Peter Parley's visit to London - Tim And Angi

84 PETER PARLEY'S
the archbishop ; having in like manner been
invested with the ring, the sceptre and the
rod with the dove were placed in each hand.
The archbishop, then, standing before the
altar, took the crown into his hands, and
it
again laying on the altar said
" '
God, who crownest thy faithful servants
with mercy and loving kindness, look
down upon this thy servant Victoria, our
Queen, who now in lowly devotion boweth
her head to thy divine majesty and as thou
;
dost this day set a crown of pure gold upon
her head, so enrich her royal heart with thy
heavenly grace, and crown her with all
princely virtues, which may adorn the high
station wherein thou hast placed her, through