IV
A fourth recension is found in a Milanese order of the fifteenth century[114], and is a revised and shortened edition of the last.
On the king’s entry into church Deus cuius in manu is said, and the oath follows at once as in the last order. The petition of the bishops has disappeared, and immediately after the taking of the oath Mass is begun ‘with the saying of the Confiteor by the aforesaid Pontiff together with the aforesaid King,’ after which the Litany is sung and then follows the Introit. The collect of Pentecost is used, followed by Deus regnorum omnium. After the epistle the archbishop anoints the king on the head, the clerks singing meanwhile Dilexisti iustitiam. The consecration prayer itself is omitted, probably by an oversight, but doubtless it was the same as was used in the last recension. After the anointing come the prayers Dom. Deus Omn. cuius est omnis potestas and Deus Dei filius. The investitures with Sword, Ring, Crown, Sceptre, and Orb (under one form) are all as in the last recension, except that the prayers following the delivery of the ornaments are omitted, and the form of investiture with Sword gives place to the Roman form Accipe gladium per manus. After the investitures come three of the benedictions of the last recension, but in different order, and Te Deum.
Alternative Mass prayers are given, either those of the Ambrosian Missa pro imperatore as in the order of Henry VII, or a combination of those of the Vigil of Pentecost, and of Pentecost according to the Ambrosian use.
The order of the queen’s coronation is identical with that of the last recension.