_ 216 _ immediately attacked our men, pressing them most strongly, and wounding many, so that they were made to withdraw towards the beach. The king always at the head of his troops, disregarding all danger, he fought with such energy that it was astonishing to behold. As they forced our men back, they kept bringing in new troops and as their lances were longer than ours, they had the advantage. Many injuries were received by our people as they were forced into the water together. There was tremendous disorder, in which Aires Correa was knocked down after sustaining severe lance and arrow wounds. Many Moors were surrounding him, trying to kill him and they inflicted thirteen lance wounds on him after he fell. If it were not for Aleixo de Sousa and Ruy Correa who came to his rescue they would haye succeeded. But they fought so bravely and killed and wounded so many Moors that they repelled the attackers and freed Aires Correa, both becoming badly wounded in the action. It is without doubt that they performed a great and memorable deed, in which they earned much honour. But Antonio Correa also did much, because he was the commander, and yet fought like a soldier, thus doing double the work of the rest; he was very tired and wounded in the right arm, and indeed the greater part of his men
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