[1] When duke Henrie was departed (as ye haue heard) and gone ouer into Normandie, now that he had concluded a peace with king Stephan, his puis|sance was thought to be such,The puissance of duke Hẽrie. that he was able to mainteine warres with the mightiest prince that then reigned. For in right of his wife, he had gotten possession of the duchie of Aquitaine, and the earle|dome of Poictou; and further by his mother, he en|ioied the duchie of Normandie, and looked to succéed in the kingdome of England: and in right of his fa|ther he was earle of Aniou, Thouraigne, and Maine. He also reuoked into his hands certeine parcels of his demeane lands, which his father had giuen away, and passing from thence into Aquitaine, mightilie subdued certeine lords and barons there, that had re|belled against him.