The Actes of the Apostles translated into Englyshe Metre, and dedicated to the Kynges most excellent Maiestye, by Christofer Tye ... wyth notes to eche Chapter, to synge and also to play upon the Lute, very necessarye for studentes after theyr studye, to fyle theyr wyttes, and also for all Christians that cannot synge, to reade the good and Godlye storyes of the lyues of Christ hys Apostles |
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When
that ye people, taught they had
There came to them doutles:
Priestes & rulers, as men nie mad
And eke the Saduces.
There came to them doutles:
Priestes & rulers, as men nie mad
And eke the Saduces.
Whome it dyd greue, yt they should moue
The people and them leade:
That Iesus Christ, by power aboue
Shoulde ryse vp from the deade.
The people and them leade:
That Iesus Christ, by power aboue
Shoulde ryse vp from the deade.
And they layd hādes, on thē strayght way
And put them all asyde:
In prison fast, tyll the next daye
For it was then euentyde.
And put them all asyde:
In prison fast, tyll the next daye
For it was then euentyde.
But those that heard, the worde euen then
Beleued out of hande:
The numbre then, of those wonne men
Was well nye fyue thousande.
Beleued out of hande:
The numbre then, of those wonne men
Was well nye fyue thousande.
And it chaunced, the next daye was
Eche ruler and Elder:
The Scribes Annas, and eke Cayphas
Iohn and Allexander.
Eche ruler and Elder:
The Scribes Annas, and eke Cayphas
Iohn and Allexander.
And eke all those, that were with them
There of the hye Priestes kyn:
Then gathered at, Ierusalem
Where they were then brought in.
There of the hye Priestes kyn:
Then gathered at, Ierusalem
Where they were then brought in.
And when they stode, before the same
They axed them sayinge:
Shew by whose powre, or in whose name
That you haue done thys thynge.
They axed them sayinge:
Shew by whose powre, or in whose name
That you haue done thys thynge.
Peter ful of, the holy goost
Sayde vnto them ryght well:
Ye rulers all, both lest and moost
And chiefe of Israell.
Sayde vnto them ryght well:
Ye rulers all, both lest and moost
And chiefe of Israell.
Yf we thys daye, muste testify
Of the good dede and dole:
Delt to the sicke, man and eke by
What meanes he is made whole.
Of the good dede and dole:
Delt to the sicke, man and eke by
What meanes he is made whole.
Be it well knowen, to them that lyst
And ye that rulers be:
That in the name, of Iesus Christ
Of Nazareth worke we.
And ye that rulers be:
That in the name, of Iesus Christ
Of Nazareth worke we.
Whome ye haue, crucified and slayne
God hath from death now raysed:
By whome this man, is whole certayne
The Lord therfore be praysed.
God hath from death now raysed:
By whome this man, is whole certayne
The Lord therfore be praysed.
This is the chefe stone cast a syde
Of you that buylders be:
Whiche in the chiefe place shall abyde
Of the corners saye we.
Of you that buylders be:
Whiche in the chiefe place shall abyde
Of the corners saye we.
For neyther is there, saluacion
In anye sauinge he:
Nor other name, there is not one
Wherin made safe we be.
In anye sauinge he:
Nor other name, there is not one
Wherin made safe we be.
When they behelde, the boldnes then
Of Peter and of Iohn:
And knewe them both, vnlearned men
And laye people eche one.
Of Peter and of Iohn:
And knewe them both, vnlearned men
And laye people eche one.
They dyd muche muse, and knew iustly
That they were with Iesu:
And dyd beholde, the man stand by
The whiche was healed new.
That they were with Iesu:
And dyd beholde, the man stand by
The whiche was healed new.
Commaundynge them, to stande asyde
And from their counsell goo:
Consultinge there, and sayde prouyde
With these men what to do.
And from their counsell goo:
Consultinge there, and sayde prouyde
With these men what to do.
A wondrus signe, is done by them
And eke is iustly knowne:
To all them in, Ierusalem
The thynge abrode is blowen.
And eke is iustly knowne:
To all them in, Ierusalem
The thynge abrode is blowen.
But that they shal, hence forth therfore
No further noyse the same:
Let vs charge them, to speake no more
To no man in hys name.
No further noyse the same:
Let vs charge them, to speake no more
To no man in hys name.
They gaue to them, commaūdment new
That they should no man ayde:
To preache or teache, of their Iesu
But Peter and Iohn sayde.
