At Bread-Street's Mermaid having dined, and merry, Proposed
to go to Holborn in a wherry.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
& Fl., _Wks._, ed. 1883, 2. 708;
_City Match_, _O. Pl._ 9. 334, etc. Jonson often mentions
the Mermaid. Cf. _Inviting a Friend_, _Wks._ 8. 205:
Is a pure cup of rich Canary Wine,
Which is the Mermaid's now, but shall be mine.
_On the famous Voyage_, _Wks._ 8.
234:
At Bread-Street's Mermaid having dined, and merry, Proposed
to go to Holborn in a wherry.
_Bart. Fair_, _Wks._ 4. 356-7: 'your Three Cranes, Mitre,
and Mermaid-men!'
=3. 3. 28 In veluet!= Velvet was introduced into England in the
fifteenth century, and soon became popular as an article of luxury
(see Hill's _Hist. of Eng. Dress_ 1. 145 f.).
