Napoleon came into church already clad in the imperial robes, the Pope having already heard Terce. According to the Roman order the metropolitan should, after certain questions, address the monarch on his duties, and then the oath should be taken. But in place of this _Veni Creator_ was here sung, as in the French rite, and after the versicle _Emitte Spiritum_ and its Response, and the Whitsunday collect _Deus qui corda fidelium_, Napoleon took the oath. This was much modified, for the Emperor refused to confirm the Church in property which it did not possess, and indeed refused to recite the oath itself, simply saying _Profiteor_ when it was read. Then followed, as in the Pontifical, _Omn. semp. Deus creator omnium_ with the necessary alterations, such as _imperatorem_ for _regem_, and the addition of _et consortem eius_ whenever the Emperor was named. During the Litany the Emperor and Empress remained seated, and only knelt at the special petitions. According to the Pontifical the anointings should be on neck and right hand, but Napoleon ordained that it should be on the head and hands, and he was so anointed with Chrism with the prayers from the Pontifical, _Deus Dei filius_ and _Omn. semp. Deus qui Hazael super Syriam_, the anthem _Unxerunt Salomonem_ being sung the while. Josephine was anointed in the same places immediately after the Emperor with the prayer _Deus pater aeternae gloriae_. At the Mass, at the Emperor’s request, a collect of the Blessed Virgin as patron of the Church was used instead of the proper collect. After the epistle the benediction and delivery of the ornaments took place. As the Pontifical has no forms of benediction of ornaments, the forms for the blessing of Sword, Rings, and Gloves were taken from the _Cérémoniel françois_, and from the same source were derived forms for the delivery of Main de justice (Verge) and Sceptre, while forms for the benediction of the Orb and the delivery of the Mantles were composed for the occasion. The form for the delivery of Ring and Mantle were used in the plural for Emperor and Empress at once. At the time of the crowning the Emperor ascended to the altar and taking from off it the imperial Crown crowned himself, and then crowned Josephine, the Pope saying _Accipe coronam regni_ and _Coronet vos Deus corona gloriae_. At the enthronisation the French form of the _Sta et retine_ was used instead of the Roman, as affirming the independence of the sovereign. _Te Deum_ was then sung, followed by the anthem _Firmetur manus_ and the prayers _Victrices Moysis_ and _Deus inenarrabilis_, and Mass proceeds. Neither Emperor nor Empress communicated. After Mass, while the Pope was unvesting in the Chapelle du Trésor, Napoleon took the constitutional oath at which the Pope had refused to be present, and was proclaimed ‘Le très glorieux et très auguste Empereur Napoléon Empereur des français, sacré et intronisé.’ The Emperor and Empress then proceeded