[The King’s Inclinations are towards white Men.] Indeed his inclinations are much towards the Europaeans; making them his great Officers, accounting them more faithful and trusty than his own People.  With these he often discourses concerning the Affairs of their Countreys, and promotes them to places far above their Ability, and sometimes their Degree or Desert. [The colour of white honoured in this Land.] And indeed all over the Land they do bear as it were a natural respect and reverence to White Men, in as much as Black, they hold to be inferior to White.  And they say, the Gods are White, and that the Souls of the Blessed after the Resurrection shall be White; and therefore, that Black is a rejected and accursed colour.

[Their Privilege above the Natives.] And as further signs of the King’s favour to them, there are many Privileges, which White Men have and enjoy, as tolerated or allowed them from the King; which I suppose may proceed from the aforesaid Consideration; as, to wear any manner of Apparel, either Gold, Silver, or Silk, Shoes and Stockings, a shoulder Belt and Sword; their Houses may be whitened with Lime, and many such like things, all which the Chingulayes are not permitted to do.

[The King loves to send and talk with them.] He will also sometimes send for them into his Presence, and discourse familiarly with them, and entertain them with great Civilities, especially white Ambassadors.  They are greatly chargeable unto his Countrey, but he regards it not in the least.  So that the People are more like Slaves unto us than we unto the King.  In as much as they are inforced by his Command to bring us maintenance.  Whose Poverty is so great oftentimes, that for want of what they supply us with, themselves, their Wives, and Children, are forced to suffer hunger, this being as a due Tax imposed upon them to pay unto us.  Neither can they by any Power or Authority refuse the Payment hereof to us.  For in my own hearing the People once complaining of their Poverty and Inability to give us any longer our Allowance, the Magistrate or Governor replied, It was the King’s special Command, and who durst disannul it.  And if otherwise they could not supply us with our maintenance he bad them sell their Wives and Children, rather than we should want of our due.  Such is the favour that Almighty God hath given Christian People in the sight of this Heathen King; whose entertainment and usage of them is thus favourable.

[How they maintain Christianity among them.] If any enquire into the Religious exercise and Worship practised among the Christians here, I am sorry I must say it, I can give but a slender account.  For they have no Churches nor no Priests, and so no meetings together on the Lord’s Dayes for Divine Worship, but each one Reads or Prays at his own House as he is disposed.  They Sanctifie the Day chiefly by refraining work, and meeting together at Drinking-houses.  They continue the practice of Baptism; and there being no Priests, they Baptize their Children themselves with Water, and use the words, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; and give them Christian Names.  They have their Friends about them at such a time, and make a small Feast according to their Ability:  and some teach their Children to say their Prayers, and to Read, and some do not.