_ 243 _ without being able to steer or move, while that of Gonçalo Pereira Marramaque was stuck on the Persian side at a cannon-shot distance from the other fleet. Wishing to take advantage of this splendid opportunity, Barbarossa struck sail on all the galleys and rowed in the direction of Gonçalo de Pereira’s galleon. After once more discharging all their artillery into it, they withdrew, reloaded again and fired another broadside. Using the same tactic, they did this several times. However, they did not find the galleon off-guard or unprepared, because Gonçalo Pereira who had one hundred and fifty men with him, amongst whom were included many valiant gentlemen and noble knights, on seeing that the galleys were coming to attach him, made ready for the combat. When they arrived, he fired his artillery at them, which dismasted most of them, but as the galleon remained stationary and the galleys moved about wherever they wanted, they reduced it to such a condition that there was not a single sound part left, because all the upper works were smashed into a myriad splinters, many were battered and the mizensail torn to shreds. Both the masts were split in many places and the spars and sails were drifting in the water.
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