[verse 38] saynte Iohn preched, Iesum fro Nazareth, how God en|noynted hym þurghe þo Holygoste ande vertewe: þo whiche passed by, wele doande, ande helande alle þat [in marg., S.] wore ouerlyne wiþ þo dewle. [verse 39] For wiþ hym was God. Ande we ben wytnes of alle þinges þat he did in þo Iewrye ande Ierusalem; whom þei slowe, hongande hym vpon a tree. [verse 40] Hym God raysed vnto [to S.P.D.] life þo þridde daye, ande made 3hym forto be sene (or gafe hym to be mayntende, þat es, opunly knowen þat he es [verse 41] risen agayne3 [3-3 hym openly knowen þat he was rysen aȝeyn S.P.D.] ), noghte vnto [to S.P.D.] alle folke, bot to wytnesses þat wore bifore ordeynd of God, vnto [to S.P.D.] vs þat eten ande dranke wiþ hym efter þat he was risen fro deþe. [verse 42] Ande he bade vs preche vnto [to S.P.D.] þo puple, ande bere wytnes: for he hit es þat of God es iustise of qwikke ande of deade. [verse 43] Vnto [C folio 38b] hym alle prophetes wytnesses beren [bere wytnes S.P.D.] ; bi þo name of hym alle men þat trowne in hym forto [to S.P.D.] take forgifnes of alle þer synnes. [verse 44] Þo whileste [whyles S.P.D.] Peter spake þise wordes, þo Holygoste fel vpon alle þat [þe P.] harde þo [om. P.] wordes. [verse 45] Ande wore awondurd þurghe þo circumsicyon þo [of þe S.P.D.] trewe folke þat komen wiþ Peter, for in nacyons þo grace was [S folio 105] ȝotted oute of þo Holygoste (þat es, for þat oþer nacyons hade þo grace of þo Holygoste). [verse 46] Þei harden hem forsoþe spekande langages ande preysande God. [verse 47] Thanne ansuered Peter, None may werne ne defende water, þat þise ben noghte baptised, þat han receyued þo Holygoste as we [verse 48] haue; ande comawnded hem forto [to S.P.D.] be baptized in þo name of Iesu Criste. Thanne þei preyed hym forto [to S.P.D.] dwelle þere summe days wiþ hem [capitulum xi m follows. C m 11m in marg., C. þ e xi chap' in a XVIth century hand, S.] .
[verse 1] Þo apostuls [postuls S.P.D.] harden ande conceyueden, & alsso þo breþer, þat þo gentiles hade receyued Goddes worde, ande wor|schipped God þeroffe. [verse 2] Whanne Peter was wente vppe agayne vnto [to S.P.D.] Ierusalem, þei þat wore circumsiced striuen wiþ [verse 3] hym, ande saiden, Why ȝodeste þow vnto [in to S.P.D.] men þat hade þer circumsicynge [prepucyon S.P. prepucium D.] (15þat es, whi ȝodeste þow wiþ hem þat haden þer prepucy15 [15-15 om. S.P.D.] ande wore noghte circumsiced [circumsydyd S.D.] )? ande þow
