1719, Thomas Gordon - A modest apology for parson Alberoni, governor to king Philippage 29
He dreſſes up the pretty Puppit fo amiably, all at the Coſt and Charges of hit own Fancy, and laments over it 16 movingly, that there is not a dry Eye, nor a dry Handkerchief, in the whole congregation
Then, having dried his clothes, they dressed the body again and laid him in the boat, and cast the Union Jack over him, and rowed slowly and unwillingly back to the ship, Georgie sobbing and screaming over the body, and not a dry eye in the boat.