ðə kˈɑːpɪˌɪsts pɚfˈɔːɹmd ðɛɹ tˈæsks sˌoʊ ˈɪl ðæt ɪnðə fˈɔːɹɾitˈuː pˈæɹəɡɹˌæfz ðɛɹˌɑːɹ twˈɛntiwˈʌn ɡˈæps ænd sˈɪks hˈʌndɹɪd kɚɹˈʌpt pˈæsɪdʒᵻz, wˌɪtʃ mˈɑːmsɛn ænd lˈɛsɚ mˈɛn hæv stɹˈɪvən wɪð ɐn ˈɪndʌstɹi wˈɜːði əvə bˈɛɾɚ kˈɔːz tə ɹᵻstˈoːɹ.
The copyists performed their tasks so ill that in the forty-two paragraphs there are twenty-one gaps and six hundred corrupt passages, which Mommsen and lesser men have striven with an industry worthy of a better cause to restore.