the South Sea. zip 



has diverted the Plate that; came formerly to Lima : which 

 is theReafon that the City is now poor, to what it formerly 

 was. 



Both Men and Women are equally inclined to be coftly Coftly Habits: 

 in their Drefs; the Women not fatisfy'd with theExpence 

 of the richeft Silks, adorn them, after their Manner, 

 with a prodigious Quantity of Lace, and are infatiabie as 

 to Pearls and Jewels, for Bracelets, Pendants and other 

 Ornaments ; the Fafliion whereof, which amounts to very 

 much, ruins the Husbands and the Gallants. We faw La- 

 dies, who had about them above the Value of 60000 

 pieces of Eight in Jewels : They are generally beautiful 

 enough, of a fprightly Mien, and more engaging than in 

 other Places ; and perhaps one part of their.Beauty is ow- 

 ing to the Toils of the Mulatt as, Blacks, Indians, and 

 other hid.eous Faces, which are the moft numerous through-* 

 out the Country. 



The City of Lima is the ufual Refidence of the Viceroy Wccroj. 

 of Peru, who is as abfolute as theKipg himfelf in the Courts 

 of Lima^Chuquifaca, Quito, Panama, Chili, and Tierra 

 Tirme, as Governor * and Captain-General of all the 

 Kingdoms and Provinces of that Part of the new World, 

 as is exprefs'd in his Titles. His Allowance is 40000 Pieces 

 of Eight yearly, without taking Notice of his extraordi- 

 nary Perquifites ; as when he goes a Progrefs into any Pro- 

 vinces, he is allow'd 10000 Pieces of Eight, and 5000 

 for going only to Callao, which is but two Leagues from 

 Lima. He has the Nomination of above a hundred Cor- 

 regidores, or fig^me Magiflrates of confiderable Places $ 

 and, in ihort, he has the Difpofal of all Triennial Em- 

 ployments, both Civil and Military. 



It is to be obferv'd, that moft Employments are given, 

 or fold only for a limited Time. 



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* The fame Per/on has thofi two Titles, which are dift'mguifh'd in the £re~ 

 tended Manuscript of Oexmelin. Sec the Hijlory of the Buccairiers. 



