_ 139 _ When the Moors saw what Afonso Lopes had tried to do, they realized the damage that cannon had caused to our armada so they immediately brought another to the same place and placed many of their men there to guard them. This did so much damage that had the day been longer, our ships would have had to change positions. As nightfall came however, the cannon stopped firing. Nevertheless, on the following morning the Moors had so much to do on the beach, Afonso de Albuquerque having gone there with all his captains that they could not look after the cannon as they had done the previous afternoon. Our men were so angry because of the deception and misfortunes of the previous day that they fell upon the Moors with such fury that although they were so many of them they expelled them from a defensive palisade they had built the previous night and pursued them into the city where they went in great disarray. They drove them to the other side of the town where there was a field between the walls and a refuge used as a hiding place. Our men did not venture to go there, not only because they were tired, but also because Afonso de Albuquerque feared that they might be ambushed by fresh troops. He contented himself that Our Lady had granted him much a quick victory and he ordered his men to take relaxation. It had cost the lives of eight of our men and more than
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