THE

Form and Order

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Their Majesties' Coronation.

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The Preparation.

In the morning upon the day of the Coronation early, care is to be taken that the Ampulla be filled with Oil and, together with the Spoon, be laid ready upon the Altar in the Abbey Church.

T The Archbishops and Bishops Assistant being already vested in their Copes, the procession shall be formed immediately outside of the West door of the Church, and shall wait till no­tice is given of the approach of their Majesties, and shall then begin to move into the Church.

II.

The Entrance into the

Church.

The King and Queen, as soon as they enter at the West door of the Church, are to be received with the following Anthem, to be sung by the choir of West­minster.

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shall stand in thy gates, O Je­rusalem. Jerusalem is built as a city that is at unity in itself. salem: they shall prosper that O pray for the peace of Jeru­love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and plenteousness with­in thy palaces.

The King and Queen shall in the mean time pass up the body of the Church, into and through the Choir, and so up the stairs to the Theatre; and having passed by their thrones, they shall make their humble adoration, and then kneeling at the faldstools set for them before their Chairs of Estate on the South side of the Altar, use some short private prayers; and after, sit down in their chairs.

III.

The Recognition.

The King and Queen being so placed, the Archbishop shall turn to the East part of the Theatre, and after, together with the Lord Chancellor, Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord High Constable and Earl Mar­shal( Garter King of Arms preceding them), shall go to the other three sides of the Theatre

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