text_original: Thus within the towns themselves merchants would combine in Kansas or Merchant Guilds which obtained control of all the trade of that town, and often became the chief managers of its municipal government ; while on foreign soil these traders would form themselves into societies for mutual protection and mutual benefit, bands of fel  low countrymen in a strange land.
text_transcription: THUS WITHIN THE TOWNS THEMSELVES MERCHANTS WOULD COMBINE IN HANSES OR MERCHANT GUILDS WHICH OBTAINED CONTROL OF ALL THE TRADE OF THAT TOWN AND OFTEN BECAME THE CHIEF MANAGERS OF ITS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WHILE ON FOREIGN SOIL THESE TRADERS WOULD FORM THEMSELVES INTO SOCIETIES FOR MUTUAL PROTECTION AND MUTUAL BENEFIT BANDS OF FELLOW COUNTRYMEN IN A STRANGE LAND
phonemes: ðˈʌs wɪðˌɪn ðə tˈaʊnz ðɛmsˈɛlvz mˈɜːtʃənts wʊd kəmbˈaɪn ɪn kˈænzəs ɔːɹ mˈɜːtʃənt ɡˈɪldz wˌɪtʃ əbtˈeɪnd kəntɹˈoʊl ʌv ˈɔːl ðə tɹˈeɪd ʌv ðæt tˈaʊn, ænd ˈɔfən bɪkˌeɪm ðə tʃˈiːf mˈænɪdʒɚz ʌv ɪts mjuːnˈɪsɪpəl ɡˈʌvɚnmənt ; wˌaɪl ˌɔn fˈɔːɹən sˈɔɪl ðiːz tɹˈeɪdɚz wʊd fˈɔːɹm ðɛmsˈɛlvz ˌɪntʊ səsˈaɪəɾiz fɔːɹ mjˈuːtʃuːəl pɹətˈɛkʃən ænd mjˈuːtʃuːəl bˈɛnɪfˌɪt, bˈændz ʌv fˈɛl lˈoʊ kˈʌntɹɪmˌɛn ɪn ɐ stɹˈeɪndʒ lˈænd.