Sentence:  They who to <WSD>States</WSD> and Governours of the Commonwealth direct their Speech, High Court of Parlament, or wanting ſuch acceſſe in a private condition, write that which they foreſee may advance the publick good ; I ſuppoſe them as at the beginning of no meane endeavour, not a little alter'd and mov'd inwardly in their mindes... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.