_ 220 _ Francisco de Almeida, the son of Pedro de Almeida, the one from Evora, as captain of the Santo Andre bulwark, with two hundred and forty men. He stationed Gonçalo Guedes de Roberedo, a very energetic gentleman, on the Santiago bulwark with one hundred and thirty soldiers. The captain chose the barbican bulwark for himself with a hundred men under his command. On the enclosure wall running from this bulwark to that of Santo Andre, he put Aires Monis with fifty men. On the other curtain wall running to that of Santiago, he put Manuel de Sousa, the brother of Fernão de Sousa de Castelo Branco, with thirty men. On the seaward side he put Antonio Correia an honourable knight with sixty men. On the bulwark in the middle was the alcaide-mor, an unnamed person, with forty men. In the middle of the keep, above the storerooms was the king with his wife and children, and the guazil and [Mirabarus] the chief magistrate of the kingdom, with their families. The rest of the soldiers who could not fit in the strongpoints remained in reserve with some captains. The captain ordered them to provide help wherever it was needed. The following day, Piri Reis had the siege artillery disembarked and that afternoon he marched to within sight of the fortress and pitched camp on the site of the
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