14.  They are very careful to exact that all the Indian girls, especially the young and most beautiful, appear at the gates of the monastery every day.  They converse with them, showing partiality to the handsomest among them.  When a new prior arrives or any other person for whom the religious wish to make a special display, these Indian girls dress themselves carefully and call to see them.  Besides this, there are other things which it would be offensive to tell.

15.  The superiors commonly send young friars of but little education and no very good example to these curacies.  Their conduct is such that the Indians hate them as enemies.  Thus the Indians profit but little by the instruction, and acquire a distaste for the law of God and His gospel.

16.  They generally spend their time disputing with the alcaldes-mayor.  Especially if the latter do not coincide in all their opinions, they persecute and harass them, until they even compel them to leave the country.

17.  They accept and encourage complaints and tales by private persons, even though they may be false and unjust; for this enables them to preach to and reprove the people and also the ministers of justice, so that they themselves may be feared and respected.  And they do this with great indecorum and license.

18.  By means of special study and persistent effort, they strive to participate in government affairs.  They desire to have a hand in everything, and to take part in all matters, through the medium of conscience and theology, by means of which they interpret and pick flaws in his Majesty’s ordinances.  But rarely do they allow his orders to be executed, unless quite to their taste and liking.

19.  Many of them undeniably have contracts with the factors, encomenderos, and known capitalists in the trade with Espana.

20.  They are attended by a great following of Indian boys, who serve as pages and servants.  These are well dressed, wearing liveries and gold chains.  They carry their hats for them in the streets, while in the monastery they assist them in the cells.  Each one, however, has his own special servant.

21.  These servants, together with other Indians whom they have with them, who are taught to play on the guitar and other instruments, are made to dance, execute lively songs and dances, and to sing profane and immodest tunes.  Thus they entertain their guests, setting a bad example to the Indians, without profiting anyone.

22.  When they find themselves gainers in wealth, their principal thought is to try to return to Espana with their profits.  This disturbs many here, for by divers ways and means they endeavor to obtain permission to carry out their design.

23.  The orders send many each year, under the pretext that they are going on business for the order.  They do not take into consideration that they are needed here, nor the expense to his Majesty in sending them.