midnight
The yong man seing the froward nature of his mother , determined to take away the body by this policie . He borrowed twelve friers frockes or cowles , and in the euening went downe to the hauen , and hired twelue mariners , and placed them in a backe house , geuing them so much meate and drinke as they woulde eate . And when they had well whitled and tippled themselues , he put vpon them those friers cowles , with visards vppon their faces , and gaue euery of them in their hands a burning torch , making them to seme as though they had ben Diuels of hel : and he himself rode vpon a horse al couered with blacke , beset rounde about with monstrous and vglie faces , euerye of them hauinge a burnyng candle in his mouthe , and riding before with a visarde of horrible shape vpon his head , sayde vnto them : `` Doe as I doe : '' and then marched forward to the market-place . When they came thether they ran vp and downe with roring voyces crying out like Deuils being then past midnight and very darke . When the watche sawe that straunge sight they were affrayde , thinking that they had bene Deuils indeede , and that he on horsebacke in that forme had ben the great Deuill Lucifer himselfe . And seing him runne towardes the gibet , the watche toke their legges and ran away . The yong man in the shape of the great Deuill toke downe the body and layd it before him on horsebacke , who calling his companie away , roode before in poste .