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1579.  J. Stubbes, Gaping Gulf, D j b. By referring you to the proconsulates of Rome vnder that Empire: to the vndergouernors in the former monarchies.

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1587.  Golding, De Mornay, iii. 29. To be short, hee setteth downe some Gods as principall, some as meane, and othersome as vndergouernours.

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