61. Borax: i.e. the gum of a tree; it is hot and dry in the fourth degree; it has the dissolving, attractive, consuming, uniting and consolidating virtues, and it is with it that tradesmen firm the other metals together; it is good when it is bright and hard. Item, if borax, white of hen-egg, honey and rose water be mixed together, they will clean the face of its exudations and its blemishes. Item, mix a scrupulum of water and three scrupula of borax and rub them to the face, and it will be clear in colour.