_ 109 _ of the faith of Her blessed Son.” And the Captains and noblemen did the same, with trumpets sounding, invoking Our Lady of Victory. Thus, the fortress was given a name, and so many people took part in the work that all the foundations were laid to above ground level. For there were many people, and as soon as one foundation trench was filled another was dug, so that when one was filled and another was already opened; many labourers joined in the work because in addition to the pay which was given them every day, the Captain-in-Chief ordered that they should be given dates and water at work, with which they were very pleased’ and the Captain-inChief was working hard to supply the stone, and nothing went wrong with boats. As the greater part of the work was done by seaman, he ordered that each was to be paid ten pardaus for their pay, and the masters and mates and pilots twenty-five, which pleased them. As a precaution against wat might happen the Captainin-Chief ordered a large parao from among the Moorish ships to be prepared, with a great awning erected because of the heat under which sat Dom Antonio and sixty noblemen and knights were always sitting, where they were given food; and he also gave three hundred xerafins to each Captain to feed their men so that they would stay in
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