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

[verse 1] Saule [C ^m g ^m on erasure, C. þ ^e ix chapter in a late hand, S. Paule D. In S. Saule with the S supplied by the 1st corr., the marginal letter indicating the initial is p.] alwaye þrette ande wayted Goddes discipuls; he [verse 2] kome vnto [to S.P.D.] þo prince [S.P.D.; princes C.] of prestes, ande asched of hym pistels ande comyssions into Damaske vnto [to S.P.D.] þo synagoges, þat [C folio 33b] whomsoeuer he fonde of þo company of þe apostuls or hem|seluen, men or wymmen, to brynge hem bownden vnto [to S.P.D.] Ierusalem. [verse 3] Ande as he ȝode þiderworde, hit bifelle [fel S.P.D.] þat he kome nere [ny S.P.D.] Damaske: ande sodenly þer come a wondurful

[verse 4] lyghte alle aboute hym fro heuen, ande he felle downe vnto [to S.P.D.] þo erþe, ande harde a voyce sayande vnto [to S.P.D.] hym, Saule, Saule, wherto pursewes þow me? [verse 5] Ande he saide, Who erte þow, Lorde? Ande þo voyce saide vnto [to S.P.D.] hym, I am Iesus of Nazareth whom þat þow pursewes: hit es ful [om. S.P.] harde to þe to kese [kyse D. kynse S.P.] [S folio 101] agayne þo prikke. [verse 6] Ande he qwakande ande dred|fulle saide, Lorde, what wilte þow þat I do? [verse 7] Ande oure Lorde saide vnto [to S.P.D.] hym, Rise, ande wende into þo cytee, ande þer hit schal be tolde þe, what þat ⁴þe bus⁴ [^4-4 þou byhoueþ to S.P. þe byhoueþ to D.] do. Soþely þo men þat wore sende wiþ hym stoden alle mased, a voyce soþely [om. P.] þei harde, bot no man þei sawe. [verse 8] Saule þanne soþely ros vppe fro þe erþe, opunde hise eyne, ande loked aboute [loked aboute crossed out, S. om. P.] , bot no man [& no þing P. but no þing with þing on erasure in darker ink, S.] he sawe. Þei drowe hym forþe bi þo hende, [verse 9] ande ledde hym into Damaske; ande þer he was þree days wiþouten sighte ande noþer ete nor [ne S.P.D.] dranke. [verse 10] þer was a disciple in Damaske þat hatte Ananyas; ande God sayd to hym in vision, Anany. Ande he saide, Lo [C folio 34] , Lorde, I am here. [verse 11] Ande oure Lorde saide [inserted by contemporary hand, C.] unto hym [vnto hym om. S.P.D.] , Rise, ande wende vnto þo way [strete S.P.D.] þat es called [clepyd S.P.D.] Rectus, ande seche Saule in Iudas [iewes P.] howse, whos [whas D.] name es Tharsen: for lo, þer he preys; [verse 12] ande he sawe þo man þat hatte Anany enterande into þo howse, ande puttande hise hondes [honde S.P.] vnto [to S.P.D.] hym, þat he myghte receyue his syghte [seyȝt in marg., 1st corr. S.] . [verse 13] Ande Ananyas ansuered ande saide, Lorde [lo follows, dotted out, C.] , I hafe harde of many of þis man, how many [verse 14] harmes he haues done vnto [to S.P.D.] þi sayntes in Ierusalem: ande he haues powere of þo princes of prestes to bynde alle hem ¹⁹þat ben þi name oknowe¹⁹ [^19-19 þ ^t clepen þi name S.P.D.] . [verse 15] Ande soþely oure Lorde sayde vnto [to S.P.D.] hym, Go forþe, for he es maked vnto [to S.P.D.] me a vessel of choos [choyse S.P.D.] forto [S folio 101b] bere my name bifore kenges ande folke, ande bifore þo childer of Israel. [verse 16] Ande soþely I schalle schewe hym [to hym S.P.D.] how many þinges hym bihoues for my name suffure [to precedes, P; in S. above the line in darker ink.] .

