text_original: They were sur  rounded by the enemy, and terrible slaughter was THE CONVERSION OF THE SAXONS. 153 made in their ranks. A few Franks escaped, not to their quarters of the morning, but to the camp of Theodoric ; but Adalgisus and Geilo, four counts, twenty nobles of high rank, and a multitude of followers, who, in the true spirit of the old German comitatiis, preferred to die rather than survive their lords, fell on the field of fight.
text_transcription: THEY WERE SURROUNDED BY THE ENEMY AND TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER WAS MADE IN THEIR RANKS A FEW FRANKS ESCAPED NOT TO THEIR QUARTERS OF THE MORNING BUT TO THE CAMP OF THEODORIC BUT ALD ALGESUS AND GILO FOUR COUNTS TWENTY NOBLES OF HIGH RANK AND A MULTITUDE OF FOLLOWERS WHO IN THE TRUE SPIRIT OF THE OLD GERMAN COMMITATUS PREFERRED TO DIE RATHER THAN SURVIVE THEIR LORDS FELL ON THE FIELD OF FIGHT
phonemes: ðeɪ wɜː sˈɜː ɹˈaʊndᵻd baɪ ðɪ ˈɛnəmi, ænd tˈɛɹᵻbəl slˈɔːɾɚ wʌzðə kənvˈɜːʒən ʌvðə sˈæksənz. wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti θɹˈiː mˌeɪd ɪn ðɛɹ ɹˈæŋks. ɐ fjˈuː fɹˈæŋks ɛskˈeɪpt, nˌɑːt tə ðɛɹ kwˈɔːɹɾɚz ʌvðə mˈɔːɹnɪŋ, bˌʌt tə ðə kˈæmp ʌv θiːədˈɔːɹɪk ; bˌʌt ɐdˈældʒɪsəs ænd dʒˈeɪloʊ, fˈɔːɹ kˈaʊnts, twˈɛnti nˈoʊbəlz ʌv hˈaɪ ɹˈæŋk, ænd ɐ mˈʌltɪtˌuːd ʌv fˈɑːloʊɚz, hˈuː, ɪnðə tɹˈuː spˈɪɹɪt ʌvðɪ ˈoʊld dʒˈɜːmən kˈɑːmɪtˌæɾɪˌaɪz, pɹɪfˈɜːd tə dˈaɪ ɹˈæðɚ ðɐn sɚvˈaɪv ðɛɹ lˈɔːɹdz, fˈɛl ɔnðə fˈiːld ʌv fˈaɪt.