_ 203 _ and he led the arms of the Portuguese in such a manner that the Moors abandoned the defense and withdrew into the city. However, King [Mucrim] then came out with a detachment of horse and acted in such a manner that he forced our men to abandon their position, and they took up positions between our men and the sea. As this was the most open place, the Moors assembled in such great numbers, with lances 30 spans long, that they gave four lance-thrusts while they received two from our men. Aires Correia was pierced by one of them and fell to the ground, and he would have remained there if Aleixo de Sousa Chichorro and Rui Correia had not defended him in time, for with that thrust he already had twelve wounds. Those who saved him lost blood from their own wounds; and when Captain António Correia was told that his brother was dead he responded in a loud voice: “Forward, friends, leave him, for he has done his duty.” By this time King [Mucrim] was already on his third horse, his first and second having been killed, while he himself was recognized only for the courage with which he fought in the van. One of our musketeers hit him in the thigh in so that he was obliged to retire from the field.
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