_ 116 _ His sake they should therefore do their utmost to exalt His Holy Faith. He said other things which made everyone feel great devotion, and at this they arrived at the shore, where they landed without any trouble, because the enemies were all inside the city. Some of them could be seen on top of the walls, but these were so few that they were not enough to resist our men. Nevertheless our men suffered great harm because the captains who had been appointed to scale the walls wished to do so before any of their men, either because they wanted to have the glory of being the first to enter the city, or because they wished to prove what great knights they were although it would have been better for them to prove what great captains they were. The first one to place his ladder against the wall was Dom João de Lima, and he at once went up with a page of his, whose name was Diaga Estaco, who came from Evora and who was his standard bearer. When the Arabs who were standing on the walls saw the two of them going up they came to defend the place and began to shoot many arrows and darts, and to throw many stones at them with the result that Diogo Estaco was killed, and Dom João de Lima wounded six times, as well as being hit by many stones.
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