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| west door before King Edward kneels
| for his private devotions, which come
| as the PREDATORY to the ceremonial
| proper
Rising from before the altar the
King, accompanied by the Archbishop
of Canterbury, will retrace his steps
| to the square platform, raised three
feet from the floor of the Abbey and
| located at the uncture of nave. choir
| and transept. The two will turn to
| each of the four points of the compass
one after the other, and the Arch
| bishop will call out: "Sirs, / here pre-
sent unto you King Edward, the un-
doubted King of the realm. Wherefore
all you who are come this day to do
your homage, are you willing to do
the same!" And to each challenge the
mighty assemblage will answer with
: the shout of, God save King Ed
ward!"
The collation." follows this "Recog-
nition." Returning to the altar, the
King, kneeling, places upon it cloth
heavily embroidered in gold and a
golden ingot of one pound weight.
Then comes the sermon, delivered by
the Archbishop of Canterbury, after
which the latetr, addressing his mon
monarch, says: is you MAJESTY willing
to take the oath?" IL am willing, ="
comes the reply, upon which is adj
ministered that oath which has now
been modified for the first time since
the days of William and Mary.
"Will you solemnly promise and swear
to govern the people of this United
Kingdom of Great Britain and
ireland and the dominions thereto be-
longing according to the statutes in
Parliament agreed on and the respect
i've laws and customs of the same?'
Again will come the simple affirmation.
II am willing" and then all is really
for the Amounting and actual crown
ing.
The Rite of Amounting.
For this the King takes his seat in
the ancient coronation chair directly
before the high altar, canopy Of
cloth-of-gold covering him. The for
mula repeated by the priest in this the
most time-honored of all the rites of
the ceremonial is almost word for word
that which has been said in England
from the days of Magma Charta: BE
thou Amounted with holy oil as kings,
priests and prophets were annointed.
Blessed art thou and consecrated king
over this people, whom the Lord thy
God hath given thee to rule and gov
ern. In the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen
Inc King attendants VIII Inen take
from him his purple robe and dali
matte and throw over his shoulders the
mantle of conservation. This consists
of a white lawn surplice trimmed with
the most precious lace, a. supertunic of
brocaded cloth-of-gold lined with Grim
son, stole wrought in gold threads
with devices typifying both the tenn
poral and spiritual power, and over
all a longtrained mantle Of pure white
heavily embroidered in gold.
When he is thus clad the insignia of
royalty are handed to him by the no.
bles who have borne them; the scep-
ter, sword, orb, ring and spurs, each
having some civil or ecclesiastical
meaning. Each is held by the monarch
for a moment only, and then returned
to it's bearer. The great sword Of
state, which has lain upon the altar
throughout all the preceding ceremo-
MES, is grit about the King, and last
of all the crown Of st. Edward is set
by the Archbishop of Canterbury upon
the brows of the first monarch Of the
House of xe-Coburg-King Edward
VII.
AS this is done all that vast gath
ering of peers and peeresses, who till
then have stood bareheaded, will put
on their coronets. the bishops their
mitres, and the conlmoners and alder
men their velvet caps. and from corner
to corner OF that mighty Abbey win
sDrinR the cry. 'God save the KinRl"