_ 128 _ do anything that might be called cowardly, even though he was in great danger: he therefore didn't want to jump to the ground; as some did after being told to do so by those who were outside. The governor was so angry that he had lost a city in this way for it had been lost because of our disorderly conduct that he didn't answer, him; and Don Garcia asked for some ropes so that he might tie several lances to each other and thus lower himself to the ground. When Garcia de Sousa saw that the governor did not answer him, he thought there was no hope for him and he preferred to die like a knight, rather than like a desperate man he threw himself down from the opening, which was quite high up, taking with him Gaspar Cao, and Diogo Estaco from Evora, (who was the uncle of the other Diogo Estaco) who was carrying Dom João de Lima's standard. He Ied them from the front, and they all hurled themselves at the enemy with great fury, snatching some of the enemy's spears from their hands; in this way they acted as a shield to those who were left behind, preventing the enemy from reaching them. Diogo Estaco was wounded by a stone which almost broke his nose; this was so painful that he nearly collapsed as a result; an arrow
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