Note 1111 — SCENE II.
Reading edition
Westward ho] A comedy, by Dekker and Webster, which was first printed in 1607, and which may be found in my edition of Webster’s Works, vol. iii. The scene lies partly in London and partly in Brentford; and a “western voyage” from the former to the latter place gives the title to the play—westward ho! being one of the exclamations used by the watermen who plied on the Thames.