Dante, Piers Plowman, and Chaucer all painted unflattering pictures of alchemists as thieves and liars.
dˈɑːnteɪ, pˈɪɹz plˈaʊmən, ænd tʃˈɔːsɚɹ ˈɔːl pˈeɪntᵻd ʌnflˈæɾɚɹɪŋ pˈɪktʃɚz ʌv ˈælkɪmˌɪsts æz θˈiːvz ænd lˈaɪɚz.