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CAP. XXII.

[verse 1] Men, bretheren and fadris, heere ȝe what resoun I ȝelde now to ȝou. [verse 2] Forsoth, whanne summe herden for [that V.] in Ebrew tunge he spak to hem, thei ȝauen more silence. [verse 3] And he seide, I `a man [am a MPT. am a man X.] Jew, born at Tarse of Cilicie, norischid forsoth in this citee bisydis the feet of Gamaliel, lerud [lernyd MP.] vp [after GMPT. bi V.] the [Om. S.] treuthe of fadris lawe, folower [a folewere V.] , `or louer [Om. OQX.] , of the lawe, as and [Om. O.] ȝe alle [Om. O.] ben to day. [verse 4] The [And V.] whiche [Om. K.] I [Om. G pr. m. SX.] pur|suede this wey til to the deeth, byndinge to [Om. V.] gidere and drawinge [bitakinge V.] into holdis men [verse 5] and wymmen, as the prince of prestis ȝeldith [ȝeldes O.] witnessing to me, and alle [to alle QXY.] the more in birthe. Of which `and I takinge [I takynge G pr. m. MP. I took V.] pistlis [epistolis S.] `to bretheren [Om. S.] , wente [and wente V.] to Damask, that I schulde brynge fro thennis bounden [men bounden V.] into Jerusalem, that thei schulden ben peyned. [verse 6] Forsoth it is [was V.] don, `me goynge, and neiȝynge [while I ȝede and neiȝede V.] to [into X.] Damask, in the mydday sudenli `fro heuene [Om. O.] `a copious [an hidouse O.] liȝt schon aboute me. [verse 7] And I `fallinge into [felde doun to V.] the erthe, herde [and herde V.] a vois fro heuene, seiynge to me, Saul, Saul, what pursuest thou me? It is hard to [for O.] thee for [Om. SX.] to kyke aȝens the

pricke. [verse 8] Forsothe I answeride, Who art thou, Lord? And he seide to me, I am Jhesu of Nazareth, whom thou pursuest. [verse 9] And thei that weren with me syȝen sothli the [this N.] liȝt, forsothe [but V.] thei herden not the vois of him, that spak with [Om. O.] me. [verse 10] And I seide, Lord, what schal I do? Sothli the Lord seide to me, `Thou risynge [Rise thou and V.] , go to Damask; and there it schal be seid to thee, of alle thingis whiche it bihoueth thee for [Om. SX.] to do. [verse 11] And whanne I syȝ not, for the clerete of that [the O.] liȝt, I ledd [was led V.] to [by NO.] hondis of felowis, cam [and I cam V.] to Damask. [verse 12] Forsoth summan [Om. O.] , Ana|nye, vp [vp aftir G pr. m. vp, or aftir MPT. bi V.] the lawe hauynge witnessing of [verse 13] alle Jewis dwellinge in Damask, comynge [cam V.] to me, and stondinge [stood V.] nyȝ, seide [and seide to me V.] , Saul, brother, bihold. And I in the same hour biheld in to him. [verse 14] And he seide, God of oure fadris ordeynede [hath bifore ordeynede V.] thee, that thou schuldist knowe the wille of him, and schuldist se iust thing [Crist V.] , and heere the vois of his mouth. [verse 15] For thou schalt be his wit|nesse to alle men, of tho thingis that thou hast seyn and herd. [verse 16] And now, what dwellist thou? Ryse vp, and be baptisid, and waisch awey thi synnes, `ynclepid [inclepe N.] the name of him [bi the name of him clepid to help V.] . [verse 17] Forsoth it is [was V.] don to me, turnynge aȝen into [to OX.] Jerusalem, and preinge in the temple, `me for to be [for to be O. me to be SX. that I was V.] maad [verse 18] in rauyssching of soule, and to se him sey|inge to me, Hiȝe thou, and go out faste of Jerusalem, for thei schulen not receyue thi witnessyng of [to O.] me. [verse 19] And I seide, Lord, thei witen, for I was closynge to gidere into prisoun, and betynge by synagogis hem that bileueden `in to [in O.] thee. [verse 20] And whanne the blood of Stheuene, thi wit|nesse, was sched [sched out V.] , I stood nyȝ, and con|sentide, and kepte the clothis of men sle|ynge him. [verse 21] And he seide to me, Go thou, for I schal sende thee ferr to naciouns. [verse 22] Forsoth [And O.] thei herden him til to [Om. V.] this word; and thei reysiden her vois, seyinge, Take

fro the erthe such a maner man; forsoth [for V.] it is not leefful, `him for to [him to SX. that he V.] lyue. [verse 23] Sothli [Forsothe O.] `hem cryinge in voys, and castinge [whanne thei crieden and castiden V.] a wey her clothis, and throwinge [thei throw|iden V.] dowst in to [verse 24] the eyr, the tribune comaundide hym for [Om. OSX.] to be ledd in to castels [the castels PTX.] , and for [Om. SX.] to be betyn with scourgis, and him [Om. G pr. m. MPTVY sec. m.] for [Om. SX.] to be turmentid, that he schulde wite, for what cause thei cryeden so to him. [verse 25] And whanne thei hadden streyned hym with boondis, `or roopis [Om. QX.] , Poul seide to a centurioun stondinge nyȝ to him, If [Wher V.] it is leefful to ȝou, for [Om. OSX.] to scourge a man Romayn, and vndampned? [verse 26] `Which thing [And whanne this thing was V.] herd, centu|rioun [the centurien G pr. m. MNPT.] wente to the tribune, and tolde to him, seiynge [and seide V.] , What art thou to doinge [don SX.] ? forsoth [For V.] this man is a citeseyn Romayn [of Rome V.] . [verse 27] Forsoth the tribune `comynge to [cam niȝ and V.] , seide to him, Seie thou to me, if [wher V.] thou art a Ro|mayn? [verse 28] And he seide, Ȝhe. And the tri|bune answeride, `How liȝtly [liȝtly, or boldly GMPT Y sec. m.] seist thou thee a Romayn citeseyn [Om. VX.] ? I with moche summe gat this ciuylite [cyuylitee, either fraunchise, either dignite of citeceyn V.] . And Poul seith [seide V.] , `I sothli and am [Sothly and I was V.] borun [born a ceteceyn of Rome V.] . [verse 29] Therfore a noon thei [and thei T.] that weren to turmentinge [tormenten QSX.] him, de|partiden awey fro him. And the tribune dredde, aftir that he wiste aȝen [Om. V.] , for [that OV.] he was a citeseyn of Rome, and for [that O.] he hadde boundyn him. [verse 30] Forsoth in the day su|ynge he willinge [wolde V.] `for to [to SX. Om. V.] wite more dili|gently, of [for V.] what cause he were accusid of Jewis, vnbound [and vnboond V.] him, and comaundide prestis [the prestes O.] `for to come [for to come togider GMPXY. to come S. Om. V.] , and al the counseil [counceil for to come togidere V.] . And he [Om. K.] bryngynge [brouȝte V.] forth Poul, ordeyn|ede [and ordeynede V.] him among hem.