in Eastward Ho — Chapman, George; Jonson, Ben; Marston, John
Metadata
Play
Eastward Ho
Author
Chapman, George; Jonson, Ben; Marston, John
Year (catalogued)
1605
First performance
1605
Decade
1600s
Genre
Comedy
Play type
Boys Professional
Company
Children of the Queen's Revels
Theater
Blackfriars;Indoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)
Pri. 2. | Priſ. | Priſ. 2.
Words
199
Characters
1017
Typicality
0.16 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A18407
BritDrama no.
1473
Cluster
Cluster 15 — Devils, vices & grotesques
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Why, it is he that was the gallant Prentice of London, M. Touchstones man. I but his master is a shrewd fellow, Heel prove great matter against him. I warrant you, he will not deny it; if he be not hoarse with the often repeating of it. Exit. Oh, the royal est fellow, that ever was bred up i'the City. He would play you his thousand pound, a night at Dice; keep Knights and Lords Company; go with them to baudie houses; had his fix men in a Livery; kept a stable of Hunting horses; and his Wench in her velvet Gown, and her Cloth of silver. Heres one Knight with him here in Prison. Alas he has no hope of life. He mortifies himself. He dos but linger on, till the Sessions. Oh, he has penned the best thing, that he calls his Re pentance, or his Last Farewell, that ever you herd: He is a pretty Poet, and for Prose— You would wonder how many Pri soners he has helped out, with penning Petitions for them, and not take a penny. Look, this is the Knight, in the rug Gown. Standby. Now God send him good-luck. Exeunt.
Plot summary
Plot — Eastward Ho
The goldsmith [owehstone has two apprentices, the rebellious prodigal QUIEKSIWVEF and the virtuous Golding, and two daughters, the proud Gertrude and the modest Mildréd. Mistress Touchstone insists that Gertrude should marry above her rank to Sim@PéetronelFlash, while Touchstone bestows Mildred on Golding. Quicksilver is sacked after appearing for work drunk; Golding is also released from his indentures to become his former master’s son-in-law. Quicksilver considers becoming a merchant, then conspires with Security to entrap Sir Petronel Flash into debt to finance the secret expedition to Virginia he is planning. While Gertrude travels to her new husband’s fictitious country castle, Sir Petronel plans a _ - sexual liaison with [Winifméd| Security’s wife. Quicksilver and Sir Petronel both set sail, each in a different vessel, with the jealous S€@uirity following in a third, but a storm wrecks all three boats at Cuckold’s Haven. Winifred convinces Security that his suspicions are groundless. Quicksilver and Sir Petronel are arrested and sent to prison by Golding, now a deputy alderman, on suspicion of stealing from Touchstone. They and Security become penitent in their incarceration, but Touchstone is determined to prosecute them. Golding wishes to be more forgiving, and feigns his own imprisonment to bring his father-in-law to the jail. There Touchstone sees and accepts the sincerity of the miscreants’ repentance; Quicksilver, Sir Petronel, and Security are released, and Quicksilver promises to marry Sindefy, his punk.