text_original: But in what we read elsewhere about Plotina she appears as a type of womanly dignity and honour, and the story serves best peril ips to illustrate the licence of court scandal which absolute monarchy so often fosters, Hadrian, 51 117 138. The first acts of the new sorereign were temperate and wary.
text_transcription: BUT IN WHAT WE READ ELSEWHERE ABOUT PLATINA SHE APPEARS AS A TYPE OF WOMANLY DIGNITY AND HONOR AND THE STORY SERVES BEST PERHAPS TO ILLUSTRATE THE LICENSE OF COURT SCANDAL WHICH ABSOLUTE MONARCHY SO OFTEN FOSTERS THE FIRST ACTS OF THE NEW SOVEREIGN WERE TEMPERATE AND WARY
phonemes: bˌʌt ɪn wʌt wiː ɹˈiːd ˈɛlswɛɹ ɐbˌaʊt plətˈiːnə ʃiː ɐpˈɪɹz æz ɐ tˈaɪp ʌv wˈʊmənli dˈɪɡnᵻɾi ænd ˈɑːnɚ, ænd ðə stˈɔːɹi sˈɜːvz bˈɛst pˈɛɹəl ˈɪps tʊ ˈɪləstɹˌeɪt ðə lˈaɪsəns ʌv kˈɔːɹt skˈændəl wˌɪtʃ ˈæbsəlˌuːt mˈɑːnɚki sˌoʊ ˈɔfən fˈɑːstɚz, hˈeɪdɹiən, fˈɪfti wˈʌn wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvəntˌiːn wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi ˈeɪt. ðə fˈɜːst ˈækts ʌvðə nˈuː sˈɔːɹeɪn wɜː tˈɛmpɚɹət ænd wˈɛɹi.