text_original: To enforce these, however, would certainly have been a hard task. From the first the German clergy had offered the most violent and stubborn opposition to them: they would rather, Digitized by VjOOQIC 1 1 HiLDEBRAND they said, abandon their orders than their wives, and then the pope might rule the Church through angels, if he could get them.
text_transcription: TO ENFORCE THESE HOWEVER WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN A HARD TASK FROM THE FIRST THE GERMAN CLERGY HAD OFFERED THE MOST VIOLENT AND STUBBORN OPPOSITION TO THEM THEY WOULD RATHER THEY SAID ABANDON THEIR ORDERS THAN THEIR WIVES AND THEN THE POPE MIGHT RULE THE CHURCH THROUGH ANGELS IF HE COULD GET THEM
phonemes: tʊ ɛnfˈɔːɹs ðˈiːz, haʊˈɛvɚ, wʊd sˈɜːʔn̩li hɐvbɪn ɐ hˈɑːɹd tˈæsk. fɹʌmðə fˈɜːst ðə dʒˈɜːmən klˈɜːdʒi hæd ˈɔfɚd ðə mˈoʊst vˈaɪələnt ænd stˈʌbɚn ˌɑːpəzˈɪʃən tə ðˌɛm: ðeɪ wʊd ɹˈæðɚ, dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk wˈʌn wˈʌn hˈaɪ ˈɛldˈɛbɹænd ðeɪ sˈɛd, ɐbˈændən ðɛɹ ˈɔːɹdɚz ðɐn ðɛɹ wˈaɪvz, ænd ðˈɛn ðə pˈoʊp mˌaɪt ɹˈuːl ðə tʃˈɜːtʃ θɹuː ˈeɪndʒəlz, ɪf hiː kʊd ɡˈɛt ðˌɛm.