_ 120 _ into the city, where he would join forces with Henrique Homem, who was also on his way to the mountain. After he had given this order, the governor went back to the men who had fallen down the ladders and he found Garcia de Sousa in possession of the opening with his standard raised; there he also found the men who had got to the top of the wall, before the ladders had broken, among them Vicente de Albuquerque, Rui Palha de Santarem; João Goncalves de Castelo Branco; Manuel da Costa who was the factor of captured merchandise, João de Ataide and Dom Alvaro de Castro. The common soldiers were all pushing to get in through the opening, but as they didn't all fit the governor had them uncover another such artillery opening, which was also close to the ground near there. Many Arabs appeared at this second opening, which looked onto a large open square in the city. The governor at once gave orders for the riflemen and crossbowmen to shoot, and they made the Arabs withdraw to one side, so that our men began to go in; the first to do so was the clergyman with his cross, who asked everyone to go in, for the sake of Our Lord, which they did. These were Aires da Silva, Antonio Raposo, Duarte de Melo and about 40 others. At this point Dom Garcia arrived,
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