L14(2)：A noble gangster
Six hundred years ago, Sir Johan Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence. He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would offer to go away protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero. When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a pictured with as dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue.
ɛl14(2)：ə ˈnoʊbəl ˈgæŋstər
sɪks ˈhʌndrəd jɪrz əˈgoʊ, sɜr joʊˈhɑn Hawkwood əˈraɪvd ɪn ˈɪtəli wɪð ə bænd ʌv ˈsoʊlʤərz ænd ˈsɛtəld nɪr ˈflɔrəns. hi sun meɪd ə neɪm fɔr hɪmˈsɛlf ænd keɪm tu bi noʊn tu ði ɪˈtæljənz æz ˌʤioʊˈvɑni Acuto. wɛˈnɛvər ði ɪˈtæljən ˈsɪti-steɪts wɜr æt wɔr wɪð iʧ ˈʌðər, Hawkwood juzd tu ˈhaɪər hɪz ˈsoʊlʤərz tu ˈprɪnsəz hu wɜr ˈwɪlɪŋ tu peɪ ðə haɪ praɪs hi dɪˈmændəd. ɪn taɪmz ʌv pis, wɛn ˈbɪznəs wʌz bæd, Hawkwood ænd hɪz mɛn wʊd mɑrʧ ˈɪntu ə ˈsɪti-steɪt ænd, ˈæftər ˈbɜrnɪŋ daʊn ə fju fɑrmz, wʊd ˈɔfər tu goʊ əˈweɪ prəˈtɛkʃən ˈmʌni wʌz peɪd tu ðɛm. Hawkwood meɪd lɑrʤ sʌmz ʌv ˈmʌni ɪn ðɪs weɪ. ɪn spaɪt ʌv ðɪs, ði ɪˈtæljənz rəˈgɑrdəd hɪm æz ə sɔrt ʌv ˈhɪroʊ. wɛn hi daɪd æt ði eɪʤ ʌv ˈeɪti, ðə ˈflɔrənˌtinz geɪv hɪm ə steɪt ˈfjunərəl ænd hæd ə ˈpɪkʧərd wɪð æz ˈdɛdəkeɪtəd tu ðə ˈmɛməri ʌv ðə moʊst ˈvæljənt ˈsoʊlʤər ænd moʊst ˈnoʊtəbəl ˈlidər, ˈsinjɔr ˌʤioʊˈvɑni Haukodue.
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