_ 234 _ bombardment, the noblemen fought alongside the bombardiers. Thus, they awaited the enemy with great determination and discharged their artillery on them, using it in such a way that they dismasted most of the galleys. But as the galleon fought with one foot stuck (as they say) without moving from the spot, and the galleys because of their oars kept coming and going any time they liked, they reduced the galleon to such a state that there was nothing left to be seen, because all the upper works were smashed into a myriad splinters, wounding all those in the galleon; the mizzen was completely broken and both the masts split in many places, with the spars and sails drifting in the sea. The pathetic galleon stood in the midst of all the galleys like a beautiful and powerful bulwark, emitting fiery flames and flashes in all directions. All the soldiers, though suffering from many injuries, were so courageous and resolute that, to assuage the anger that all of them felt for the Turks, they longed for the galleys to attack them broadside on. On that day, Gonçalo Pereira Marramaque showed the superiority of his blood and valour, popping up in the most
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