Volume Four-第147章 ABOULHUSN AND HIS SLAVE-GIRL TAWEDDUD.(13)

'Each day hath a planet that rules it. Soif the first day of the year fall on a Sundaythat day is the sun's and this portends（though God alone is All-knowing）oppression of kings and sultans and governors and much miasma and lack of rain and that the folk will be in great disorder and the grain-crop will be goodexcept lentilswhich will perishand the vines will rot and flax will be dear and wheat cheap from the beginning of Toubeh to the end of Beremhat. Moreoverin this year there will be much fighting among kingsand there shall be great plenty of good in this year.'（Q.）'What if the first day fall on Monday？'（A.）'That day belongs to the moon and portends righteousness in administrators and deputies and that it will be a year of much rain and grain-crops will be goodbut linseed will decay and wheat will be cheap in the month Keyehk；also that plagues will be rife and that half the sheep and goats will diethat grapes will be plentiful and honey scarce and cotton cheap.'（Q.）'What if it fall on Tuesday？'（A.）'That is Mars's day and portends death of great men and much destruction and outpouring of blood and dearness of grainlack of rain and scarcity of fishwhich will anon be in excess and anon fail [altogether]. In this yearlentils and honey will be cheap and linseed dear and only barley will thriveto the exception of all other grain： great will be the fighting among kings and death will be in the blood and there will be much mortality among asses.'（Q.）'What if it fall on Wednesday？'（A.）'That is Mercury's day and portends great anarchy among the folk and much enmity and rotting of some of the green crops and moderate rains；also that there will be great mortality among cattle and infants and much fighting by seathat wheat will be dear from Burmoudeh to Misra and other grains cheap： thunder and lightning will abound and honey will be dearpalm-trees will thrive and bear apace and flax and cotton will be plentifulbut radishes and onions will be dear.'（Q.）'What if it fall on Thursday？'