He could start from the most powerful spells, but there is one first-circle divination and one fourth-circle divination that he doesn't recognize at all, and the second-circle Augury he got looks importantly different from a Spellcraft angle. Arguably, Esta should have prioritized thinking about those parts first and above all, in retrospect; it's just that he got so many godchosen spells landing on him at the same time --
Esta's mind shuts down the excuse-making. Torturers who can read your thoughts are very unimpressed about mental excusemaking. It does do a little to untrain the bad habit.
What is unusual about the Augury? Is it possibly a special version that could work without the material component, 25gp of incense which Esta does not have on hand without his Holding Bag?