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term at the head of this note, than that which is given in the above extract ? W. W.

Malta.

All-Halloivs-in-the- Wall. There ' is a church of this name in London, and another at Exeter. In London, St. Botolph has guard of three gates, Aldersgate, Aldgate, and Billingsgate, on the eastern walls. St. Michael is esteemed a better guardian for the walls in some towns than All- Hallows. Can the chapel or church of All-Hal- lows, in London Wall, have had the guardianship of a graveyard in the waste of Moorfields, outside the walls ? H. C.

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Strutton Lord Baltinglass. From the Gent. Mag., vol. xxxiii. p. 258., 1763 :

" Whitehall, May 10. The king has been pleased to grant unto John Stratton, and his heirs male, the dignity of a baron of Ireland, by the title of Baron Baltinglass."

Will any person kindly give some particulars of the above-mentioned John Stratton, or of the dignity so conferred upon him ? H. C. C.

[Stratton is a misprint for Stratford. The family of Stratford is traced beyond the Conquest. Robert Strat- ford, a younger branch of the house of Merevale, settled in Ireland in 1660, and was ancestor to John, first earl, who was created Baron of Baltinglass, May 21, 1763 ; farther advanced to the title of Viscount Aldborough of Belan, July 22, 1776 ; and on Feb. 9, 1777, to the dignities of Viscount Amiens, and Earl of Aldborough. The earl married Martha, co-heiress of the Rev. Benj. O'Neil, Archdeacon of Leighlin, and had issue sixteen children. The earl died July 24, 1777, and'was succeeded by his son Edward, second earl, who died Jan. 2, 1801.]

" Sir" a clerical Prefix. Fuller, in his Church History of Britain, book vi. p. 352., edit. 1655, writes, "More Sirs than Knights" (marginal note).

" Such Priests as have the addition of Sir before their Christian name were men not graduated in the Uni- versitv, being in Orders, l)ut not in Degrees ; whilst others, entituled Masters, had commenced in the Arts."

If old Fuller is correct, is not the author, of Westward-Hoe incorrect, in prefixing Sir to honest John BHmblecombe's name, who appears to have been an Oxford graduate ?

W. C. TREVELYAN.

"Wellington.

[Master Thomas Fuller, in spite of his "Appeal of Injured Innocence," was often found nodding, as his ani- madvertor, Dr. Peter Heylin, can fully testify. After Tom Hearne had taken his degree of B.A., he was addressed with the academical title of Sir Hearne. (Aubrey's Let- ters, vol. i. p. 117.) This title was, in early times, general to all who had taken a degree, as in the case of John Waynflete (brother of William, Bishop of Winchester), who, says Dr. Chandler, " is styled Sir (Dominus) as a clergyman, or perhaps as being already Bachelor of Arts." (Life of William Waynflete, p. 54.]

" Glory " before the Gospel. Can any of your readers inform D. R. M. whence originates the custom of singing " Glory be to Thee, O Lord," before the Gospel, in the Communion service ?

Bristol.

[The acclamation of " Glory to God," on the Gospel being declared, and before the reading of it is commenced, is as old as the time of St. Chrysostom. The reason of it is explained by Alcuin : " When ye are about to hear the words which bring salvation, give praise to God, by whose grace ye are thought fit to receive so great a blessing." This short and ancient doxology was con- tinued in the First Prayer Book of Edward VI., 1549, and the observance of it has remained as a custom ever since, although it is not found in the subsequent English edi- tions. It was restored, however, in that arranged for Scotland in 1637, in which also it is directed that at the end of the Gospel, when the presbyter shall say, "So ends the holy Gospel," the people shall answer, " Thanks be to Thee, O Lord." In the modern Scottish service this latter simple acclamation of thanks has been extended into the following : " Thanks be to Thee, O Lord, for this Thy glorious Gospel," an elongation rather than an improvement (Scottish Mag., ii. 562.) Procter, On the Book of Common Prayer, p. 309. note, shows, however, that this was not done on Palm Sunday: Missal Sar., fol. Ixvi., "Dominica in ramis palmarum non dicitur ' Gloria tibi Domine.' "]

Italian New Testament.

" II Nuovo Testamento di Christo Giesu Signore et Salvatore Nostro. Di Greco nuovamente tradotto in lingua Toscana. Per Antonio Brucioli. MDXXXVIIII."

Such is the title-page of an Italian copy of the Gospels I have lately purchased. Prefixed to the Gospels is a letter dedicatory : "Alia Illustrissima Signora La Signora Anna Estense, Principessa di Ferrara." I was not aware the Gospels had been translated into Italian at so early a date. Can any of your correspondents inform me who were Antonio Brucioli and Anna Estense, Prin- cipessa di Ferrara. The figures bear no evidence of having been tampered with. A. L. B.

[The earliest Italian version of the Bible is that of Nicolao Malermi, who translated it from the Latin Vul- gate, and published at Venice, in 1471, in folio. The first edition of Brucioli's New Testament was produced in 1530, and the whole Bible two years afterwards. A re- vised edition of Brucioli's Italian Bible, rendered con- formable to the Vulgate, by Sanetes Marmochinus, was printed at Venice in 1538. His New Testament was re- printed the same year at Antwerp in small 8vo., and dedicated to " Illu. Signore II S. Hercule Conzaga, Cardi- nale di Mantoua." Our correspondent's copy is probably the Paris edition of 1539, noticed in Panzer, vol. iii. pt i. p. 297. For notices of Brucioli consult Chalmers's or Rose's Biographical Dictionaries. ]

" Vernage." What was vernage ? There is a passage, I think in Chaucer, which runs thus : " He drinketh hypocras, clary, and vernage, Of spices hot, to encrease his courage."

SARTOR. Belfast.

[Vernage, from Ital. vernaccia, a sort of Italian white wine.]