The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods Saints, Part 2 · Chapter 8 · Floating text 2 · Document · Part 100 – Part 102
Alia Benedictio.
Quatenus Divinis monitis parentes adverſitatibus omnibus carentes, bonis omnibus exuberantes, tuo miniſterio fideli amore obſequentes, & in praeſenti ſaeculo pacis tranquillitate fruantur, & tecum aeternorum Civium conſortio potiri mereantur. Amen. Quod ipſe parare dignetur cujus regnum & imperium ſine fine permanet in ſaeculae ſaeculorum. Amen. Et benedictio Dei Omnipotentis Patris et Filii et Spiritus ſancti vos*Defendat. deſcendat et maneat ſemper. Amen.
Explicit ordo et officium in Conſecratione Regis et Reginae.
Having given you this Account of the Ceremonies and Prayers uſed at the Coronations of Forein Chriſtian Emperors and Kings; I ſhall next preſent you with the Order, Prayers, Ceremonies and Solemnities uſed at the Coronations of our antient Saxon and Engliſh Kings; eſpecially with thoſe in later ages, ſince our Kings and Queenes became Proteſtants, never formerly publiſhed in print.
For the manner and ceremonies of the Unction, Benediction and Coronation of the Kings of England, the Oaths then taken by them, with the Oaths and Homages made by the Prelates & Nobles to them, mentioned in our Hiſtories, (being not ſo pertinent to my Theam) I ſhall referr the Readers to peruſe them at their leiſure, in Mat. Westm. Flores Hiſt. part 1. Anno 435, 445, 454, 465, 498, 516. Galfridus Monumetenſis, Hiſtor. Regum Brit. l. 9. c. 7, 8. &c. during the Britiſh Kings reigns. Willielmus Malmesburienſis, de Geſtis Regum Angl: l. 2. c. 4. 6. 9. 13. Mat. Weſtminster, Flores Hiſt. pars 1. Anno 855, 871, 924, 940, 946, 959, 973, 974, 975, 979, 1016, 1035, 1042. Leges Edwardi Confeſſoris, Lex 17. in Mr. Lambards Archaion, Fox Acts and Monuments, London 1641. Vol: 1. p. 214. for our Saxon and Daniſh Kings. Malmesburienſis, Hoveden, Brompton, Mat: Paris, Mat: Weſtminſter, Tho. Walſingham, Speed, Holinſhed, Grafton, Stow, in the Lives of King William 1, 2. Henry 1. King Stephen, Henry 2. Rich. 1. King John, H. 3. Edw. 1, 2, 3. R. 2. H. 4, 5, 6. Edward 4. Richard 3. H. 7, & 8. Edward 6, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth, and King James, whoſe reſpective Coronations, Oathes, and Solemnities they recite. To which I ſhall adde Rot. Parl. anno 1 R. 2. n. 44. & 1 H. 4. n. 17 53. to 62. and Robertus Holcot in lib: Sapientiae, Lectio 74. fol. 73. A. B. where he mentions both the Oath, Ʋnction, Ceremonies, and ſome prayers uſed at our Kings Coronations. I ſhall preſent you 1: With the antient Form of our Saxon Kings Coronations, and the prayers uſed at them; recorded by Mr: Selden out of the old Saxon Ceremonial. 2ly: With the Ceremonies and prayers uſed at the Coronation of King Richard the 2. 3ly: With the uſual Form of the Coronation of the Kings of England, and their Queens, and of the Prayers uſed thereat (never hitherto publiſhed, and omitted by Mr: Selden, in his Titles of Honor) extracted out of Liber Regalis, being the form uſed at the Coronations of Henry the 7, & 8. and their Queens, King James, and Queen Anne, and our late King Charles. 4ly: With the Form of the Coronation of the Kings of Scotland, uſed at the Coronation of our late King Charles, anno 1633.
For the 1:*Titles of Honor, part 1. ch. 8. p. 151, 152, 174, 175, 177, 178, 179, 180. Mr: Selden (our moſt learned Antiquary) informs us; That there remains in an old imperfect Pontifical of the Saxon times, a piece of a Ceremonial for the Coronation of the Kings and Queens of England, or of the Engliſh-Saxons, wherein after divers Prayers and Benedictions, this follows for the Anointing.
OMnipotens ſempiterne Deus, Creator ac Gubernator Coeli & Terrae, conditor & diſpoſitor Angelorum & Hominum, Rex Regum, & Dominus dominantium, qui Habraham fidelem famulum tuum de hoſtibus triumphare feciſti; Moyſi & Joſue populo tuo Praelatis, multiplicem victoriam tribuisti; humilem quoque David puerum tuum Regni faſtigio ſublimaſti, eumque de ore Leonis & de manu Beſtiae atque Goliae, ſed & de gladio maligno Saul, & omnium inimicorum ejus liberaſti, & Salomonem ſapientiae paciſque ineffabili munere ditasti; reſpice, quaeſumus Domine, ad preces nostrae humilitatis, & ſuper hunc famulum tuum, illum quem ſupplici devotione in Regem Anglorum vel Saxonum pariter eligimus, Benedictionum tuarum dona multiplica. Hunc dexterâ tuae potentiae ſemper ubique circunda, quatenus praedicti Abrahae fidelitate firmatus, Moyſi manſuetudine fretus, Joſuae fortitudine munitus, David humilitate exaltatus, Salomonis ſapientia decoratus, tibi in omnibus complaceat, & per tramitem juſtitiae inoffenſo greſſu ſemper incedat. Hic totius Regni Anglo-Saxonum Eccleſiam deinceps cum plebibus ſibi annexis ita enutriat ac doceat, muniat, & inſtruat, contraque omnes viſibiles & inviſibiles hoſtes idem potenter regaliterque tuae virtutis regimen amminiſtret, ut regale ſolium,…. Sceptr…m. videlicet Anglorum vel Saxonum * Sceptro, non deſerat, ſed ad priſtinae fidei paciſ que concordiam eorum animos, te opitulante, reformet, ut populorum debitâ ſubjectione fultus, condigno amore glorificatus per longum vitae ſpatium, paternae apicem gloriae, tuae miſeratione unita, ſtabilire & gubernare mereatur. Tuae quoque protectionis galea munitus & ſcuto inſuperabili jugitèr protectus, armiſ que coeleſtibus circundatus, optabilis victoriae triumphum de hostibus foeliciter capiat, terroremque ſuae potentiae infidelibus inferat, & pacem tibi militantibus laetantèr reportet. Ʋirtutibus, Chriſte, hunc quibus praefatos fideles tuos decorasti, multiplici honoris benedictione condecora, & in regimine regni ſublimiter colloca, et oleo gratiae Spiritus Sancti perunge, per Dominum, in unitate ejuſdem.
