text_original: The river Rhine with its great bordering bishoprics, Mainz, Koln, Trier, and its OLD AGE. 281 grand Eomanesqne churches, bore for centuries the character which it had received from the greatest of its sons, the friend alike of Hadrian the Pope and of Alcuin the scholar : and, if not on the actual banks of the Rhine, at least in the near neighborhood of Rhine land it was fitting that Charles should die.
text_transcription: THE RIVER RHINE WITH ITS GREAT BORDERING BISHOPRICS MEINCES COON TRIAE AND ITS GRAND ROMANESQUE CHURCHES BORE FOR CENTURIES THE CHARACTER WHICH IT HAD RECEIVED FROM THE GREATEST OF ITS SONS THE FRIEND ALIKE OF HADRIAN THE POPE AND OF ALQUIN THE SCHOLAR AND IF NOT ON THE ACTUAL BANKS OF THE RHINE AT LEAST IN THE NEAR NEIGHBORHOOD OF REINLAND IT WAS FITTING THAT CHARLES SHOULD DIE
phonemes: ðə ɹˈɪvɚ ɹˈaɪn wɪð ɪts ɡɹˈeɪt bˈɔːɹdɚɹɪŋ bˈɪʃəpɹˌɪks, mˈeɪnts, kˈɑːln, tɹˈaɪɚ, ænd ɪts ˌoʊˌɛldˈiː ˌeɪdʒˌiːˈiː. tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi wˈʌn ɡɹˈænd ˈiːəmˌeɪnskni tʃˈɜːtʃᵻz, bˈɔːɹ fɔːɹ sˈɛntʃɚɹiz ðə kˈæɹɪktɚ wˌɪtʃ ɪt hæd ɹᵻsˈiːvd fɹʌmðə ɡɹˈeɪɾɪst ʌv ɪts sˈʌnz, ðə fɹˈɛnd ɐlˈaɪk ʌv hˈeɪdɹiən ðə pˈoʊp ænd ʌv ˈælkjuːˌɪn ðə skˈɑːlɚ : ænd, ɪf nˌɑːt ɔnðɪ ˈæktʃuːəl bˈæŋks ʌvðə ɹˈaɪn, æt lˈiːst ɪnðə nˌɪɹ nˈeɪbɚhˌʊd ʌv ɹˈaɪn lˈænd ɪt wʌz fˈɪɾɪŋ ðæt tʃˈɑːɹlz ʃˌʊd dˈaɪ.