On the king’s entry into church _Deus cuius in manu_ is said, and the oath follows at once as in the last order. The petition of the bishops has disappeared, and immediately after the taking of the oath Mass is begun ‘with the saying of the Confiteor by the aforesaid Pontiff together with the aforesaid King,’ after which the Litany is sung and then follows the _Introit_. The collect of Pentecost is used, followed by _Deus regnorum omnium_. After the epistle the archbishop anoints the king on the head, the clerks singing meanwhile _Dilexisti iustitiam_. The consecration prayer itself is omitted, probably by an oversight, but doubtless it was the same as was used in the last recension. After the anointing come the prayers _Dom. Deus Omn. cuius est omnis potestas_ and _Deus Dei filius_. The investitures with Sword, Ring, Crown, Sceptre, and Orb (under one form) are all as in the last recension, except that the prayers following the delivery of the ornaments are omitted, and the form of investiture with Sword gives place to the Roman form _Accipe gladium per manus_. After the investitures come three of the benedictions of the last recension, but in different order, and _Te Deum_. Alternative Mass prayers are given, either those of the Ambrosian _Missa pro imperatore_ as in the order of Henry VII, or a combination of those of the Vigil of Pentecost, and of Pentecost according to the Ambrosian use. The order of the queen’s coronation is identical with that of the last recension. CHAPTER IX THE GERMAN RITE I The earliest account of a German coronation rite is Widukind’s description of the coronation of Otto of Saxony at Aachen in 936. Widukind[115] relates that Otto was first elected king by the nobles, who then swore allegiance to him and ‘more suo’ made him king. The royal procession went to the church of Charlemagne, where it was met by the metropolitan, who presented the new king to the people and demanded whether they accepted Otto as their king, on which the people lifting their right hands acclaimed him king with loyal cries. The Recognition over, the procession went up to the altar, on which the regalia were already deposited. The archbishop then invested Otto with Sword and belt, using a form beginning _Accipe hunc gladium_, which, though shorter, is very similar to the corresponding form of the second English and French recensions. Then follows the investiture with Armills and Chlamys under one form, which does not occur elsewhere; the Sceptre and Staff (baculus) are then delivered also under one form, and that again is unique. The king is then anointed with holy oil and crowned with a golden diadem by the Archbishops Hildiberht and Wicfrid together, but the forms used are not given, and the king is enthroned by the same bishops. _Te Deum_ is then sung (divina laude dicta)[116] and Mass follows.