text_original: The Emperor's forces have been estimated at about 266 THE END OF THE MIDDLE AGE Naval vie tory for the Chris  tians 8,000; Mahomet had at least 150,000 with which to invest the city, and he had collected all the Turkish vessels from the surrounding seas, sailing ships and long boats rowed by forty or fifty oarsmen, which he hoped to find even more useful than his land forces. All along the landward wall the mass of the Turkish troops were stationed.
text_transcription: THE EMPEROR'S FORCES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED AT ABOUT EIGHT THOUSAND MAHOMET HAD AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND WITH WHICH TO INVEST THE CITY AND HE HAD COLLECTED ALL THE TURKISH VESSELS FROM THE SURROUNDING SEAS SAILING SHIPS AND LONGBOATS ROWED BY FORTY OR FIFTY OARSMEN WHICH HE HOPED TO FIND EVEN MORE USEFUL THAN HIS LAND FORCES ALL ALONG THE LANDWARD WALL THE MASS OF THE TURKISH TROOPS WERE STATIONED
phonemes: ðɪ ˈɛmpɚɹɚz fˈɔːɹsᵻz hɐvbɪn ˈɛstᵻmˌeɪɾᵻd æɾ ɐbˌaʊt tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɪks ðɪ ˌiːˌɛndˈiː ʌvðə mˈɪdəl ˌeɪdʒˌiːˈiː nˈeɪvəl vˈaɪ tˈɔːɹi fɚðə kɹˈɪs tjˈænz ˈeɪt,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ; mˈæhɑːmɪt hæd æt lˈiːst wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti,zˈiəɹoʊzˈiəɹoʊ zˈiəɹoʊ wɪð wˌɪtʃ tʊ ɪnvˈɛst ðə sˈɪɾi, ænd hiː hæd kəlˈɛktᵻd ˈɔːl ðə tˈɜːkɪʃ vˈɛsəlz fɹʌmðə sɚɹˈaʊndɪŋ sˈiːz, sˈeɪlɪŋ ʃˈɪps ænd lˈɔŋ bˈoʊts ɹˈoʊd baɪ fˈɔːɹɾi ɔːɹ fˈɪfti ˈɔːɹzmɛn, wˌɪtʃ hiː hˈoʊpt tə fˈaɪnd ˈiːvən mˈɔːɹ jˈuːsfəl ðɐn hɪz lˈænd fˈɔːɹsᵻz. ˈɔːl ɐlˈɔŋ ðə lˈændwɚd wˈɔːl ðə mˈæs ʌvðə tˈɜːkɪʃ tɹˈuːps wɜː stˈeɪʃənd.