That they should no man ayde:
To preache or teache, of their Iesu
But Peter and Iohn sayde.
Yf it be ryght, as ye thynke it
In syght of God the Lorde:
Your words to kepe, Gods to omit
Iuge ye and so recorde.
In syght of God the Lorde:
Your words to kepe, Gods to omit
Iuge ye and so recorde.
For we wyl speake, the truth euen so
Wherof we knowe the grounde:
They thretened them, and let them go
No faut in them was founde.
Wherof we knowe the grounde:
They thretened them, and let them go
No faut in them was founde.
The people also, praysed God
The lame awaye went rounde:
Who was of age, ful fourty and od
Which was made whole and sounde.
The lame awaye went rounde:
Who was of age, ful fourty and od
Which was made whole and sounde.
As soone as they, were then let go
They to their felowes went:
Expressynge their, great payne and wo
And eke imprisonment.
They to their felowes went:
Expressynge their, great payne and wo
And eke imprisonment.
By the hye Priestes, and Elders all
And what to them they sayde:
When they heard that, they loude dyd call
And gaue God thankes for ayde.
And what to them they sayde:
When they heard that, they loude dyd call
And gaue God thankes for ayde.
And sayde thou Lorde: thou God of blys
Madst heauen and earth for vs:
The sea and all, that ther in is
By whome Dauid sayd thus.
Madst heauen and earth for vs:
The sea and all, that ther in is
By whome Dauid sayd thus.
Why dyd the heathen, fume and fret
What rage in them now sprynges
Why dyd the Iuishe, people set
Their myndes vpon vayne thynges.
What rage in them now sprynges
Why dyd the Iuishe, people set
Their myndes vpon vayne thynges.
The Kynges and Rulers, dyd persist
In wycked councell longe:
Agaynst the Lorde, and hys sonne Christ
Whiche he sent vs amonge.
In wycked councell longe:
Agaynst the Lorde, and hys sonne Christ
Whiche he sent vs amonge.
For of a trueth, agaynst the Lorde
Whome thou annoynted hast:
Herod, Pilate, with one accorde
Helde with the Gentyls fast.
Whome thou annoynted hast:
Herod, Pilate, with one accorde
Helde with the Gentyls fast.
The people eke, of Israell
Increased more and more:
To do what thy, handes and councell
Determyned before.
Increased more and more:
To do what thy, handes and councell
Determyned before.
Nowe Lorde beholde, their threatnynge sworde
And graunt to thy elect:
With confydence, to speake thy worde
Good Lorde do vs protect.
And graunt to thy elect:
With confydence, to speake thy worde
Good Lorde do vs protect.
So that thyne hand, stretche forth ye same
Healyng and signes to vs:
That we do wonders in the name
Of thy dere sonne Iesus.
Healyng and signes to vs:
That we do wonders in the name
Of thy dere sonne Iesus.
As soone as they, had prayed anone
The place began to shake:
They were full of, the holye one
The worde boldly they spake.
The place began to shake:
They were full of, the holye one
The worde boldly they spake.
The multytude, that dyd beleue
Were of one sprit and harte:
Eche one to other styll dyd geue
In commen they dyd parte.
Were of one sprit and harte:
Eche one to other styll dyd geue
In commen they dyd parte.
And with great power, they dyd witnes
The resurreccion all:
Of Iesu Christ, yea and doutles
Great grace on them dyd fall.
The resurreccion all:
Of Iesu Christ, yea and doutles
Great grace on them dyd fall.
Not one amonge, them all dyd lacke
For who had house and lande:
Solde all and dyd, kepe nothynge backe
To haue in hys owne hande.
For who had house and lande:
Solde all and dyd, kepe nothynge backe
To haue in hys owne hande.
They layde all downe, at the fete than
Of thappostles in dede:
Distributynge to euery man
Accordynge to hys nede.
Of thappostles in dede:
Distributynge to euery man
Accordynge to hys nede.
Ioses who was, of an olde wonne
Of thappostles eche one:
Called Barnabas, whiche is the sonne
Of Consolacion.
Of thappostles eche one:
Called Barnabas, whiche is the sonne
Of Consolacion.
A Leuite borne, woulde not doe yll
Had lande and eke solde it:
And layd the pryce, downe with good wyll
At the Apostles feet.
Had lande and eke solde it:
And layd the pryce, downe with good wyll
At the Apostles feet.
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