There was grief at Justin II 's abdication .
The assembly , in silence and in tears , applauded the counsels , and sympathized with the repentance , of their prince the patriarch rehearsed the prayers of the church ; Tiberius received the diadem on his knees ; and Justin , who in his abdication appeared most worthy to reign , addressed the new monarch in the following words : `` If you consent , I live ; if you command , I die : may the God of heaven and earth infuse into your heart whatever I have neglected or forgotten . ''
Justin II