A fourteenth century English Biblical version, edited by Anna C. Paues ...

[verse 1] Ande [C ^m 16^m in a later hand, in marg., C. initials in S.P.D. y ^e xvi c ^o in a XVI^th cent. hand, S.] whanne þei hade gone abowte þise nacyons, he come vnto [in to S.P.D.] Derben ande Lystram: ande þer was a discipul, þat was called [cleped S.P.D.] Tymothe, þat was a trewe wydowe sone; bot his fadir was a panyme. [verse 2] To hym bere trewe [good S.P.D.] wytnes þoo þat wore in Lystris ande Yconye. [verse 3] Hym wolde Poule þat [he] [S.P.D.] schulde go with hym; ande he [toke, expunged, follows, C.] toke hym ande circumcyded hym for þo Iewes þat wore in þo places: for alle wiste [C folio 48b] wele þat hise fadir was a gentile (or, a paynyme). [verse 4] Ande as þei passed bi cytes, þei tawghte hem þo techynges þat wore ordeynde of þo apostuls, whanne þei wore at Ierusalem. [verse 5] Ande þo chirches wore confermed in þo faiþe, ande [S folio 113b] encresced in nowmbur alle [eche S.P.D.] daye. [verse 6] & as þei passed þurghe Phrigye ande Galace [galacye kyngdom S.P.D.] , þei wore [verse 7] letted of þo Holygoste to speke Goddes worde in Asye; ande whanne þei wore comen vnto [to S.P.D.] Misy, þei assayde to passe by Bethenye; ande þei wore letted bi þo spiritte of Iesu. [verse 8] Ande whanne þei passed Misye, þei wente [om. P.] vnto [to S.P.D.] Troyden. [verse 9] Ande in þo nyghte was a visione schewed vnto [to S.P.D.] Poule, þat a man of Macidonye stode, ande preyed hym, ande sayde, Go into Macedonye, ande helpe vs. [verse 10] Ande onone [euene S.P.D.] as he hade sene þis vision, we þoghte to go into Macedonye, for we were certayne þat God called vs to preche to hem. [verse 11] Ande we schipped from Troade, ande righte course we come vnto [to S.P.D.] Samotrache ande [verse 12] þo nexte daye to Neapolym; ande fro þeþen [þen S.P.D.] vnto Philyppis [to phyppys S.P.D.] , þo whiche es þe firste of þo contree of Macedonye, þo cyte of Coleyne [Vulg. prima partis Macedoniæ civitas, colonia.] : ande we wore in þis cyte certayn days techande.

[verse 13] Ande in þo day of sabbate we wente wiþouten þo ȝhate biside þo flode, where preynge semed forto [to S.P.D.] be; ande þere we sete, and speke vnto [to S.P.D.] wymmen þat þider come togider. [verse 14] Ande a womman whos name was Lydda [C folio 49] , a purpurere of þo cyte of Thiathire, þo whiche worschipped God, herde vs: whos herte God opunde, forto [to S.P.D.] biholde vnto [to S.P.D.] þo þinges þat wore saide of Poule. [verse 15] Ande whanne sche [ȝhe P.] was baptised, [ande] [S.P.D. in C.] hire howse, she [ȝhe P.] preyed, sayande, If ȝhe deme me trewe vnto God, enteres into my howse, ande dwelles þere [S folio 114] . Ande sche [ȝhe P.] gartte [constreyned S.P.D.] vs. [verse 16] Ande hit bifelle, whanne we wente forto preye, þat a wenche þat hade a spiritte of a wycche mette vs, þo whiche gafe grete wynnynge vnto [to S.P.D.] [hire] [S.P.D. þer C.] lordes by dyuynynge. [verse 17] Sche [ȝhe P.] folowed Poule ande vs, criande ande sayande, Þise men ben þo seruantes of þo highe God, þo whiche schewen to ȝowe þo waye of hele. [verse 18] Þis sche did many days; ande Poule mournande for hire, he [& S.P.D.] turned hym ande spake [seyde to S.P.D.] vnto þo spiritte, I bidde þe in þo name of Iesu Criste to go oute fro hire. Ande þo yuel spiritte wente oute of [fro S.P.D.] hire in þo same howre. [verse 19] Ande whanne hire lordes see, þat þe spiritte of [hire] [S.P.D. þeire C.] was away, þei toke Poule ande Sylam, ande ledde hem forþe [verse 20] into þo market [chepynge S.P.D.] vnto [to S.P.D.] þo princes, ande schewed hem to þo magistrates, sayande, Þise men sturbulen [disturbeþ S.P.D.] ande deceyue [ande deceyue om. S.P.D.] [verse 21] alle oure cytee, for þei ben Iewes, ande þei tellen a maner þat es noghte leffulle to vs to receyue or [noþur S.P.D.] do, siþen we ben Romaynes. [verse 22] Ande þo puple ranne agayn hem, ande þo magistrates, [ande] [S.P.D. wiþ C.] þer [þe (here D) cloþis of hem were tore S.P.D.] cloþes [wore] torne, ande [þei] comanded hem forto [to S.P.D.] be beten wiþ ȝerdes. [verse 23] Ande [C folio 49b] whanne þei hade beten hem longe, ande made hem fulle of wondes [of woundis repeated in marg., 1st corr. S.] , þei put hem in prisone, ande bade vnto [to S.P.D.] þo kepar of þo prison þat [þo þat C.] he schulde bestly [bysyly S.P.D.] kepe hem. [verse 24] Ande he, efter þat he was boden [comawndid þus S.P.D.] , he putte hem in þo inner prisone, ande he strayned þer fete in a tree. [verse 25] Bot atte þo [om. S.P.D.] mydnyghte

