William Stansby - Sirenaics

Sirenaics

William Stansby has been associated with the "Sirenaics" or "Sirenaical Gentlemen," a mysterious group that drew their name from their meeting place the Mermaid Tavern in Bread Street the first Friday of every month. The group included figures with whom Stansby had known links, like Thomas Coryat, Samuel Purchas, and John Donne, as well as a range of influential figures in politics and law. (Stansby printed Donne's first book, Pseudo-Martyr, for Walter Burre in 1610.)