daybreak, noon
-- HABESCI 'S _ State of the Ottoman Empire _ , p. 164 . The mutes are also the secret instruments of his private vengeance , in carrying the fatal string . PAGE 215 . _ Prayer announced at break of day _ The stated seasons of public prayer , in the twenty-four hours , were five : daybreak , noon , midtime between noon and sunset , immediately as the sun leaves the horizon , and an hour and a half after it is down . PAGE 216 . _ Skulls and skeletons _ Both were usually added to the ingredients already mentioned . These magic rites sufficiently resemble the witch scenes of Middleton , Shakespeare , etc. , to show their Oriental origin .