Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Sósta, s. f.
1. a pause, stop, rest. Per veder meglio a'passi diedi —, I stopped in order to see better. Por — alle lagrime, to stop one's tears, to give over crying. Date alquanto — al vostro dolore, mitigate your grief a little. Dar un poco di —, to give a little rest; 2. delay, time; 3. itch, longing for, pruriency, intense desire. E in breve, in tanta — entrò dello spesso veder costei, che, &c., and very soon, by conversing often with her, he grew so amorous, that, &c.; 4. suspension of arms, armistice;5. (naut. t.) sheet.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
sosta: quiet, leasure, ease, or ceasing from labour. Also delay, lingring of time and loitring. Also the name of a saile in a ship.