_ 218 _ city. This led to great confusion and disorder because apart from there being a strong wind and violent rolling of waves in the river it made navigation very dangerous. When the factor Antonio da Vega heard Antonio da Silveira's message he did not hesitate but abandoning his command he took refuge on land in fear of the bombardment that the Moors would have delivered him if he had gone by water. The others who were Francisco Henriquez, Jorge Barbosa, Francisco Pereira, Miguel Naz and Panta Taliong Fereira went by sea in the catures. The boatswains of two galeotas were put in great fear of the cannon fire of the Moors as they passed by an artillery position, for they ran aground. The catures went ahead and therefore did not realize what had happened to the galeotas, whose oarsmen and men at arms when they saw they had run aground fled in fear of being captured by the Moors. They left their captains alone and did not respond to their calls to return. As they saw that they could not save the galeotas by themselves and if they waited longer, they would be lost they put fire to then and went on land. The Moors saw them burn, and soon went to see what was happening, and finding them abandoned. They put out the fire and recovered the bombards they carried and other arms.
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