ambs-ace

“If ambs-ace; then, A brace of devils broil me! will they say.”

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel

“He told us that twenty chance devils very much feared in our country dwelt there in six different storeys, and that the biggest twins or braces of them were called sixes, and the smallest ambs-ace; the rest cinques, quatres, treys, and deuces.”

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel

“If I throw ambs-ace," I said, with a smile for my own caprice, "curse me if I do not take Rolfe's advice!”

To Have and to Hold

“risk' shall not be mine, neither; how can I, in the event, throw ambs-ace (is not that the old word?) and not peril _your_ stakes too, when once we have common stock and are partners?”

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846

“Indeed, dearest, you shall not have last word as you think, ” all the 'risk' shall not be mine, neither; how can I, in the event, throw ambs-ace (is not that the old word?) and not peril your stakes too, when once we have common stock and are partners?”

The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett