text_original: Three favourites — one a favour  freedman, Icelus ; two of higher rank, T. Vinius, his legate, and Cornelius Laco, an assessor abuse their in his court of justice — had followed him from Spain, and gained, as it seemed, an absolute control over his acts. They never left him, and the wits of Rome called them the Emperor's pedagogues ; indeed, they seemed to guide the old man as by the leading strings of childhood, and to recall the memory of the worst days of the dotard Claudius.
text_transcription: THREE FAVOURITES ONE OF FREEDMAN ICELLUS TWO OF HIGHER RANK TIBERIUS WINNIUS HIS LEGATE AND CORNELIUS LECO AN ASSESSOR IN THIS COURT OF JUSTICE HAD FOLLOWED HIM FROM SPAIN AND GAINED AS IT SEEMED AN ABSOLUTE CONTROL OVER HIS ACTS THEY NEVER LEFT HIM AND THE WITS OF ROME CALLED THEM THE EMPEROR'S PAEDAGOGUES INDEED THEY SEEMED TO GUIDE THE OLD MAN AS BY THE LEADING STRINGS OF CHILDHOOD AND TO RECALL THE WORST DAYS OF THE DODARD CLAUDIUS
phonemes: θɹˈiː fˈeɪvɹɪts — wˈʌn ɐ fˈeɪvɚ fɹˈiːdmən, ˈaɪsləs ; tˈuː ʌv hˈaɪɚ ɹˈæŋk, tˈiː. vˈɪnɪəs, hɪz lˈɛɡeɪt, ænd kɔːɹnˈiːlɪəs lˈɑːkoʊ, ɐn ɐsˈɛsɚɹ ɐbjˈuːs ðɛɹ ɪn hɪz kˈɔːɹt ʌv dʒˈʌstɪs — hæd fˈɑːloʊd hˌɪm fɹʌm spˈeɪn, ænd ɡˈeɪnd, æz ɪt sˈiːmd, ɐn ˈæbsəlˌuːt kəntɹˈoʊl ˌoʊvɚ hɪz ˈækts. ðeɪ nˈɛvɚ lˈɛft hˌɪm, ænd ðə wˈɪts ʌv ɹˈoʊm kˈɔːld ðˌɛm ðɪ ˈɛmpɚɹɚz pˈɛdɐɡˌɑːɡz ; ˌɪndˈiːd, ðeɪ sˈiːmd tə ɡˈaɪd ðɪ ˈoʊld mˈæn æz baɪ ðə lˈiːdɪŋ stɹˈɪŋz ʌv tʃˈaɪldhʊd, ænd tə ɹᵻkˈɔːl ðə mˈɛmɚɹi ʌvðə wˈɜːst dˈeɪz ʌvðə dˈɑːɾɑːɹd klˈɔːdɪəs.