Poule ande Silas ¹lowtande vnto God loued hym¹ [^1-1 honoured & preysed god S.P.D.] in alle his sonde, ande þoo þat wore in kepynge in þo prisone harde hem; [verse 26] ande sodenly was [S folio 114b] made a grete erþe-schake, so myche þat þo grownde of þo prisone stired [quoke S.P.] . [& onone wore opun alle þo dores & alle þer bondes wore lowsed.] [S.P.D.] [verse 27] Ande he [om. S.P.] þat kepped þo prisone, [whanne he saw þo ȝhates opun of þo prisone,] [S.P.D.] drowe oute a swerde, ande wolde haue slayne hymseluen, supposande þat alle þo prisons wore gone oute. [verse 28] Ande Poule cried vnto [to S.P.D.] hym wiþ a grete voyce [a leaf missing in D, chapp. xvi. 28-xvii. 6.] ande saide, Do þe no harme [noon arme P.] : for we alle ben here. [verse 29] Ande he toke lyghte, ande enterde into þo prisone, ande quakande he felle [verse 30] downe to þe fete of Poule ande Silas; ande he [om. P.] broghte hem forþe ande saide, Leue lordes, whatte bihoues me forto [to S.P.] do þat I myghte be saufe? [verse 31] Ande þei saide vnto [to S.P.] hym, Trowe in oure Lorde Iesu, ande þow schal be saufe ande al þi howse. [verse 32] Ande þei preched vnto [to S.P.] hym þo worde of God ande to alle þat wore in his howse. [verse 33] Ande þo kepar of þo prisone toke hem in þo same houre of þo nyghte, ande wesche [wosche S.] þer wondes; ande onone he was baptised, ande alle [om. S.P.] hise howse alsso. [verse 34] Ande efter þat he hade broghte hem into hise howse, he sette a [C folio 50] borde to hem, ande he [om. S.P.] was gladed wiþ alle [his] [his S. at his P.] house, trowande to God. [verse 35] Ande whanne daye [þe day S. þat d. P; erasure of 4 letters before daye, C.] was comen þo magistrates sente baylys (or, bedels), sayande [s. þat P.] , Late þoo men goo. & þo kepar of þo prisone tolde þis vnto [om. P. to S.] Poule, þat [verse 36] þo magistrates han sende þat ȝe ben laten go: ande þerfore gos nowe forþe in pees. [verse 37] Ande Poule saide to hem, Þei hauen beten vs ¹⁷vnrightly ande vndampned¹⁷ [^17-17 opynlyche & indempnyd S.P.] , ande we ben men of Rome [þat þei haue putte in prisone] [S.P.] , ande [ande now S.P.] priuely þei [verse 38] putte vs oute; noghte so, bot come þei hemseluen [S folio 115] ande putte þei vs oute. Ande þo bedels (or, þo baylyes) [gloss om. S.P.] tolde þise wordes to þo magistrates: ande þo [om. S.] magistrates, whanne [verse 39] þei harden þat þei wore Romaynes, dredde hem; ande come

vnto [to S.P.] hem ande preyde hem þat þei schulde go oute of þo cyte. [verse 40] Ande þei outegoande of þo prisone þei enterde into Lyddam: ande whanne þei sawe þo [þer S. her P.] breþer, þei tolde hem whatte God hade done wiþ hem, ande comforþed þo breþer ande wente on [oute S.P.] þer way.