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¶The .xxvij. Chapter.
1 Paul shippeth towarde Rome. 3 Iulius the captayne entreateth hym curteously. 41 And at the last they suffer shipwracke.
[unspec A] 1 ANd when it was cōcluded, that we shoulde sayle into Italie, they dely∣uered both Paul, & certayne other prysoners, vnto one named Iu∣lius, an vnder cap∣tayne of Augustus bande.
2 And we entred into a shippe of Adra∣myttium, & loosed from lande, appoyn∣ted to sayle by the coastes of Asia, one * 1.1Aristarchus out of Macedonia, of the countrey of Thessalonia, tarying styll with vs.
3 And the next day we came to Sidon: And Iulius * 1.2 curteouslye entreated Paul, and gaue hym libertie to go vnto his friendes, and to refreshe hym selfe.
4 And when we had launched from thence, we sayled harde by Cypers, be∣cause the wyndes were contrarye.
5 And when we had sayled ouer the sea of Cilicia, and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, which is in Lycia.
[unspec B] 6 And there the vnder captayne founde a shippe of Alexandria redy, that sayled into Italie, and he put vs therin.
7 And whē we had sayled slowly many dayes, & scarce were come ouer agaynst Gnydum, because ye wynde withstoode vs, we sayled harde by () 1.3 Candie, ouer agaynst Salmo,
8 And with much worke sayled beyonde it, and came vnto a place wich is called the Fayre hauens, nye whervnto was the citie of Lasea.
9 When much tyme was spent, & when saylyng was nowe ieopardus, because also that they had ouerlong fasted, Paul put them in remembraunce,
10 And sayde vnto them: Syrs, I per∣ceaue that this vyage will be with hurt and much damage, not of the ladyng and shippe only, but also of our lyues.
[unspec C] 11 Neuerthelesse, the vnder captayne beleued the gouernour and the maister of the shippe, more then those thynges which were spoken of Paul.
12 And because the hauen was not com∣modious to wynter in, many toke coun∣sell to depart thence, yf by any meanes they myght attayne to Phenice, & there to winter, which is an hauen of Candie, and lyeth towarde the southwest and northwest wynde.
13 And when the south wynde blewe softly, they supposyng to obtayne their purpose, loosed vnto Asson, and sayled past Candie.
14 But not long after, there arose against [unspec D] their purpose, a flawe of wynde out of the northeast.
15 And when the shippe was caught, and coulde not resist the wynde, we let her go, and were dryuen with the weather.
16 But we were caryed into an Ile which is named Clauda, and had much worke to come by a boate,
17 Which they toke vp, and vsed helpe, and made fast the shippe, fearyng least they shoulde fall into the Syrtes: And so they let downe a vessel, & were caried.
18 The next day, when we were tossed with an exceading tempest, they lighted the shippe,
19 And the thirde day, we cast out with our owne handes, the tacklyng of the shippe.
20 And when neither ye sunne nor starres in many dayes appeared, and no small tempest lay vpon vs, all hope that we should be saued, was then taken away.
21 But after long abstinence, Paul stoode foorth in the middes of them, and sayde: Syrs, ye shoulde haue harkened to me, & not to haue loosed frō Candie, neither to haue brought vnto vs this harme and losse.
22 And nowe I exhort you to be of good chere: For there shalbe no losse of any mans lyfe among you, but of the shippe.
23 For there stoode by me this nyght, the Angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serue,
24 Saying: Feare not Paul, * 1.4 thou must be brought before Caesar. And lo, God hath geuen thee all them that (a) 1.5 sayle with thee.
25 Wherfore syrs be of good cheare: for I beleue God, that it shalbe euen as it was tolde me.
26 Howbeit, we must be cast into * a cer∣tayne Ilande.
27 But when the fourtenth nyght was [unspec E]