text_original: Still more emphatic is the language in which he rebuked his minister's ill timed zeal, which would make light of the charters and traditions of the province. He tells hun that it might be convenient, but 24 The Age of the Antonines. a.d. would not be seemly, to force the town councillors, as he Trajan Wished, to take up at interest on loan the spwMoci public funds which were then lying idle ; that usages and ^he old privilege of Apamea to draw up its needlessly, budget for Itself Without control must be re  spected, anomaly as it might seem.
text_transcription: STILL MORE EMPHATIC IS THE LANGUAGE IN WHICH HE REBUKED HIS MINISTER'S ILL TIMED ZEAL WHICH WOULD MAKE LIGHT OF THE CHARTERS AND TRADITIONS OF THE PROVINCE HE TELLS HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE CONVENIENT THAT IT WOULD NOT BE SEEMLY TO FORCE THE TOWN COUNCILLORS AS HE WISHED TO TAKE UP AT INTEREST UNLOAD THE PUBLIC FUNDS WHICH WERE THEN LYING IDLE THAT THE OLD PRIVILEGE OF APAMEA TO DRAW UP ITS BUDGET FOR ITSELF WITHOUT CONTROL MUST BE RESPECTED ANOMALY AS IT MIGHT SEEM
phonemes: stˈɪl mˈɔːɹ ɛmfˈæɾɪk ɪz ðə lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ ɪnwˌɪtʃ hiː ɹᵻbjˈuːkt hɪz mˈɪnɪstɚz ˈɪl tˈaɪmd zˈiːl, wˌɪtʃ wʊd mˌeɪk lˈaɪt ʌvðə tʃˈɑːɹɾɚz ænd tɹɐdˈɪʃənz ʌvðə pɹˈɑːvɪns. hiː tˈɛlz hˈʌn ðˌɐɾɪt mˌaɪt biː kənvˈiːnɪənt, bˌʌt twˈɛnti fˈɔːɹ ðɪ ˈeɪdʒ ʌvðɪ ˈæntənˌaɪnz. ˈeɪ.dˈiː. wʊd nˌɑːt biː sˈiːmli, tə fˈɔːɹs ðə tˈaʊn kˈaʊnsɪlɚz, æz hiː tɹˈædʒən wˈɪʃt, tə tˈeɪk ˌʌp æɾ ˈɪntɹɛst ˌɔn lˈoʊn ðɪ ˌɛspˌiːdˈʌbəljˌuː mˈoʊsaɪ pˈʌblɪk fˈʌndz wˌɪtʃ wɜː ðˈɛn lˈaɪɪŋ ˈaɪdəl ; ðæt jˈuːsɪdʒᵻz ænd hiː ˈoʊld pɹˈɪvᵻlɪdʒ ʌv ɐpˈeɪmiə tə dɹˈɔː ˌʌp ɪts nˈiːdləsli, bˈʌdʒɪt fɔːɹ ɪtsˈɛlf wɪðˌaʊt kəntɹˈoʊl mˈʌst biː ɹˌiː spˈɛktᵻd, ɐnˈɑːməli æz ɪt mˌaɪt sˈiːm.