HERE are obvious reasons why I

should neither venture, nor presume,
to obtrude more than the mere ex-

pression of my earnest sense of the
many benefits which have followed your Lord-
ship's unwearied labours in the Diocese, over
which, by the Divine Permission, you have been
placed.

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I was made deacon, and ordained to the priesthood, by your Lordship: since that time, with the exception of a very brief interval, I have exercised the duties of my office, and resided, in this Diocese. And now, as an acknowledgment, at least most sincere, of gratitude for much and long continued kindness, I gladly avail myself of the permission which has been given me, and would humbly dedicate these volumes to your Lordship.

I should be rejoiced to hope, that this work may seem to approve itself to your Lordship's judgment, as answering in some degree, though imperfectly, the end at which I have aimed ; namely, the illustration of our Common Prayer Book from ancient documents, and its original

sources.

I

pray that it may please God, long to bless your Lordship with every spiritual and good gift : and I am, with feelings of deep respect and attachment,

My Lord,

Your most faithful and obliged servant,

WILLIAM MASKELL.

May 10th, 1847.

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De Benedictione et Coronatione Regis
Officium Coronationis Reginæ

Appendix to the Order of Coronation.

First rubric of the Liber Regalis
The Order of Coronation according to the pontifical

of Egbert, archbishop of York
The Order of the Coronation of her Majesty Queen Vic-

toria

The Coronation of a Queen Consort
Modus faciendi Tonsuras
Celebratio Ordinum

Appendix
Decretum de electo Episcopo
Consecratio electi in Episcopum
Inthronizatio Episcopi
De Pallio Archiepiscopi
Ordo ad recipiendum Prælatum, etc.
Reconciliatio Ecclesiæ pollutæ, vel Cæmeterii

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