Thrice was it thus cried to him, and straightway the vessel
was drawn up to Heaven again, together with the beasts.
We will now tell you shortly the interpretation.
The four-cornered vessel with the foul beasts
had for signification all heathen nations,
who, in the four quarters of the earth, lived foully,
but Christ cleansed them by His coming into the world;
and therefore said the voice, crying to Peter,
that he should feed himself with the fierce beasts,
because they were cleansed through Christ's passion,
and He Was to turn them from the likeness of the serpent
by true doctrine unto reason,
and to the likeness of men from that loathsome form.
Thrice cried the voice from the Holy Trinity,
Who is One Almighty God, ever indivisible.
"While Peter considered what his vision should mean
there cried three men, knocking at the gate,
and asking of the servants, whether the holy Peter
had his dwelling there, desiring to speak with him.
Behold then, the Holy Ghost told him of it and said,
'Three men seek thee from the city of Caesarea,
arise, and go with them, for I have sent them,'
Peter thereupon went quickly to the men, is
enquiring for what cause they asked for him.
They said that Cornelius sent them to him;
'He is a Centurion, and hath the fear of God,
a very righteous man, as all this province knows;
to him came God's angel, and bade that he should
summon thee to him, and hear thy doctrine.'
So, in the early morning, went
the blessed Peter with the messengers
