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Unto an ambodexter (ii) _Quack_,— The Sot-weed Factor: or, A Voyage to Maryland In which is Describ'd The Laws, Government, Courts and Constitutions of the Country
By his cloathes you might deeme him a knight; but yet if you uncase him, you will find his sattin dublett naught but fore sleaves & brest, the back part buckram; his cloake and cape of two sorts; his roses and garters of my ladyes old Cypres: to conclude, sir, he is an ambodexter or a Jack-of-all-sides & will needs mend that which Nature made: he takes much upon him since the old Knight dyed, and does fully intend to run to hell[58] for the lady: he hates all wines and strong drinks--mary, tis but in publique, for in private he will be drunke, no tinker like him Bon_.— A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2
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