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The Regal Vestments: Hands

APPENDIX 3. On the Palms of both the Hands, saying:

Be thy Hands anointed with Holy Oil :

And as Solomon was anointed king by Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet, so be you anointed, blessed, and consecrated King over this People, whom the Lord your God hath given you to rule and govern, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Amen.

Then the Dean of Westminster layeth the Ampulla and Spoon upon the Altar, and the King kneeleth down at the Faldstool, and the Archbishop, standing, saith this Prayer or Blessing over him: