Eastward Hoe This article or section does not cite its references or sources . You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations . Eastward Hoe or Eastward Ho , is a play written by George Chapman , Ben Jonson , and John Marston , printed in 1605 . It was performed after the accession of James I and resulted in Jonson and Chapman 's being thrown in jail for a time , possibly for offending the King with an anti- Scottish reference in Act III. Jonson suggested that the whole offense amounted to a few words . Marston , who had been trained in the law and who was wooing the daughter of James 's confessor , escaped charge . The play deals with a goldsmith and his household . He has two apprentices and two daughters . One apprentice , Golding , is industrious and temperate . The other , Quicksilver , is rash and ambitious . One daughter , Mildred , is mild and modest . The other , Gertrude , is vain . Mildred and Golding marry . Gertrude marries the fraudulent Sir Petronel Flash , a man who possesses a title but no money . Sir Petronel promises Gertrude a coach and six and a castle . Sir Petronel takes her dowry and sends her off in a coach for an imaginary castle while he and Quicksilver set off for Virginia after Quicksilver has robbed the goldsmith . During this time , the provident and careful Golding has become a deputy alderman . Quicksilver and Petronel are shipwrecked on the Isle of Dogs and are brought up on charges for their actions . They come before Golding . After time in prison , where they repent of their schemes and dishonesty , Golding has them released . The play is notable for its comedy of humors construction and for the vision it gives of the artisan class in London in the early Jacobean era . Categories : Articles lacking sources | 1605 plays | English Renaissance plays | John Marston plays 