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EAR our prayers, O Lord, we beseech thee, and so direct and support thy servant King GEORGE, who is now to be girt with this Sword, that he may not bear it in vain; but may use it as the minister of God for the terror and punish­ment of evildoers, ar for the protection and encouragement of those that do well, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

T Then shall the Archbishop take the Sword from off the Altar, and deliver it into the King's right hand, the Archbishop of York and the Bishops of Lon­don and Winchester and other Bishops assisting and going along with him; and, the King holding it, the Archbishop shall say:

RECEIVE this kingly

Sword, brought now from the Altar of God, and delivered to you by the hands of us the Bishops and servants of God, though unworthy.

T The King standing up, the Sword shall be girt about him by the Lord Great Chamber­lain; and then, the King sitting down, the Archbishop shall say:

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WITH this Sword do jus­tice, stop the growth of iniquity, protect the holy Church of God, help and de­fend widows and orphans, re­store the things that are gone to decay, maintain the things that are restored, punish and reform what is amiss, and con­

firm what is in good order: that doing these things you may be glorious in all virtue; and so faithfully serve our Lord Jesus Christ in this life, that you may reign for ever with him in the life which is to come.

CORONATION.

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Then the King, rising up, shall ungird his Sword, and, going to the Altar, offer it there in the scabbard, and then re­turn and sit down in King Edward's Chair: and the Peer, who first received the Sword, shall offer the price of it, namely, one hundred shillings, and having thus redeemed it, shall receive it from the Dean of Westminster, from off the Al­tar, and draw it out of the scabbard, and carry it naked before his Majesty during the rest of the solemnity.

Then the Bishops who have assisted during the offering shall return to their places.

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The Investing with Armill and Royal Robe, and the Delivery of the Orb.

T Then the King arising, the Armill and Robe Royal or Pall of cloth of gold shall be delivered by the Master of the Robes to the Dean of West­minster, and by him put upon the King, standing; the Lord Great Chamberlain fastening the clasps. Then shall the King sit down, and the Orb with the Cross shall be brought from the Altar by the Dean of West­minster, and delivered into the King's hand by the Archbi­shop, pronouncing this Bless­ing and exhortation:

RECEIVE this Imperial

Robe, and Orb; and the Lord your God endue you with knowledge and wisdom, with majesty and with power from on high; the Lord embrace you with his mercy on every side; the Lord cloath you