midnight
One of his fellowship , Laurence Abenberger , the son of an apothecary , who was diligent in school , and of a wondrous pious spirit , gave up all his spare time to all manner of magic arts , and albeit he was but seventeen years of age , he had already cast nativities for many folks and for us maids , and had told us of divers ill-omens for the future . This Abenberger , a little fellow of no note , had found in some ancient papers a recipe for discovering treasure , and had told the secret to Herdegen and some other few . To begin , they went at his bidding to the graveyard with him , and there , at the full moon , they poured hot lead into the left eye-hole of a skull and made it into arrow-heads . Yesternight they had journeyed forth as far as Sinterspuhel , and there , at midnight , had stood at the cross-roads and shot with these same arrow-heads to the four quarters , to the end that they might dig for treasure wheresoever the shafts might fall . But they found no treasure , but a newly-buried body , and on this had taken to their heels in all haste . Herdegen only had tarried behind with Abenberger , and when he saw that there were deep wounds on the head of the dead man his intent was to carry the tidings to the justices in council ; nevertheless he would delay a while , because Abenberger had besought him to keep silence and not to bring him to an evil end . But as he had gone past the school of arms he had learnt that an apprentice was missing , and that it was feared lest he had been waylaid by pillagers , or had fallen into evil hands ; so he now deemed it his plain duty to keep no longer silence concerning the finding of the body , and desired to be advised by me and Ann .