So famous was _Boy_, that the different newspapers gave his death as a special piece of intelligence [44]--"I may not omit to tell you that Prince _Rupert_ lost his Bever, and his horse, and also his Dog was slain, and lay dead neere the Beanfield, where divers affirme the Prince hid himselfe, after a little service, till it was dark, and then he got to _Yorke_." Again [45]--"As for newes from the North, I heare it further confirmed, that the rumour which was here about Towne concerning P^r _Ruperts_ hiding himselfe in a Beane field, and for which act hee is almost quite out of the Malignants bookes, is acknowledged to be most certaine, Nay, and I myselfe have heard it confessed from the mouths of some notorious Malignants: It had beene brave, with a blood hound there to have found him out, the plunderings, cruelties, Massacrings, rapes, and bloodshed, which lie upon his conscience, and which he cannot but beare about continually, must needs have yelded a strong scent to betray him unto revenge. But though his _Necromantick_ Dogge, his _Mephistophiles_, was slaine, yet he seemes he made a shift to get secure into _Yorke_, and there to sweare the Townesmen into an opinion of his Victory." And in another newspaper [48] he is mentioned thus--"Amongst the dead Men and Horses which lay on the ground, wee found Prince _Ruperts_ Dog killed. (This is onely mentioned by the way; because the Prince his Dog, hath been much spoken of, and was more prized by his Master than Creatures of much more worth.)" [Illustration] A contemporary tract [46] (which is a dry political discussion, and has nothing whatever to do with the title-page) furnishes the accompanying engraving, which is exceedingly graphic. Here we again see poor Boy, exactly as described, lying "dead neere the Beanfield," which is represented with preraphaelite fidelity. It is also hinted at in the engraving which shows him being shot "by a Valliant Soulder, who had skill in Necromancy," but in this one is introduced the head of Prince Rupert, who is supposed to be there hiding. His baggage fell into the hands of the victorious Parliamentarians, and the satirist cannot help having a fling at the Prince's Romish proclivities, as the contents of his sumpter horses' baggage shows bulls, crucifixes, images, a bell, etc. On this subject there is another satire [47]--"The Catholikes Petition to Prince Rupert," from which the accompanying engraving is taken. [Illustration]