Fix the lace in a prepared tent, draw it straight, make a warm lather
of Castille soap, and, with a fine brush dipped in, rub over the
point gently; and when it is clean on one side, do the same to the
other; then throw some clean water on it, in which a little alum has
been dissolved, to take off the suds, and having some thin starch, go
over with the same on the wrong side, and iron it on the same side
when dry, then open it with a bodkin, and set it in order.
To clean point lace, if not very dirty, without washing; fix it in
a tent as the former, and go over with fine bread, the crust being
pared off, and when it is done, dust out the crumbs, &c.