[1] But whileſt Fitz Aldelme went about only to eſtabliſh himſelfe and his friendes in the beſt and moſt quiet partes of Irelande, his aſſociate that valiant knight Iohn de Curcy victoriouſly con|quered the countrey of Vlſter, which hitherto had not bene ſubiect to the king of England.