Here begynneth the pystles and gospels, of euery Sonday, and holy daye in the yere

¶ The Pystell on the Ascensyō daye The fyrste chapyter of the Actes of the Apostles. A.

SAynt Luke which wrote the Actes of the Apo¦stels sayth ī the former treatyse (dere frēd theo phil{us}) I haue writē of all that Ies{us} begā to do / & thea¦che vntyll the daye ī the which he was takē vp after that he thoroughe the holy ghoost hath gyuē•• maun demētes vnto the Apostels / whiche he had chosē / to whō also he shewed hī selfe a lyue after h{is} passiō / by many tokēs apperīg vnto thē forty dayes / & spake vnto thē of the kyngdōe of god / & gathered thē togy¦ther / & cōmaunded thē that they shulde nat departe frō Ierusalem / but to wayte for the promyse of the father / whereof ye haue herde of me. For Iohā bap¦tysed with water / but ye shall be baptysed with the holy ghost / & that within this fewe dayes. whē they were come togyther. They asked of hym sayenge. Lorde wylte thou at this tyme restore agayne the

kyngdome to Israel? He sayed vnto them it is nat for ye to know the tymes or seasōs which the father hath put ī his own power but ye shall receaue power of the holy ghoste / whiche shall cōe on you. And ye shal be wytnesses vnto me ī Ierusalē / & ī all Iewry and in Samary / and euen vnto the worldes end / and whan he had spoken these thynges / whyle they beheld he was taken vp and a cloude receaued hym vp out of theyr syght / & whyle they loked sted fastly vp to heuē as he went / Beholde two mē stode by thē in whyte clothynge whiche also sayd / ye men of Ga¦lyle? why stand ye gasyng vp in to heuē. Thys same Iesus whiche is taken vp from you in to heuē / shal so come / euen as ye haue sene hym go in to heuen.