_ 222 _ At this time Khwaja Safar was bombarding our bastion in the Turkish quarter from an artillery position that he ordered to be set up on the quay of the Customs House. He also used artillery at sea on account of some catures which were carrying provisions from the fortress to the bastion. However, it did not cause any sorrow, neither did the artillery which pounded the bastion nor did Ali Khan, who was living in the house of the mother of Sultan Bahdur. His men were in the city and each day Lopo de Sousa went out without fear of the Moors. On day on the eve of the Assumption of Our Lady whilst going out to the city he killed some of Khwaja Safar's Turks whom he found had taken leave without permission. The rest fled and went to tell Khwaja Safar, he was immediately sent five hundred picked men in search of Lopo de Sousa […] was […] no more than fourteen at the entrance to a street, the mast having been posted at the entrances to other streets. The Moors came towards him, and he decided to fight them. He wanted to begin immediately but on the advice of one Simao Furtador a good gentleman he allowed the street to fill up because the more the enemy were pressed close together the less, they would be able to use their arms The Moors all gathered and only the leading ones could fight.
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