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as the next jurifdldlon. He alfo orders booths to be built at the hahing-places in the 

 deferts ; attends him in perfon, and defrays all the expences, till relieved by the next 

 corregidor. Being at length arrived at Lima, he proceeds, as it were incognito, through 

 the city to Callao, about two leagues and a half diftant. In this place he is received and 

 acknowledged by one of the ordinary alcaldes of Lima, appointed for that purpofe, and 

 alfo by the military officers. He is lodged in the viceroy's palace, which on this'occafion 

 is adorned with aftonifhing magnificence. The next day all the courts, fecular and ec- 

 clefiaftical, wait on him from Lima, and he receives them under a canopy in the follow- 

 ing order. The audiencia, the chamber of accounts, the cathedral chapter, the magif- 

 tracy, the confulado, the inquifition, the tribunal de Cruzada, the fuperiors of the reli- 

 gious orders, the colleges, and other perfons of eminence. On this day the judges at- 

 tend the viceroy to an entertainment given by the alcalde ; and all perfons of note take a 

 pride in doing the like to his attendants. At. night there is a play, to which the ladies 

 are admitted veiled, and in their ufual drefs, to fee the new viceroy. 



The fecond day after his arrival at Callao, he goes in a coach provided for him by the 

 city, to the chapel de la Legua, fo called from its being about half-way between Callao 

 and Lima, where he is met by-the late viceroy, and both alighting from their coaches, 

 the latter delivers to him a truncheon as the enfign of the government of the kingdom. 

 After this, and the ufual compliments, they feparate. 



If the new^ viceroy intends to make his public entry into Lima in a few days, he re- 

 turns to Callao, where he ftays till the day appointed j but as a longer fpace is generally 

 allowed for the many preparatives neceifary to fuch a ceremony, he continues his jour- 

 ney to Lima, and takes up his refidence in his palace, the fitting up of which on this 

 occafion is committed to the junior auditor, and the ordinary alcalde. 



On the day of public entry, the ftreets are cleaned, and hung with tapeftry, and 

 magnificent triumphal arches ere(5ted at proper diftances. At two in the afternoon the 

 viceroy goes privately to the church belonging to the monaftery of Montferrat, which 

 is feparated by an arch and a gate from the ftreet, where the cavalcade is to begin. As 

 foon as all who are to aflifl in the proceflion are aifembled, the viceroy and his retinue 

 mount on horfes, provided by the city for this ceremony, and the gates being thrown 

 open, the proceflion begins in the following order : 



The militia ; the colleges ; the univerfity, with the profefTors in their proper habits ; 

 the chamber of accompts ; the audiencia on horfes, with trappings ; the magiftracy, in 

 crimfon velvet robes, lined with brocade of the fame colour, and a particular kind of 

 caps on their heads, a drefs only ufed on this occafion. Some members of the corpo- 

 ration who walk on foot, fupport the canopy over the viceroy ; and the two ordinary 

 alcaldes, which are in the fame drefs, and walk- in the proceflion, ad as equerries, hold- 

 ing the bridle of his horfe. This part of the ceremony, though prohibited by the laws 

 of the Indians, is fl;ill performed in the manner I have defcribed ; for the cuflom being 

 of great antiquity, the magifl:rates have not thought proper to alter it, that the refpe^ 

 to the viceroy might not fufler any diminution, and no perfon has yet ventured to be 

 the firft; in refufing to comply with it. 



This proceflion is of confiderable length, the viceroy pafling through feveral ftreets 

 till he comes to the great fquare, in which the whole company draw up facing the cathe- 

 dral, where he alights, and is received by the archbifliop and chapter. Te Deum is 

 then fung before the viceroy, and the officers placed in their refpeflive feats ; after 

 which he again mounts his horfe, and proceeds to the palace gate, where he is received 

 by the audiencia, and conducted to an apartment in which a fplendid collation is provided, 

 as are alfo others for the nobility in the antichambers. 



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