[verse 17] Ande Ananyas ȝode, ande enterde into þo howse, ande putte hise hondes vnto [to S.P.D.] hym, & sai[de] [& sai in marg. C. & seyde S.P.D.] , Saule, broþer, oure Lorde Ihesus þat appered to þe in þo waye þat þow kome, sende me vnto [to S.P.D.] þe, þat þou haue þi syghte, ande be fulfilled of þo Holy Goste. [verse 18] Ande alssone [a noon S.P.D.] þer felle fro his eyghne [cynghne C.] slyme as hit wore þo [om. S.P.D.] skales of a fische; & so he [om. S.P.D.] receyued his sighte, [verse 19] ande ros vppe, ande was baptized; ande he was gretelyche comforþed [C folio 34b] [ he omitted after whanne P.] whanne he hade taken mete. Ande þan soþely a fewe days he dwelled at Damaske wiþ þo disciples. [verse 20] Ande anone Poule ȝode into þo synagoges, ande preched Iesu þat he es verray Goddes sone. [verse 21] Ande alle þei wore ameruelde soþely þat hym harde, ande sayden, Ne was noghte he [om. S.P.D.] þis he þat in Ierusalem wiþstode hem þat wore þis name oknowe [a knowe S.P.D.] ? ande þerto he kome hider to lede hem bownden vnto [to S.P.] þo princes of ⁹þo lawe þat ben prynces of⁹ [^9-9 om. S.P.D.] prestes. [verse 22] Ande Poule myche þo [om. S.P.D.] more he encresched, ande confunded þo Iewes þat dwelden atte Damaske, wele affermande þat he was Criste. [verse 23] Ande whanne he hade þer many days fulfilled, [verse 24] þo Iewes token cownseyl hym forto [S folio 102] slee: ande soþely þer deceytes wore tolde vnto [to S.P.] Poule. Ande þei kepped þo ȝates boþe daye ande nyghte of þo cyte, to wayte hym forto slee; [verse 25] ande þo disciples token hym bi nyghte, ande leten hym downe bi þo walle in a bere-lepe. [verse 26] & soþely whanne he vnto [to S.P.] Ieru|salem kome, he drowe hym towarde þo discipuls; ande alle þei wore of hym aferde, noghte knowande how he was Goddes discipul. [verse 27] Bot Barnabas soþely toke hym, ande ledde hym ⁹to þo disciples ande⁹ [^9-9 om. S.P.D.] to þo apostuls [postelus S.] , ande tolde hem alle [om. S.P.D.] how in þo waye he hade sene Godde, ande how þat he spake wiþ hym, & how faiþefully [C folio 35] he hade done in Damaske in þo name of Iesu. [verse 28] Ande he was wiþ hem wendande in ande oute in Ierusalem, ande trewly doynge in þo name of Iesu. [verse 29] Ande vnto [to S.P.D.] þo gentyles he spake, ande disputed wiþ þo Grekes; & ¹³þei soghten faste aboute hym forto slee¹³ [^13-13 þei soþly souȝte to slee hym S.P.D.] . [verse 30] & whanne þo breþer knewne þat, vpon [on S.P.D.] þo nyȝte to Cesarye

soþely þei hym ledde, ande sente hym vnto [to S.P.D.] Tharsum. [verse 31] Þanne holy chirche þurghe alle þo Iurye ande Galyle ande Samarye hade pees, ande was gretely edified, wendande [goynge S.P.D.] in þo drede of God, ande was fulfilled in komforþe of þo Holygoste. [verse 32] Ande Peter, whanne he hade passed alle þo kontres abowte, ande schulde kome to þo holy folke [folkes S.P.D.] þat wore dwellynge at [verse 33] Lydde, he fonde þer a man whos [his S.P.D.] name was Eneam, þat fro he was eghte ȝhere olde hade lyne bedreden [on þe palysye follows, P.; in margin, 1st corr. S.] . [verse 34] Ande Peter saide vnto [to S.P.D.] hym, Enea, oure Lorde Iesu Criste hele þe [above the line, 1st corr. S.; om. D.] , rise vppe fro þi bedde. [verse 35] Ande he anone rose [S folio 102b] vppe. & alle þei hym sawe þat atte Lydde dwelled [dwelled at ledde S.P.D.] ande Saron, þat wore conuerted vnto [to S.P.D.] God. [verse 36] In Ioppen forsoþe þer was a discipul, a womman þat hatte [hette S.D.] Tabita, þat propur name es Dorcas: þo whiche was ful ¹⁰of almes ande of gode dedes¹⁰ [^10-10 of goode werkes & almes S.P.D.] þat sche [ȝhe P.] vnto [to S.P.D.] many dide. [verse 37] Ande [& it in þo dayes byfell S.P.D.] on a [C folio 35b] day hit bifelle, þat [om. S.P.D.] sche [he D. ȝhe P.] wexe seke ande died. Whanne þei hire hade waschen, þei layde hire in þer [hire S.P.D.] halle. [verse 38] Ande soþely so as þat cyte Lydde was nere [nyȝ S.P.D.] þo towne of Ioppen, þo disciples harden telle how Peter was þerynne; þei sende tweyne [twey men S.P.D.] vnto hym, preynge hym noghte forto [to S.P.D.] dwelle, bot faste to kome vnto [to S.P.D.] hem. Ande saynte Peter ros vppe ande ȝode forþe wiþ hem. [verse 39] Ande whanne saynte [om. S.P.D.] Peter was komen, þei ledden hym into þo synacle [halle S.P.D.] , ande alle þo wydowes stoden aboute hym ande wepped, ande schewed hym þo cloþes [kootes & þe cloþes S.P.D.] ande þo kotes þat Dorcas hade hem made. [verse 40] Ande Peter maked hem alle forto wende forþe, ande he kneled downe ande preyed, ande turned hym vnto [to S.P.D.] þo deade body ande saide, Thabita, surge [thabyta surge underlined, S.P.] (þat es, Thabita rise). Ande atte his worde sche [ȝhe P.] opund hire eyne; [verse 41] ande whan sche [ȝhe P.] sawe Peter sche [ȝhe P.] toke hym hire honde, ande he raised hire vppe. Ande þanne he called [clepid S.P.D.] þo sayntes ande þo wydowes, & schewed hem þat sche [ȝhe P.] was on [a S.P.] lyue. [verse 42] Ande

þat was tolde þurghe-oute Ioppen; ande many þerfore trowed [byleueden follows Crist, P; in S. in marg. marked to be inserted after Crist.] in Iesu Criste.

[verse 43] [Þ]anne [Whanne C. þanne S.P.D. C 10 in margin, C.] Peter longe tyme ande manye dais efter dwelled [hade dw. C.S.P.D.] in Ioppen wiþ a [C folio 36] man þat hatte [hette S.P.D.] Symonde, corueser.