Book contents
- Frontmatter
- EDITORS' PREFACE
- THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF AZURARA
- THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- CHAPTER I Which is the Prologue, wherein the Author sheweth what will be his purpose in this Work
- CHAPTER II The Author's invocation
- CHAPTER III In which we recount the descent of the Infant Don Henry
- CHAPTER IV Which speaketh of the habits of the Infant Don Henry
- CHAPTER V In which the Chronicler speaketh briefly of the notable matters which the Infant performed for the service of God and the honour of the Kingdom
- CHAPTER VI In which the Author, who setteth in order this history, saith something of what he purposeth concerning the virtues of the Infant Don Henry
- CHAPTER VII In which five reasons appear why the Lord Infant was moved to command the search for the lands of Guinea
- CHAPTER VIII Why ships had not hitherto dared to pass beyond Cape Bojador
- CHAPTER IX How Gil Eannes, a native of Lagos, was the first who passed the Cape of Bojador, and how he returned thither again, and with him Affonso Gonçalvez Baldaya
- CHAPTER X How Affonso Gonçalvez Baldaya reached the Rio d'Ouro
- CHAPTER XI Of the things that were achieved in the years following
- CHAPTER XII How Antam Gonçalvez brought back the first Captives
- CHAPTER XIII How Nuno Tristam reached the spot where Antam Gonçalvez was, and how he dubbed him knight
- CHAPTER XIV How Antam Gonçalvez, and afterwards Nuno Tristam, came before the Infant with their booty
- CHAPTER XV How the Infant Don Henry sent his embassy to the Holy Father, and of the answer that he had
- CHAPTER XVI How Antam Gonçalvez went to make the first ransom
- CHAPTER XVII How Nuno Tristam went to the island of Gete, and of the Moors that he took
- CHAPTER XVIII How Lançarote required license from the Infant to go with his ships to Guinea
- CHAPTER XIX Who were the Captains of the other Caravels, and of the first booty that they made
- CHAPTER XX How they went to the island of Tiger, and of the Moors that they took
- CHAPTER XXI How they, Lançarote and the others, returned in their boats to Tiger, and of the Moors that they took
- CHAPTER XXII Of the reasons that Gil Eannes gave, and how they went to Tiger, and of the Moors that they took
- CHAPTER XXIII How they went to Cape Branco, and of what they did there
- CHAPTER XXIV How the caravels arrived at Lagos, and of the account that Lancarote gave to the Infant
- CHAPTER XXV Wherein the Author reasoneth somewhat concerning the pity inspired by the captives, and of how the division was made
- CHAPTER XXVI How the Infant Don Henry made Lancarote a Knight
- CHAPTER XXVII How the Infant ordered Gonçallo de Sintra to go to Guinea, and how he was killed
- CHAPTER XXVIII Of the reasons that the Author giveth for a warning as to the death of Gonçallo de Sintra
- CHAPTER XXIX How Antam Gonçalvez and Gomez Pirez and Diego Affonso went to the Rio d'Ouro
- CHAPTER XXX How Nuno Tristam went to Tira, and of the Moors that he took captive there
- CHAPTER XXXI How Dinis Diaz went to the land of the Negroes, and of the Captives that he took
- CHAPTER XXXII How Antam Gonçalvez, Garcia Homem, and Diego Affonso, set out for Cape Branco
- CHAPTER XXXIII How they went to Ergim Island, and of the Moors they took there
- CHAPTER XXXIV How John Fernandez came to the caravels
- CHAPTER XXXV How Antam Gonçalvez went to make the ransom
- CHAPTER XXXVI How they took the Moors at Cape Branco
- CHAPTER XXXVII How the caravel of Gonçalo Pacheco and two other ships went to the isle of Ergim
- CHAPTER XXXVIII How Mafaldo took forty-six Moors
- CHAPTER XXXIX How they landed another time, and of the things that they did
- CHAPTER XL How Alvaro Vasquez took the seven Moors
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CHAPTER XXI - How they, Lançarote and the others, returned in their boats to Tiger, and of the Moors that they took
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- EDITORS' PREFACE
- THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF AZURARA
- THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- CHAPTER I Which is the Prologue, wherein the Author sheweth what will be his purpose in this Work
- CHAPTER II The Author's invocation
- CHAPTER III In which we recount the descent of the Infant Don Henry
- CHAPTER IV Which speaketh of the habits of the Infant Don Henry
- CHAPTER V In which the Chronicler speaketh briefly of the notable matters which the Infant performed for the service of God and the honour of the Kingdom
- CHAPTER VI In which the Author, who setteth in order this history, saith something of what he purposeth concerning the virtues of the Infant Don Henry
