_ 32 _ said “That is willing help arrived, and we have a fight on our hands”. He sent word to the ships that were nearby for their Captains to come, and he told them what he thought, and he sent Dinis Fernandes in the skiff to have a look at the shore, but as he went close, they shot arrows and shouted at him. So, he returned to the Captain-in-Chief who agreed with the Captains that they should attack the town before daylight, before the Moors had got used to the new arrivals. They arranged to disembark in the centre of the shore, and from there make their way in their battle order to attack and enter through the barricades, and once inside they would scour the town from within along the shore and join up and all take the town together. Afonso Lopes da Costa, Manue Telles and João da Nova would capture the barricade on the right, and the Captain-in-Chief and Francisco de Tavora would go to the other one. When this had all been agreed he ordered that twelve boats should go to each barricade, and with the berços they carried they would fire at the barricades so that the Moors would not drive them back. This was done, and the men made ready and an hour before dawn the boats were summoned by a gun. The Captains came with their men well prepared and embarked, and in the flag-ship’s with the men was Jorge Barreto, an
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