_ 202 _ king by the arm and delivered him a small sword thrust in his right side. However, the Moors soon rushed to his aid and struck at this attack. There were thirteen of them and they were all very brave. They charged the Portuguese striking them fiercely and almost the first blow caused the death of Manuel de Sousa and Pedro Alvarez d' Almeida, who were thrown into the sea, Diogo de Mezquita, Lopo de Sousa and Antonio Correa fought back with great bravery, giving time for two Portuguese fustas to arrive, whose captains were one Afonso Fialho and one Alvaro Mendez from Chaul. They were men without fear and they both carried a good forty Portuguese. When they arrived, Antonio Cardosa fell into the water in trying to leap into the king's fusta and they pulled him out. Whilst they were doing this an Abyssinian page of the king of about eighteen years helped his side very courageously by firing arrows with the king's bow. They fell so fast that it seemed that they were coming in twos. In pulling on Antonio Cardosa out of the water he received an arrow which pierced him through, and he soon died. The servants of the lords travelling with the king were mostly Turks and they were also bravely playing their part in the heated battle.
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