text_original: Messenia and Arcadia were deserts. Laconia had not men enough to till it, and seventy of the hundred townships of old times were quite abandoned.
text_transcription: MISSENNIA AND ARCADIA WERE DESERTS LACONIA HAD NOT MEN ENOUGH TO TILL IT AND SEVENTY OF THE HUNDRED TOWNSHIPS OF OLD TIMES WERE QUITE ABANDONED
phonemes: mɛsˈiːniə ænd ɑːɹkˈeɪdiə wɜː dˈɛzɚts. lækˈoʊniə hæd nˌɑːt mˈɛn ɪnˈʌf tə tˈɪl ɪt, ænd sˈɛvənti ʌvðə hˈʌndɹɪd tˈaʊnʃɪps ʌv ˈoʊld tˈaɪmz wɜː kwˈaɪt ɐbˈændənd.