text_original: Menestrier informs us that these pilgrims travelled in troops, and stood in the public streets, where they recited their poems, with their staff in hand; while their chaplets and cloaks, covered with shells and images of various colours formed a picturesque exhibition, which at length excited the piety of the citizens to erect occasionally a stage on an extensive spot of ground. These spectacles served as the amusements and instruction of the people.
text_transcription: MANESTRIER INFORMS US THAT THESE PILGRIMS TRAVELLED IN TROOPS AND STOOD IN THE PUBLIC STREETS WHERE THEY RECITED THEIR POEMS WITH THEIR STAFF IN HAND WHILE THEIR CHAPLETS AND CLOAKS COVERED WITH SHELLS AND IMAGES OF VARIOUS COLORS FORMED A PICTURESQUE EXHIBITION WHICH AT LENGTH EXCITED THE PIETY OF THE CITIZENS TO ERECT OCCASIONALLY A STAGE ON AN EXTENSIVE SPOT OF GROUND THESE SPECTACLES SERVED AS THE AMUSEMENTS AND INSTRUCTION OF THE PEOPLE
phonemes: mˈɛnɪstɹiɚɹ ɪnfˈɔːɹmz ˌʌs ðæt ðiːz pˈɪlɡɹɪmz tɹˈævəld ɪn tɹˈuːps, ænd stˈʊd ɪnðə pˈʌblɪk stɹˈiːts, wˌɛɹ ðeɪ ɹᵻsˈaɪɾᵻd ðɛɹ pˈoʊᵻmz, wɪð ðɛɹ stˈæf ɪn hˈænd; wˌaɪl ðɛɹ tʃˈæplɪts ænd klˈoʊks, kˈʌvɚd wɪð ʃˈɛlz ænd ˈɪmɪdʒᵻz ʌv vˈɛɹiəs kˈʌlɚz fˈɔːɹmd ɐ pˌɪktʃɚɹˈɛsk ɛksɪbˈɪʃən, wˌɪtʃ æt lˈɛŋθ ɛksˈaɪɾᵻd ðə pˈaɪəɾi ʌvðə sˈɪɾɪzənz tʊ ɪɹˈɛkt əkˈeɪʒənəli ɐ stˈeɪdʒ ˌɔn ɐn ɛkstˈɛnsɪv spˈɑːt ʌv ɡɹˈaʊnd. ðiːz spˈɛktəkəlz sˈɜːvd æz ðɪ ɐmjˈuːzmənts ænd ɪnstɹˈʌkʃən ʌvðə pˈiːpəl.