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the souldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye suffered to liue. 5 But he shooke off the worme
can not be safe. 32 Then the souldiers cut off the into the fire, and felt no harme. 6 Howbeit they
ropes of the boat, and let it fall away. 33 And when wayted whe he should haue swolne, or fallen
it began to be day, Paul exhorted them all to take downedeadsuddenly: butaftertheyhadlookeda
meate, saying, This is the fourteenth day that great while, and sawe no inconuenience come to
ye haue taried, and continued fasting, receiuing him, they changed their mindes, and said, That
nothing: 34 Wherefore I exhort you to take meate: he was a God. In the same quarters, the chiefe
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for this is for your safegarde: for there shall not man of the Yle (whose name was Publius) had
an heare fall from the head of any of you. 35 And possessions: the same receiued vs, and lodged vs
when he had thus spoken, hee tooke bread and three dayes courteously. And so it was, that the
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gaue thankes to God, in presence of them all, and father of Publius lay sicke of the feauer, and of a
brake it, and began to eate. 36 Then were they bloodie flixe: to whom Paul entred in, and when
all of good courage, and they also tooke meate. he prayed, he laide his hands on him, and healed
37 Nowe we were in the ship in all two hundreth him. 9 When this then was done, other also in
three score and sixteene soules. 38 And whe they the Yle, which had diseases, came to him, and
Which also did vs great honour:
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were healed,
had eaten ynough, they lightened the ship, and and when we departed, they laded vs with things
cast out the wheat into the sea. 39 And when it 11
was day, they knewe not the countrey, but they necessarie. Nowe after three moneths we
departed in a shippe of Alexandria, which had
spied a certaine creeke with a banke, into the wintred in the Yle, whose badge was Castor and
which they were minded (if it were possible) to Pollux. 12 And when we arriued at Syracuse, we
thrust in the ship. 40 So when they had taken taried there three dayes. 13 And from thence we
vp the ankers, they committed the ship vnto the set a compasse, and came to Rhegium: and after
sea, and loosed the rudder bonds, and hoised vp one day, the South wind blewe, and we came
the maine saile to the winde, and drewe to the the seconde day to Putioli: 14 Where we found
shore. 41 And when they fell into a place, where
two seas met, they thrust in the ship: and the brethren, and were desired to tary with them
forepart stucke fast, and could not be moued, but seuen dayes, and so we went toward Rome. 15 And
the hinderpart was broken with the violence of from thence, when the brethren heard of vs, they
the waues. 42 Then the souldiers counsell was came to meete vs at the Market of Appius, and
to kill the prisoners, least any of them, when at the Three tauernes, whom when Paul sawe,
he had swomme out, should flee away. 43 But he thanked God, and waxed bolde. 16 So when
we came to Rome, the Centurion deliuered the
the Centurion willing to saue Paul, stayed them prisoners to the generall Captaine: but Paul was
from this counsell, and commanded that they suffered to dwell by him selfe with a souldier that
that coulde swimme, shoulde cast them selues kept him. 17 And the third day after, Paul called
first into the sea, and goe out to land: 44 And the the chiefe of the Iewes together: and when they
other, some on boardes, and some on certaine were come, he said vnto them, Men and brethren,
pieces of the ship: and so it came to passe that though I haue committed nothing against the
they came all safe to land. people, or Lawes of the fathers, yet was I deli-

28 uered prisoner from Hierusalem into the handes
of the Romanes.
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Who when they had examined
1 And when they were come safe, then they me, would haue let me goe, because there was no
knewe that the Yle was called Melita. 2 And cause of death in me. 19 But when the Iewes spake
the Barbarians shewed vs no litle kindnesse: for contrary, I was constrained to appeale vnto Ce-
they kindled a fire, and receiued vs euery one, sar, not because I had ought to accuse my nation
because of the present showre, and because of of. 20 For this cause therefore haue I called for
the colde. 3 And when Paul had gathered a you, to see you, and to speake with you: for that
nomber of stickes, and laid them on the fire, there hope of Israels sake, I am bound with this chaine.
came a viper out of the heate, and leapt on his 21 Then they saide vnto him, We neither receiued
hand. Nowe when ye Barbarians saw the worme letters out of Iudea concerning thee, neither
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hang on his hand, they said among themselues, came any of the brethren that shewed or spake
This man surely is a murtherer, whom, though any euill of thee. 22 But we will heare of thee
he hath escaped the sea, yet Vengeance hath not