The order begins with the petition of the bishops, _A vobis perdonari_, after which the recognition takes place and _Te Deum_ is sung. The king then takes the oath in the old form, _Haec tria populo christiano_. Then follows a section directly taken from the Roman rite, and largely a repetition of what has already taken place; the Litany, the king lying prostrate the while, an oath in answer to interrogations, and another recognition in the Roman form, _Si tali principi_, followed by a series of benedictions all of which occur in the Roman rite. For the consecration three choices are given as to the forms to be used[99]: (1) _Deus inenarrabilis_, during which the king is anointed, the anthem _Unxerunt Salomonem_ being sung at the time of anointing. (2) Alia Oratio. _Deus Dei Filius._ Then the anointing of the hands with the form _Unguantur manus istae_. Then the prayer from the Roman rite _Prospice Omnipotens_. (3) Alia. _Deus qui es iustorum gloria_, and, introduced by _Sursum corda_ and _Preface_, _Deus creator ac gubernator_. The unction of the hands here first occurs and is found henceforward in the French rite. It is first found in the English rite at this same time in the third recension, but in the English rite it always precedes, while in the French it comes after, the unction proper. The investitures of Sword, Ring, Sceptre, Verge, and Crown follow the order of Hittorp’s rite, and the old forms used at the delivery of Sword, Ring, and Crown give place to the forms of the Roman order. The Sceptre is given at the same time as the Verge and has no special form of its own, here again showing the Roman influence. The investitures are followed by three benedictions derived from the Roman rite, and then follows the enthronisation, _Sta et retine_. In Martène VI the king takes another oath, Roman in form, at this point and _Te Deum_ is sung, again shewing that there was already a tendency to transfer the latter to this, the Roman position, from its original place at the beginning of the rite. The consecration of the queen is different from that of the last recension. It begins with the prayer _Adesto Domine supplicationibus nostris_ and follows exactly the ordo of Hittorp, with the exception that the form used at the crowning exhibits slight verbal variations. NOTE