When the Sermon ended, the archbishop went to the King, and standing
before him, (his Majesty, on Thursday, the 27th of April, 1820, in the
presence of the two Houses of Parliament, made and signed the
declaration against popery,) administered the coronation oath, first
asking the King--
Sir; is your Majesty willing to take the oath?
The King answered:--I am willing.
The archbishop then ministered these questions; and the King, having a
copy of the printed form and order of the coronation service in his
hands, answered each question severally, as follows:--
Arch. Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of
this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the dominions
thereto belonging, according to the statutes in Parliament agreed
on, and the respective laws and customs of the same?
King. I solemnly promise so to do.
Arch. Will you to your power cause law and justice, in mercy, to be
executed in all your judgments?
King. I will.
Arch. Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the laws of God,
the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant Reformed
Religion established by law? And will you maintain and preserve
inviolably the settlement of the United Church of England and
Ireland, and the doctrine, worship, discipline, and government
thereof, as by law established within England and Ireland, and the
territories thereunto belonging? And will you preserve unto the
bishops and clergy of England and Ireland, and to the United Church
committed to their charge, all such rights and privileges, as by law
do, or shall appertain to them, or any of them?
King. All this I promise to do.
Then the King, arising out of his chair, supported as before, and
assisted by the lord great chamberlain, the sword of state being carried
before him, went to the altar, and there being uncovered, made his
solemn oath in the sight of all the people, to observe the premises;
laying his right hand upon the Holy Gospel in the great Bible, which was
before carried in the procession, and was now brought from the altar by
the archbishop, and tendered to him as he knelt upon the steps, saying
these words:--
The things which I have here before promised, I will perform and
keep.
So help me God.
Then the King kissed the book, and signed the oath.