So when the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received into Heaven, and is on the right hand of God. And they went forth and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the Word with miracles following. The which done, he begins the Gospel written in the first Chapter of St. John, ver, the first: In the beginning was the Word…… He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness to that Light. Here the Chirugions come up the second time, making their three Obeisances as formerly, where the Clerk of the Closet on his Knees doth deliver to the King his Gold ready strung upon a white Silk Ribbon; and when these following words come to be read, the King puts over the Gold.

THE LIGHT WAS THE TRUE LIGHT WHICH LIGHTNETH EVERY MAN WHICH COMETH INTO THE WORLD.

This running through the whole course of the Ceremony, which words are continually repeated between every one which received the Gold. This being finished, These following words are read: He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not; he came amongst his own, and his own received him, to them he gave power to be made sons of God: even them that believed on his name, which were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor yet of the will of man, but of God. And the same Word became flesh, and dwelt amongst us, and we saw the glory of it, as the glory of the only begotten Son of the Father, full of Grace and Truth.

This being finished, the Chaplains with the rest of the People, on their knees, do pronounce these Prayers.
Vers. Lord have mercy upon us.
Resp. Lord have mercy upon us.
Vers. Christ have mercy upon us.
Resp. Christ have mercy upon us.
Vers. Lord have mercy upon us.
Resp. Lord have mercy upon us.
Then the Chaplains read the Common Prayer; viz….

Our Father which are in Heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom com. Thy will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily Bread. And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Vers. O Lord save thy servants.
Resp. Which put their trust in thee.
Vers. Send help unto them from above.
Resp. And evermore mightily defend them.
Vesp. Help us, O God our Saviour.
Resp. And for the glory of thy Name deliver us, be merciful to us sinners for thy Names sake.
Resp. And let our cry come unto thee.

O Almighty God, who are the Giver of all health, and the aid of them that seek to thee for succor. We call upon thee for they help and goodness, mercifully to be shewed to these thy servants, that they being healed of their infirmities may give thanks to thee in the Holy Church.

Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

This being finished, His Majesty having by my Lord Chamberlain, or in his absence the Vice-Chamberlain, and two other Nobles, brought up Linnen, and the Bason and Ewer to wash his Hands, He takes leave of the people, and they joyfully and thankfully do every one return home, praising God and their good King; and when this method is apparent to all men, and carries in it the greatest truth imaginable, what man of Sense, Religion or Honesty can there be, which shall dare to deny the truth and efficacy thereof, being both glorious and praise-worthy?’