A   Then c&abar; he to Derba and to Lystra, And beholde, a certayne dyscyple was there named Timothe&us; a womans sonne, which was a Iewesse and beleued: but hys father was a Greke. Of whom reported well the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconi&ubar; Hym wold Paul that he shulde go forth with him, ∧ toke and circ&ubar;cised hym, because of the Iewes which were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that hys father was a Greke. As they went thorowe the cyties, they deliuered them the decrees for to kepe, that were ^note ordeyned of the Apostles and elders, which were at Ierusalem. And so were the congregacy&obar;s stablyshed in the fayth, and encreased in nombre dayly.

B   When they had gone thorow out Phrigia. and the region of Galacia, and ^note were forbydden of the holy ghost to preach the word in Asia, they came to Mysya, and sought to go into Bethynia. But the sprete soffred th&ebar; not But wh&abar; they had gone thorow Mysia they came downe to ^note Troada. And a visy&obar; appered to Paul in the nyght. There stode a man of Macedonia and prayed him, saying: come into Macedonia, &abar;d helpe vs. After he had sene the vision, immediatly we prepared to go into Macedonia, C   beinge certifyed that the Lorde had called vs, for to preach þe; gospell vnto th&ebar;. Whan we losed forth then fr&obar; Troada, we came &wt; a strayte course to Samothracia, and þe; nexte daye to Neapolin, ∧ from thence to Philippos, which is the chefe cytie in þe; partes of Macedonia, ∧ a fre cytie.

We were in that cytie abydinge certayne dayes. And on þe; Saboth dayes we w&ebar;t out of the citie besydes a ryuer, where men were wont to praye. And we sate downe, ∧ spake vnto the wem&ebar; which resorted thyther. And a certayne woman (named Lydia) a seller of purple, of þe; cytie of Thyatira, which worshypped God, gaue vs audience. Whose hert the Lorde opened, that she att&ebar;ded vnto the thynges, which Paul spake. D   When she was baptised, &abar;d her housholde, she besought vs, sayinge: If ye thyncke that I beleue on the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. And she ^note constrayned vs.

And it fortuned as we went to prayer, a certayn damsell possessed with a sprete that prophesyed, met vs, which brought her master: ∧ mastres moche vauntage &wt; Prophesyinge. ^note The same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, sayinge: ^note these men are the seruauntes of the most hye God, which shew vnto vs the waye of saluacyon. And thys dyd she many dayes. But Paul not content, turned aboute, and sayde to the sprete. I commaunde the ^note in the name of Iesu Christ, that thou come out of her. And he came out the same houre

And when her master and mastres sawe that ^note þe; hope of their gaynes was gone, they caught Paul and Sylas, E   and drue th&ebar; into the market place vnto the rulars, ∧ brought th&ebar; to the officers, sayinge: These men trouble oure cytie seing they are Iewes, ∧ preach ordinaunces, which are not laufull for vs to receaue, nether to obserue, seynge we are Romanys. And the people ranne agaynst them, and the officers rent their clothes, ∧ c&obar;maunded th&ebar; to ^note be beat&ebar; with roddes. And wh&ebar; they had beaten them sore, they cast th&ebar; into preson, commaundynge the iayler of the preson to kepe them diligently. Which when he had receaued such c&obar;maundement, thrust th&ebar; into the ynner preson, ∧ made theyr fete fast in the stockes.

F   At mydnyght Paul ∧ Sylas prayed, and lauded God. And the presoners hearde them. And sodenly ther was a greate erthquake, so that the fo&ubar;dacion of the preson was shaken, and ^note immediatly all the dores opened and euery mannes bandes were loosed. Wh&ebar; þe; keper of the preson waked out of his slepe and sawe the preson dores open, he drue out his swearde and wolde haue kylled him selfe supposyng that the presoners had bene fledd. But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying: do thy selfe no harme, for we are all heare. Then he called for a lyght and sprange in &abar;d r&abar; tremblynge vnto Paul, and fell downe at the fete of Paul ∧ Sylas, and brought them out, ∧ sayde: Syrs ^note what must I do to be saued? And they sayde: ^note beleue on the Lorde Iesus, ∧ thou shalt be saued ∧ thy housholde. G   And they preached vnto him the worde of þe; Lord, ∧ to all that were in hys house. And he toke them þe; same houre of the nyght, ∧ wasshed their woundes, and was baptised &abar;d all they of hys housholde strayght waye. And when he had brought them into hys house, he set meate before them, and ^note ioyed that he with all his housholde, beleued on God.

And when it was daye, the officers sent þe; ministers, saying: let those men go. The keper of the preson tolde this sayinge to Paul: the officers haue sent word to lose you. Now therfore, get you hence and go in peace. Th&ebar; sayde Paul vnto them: they haue beaten vs openly vncond&ebar;ned, for all that we are Romayns, and haue cast vs into preson: ∧ now wolde they sende vs awaye preuely? Naye Uerely, but let th&ebar; come th&ebar; selues, ∧ fet vs out. When the ministers tolde these wordes

vnto the officers, they feared when they hearde, that they were Romaynes ^note they cam and besought them: and brought them out, and desyred them, to departe out of the cytie. And they went out of the preson, and entred into the house of Lidia, and when they had sene the brethren, they conforted them, and departed

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