Enter Worthy.
Wor. Why thou art the most useful fellow in nature to your captain, admirable in your way I find.
Kite. Yes, sir, I understand my business, I will say it.
Wor. How came you so qualified?
Kite.You must know, sir, I was born a gipsy, and bred among that crew till I was ten years old; there I learned canting and lying: I was bought from my mother Cleopatra by a certain nobleman for three pistoles, there I learned impudence and pimping: I was turned off for wearing my lord's linen, and drinking my lady's ratafia, and turned bailiff's follower; there I learned bullying and swearing: I at last got into the army; and there I learned whoring and drinking—so that if your worship pleases to cast up the whole sum, viz. canting, lying, impudence, pimping, bullying, swearing, whoring, drinking, and a halberd, you will find the sum total amount to a Recruiting Serjeant.
Wor. And pray what induced you to turn soldier?
Kite. Hunger and ambition. But here comes Justice Balance.
Enter Balance and Bullock.
Bal. Here you, serjeant, where's your captain? here's a poor foolish fellow comes clamouring to me with a complaint that your captain has pressed his sister. Do you know any thing of this matter, Worthy?
Wor. Ha! ha! ha! I know his sister is gone with Plume to his lodging, to sell him some chickens.