text_original: These protested against the intolerable weight of the duties imposed, and arraigned the folly which, by compelling these duties to be paid in specie, drained away the little ready money remaining in the colonies, "as though the best way to cure an emaciated body, whose juices happened to be tainted, was to leave it no juices at all." They assailed the injustice that refused {88} to recognize as legal tender any paper bills of credit issued by the colonies.
text_transcription: THESE PROTESTED AGAINST THE INTOLERABLE WEIGHT OF THE DUTIES IMPOSED AND ARRAIGNED THE FOLLY WHICH BY COMPELLING THESE DUTIES TO BE PAID IN SPECIE DRAINED AWAY THE LITTLE READY MONEY REMAINING IN THE COLONIES AS THOUGH THE BEST WAY TO CURE AN EMACIATED BODY WHOSE JUICES IT HAPPENED TO BE TAINTED WAS TO LEAVE IN IT NO JUICES AT ALL THEY ASSAILED THE INJUSTICE THAT REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE AS LEGAL TENDER ANY PAPER BILLS OF CREDIT ISSUED BY THE COLONIES
phonemes: ðiːz pɹətˈɛstᵻd ɐɡˈɛnst ðɪ ɪntˈɑːlɚɹəbəl wˈeɪt ʌvðə dˈuːɾiz ɪmpˈoʊzd, ænd ɚɹˈeɪnd ðə fˈɑːli wˈɪtʃ, baɪ kəmpˈɛlɪŋ ðiːz dˈuːɾiz təbi pˈeɪd ɪn spˈɛsi, dɹˈeɪnd ɐwˈeɪ ðə lˈɪɾəl ɹˈɛdi mˈʌni ɹᵻmˈeɪnɪŋ ɪnðə kˈɑːləniz, "æz ðˌoʊ ðə bˈɛst wˈeɪ tə kjˈʊɹ ɐn iːmˈeɪsɪˌeɪɾᵻd bˈɑːdi, hˌuːz dʒˈuːsᵻz hˈæpənd təbi tˈeɪntᵻd, wʌz tə lˈiːv ɪt nˈoʊ dʒˈuːsᵻz æɾ ˈɔːl." ðeɪ ɐsˈeɪld ðɪ ɪndʒˈʌstɪs ðæt ɹᵻfjˈuːzd {ˈeɪɾi ˈeɪt} tə ɹˈɛkəɡnˌaɪz æz lˈiːɡəl tˈɛndɚɹ ˌɛni pˈeɪpɚ bˈɪlz ʌv kɹˈɛdɪt ˈɪʃuːd baɪ ðə kˈɑːləniz.