_ 272 _ and the foist small, it started to sink, so that the galley of Piri Reis’ son caught up with it, but because he wanted to take everyone alive, he decided not to send it to the bottom. However, the foist turned in such a way that it lay beneath his oars, with all believing themselves lost. A bombardier and a soldier who were at the prow, grabbed the oars in order to save themselves in the galley, as they preferred to be taken captive than drowned. Simão da Costa, a very experienced man, was not disheartened, rather did he recommend himself to Our Lady of the Rosary. Then seeing that the galley was veering away from the foist and moving to his leeward, he encouraged the sailors, rigged the sail that had been lowered and bringing his head as near to the wind as he could, began to leave the galley to his windward. Meanwhile, the bombardier and the soldier who were still clinging to the oars, were taken on board by the Turks. When he saw that the foist, which was sailing closer to the wind than he was, was escaping from him through his own fault, Piri Reis’ son went in pursuit while firing his cannon at it. To encourage the crew and strengthen their resolve, Simão da Costa threw money along the gangway,. He forced the sail of the foist as much as he could, moving to windward where, as far as he knew, the galley already
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