¶ 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