Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen
The Fraternity of Sireniacal Gentlemen was an early modern drinking club that met at the Mermaid Tavern (Bread Street) on the first Friday of every month. The fraternity was named after the french word
for mermaid (sirene). Many literary figures, including Ben Jonson, John Donne, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont, Thomas Coryat, John Selden, Sir Robert Cotton, Richard Carew, Richard Martin, and William Strachey, participated in the club.
