text_original: All princes should kiss his feet. It is easy for us, looking at them in the light of later history, to denounce these claims as extravagant and mischievous ; but as things then were the absolute independence of the Church from all secular control seemed to many besides Gregory essential to her purifi  cation, and, indeed, her existence as a spiritual power.
text_transcription: ALL PRINCES MUST KISS HIS FEET IT IS EASY FOR US LOOKING AT THEM IN THE LIGHT OF LATER HISTORY TO DENOUNCE THESE CLAIMS AS EXTRAVAGANT AND MISCHIEVOUS BUT AS THINGS THEN WERE THE ABSOLUTE INDEPENDENCE OF THE CHURCH FROM ALL SECULAR CONTROL SEEMED TO MANY BESIDES GREGORY ESSENTIAL TO HER PURIFICATION AND INDEED HER EXISTENCE AS A SPIRITUAL POWER
phonemes: ˈɔːl pɹˈɪnsᵻz ʃˌʊd kˈɪs hɪz fˈiːt. ɪɾ ɪz ˈiːzi fɔːɹ ˌʌs, lˈʊkɪŋ æt ðˌɛm ɪnðə lˈaɪt ʌv lˈeɪɾɚ hˈɪstɚɹi, tə dᵻnˈaʊns ðiːz klˈeɪmz æz ɛkstɹˈævəɡənt ænd mˈɪstʃɪvəs ; bˌʌt æz θˈɪŋz ðˈɛn wɜː ðɪ ˈæbsəlˌuːt ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndəns ʌvðə tʃˈɜːtʃ fɹʌm ˈɔːl sˈɛkjʊlɚ kəntɹˈoʊl sˈiːmd tə mˈɛni bᵻsˌaɪdz ɡɹˈɛɡɚɹi ᵻsˈɛnʃəl tə hɜː pjˈʊɹɹɪfi kˈæɾaɪən, ænd, ˌɪndˈiːd, hɜːɹ ɛɡzˈɪstəns æz ɐ spˈɪɹɪtʃˌuːəl pˈaʊɚ.