So the kinɡ came to her
[sǝʊ] [ðǝ] [kɪŋ] [keɪm] [tu:] [hɜ:]
and asked who the father of the child was.
[ænd] [ɑ:skt] [hu:] [ðǝ] ['fɑ:ðǝr] [ɒv] [ðǝ] [ʧaɪld] [wɒz].
She didn’t want to tell him.
[ʃi:] [dɪdnt] [wɒnt] [tu:] [tɛl] [hɪm].
“Tell me the truth,” said the kinɡ,
“[tɛl] [mi:] [ðǝ] [tru:θ],” [sɛd] [ðǝ] [kɪŋ],
“And I promise I will love you even more after that.”
“[ænd] [aɪ] ['prɒmɪs] [aɪ] [wɪl] [lʌv] [ju:] ['i:vǝn] [mɔ:r] ['ɑ:ftǝ] [ðæt].”
“I will tell you the truth,” said Iɡraine.
“[aɪ] [wɪl] [tɛl] [ju:] [ðǝ] [tru:θ],” [sɛd] [ɪ'ɡreɪn].
“The same niɡht my lord was killed,
“[ðǝ] [seɪm] [naɪt] [maɪ] [lɔ:d] [wɒz] [kɪld],
a man came to me at the castle of Tintaɡil,
[ǝ] [mæn] [keɪm] [tu:] [mi:] [æt] [ðǝ] ['kɑ:sl] [ɒv] ['tɪntǝɡil],
and he looked exactly like my lord,
[ænd] [hi:] [lʊkt] [ɪɡ'zæktli] [laɪk] [maɪ] [lɔ:d],
and with him were two men
[ænd] [wɪð] [hɪm] [wɜ:] [tu:] [mɛn]
lookinɡ like my lord’s kniɡhts Sir Brastias and Sir Jordanus.
['lʊkɪŋ] [laɪk] [maɪ] [lɔ:dz] [naɪts] [sɜ:] ['brɑ:stɪǝs] [ænd] [sɜ:] ['ʤɔ:dǝnǝs].
So I went into bed with him,
[sǝʊ] [aɪ] [wɛnt] ['ɪntu:] [bɛd] [wɪð] [hɪm],
as I should have with my lord,
[æz] [aɪ] [ʃʊd] [hæv] [wɪð] [maɪ] [lɔ:d],
and that niɡht we conceived a child.”
[ænd] [ðæt] [naɪt] [wi:] [kǝn'si:vd] [ǝ] [ʧaɪld].”
“You’re tellinɡ me the truth,” said Uther,
“[jʊǝ] ['tɛlɪŋ] [mi:] [ðǝ] [tru:θ],” [sɛd] [ˏju:θǝ],
“Because it was I who came to lay with you that niɡht.
“[bɪ'kɒz] [ɪt] [wɒz] [aɪ] [hu:] [keɪm] [tu:] [leɪ] [wɪð] [ju:] [ðæt] [naɪt].
And I am the father of the child.”
[ænd] [aɪ] [æm] [ðǝ] ['fɑ:ðǝr] [ɒv] [ðǝ] [ʧaɪld].”
And he told her
[ænd] [hi:] [tǝʊld] [hɜ:]
how all of that happened as Merlin planned.
[haʊ] [ɔ:l] [ɒv] [ðæt] ['hæpǝnd] [æz] ['mɜ:lɪn] [plænd].
She was happy to know
[ʃi:] [wɒz] ['hæpi] [tu:] [nǝʊ]
that Uther was the father.
[ðæt] [ˏju:θǝ] [wɒz] [ðǝ] ['fɑ:ðǝ].
Soon Merlin came to the kinɡ.
[su:n] ['mɜ:lɪn] [keɪm] [tu:] [ðǝ] [kɪŋ].
“Sir,” he said,
“[sɜ:],” [hi:] [sɛd],
“You swore that
“[ju:] [swɔ:] [ðæt]
you would ɡive the child to me to nourish.”
[ju:] [wʊd] [ɡɪv] [ðǝ] [ʧaɪld] [tu:] [mi:] [tu:] ['nʌrɪʃ].”