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5 Xu


A Drenching
That captives are taken is honorable. Your plea is heard. Omen of good fortune. Now is the time to ford the great river.
===   === Enter your lair. Three guests arrive uninvited. Welcome them. In the end good fortune.
========= Getting drenched in wine and food. Omen of good fortune.
===   === Getting drenched in blood. Get out of your lair.
====x==== Getting drenched in mud. This makes raiders come.
========= Getting drenched in sand. There will be talk. There will be good fortune in the end.
====x==== Getting drenched in the suburbs. By this omen it is time to persist. No harm will come.

29 Kan


The Pit
There is a capture. Consider offering the heart in sacrifice. A trip will be rewarded.
===   === Tie him up with braids and cords. Throw him into a thorny keep. For three years he is not bagged. Misfortune.
========= The pit is not filled, though all around is level. No misfortune.
===   === A flask of wine, tureens – a pair – in earthenware, handed through the window, bound. No misfortune in the end.
===   === Bring him here and thump him down. Steep and deep, he plunges down the pitfall. Do not use this omen.
========= The pit has a drop. Expect to gain a little.
===   === Pit within a pit. He plunges down the pitfall. There will be misfortune.