_ 96 _ felt nothing. Meliquia’s kept them all himself, including a sailor from Oporto whose name was Andre Fernandes, who was one of the people who remained on deck. Afterwards he had climbed up to the topsail and stayed there all day and for part of the next, defending himself so well against the Roumeliotes that they were unable to take him. And he would never have given himself up of Meliquias had not sent him a safe-conduct. And so this was the end of Dom Lourenco and the 80 men who died with him, who included João Rodrigues Pessanha, Jorge Pessanha, Antonio de Sao Paio, Diogo Velho, the fleet’s factor, and one of Pero Barreto’s brothers. There were many others whose names I could not find out, but among those who escaped was a man called Tristao de Ga, as well as Bastiao Rodrigues, now a scrivener at the Mint House. Chapter: 81 When Dom Lourenco’s ship had been sunk, two Roumeliote ships pressed ahead to go and fight our fleet. When the captains saw Dom Lourenco’s ship disappear, some of them at once weighed anchor, hoisted their sails and left, namely Antonio Lobo Teixeira and Francisco de Anhaia. It is said that others cut off the anchors in their hurry to leave, for they thought the enemy would capture them. But this was not how Pero Barreto behaved, and
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