The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c22.67

v1.c22.67

At last Akbar’s envoy was received by Venkata. He presented the Emperor with four horses and other gifts on behalf of his sovereign, but Venkata returned them to the ambassador; the sums of money he had brought as a present were also handed back to him by Venkata’s order ‘to defray his expenses’. Fr. Coutinho says nothing of the political affairs discussed by the Hindu sovereign and the Muhammadan ambassador; he only states that the latter was loud in his praises regarding the Jesuits at his Lord’s court, who held them in great honour¹. “The King in his reply,” continues Coutinho, “said that he, too, was quite pleased with us. Moreover, he added that he would give us a church, house and whatsoever we needed" 1.