_ 123 _ when he had captured Arzila, and it would be better than to attack the Arabs with so few men, because in a short time they would be able to attack in larger numbers; in this way they would be surer of winning. However, Aires da Silva did not join him, which was also another reason why the city wasn’t captured. The arguments continued, Dom Garcia wanting to make the men go in, but the captains refusing to do so. At this point, the man who was carrying Manuel de Lacerda's standard (whose name I was unable to discover) planted his lance upon the sand, drew his sword, placed his shield in front of him, and told the men to make way for he wished to go in and he went in, followed by João de Meira and friar Cristovao Carnache, a knight Hospitaller of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem; behind these two were Baltasar Monteiro do Porto, Henrique Figueira the son of an alcalde in Lisbon, and João de Caminha, who is now an overseer in the service of the Infanta Isabel, These men belonged to Manuel de Lacerda's company, but the latter did not wish to go in with them, nor did anybody else. Believing that they would be followed by the others, these men who had gone in went ahead, gave the battle cry and attacked the Arabs, as did also Aires da Silva and his men at which point our riflemen and crossbowmen
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