_ 121 _ and caused our men a great deal of trouble. However, when Dom Antonio arrived, they took heart, although there were no more than 70 of them in all, whilst the lay numbered 1000. But our men-advanced towards them fearlessly end began to wound them with their lances, striking many of them down. In this way they forced them to retreat back through the streets, pursuing them, killing and wounding them, so that the enemy panicked and ran as fast as they could. They were seized with such fear that when Manuel de Lacerda and six of his men came upon a large number of Arabs, they struck forty of them down, following them all the way to the gate where they had entered the city, and where many of them now escaped from it. The rest of them were prevented from getting to the gate by the other captains and they tried to jump over the walls at both places many of them were killed. At this point, the commander-in-chief arrived; the whole thing had happened so quickly that he hadn’t had time to join the others earlier. When he saw what our men had done, he showed great pleasure, praising the captains and the men any times, and kissing them on the face. Then, leaving his watchmen behind he returned to the shore and knighted some of the men who had come from Portugal, for the others were
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