Chuquitanta and Bocanegra, 

 185 pieces of reenforced bronze; the smallest weigh 60 quintals and 

 the largest 115; in the 2 galleons for the defense of the harbor, 

 ^2, 36 in each ; the patache has 12 ; then there are 40 fieldpieces with 

 their charges, guncarriages, and other necessary equipment, and 20 

 pieces of 50 quintals each, in the gunroom. 



There are 4,000 jars of refined gunpowder, each containing 30 

 pounds, and three mills where a large amount is compounded and 

 manufactured, of excellent quality. There are 32 municipal companies, 

 not counting 22 appointed by the Viceroy to enroll men, and 2 of 

 cavalry, besides 17 companies of infantry raised for a garrison by 

 the city's residents, and 6 of lance and target cavalry. Besides these 

 there have been formed 3 companies of farmers, mounted, with 

 harquebusses ; another company is the Viceroy's lancers ; and there 

 are 3 of mulattoes and 2 of free Negroes, persons who are necessary 

 and important for the work ; these have been attached to the 32 com- 

 panies, not reckoning on the 22 companies for which the Viceroy has 

 appointed Captains, each to raise 100 men, outsiders, from outside 

 the city. All of this has awakened them from their neglect, and the 

 city is well equipped for any emergency. 



Chapter XXXI 



Statement of the Provinces, Convents, Friars, Curacies, and Reve- 

 nues of the Dominican, Franciscan, Augustinian, Mercedarian, and 

 Jesuit Orders, in Peru. 



1300. 



Prov- 

 inces Convents Friars Curacies Revenues 



Dominicans 3 48 694 105 75,575 Pesos of 8 



reals 



Franciscans 4 71 789 71 



Augustinians 3 44 546 38 75,200 



Mercedarians 4 50 541 ^2 49,600 



Jesuits 2 23 412 16 79,160 



Totals 16 236 2,982 302 46,917 P" 4 



1301. Summary of the amount of the alms in wine, oil, and medi- 

 cines bestowed by His Majesty in Peru on the Dominican, Franciscan, 