- CHAPTER VII In which five reasons appear why the Lord Infant was moved to command the search for the lands of Guinea
- CHAPTER VIII Why ships had not hitherto dared to pass beyond Cape Bojador
- CHAPTER IX How Gil Eannes, a native of Lagos, was the first who passed the Cape of Bojador, and how he returned thither again, and with him Affonso Gonçalvez Baldaya
- CHAPTER X How Affonso Gonçalvez Baldaya reached the Rio d'Ouro
- CHAPTER XI Of the things that were achieved in the years following
- CHAPTER XII How Antam Gonçalvez brought back the first Captives
- CHAPTER XIII How Nuno Tristam reached the spot where Antam Gonçalvez was, and how he dubbed him knight
- CHAPTER XIV How Antam Gonçalvez, and afterwards Nuno Tristam, came before the Infant with their booty
- CHAPTER XV How the Infant Don Henry sent his embassy to the Holy Father, and of the answer that he had
- CHAPTER XVI How Antam Gonçalvez went to make the first ransom
- CHAPTER XVII How Nuno Tristam went to the island of Gete, and of the Moors that he took
- CHAPTER XVIII How Lançarote required license from the Infant to go with his ships to Guinea
- CHAPTER XIX Who were the Captains of the other Caravels, and of the first booty that they made
- CHAPTER XX How they went to the island of Tiger, and of the Moors that they took
- CHAPTER XXI How they, Lançarote and the others, returned in their boats to Tiger, and of the Moors that they took
- CHAPTER XXII Of the reasons that Gil Eannes gave, and how they went to Tiger, and of the Moors that they took
- CHAPTER XXIII How they went to Cape Branco, and of what they did there
- CHAPTER XXIV How the caravels arrived at Lagos, and of the account that Lancarote gave to the Infant
- CHAPTER XXV Wherein the Author reasoneth somewhat concerning the pity inspired by the captives, and of how the division was made
- CHAPTER XXVI How the Infant Don Henry made Lancarote a Knight
- CHAPTER XXVII How the Infant ordered Gonçallo de Sintra to go to Guinea, and how he was killed
- CHAPTER XXVIII Of the reasons that the Author giveth for a warning as to the death of Gonçallo de Sintra
- CHAPTER XXIX How Antam Gonçalvez and Gomez Pirez and Diego Affonso went to the Rio d'Ouro
- CHAPTER XXX How Nuno Tristam went to Tira, and of the Moors that he took captive there
- CHAPTER XXXI How Dinis Diaz went to the land of the Negroes, and of the Captives that he took
- CHAPTER XXXII How Antam Gonçalvez, Garcia Homem, and Diego Affonso, set out for Cape Branco
- CHAPTER XXXIII How they went to Ergim Island, and of the Moors they took there
- CHAPTER XXXIV How John Fernandez came to the caravels
- CHAPTER XXXV How Antam Gonçalvez went to make the ransom
- CHAPTER XXXVI How they took the Moors at Cape Branco
- CHAPTER XXXVII How the caravel of Gonçalo Pacheco and two other ships went to the isle of Ergim
- CHAPTER XXXVIII How Mafaldo took forty-six Moors
- CHAPTER XXXIX How they landed another time, and of the things that they did
- CHAPTER XL How Alvaro Vasquez took the seven Moors
- Plate section
Summary
Although the necessity of the night obliged them to spend it chiefly in sleeping, yet their wills were so bent upon this charge that their thoughts never left what lay before them. And so they took counsel as to what they should do on the next day, and agreed, after many reasons given (which I omit in order not to make too long a story), that they should go in the boats and attack the settlement before morning. For it is very likely, they said, that the Moors, having seen our retreat, will think that we went away like men in despair of being able to catch them, and, thinking so, will return to their encampment; and not only would their return profit us, but also the security with which they are able to repose.
And this counsel being settled, they set off in the night, rowing their boats along the coast. And at the first dawn they disembarked and attacked the village, but they found no one there; for the Moors, as soon as they saw their enemies retreat on the previous day, came to the village but would not sleep in it, and went and stayed a quarter of a league distant, near a ford by which they passed to Tiger. And when the Christians saw that they found nothing in the village, they returned to their boats and coasted along that island on the other side of Tiger, and ordered fifteen men to march along the land and look if they could see any Moors, or find any trace of them.
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- The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea , pp. 72 - 74Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010