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BG.745.006
16 Apr 1745:11,12 (1207)
Brussels, December 11. Her most serene highness Mary-Anne,
Archduchess of Austria. . . [1 line] died the 5th of this
month, was embalmed the day following, and on Friday
morning, her corpse was exposed to view on a bed of state. .
. [6th line up from bott. col. 1: Her heart and entrails
carried separately by nobility and before:] The funeral
procession began by the Marquis de Bournonville, carrying
the heart, followed by that of the master of the horse, and
then by the hearse, encompassed by the Company of Archers,
and that of Halberdiers, their officers at the head, the
drums covered with crape, and beating. . .
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