about midnight
I never eat any confections , page , whilst I am at the bibbery . Item , bring me rather some toasts . How the Monk made Gargantua sleep , and of his hours and breviaries . Supper being ended , they consulted of the business in hand , and concluded that about midnight they should fall unawares upon the enemy , to know what manner of watch and ward they kept , and that in the meanwhile they should take a little rest the better to refresh themselves . But Gargantua could not sleep by any means , on which side soever he turned himself . Whereupon the monk said to him , I never sleep soundly but when I am at sermon or prayers . Let us therefore begin , you and I , the seven penitential psalms , to try whether you shall not quickly fall asleep .