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tlie small river Guatanay ; the same being nearly
dry, save in the months of January, February,
and March ; though the little water found in it
just serves to irrigate the neighbouring plains.
The grandeur and magnificence of the edifices,
of the fortress, and of the temple of the sun, struck
the Spaniards with astonishment, when, at the con-
quest, they first beiield them, and upon their en-
tering the city.j in 1534, when the same was taken
possession of by Don Francisco Pizarrro, for
Charles V^. It was then the capital of the whole
empire of Peru, and the residence of the empe-
rors. Its streets were large, wide, and straight ;
though at the present day Lima stands in compe-
tition with it in regard to grandeur. The houses
are almost all builtofstone, and of fine proportions.
The cathedral, which has the title of La Asun-
cion, is large, beautiful, rich, and of very good
architecture, and some even prefer it to the cathe-
dral of Lima. Here are three curacies in the
chapel of the Sagrario, two for the Spaniards, and
another for the Indians and Negroes ; and the pa-
rishes are Nuestra Senora de Belen, San Christo-
yal, Santa Ana, San Bias, S:intiago, and the hos-
pital ; besides two others, which are without the
city, called San Geronirno and San Sebastian.
Here are nine convents of the following religious
orders ; one of St. Dominic, founded on the spot
where the Indians had their celebrat^sd temple of
the sun ; two of St. Francis, one of the Observers,
and another of the Recoletans, one of St. Au-
gustiti, one of La Merced, two colleges which
belonged to the regulars of the extinguished com-
pany of Jesuits, the principal, in the part lying
towards the c. being destined, at the present time,
for an armoury ; and the other at the back of the
same, in which was the house for noviciates and
students, serving now as barracks for the troops ;
add to these the chapel of ease to the cathedral.
Here are four hospitals ; the first and most ancient
is that of the Espiritu Santo, in which are received
Indians of both sexes, subject to the patronage
of the secular cabildo, and governed by a junta of
S3 persons, the president of whom, the alcalde,
has the first vote, and after him the administrator
or first brother. It has two chaplains and very
ample revenues ; one of the sources being the du-
ties paid upon all effects passing over the bridge
of Yipuriraac, the which droits belonged to the
royal exchequer until the year 1763, at which
time, at the instance of the king’s ensign, Don
Gabriel de Ugarte, they were conceded by the
king to the hospital, together with the right and
property of the bridge, in redemption of some
crown grants which were left to the hospital by

Rodrigo de Leon, in Seville ; and it was by this
means that the hospital, having become so well
endowed, has now no less than 250 beds. A jubi-
lee has been granted by the apostolical see to its
chapel; and this is celebrated at the octave of
Pentecost with much solemnity, and by an unusu-
ally great concourse of people, and was once the best
observed jubilee of any in America. The se-
cond hospital, being of the religious order of San
Juan de Dios, is for the men, and has 50 beds;
the third, called. Of Nuestra Senora de la Almu-
dena, is for all descriptions of individuals, and
has also 50 beds ; the tburih, called San rlndres,
has 30 beds for Spanish women. Here are three
monasteries of nuns ; the first of Santa Catalina dc
Sena, founded where the Incas kept the virgins
dedicated to the sun ; and the others are of Santa
Clara and the bare-tboted Carmelites. Here are
also four other religious houses, which are that^of
the Nazarenes, thatof Nuestra Senora del Carmen,
that of Santiago, and that of San Bias ; three col-
leges, which are, that of San Bernardo, wherein
are taught grammar, philosophy, and theology,
and was founded by a Aizcayan for the sons of the
conquerors, having been formerly under the
charge of the regulars of the company of Jesuits,
and at present under an ecclesiastical rector ; that
of San Borja, for the sons of the Indian caciques,
where they are initiated in their letters, and in the
rudiments of music, at least as many of them as
show any disposition to this science, (this accom-
plishment having been formerly taught by the
same regulars of the company) ; and that of San
Antonio Abad, which is a seminary and univer-
sity, and is a very sumptuous piece of architec-
ture. This city preserves many monuments of its
ancient grandeur ; and amongst the rest, the
great fortress built for its defence, which, although
injured by time, bears testimony to the powers of
the Incas, and excites astonishment in the mind
of every beholder, since the stones, so vast and
shapeless, and of so irregular a superficies, are
knit together, and laid one to fit into the other with
such nicety as to want no mortar or other material
whereby to fill up the interstices ; and it is indeed
difficult to imagine how they could work them in
this manner, when it is considered that they knew
not the use of iron, steel, or machinery for the
