text_original: Sloth and self indulgence in the Syrian cities had proved fatal to their discipline ; and pro  where the fligate Antioch, above all, with its ill famed haunts of Daphne, had unnerved the vigour moralised, of their manhood. They cared little, as we read, that their horses were ill groomed and their equipments out of gear, so long as their arms were light enough to be borne with ease, and their saddles stuffed with down.
text_transcription: PROVED FATAL TO THEIR DISCIPLINE AND PROFLIKE AT ANTIOCH ABOVE ALL WITH ITS ILL FAMED HAUNTS OF DAPHNE HAD UNNERVED THE VIGOR OF THEIR MANHOOD THEY CARED LITTLE AS WE READ THAT THEIR HORSES WERE ILL GROOMED AND THEIR EQUIPMENTS OUT OF GEAR SO LONG AS THEIR ARMS WERE LIGHT ENOUGH TO BE BORNE WITH EASE AND THEIR SADDLES STUFFED WITH DOWN
phonemes: slˈɑːθ ænd sˈɛlf ɪndˈʌldʒəns ɪnðə sˈɪɹiən sˈɪɾiz hæd pɹˈuːvd fˈeɪɾəl tə ðɛɹ dˈɪsɪplˌɪn ; ænd pɹˈoʊ wˌɛɹ ðə flˈɪɡeɪt ˈæntiːˌɑːk, əbˌʌv ˈɔːl, wɪð ɪts ˈɪl fˈeɪmd hˈɔːnts ʌv dˈæfni, hæd ʌnnˈɜːvd ðə vˈɪɡɚ mˈɔːɹəlˌaɪzd, ʌv ðɛɹ mˈænhʊd. ðeɪ kˈɛɹd lˈɪɾəl, æz wiː ɹˈiːd, ðæt ðɛɹ hˈɔːɹsᵻz wɜːɹ ˈɪl ɡɹˈuːmd ænd ðɛɹ ɪkwˈɪpmənts ˌaʊɾəv ɡˈɪɹ, sˌoʊ lˈɔŋ æz ðɛɹ ˈɑːɹmz wɜː lˈaɪt ɪnˈʌf təbi bˈɔːɹn wɪð ˈiːz, ænd ðɛɹ sˈædəlz stˈʌft wɪð dˈaʊn.