This is the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet: he begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock; he gives the web and the pin, squints the eye, and makes the hare-lip; mildews the white wheat, and hurts the poor creature of earth.
– William Shakespeare
King Lear, Act 3, Scene 4. As Gloucester approaches with a torch, Edgar as Poor Tom doesn’t wish his father to recognize him so he exaggerates his madness. He calls Gloucester a devil who creates all manner of harm to living things.