purpose. The other notable things are the baths ;
the one of warm and the other of cold water ; the
ruins of a large stone-way, which was built by or-
der of the Incas, and which reached as far as
where Lima now stands ; the vestiges of some sub-
terraneous passages which led to the fortress from
the houses or palaces of the Inca, and in which pass-
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pequeño río Guatanay, que a excepción de los meses de Enero, Febrero y Marzo, lleva muy poca agua con que riegan los campos vecinos: la grandeza y magnificencia de los x edificios de la fortaleza, y del templo del Sol, sorprehendió a los primeros Españoles conquistadores que entraron en esta Ciudad el año de 1534, en que Don Francisco Pizarro se apoderó de ella, tomando posesión por el Emperador Carlos V: era entonces Capital de todo el Imperio del Perú, y resiciencia de los Emperadores, y sus calles grandes, anchas y. rectas: hoy compite su grandeza con la de Lima: las casas son casi todas de piedra y de buena construcción: la Catedral, que tiene por título la Asunción, es grande, hermosa, rica, y de muy, buena arquitectura, y algunos le dan la preferencia comparada con la de Lima: tiene en ella 3 Curas en la Capilla del Sagrario, 2 para Españoles, y el otro para Indios y Negros: 6 Parroquias, que son nuestra Señora de Belén, San Cristóval, Santa Ana, San Blas, Santiago y el Hospital, ademas de otras dos que hay fuera de la Ciudad llamadas San Gerónimo y San Sebastian: 9 Conventos de Religiosos de las Ordenes siguientes: uno de Santo Domingo, fundado donde tenían los Indios el gran templo del Sol: dos de San Francisco, uno de Observantes y otro de Recoletos, el de San Agustín, de la Merced; dos Colegios que fueron de los Regulares de la extinguida Compañía, el principal a la parte del Oriente, destinado hoy para sala de armas, y e1 otro a sus espaldas, en que estaba el Noviciado y Casa de Estudios, para Quartel de Tropa, y la Iglesia para ayuda de Parroquia de la Catedral; quatro Hospitales, el primero y mas antiguo el del Espíritu Santo, en que se curan los Indios de ambos sexos, sujeto al Patronato del Cabildo Secular, y se gobierna por una junta de 33 personas, cuyo Presidente es el Alcalde con primer voto, y después al Administrador o Hermano Mayor; tiene dos Capellanes y copiosas rentas, siendo una de ellas el derecho que pagan todos los efectos que pasan por el Puente de Apurimac y pertenecían al Real Erario, hasta el año de 1763, en que a instancia del Alférez Real Don Gabriel de Ugarte, Hermano Mayor, lo concedió el Rey al Hospital con el dominio y Señorío del Puente, por permuta de unos juros que le dexó en Sevilla Rodrigo de León, con lo qual se aumentó hasta 250 camas; hay Jubileo concedido a su Capilla por la Sede Apostólica, que celebra en la Octava de Pentecostés con mucha solemnidad y concurso de gentes, y fue el primero en la América. El segundo de los Religiosos de San Juan de Dios, para hombres Españoles, con 50 camas: el tercero de nuestra Señora de la Almudena, para toda especie de gentes, con otras 50 y 4 para Sacerdotes, al cuidado de los Religiosos Beletmitas; y el quarto el de San Andrés, con 30 camas, para mugeres Españolas: tres Monasterios de Religiosas: el primero de Santa Catalina de Sena, fundado donde tuvieron los Indios las Vírgenes dedicadas al Sol, y los otros dos de Santa Clara y Carmelitas Descalzas: otros quatro Beateríos, que son las Nazarenas, las de nuestra Señora del Carmen, las de Santiago y las de San Blas: tres Colegios, que son: el de San Bernardo, donde se enseña Gramática, Filosofía y Teología, fundado por un Caballero Vizcayno, para los hijos de los conquistadores, que estuvo a cargo de los Regulares de la Compañía, y hoy al de un Rector Eclesiástico: el de San Borja, para los hijos de los Indios Caciques, donde aprenden primorosas letras, y el instrumento de música a que se inclinan, y también dirigían los referidos Regulares de la Compañía; y el de San Antonio Abad, que es Seminario, para el servicio de la Catedral, con Universidad, y es de suntuosa arquitectura. Conserva esta Ciudad muchos monumentos de su antigua grandeza y entre ellos la gran fortaleza, construida para su defensa, que aunque maltratada por la injuria de los tiempos, manifiesta el poder de los Incas, causando admiración a quantos la ven, pues siendo su fábrica de unas piedras de disforme tamaño y de superficies muy irregulares, están unidas con tal primor y sin mezcla de otro material, que no es fácil comprehender como las colocaron allí y labraron sus encajes, no conociendo el hierro, acero, ni máquinas para ello: los baños, que son dos fuentes de agua, una caliente y otra fria: fracmentos de una gran calzada de piedra, que mandaron fabricar los Incas hasta donde está Lima: vestigios de loscaminos subterráneos, que de las casas o palacios del . Inca

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tlie small river Guatanay ; the same being nearly
dry, save in the months of January, February,
and March ; though the little water found in it
just serves to irrigate the neighbouring plains.
