[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Crónica dos reis de Bisnaga](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz) › [The Narrative of Domingos Paes and the Chronicle of Fernao Nuniz (Sewell, A Forgotten Empire)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell) › 13.1 # The chronicles of Paes and Nuniz (Vijayanagara) 13.1 The Narrative of Domingos Paes and the Chronicle of Fernão Nuniz (Sewell, A Forgotten Empire) 13.1 - **Language:** English ### [13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.13.1) How the King entered the city, and of the feast that was made for him, and of the regulations and arrangements he made there. As soon as the next day dawned, the King, after he had performed both his customary prayers and others which it is their wont to offer after victories, giving thanks to God (for indeed the principal thing they pray for is a conquest such as this), rode in company with the other great lords and his captains, and with his guard took the way to the city. There the citizens were standing awaiting his arrival, with more cheerful countenances than their real feelings warranted, yet striving to take courage, and they followed him with much loud shouting; crying, -- "God be praised who has sent to save us after so many years!" and with these and other such words they begged him to spare them and have pity on them. So he proceeded till he arrived close to the citadel, when he sent to call the most honoured men in the city, and to these the King said that he would spare all their property, that they might freely act as they wished regarding both that and their persons, and those who wished to stay in the city might remain in their old state as before; and as for those who wished to depart they might do so at once with all that they possessed. They all raised their hands to Heaven, and threw themselves on the ground in thankfulness for such gentle treatment. - [Previous: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.12) - [Next: 13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.13.2) - [Up: 13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.13.1) · Pramāṇa