text_original: Certainly the meaner motives must have been most potent in the days of the early Empire, y^hen men came forward to enforce the sumptuary and marriage laws which were almost universally dis  liked. We hear little of the delatores as a class under Augustus ; but in the days of his successor they became almost at once of prominen range given to the laws c of the crimes that fell wil 56 The Earlier Empire.
text_transcription: CERTAINLY THE MEANER MOTIVES MUST HAVE BEEN MORE POTENT IN THE DAYS OF THE EARLY EMPIRE WHEN MEN CAME FORWARD TO ENFORCE THE SUMPTUARY AND MARRIAGE LAWS WHICH WERE ALMOST UNIVERSALLY DISLIKED WE HEAR LITTLE OF THE DELATORIES AS A CLASS UNDER AUGUSTUS BUT IN THE DAYS OF HIS SUCCESSOR THEY BECAME ALMOST AT ONCE OF PROMINENT IMPORTANCE THE WIDER RANGE GIVEN TO THE LAWS OF TREASON THE VAGUENESS OF THE CRIMES THAT FE
phonemes: sˈɜːʔn̩li ðə mˈiːnɚ mˈoʊɾɪvz mˈʌstɐv bˌɪn mˈoʊst pˈoʊtənt ɪnðə dˈeɪz ʌvðɪ ˈɜːli ˈɛmpaɪɚ, wˈaɪ hˈɛn mˈɛn kˈeɪm fˈɔːɹwɚd tʊ ɛnfˈɔːɹs ðə sˈʌmptjuːˌɛɹi ænd mˈæɹɪdʒ lˈɔːz wˌɪtʃ wɜːɹ ˈɔːlmoʊst jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsəli dˈɪs lˈaɪkt. wiː hˈɪɹ lˈɪɾəl ʌvðə dᵻlˈæɾɚz æz ɐ klˈæs ˌʌndɚɹ ˈɔːɡʌstəs ; bˌʌt ɪnðə dˈeɪz ʌv hɪz səksˈɛsɚ ðeɪ bɪkˌeɪm ˈɔːlmoʊst ɐtwˈʌns ʌv pɹˈɑːmaɪnən ɹˈeɪndʒ ɡˈɪvən tə ðə lˈɔːz sˈiː ʌvðə kɹˈaɪmz ðæt fˈɛl wˈɪl fˈɪfti sˈɪks ðɪ ˈɜːlɪɚɹ ˈɛmpaɪɚ.