This done, the two Bishops with the six Ministers pay’d the first Homage to both the King and Queen. The Bishop at Consecration said to the King, _May Blessing and Prosperity attend_ FREDERIC KING OF PRUSSIA! _May the Lord, the God of our King say the same! May he continue his Presence with him as he has done hitherto, to the end that his Royal Throne may aggrandize his Power from day to day._ The same Bishop said to the Queen, _May Blessing and Prosperity attend_ SOPHIA-CHARLOTTA QUEEN OF PRUSSIA! _May the Lord our God preserve her for a Token of his Blessing to her People, and may she from this time forward see Prosperity and Salvation spread ever her Royal Family, and over her Children, in the Peace of_ Israel! While the Music as it were repeated these same words, the Prince Royal and the Margraves went and paid their Homage also to the King and Queen, kneeling on the last Step of their Throne and kissing their Hands. The Homage of the other Nobility only consisted in their making a profound Obeysance without stirring out of their places. The Bishop who had perform’d the Consecration, turning about to the People, said with a loud Voice, _Fear God and honour your King and your Queen, for their Power cometh from the Lord who hath created Heaven and Earth. May the same Lord vouchsafe to be their Guide and Guardian! May he cover them with his Shadow, that the Heat of the Sun and the Rays of the Moon, may never hurt their Sight! May the Lord keep them from all Evil? save their Souls, and go in and out before them with Blessing, till Time Shall be no more._ After some other Prayers, the King renew’d the Edicts against Duels, and swore to observe them upon the Holy Gospels. And therewith ended this long Ceremony. The King had all the reason in the World to be pleased with it, by reason of the exactness with which every one perform’d his Function, which was a thing hardly to have been expected in a Ceremony that was quite new to the Performers; but they so well knew his delicacy in every matter of Ceremony, and the Emulation they had to please him in this Taste was such, that the most consummate Experience could not have acquitted itself better. The Queen herself was the only Person that got a reprimand, and that was by her taking some Snuff. Her Throne being over-against the King’s, she watch’d a long time for an opportunity, and when she thought his Majesty did not observe her she stole out her Snuff-Box. The King happening to turn his Eyes towards her the very same moment, she would fain have conceal’d it, but his Majesty’s Countenance was so fix’d on her that she was convinc’d he perceiv’d it; and indeed this Prince who was upon this occasion not to be trifled with, immediately order’d one of his Gentlemen who was behind him to go and ask the Queen in his Name, _Whether she remember’d the Place where she was, and the Rank she held there_.