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When this was over, he came back and said to me, "Know that there

have elapsed of this our day, which be Friday, and this Friday be

the tenth of the month Safar in the six hundred and fifty-third

year since the Hegira or Flight of the Apostle (on whom be the

bestest of blessings and peace!) and the seven thousand three

hundred and twentieth year of the era of Alexander, eight degrees

and six minutes. Furthermore the ascendant of this our day is,

according to the exactest science of computation, the planet

Mars; and it so happeneth that Mercury is in conjunction with

him, denoting an auspicious moment for hair cutting; and this

also maketh manifest to me that thou desires union with a certain

person and that your intercourse will not be propitious.