(UNDER-1 6 a.)
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.
1587. Golding, De Mornay, iii. 29. To be short, hee setteth downe some Gods as principall, some as meane, and othersome as vndergouernours.