_ 71 _ also had Diogo de Freitas in one and Duarte de Melho in the other, only had guns, in a short space of time two Moorish ships went to the bottom, and men from the others were fleeing to shore pursued by the boats which were killing them in the water with lances. João da Nova in his ship Flor de la Mar, which was more powerful than the others, was further away, surrounded by many ships, never moved from one place, with its boat chained to the stern, and only fought with artillery, because the Moors had a great deal of it, only light guns but which did great harm to our men on deck, but our ship had heavy cannon and the shots passed through both sides of the Moorish ships and shattered them. The Captain-in-Chief, who was in the offing, also did much damage with his artillery, and seeing the havoc that was being wreaked among the Moorish ships, with his hands raised gave thanks to Our Lord; but he was displeased to see many enemy ships on fire, and sent Duarte Pereira with Duarte Afonso, the boatswain, in the skiff, well-manned, to do his best to tell the Captains not to set the ships on fire, which was a great waste. Then he sent Dom Antonio in the ship’s boat, and with him Jorge Barreto de Castro, Jorge da Silveira, Antonio
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