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