text_original: Well might loyal Edinburgh despair if such were its best defenders. The town was all tumult, the Loyalists were in utter gloom, the secretly exulting Jacobites were urging the impossi  bility of resistance, and the necessity for yielding while yielding was still an open question.
text_transcription: WELL MIGHT LOYAL EDINBURGH DESPAIR IF SUCH WERE ITS BEST DEFENDERS THE TOWN WAS ALL TUMULT THE LOYALISTS WERE IN UTTER GLOOM THE SECRETLY EXULTING JACOBITES WERE URGING THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF RESISTANCE AND THE NECESSITY OF YIELDING WHILE YIELDING WAS STILL AN OPEN QUESTION
phonemes: wˈɛl mˌaɪt lˈɔɪəl ˈɛdɪnbʌɹə dᵻspˈɛɹ ɪf sˈʌtʃ wɜːɹ ɪts bˈɛst dᵻfˈɛndɚz. ðə tˈaʊn wʌz ˈɔːl tˈuːmʌlt, ðə lˈɔɪəlˌɪsts wɜːɹ ɪn ˈʌɾɚ ɡlˈuːm, ðə sˈiːkɹᵻtli ɛɡzˈʌltɪŋ dʒˈækəbˌaɪts wɜːɹ ˈɜːdʒɪŋ ðɪ ɪmpˈɑːsi baɪlˈɪɾi ʌv ɹᵻsˈɪstəns, ænd ðə nəsˈɛsɪɾi fɔːɹ jˈiːldɪŋ wˌaɪl jˈiːldɪŋ wʌz stˈɪl ɐn ˈoʊpən kwˈɛstʃən.