Charles the Bald was crowned as king of Lotharingia in 869. The rite[88] begins with an address from Adventius, Bp of Metz, after which the king takes the oath to preserve the rights of Church and people. Another address is then delivered by Hincmar of Rheims, which perhaps is additional and exceptional. Adventius says the prayer _Deus qui populis_, and then follows a series of nine benedictions said by different bishops, four of the benedictions being identical with forms occurring in the second English recension. The unction follows, Bp Hincmar anointing the king on his right ear, from his forehead to his left ear, and on the crown of his head, with a form beginning _Coronet te Deus_, which does not occur again and is not to be confounded with the coronation prayer beginning with the same words. Hincmar then recites two benedictions, identical with the last two of the second English rite, and the prayer _Clerum ac populum_, which here appears for the first time. The king is now crowned, all the bishops uniting, as in ‘Egbert’s’ order, to set the crown on his head, the form used being _Coronet te deus corona gloriae_, which is found in the second English order and in most subsequent rites. The bishops then give the Sceptre and the Palm, with a form commencing _Det tibi Dominus velle et posse_. The Mass which follows the coronation is the Mass for the day. A second example of the Frankish rite may be seen in that by which Louis II (the Stammerer) of France was crowned at Compiègne in 877[89]. First of all the bishops ask that the rights of their churches shall be maintained, _A vobis perdonari nobis petimus_, and the king grants their petition _Promitto et perdono vobis_, a section which is found henceforward regularly in the French orders. Next is said the prayer _Deus qui populis_, and then follows the anointing, the king being anointed during the prayer _Omnipotens sempiterne Deus creator et gubernator_, which occurs in the second English order and in Hittorp’s Roman order. The crowning then takes place with the form _Coronet te Deus_, and the sceptre is given with the form used in the second English order and henceforward, _Accipe sceptrum regiae potestatis_. The order ends with a benediction consisting of fourteen prayers, among which occur all those used in the order of Charles the Bald. These two orders are very simple, and while the former is manifestly in an unfixed stage, the latter is the first recension of the definite French rite. It is noticeable that it presents many points of similarity with the second English rite, and this is probably due to the influence of the Roman rite.