_ 452 _ them, so when they saw that they could not shake them off by going out to sea, they turned back towards the land, closely pursued by the galleys, until they ran aground on the rocks, where those who could fled into the interior and those who could not, because they were burnt, jumped overboard and swam, seeking life where there was most certain death, because when captured by the galleys they were all dispatched. The others who were captured ashore with everything that they could find on the foists (which were smashed to pieces on the rocks), were taken to the city with great rejoicing, where the bodies of the dead and some of the living were impaled on stakes above the walls. A few healthy young men were sold in auction for a considerable sum, especially a beardless youth, who was bought by a captain for a higher price than all the others. Those who escaped overland joined the king of Aden, to whom they gave an account of their misfortune and of the fleet that the governor had sent them. The king, however resentful he might be of Dom Paio for being the cause of his ruin, did not fail to welcome them and show them all the hospitality and kind treatment that he could.
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