Crossword-Solution: AMBAGES 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 12

The client himself opined, that it was entirely owing, first, to his own absence during the first day’s pleading, being, as he said, deboshed with brandy, usquebaugh, and other strong waters, at John’s Coffee-house, PER AMBAGES of Peter Drudgeit, employed to that effect by and through the device, counsel, and covyne of Saunders Fairford, his agent, or pretended agent.

Only I do see by them, that speaking in matters distasteful to him that we write to, it is best to do it in the plainest way and without ambages or reasoning, but only say matters of fact, and leave the party to collect your meaning.

Arthurus, aut ea sit dexteritate, vt deprehenso errore eum inuenire et castigare possit timeo ne deuias faciat ambages, tempus ilium fallat, et semiperacto negotio, ŕ gelu prćoccupetur: Aiunt enim Sinum illum fortiůs quotannis congelari.

Quo semel est imbuta recens servabit odorem Bis dat qui cito dat Consciencia mille testes In vino veritas Bonae leges ex malis moribus Nequicquam sapit qui sibj non sapit Summum jus summa injuria Sera in fundo parsimonia Optimum non nasci Musa mihi causas memora Longe Ambages sed summa sequar fastigia rerum Causasque innecte morandj Incipit effari mediaque in voce resistit Sensit enim simulata voce locutam quae prima exordia sumat Haec alternantj potior sententia visa est.

Rapin too gives his Vote on the same side, Rien n'est, says he, plus essentiel au Poem Epique, que la Fiction; and quotes Petronius to that purpose, Per ambages, Deorumque ministeria praecipitandus est Liber Spiritus.