When these matters had thus been settled on both sides, the terms of the surrender of the city on which the Moors had insisted on the previous day were conceded. Accordingly, it was decided among ourselves that one hundred and forty armed men from our forces and one hundred and sixty from the men of Cologne and the Flemings should enter the city before all the others, and without violence occupy the stronghold of the upper castle, in order that within the same the enemy might bring their money and possessions, acknowledged under oath, before our men, and that, after these things had all been collected, the city might be searched by our forces if anything more should be found in anybody's possession, the owner of the house in which it should be discovered was to be made to suffer for it with his head--and that in this manner the whole population, after it had been despoiled, should be released outside the walls. And so, the gate having been opened and an opportunity of entering obtained for those who had been chosen for the purpose, the men of Cologne and the Flemings, contriving deception by a clever argument, obtained the consent of our men that they should go in first for the sake of their honor. And when they had thus obtained permission and an opportunity of entering first, more than two hundred of them slipped in along with those who had been designated, as above mentioned, besides others whom they had already introduced through the breach in the wall which stood open on their side. But none of our forces presumed to enter, except those who had been designated. And so, the archbishop and his fellow bishops leading the way with a banner bearing the sign of the cross, our leaders, together with the king and those who had been chosen for the purpose, made their entry.

Oh, what rejoicing there was on the part of all! Oh, what especial pride on the part of all! Oh, what a flow of tears of joy and piety, when, to the praise and honor of God and of the most holy Virgin Mary, the ensign of the salvation-bearing cross was beheld by all placed upon the highest tower in token of the subjection of the city, while the archbishop and the bishops together with the clergy and all the people, not without tears, intoned with a wonderful jubilation the Te Deum laudamus together with the Asperges me and devout prayers! The king, meanwhile, made the circuit of the walls of the upper castle on foot.