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the side to which it is attached, is a flap of crim- 

 son velvet. Each of the two longest flaps con- 

 tains three embroidered panels, divided from each 

 other by spirally fluted columns ; the centre 

 panel contains an elliptical shield, gules, sur- 

 rounded by a glory, or, and bearing the sacred 

 initials I H S in plain Italian letters of gold 

 thread. The shield is supported by five angels. 

 On either side of the centre panel is another panel 

 containing on a shield (which is in the form of a 

 banneret ornamented with a top and bottom 

 border of six trefoils, and is suspended by a hand, 

 or) the arms of the Company, viz., az2C7^e,-3i chevron, 

 or, betw^een three sumpter saddles of the same. 

 On one of the longest flaps is embroidered in gold 

 thread and in old English characters the words — 



*' h\ te Bne spcrabi no/^ 



and on the other — 



"^ (iTofuntrer iw tXtxmy ^ 



The two shorter flaps at the ends of the pall 

 simply contain each three panels similar to those 

 already described. The four flaps are skirted by 

 a broad gold fringe, the full dimensions of the pall 

 being 9 feet by 4 feet 7 inches.^ 



^ The last verse of the Te deum, properly — In te Domine 

 speravi. Non confund^r in eternum. 



- The Funeral Pall is still brought out and placed upon the 

 table at each Quarter Court immediately ensuing upon the 

 death of an Assistant. 



