234 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[204 S. No 12., Mar, 22, ’56, 
term at the head of this note, than that which is 
given in the above extract ? Ww.w. 
Malta. 
All-Hallows-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 ? EI: 'C. 
Pinar Queries With Answers. 
Stratton Lord Baltinglass. —From the Gent. 
Mag., vol. xxxiil. 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 ? Or. 
[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 Rey. 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 Sis than Knights” (marginal note). 
“Such Priests as have the addition of Sir before their 
Christian name were men not graduated in the Uni- 
versity, being in Orders, but not in Degrees; whilst 
others, entituled Masters, had commenced in the Arts.” 
If old Fuller is correct, is not the author of 
Westward-Hoe imeorrect, in prefixing Si to 
honest John Brimblecombe’s name, who appears 
to have been an Oxford graduate ? 
W. C. TReveryan. 
Wallington. 
[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. — 
“Tl Nuovo Testamento di Christo Giesu Signore et 
Salvatore Nostro. Di Greco nuovamente tradotto in 
lingua Toscana, Per Antonio Brucioli. mpxxxyuu.” 
Such is the title-page of an Italian copy of the 
Gospels I have lately purchased. Prefixed to the 
Gospels is a letter dedicatory: ‘Alla 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 Sanctes Marmochinus, was 
printed at Venice in 1538. His New Testament was re- 
printed the same year at Antwerp in small 8yo., and 
dedicated to “ Illu. Signore Il 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. verndecia, a sort of Italian white 
wine. ] 
Se 
