Which preposition to use with pottles

of Occurrences 16%

He drew out another parchment and read again: "My Lord of Carlile's sack posset, how it's made: Take a pottle of cream and boil in it a little whole cinnamon and three or four flakes of mace.

against Occurrences 1%

" "Now, by my faith," cried the Cook, as he rattled the pottle against the sideboard, "I like that same song hugely, and eke the motive of it, which lieth like a sweet kernel in a hazelnut" "Now thou art a man of shrewd opinions," quoth Little John, "and I love thee truly as thou wert my brother.

beside Occurrences 1%

He shook his leathern pottle beside his ear, but not a sound came therefrom.

from Occurrences 1%

" So saying, he unslung the leathern pottle from the end of his staff, and, drawing the stopper therefrom, he handed it to the lass who had carried his staff, first wiping the mouth of the pottle upon his sleeve.

to Occurrences 1%

Then he passed the pottle to the Cook, who also said, "Lo, I drink thy health, sweet fellow!"

Which preposition to use with  pottles