18 INSCRIPTIONS IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, MALACCA. 



Navis Hoivladire Capitanei Vir 

 Probitate Proeclarus Fidelitate 

 Insignis et variis Scientiis proe- 

 ditus in reditu a China Obiit 1G 

 Septembris Anno Salutis nos- 

 tra 1712 Et Aetatis suae 36. 



No. 

 HlEE LEYD BE GRAVEN 



Hendeick Eveetsen in syn 



LEEVEN BOEGEE CAPT. en 

 Veykoopman Alhier Obiit 

 22 January 1698 out 52 Ja- 



AEEN. 



Cook, formerly Captain of a 

 Dutch vessel. A man distin- 

 guished by his uprightness, 

 renowned for his trustworthi- 

 ness and endowed with vari- 

 ous kinds of knowledge, he 

 died on his way back from 

 China on the 16th September in 

 the year of our salvation 1712, 

 and in the 36th year of his age. 



36. 



Here lies buried Hendrick 

 Evertsen, in his life Citizen, 

 Captain and free Merchant here. 

 Obiit 22nd January, 1698, aged 

 52 years. 



c. 



Report made by the undersigned sexton, Michiel de Bruyn, 

 to the honourable Heer Anthony Hansius, Chief Merchant and 

 second personage (of Malacca), likewise first Churchwarden of 

 this Government, regarding the inscriptions which are engraved 

 on the stones in the Church of St. Paul on the hill, and correctly 

 recorded as follows hereunder, to wit. 



(Here follow inscriptions 

 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 27 and 29). 



Nos. 3,4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12,16, 



Malacca, 17th March, A 1713. 



(Sd)M. deBEUYN. 



