Star-Readers Cast Shiruyeh's Horoscope

From E6.52, The Ill-Omened Birth of Shiruyeh. It illustrates E6.52.7–17:

E6.52.7
The child was born when three night-watches passed;Star-gazers came, the horoscope to cast.
E6.52.8
Khosrow Parviz asked, “What have they seen,The star-readers who judge what signs may mean?
E6.52.9
What shall result from this young prince’s birth?What is his horoscope upon this earth?”
E6.52.10
They said, “No man escapes the sky’s decree;The turning sphere determines what shall be.
E6.52.11
Through this child all the earth shall suffer sore,And turmoil through its towns and fields shall pour.
E6.52.12
His army will not bless him in his day;He too will leave the holy, rightful way.
E6.52.13
What need remains to speak of further woe?The stars have shown what no man wished to know.”
E6.52.14
The outcome of their study and their speechBrought grief beyond the Shah’s accustomed reach.
E6.52.15
He said, “Look better, sages of the sky;Take care that none of this abroad should fly.
E6.52.16
Before Iran’s great chiefs, speak not one word;Let no dark rumor through the court be heard.”
E6.52.17
He took that evil horoscope to heart,And sealed it with his signet, set apart.