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public entrance of the vice-roy, is the moll fplendid i 

 * and in which the amazing pomp of Lima is particu- 

 larly difplayed. Nothing is feen but rich coaches and 

 calalhes, Jaces, jewels, and fplendid equipages, in 

 which the nobility carry their emulation to an 

 ailonifhing height. In a word, this ceremony is fo 

 remarkable, that I flatter myfelf the reader will not 

 be difpleafed at the dcfcription. 



CHAP. IV. 



Of the public 'Entrance of the Fice-Roy at Lim a ^ 

 bis Reception y and the chief annual Solemnities. 



ON the landing of the vice-roy at Paita^ two hun- 

 dred and four leagues from lima, he fends a 

 perfon of great diftinftion, generally fome officer of 

 his retinue, to Lima, with the charader of an am- 

 baffador ; and, by a memoir, informs his predecefTor 

 of his arrival, in conformity to his majefly's orders^ 

 who had been pleafed to confer on him the govern- 

 ment of that kingdom. On this Ambaflador's arri- 

 val at Lima, the late vice-roy fends a mefTenger 

 to compliment him on his fafe arrival \ and on dif- 

 mifTing the ambalTador, prefents him with fome 

 jewel of great value, and a jurifdi6lion or tv/o which 

 happen at that time to be vacant, together with an 

 indulgence of officiating by deputy, if moil agreeable 

 to him. The corregidor of Piura receives the new 

 vice-roy at Paita, and provides litters, mules, and 

 every other neceflary for the vice-roy and his retinue^ 

 as far as the next jurifdi6lion. He alio orders booths 

 to be built at the halting places in the defarts ; at- 

 tends him in perfon, and defrays all the expences,^ 

 till relieved by the next corregidor. Being at length 

 arrived at Lima, he proceeds, as it >^ere incognito, 



through 



