卷二·第九十六章　夫人问狱中丈夫几时获释；附埃塞克斯西征

A Lady of her Husband imprisoned, when he should be delivered?

一位夫人问她被囚的丈夫，几时会获释？

Judgment upon this Figure.

对这张盘的判断。

THis Question belongs to the twelft house; ♃ Lord of the seventh signifies the Ladies Husband, in ♋ Retrograde, lately, or the day before, in △ with the ☉, the ☽ applying to a ⚹ of ♄, Retrograde, then to a △ of ♃, with a most forcible Reception; from hence I made not many words, but told the Lady, she should neither care to make Friends to his Majesty or any else for delivery of her Husband, for I was assured he either was or would within three dayes be discharged of his imprisonment, by meanes of a Solar man, Commander, who would release him and furnish him with what was convenient for his necessity.

这个问题属于第十二宫；第七宫主星木星代表夫人的丈夫，在巨蟹逆行，刚刚，即前一天，与太阳成三分，月亮入相土星的六分，土星逆行，然后入相木星的三分，有极有力的接纳；由此我没多说话，只告诉夫人，她不必费心托朋友向国王陛下或别的什么人求情放她丈夫，因为我确信他已经获释，或将在三天之内被解除囚禁，靠的是一个太阳型的人，一位指挥官，他会放了他，并供给他所需的一切。

The very truth is, he was released, and the Garrison where he was prisoner taken the same day before the Question was asked, by an honest Parliament-Colonell, who plentifully relieved him with Money, and all convenient necessaries.

实情是，他获释了，就在问事那天、问事之前，关押他的那个驻防地被一位正直的议会派上校攻下，这位上校用钱和一切合用的必需品慷慨地接济了他。

♃ In Exaltation Retrograde, in a movable Signe, in △ to ☉, short imprisonment, because ☉ is Lord of the fourth, and in so perfect a △.

木星在旺宫逆行，在启动星座，与太阳成三分，主囚禁时间短，因为太阳是第四宫之主，又成如此精确的三分。

The time of his Excellencies, Robert Earle of Essex, last setting forth into the West.

埃塞克斯伯爵罗伯特阁下最后一次向西出征的时刻。

Here ♒ the ascending Sign, well represents his forme of body, for it was comely, &c. ♄ ☿ and ♀ his mind; ♃ hath also much to doe in his qualities, as being Lord of ♓ an intercepted Signe in the ascendant.

这里上升星座水瓶很好地代表了他的体态，因为他相貌端正，等等。土星、水星和金星代表他的心性；木星对他的品质也很有关系，因为他是双鱼的主星，而双鱼是上升中的截宫星座。

I first considered that the ☽ separated from a △ of ♄, & applyed to a □ of ♂ Lord of his Substance, Assistants and Friends, and also of the 9th house, viz. his Journey, which intimated, he should have slender successe, and much losse by this his present Martch: finding ☋ in the ascendant, I judged he would be betrayed in his Counsels; and seeing ♄ Lord of the ascendant Peregrine, and in his Fall in the second, and ☽ in her Detriment, and ⊗ disposed by ☿ a Significator of his Enemies, and that ♃ did even partilly with a dexter □ behold the degree ascending, I onely gave this Judgment, that his Excellency must expect no successe from this imployment, that he would have no honour by the Journey, that he would be extreamly crossed by men of great power here at London, that pretended friendship unto him; that he would be betrayed wholly, and be in danger to lose all: that I was heartily sorry he had made choyce of so unluckie a time to set forth in; cum multis aliis.

我首先考虑到，月亮离开土星的三分，入相火星的四分，火星是他的财产、助手与朋友之主，也是第九宫即他的远征之主，这表示他这次进军成效甚微，损失很大：发现龙尾在上升，我断他会在谋划上遭人出卖；又看到上升主星土星游离，在第二宫入落，月亮在陷，福点由他敌人的征象星之一水星定位，木星又几乎以精确的右方四分照看上升的度数，我只给出这样的判断：阁下不必指望这项差事会有什么成功，他这次出征得不到荣誉，会在伦敦这里受到那些假装与他友好的大人物极力掣肘；他会被彻底出卖，有失去一切的危险：我衷心遗憾他选了这么不吉的时刻出发；还有许多别的话。

The issue was thus, (for I write to Posterity) he prospered in the beginning, and daily men of good quality and of authority jeered at me, and derided my former prediction: I was well content to have been abused all to pieces, conditionally he might have had the better: But behold the eighth of September following came sad newes, that the second of September this worthy man had surrendred all his Ammunition to his Majesty, having onely Quarter for his Souldiers, with some other Articles, which were dishonourably performed, to the eternall shame of the royall Party.

结果是这样的，（因为我是写给后世的）他起初顺利，每天都有有身份、有权势的人嘲笑我，讥讽我先前的预言：只要他能占上风，我很乐意被骂得体无完肤：可是看哪，接下来的九月八日传来坏消息，说这位可敬的人在九月二日把全部军火交给了国王陛下，只为他的士兵换得了饶命的条件，外加别的一些条款，而这些条款被执行得很不光彩，给王党留下了永远的耻辱。