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1656 Duchess of NewcastleAssaulted & Pursued Chastity sig. Mm3 All the Souldiers, as if they had but one Voyce, cryed out, Travelia shall be Vice-regency.
1930 H. BellocWolsey ix. 243 He drafted a form of Vice-regency, a delegation of Papal power to himself.