Obs. In 5 stowtesse. [f. STOUT a. + -ESS2.] Stoutness; courage; bravery.
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1422. Yonge, trans. Secreta Secret., 180. To Speke wyth good Spirite and breth appartenyth to the hardy, for that tokenyth hardynesse of herte, grete takynge on, and Stowtesse.
