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There were probably two poodles, one black and one white, given to Rupert in
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Royalist satirists and parodists mocked these Parliamentarian attitudes and produced lampoons that satirised the alleged "superstition" and "credulity" of their opponents; Cleveland claimed that Boy was Prince Rupert's shapeshifting familiar, and of demonic origins. Other satirists
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in 1644. He had been left safely tied up in the
Royalist camp, but escaped and chased after Rupert. The battle went badly for the Royalists, and Rupert was forced to flee the field; Boy was killed during the ensuing fighting. He was prominently depicted in
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scenes drawn of the battle at the time, lying upside down, dead; Simon Ash, a contemporary historian of the event, drew specific attention to the death of this 'much spoken of' dog.
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A Dog's Elegy: Elegy of Prince Rupert's Tears for the Late Defeat at
Marston Moor where his Beloved Dog named Boy was killed by a Valiant Soldier
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A Dialogue, or Rather a Parley, between Prince Rupert's Dog whose name is Puddle and Tobies Dog, whose name is Pepper
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Observations Upon Prince Rupert's White Dog called Boy
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284:Rupert was the iconic Royalist
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594:Poodle History: Army Dogs
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251:Murad IV
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