governeress

Obsolete spelling of governoress.

Hee wrote likewiſe to yͤ L. Iohn the infante, yͤ L. of Biſkey, and to yͤ Lady Mary of Biſkey, gouernereſſe of yͤ K. of Caſtile and Leon, and to Iames K. of Aragon, requeſting them to aid him with men of warre, as well horſemẽ as footemen againſt his aduerſarie yͤ Frẽch K. that moſt vniuſtly went about to depriue him of his inheritãce.

Obsolete spelling of governoress.

5. If i died wᵗout issu, and ther were none heire masle, then the L Fraunces to be (gouuernres) regẽt. For lakke of her, the her eldest daughters, and for lakke of them the L Marget to be gouuernres after as is aforsaid, til sume heire masle be borne, and then the mother of that child to be gouuernres. 6. And if during the rule of the gouuernres ther die 4 of the counsel, then shal she by her letters cal an assẽble of the counsel wᵗin on month folowing and chose 4 more, wherin she shal haue thre uoices.

To Iupiter alſo thei Sacrificed, & did honour as to yᵉ principall of life. To Vulcan for fire, to Pallas, as Lady of the ſkie, to Ceres as gouernereſſe of the arth, and to ſondry other for other ſondry conſiderations.