The grandeur and magnificence of the edifices,
of the fortress, and of the temple of the sun, struck
the Spaniards with astonishment, when, at the con-
quest, they first beiield them, and upon their en-
tering the city.j in 1534, when the same was taken
possession of by Don Francisco Pizarrro, for
Charles V^. It was then the capital of the whole
empire of Peru, and the residence of the empe-
rors. Its streets were large, wide, and straight ;
though at the present day Lima stands in compe-
tition with it in regard to grandeur. The houses
are almost all builtofstone, and of fine proportions.
The cathedral, which has the title of La Asun-
cion, is large, beautiful, rich, and of very good
architecture, and some even prefer it to the cathe-
dral of Lima. Here are three curacies in the
chapel of the Sagrario, two for the Spaniards, and
another for the Indians and Negroes ; and the pa-
rishes are Nuestra Senora de Belen, San Christo-
yal, Santa Ana, San Bias, S:intiago, and the hos-
pital ; besides two others, which are without the
city, called San Geronirno and San Sebastian.
Here are nine convents of the following religious
orders ; one of St. Dominic, founded on the spot
where the Indians had their celebrat^sd temple of
the sun ; two of St. Francis, one of the Observers,
and another of the Recoletans, one of St. Au-
gustiti, one of La Merced, two colleges which
belonged to the regulars of the extinguished com-
pany of Jesuits, the principal, in the part lying
towards the c. being destined, at the present time,
for an armoury ; and the other at the back of the
same, in which was the house for noviciates and
students, serving now as barracks for the troops ;
add to these the chapel of ease to the cathedral.
Here are four hospitals ; the first and most ancient
is that of the Espiritu Santo, in which are received
Indians of both sexes, subject to the patronage
of the secular cabildo, and governed by a junta of
S3 persons, the president of whom, the alcalde,
has the first vote, and after him the administrator
or first brother. It has two chaplains and very
ample revenues ; one of the sources being the du-
ties paid upon all effects passing over the bridge
of Yipuriraac, the which droits belonged to the
royal exchequer until the year 1763, at which
time, at the instance of the king’s ensign, Don
Gabriel de Ugarte, they were conceded by the
king to the hospital, together with the right and
property of the bridge, in redemption of some
crown grants which were left to the hospital by

Rodrigo de Leon, in Seville ; and it was by this
means that the hospital, having become so well
endowed, has now no less than 250 beds. A jubi-
lee has been granted by the apostolical see to its
chapel; and this is celebrated at the octave of
Pentecost with much solemnity, and by an unusu-
ally great concourse of people, and was once the best
observed jubilee of any in America. The se-
cond hospital, being of the religious order of San
Juan de Dios, is for the men, and has 50 beds;
the third, called. Of Nuestra Senora de la Almu-
dena, is for all descriptions of individuals, and
has also 50 beds ; the tburih, called San rlndres,
has 30 beds for Spanish women. Here are three
monasteries of nuns ; the first of Santa Catalina dc
Sena, founded where the Incas kept the virgins
dedicated to the sun ; and the others are of Santa
Clara and the bare-tboted Carmelites. Here are
also four other religious houses, which are that^of
the Nazarenes, thatof Nuestra Senora del Carmen,
that of Santiago, and that of San Bias ; three col-
leges, which are, that of San Bernardo, wherein
are taught grammar, philosophy, and theology,
and was founded by a Aizcayan for the sons of the
conquerors, having been formerly under the
charge of the regulars of the company of Jesuits,
and at present under an ecclesiastical rector ; that
of San Borja, for the sons of the Indian caciques,
where they are initiated in their letters, and in the
rudiments of music, at least as many of them as
show any disposition to this science, (this accom-
plishment having been formerly taught by the
same regulars of the company) ; and that of San
Antonio Abad, which is a seminary and univer-
sity, and is a very sumptuous piece of architec-
ture. This city preserves many monuments of its
ancient grandeur ; and amongst the rest, the
great fortress built for its defence, which, although
injured by time, bears testimony to the powers of
the Incas, and excites astonishment in the mind
of every beholder, since the stones, so vast and
shapeless, and of so irregular a superficies, are
knit together, and laid one to fit into the other with
such nicety as to want no mortar or other material
whereby to fill up the interstices ; and it is indeed
difficult to imagine how they could work them in
this manner, when it is considered that they knew
not the use of iron, steel, or machinery for the
purpose. The other notable things are the baths ;
the one of warm and the other of cold water ; the
ruins of a large stone-way, which was built by or-
der of the Incas, and which reached as far as
where Lima now stands ; the vestiges of some sub-
terraneous passages which led to the fortress from
the houses or palaces of the Inca, and in which pass-
4 n ?


Translation