The general affection at this time manifests itself by dejectedness, extreme weakness, and emaciation, constant lying down, with stiffness and marked difficulty in standing.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Upon which Sir W. Coventry did publickly move, that if his Royal Highness had this of a certainty, it would be of use to send this down to the fleete, and to cause it to be spread about the fleete, for the recovering of the spirits of the officers and seamen; who are under great dejectedness for want of knowing that they did do any thing against the enemy, notwithstanding all that they did to us.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
And it is said, that from that day he never cut his hair, nor shaved his beard, nor wore a garland, but was always full of sadness, grief, and dejectedness for the calamities of his country, and continually showed the same feeling to the last, whatever party had misfortune or success.
"Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans"
Clough, Arthur Hugh