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Before the insignia were brought out of Government 
House, the clerk, steward, coachman, gardener, and other 
domestic servants of the deceased Governor had proceeded on 
their way in single file, dressed in black clothes, round hats, 
long trailing cloaks, and mourning bands, going with their 
heads uncovered. Four rapport-gangers^ two by two, in the 
same mourning. Further, there followed behind the in- 
signia the Captain (Military) Jan Carol van Espendonek, 
carrying in his hand the bare sword of His Honour of blessed 
memory in full array, with a funeral band round his hat and 
with black gloves. The charger, richly caparisoned and led 
by the Captain (Military) Jan Wolgang ImhofE in full uniform . 
Twelve aansprekers^ four by four, in file, with round hats, 
tlowing mourning bands, and cloaks, holding in the right 
hand a green twig with ribbon of silver lace tied thereto. 
After the twelve aansprekers there came the coffin, covered 
with a black satin cloth edged to the ground with broad 
silver lace and silver tassels in the corners, hung on both 
sides with eight shields and sixteen quarterings of His 
Honour. On the velvet cloth there stood at the head of the 
coffin an uncommonly fine crown of massive silver, as is the 
custom of the country with respect to married persons of 
distinction, intertwined and inlaid with the initials of the 
noble Governor, and further edged with silver lace and 
various embellishments relative thereto. This crown was 
placed on the coffin by the Jongvrouw Henrietta, Baroness 
de Reder, [Henrietta Tugendreich, Baroness de Reder, born 
in Lichnits, died in Colombo, 15th April, 1778, was married 
1st February, 1766, to Cornells de Cock of Embden, Dissave 
of Colombo] assisted by the Koopman and first Visitateur 
Raket. Miss Appolonia Magdalena van Angelbeek [Born in 
Batavia; was married (1) to Frederik Jacob Billing of 
Straukerke, Dissave of Colombo, and (2) in 1788 to Cornells 
Dionysius Krayenhoff of Hoorn, Commandeiir of Galle] 
and Julia Dorothea Wermelskircker [Born 1753, daughter of 
Rev. Mattheus Wermelskircker and Susanna Adriana Potken] 
