midnight
They dared not ask for quarter after Raleigh 's order -- 't was fight to the death , or fly . The men from Gloucester moved at once to their horses , and some of them managed to spring into the saddle and get off in the darkness . The rough foresters were poorly armed and ill prepared for fighting ; for the most part those who stood were cut down like sheep , and paid the full penalty of their treason . Basil endeavoured to single out Raleigh , and Father Jerome did the same ; but one cloaked man is very like another at midnight , and there were tall fellows amongst the Newnham lads that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the famous knight . Windybank hoped to get a thrust at Morgan ; and now that his blood was up , and he had resolved to sell his life dearly , he was chagrined to find no sign of the hated foe . He did not suspect that Johnnie was with the admiral on the river . Meanwhile there was a fiercer struggle on the _ Luath _ .