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The Duchess has been taken prisoner in her own palace by her brothers, Ferdinand and the Cardinal. Ferdinand has left the dirty work of torturing his sister to his servant, Bosola. Bosola carries out Ferdinand’s orders but he feels sorry for the Duchess. The Duchess has just been convinced that her husband, Antonio, is dead and she is now tortured with the idea that her children have also been murdered.
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DUCHESS. What witchcraft doth he practise, that he hath left
A dead man's hand here?
[Here is discovered, behind a traverse, the artificial figures of ANTONIO and his children, appearing as if they were dead.]
BOSOLA. Look you, here 's the piece from which 'twas ta'en.
He doth present you this sad spectacle,
That, now you know directly they
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