5pTo make an Unguent of Quicksilver
to cure þe Poxe.
Take Quicksilver ounce iiij and mortifye it in Vinegar
then take Hoggs Grease ounce vj. oyle of Baies ounce iiij.
5Frankinsence ounce iiij of these make an Unguent
in a mortar and with it you must anoint þe place
where þe pain is, but have a care you touch not
þe Navill nor þe Joints. You must wear a pair of
Gloves with it and anoint þe partie for 5 days
10continuance by þe fire
Excellent Pills for þe Poxe
and other diseasies.
Take black Ellebore not prepared ounce j.
15Precipitate an ounce semisse Saffran dragme j. Senna ounce iiij. make
all these in very fine per os: and with white honey
make a past. and with this past you must make pills.
þe dose is a dragme at a time but in strong bodys
you may give two dragmes in þe morning fasting
20for 15 days together, and presently after you may
give to þe patient a good glass full of white wine.
I use them for several diseases and in particular
for any kind of Soare when I cure them with my
Balsam of Saunders I use no other medicine
25but these pills. the nature of them is to make
þe mouth swell and þe teeth ready to fall out: this
accident will last 8 days or thereabouts, þe pills
cause a great flux and hinder þe patient to eat or
drinke, because his throat will /be\ulcerated, but of
30take no course in þe worlde, but let nature work