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courage (the foll. obs. uses began in 14th cent.)
1. spirit, disposition 3H6 II. ii. 57 “this soft ,” Cor. III. iii. 90, IV. i. 3.
2. desire, inclination Tim. III. iii. 24 “ to do him good” ; sexual inclination, lust Ven. 276 “his hot ”
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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