text_original: Two centuries of squab  blings and stragglings with Dutch settlers and with Port  uguese settlers, of desperate truckling to native princes. In 1664 the English East India Company found a rival more formidable than the Dutch or the Portuguese in the French East India Company, which the astuteness of Col  bert set up at Pondicherry, and which throve with a ra  pidity that quite eclipsed the poor progress of the English traders.
text_transcription: TWO CENTURIES OF SQUABBLINGS AND STRUGGLINGS WITH DUTCH SETTLERS AND WITH PORTUGUESE SETTLERS OF DESPERATE TRUCKLING TO NATIVE PRINCES IN SIXTEEN SIXTY FOUR THE ENGLISH EAST INDIA COMPANY FOUND A RIVAL MORE FORMIDABLE THAN THE DUTCH OR THE PORTUGUESE IN THE FRENCH EAST INDIA COMPANY WHICH THE ASTUTENESS OF COLBERT SET UP AT PONDITCHERY AND WHICH THROVE WITH A RAPIDITY THAT QUITE ECLIPSED THE POOR PROGRESS OF THE ENGLISH TRADERS
phonemes: tˈuː sˈɛntʃɚɹiz ʌv skwˈɑːb blˈɪŋz ænd stɹˈæɡlɪŋz wɪð dˈʌtʃ sˈɛtlɚz ænd wɪð pˈɔːɹt jˈuːɡiːz sˈɛtlɚz, ʌv dˈɛspɚɹət tɹˈʌklɪŋ tə nˈeɪɾɪv pɹˈɪnsᵻz. ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti fˈɔːɹ ðɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ˈiːst ˈɪndiə kˈʌmpəni fˈaʊnd ɐ ɹˈaɪvəl mˈɔːɹ fɔːɹmˈɪdəbəl ðɐn ðə dˈʌtʃ ɔːɹ ðə pˌɔːɹtʃəɡˈiːz ɪnðə fɹˈɛntʃ ˈiːst ˈɪndiə kˈʌmpəni, wˌɪtʃ ðɪ ɐstˈuːtnəs ʌv kˈɑːl bˈɜːt sˈɛt ˌʌp æt pˌɑːndɪtʃˈɛɹi, ænd wˌɪtʃ θɹˈoʊv wɪð ɐ ɹˈɑː pˈɪdᵻɾi ðæt kwˈaɪt ɪklˈɪpst ðə pˈʊɹ pɹˈɑːɡɹɛs ʌvðɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ tɹˈeɪdɚz.