& Sylas, & of the deuoute Grekes a great multitude, & of the chefe wemē, not a fewe.
But the Iewes which beleued not, had in dignacion & toke vnto thē euyl men, whiche were vagabūdes, & gathered a cōpany & set al the citie on a roare, & made assaute vnto y• house of Iasō, & sought to bring thē out to y• [unspec B] people. And whē they foūde thē not, they drue Iason, & certaine brethrē vnto the heades of the citie, crying: these that trouble the world are come hither also, whō Iason hath recey¦ued preuely. And these al do cōtrary to the decrees of Cesar, affirmig another king, one Iesus. And they troubled the people, & the officers of the citie, whē they herde these thi∣ges. And when they were sufficiētly answe∣red of Iason, & of the other, they let thē go.
And the brethrē immediatly sēt away Paul a Sylas by nyght vnto Berrea. Which whē [unspec C] they were come thither, they entred into y• Si¦nagoge of the Iewes. These were y• noblest of byrth among thē of Thessalonica, whiche recyeued the word wt al diligence of mynde, & serched the scriptures dayly, whither tho¦se thiges were euen so. And many of thē bele¦ued: also of worshypful women which were Grekes, & of men not a few. When y• Iewes of Thessalonica had knowledge, y• the word of God was preched of Paul at Berrea: they came, & moued the people ther. And then im¦mediatly the brethrē sent away Paul, to go as it were to the see: but Silas & Timothe∣us abode there styl. And they y• gided Paul, [unspec D] brought him vnto Athens, & receiued a com¦maūdement vnto Silas & Timotheus, for to come to hi wt spede, & came their way. Whi¦le Paul wayted for thē at Athens, his spirit was moued in hi, whē he sawe the cytie giuē to worshypping of ymages. Then disputed he in the smagoge wt the Iewes, & wyth the deuout persons: & in the maket dayly wt thē that came vnto hi by chaūce. Certayne Phi¦losophers of the Epicures & of the Stoyck{is} disputed with hi. And some there were whi∣che [unspec E] sayde: what wyll this babler say? Other sayd: he semeth to be a tidiges briger of new deuils, because he preached vnto thē Iesus & the resurreccion. And they toke hym, and brought hi into Marce strete, sayig: may we not knowe what this newe doctrine wherof thou spekest, is? For thou bryngest straunge tydinges to our eares. We wolde know ther¦fore, what these thinges meane. For all the Athenians & straungers which were there, gaue thē selues to nothing els, but eyther to tell, or to heare some newe thyng.
Paul stode in the middes of Marce strete, & sayde: ye men of Athens, I perceyue y• in all thig{is} ye are to supersticious. For as I passed by, & beheld the maner how ye worship your [unspec F] goddes, I foūde an aulter wherin was writ¦tē: vnto the vnknowē God. Whō ye then ig∣noraūtly worshyp, him shewe I vnto you: God ye made the world & al that are in it (se∣ing ye he is Lord of heuen & earth) dwelleth not in tēples made wt handes, nether is wor¦shypped with mens hādes, as though he ne¦ded of any thing, seing he hi self giueth life & breth to all men euery where, & hath made of one blode al naciōs of men, for to dwel on al y• face of the earth, & hath assigned before, how long time, & also the endes of their inha¦bitaciō, ye they shulde seke god, if they might fele & fynde him, though he be not farre frō euery one of vs. For in him we lyue, moue, & haue our beinge, as certayne of your owne Poetes sayd: For we are also his generaciō, For asmuch then as ☞ we are the generaci¦on of God, we ought not to thincke that the [unspec G] Godhead is lyke vnto golde, siluer or stone, grauen by crafte & ymagmation of man.
And the tyme of this ignoraūce God re¦garded not. But now biddeth al men eue∣ry where repēt, bicause he hath appoynted a day, in the which he wyl iudge the world wt ryghtuousnes, by that man by whō he hath apoynted, & hath offered fayth to al men, af∣ter that he had raysed him from death.
When they herde of the resurreccyon frō death, some mocked, & other sayde: we wyll heare the agayne of this matter. So Paule departed frō among thē. Howbeit certayne men claue vnto hi & beleued•• among y• whi∣che was Diomsius a senatoure, & a woman named Demaris, and other with them.