Trulla

Trulla moves among the butchers, tinkers, and bear-ward's allies who make up the anti-Hudibras faction, and Cerdon credits her with saving Bruin from the dogs. Her name means something like a wench or trull, yet she fights with a man's stoutness, mocking the poem's assumptions about who belongs in combat. Her presence sharpens the satire's gender comedy and keeps the crowd of low-born combatants vivid as the chase for the knight unfolds.