KING
Forebear us, but see the doors are well guarded.
Exeunt [King and Balthazar remain].
BALTHAZAR
Will you, Sir, promise to give me freedom of speech?
KING
Yes, I will, take it, speak any thing, 'tis pardoned.
BALTHAZAR You are a whoremaster. Do you send me to win towns for you abroad and you lose a kingdom at home?
KING
What kingdom?
BALTHAZAR
The fairest in the world, the kingdom of your fame, your honour.
KING
Wherein?
BALTHAZAR I'll be plain with you. Much mischief is done by the mouth of a cannon, but the fire begins at a little touch-hole. You heard what nightingale sung to you even now.
KING
Ha, ha, ha!