[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) › 5.1.6 # The chronicles of Paes and Nuniz (Vijayanagara) 5.1.6 The Narrative of Domingos Paes and the Chronicle of Fernão Nuniz (Sewell, A Forgotten Empire) 5.1.6 - **Language:** English ### [5.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.5.1.6) that he would command that he should be attended and honoured at his wedding by the King's own son; and the King, for the love that he bore him and the pleasure that he had in honouring him, bade his son make ready with his following, and sent him with the ministers and captains of his court to attend and honour the wedding of his nephew. And he, making all ready, as soon as they were in his house, being at table, they were all slain by daggers thrust by men kept in readiness for that deed. This was done without any one suspecting it, because the custom there is to place on the table all that there is to eat and drink, no man being present to serve those who are seated, nor being kept outside, but only those who are going to eat; and because of their thus being alone at table, nothing of what passed could be known to the people they had brought with them. And after he had killed the King's son with all the captains, the minister\[501\] set out to ride as if he were going to bear a present to the King, and as soon as he arrived at the gates of the palace he sent a message to the King saying that he was there, and had brought him a present according to custom. And the King, being at that time at leisure and amusing himself with his wives, bade him enter; and as soon as he was come to where he stood, he presented to the King a golden bowl in which he had placed a dagger steeped in poison, with which he wounded him in many places; - [Previous: 5.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.5.1.5) - [Next: 5.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.5.1.7) - [Up: 5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.5.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.5.1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.paes-nuniz~en-sewell.5.1.6) · Pramāṇa