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THE ACTES OF THE APOSTLES. [i. 20.
Psal. cviii. a.
F. 167 r.
Actis vii. a.
Actis iiii. d.
i. Para. xxix.
c.
Prouerb.
xvi. d.
is, the feeld of blude. 20 And it is writin in the buke
of Psalmes, The habitacioun of thame be made desert,
and be thare naan that duell in it, and ane vthir
tak his bischoprike. 21 Tharfore it behuvis of thir
men, that ar gaderit togiddir with vs in al the tyme
in quhilk the Lord Jesu entrit, and went out amang
vs, 22 And began fra the baptyme of Johnne til into
the day in quhilk he was takin vp fra vs, that aan of
thir be made a witnesse of his resurrectioun with vs.
23 And thai ordanit ii, Joseph, (a) that was callit Barsabas,
that was namet lust, and Mathie. 24 And thai prayit,
and said, Thou, Lord, that knawis the hartis of all
men, schaw quham thou has chosen of thir ii, 25 That
aan tak the place of this seruice and apostilhede, of
quhilk Judas trespassit, that he suld ga in to his place.
26 And thai gaue cauilis to thame, and the cauile fell
on Mathie; and he was novmerit with elleuen
apostilis.
(a) Joseph added in the margin.
i. 20. And it is writin : Scriptum est enim. Hampole (p. 243),
‘ Thaire wonyng stede be made desert; and in thaire tabernakils
nane be that won ’: id. (p. 389), ‘ & his byschopryche another
take.’ Surtees Psalter (pp. 200, 245)—
‘ Wildernesse be mad Jjaire woninge,
And in ]>aire teldes wone nathinge.’
‘ And his bischeoprike fate other nim.’
Nis. has omitted the reference to Psalm Ixviii. c.
21. ar gaderit togiddir with vs: nobiscum sunt congregati.
23. ordanit: statuerunt; Rh., ‘appointed.’ was namet
cognominatus est.
24. of all men: omnium; but Wy., 1 of men,’ as if reading
hominum.
25. trespassit: prcevaricatus est. Comp. Catholicon,1 preuaricor
transgredi, infringere.’ Cod. Bez. has a quo transgressus iudas ;
S. Aug., a qua excessit Judas. in to his place : in locum suum.
26. cauilis: sortes; Wy., P., ‘lottis.’ he was novmerit:
annumeratus est; Wy., ‘he was noumbrid to gidere.’

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