Compare 1587 edition: 1 Incontinẽtly herewith Gilcriſt with his bald head came afore hym, and falling downe on his knees at the kings feete,Gilcriſt asketh pardon of the king i [...] vn|known habite ſayde: If there be anye mercie in thee (moſt ruthful prince) for them that are brought through their offences into extreme miſerie, hauing ſuffred condigne puniſhment for the ſame: I beſeeche thee for the loue that Chriſt had to all ſinfull people, not ſparing to ſhead his moſt precious bloud for their redemptiõ, to haue ſome pitie and compaſſion on me, and theſe my poore and miſerable ſonnes, which with me haue ſuffred muche grief and penurie, not hauing de|ſerued the ſame by any crime by them cõmitted.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At the laſt, when king William had enquired of him what he was,Gilcriſt decla|reth what he is. and how it chaunced he fell into ſuch kind of miſerie, the teares came ſo faſte trickling downe frõ his eyes, that of a long ſpace he was not able to declare his owne name.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length being come to himſelf, he ſaid, I am Gilcriſt (noble prince) y^e moſt ſorowfull creature on earth, which (alas) put my hands in thy bloud and was therfore diſhinherited of all my lands, and baniſhed with theſe my two ſons out of thy realme, whervpon we remained in England for a time, till through proclamation made againſt outlawes, I was conſtrained to come hyther a|gaine with my ſaid ſonnes, where we haue liued by rootes all the ſommer ſeaſon, and nowe in the winter are glad to get our liuing with trauayle of hand thus in digging & deluing of clods: ther|fore if any ruthe or pitie haue place in thy hearte, or that thy indignation be qualifyed, haue mercy on our ſorowful eſtate, & remit the offence, wher|by thou mayſt not only purchaſe greate honour and fame by example of pitie, beeing highly re|noumed for that vertue amongſt al nations, but alſo winne great merite afore God, for ſhewing thy ſelfe the folower of Chriſte, the giuer of all mercie, grace, and peace.