- We're at Loretto, where Bosola advised the Duchess travel, watching two pilgrims as they watch the Cardinal undergo the ceremony for transforming into a soldier.
- They continue to watch as the Duchess, Antonio, and their kids are brought forward and banished from Ancona by the Cardinal.
- The pilgrims muse that Cardinal is being way harsh here.
- Actually, given that the Duchess is a prince, how can anybody banish her?
- Well, Ancona's one of the papal states, so the Cardinal, as a representative of the Catholic church, can go to the Pope, claiming, "oooh, she's all sinful and sex-having, I simply can't abide this ungodliness" and have her banished.
- The pilgrims still think it's unjust and nasty, especially that part where the Cardinal ripped off her wedding ring.