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are two chaplains maintained, to say continual masses for the 

 rest of Archbishop Ugarte's soul ! 



Adjoining the door leading into the Sacristy, is the chapel 

 of Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, in which are preserved 

 memorials of Don Feliciano de Vega, archbishop of Mexico. 

 In it, on the day of San Feliciano, a mass was chanted, and a 

 sermon preached in the church ; and in more generous times, 

 two maidens were married, and presented with a dowry of 

 fifteen hundred dollars each ! 



Near, is a chapel dedicated to Santa Polonia. Her shrine is 

 famous for the cure of toothach. A single candle burned upon 

 her altar, accompanied by a single prayer, and the pain vanish- 

 es ! In spite of general faith, the barbers of this city are not 

 deprived of much practice in the extraction of teeth, by the 

 intervention of this saint's powers ! For this information, I am 

 indebted to some of the boys of the choir, who claimed a real, 

 as a reward, to buy sweetmeats ; but, finding it was not to be 

 had, were satisfied with some cigars. 



There is one chapel, dedicated to La Purisima Concepcion 

 de la Virgen, which was the burial place of the Oydores, mi- 

 nisters, and officers of the king. 



The other chapels are dedicated to the patron saints of Ca- 

 balleros, founded and decorated by them with jewelry and rich 

 services of plate. 



In one of these, which was founded by the brotherhood for 

 the visitation of Our Lady to Santa Isabel, a feast was cele- 

 brated to obtain the favorable interference of their patroness, 

 to protect Lima from the ruinous efiects of earthquakes. The 

 cabildo of the church now chant grand mass every Tuesday for 

 the same object, and at which great numbers of people attend. 



On the door of one of the chapels, is a notice painted on a 

 board, that 



^* The Illustrious Senor Doctor Don Diego del Corro, Arch- 

 bishop of Lima, concedes eighty days of Indulgencies to all 

 persons who devoutly pray a salve before Nuestra Senora de 

 la Candeldria, who is worshipped in this chapel of the Holy 

 Martyrs, Sr. Crispin and Crispiniano." 



Year, 1760.'' 



