The fathers of the Order of St.Dominic have assisted me greatly in this; and those of St.Augustine, in this and in whatever has offered in the service of your Majesty.

For what I owe in all this, and in order to declare the truth in all things, I certify this to your Majesty.
Although the fathers of the Society have no missions in those provinces near there, they supported very well by writing and speech the reasons and just rights that we had for making this entrance, so that no one doubted them--not even the members of the Audiencia, as I have written to your Majesty in this letter.

What I can say of the Jesuits and their devotion, system, procedure, and prudence, and their gain of souls, is that they differ in no wise from what they are and do in those kingdoms [_i.e._, Espana and Portugal], and in those where they exert themselves in the conversion of new Christianities.

For that reason, and because they do not return [to Europe] daily, as do others, it will be a good thing for your Majesty to grant them the religious that they request.
The discalced Recollects of St.Augustine also help toward the same end of the pacification of the said provinces.

I have known naught but humility among them in all things hitherto, and they do not meddle with the government of what does not concern them; nor do they do anything else outside their profession--offering to take charge of certain missions on the entrance into Ytuy, which lies on the other side next the missions of the Ygolotes.