text_original: The English officers signed an agreement with him to secure him a large reward, and a pension for life, if he enabled them to escape. He accordingly declared that he renounced his allegiance to Akbar Khan; all the more readily, seeing that news came in of the chiefs total defeat and flight, no one knew whither.
text_transcription: THE ENGLISH OFFICERS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH HIM TO SECURE HIM A LARGE REWARD AND A PENSION FOR LIFE IF HE ENABLED THEM TO ESCAPE HE ACCORDINGLY DECLARED THAT HE RENOUNCED HIS ALLEGIANCE TO OCBARK ON ALL THE MORE READILY SEEING THAT NEWS CAME IN OF THE CHIEF'S TOTAL DEFEAT AND FLIGHT NO ONE KNEW WHITHER
phonemes: ðɪ ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ ˈɑːfɪsɚz sˈaɪnd ɐn ɐɡɹˈiːmənt wɪð hˌɪm tə sᵻkjˈʊɹ hˌɪm ɐ lˈɑːɹdʒ ɹᵻwˈɔːɹd, ænd ɐ pˈɛnʃən fɔːɹ lˈaɪf, ɪf hiː ɛnˈeɪbəld ðˌɛm tʊ ɛskˈeɪp. hiː ɐkˈɔːɹdɪŋli dᵻklˈɛɹd ðæt hiː ɹᵻnˈaʊnst hɪz ɐlˈiːdʒəns tʊ ˈækbɑːɹ kˈɑːn; ˈɔːl ðə mˈɔːɹ ɹˈɛdili, sˈiːɪŋ ðæt nˈuːz kˈeɪm ɪn ʌvðə tʃˈiːfs tˈoʊɾəl dᵻfˈiːt ænd flˈaɪt, nˈoʊwˈʌn nˈuː wˈɪðɚ.