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1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. cii Is nane sa stalwart in stour with stoutnes to stand.

?c1550 tr. P. Vergil Eng. Hist. (1846) I. 39 At the lengthe, having conflicte with wilde beastes, [he] made a beastlie ende, and thus.. to miche stoutenes beecamme his owne confusion.

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. Pref. sig. A iij In an excellent capitaine nature must geue the chiefest partes, that is to say: hardines, stowtenes of stomacke, wyth a natural wisdome and vnderstanding.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. A*.iii Dyuers calamityes, which he alwayes bore out with suche stoutenesse of courage, that vertue neuer yelded to fortune.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xvii. sig. Ss1^v [She] was an Amazon, and therefore had gotten a habite of stoutnes aboue the nature of a woman.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes v. §6. 416 Stoutnesse and courage of mind.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 17 Sept. (1972) VII. 288 Sir Thomas Clifford, who appears..much set by at Court for his activity in going to sea, and stoutness everywhere.

1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 119 As Stoutness of mind very well agrees with Meekness, and therefore Moses, who was indeed a Person of the most undaunted Courage, is said in Scripture to be the meekest Man upon Earth.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Stoutness, Courageousness, Boldness.

1822 C. Lamb Compl. Decay of Beggars in Elia 1st Ser. The common cripple would despise his own pusillanimity, viewing the hale stoutness, and hearty heart, of this half-limbed giant.

1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. ii. 81 He..Amidst vindictive thunders lets them try The stoutness of their heart.