When the great Afonso Dalboquerque became aware of the great destruction which was inflicted upon his fleet by the artillery that was mounted in the fortress of Pangij, he determined, in spite of all obstacles that could arise, to attack the fortress, and for the effecting of this object to risk even life itself and all that remained. But in order to decide how he should act in this matter he called a meeting of all his captains, and told them that when first he found himself outside Goa he had come to the conclusion not to waste any more time in skirmishing with the Moors, for he who could relinquish the walls of a city so noble as that, ought not to care to be shooting arrows at a handful of negroes; but since it had so turned out that the artillery that was mounted in the fortress of Pangij compelled him to attack it, and he was thus forced to fight against his will, therefore he begged them of their kindness to tell him in what way he should act in order to achieve this object, for he was thoroughly set upon making the attack.