_ 80 _ during the ebbing of the tide, and he wanted to prevent it from dragging his ships away, his own ship was in front of all the rest. On the following day, which was a Saturday, as soon as the wind changed Dom Lourenco set sail towards the enemy, as did his other captains. Since Mirocem’s ship was taller than his own, he had the hook with which he would accost it placed halfway up the rigging, so that it might not miss its target. As our men set off, the enemy began to fire their artillery, the Portuguese responding likewise, so that there followed a fierce exchange, as soon as our men approached them there flew great clouds of arrows from the enemy side. When Mirocem saw that Dom Lourenco was coming towards him he used the cables to put his ship close to the shore, where he knew he wouldn’t be able to reach him, because the wind was too weak by then, and indeed this was the case, for which reason Dom Lourenco’s men were unable to board Mirocem’s ship. Dom Lourenco dropped an anchor so close to Mirocem’s ship that it was possible for each vessel to shoot at the other. There was a tremendous combat, which Pero Barreto joined, since he was also unable to accost Mirocem’s ship, for the same reason. The same happened to Felipe Rodrigues, Duarte de Melo and Antonio Lobo, except that they weren’t able to get as
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