_ 129 _ pierced one of Gaspar Cao's shoulders, and their shields were covered in arrows which had lodged in them, Garcia de Sousa was wounded by an arrow which penetrated his forehead through to the brain, just beneath his helmet, and he fell dead. At this time João de Eca was still on the walls, refusing to jump; down like the others, even though they urged him to do so until they had finished preparing the ropes. But he refused and told Manuel de Lacerda who was urging him to come down, that he would never do anything that his father and his forefathers had not themselves done; if he wanted to save him then he should place a ladder against the wall, for he would only go down the way he had come up. At this one of the broken ladders was hastily tied together and he went down, After this he gave the men at the opening a rope tied around two lances, so that it was high enough and reached up to the opening. After they had caught the rope they tied it to the battlements and went down to the ground. At this point the governor was already withdrawing to the fleet, as was Dom Garcia and his men; it was a very disorderly affair, because Mira Mergena had positioned two artillery pieces at the place where our men had tried to enter the city, and this caused great harm to
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