text_original: In the middle of the eighteenth century some peasants near Placentia (Piacenza) turned up with the plough a Thechari  bronze tablet, which was no less than ten table feet broad, six feet high, and 600 pounds in endowments . , . . for poor weight. It was soon broken into pieces, some children. whicli were sold as old metal to be melted down for bells, but happily they caught the eyes of men who had scholarship enough to read the Latin words engraved on them.
text_transcription: IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SOME PEASANTS NEAR PLACENTIA PIACHENZA TURNED UP WITH A PLOUGH A BRONZE TABLET WHICH WAS NO LESS THAN TEN FEET BROAD SIX FEET HIGH AND SIX HUNDRED POUNDS IN WEIGHT IT WAS SOON BROKEN INTO PIECES SOME OF WHICH WERE SOLD AS OLD METAL TO BE MELTED DOWN FOR BELLS BUT HAPPILY THEY CAUGHT THE EYES OF MEN WHO HAD SCHOLARSHIP ENOUGH TO READ THE LATIN WORDS ENGRAVED ON THEM
phonemes: ɪnðə mˈɪdəl ʌvðɪ ˈeɪtiːnθ sˈɛntʃɚɹi sˌʌm pˈɛzənts nˌɪɹ pləsˈɛnʃə (pˈaɪəsˌɛnzə) tˈɜːnd ˌʌp wɪððə plˈaʊ ɐ ðətʃˈɑːɹɹi bɹˈɑːnz tˈæblət, wˌɪtʃ wʌz nˈoʊ lˈɛs ðɐn tˈɛn tˈeɪbəl fˈiːt bɹˈɔːd, sˈɪks fˈiːt hˈaɪ, ænd sˈɪkshˈʌndɹɪd pˈaʊndz ɪn ɛndˈaʊmənts . , . . fɔːɹ pˈʊɹ wˈeɪt. ɪt wʌz sˈuːn bɹˈoʊkən ˌɪntʊ pˈiːsᵻz, sˌʌm tʃˈɪldɹən. wˈɪkli wɜː sˈoʊld æz ˈoʊld mˈɛɾəl təbi mˈɛltᵻd dˌaʊn fɔːɹ bˈɛlz, bˌʌt hˈæpɪli ðeɪ kˈɔːt ðɪ ˈaɪz ʌv mˈɛn hˌuː hæd skˈɑːlɚʃˌɪp ɪnˈʌf tə ɹˈiːd ðə lˈætɪn wˈɜːdz ɛŋɡɹˈeɪvd ˈɔn ðˌɛm.