text_original: Wherefore not a writing, ^f but a voice is necessary for a written law ; this H alone is requisite to the being, that to the remem  ^^ brance of a law. For we read, that before letters ^H were found out for the help of memory, that laws, ^1 contracted into metre, were wont to be sung.
text_transcription: WHEREFORE NOT A WRITING BUT A VOICE IS NECESSARY FOR A WRITTEN LAW THIS ALONE IS REQUISITE TO THE BEING THAT THE REMEMBRANCE OF A LAW FOR WE READ THAT BEFORE LETTERS WERE FOUND OUT FOR THE HELP OF MEMORY THAT LAWS CONTRACTED INTO METRE WERE WONT TO BE SUNG
phonemes: wˈɛɹfɔːɹ nˌɑːɾɚ ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ, ˈɛf bˌʌt ɐ vˈɔɪs ɪz nˈɛsᵻsɚɹi fɚɹɚ ɹˈɪʔn̩ lˈɔː ; ðɪs ˈeɪtʃ ɐlˈoʊn ɪz ɹˈɛkwɪsˌɪt tə ðə bˈiːɪŋ, ðæt tə ðə ɹᵻmˈɛm bɹˈæns əvə lˈɔː. fɔːɹ wiː ɹˈiːd, ðæt bᵻfˌɔːɹ lˈɛɾɚz ˈeɪtʃ wɜː fˈaʊnd ˈaʊt fɚðə hˈɛlp ʌv mˈɛmɚɹi, ðæt lˈɔːz, wˈʌn kəntɹˈæktᵻd ˌɪntʊ mˈiːɾɚ, wɜː wˈɔnt təbi sˈʌŋ.