text_original: From this want of inclination or capacity to write, in our hero himself, the undertaking is now left to me, of transmitting to posterity the remarkable adventures of FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM; and by the time the reader shall have glanced over the subsequent sheets, I doubt not but he will bless God that the adventurer was not his own historian.
text_transcription: FROM THIS WANT OF INCLINATION OR CAPACITY TO WRITE IN OUR HERO HIMSELF THE UNDERTAKING IS NOW LEFT TO ME OF TRANSMITTING TO POSTERITY THE REMARKABLE ADVENTURES OF FERDINAND COUNT FATHOM AND BY THE TIME THE READER SHALL HAVE GLANCED OVER THE SUBSEQUENT SHEETS I DOUBT NOT BUT HE WILL BLESS GOD THAT THE ADVENTURER WAS NOT HIS OWN HISTORIAN
phonemes: fɹʌm ðɪs wˈɔnt ʌv ɪŋklɪnˈeɪʃən ɔːɹ kəpˈæsᵻɾi tə ɹˈaɪt, ɪn ˌaʊɚ hˈiəɹoʊ hɪmsˈɛlf, ðɪ ˌʌndɚtˈeɪkɪŋ ɪz nˈaʊ lˈɛft tə mˌiː, ʌv tɹænsmˈɪɾɪŋ tə pɑːstˈɛɹᵻɾi ðə ɹᵻmˈɑːɹkəbəl ɐdvˈɛntʃɚz ʌv fˈɜːdɪnˌænd kˈaʊnt fˈæðəm; ænd baɪ ðə tˈaɪm ðə ɹˈiːdɚ ʃˌæl hæv ɡlˈænst ˌoʊvɚ ðə sˈʌbsᵻkwənt ʃˈiːts, aɪ dˈaʊt nˌɑːt bˌʌt hiː wɪl blˈɛs ɡˈɑːd ðætðɪ ɐdvˈɛntʃɚɹɚ wʌz nˌɑːt hɪz ˈoʊn hɪstˈɔːɹiən.