The advice seems to us somewhat Ambidexter, holding forth in one hand exhortations to caution and leniency, and in the other an exhortation to make vigorous and prompt application of English witchcraft laws and usages which permitted and implied resort to most barbarous processes, and admitted all imaginable sorts of evidence.
"Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism"
Allen Putnam
They are, indeed, nearly Ambidexter; but the sword, the spear and the fish-gig are always used with the right hand.
"A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson"
Watkin Tench
Halifax repeatedly prevented each of these parties from subjugating the other, and his Ambidexter services seem to have been rewarded by the sincere hatred of both.
"The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) The Duke of Guise; Albion and Albanius; Don Sebastian"
John Dryden