consulted astrologers about my nativity; and was answered, �Your son shall live happily till the age of fifteen, when his life will be exposed to a danger which he will hardly be able to escape. But if his good destiny preserve him beyond that time, he will live to a great age. It will be’ (said they) �when the statue of brass, that stands upon the summit of the mountain of adamant, shall be thrown into the sea by prince Agib,
consulted astrologers about my nativity; and was answered, �Your son shall live happily till the age of fifteen, when his life will be exposed to a danger which he will hardly be able to escape. But if his good destiny preserve him beyond that time, he will live to a great age. It will be’ (said they) �when the statue of brass, that stands upon the summit of the mountain of adamant, shall be thrown into the sea by prince Agib,
