text_original: The dates ranged between 1598 and 1610. The letters, of which there were eight, were of manifest unimportance, short notes directed: "Don de Escoban" and merely arranging meetings. Then there were a number of loose pages of some printed folio, used perhaps as some kind of tally or possibly a cipher, for they were marked all over with dots.
text_transcription: THE DATES RANGED BETWEEN FIFTEEN NINETY EIGHT AND SIXTEEN TEN THE LETTERS OF WHICH THERE WERE EIGHT WERE OF MANIFEST AND IMPORTANCE SHORT NOTES DIRECTED DON DE ESCOBAN AND MERELY ARRANGING MEETINGS THEN THERE WERE AS A NUMBER OF THESE PAGES OF SOME PRINTED FOLIO USED PERHAPS AS SOME KIND OF TALLY OR POSSIBLY A CIPHER FOR THEY WERE MARKED ALL OVER WITH DOTS
phonemes: ðə dˈeɪts ɹˈeɪndʒd bᵻtwˌiːn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt ænd wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd tˈɛn. ðə lˈɛɾɚz, ʌvwˈɪtʃ ðɛɹwˌɜːɹ ˈeɪt, wɜːɹ ʌv mˈænɪfˌɛst ˌʌnɪmpˈɔːɹtəns, ʃˈɔːɹt nˈoʊts dᵻɹˈɛktᵻd: "dˈɑːn də ˈɛskɑːbən" ænd mˈɪɹli ɚɹˈeɪndʒɪŋ mˈiːɾɪŋz. ðˈɛn ðɛɹwˌɜːɹ ɐ nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv lˈuːs pˈeɪdʒᵻz ʌv sˌʌm pɹˈɪntᵻd fˈoʊlɪˌoʊ, jˈuːzd pɚhˈæps æz sˌʌm kˈaɪnd ʌv tˈæli ɔːɹ pˈɑːsᵻbli ɐ sˈaɪfɚ, fɔːɹ ðeɪ wɜː mˈɑːɹkt ˈɔːl ˌoʊvɚ wɪð dˈɑːts.