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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

      3

      neither he nor his wife – ни он, ни его жена

      4

      in all haste – в великой поспешности

      5

      will not be long behind – прибуду вслед за тобой

      6

      swore on the Four Evangelists – поклялся именами четырёх евангелистов (авторов канонических Евангелий – Матфея, Марка, Луки и Иоанна)

      7

      if he will prove worth – если он окажется достойным

      8

      Let it be so – да будет так

      9

      in person – лично

      10

      yielded up the ghost – испустил дух (устар.)