Then, as the first streak of dawn broke, the cry went from masthead to masthead: "There are ships out at sea!" The cry was heard on shore.

Pisani jumped into a boat with Francis, rowed out to his ship, and climbed the mast.
"Yes, there are ships!" he said.

And then, after a pause: "Fifteen of them! Who are they?
God grant it be Zeno!" This was the question everyone on ship and on shore was asking himself, for it was known that the Genoese, too, were expecting reinforcements.
"The wind is scarce strong enough to move them through the water," Pisani said.

"Let some light boats go off to reconnoitre.

Let us know the best or the worst.