_ 122 _ he were their overall commander, and they only minor captains, this made them so indignant that they didn't want to go in. If Dom Garcia went in, they too would go in. The other reason why they stayed out was because they were jealous of Garcia de Sousa, who had gone in first; if at the end of the day the city were captured, he would reap all the glory. And since they stayed outside their men didn't want to go in. If they had, the city would have been captured, because it seemed that the Arabs dared not make a move, as if they were paralysed. This was quite obvious, because when Antonio Raposo, Aires da Silva and the others I referred to had gone in, the Arabs had not dared to attack them, even though there were still only a few of them. Aires da Silva waited for more men to arrive; so that they could join up and fall on the Arabs, who could be seen appearing in great numbers at the entrances to the streets. He waited in the large square into which the artillery opening led and seeing that nobody was coming in to join him, he requested Garcia de Sousa to come through so that they could attack the Arabs. But Garcia de Sousa asked him to join him instead, so that they would be in a safe position until more people went in this is what the Count of Monsanto had done
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