_ 214 _ and should therefore march together. This afterwards turned out to be on account of his fear of the enemy. On the eve of battle, when they had finished discussing the plans for the landing the captains returned to their ships, with all their people they confessed their sins and committed themselves to Our Lord, because the enterprise was very dangerous, the enemy outnumbering our people by three hundred to one. But Antonio Correa had such great faith in God and Our Lady that he expected to be victorious, and all that night he prayed with great devotion. When Saturday dawned his men embarked in, small landing craft and Rais Sharaf, put his many men on large wooden rafts which had to be towed by the paraos of their terradas. As the sun came up Antonio Correa stirred his men to action and they moved towards land, Aires Correa, his brother leading in his galleon with fifty musketeers and archers, and also some nobles. It was now low tide, and in front of the city the sea was full of reefs, with the boats a musket shot from land. Not being able to get closer the men jumped into the water, which reached up to their waists, but there was no other way, Antonio Correa also got into the water, and he ordered Tristao de Crasto, a trustworthy man, to remain with the
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