_Ajutanti di camera_, the _bussolanti_, the _Procuratori generali_
of religious orders, the _Procuratori di Collegio_, the singers,
the clerks of the papal chapel, the cardinal's _caudatarii_, the
_ostiarii_, the mace-bearers, some students of the German college, and
in fine such noblemen and gentlemen as are admitted on this occasion
to receive a palm from His Holiness, who is assisted as usual by two
Card. deacons.

During the distribution of the palms, the anthems _Pueri Hebræorum_
etc. are sung by the choir; and when it is finished, the Pope washes
His hands, and says the usual concluding prayer: the prince stationed
at the throne brings the water, and the Cardinal Dean presents the
towel to His Holiness.

[Sidenote: _Solemn procession._]

The Pope then puts incense into the thurible for the procession, and
the first Card. Deacon turning towards the people says according to
the old formula Let us proceed in peace: the choir answers, in the
name of Christ. Amen'. The procession, in which the blessed palms
are carried, moves round S. Peter's, in the following order, which
is observed also for the most part on holy thursday and good friday.
The _Procuratori di Collegio_,[35] _Procuratori generali_, the
_Bussolanti_, the _Ajutanti di Camera_, _Cappellani comuni_ and
_segreti_, the Consistorial advocates, the _Camerieri d' onore_,
and _segreti_, the singers, the _Abbreviatori, Votanti di Segnatura,
Cherici di Camera, Uditori di Rota_, the Thurifer, (_Votante di
Segnatura_), the Subdeacon (_Uditore di Rota_) who carries the cross
ornamented with a small palm, between two acolythes (_Votanti di
Segnatura_) carrying candles, the _Penitenzieri_, the mitred abbots,