Excerpt from Historical Papers, Vol. 5 Let me hasten to say, in a spirit of sincere loyalty to him who is next to wear the crown of England, that I make entire abstraction from the character of his personal act, and shall in no way discuss his responsibility. I think, however, that I am not going beyond the limits of what is right and becoming in tracing to its historical sources what Cardinal Wiseman has designated, a national crime,1 a term which I shall presently explain and justify. Many of my readers may be ignorant of the formula of which I am about to treat, for it is scarcely touched on in any of the usual sources of information. I propose then, first, to make a short historical review of the English Coronation Oath, and then to dwell on that part of the formula which was added about two centuries since. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.