text_original: As, he urged, it was no longer possible for France to maintain against England the continental blockade, Russia and Prussia having renounced it, it would certainly be for the interest of France to resign those places which were useful to her solely for the enforcing of that blockade. In this view the Hanseatic towns and their dependencies had become rather a burden to France, and might well be abandoned.
text_transcription: AS HE URGED IT WAS NO LONGER POSSIBLE FOR FRANCE TO MAINTAIN AGAINST ENGLAND THE CONTINENTAL BLOCKADE RUSSIA AND PRUSSIA HAVING RENOUNCED IT IT WOULD CERTAINLY BE FOR THE INTEREST OF FRANCE TO RESIGN THOSE PLACES WHICH WERE USEFUL TO HER SOLELY FOR THE ENFORCING OF THAT BLOCKADE IN THIS VIEW THE HANSEOTIC TOWNS AND THEIR DEPENDENCIES HAD BECOME RATHER A BURDEN TO FRANCE AND MIGHT WELL BE ABANDONED
phonemes: æz, hiː ˈɜːdʒd, ɪt wʌz nˌoʊ lˈɑːŋɡɚ pˈɑːsᵻbəl fɔːɹ fɹˈæns tə meɪntˈeɪn ɐɡˈɛnst ˈɪŋɡlənd ðə kˌɑːntɪnˈɛntəl blɑːkˈeɪd, ɹˈʌʃə ænd pɹˈʌʃə hˌævɪŋ ɹᵻnˈaʊnst ɪt, ɪt wʊd sˈɜːʔn̩li biː fɚðɪ ˈɪntɹɛst ʌv fɹˈæns tə ɹɪzˈaɪn ðoʊz plˈeɪsᵻz wˌɪtʃ wɜː jˈuːsfəl tə hɜː sˈoʊlli fɚðɪ ɛnfˈɔːɹsɪŋ ʌv ðæt blɑːkˈeɪd. ɪn ðɪs vjˈuː ðə hænsˈiːɾɪk tˈaʊnz ænd ðɛɹ dᵻpˈɛndənsiz hæd bɪkˌʌm ɹˈæðɚɹ ɐ bˈɜːdən tə fɹˈæns, ænd mˌaɪt wˈɛl biː ɐbˈændənd.