text_original: 19 the last Merovingian king who displays some royal energy and strength of purpose. After him for more than a century a series of pageant kings pass before us, Clovises and Theodorics and Chilperics, whose names history refuses to remember, but whose pitiable con  dition is represented to us by a few vivid touches from the hand of Einhard, the biographer of Charle  magne.
text_transcription: THE LAST MEROVINGIAN KING WHO DISPLAYS SOME ROYAL ENERGY AND STRENGTH OF PURPOSE AFTER HIM FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY A SERIES OF PAGEANT KINGS PASS BEFORE US CLOVISES AND THEODORICS AND CHILPERICS WHOSE NAMES HISTORY REFUSES TO REMEMBER BUT WHOSE PITIABLE CONDITION IS REPRESENTED TO US BY A FEW VIVID TOUCHES FROM THE HAND OF EINHART THE BIOGRAPHER OF CHARLEMAGNE
phonemes: nˈaɪntiːn ðə lˈæst mˌɛɹoʊvˈɪŋɡiən kˈɪŋ hˌuː dɪsplˈeɪz sˌʌm ɹˈɔɪəl ˈɛnɚdʒi ænd stɹˈɛŋθ ʌv pˈɜːpəs. ˈæftɚ hˌɪm fɔːɹ mˈɔːɹ ðˌænə sˈɛntʃɚɹi ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv pˈædʒənt kˈɪŋz pˈæs bᵻfˈɔːɹ ˌʌs, klˈʌvaɪzᵻz ænd θiːədˈɔːɹɪks ænd tʃɪlpˈɛɹɪks, hˌuːz nˈeɪmz hˈɪstɚɹi ɹᵻfjˈuːzᵻz tə ɹᵻmˈɛmbɚ, bˌʌt hˌuːz pˈɪɾɪəbəl kˈɑːn dˈɪʃən ɪz ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntᵻd tʊ ˌʌs baɪ ɐ fjˈuː vˈɪvɪd tˈʌtʃᵻz fɹʌmðə hˈænd ʌv ˈaɪnhɑːɹd, ðə baɪˈɑːɡɹəfɚɹ ʌv tʃˈɑːɹl mˈæɡni.