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

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Here begynneth the pystles and gospels, of euery Sonday, and holy daye in the yere
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[Imprinted at Rowen :: S.n.],
The yere of our lorde. M.D.xxxviij. [1538]
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Church of England. -- Book of common prayer.
Bible -- Liturgical lessons, English -- Early works to 1800.
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"Here begynneth the pystles and gospels, of euery Sonday, and holy daye in the yere." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A16081.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.

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¶ The Pystel on saynt Peter & Paules day. The. xij. Chap. of the Acces of the Apostels. A.

[illustration]
IN that tyme Herode the kyng / layde hādes on cer∣tein of the gregaciō to ve xe thē / he killed Iames the brother of Iohan / with a swerd / & because he sawe the it plea sed the Iewes he pceded further / & toke Peter also. Them were the dayes of the swete bread / & whē he had caught hī / he put hym ī prisō / & delyuered hym to. iiij. quaterniōs of soldiours to be kept / entendynge after, Easter to brynge hī forth to the people Thē was Peter kept ī

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prysō / but prayer was made without ceasyng of the gregacyō vnto god for hi / whē Herode wolde haue brought hī out vnto the people / the same nyght slep∣te Peter bytwene two soldiours / wūd with two chay nes / & the kepers before the ore kepte the prysō / & be hold the āgell of the lord was there p̄sēt / & lyght shy∣ned ī the lodge / & smote Peter on the syde / & styred hī vp sayēg. Aryse vp qickly / & the chaynes fel of frō his hādes / & the āgell sayd vnto hī / gyrde thy selfe / & bīde on thy sādalles / & so he dyd & he sayd vnto hī caste on thy mātell about the / & folowe me / & he came & folo∣wed hī / & wyst nat that it was trueth which was done by the āgell / but thought he had sene a vysyon when they were past the fyrst & the secōde watche / they cāe vnto the Irō gate that ledeth vnto te cytye which ope ned to thē by his owne accorde. And they wēt out / & passed thorowe one strete / & by & by the Angell depar ted frō hī And whē Peter cā to hī selfe / he sayd / now I knowe of a suertye that the lord hath sēt his āgell & hath delyuered me from the hande of Herode / & frō all the waytynge for of the people of the Iewes.

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