text_original: Yet despite its endowments, and despite the penal legislation of the eighteenth century, its adherents were propoi tionately fewer than they had been two centuries before.
text_transcription: YET DESPITE ITS ENDOWMENTS AND DESPITE THE PENAL LEGISLATION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ITS ADHERENTS WERE PROPORTIONATELY FEWER THAN THEY HAD BEEN TWO CENTURIES BEFORE
phonemes: jˈɛt dᵻspˈaɪt ɪts ɛndˈaʊmənts, ænd dᵻspˈaɪt ðə pˈiːnəl lˌɛdʒɪslˈeɪʃən ʌvðɪ ˈeɪtiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi, ɪts ɐdhˈɪɹənts wɜː pɹəpˈɔɪ tɪˈɑːnətli fjˈuːɚ ðɐn ðeɪ hɐdbɪn tˈuː sˈɛntʃɚɹiz bᵻfˈɔːɹ.