_ 85 _ where our fleet had set out earlier in the day. As soon as the Roumeliotes saw them they took heart and all those who had fled to land returned to the fleet, shouting for joy and threatening our men, saying: “We shall see now who is going to hang whom”. The local inhabitants immediately thought our men were as good as lost, and they openly went over to the Roumeliote’s side, shooting many arrows at us. At this, the fighting broke out again. It was then that our men realised how bad the choice not to sink the Roumeliote ships had been. There was great confusion, and the battle was is fierce as if it had just begun, Meliquias fired his artillery continuously, and helped Mirocem by sending him three “atalayas” (see end of chapter 75), as soon as they passed our fleet to join him Payo de Sousa and Diogo Pires went after them and destroyed one of them with their artillery, as well as forcing the others to run aground. Meliquias was so taken aback by this that he took no further action nor was this necessary, because night fell and the two sides withdrew. Meliquias went over to join Mirocem and was very surprised to find him in such poor shape, considering the fact that the Portuguese had so few ships and men. He then gave Mirocem some of his own men and munitions.
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