_ 328 _ The Turks were taking it laden with artillery, munitions and provisions to supply their fleet. When Dom Diogo reached Goncalo Pereira's galleon, he went to him in his sloop. He found him waiting for him on board, accompanied by all his soldiers stained in their own blood and covered in powder and sweat. Many of them still had feathered arrows in some parts of their bodies. When Dom Diogo was on deck, Goncalo Pereira approached to embrace him, but he said to him: "Go and stand over there. I do not wish to embrace you because, even though you have done a great deal, very little is due to you on that account, since you complied with the obligations of your reputation and your position. Let me embrace these soldiers, who deserve much more than you, especially as less were expected of them," and he embraced all of them individually, sharing their blood and their sweat, and showering them with commendations and praise. The leading men who were here with Gonçalo Pereira were: Dom Afonso Henriques, Luis Freire de Andrade, Jorge de Sousa, his uncle, Andre Pereira de Berredo, Dom Leonis Pereira the son of the Count of Feira, Dom Luis Pereira, Manuel Furtado Machado, Sebastião Machado, Diogo Nunes Pedroso, Vasco de Rebooredo, Leonel Pereira, Francisco da Cunha, Cristovão de Araujo Evangelho, and many other noblemen and knights.
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