text_original: His death is curi  ously characteristic ; a display of very real courage em  ployed for dramatic effect. Feeling his end draw near, he first attended Mass robed and crowned in all his Imperial Death of splcndour, and when that was over grave clothes were 9th' Dec"' ' placed above his grand vestments, and thus arrayed he ^^^^ awaited death seated on his throne, where on the evening of the same day he passed away.
text_transcription: HIS DEATH IS CURIOUSLY CHARACTERISTIC A DISPLAY OF VERY REAL COURAGE EMPLOYED FOR DRAMATIC EFFECT FEELING HIS END DRAW NEAR HE FIRST ATTENDED MASS ROBED AND CROWNED IN ALL HIS IMPERIAL SPLENDOR AND WHEN THAT WAS OVER GRAVE CLOTHES WERE PLACED ABOVE HIS GRAND VESTMENTS AND THUS ARRAYED HE AWAITED DEATH SEATED ON HIS THRONE WHERE ON THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY HE PASSED AWAY
phonemes: hɪz dˈɛθ ɪz kjˈʊɹɹi ˈaʊsli kˌæɹɪktɚɹˈɪstɪk ; ɐ dɪsplˈeɪ ʌv vˈɛɹi ɹˈiːəl kˈɜːɹɪdʒ ˈɛm plˈɔɪd fɔːɹ dɹəmˈæɾɪk ɪfˈɛkt. fˈiːlɪŋ hɪz ˈɛnd dɹˈɔː nˈɪɹ, hiː fˈɜːst ɐtˈɛndᵻd mˈæs ɹˈoʊbd ænd kɹˈaʊnd ɪn ˈɔːl hɪz ɪmpˈɪɹiəl dˈɛθ ʌv ˌɛspˌiːˈɛlsˌiːˈɛndˈaʊɚ, ænd wɛn ðæt wʌz ˌoʊvɚ ɡɹˈeɪv klˈoʊðz wɜː nˈaɪnθ dˈɛk"plˈeɪst əbˌʌv hɪz ɡɹˈænd vˈɛstmənts, ænd ðˈʌs ɚɹˈeɪd hiː ɐwˈeɪɾᵻd dˈɛθ sˈiːɾᵻd ˌɔn hɪz θɹˈoʊn, wˌɛɹ ɔnðɪ ˈiːvnɪŋ ʌvðə sˈeɪm dˈeɪ hiː pˈæst ɐwˈeɪ.