The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c14.133

v1.c14.133

The next morning the Portuguese soldiers, whilst plundering the town, disagreed among themselves as to the division of the spoil, and tumult reigned supreme. The enemy who had retired to a neighbouring hill perceived the commotion, and fell upon them in such numbers that they fled in disorder, and took to their ships in such panic that several were drowned. The governor, incensed with fury, ordered a fresh attack to be made the next day. The city was burnt and the country laid waste; so much havoc was caused throughout the land by this final action of Martim Affonso de Sousa that the Queen, no longer able to resist, submitted and made peace under the terms proposed by the Portuguese Governor¹.