Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Howbeit
How·be′it (hou·bē′ĭt), conj. [How + be + it.] Be it as it may; nevertheless; notwithstanding; although; albeit; yet; but; however.
The Moor — howbeit that I endure him not - Is of a constant, loving, noble nature. Shak.