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CAP. XII.

[verse 1] And in the same tyme Eroude the king [Eroude the king; this was Eroude Agrip|pa. The first Eroude, king of Jude, was clepid Eroude de Ascolonyta, either of Asco|lon, vndir whom Crist was born. The secunde Eroude, prince of Galilee, was clepid Antipas, that killide Joon Baptist. The thridde Eroude, king, was clepid Agrippa, that killed James, and prisonede Petir. Lire here. Ve. daies of therf|looues; whanne he took Petir; this is added to singnefie the cause, whi he killide not Pe|tir anoon, as he hadde do of James, for he wolde abyde til the solem|nyte of Pask were passid, where inne Jewis vsiden therf looues bi seuene daies. to foure qua|ternyouns; he is seid a qua|ternyoun, that hath foure kniȝtis vndir hym. bringe him forth to the puple; that is, put him to deeth, bi the wille of the pu|ple. Lire here. v.] sente power, to turmente sum men of the chirche. [verse 2] And he slowe bi swerd James, the brothir of Joon. [verse 3] And he siȝ that it pleside to Jewis [the Jewis k.] , and keste to take also Petre; and the [Om. a.] daies of therf looues weren. [verse 4] And whanne he hadde cauȝte Petre, he sente hym in to prisoun; and bitook [bitoke him b sec. m.] to foure quaternyouns [a quaternion is he that hath foure kniȝtis vndir him K marg.] of knyȝtis, to kepe hym, and wolde aftir pask bringe hym forth to the puple. [verse 5] And Petre was kept in prisoun; but preier was maad of the chirche with out ceessing to God for hym. [verse 6] But [And R.] whanne Eroude schulde bringe hym forth, in that nyȝt Petre was slepinge bitwixe [bitwene a.] twei knyȝtis, and was boundun with twei cheynes; and the keperis bifor the dore kepten the prisoun. [verse 7] And lo! an aungel of the Lord stoode nyȝ, and liȝt schoon in the prisoun hous. And whanne he hadde smyte the side of Petre, he reiside hym, and seide, Rise thou swiftli. And anoon the cheynes felden doun fro hise

hoondis. [verse 8] And the aungel seide to hym, Girde thee, and do on thin hoosis. And he dide so. And he seide to hym, Do aboute thee thi clothis, and sue me. [verse 9] And he ȝede out, and suede hym; and he wiste not that it was soth, that was don bi the aungel; for he gesside hym silf to haue sey a visioun. [verse 10] And thei [tho a sec. m.] passiden the first and the secounde warde, and camen to the iren ȝate that ledith to the citee, which anoon was opened [opene R.] to hem. And thei ȝeden out, and camen in [Om. k pr. m.] to o street, and anoon the aungel passide awei fro hym. [verse 11] And Pe|tre turnede aȝen to hym silf, and seide, Now Y woot verili, that the Lord sente his aungel, `and delyueride [to delyuere k.] me fro the hoond of Eroude, and fro al the abiding of the puple of Jewis. [verse 12] And he bihelde, and cam to the hous of Marie, modir [the modir k.] of Joon, that is named Marcus, where many weren gaderid togidre, and preiynge. [verse 13] And whanne he knockid at the dore of the ȝate, a damysel, Rode bi name, cam forth [for cg.] to se [see him a pr. m.] . [verse 14] And whanne sche knewe the vois of Petre, for ioye sche openyde not the ȝate, but ran in, and telde, that Petre stood at the ȝate. [verse 15] And thei seiden `to hir [Om. Qgk.] , Thou maddist. But sche afferm|yde, that it was so. And thei seiden, It is his aungel. [verse 16] But Petre abood stille, and knockide. And whanne thei hadden opened the dore, thei sayen hym, and wondriden. [verse 17] And he bekenyde to hem with his hoond to be stille, and telde hou the Lord hadde led hym out of the [Om. K pr. m. bo.] prisoun. And he seide, Telle ȝe to James and to the britheren these thingis. And he ȝede out, and wente in to an othere place. [verse 18] And whanne the dai was come, ther was not [not a bko.] lytil troubling [not litil trou|bling; for thei dredden, that his delyuer|aunce schulde be arettid to her neclygence, and so it was don. souȝt hym; that is, Petir. and not founde; and the ȝatis of the presoun weren founden opin. comaund|ide to hem to be brouȝt; that is, in to presoun, as suspect of delyueraunce of Petir, that thei schulden bee punschid aftirward, but Eroude was lettid, and was bifore taken bi swift deth. fro Judee; that is, fro Jerusalem, which is set in the hiȝest place of Judee. into Cesarie; of Palestyn, in the marche of Pa|lesteyn and of Fenyce. V. the puple cri|ede; in flater|inge Eroude. the vois of God, etc.; for the puple seide that such eloquence was not of man oonly, but of man hauyng godhed. Ve. smoot him; with . . . . . sorewe of the wombe. V. hadde not ȝoue onour to God; in bihooldinge his owne freel|te, but and he ioyede more of this, that the puple ȝaf God|dis onour to hym. Lire here. ve.] among the

knyȝtis, what was don of Petre. [verse 19] And whanne Eroude hadde souȝt hym, and foonde not, aftir that he hadde made enqueryng of the keperis, he comaundide hem to be brouȝt to hym. And he cam doun fro Judee in to Cesarie, and dwell|ide there. [verse 20] And he was wroth to men of Tyre and of Sidon. And thei of oon acord camen to hym, whanne thei had|den counseilid with Bastus [Blastus A sec. m.] , that was the kingis chaumbirleyn, thei axiden pees, for as myche that [as K pr. m. Qk.] her cuntrees weren vitailid of hym. [verse 21] And in a dai that was ordeyned, Eroude was clothid with kyngis clothing, and sat for domes|man, and spak to hem. [verse 22] And the puple criede, The [By a sec. m.] voicis [vois Xagoβ.] of God, and not of man. [verse 23] And anoon an aungel of the Lord smoot hym, for he hadde not ȝouun onour to God; and he was wastid of wormes, and diede. [verse 24] And the word of the Lord waxide, and was multiplied. [verse 25] And Barnabas and Saul turneden aȝen fro [to k pr. m.] Jerusalem, whanne [and whanne I sec. m. k pr. m.] the mynystrie was fillid, and token Joon, that was [is k.] named Marcus.