_ 134 _ that his men could not break through the Moors. Though Alfonso de Albuquerque saw the islet behind his and realized it had been taken, he fought on with greater fury against the Moors, fearing that the two captains on the islet would be too for way to help. Meanwhile João da Nova with a few bowmen and armed soldiers managed to pull out some stakes from the defensive palisade. With the help of Jorge Barreto and Manuel Telles they were able to make a beach and immediately a great number of the enemy gathered there. It cost them an immense effort but because it was what had been preventing Afonso de Albuquerque from getting through his way was opened up. God seemed to want to show them that he wanted them to be victorious, because from then on they began to put the enemy to fight. The enemy abandoned their palisade and closely behind men’s lances they ran through the village streets and fled through the gates that led to the interior towards another village beyond a palm grove which they had chosen as a refuge. They had already put their women and children and their best possessions in this village. Afonso de Albuquerque decided not to pursue them further and contented himself with driving them out of
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