Lewis de Moscoso carried with him two brethren: there went also Don Carlos, which had married the Gouernours Neece, and tooke her with him.
At the Gouernours comming, hee made no offer at all to rise.
To this the chiefe men of Croatoan answered, that they would gladly doe the best they could, and within seuen dayes, bring the Wiroances and chiefe Gouernours of those townes with them, to our Gouernour at Roanoak, or their answere.
The Cacique gaue a guide, and men for burdens, and departed with the Gouernours leaue.
And these are the vsual names of gouernours in Cambridge.
Many other sorts of barks they haue, besides the aforesaid, some with galleries and windows painted and gylt, but chiefely those which the uiceroyes and gouernours doo make for their recreation.
These princes, in what place soeuer they are, the gouernours of the cities are bound to visite them euery festiuall day.
Likewise that no stranger whatsoeuer shall come in by sea nor by land, without his express licence, or of the gouernours of such ports or places whereas they shall come or ariue.
The like notice and memory is there in the kingdom of Calicut, wheras be many trees and fruits, that the naturals of that countrie do say, were brought thither by the Chinos, when that they were lords and gouernours of that countrie.
All the seuerall siluer coynes of our English monies, to be caried with you, to be shewed to the gouernours at Cambalu, which is a thing that shall in silence speake to wise men more then you imagine.
Item, if any of the said merchants depart this life in any citie or towne, or on the high way, his gouernours there to see their goods safely kept, and to be deliuered to any other of them that shall demand them.
Ouer and besides the forenamed gouernours and officers being men of chiefe note, there were 124.
A Charter of King Henry the fourth graunted in the fift yeere of his reigne to the English Marchants resident in the partes of Prussia, Denmarke, Norway, Sweden, and Germanie for the chusing of gouernours among themselues.
Then the gouernours commanded to be called together all people bordering there abouts, and to come vnto the citie where as hee was.
The gouernours of the prouince do assemble together, to intreat of the Spaniardes business, and are resolved that they should returne vnto the ilandes.
Secretarie Woolly came aboorde of vs, and declared to the company, that her Maiestie had appointed him to giue them charge to be obedient, and diligent to their Captaine, and gouernours in all things, and wished vs happie successe.
Gripes, laden with wine, and with them men of warre the which came vnder shadow of those wines, because the gouernours of Candie durst let none of their men goe to the succour of Rhodes for feare of the Turke.
Towards the end of his reigne he appointed his two sonnes, Robert and Henry, with ioynt authoritie, gouernours of Normandie; the one to suppresse either the insolencie, or leuitie of the other.
This talke ended, Cortez went to kisse the Gouernours handes, and to declare the cause of his comming, with other newes from Estremadure the Gouernours Coütrey.
There be that write, how there were but twelue of these gouernours chosen; whose names were as followeth.
His court is kept in very good order, by gouernours of tens, gouernours of hundreds, and gouernours of thousands, insomuch that euery one in his place performeth his duetie committed vnto him, neither is there any defect to bee found.
The number of Souldiers continually attending vpon the Beglerbegs the gouernours of Prouinces and Saniacks, and their petie Captaines mainteined of these Prouinces.
To whom the gouernours answered, that they knewe not in that case the will of their king, but yet were willing in such things as they might lawfully doe, to pleasure him: which was as then to affoord him the benefit of victuals.
For lacke of time thegouernours haue not firmed this letter: which is the copie of the other two letters firmed by them.
Michael of Culiacan, with commission to theGouernours of those parts to pacifie the Indians, and not to make them slaues any more.
At the time wherein they sought to depart from thence, the cable of the anker of the Gouernours brigandine brake, and the anker remained in the Riuer.
Many gouernours bearyng regiment, as their maners be diuers, and fashion of life: euen so the people bee like affected, to the diuersitie of di- uers princes.
Princes might brust out, the state of all the worlde, would bee in one mightie gouernours handes.
All of which things I bestowed in one of my cartes, (not finding thegouernours of the citie at home) for they told me, if I could carry them to Sartach, that they would be most acceptable vnto him.
Soldans, and Dukes, which came to yeeld themselues, and such as the Tartars had sent for, and such as were gouernours of lands.
Wherefore, if Christians would withstande them, it is expediennt, that the prouinces and gouernoursof countreies should agree in one, and so by common counsell, should giue them resistance.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gouernours" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
