thee and keep thee_, is altered, the last prayer for clergy and people acquiring much of its present form, _And the same good Lord grant that the clergy and people_, etc. After _Te Deum_ the king is enthroned in much the present form, and after the homage a final anthem is sung. At the queen’s coronation the prayer _Almighty and everlasting God, the fountain of all goodness_ is somewhat altered, and the next prayer _God, which only hast immortality_ is omitted. In the prayer following the anointing the words _that as by the imposition of hands she is this day crowned queen_ becomes _that as by our office and ministry she is this day anointed and solemnly consecrated our queen_. The form with which the ring is given is quite different from the form hitherto used after the opening words, and the prayer following, _God, to whom belongeth all power_, is omitted. At the crowning _God, the crown of the faithful_ is omitted, and the forms _Receive the crown of glory_ and _Seeing you are by our ministry_ are combined into one. The order ends with the prayer _O Lord, the fountain of all good things_ and a final anthem. There was no Communion service, and after the crowning of the queen three final collects were said and then the Blessing. Archbishop Sancroft has been much blamed for his handiwork on the coronation rite, and it is certainly much to be regretted that he made so many and unnecessary alterations in the language of the old prayers. On the other hand it is a question whether the rite has not gained by the omission of some of the prayers, for the order as he found it was very conflate, many of the prayers being originally alternatives, which in process of time had become additional prayers in such a way as to cause a great deal of repetition and to make the service unnecessarily long and burdensome. VI At the election of William and Mary as King and Queen the rite was once more subjected to revision, and this time by one less fitted for the work than Sancroft, Henry Compton, Bp of London. The Order of William and Mary[87] is practically that which has been handed down to the present day. There is prefixed to the order a feature unique among English coronation rites, an Order of Morning Prayer to be said on the morning of the coronation because ‘it is fit and congruous, and accordingly the king is to be desired that he will be present at Morning Prayer in Whitehall, and so begin that glorious day with Him by whom kings reign.’ The Order is derived from the Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving authorized by James II for the day of his accession. Another unique feature in this rite is that by it two joint monarchs were crowned, for both William and Mary were regnant.