Penitent

Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite.

If thou be penitent and grieved, or desirous to be so, these heinous sins shall not be laid to thy charge.

[…] But we that know what ’tis to faſt and pray, / Are penitent for your default to day.

Wamba, who defeated the Saracens in an attempt upon Spain, was deprived of the crown, because he had been clothed in the habit of a penitent, while labouring under the influence of poison, administered by the ambitious Erviga!