text_original: AH claimed to have no superior but the Emperor ; all as  serted the right to exercise practically independent power in their own estates, to judge their own causes, levy their own taxes, and make their own wars as they wished.
text_transcription: ALL CLAIMED TO HAVE NO SUPERIOR BUT THE EMPEROR ALL ASSERTED THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE PRACTICALLY INDEPENDENT POWER IN THEIR OWN ESTATES TO JUDGE THEIR OWN CAUSES LEVY THEIR OWN TAXES AND MAKE THEIR OWN WARS AS THEY WISHED
phonemes: ˌeɪˈeɪtʃ klˈeɪmd tə hæv nˈoʊ suːpˈiəɹɪɚ bˌʌt ðɪ ˈɛmpɚɹɚ ; ˈɔːl æz sˈɜːɾᵻd ðə ɹˈaɪt tʊ ˈɛksɚsˌaɪz pɹˈæktɪkli ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndənt pˈaʊɚɹ ɪn ðɛɹ ˈoʊn ᵻstˈeɪts, tə dʒˈʌdʒ ðɛɹ ˈoʊn kˈɔːzᵻz, lˈɛvi ðɛɹ ˈoʊn tˈæksᵻz, ænd mˌeɪk ðɛɹ ˈoʊn wˈɔːɹz æz ðeɪ wˈɪʃt.