As the king enters the church the anthem _Firmetur manus_ is sung. Then the king prostrates himself before the altar during the singing of _Te Deum_. After this the king takes the oath, which is the charge at the end of ‘Egbert’s’ order transformed into a direct oath by a slight alteration of the first few words[71]. Then is said _Te invocamus_, (alia) _Deus qui populis_, (alia) _In diebus eius oriatur_. Here probably the ‘alia’ means ‘or’ though it may mean ‘also.’ Now comes the Consecratio, _Omnipotens sempiterne Deus creator ac gubernator_, (alia) _Deus electorum fortitudo_, (item alia) _Deus Dei Filius_. Of these three prayers the first is found in the rite used by Abp Hincmar at the coronation of Louis II in 877, and also in the Ordo Romanus of Hittorp of about the same date; the second is the consecration prayer of ‘Egbert’; the third is an early Roman form, and is found in nearly all subsequent rites. Then follows a new feature, the investiture with the Ring, with the form _Accipe anulum signaculum videlicet sanctae fidei_ and the prayer _Deus cuius est omnis potestas_, both of them found in Hittorp’s Ordo Romanus. The king is then girt with the Sword with the form _Accipe hunc gladium_, which is different from the Roman form, and now first occurs, and the prayer _Deus qui providentia tua_, which also now first appears, and is based on a collect in the Gregorian Sacramentary for use in time of war. The king is crowned with the form _Coronet te Deus_, which was used at the coronation of Charles the Bald at Metz in 869; and the prayer _Deus perpetuitatis_ follows. The Sceptre is delivered with the form _Accipe sceptrum regiae potestatis_ followed by the prayer _Omnium Domine fons bonorum_, both of which occur first here and in the contemporary French order of Ratold. The Verge is then delivered with the form _Accipe virgam virtutis atque aequitatis_[72], which first occurs in the Ordo Romanus of Hittorp. A series of nine benedictions follows, six of which occur in the orders of Charles the Bald (869) and Louis II (877), and the last three in ‘Egbert’s’ rite. Finally the king is enthroned with the form _Sta et retine_, a form which first occurs here and in Ratold’s rite, followed by the blessings _Omn. det tibi Deus de rore_, (_alia_) _Benedic Domine fortitudinem principis_, both of which occur in the forms of ‘Egbert.’ The Mass prayers, which are different from those of ‘Egbert,’ are found in the _Missa quotidiana pro rege_ of the Gregorian Sacramentary.