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iii. 8.] THE ACTES OF THE APOSTLES.
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The threde chapture.
And Petir and Johnne went up into the tempile,
at the nynt houre of praying. 2 And a man that
was lamyt fra the wambe of his moder, was born, Actis xiiii. d.
and was laid ilk day at the port of the tempile,
that is said faire, to ask almouse of men that entrit
in to the tempile. 3 This, quhen he saw Petir and
Johnne beginnand to entir in to the tempile, prayit
that he suld tak almouse. 4 And Petir with Johnne
beheld on him, and said, Behald thou in to vs.
5 And he beheld in to thame, and hopet, that he suld
tak sumquhat of thame. 6 Bot Petir said, I haue
nouthir siluer nor gold; bot that that I haue, I
geue to thee. In the name of Jesu Crist of Nazareth, Actisiiii. a.
rijse thou vp, and ga. 7 And he tuke him be the
richthand, and liftit him up; and incontinent his
leggis and his feet war sowdit togiddir; 8 And he
lap, and stude, and yede. And he entrit with thame
in to the tempile, and yede, and lap, and louit God.
iii. 2. and was laid : quem ponebant. port: portam ; Wy.,
P., ‘3ate.’ that is said faire : qua; dicitur Speciosa; Rh., ‘that
is called Specious.’ almouse : Wy., P., ‘ almes.’
3. he suld tak : acciperet.
4. beheld: Intuens. Behald thou : Respice.
5. And he beheld: At Me intendebat; Rh., ‘But he looked
earnestly.’
7. liftit: allevavil; Wy., ‘lifte’; P., ‘heuede,’ but one MS.
‘lifte.’ incontinent: Wy., P., ‘ anoon ’ ; protinus. his
leggis and his feet: so P., but Wy., more literally, ‘the groundis
and plauntis, or salts, of him ’; bases ejus et plan tee. Lyra : ‘ bases
eius -i- crura & tibie ; quibus innititur corporis pondus & plante d-
pedes usque ad ultimam superficiem.’ war sowdit togiddir:
consolidatce sunt; Wy., ‘ben saddid to gidere.’
8. lap: P., ‘lippide’; exiliens; and so again in this verse,
yede: Wy., P., ‘wandride’; ambulabat, and so again in this
verse, but in ver. 9, ‘ gangand ’ represents Wy., P., ‘ walkinge ’;
ambulantem.