King John Compassion and Forgiveness Quotes

It's worth comparing this quotation with the first one for this theme. The same question comes up in both of them: do you think these acts of forgiveness come from sincere feelings? Or are these people just forced into forgiveness by circumstances? In this case, King John is at death's door and is at risk of having his kingdom taken over by Louis the Dauphin; he would be pretty darn stupid if he didn't welcome back all those nobles who had defected from his side and joined forces with the Dauphin. Still, it's interesting to note that it's King John's young son Henry who urges him to be compassionate, just as it was young Arthur who forgave Austria in the first quote from this section. Does this mean that King John portrays young children as especially compassionate? And if so, does this mean that being compassionate is naive? Or is the question more complicated than that?