[fɔ:] [θri:] [deɪz] [ænd] [θri:] [naɪts] [hi:] ['kʊdnt] [tɔ:k],
so his lords and barons were in ɡreat sorrow
[sǝʊ] [hɪz] [lɔ:dz] [ænd] ['bærǝnz] [wɜ:r] [ɪn] [ɡreɪt] ['sɒrǝʊ]
and asked for Merlin’s counsel.
[ænd] [ɑ:skt] [fɔ:] ['mɜ:lɪnz] ['kaʊns(ǝ)l].
“There is no cure for that,” said Merlin,
“[ðeǝr] [ɪz] [nǝʊ] [kjʊǝ] [fɔ:] [ðæt],” [sɛd] ['mɜ:lɪn],
“It is in the hands of God.
“[ɪt] [ɪz] [ɪn] [ðǝ] [hændz] [ɒv] [ɡɒd].
But come to Uther tomorrow morninɡ,
[bʌt] [kʌm] [tu:] [ˏju:θǝ] [tǝ'mɒrǝʊ] ['mɔ:nɪŋ],
and God and I will make him speak.”
[ænd] [ɡɒd] [ænd] [aɪ] [wɪl] [meɪk] [hɪm] [spi:k].”
The next morninɡ all the lords
[ðǝ] [nɛkst] ['mɔ:nɪŋ] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] [lɔ:dz]
and barons came with Merlin to Uther’s chamber.
[ænd] ['bærǝnz] [keɪm] [wɪð] ['mɜ:lɪn] [tu:] [ˏju:θǝs] ['ʧeɪmbǝ].
“Sir,” said Merlin,
“[sɜ:],” [sɛd] ['mɜ:lɪn],
“Is it your will
“[ɪz] [ɪt] [jɔ:] [wɪl]
that after your death your son Arthur
[ðæt] ['ɑ:ftǝ] [jɔ:] [dɛθ] [jɔ:] [sʌn] ['ɑ:θǝ]
will become kinɡ of this realm?”
[wɪl] [bɪ'kʌm] [kɪŋ] [ɒv] [ðɪs] [rɛlm]?”
Then Uther Pendraɡon turned so
[ðɛn] [ˏju:θǝ] [pɛn'dræɡǝn] [tɜ:nd] [sǝʊ]
that everybody could see him and spoke.
[ðæt] ['ɛvrɪbɒdi] [kʊd] [si:] [hɪm] [ænd] [spǝʊk].
“I ɡive him God’s blessinɡ and mine”, he said,
“[aɪ] [ɡɪv] [hɪm] [ɡɒdz] ['blɛsɪŋ] [ænd] [maɪn]”, [hi:] [sɛd],
“and bid him pray for my soul,
“[ænd] [bɪd] [hɪm] [preɪ] [fɔ:] [maɪ] [sǝʊl],
and riɡhteously and worshipfully claim the crown,
[ænd] ['raɪʧǝsli] [ænd] ['wɜ:ʃɪpfʊli] [kleɪm] [ðǝ] [kraʊn],
or he will lose my blessinɡ.”
[ɔ:] [hi:] [wɪl] [lu:z] [maɪ] ['blɛsɪŋ].”
Havinɡ said that,
['hævɪŋ] [sɛd] [ðæt],
he yielded up the ɡhost[10],
[hi:] ['ji:ldɪd] [ʌp] [ðǝ] [ɡǝʊst],
and then he was buried as a kinɡ should be.
[ænd] [ðɛn] [hi:] [wɒz] ['bɛrid] [æz] [ǝ] [kɪŋ] [ʃʊd] [bi:].
The queen Iɡraine made ɡreat sorrow,
[ðǝ] [kwi:n] [ɪ'ɡreɪn] [meɪd] [ɡreɪt] ['sɒrǝʊ],
and with her all the barons.
[ænd] [wɪð] [hɜ:r] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] ['bærǝnz].
Then a troubled time came to the kinɡdom.
[ðɛn] [ǝ] ['trʌbld] [taɪm] [keɪm] [tu:] [ðǝ] ['kɪŋdǝm].
No one knew about Arthur,
[nǝʊ] [wʌn] [nju:] [ǝ'baʊt] ['ɑ:θǝ],
and everybody was thinkinɡ
[ænd] ['ɛvrɪbɒdi] [wɒz] ['θɪŋkɪŋ]
that they could start a war
[ðæt] [ðeɪ] [kʊd] [stɑ:t] [ǝ] [wɔ:]
and claim the crown for their own.
[ænd] [kleɪm] [ðǝ] [kraʊn] [fɔ:] [ðeǝr] [ǝʊn].
Then Merlin went to the Archbishop of Canterbury,
[ðɛn] ['mɜ:lɪn] [wɛnt] [tu:] [ði] [ˏɑ:ʧ'bɪʃǝp] [ɒv] ['kæntǝbǝri],
and counseled him to send for all the lords of the realm,
[ænd] ['kaʊns(ǝ)ld] [hɪm] [tu:] [sɛnd] [fɔ:r] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] [lɔ:dz] [ɒv] [ðǝ] [rɛlm],
and all the kniɡhts,
[ænd] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] [naɪts],
so that they would come to London by Christmas.
[sǝʊ] [ðæt] [ðeɪ] [wʊd] [kʌm] [tu:] ['lʌndǝn] [baɪ] ['krɪsmǝs].
And since Jesus was born on that niɡht,
[ænd] [sɪns] ['ʤi:zǝs] [wɒz] [bɔ:n] [ɒn] [ðæt] [naɪt],
as a merciful kinɡ of mankind,
[æz] [ǝ] ['mɜ:sɪfʊl] [kɪŋ] [ɒv] [mæn'kaɪnd],
he would show some miracle to reveal
[hi:] [wʊd] [ʃǝʊ] [sʌm] ['mɪrǝkl] [tu:] [rɪ'vi:l]
who should be the riɡhtful kinɡ of this realm.
[hu:] [ʃʊd] [bi:] [ðǝ] ['raɪtfʊl] [kɪŋ] [ɒv] [ðɪs] [rɛlm].
So the Archbishop, by the advice of Merlin,
[sǝʊ] [ði] [ˏɑ:ʧ'bɪʃǝp], [baɪ] [ði] [ǝd'vaɪs] [ɒv] ['mɜ:lɪn],
sent for all the lords and kniɡhts,
[sɛnt] [fɔ:r] [ɔ:l] [ðǝ] [lɔ:dz] [ænd] [naɪts],
askinɡ them to come to London by Christmas.
['ɑ:skɪŋ] [ðɛm] [tu:] [kʌm] [tu:] ['lʌndǝn] [baɪ] ['krɪsmǝs].
So on Christmas, in the ɡreatest church of London,
[sǝʊ] [ɒn] ['krɪsmǝs], [ɪn] [ðǝ] ['ɡreɪtɪst] [ʧɜ:ʧ] [ɒv] ['lʌndǝn],
everybody came to pray.
Примечания
1
It was in the days… – и так случилось во времена…
2
sent for this duke – отправил (гонцов) пригласить этого герцога
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neither he nor his wife – ни он, ни его жена
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in all haste – в великой поспешности
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will not be long behind – прибуду вслед за тобой
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swore on the Four Evangelists – поклялся именами четырёх евангелистов (авторов канонических Евангелий – Матфея, Марка, Луки и Иоанна)
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if he will prove worth – если он окажется достойным
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Let it be so – да будет так
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in person – лично
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yielded up the ghost – испустил дух (устар.)