[32.] What is that that hath his belly full of man's meat and his mouth full of dirt? _Solution._ It is an Oven when it is full of bread, or pies, for that is man's meat, and the Ovens mouth is then closed with dirt. What's an _Ace_, says one, [12.] Dewce take me, says _John_, The Tray will be up in a trice You cater waule now. And your wit sinks low, Why friends, the jest is concise. Death and an honest Cobler fell at bate [24.] And finding him worne out, would needs translate; He was a trusty so'le, and time had bin He would, well liquord, go through thick and thin. Death put a trick upon him, and what was't? The Cobler call'd for All, death brought his last; 'Twas not uprightly done to cut his thread, That mended more and more till he was dead; But since hee's gone, tis all that can be said, Honest _Cut-Cobler_ here is underlayed. In political satire it was not to be expected that so prominent a person as Prince Rupert, the son of James I.'s own sister, could come off scathless; but it is somewhat singular, and it shows the bitterness of the parties, that even his pets, his poodle dog, and his monkey, should provoke the satiric ire of the Roundhead writers. Both are historical, and, thanks to Thomason, whose wonderful collection, known as the "Kings Pamphlets," exists in the British Museum, the materials of their history are easily accessible to the student. The Prince's dog "Boy" was a white poodle, and it is somewhat curious to note that poodles, over 200 years since, were shaved so as to conserve the lionlike mane, although the dandyisms of tufts on the legs and tail seem to have been reserved for a later era. [Illustration: "To him pudel." "Bite him, peper" 'Cauilier Dog' 'Roundhead Curr'] His master must have had a special and peculiar affection for "Boy," as he, and a tame hare, "which used to follow him about & do his bidding with facility," were his solace when imprisoned at Lintz in 1641. According to a writer,[F. 64] whose "Prince Ruperts diary" everybody would like to see, it was a "beautiful white dogge," was given him by Lord Arundell, and was "of a breede so famous that the Grand Turk gave it in particular injunction to his ambassador to obtaine him a puppie thereof." His nationality is given in a tract [36] as being either of German or Finland breed, and he must soon have become notorious, as Prince Rupert did not come over to England after his release from prison until February 1642; and we find from the accompanying engraving [36] that early the following year he was politically made use of for party purposes. In this dialogue, which is too lengthy for reproduction here, it will be seen that he was already accredited with supernatural qualities. "_Tobies Dog._ ... I heare you are Prince _Ruperts_ white Boy. _P. Rup. dog._ I am none of his White Boy, my name is _Puddle_.