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

¶ The Pystell on the Conuersyō of saynte Paule. The. ix. cha••. of the Actes of the Apostles. A.

SAul yet brethyng / out threatenynges and slaughter agaynst the discyples of the lorde / wēte vnto the hye preest and desyred of hym letters to Dania scon / to the Synagoges that yf he found any of this way whether they were men or womē / he myght bryng them boūde vnto Ierusalē. As he wente on his iour¦ney / it fortuned that he drewe nye to Damascō / and sodaynly theyr shynede rounde aboute hym alyght from heuen / and he fel to the erth and herde a voyce sayēg to hym. Saul / Saul. Uvhy persecuteste thou me? And he sayde / what arte thou lorde. The lorde sayde / I am Iesus whom thou persecutest / it shal be harde for the to kycke agaynst the prycke / he both trē blynge and astonyed sayd lorde what wylte thou ha¦ue me to do? And the lorde sayd vnto hym / aryse and go in to the Cytie / and it shal be told the what thou shalt do. The men whiche companyed with hym on his waye / stode amased / for they herde a voyce / but sawe no man. Saul arose from the erth and whē he had opened his eyes he saw no man. Thē ledde they hym by the hāde / and brought hym in to Damascon and he was thre dayes without syght & neyther eate nor drāke. There was a certayne discyple at Dama∣scon named Ananias: to hym spake the lorde in a vi∣syon

/ Ananias. And he sayde beholde / I am here lorde. And the lorde sayde vnto hym / aryse and go in to the strete / whiche is called strayte / and seke in the house of Iudas / after one saul of the Cytye of That sus / for beholde he prayeth and hathe sene in a visyō / a man named Ananias commyng in vnto hym / and puttyng his handes on hym / that he myght receaue his syght Ananias answered / lorde I haue herd by many of this man / howe moche hurth he hath done to thy sayntes at Ierusalem / and ī this place he hath auctorite of the hye preestes to bynde all that cal on thy name. The lorde sayde vnto hym. Go thy wayes for he is a chosen vessel vnto me to beare my name before the gentyls and kynges / and the chyldren of Israel / for I wyl shewe hym howe greate thynges he muste suffre for my names sake. Ananias wēt his way / and entred in to the house / and put his handes on hym / and sayde: brother saule the lorde that appe∣red vnto the in the way as thou camest sent me vnto the that thou myghtest receaue thy syght / and be fyl∣led with the holy gost. And immediatly there fell frō his eyes as it had ben scales / and he receaued his syghte / and arose and was baptysed / and receaued meate and was conforted. Then was saul certayne dayes with the discyples whiche were at Damascon / and strayght way he preached Chryst in the Synoge ges howe that he was the sone of god. Al that herde hym were amased and sayde / is nat this he that spoy¦led thē whiche called on this name ī Ierusalem? and came hyther for the entent that he shulde bryng thē boūde vnto the hye p̄estes? Saul encreased ī strēgth / and cōfoūded the Iewes whiche dwelled at Dama∣scon affyrmyng that this was very chryst.