_ 555 _ where the noble houses of merchants and important men, great houses of wood covered with palm leaves and built to no particular plan, lay scattered about. On how the Governor and the Marshal land in the city of Calicut and take the city by storm. On how the cerame is taken and the Marshal, after quarrelling with the Governor, goes to the houses of the King and sacks and burns them. Returning to his ships he is killed together with many fidalgos and men. The Governor, with many of his men, is wounded. The fleet came to anchor in the harbour at sunset and the men spent the night checking their weapons and saying their prayers. They commended themselves to God’s mercy, as all had made their confessions some time earlier. And they kept vigil for the Marshal’s shot which he let off some time before morning and each captain had his batels and paraos ready with their best sailors who knew how to read the sea to land safely. With all the men in the boats, the chaplains who had sailed with them made the general confession and absolution from the deck of their nau, with which each man set off under his banner. When the Marshal gave the signal, he was already making his way towards land in his batels and since they were near the shore they were to drop anchors from the sterns to be raised on their return.
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