After the Recognition the king and queen make their first oblation, and then is said the prayer _O God, who dwellest in the high and holy place_, which is a much altered version of _Deus visitator humilium_. The Litany is said, and then follow the prayers _Almighty and everlasting God, creator of all things_, which has been altered and shortened, and _O God, who providest_, practically unchanged. The two prayers _O Lord, thou that governest_ and _God the unspeakable author_ are omitted. Here follows the sermon, and the sermon over, the king takes the oath, which is the same as that of Charles I, except that in the first question ‘The Gospel established in the Church of England’ is changed to ‘The Gospel established in this kingdom’; after which is sung the _Veni Creator_ in the version now in use. Then is said _We beseech thee, O Lord, Holy Father_ (unaltered), and then, introduced by _Sursum corda_ and Preface, the consecration prayer _God, the exalter of the humble and strength of thy chosen_ (shortened), after which the choir sings _Zadok the priest_. The king is then anointed as hitherto with the form _Be this head anointed with holy oil; and as kings and prophets were anointed_, etc.; and the archbishop says the prayer _God the son of God_; the prayer _God which art the glory of the righteous_ being omitted. Certain changes are made in the forms of investiture; the prayer said after the vesting with the _Colobium_ is changed into a benediction of the king; from the form with which the Sword is delivered it is noticeable that the words _for the defence of Christ’s holy church_ are omitted, and the reference to the persecution of infidels and heretics also disappears; the form accompanying the investiture with the _Pallium_ is made to include the delivery of the Orb, an unfortunate innovation which has been retained to this day, for the orb is perhaps but another form of the sceptre; at the crowning _O God, the crown of the faithful_ appears in its present form, much altered from the original, and the prayers _God crown thee_ and _O eternal God_ (_O God of eternity_) are also altered; the archbishop reads the first anthem _Be strong_, and the choir sings the second _The king shall rejoice_; the blessing of the Ring is omitted, and the prayer following its delivery, _O God, to whom belongeth all power_, also disappears; the form of the investiture with the Verge is much changed. At this point the king makes his second oblation, which should have taken place at the offertory, and the archbishop blesses the king with the blessing _The Lord give thee of the dew of heaven_, a much altered edition of the older form, which in the previous order followed the Secret; and then curiously enough there reappears a short edition of the old _In diebus eius_ (_In thy days may justice flourish_), which last was used in the second recension of the English rite. A new benediction appears, _The Lord preserve thy life_, and the old, _The Lord bless