_ 117 _ After this nobody wanted to follow him onto the wall. Seeing that nobody came up and that he couldn't resist his opponents on his own he went back down, asking in a loud voice whether there were any knights who wished to go up the ladder. At this Dom Garcia de Noronha went up to him and said he wished to scale the walls but Dom João de Lima prevented him from doing so, telling him that it would not be good for him to go up, for if any misfortune should befall him this would be a great loss to our side. For this reason, Dom Garcia remained below while others went up. By this time Jorge da Silveira had already scaled the wall he had been the second to go up after Dom João, followed by a servant of his. He had not met with any opposition because the Arabs were far from the place where re had climbed up, and he planted his standard on the walls shouting "Victory, Victory!" When our men, who had already placed their ladders against the walls, saw the standard up above they were frenzied with enthusiasm and began to go up very quickly, João de Eca went up at once, together with Gaspar Cao and a man called Jorge da Horta, followed by up to eight others. Again, they met with no opposition, because they had gone up at the same spot as Jorge da Silveira. Although the Arabs who were standing on the walls were not numerous,
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