A   There was a man at Cesarea, named Cornelius (a captayne of þe; c&obar;pany, which is called þe; Italianysh) a deuoute man, ∧ one that feared God &wt; all his house, ∧ gaue moch almesse to þe; people, and prayed God allwaye. The same sawe in a

vision openly (aboute the nyenth houre of the daye) an angell of God entringe in to him, and sayenge vnto him: Cornelius. He loked vpon him, and was afrayed, and sayde: LORDE, what is it? He sayde vnto him: ^note Thy prayers ∧ thine allmesses are come vp in to rem&ebar;braunce before God. And now sende men vnto Ioppa, ∧ call for Sim&obar;, whose syrname is Peter, which is at lodginge with one Symon a tanner, whose house lyeth by þe; see syde: he shal tell þe;, what thou oughtest to do. And wh&abar; the angell which spake to Cornelius, was departed, he called two of his housholde seruauntes, ∧ a deuoute soudyer, of th&ebar; that wayted vpon him: and tolde them all, and sent th&ebar; to Ioppa.

On the nexte daye after whan these were goinge on their iourney, and came nye vnto the cite, Peter ^note wente vp in to a chamber to praye aboute the sixte houre. And whan he was h&obar;grie, he wolde haue eat&ebar;. But whyle they made ready for him, he fell into a traunce, and sawe heau&ebar; open, B   and a vessell c&obar;mynge downe vnto him, as it had bene a greate lynn&ebar; clothe, knytt at the foure corners, and was let downe to þe; earth, wherin were all maner of foure foted beestes of the earth, ∧ wylde beestes, and wormes, and foules of the ayre. And there came a voyce vnto him: Ryse Peter, slaye, ∧ eate. But Peter sayde: Oh no, LORDE, ^note for I neuer ate eny commen or vncleane thinge. And the voyce spake vnto him agayne þe; sec&obar;de tyme: ^note What God hath clensed, þt; make not thou vncleane. This was done thryse. And þe; vessell was receaued vp agayne in to heauen.

But whyle Peter was combred in him selfe, what maner of vision this shulde be which he had sene, beholde, the men þt; were sent from Cornelius, enquered after Sim&obar;s house, and stode before the dore, and called, and axed whether Simon (whose syrname was Peter) were lodged there. Whyle Peter was musinge of the vision, the sprete sayde vnto him: beholde, the men seke the. Aryse therfore, and get the downe, ∧ go with th&ebar;, and doute not, for I haue sent them.

C   Then wente Peter downe to the men, þt; were sent vnto him from Cornelius, and sayde: lo, I am he whom ye seke: what is þe; cause, wherfore ye are come? They sayde: Cornelius the captayne, a iust man and one that feareth God, and of good reporte am&obar;ge all the people of the Iewes, was warned by an holy angell, to sende for the in to his house, and to heare wordes of the. ^noteThen called he them in, and lodged them.

The nexte daye after wente Peter forth with them, and certayne brethren of Ioppa bare him company. And þe; daye folowinge came they to Cesarea. Cornelius wayted for th&ebar;, and had called together his kyn&esset;folkes and speciall frendes. And as it chaunced þt; Peter came in, Cornelius mett him, and fell downe at his fete, ∧ worshipped him. But Peter toke him vp, and sayde: ^note Stonde vp, I am a man also. And as he talked &wt; him, he wente in, and founde many that were come together, and he sayde vnto them: ^note Ye knowe, that it is not laufull for a man beynge a Iewe to ioyne him selfe or to come to a straunger. But God hath shewed me, þt; I shulde call no m&abar; c&obar;men or vncleane. Therfore haue I not douted to come, as soone as I was sent for. I axe you therfore, for what intent haue ye sent for me?

D   Cornelius sayde: It is now foure dayes agoo, then fasted I, and at the nyenth houre I prayed in my house, and beholde, there stode a m&abar; before me in a bryghte clothinge, and sayde: Cornelius, þi; prayer is herde, and thine allmesse dedes are had in rem&ebar;braunce iu the sighte of God. Sende therfore to Ioppa, and call for one Simon (whose syrname is Peter) which is at lodginge in þe; house of Simon þe; t&abar;ner, by the see syde: þe; same wh&abar; he commeth, shal speake vnto þe;. Then sent I vnto the immediatly, and thou hast done well, that thou art come. Now are we all here presente before God, to heare all thinges that are commaunded the of God.

^notePeter opened his mouth, ∧ sayde: Now perceaue I of a trueth, that God hath no respecte of personnes, ^note but in all people he þt; feareth him, and worketh righteousnes, is accepted vnto him. Ye knowe of þe; preachinge that God sent vnto the children of Israel, preachinge thorow Iesus Christ (which is LORDE ouer all) which preachinge was published thorow out all Iewry, ^note and beg&abar;ne in Galile after þe; baptyme that Ihon preached, how God ^note anoynted the same Iesus of Nazareth with the holy goost and &wt; power, which wente aboute, ∧ dyd good, and healed all those that were oppressed of the deuell, for God was with him. And we are witnesses of all that he dyd in the londe of the Iewes, ∧ at Ierusalem. Whom they slewe, and hanged on tre.

E   Him God raysed vp on the thirde daye, and caused him be openly shewed, not to all the people, but to þe; chosen witnesses of God euen vnto vs, which ate ∧ dronke with him, after he was rysen vp from the deed. ^noteAnd

he commaunded vs to preach vnto the people, ^note and to testifye, that it is he which is ordeyned of God a iudge of the lyuynge and of the deed. ^noteOf him beare all the prophetes wytnesse, that thorow his name all they þt; beleue in him, shal receaue remyssion of synnes. Whyle Peter was yet speakynge these wordes, the holy goost fell vp&obar; all th&ebar; that herkened vnto the worde. And the faithfull of the circ&ubar;cision which came with Peter, were astonnyed, because that the gifte of þe; holy goost was shed out also vpon the Heythen. For they herde that they spake with tunges, and magnified God. Th&ebar; answered Peter: ^note Maye eny man forbydde water, that these shulde not be baptysed, which haue receaued the holy goost as well as we? And he commaunded them to be baptysed in the name of the LORDE. Th&ebar; prayed they him, that he wolde tary there certayne dayes.

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