From the diary of Samuel Pepys (1663-1703)
Perticularly, he [Mr. Eveling] intertained me with discourse of an Infirmery which he hath projected for the sick and wounded seamen against the next year, which I mightily approve of---and will endeavour to promote it, it being a worthy thing---and of use and will save money. After supper I made the ladies sing, and they have been taught; but Lord, though I was forced to commend them, yet it was the saddest stuff I ever heard. -- Pepys' Diary, 29 Jan. 1666