vailed  on  young  Henry  to  defer  the  performance
of  his  intended  pilgrimage  till  the  peace  of  A-
quitaine  (hould  be  fettled,  and  to  aid  his  bro-
ther Richard  in  fubduing  thcfc  nobles.  For
this  purpofe  he  appointed  a  body  of  troops  to
be  under  his  conunand,  and  giving  mpney  to
Richard,  impowercd  that  prince  to  make  levies
of  vohinteers,  not  only  in  his  own  dutchy,  but
likewife  in  all  the  circuanj^ent  provinces.  Thus
was  raifed  a  great  nupiber  of  mercenary  forces,
\vhich  Richard  led,  with  an  ardour,  as  if  he
deemed  the  caufe  his  own,  againft  the  rebels
in  Poitou,  and,  about  Whitluntide,  defeated
an  army  of  Brabanters  hired  by  them  to  op-
pofc  him :  after  which  he  took  a  caftle  belong-*
ing  to  Aymar,  the  vifcount  of  Limoges,  on  the
frontier  of  that  province,  and  then,  within  a
few  days,  the  capital  itfclf.  From  thence  he  Bcncdia.
