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AFter .v. dayes / Ananias the hye preste [ A] descended / with elders & with a certay¦ne Oratour named Tartullus / & enfor¦med the ruelar of Paul. When Paul was cal¦led forth / Tartullus beganne to accuse him saying: Seynge y• we live in great quyetnes by the meanes of the / & that many good thin∣ges are done vnto this nacion thorow thy pro¦vidence:
that alowe we ever & in all places / most myghty Felix with all thankes. Not¦withstondinge / that I be not tedeous vnto the / I praye the / that thou woldest heare vs of thy curtesy a feawe wordes.
We have founde this mā a pestilent felo∣we / and [ B] a mover of debate vnto all the Iewes thorowe out the worlde / & a mayntayner of y• secte of the Nazarites / & hath also enforsed to pollute the temple. Whom we toke & wolde have iudged acordinge to oure lawe: but the hye captayne Lisias came vpon vs / and with great violence toke him awaye out of oure hō¦des / cōmaundinge his accusars to come vnto the. Of whō thou mayst (yf thou wilt enquy∣re) knowe the certayne of all these thinges where of we accuse him. The Iewes lyke wy¦se affermed / sayinge that it was even so.
Then Paul (after that the rular him selfe [ C] had beckened vnto him that he shuld speake) answered: I shall with a moare quvet minde answere for my selfe / for as moche as I vnder¦stonde y• thou hast bene of many yeares a iud¦ge vnto this people / because that thou mayst knowe y• there are yet .xii. dayes sence I went vp to Ierusalem for to praye / & that they ne∣ther founde me in the tēple disputinge with eny man / other raysinge vp the people / nether in the Synagoges / nor in the cite. Nether can they prove y• thinge wher of they accuse me.
But this I confesse vnto y• / that after that waye (which they call heresy) so worshippe I the God of my fathers / belevinge all thin∣ges
which are writtē in the lawe & y• Prophe∣tes / & have hope towardes God / that y• same resurreccion from deeth (which they them sel¦ves loke for also) shalbe / both of iust & vniust. And therfore stody I to have a cleare consciē¦ce towarde God / and toward man also. [ E]
But after many yeres I came & brought al¦mes to my people & offeringes / in the which they founde me purified in the tēple / nether with multitude / nor yet wt vnquyetnes How beit there were certayne Iewes out of Asia which ought to be here present before the / & accuse me / yf they had ought agaynst me: or els let these same here saye / if they have foun∣de eny evell doinge in me / whill I stonde here in y• counsell: except it be for this one voyce / y• I cryed stondinge amōge thē / of the resutrec∣cion frō deeth am I iudged of you this daye. [ F]
When Felix hearde these thinges he de∣ferde them / for he knowe very well of yt waye & sayde: when Lisias the captayne is come / I will know the vtmost of youre matters. And he commaunded an vnder captayne to kepe Paul / and that he shuld have rest / and that he shuld forbyd none of his aquayntaūce▪ to mi∣nister vnto him / or to come vnto him.
And after a certayne dayes / cā Felix & his wyfe Drusilla which was a Iewas / & called [ G] forth Paul / & hearde him of the fayth which is toward Christ. And as he preached of righ¦teousnes / temperaūce & iudgement to come / Felix trembled & answered: thou hast dóne ynough at this tyme / departe / when I have a
conveniēt tyme / I will sende for the. He ho∣ped also that money shuld have bene geven him of Paul / that he myght lowse him: wher∣fore he called him y• oftēner & cōmened with him. But after two yeare / Festus Poreius ca¦me into Felix roume. And Felix willinge to shewe y• Iewes a pleasure / lefte Paul in pre∣son bounde.