One of Pasquil's paper bullets, court calumny,
A pestilent air which princes' palaces
Are seldom purged of. Yet, say that it were true--
I pour it in your bosom--my fixed love
Would strongly excuse, extenuate, nay, deny
Faults, were they apparent in you. Go, be safe
In your own innocency."
(III.1.48-55).
Again the audience gets this incestuous vibe from Ferdinand in the third act. One can only describe his behavior as being quite bizarre. I find it rather eerie and odd how Ferdinand tells the Duchess to "be safe in [her] own innocency." Obviously, this sentence should be taken with a grain of salt, since Ferdinand is trying to relay a harsh message to his sister. Not to mention, as soon as Ferdinand leaves the room he is extremely quick to make a pass on her guilt. He then further implicates himself in the situation by asking Bosola to spy since she has a "false key into her bedchamber." I think Ferdinand has legitimately gone mad. The fact that Bosola has proposed that the Duchess has had "sorcery" done on her only makes matters worse.
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