A Chaste Maid in Cheapside Study Guide

The play opens with Maudlin lecturing her daughter, Moll, on her faults as a woman. Maudlin tells Moll that at her age, Maudlin was pregnant, two years before she married. Maudlin believes that Moll needs to work harder to attract the attentions of a worthy knight. Yellowhammer enters his goldsmith shop and asks his wife, Maudlin, what she is doing. Maudlin tells him that she is lecturing their daughter about her faults. Yellowhammer reminds Maudlin that she isn't one to criticize because she, too, has many faults. (read more)