As the king enters the church the anthem _Firmetur manus_ is sung, and the king lies prostrate before the altar during the Litany. The introduction of the Litany is a new feature and Roman. After the Litany the king takes the oath, _In Christi nomine promitto haec tria populo Christiano_. A bishop then asks the people whether they accept the Elect as king, _Si tali principi_, etc., and they answer _Volumus et concedimus_. This recognition is a new formal feature, but informally it had taken place long before, e.g. at the coronation of William I. It also appears in the French order of Louis VIII, but disappears again from the French rite later on. Then is said the prayer _Omn. aeterne Deus creator omnium_, followed by a series of benedictions, the same as those which follow the delivery of the sceptre in ‘Egbert,’ but in a shorter form. Next is said the prayer _Deus ineffabilis auctor mundi_, which is first found in the order by which Pope John VII crowned Louis II at Troyes in 877. It occurs henceforward in practically every order, but whereas the word _ineffabilis_ is always used in the English orders (and the German Aachen order) elsewhere _inenarrabilis_ is always found. The anointing is much more elaborate than heretofore; first the hands are anointed _Unguantur manus istae_, etc., then follows the consecration prayer (Roman) _Prospice omnipotens Deus_, after which the king is anointed on head, breast, shoulders and bends of arms, _Unguantur caput istud, pectus_, etc., and during the anointing the Responsory _Deum time_ is sung. This elaborate unction is identical with that prescribed in Hittorp’s order, though the forms are not the same. After the anointing is said _Deus Dei Filius_, (alia) _Deus qui es iustorum gloria_. The investitures are then made; the Sword with the Roman form _Accipe gladium per manus_, etc.; the Armills and the Pallium with forms now first appearing, _Accipe armillas sinceritatis_, and _Accipe pallium_, etc. Then comes the coronation, the crown being blessed with the prayer _Deus tuorum corona_, and the king being crowned with the form _Coronet te Deus_, which is first found at the coronation of Charles the Bald in 869. The prayer _Deus perpetuitatis_ follows the coronation. The ring is given with the Roman form _Accipe regiae dignitatis anulum_; the sceptre with the old form _Accipe sceptrum regiae potestatis_, and the prayer _Omnium Domine fons bonorum_; and lastly the verge with the old form. The benedictions which follow are those contained in Hittorp’s order, and finally the king is enthroned with the form _Sta et retine_. The queen’s coronation follows in substance Hittorp’s order, while retaining some of the features of the last English recension.