ABSTRACT
When Jorge Barreto had taken possession of the ship Meri, our men who were left in her began to use her artillery against the people of the city, who promenaded upon the beach, and did them much damage, while Jorge Barreto went to join D. Antonio, who was proceeding in the skiff of the flag-ship, and Francisco de Tavora, in his own boat, and all pursued some galleons, which were flying for safety to the island of Queixome; and with the artillery they had at hand, as well as with their matchlocks, they killed an innumerable multitude of Moors. In company with D. Antonio there were Francisco de Melo, Pero Gomez, Rui Diaz (sons of gentlemen of Alenquer), and Simon, eldest son of the Commendador of Almourol, James Teixeira, Duarte de Melo, Pedralvres Froes, and Antonio Yogado. These captains, after having routed the galleons and sent many of them to the bottom, went on towards the place where Afonso Dalboquerque was stationed, and he forthwith dispatched Antonio do Campo to go and take possession of a ship which was on the point of yielding; and with him went Nicolao Juzarte, his nephew, and Antonio Dabreu, and many others; and they fought with it a long time without being able to board it, for the Moors of the ship were Fartaquins, and made a stout defence.
