The Merry Wives of Windsor A Comedy Author:William Shakespeare General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1886 Original Publisher: G. Bell and sons Description: New Shakespeare, long since out-of-print, is now reissued. Each work contains a lengthy and lively introduction, main text, and substantial notes and glossary. Subjects: Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Drama / Gen... more »eral Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 225. a great peard. A beard was supposed to be one of the signs of a witch. " And the women that Come to us, for disguises must wear beards; And that's, they say, a token of a witch." Beaumont« less