text_original: ' They tried to answer calmly that national customs often varied: some people, for example, would not touch the flesh of lambs. ' Quite right, too,' be said, * for it is poor tasteless stuff.' Then the insults A.D. 37 41. 78 The Earlier Empire. and the gibes went on again. Presently he asked a ques  tion about their claims to civil status, but cut them short in the long answer which they gave him, and set off at a run into the central hall, to have some blinds of transpa  rent stone drawn up against the sun.
text_transcription: THEY TRIED TO ANSWER CALMLY THAT NATIONAL CUSTOMS OFTEN VARIED SOME PEOPLE FOR EXAMPLE WOULD NOT TOUCH THE FLESH OF LAMBS QUITE RIGHT TOO HE SAID FOR IT IS POOR TASTELESS STUFF THEN THE INSULTS IN THE GIBES WENT ON AGAIN PRESENTLY HE ASKED A QUESTION ABOUT THEIR CLAIMS TO CIVIL STATUS BUT CUT THEM SHORT IN THE LONG ANSWER WHICH THEY GAVE HIM AND SET OFF AT A RUN INTO THE CENTRAL HALL TO HAVE SOME BLINDS OF TRANSPARENT STONE DRAWN UP AGAINST THE SUN
phonemes: ðeɪ tɹˈaɪd tʊ ˈænsɚ kˈɑːmli ðæt nˈæʃənəl kˈʌstəmz ˈɔfən vˈɛɹid: sˌʌm pˈiːpəl, fɔːɹ ɛɡzˈæmpəl, wʊd nˌɑːt tˈʌtʃ ðə flˈɛʃ ʌv lˈæmz. kwˈaɪt ɹˈaɪt, tˈuː,biː sˈɛd, ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk fɔːɹ ɪɾ ɪz pˈʊɹ tˈeɪstləs stˈʌf.ðˈɛn ðɪ ˈɪnsʌlts ˈeɪ.dˈiː. θˈɜːɾi sˈɛvən fˈɔːɹɾi wˈʌn. sˈɛvənti ˈeɪt ðɪ ˈɜːlɪɚɹ ˈɛmpaɪɚ. ænd ðə dʒˈaɪbz wɛnt ˌɔn ɐɡˈɛn. pɹˈɛzəntli hiː ˈæskt ɐ kwˈɛz tɪˈɑːn ɐbˌaʊt ðɛɹ klˈeɪmz tə sˈɪvəl stˈæɾəs, bˌʌt kˈʌt ðˌɛm ʃˈɔːɹt ɪnðə lˈɔŋ ˈænsɚ wˌɪtʃ ðeɪ ɡˈeɪv hˌɪm, ænd sˈɛt ˈɔf æɾɚ ɹˈʌn ˌɪntʊ ðə sˈɛntɹəl hˈɔːl, tə hæv sˌʌm blˈaɪndz ʌv tɹænspˈæ ɹˈɛnt stˈoʊn dɹˈɔːn ˌʌp ɐɡˈɛnst ðə sˈʌn.