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long upon a Feftival, which does not deferve fo much". It 

 is time to fpeak of what I faw worth taking notice of at 

 Lima, during my Stay there. 



The Definition of the City of Lima. 



SitHMhh. HP H E City of Lima, Capital of Peru, is featcd two 

 **- Leagues from the Port of Callao, in 1 2 Degrees, 6 

 Minutes and 28 Seconds of South Latitude, and 79 De- 

 grees 45 Minutes of Weftern Longitude, or Difference 

 from the Meridian of Paris: Peralta and Father Feiiillee 

 fay 12 Degrees, 1 Minute and 15 Seconds Latitude, and 

 79 Degrees, 9 Minutes and 30 Seconds Longitude. It is 

 built in a fine Plain, at the Bottom of a Vale, formerly 

 calFd Rimac, of the Name of a noted Idol of the Indi- 

 ans, which was famous for Oracles,* whence, by Corru- 

 ption, and through the Difficulty thofe People found in 

 pronouncing the Letter R as harfhly as the Spaniards, came 

 the Name of Lima, which is quite different from that its 

 firft Founder gave it: For Francis Pizarro, who began it 

 in the Reign of the Emperor Charles V. and firft King of 

 Spain of that Name, and of Queen Joanna, his Mother, 

 both of them reigning jointly in Caftile, call'd it, ha Ciu- 

 dad de los Reyes, that is, the City of the Kings,- meaning 

 the three Wife Men that came out of the Eaft to worfliip 



plate XXVIII. Page 20 6. explain d in Englifh. 

 The Plan of the City of LIMA, the Capital of Peru, in 12 Degrees 6 

 Minutes 28 Seconds of South Latitude, 2 Leagues from the Port of 



Callao. 



a. S. Rofe, A Houfe of devout Wo- 

 men. 



h. The Houfe of Divorce. 



c. The Houfe of poor Women, 



d. .S. Udeph'onfus. 



e. The Hofpital for Prufts. 



f. The College of Maidens. 



g. The Recollection of the Society. 



h. S. Peter of Alcantara. 



i. The Congregation of Priefts. 



k. Devotes of the Mother of God. 

 1. The Seminary of S. Toribins. 

 m. Our Lady of Coch areas, 

 n. S. Philip the Royal. 

 o. The College. 



p, AChappel. 



Places 



