text_original: Much of his influence over the poor Kentish labourers was due to his denunciations of the new Poor Law, which was then popularly hated and feared with an almost insane intensity of feeling. Thom told them he had come to regenerate the whole world, and also to save his followers from the new Poor Law ; and the latter announcement commended the former. He assembled a crowd of his supporters, and undertook to lead them to an attack on Canter  bury.
text_transcription: MUCH OF HIS INFLUENCE OVER THE POOR KENTISH LABORERS WAS DUE TO HIS DENUNCIATIONS OF THE NEW POOR LAW WHICH WAS THEN POPULARLY HATED AND FEARED WITH AN ALMOST INSANE INTENSITY OF FEELING TOM TOLD THEM HE HAD COME TO REGENERATE THE WHOLE WORLD AND ALSO TO SAVE HIS FOLLOWERS FROM THE NEW POOR LAW AND THE LATTER ANNOUNCEMENT COMMENDED THE FORMER HE ASSEMBLED A CROWD OF HIS SUPPORTERS AND UNDERTOOK TO LEAD THEM TO AN ATTACK ON CANTERBURY
phonemes: mˈʌtʃ ʌv hɪz ˈɪnfluːəns ˌoʊvɚ ðə pˈʊɹ kˈɛntɪʃ lˈeɪbɚɹɚz wʌz dˈuː tə hɪz dᵻnˌʌnsɪˈeɪʃənz ʌvðə nˈuː pˈʊɹ lˈɔː, wˌɪtʃ wʌz ðˈɛn pˈɑːpjʊlɚli hˈeɪɾᵻd ænd fˈɪɹd wɪð ɐn ˈɔːlmoʊst ɪnsˈeɪn ɪntˈɛnsᵻɾi ʌv fˈiːlɪŋ. tˈɑːm tˈoʊld ðˌɛm hiː hæd kˈʌm tə ɹiːdʒˈɛnɚɹˌeɪt ðə hˈoʊl wˈɜːld, ænd ˈɔːlsoʊ tə sˈeɪv hɪz fˈɑːloʊɚz fɹʌmðə nˈuː pˈʊɹ lˈɔː ; ænd ðə lˈæɾɚɹ ɐnˈaʊnsmənt kəmˈɛndᵻd ðə fˈɔːɹmɚ. hiː ɐsˈɛmbəld ɐ kɹˈaʊd ʌv hɪz səpˈɔːɹɾɚz, ænd ˌʌndɚtˈʊk tə lˈiːd ðˌɛm tʊ ɐn ɐtˈæk ˌɔn kˈæntɚ bˈɛɹi.