The _Te Deum_ being ended, the King was lifted up into his throne by the
archbishop and bishops, and other peers of the kingdom. And being
inthronized or placed therein, all the great officers, those that bore
the swords, and the sceptres, and the rest of the nobles, stood round
about the steps of the throne, and the archbishop standing before the
King, said,
Stand firm, and hold fast, from henceforth, the seat and imperial
dignity which is this day delivered unto you in the name, and by the
authority of Almighty God, and by the hands of us the bishops and
servants of God, though unworthy; and as you see us to approach
nearer to God's altar, so vouchsafe the more graciously to continue
to us your royal favour and protection. And the Lord God Almighty,
whose ministers we are, and the stewards of his mysteries, establish
your throne in righteousness, that it may stand fast for evermore,
like as the sun before Him, and as the faithful witness in heaven.
Amen.