_ 39 _ with their sails in the sea. But that was how the pitiful galleon looked in the middle of all the galleys, like a beautiful and powerful redoubt, emitting flames and fiery sparks in all directions; and all the soldiers, even though burdened with many wounds, were so keen and eager that they wanted the galleys to attack them broadside-on, so as to give vent to the fury with which all were imbued against the Turks. "On that day, Gonçalo Pereira Marramaque showed the superior quality of his blood and zeal..." "Always in the most dangerous places ... He bore three cruel arrow wounds on his body ... The master and the pilot, who worked like elephants on that day, were killed by musket shots." When night fell, a sea-breeze sprang up and D. Diogo assembled his squadron. The Turks withdrew, hugging the coast so closely that it was impossible to pursue them with the galleons, which were wary of the shallows. It was the second time that Murad-bey, earlier defeated by us in El Katiff, saw the fortune of arms turn against him if the outstanding bravery of the Portuguese can be thus described. Suleiman also would not tolerate strokes of bad luck and replaced Murad by Aleque-lubi. In August 1553,
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