text_original: The pivot of pro  vincial government was still, as it had been in Merovingian times, the Frankish comes or count, who had his headquarters generally in one of the old Roman cities, and governed from thence a district which was of varying extent, but which ma}'' v be fairly taken as equivalent to an Engiisii county.
text_transcription: THE PIVOT OF PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT WAS STILL AS IT HAD BEEN IN MEROVINGIAN TIMES THE FRANKISH COMMIS OR COUNT WHO HAD HIS HEADQUARTERS GENERALLY IN ONE THE OLD ROMAN CITIES AND GOVERNED FROM THENCE A DISTRICT WHICH WAS OF VARYING EXTENT BUT WHICH MAY BE FAIRLY TAKEN AS EQUIVALENT TO AN ENGLISH COUNTY
phonemes: ðə pˈɪvət ʌv pɹˈoʊ vˈɪnʃəl ɡˈʌvɚnmənt wʌz stˈɪl, æz ɪt hɐdbɪn ɪn mˌɛɹoʊvˈɪŋɡiən tˈaɪmz, ðə fɹˈæŋkɪʃ kˈʌmz ɔːɹ kˈaʊnt, hˌuː hæd hɪz hɛdkwˈɔːɹɾɚz dʒˈɛnɚɹəli ɪn wˈʌn ʌvðɪ ˈoʊld ɹˈoʊmən sˈɪɾiz, ænd ɡˈʌvɚnd fɹʌm ðˈɛns ɐ dˈɪstɹɪkt wˌɪtʃ wʌz ʌv vˈɛɹiɪŋ ɛkstˈɛnt, bˌʌt wˌɪtʃ mˈɑː}vˈiː biː fˈɛɹli tˈeɪkən æz ɪkwˈɪvələnt tʊ ɐn ɛndʒˈɪɪsˌɪaɪ kˈaʊnti.