Noisy acclamations arose in the church and resounded outside.

The soldiery, posted in the neighborhood, took the confused roar for a symptom of something wrong, and in their suspicious rage set fire to the neighboring houses.

The flames spread rapidly.

The people who were rejoicing in the church caught the alarm, and a multitude of men and women of every rank flung themselves out of the edifice.

Alone and trembling, the bishops with some clerics and monks remained before the altar and accomplished the work of anointment upon the king's head, "himself trembling," says the chronicle.