text_original: The formal announcement that the King was seriously ill was not made until within a few days of the sovereign's death. Even when regular bulletins began to be issued, they were so sparing of their information, and {290} so carefully guarded against any suggestion of alarm, that the outer public had really very little to go upon, except the bare fact that the King was growing to be an old man, and that he was liable to fits of illness just as he had been for years before.
text_transcription: THE FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE KING WAS SERIOUSLY ILL WAS NOT MADE UNTIL WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF THE SOVEREIGN'S DEATH EVEN WHEN REGULAR BULLETINS BEGAN TO BE ISSUED THEY WERE SO SPARING OF THEIR INFORMATION AND SO CAREFULLY GUARDED AGAINST ANY SUGGESTION OF ALARM THAT THE OUTER PUBLIC HAD REALLY VERY LITTLE TO GO UPON EXCEPT THE BARE FACT THAT THE KING WAS GROWING TO BE AN OLD MAN AND THAT HE WAS LIABLE TO FITS OF ILLNESS JUST AS HE HAD BEEN FOUR YEARS BEFORE
phonemes: ðə fˈɔːɹməl ɐnˈaʊnsmənt ðætðə kˈɪŋ wʌz sˈɪɹiəsli ˈɪl wʌz nˌɑːt mˌeɪd ʌntˈɪl wɪðˌɪn ɐ fjˈuː dˈeɪz ʌvðə sˈɑːvɚɹˌɪnz dˈɛθ. ˈiːvən wɛn ɹˈɛɡjʊlɚ bˈʊlɪtˌɪnz bɪɡˈæn təbi ˈɪʃuːd, ðeɪ wɜː sˌoʊ spˈɛɹɪŋ ʌv ðɛɹ ˌɪnfɚmˈeɪʃən, ænd {tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti} sˌoʊ kˈɛɹfəli ɡˈɑːɹdᵻd ɐɡˈɛnst ˌɛni sədʒˈɛstʃən ʌv ɐlˈɑːɹm, ðætðɪ ˈaʊɾɚ pˈʌblɪk hæd ɹˈiəli vˈɛɹi lˈɪɾəl tə ɡˈoʊ əpˌɑːn, ɛksˈɛpt ðə bˈɛɹ fˈækt ðætðə kˈɪŋ wʌz ɡɹˈoʊɪŋ təbi ɐn ˈoʊld mˈæn, ænd ðæt hiː wʌz lˈaɪəbəl tə fˈɪts ʌv ˈɪlnəs dʒˈʌst æz hiː hɐdbɪn fɔːɹ jˈɪɹz bᵻfˈɔːɹ.