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`` My Lord , '' the Prince replied , after prostration , `` in the Hebrew Scriptures there is a saying in proof of the influence the planets have in the affairs of men : ` Then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo ; they fought from heaven ; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera . ' Now art thou truly Sultan of Sultans . To-morrow -- the twenty-sixth of March -- will be memorable amongst days , for then thou mayst begin the war with the perfidious Greek . From four o'clock in the morning the stars which fought against Sisera will fight for Mahommed . Let those who love him salute and rejoice . '' The counsellors , dropping on their knees , fell forward , their faces on their hands . The Prince of India did the same .