followed by the four benedictions as in the order of James, and the prayer for clergy and nobles. After the _Te Deum_ the king and queen are enthroned, the words ‘Whereof thou art the lawful and undoubted heir by succession from thy forefathers’ being omitted from the form of enthronisation _Stand firm and hold fast_. After the homage a final anthem is sung, which is really the introit out of place. The Communion service now proceeds, the king and queen offering bread and wine, and the Bp of London, who was celebrant, saying the Secret, _Bless, O Lord, we beseech thee, these thy gifts_. The king and queen then make the second oblation, the same prayer being used, _O God, who dwellest in the high and holy place_, as at the first oblation. A proper preface appears again, _By whom kings reign and princes rule_, etc. Before the blessing three final collects are said, two of them from those in the Communion office, and the other that for the king and royal family used in the corresponding place in the Order of James II. The most interesting feature about the rite of William and Mary is its position in the Eucharist, a return to the old arrangement of the rite of ‘Egbert,’ which has been preserved at all subsequent coronations. The recension of William and Mary is that which has been followed up to the present time. There have been certain changes, but none of a far reaching character. The anthem after the Recognition from Anne to George II, _The Queen_ (_King_) _shall rejoice_, was at the coronation of George III and onwards sung after the crowning. In the Communion service the commandments were said from George II till Edward VII, but in the rite of George V, after the introit _Let my prayer come up into thy presence_, the Communion service begins with _The Lord be with you_, and proceeds at once to the proper collect _O God, who providest for thy people_. From William and Mary till George III there was no introit, but from George IV till Victoria the _Sanctus_ was used for the purpose. The declaration against transsubstantiation had a place in the coronation oath from the time of Anne till George III, but since that time has been made (now in a milder form) before Parliament at the time of the king’s accession. The anointing on the breast was omitted from motives of delicacy at the coronation of Victoria (and of the queen consort Adelaide), but has since been restored in the case of the king. The consecration prayer _O Lord, holy Father, who by anointing with oil_ (the old _Deus electorum fortitudo_) has commenced as at present since the time of George III, and still bears signs of the preface that once introduced it. From the time of Anne the sentence blessing the chrism has been omitted, but the chrism was certainly consecrated beforehand for the anointing of George II. The chrism used in the case of Edward VII was consecrated before the ceremony with the form used by Abp Sancroft, and King George was anointed with chrism of that consecration.