The Rubrique to this Prayer, is thus; Conſecratio Regis ab Epiſcopo qui arcem tenuerit ſuper eum dicenda, which I underſtand for the Archbiſhop: And after the prayer follows this Rubrique. Hic unguatur oleo & haec cantetur Antiphona, the Anthem being thus,
Ʋnxerunt Salomonem Sadoch Sacerdos & Nathan Propheta Regem in Gion, et accedentes dixerunt, Vivat Rex in aeternum.
Quam ſequatur Oratio.
Chriſte perunge hunc Regem in regimen unde uncxiſti Sacerdotes Reges & Prophetas ac Martyres qui per fidem vicerunt regna, & operati ſunt Juſtitiam, atque adepti ſunt repromiſsiones. Tua ſacratiſſima unctio ſuper caput ejus defluat, atque ad interiora deſcendat & cordis illius intima penetret, & promiſsionibus, quas adepti ſunt victorioſiſſimi Reges, gratia tua dignus efficiatur, quatenus et in praeſenti ſeculo felicitèr regnet, & ad eorum conſortium in coeleſti regno perveniat per Dominum.
Alia.
Deus electorum Fortitudo et humilium Celſitudo, qui in primordio per effuſionem diluvii, crimina mundi caſtigare voluisti, et per Columbam ramum olivae p…rtantem pacem terris redditam demonſtraſti, iterum que Aaron famulum tuum per Ʋnctionem Olei Sacerdotem ſancxisti, et poſteà per hujus unguenti infuſionem ad regendum populum Iſraeliticum Sacerdotes ac Reges et Prophetas praefeciſti vultum que Eccleſiae—
There the Copy is defective; nor hath it more that concerns Anointing the King. But after the Ceremonies that belong to the whole Coronation of the King, follows the form of the crowning the Queens alſo of that age, who were likewiſe anointed.
Sequitur conſecratio Reginae quae propter honorificentiam (ſo are the words of the Rubrique) ab Epiſ…opo ſacri unguinis oleo ſuper verticem perfundenda est, et in Eccleſia coram Optimatibus cum condigno honore & Regia celſitudine, & in Regalis thori conſortium benedicenda & conſecranda eſt, quae etiam Annulo pro integritate fidei & Corona pro aeternatatis gloria decoranda eſt.
The words uſed at their anointing were, In Nomine Patris, & Filii, & Spiritus Sancti, proſit tibi haec Ʋnctio Olei in honorem et confirmationem aeternam in ſaecula ſaeculorum: Amen.
—& cunctos ſanctae Dei Eccleſiae adverſarios regnumque tibi commiſſum tutari atque protegere Caſtra Dei, per auxilium invictiſſimi Triumphatoris Domini nostri Iheſu Chriſti, qui cum Patre in Vnitate Spiritus Sancti vivit & regnat.
Then it goes on thus, in the Kings Coronation.
Oratio poſt datum Gladium.
Deus qui providentiâ tuâ coeleſtia ſimul & terrena moderaris, propitiare Chriſtianiſſimo Regi noſtro, ut omnis hostium ſuorum fortitudo virtute Gladii ſpiritualis frangatur, ac te pro illo pugnante, penitùs conteratur per, &c.
Hic Coronetur Rex, eique dicatur.
Coronet te Deus Coronâ Gloriae atque Juſtitiae, honore & opere fortitudinis, ut per officium benedictionis cum fide recta & multiplici bonorum operum fructu, ad Coronam pervenias regni perpetui, ipſo largiente cujus regnum permanet in ſecula ſeculorum. Amen.
Oratio ſuper Regem poſtquam Corona fuerit impoſita ſuper caput ejus.
Deus perpetuitatis, Dux virtutum, cunctorum hoſtium victor, benedic hunc famulum tuum N. tibi caput ſuum humilitèr inclinantem, & prolixâ ſanitate & proſperâ felicitate eum conſerva, ut ubicunque vel pro quibuſcunque auxilium tuum invocaverit citò adſis & protegas ac defendas. Tribue ei, quaeſumus, Domine divitias gratiae tuae; comple in bonis deſiderium ejus; Corona eum in miſericordia tua, ut tibi Domine pia devotione famuletur per, &c.
Which are the ſame almoſt in a Syllable that in the latter Ceremonials of the Engliſh Coronation, are appointed for the particular time of the putting on the Crown.
By the ſame old Ceremonial alſo, the Queen after her Vnction and receiving the Ring, is to be Crowned with theſe words, which are alſo in the latter Forms.