All 3 Uses

penance
in
Henry VIII
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I would I were; They should find easy penance.†
Scene 1.4 *
Gentlemen, The penance lies on you, if these fair ladies Pass away frowning.†
Scene 1.4
There is a fellow somewhat near the door, he should be a brazier by his face, for, o' my conscience, twenty of the dog-days now reign in's nose; all that stand about him are under the line, they need no other penance: that fire-drake did I hit three times on the head, and three times was his nose discharged against me; he stands there, like a mortar-piece, to blow us.†
Scene 5.4

Definitions:

(1) (penance)
an act that shows sorrow for wrongdoing -- such as expressing regret, asking for forgiveness, or trying to make up for the harm done
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)