_ 244 _ But not even this was sufficient to depress the spirts of the courageous soldiers & single degree, nor did the continuous explosions of the artillery disable the galleon, which did so much damage to the enemy they never dared to board with grappling irons, even though they were surrounding it. From their positions they were unleashing an infinite number of musket shots against it and thick clouds of arrows, as well as a great number of cannon balls. Everyone was wounded by these, and the master and the pilot were killed while meticulously carrying out their duties, without paying any heed to the danger. The captain Gonçalo Pereira showed here the great quality of his natural valour. He was always to be seen in the most dangerous situations. And he shared with everyone in their sufferings and their wounds, because he himself received three, and not small ones at that, from, three arrows. When Dom Diogo de Noronha saw the struggle and the danger Gonçalo Pereira’s galleon was in, which he was unable to help, he was very upset and almost beside himself with range and fury. He ordered the sloops from the galleons to be manned and to throw them towlines, to see if anything could be done for them, but when he saw that these efforts were useless, he ordered all the oared ships to
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