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CAP. XXVIII.

[verse 1] And whanne we hadden ascapid, thanne we knewen that the ile was clepid Mili|tene [Mytilene K.] . And the hethene men diden to vs not litil [a litil KXabhko.] curtesie. [verse 2] And whanne a fier was kyndelid, thei refreschiden vs alle, for the reyn that cam, and the [Om. Eghk.] coold. [verse 3] But whanne Poul hadde gederid `a quantite [Om. gk.] of kittingis of vines, and leide on the fier, an edder sche [whanne sche K sec. m. Om. h.] cam forth fro the heete, and [Om. K sec. m.] took hym bi the hoond. [verse 4] And whanne the hethene men of the ile siȝen the beest hangynge in his hoond, thei seiden to|gidir, For this man [Om. X pr. m.] is a manquellere [man sleer k.] ; and whanne he scapide [ascapide oβ.] fro the see, Goddis veniaunce suffrith hym not to lyue in erthe. [verse 5] But he schoke [smote R.] awei the beest in to the fier, and hadde noon harm. [verse 6] And thei gessiden that he schulde be turned `in to [in A pr. m.] swellyng, and falle doun sudenli, and die. But whanne thei abiden longe, and sien that no thing of yuel was don in him, thei turneden hem togider, and seiden, that he was God. [verse 7] And in tho placis weren maners of the prince of the ile, Puplius bi name, which resseyuede vs bi thre daies benygnli, and

foond vs. [verse 8] And it bifel, that the fader of Pupplius lai trauelid with fyueris and blodi flux. To whom Poul entride, and whanne he hadde preied, and [he k.] leid his hondis on hym, he [and k pr. m. and he k sec.m.] helide hym. [verse 9] And whanne this thing was don, alle that in [weren in k.] the [that R.] ile hadden [and hadden k.] sijknesses, camen, and weren heelid. [verse 10] Which also onouriden vs in [with EKQRgkα.] many worschipis, and puttiden what thingis weren necessarie to vs, whanne we schippiden. [verse 11] And after thre monethis we schippiden in a schip of Alisaundre, that hadde wyntrid in the ile, to which was [Om. Eg.] an excellent [ether a noble thing K marg.] singne of Castours. [verse 12] And whanne we camen to Siracusan, we dwelliden there thre daies. [verse 13] Fro thennus we seiliden [ether schippiden K marg.] aboute, and camen to Re|gyum; and aftir oo dai, while the south blew, in the secounde dai we camen to Puteolos. [verse 14] Where whanne we founden britheren, we weren preied to dwelle there anentis hem seuene daies. And so we camen to Rome [that is, nyȝ Rome. Lire here. v.] . [verse 15] And fro thennus whanne britheren hadden herd, thei camen to vs to the cheping of Appius, and to the Thre tauernes [that is, to a place clepid Thre tauernes K marg.] . [verse 16] And whanne Poul hadde seyn hem, he dide thank|yngis to God, and took trist. And whanne `we camen [he cam k.] to Rome, it was suffrid to Poul to dwelle bi hym silf, with a kniȝt kepinge him. [verse 17] And after the thridde dai, he clepide togidir the worthieste of the Jewis. And whanne thei camen, he seide to hem, Britheren, Y dide no thing aȝens the puple ether custom of fadris, and Y was boundun at Jerusalem, and was bitakun in to the hondis of Romayns. [verse 18] And whanne thei hadden axid [askid ao.] of me, wolden [thei wolden EKRX sec. m. oβ.] haue dely|uerid

me, for that no cause of deth was in me. [verse 19] But for Jewis [the Jewis gk.] aȝenseiden, Y was constreyned to appele to the empe|rour; not as hauynge ony thing to accuse my puple. [verse 20] Therfor for this cause Y preiede to se ȝou, and speke to ȝou; for [Om. R. forsothe b.] for the hope of Israel Y am gird aboute with this chayne. [verse 21] And thei seiden to hym, Nether we han resseyued lettris of thee fro Judee, nether ony of britheren comynge schewide, ether spak ony yuel thing of thee. [verse 22] But we preyen to here of thee, what thingis thou felist; for of this sect it is knowun to vs, that euery|where me aȝenseith it. [verse 23] And whanne thei hadden ordeined a dai to hym, many men camen to hym in to the in. To whiche he expownede, witnessinge the kyngdom `of God [Om. R.] , and counseilide hem of Jhesu, of the lawe of Moyses, and profetis, for the morewe [morowtijd KXa.] til to [Om. k pr. m.] euentid [the euentide KMR.] . [verse 24] And summe bileueden to these thingis that weren seid of Poul, summe bileueden not. [verse 25] And whanne thei weren not consentinge togidir, thei departiden. And Poul seide o word, For the Hooli Goost spak wel bi Ysaye, the profete, to [verse 26] oure fadris, and seide, Go thou to this puple, and seie to hem, With eere ȝe schulen here, and ȝe schulen not vndir|stonde; and ȝe seynge schulen se, and ȝe schulen not biholde. [verse 27] For the herte of this puple is greetli fattid [for the herte of this puple is greetly fattid; this is a figura|tif speche, for as fatnesse ga|derid aboute the herte, stranglith bo|dily lijf, so the malice of Jewis that was gader|id in the soulis of hem, quench|ide in hem goostly lijf. Lire here. ve.] , and with eeris thei herden heuyli, and thei closiden togider her iȝen, lest perauenture thei se with iȝen, and with eeris here, and bi herte vndurstonde, and be conuertid, and Y hele hem. [verse 28] Therfor be it knowun to ȝou, that this helthe of God is sent to hethen men, and thei schulen here. [verse 29] And whanne he hadde seid these thingis, Jewis wenten out fro hym, and hadden myche questioun, ethir [or Ek.] musyng, among

hem silf. [verse 30] And he dwellide ful twei ȝeer in his hirid place; and he resseyuede alle [verse 31] that entryden to hym, and prechide the kingdom of God, and tauȝte tho thingis that ben of the Lord Jhesu Crist, with al trist, with out forbedyng. Amen [For he is Jhesu Crist, the sone of lyuynge God, bi whom al the world schal biginne for to be demed [eendid k] Egkα.] .