A SUPERLATIVE BEARD.
The longest beard recorded in history—or at any rate up to the time of the publication of Arvine’s Cyclopedia in ISB3 —was that of John May'o, painter to the Emperor Charles V. Though he was a tail man, it is said that his beard was so long that he could walk upon it. He was proud of it, and usually fastened it with a ribbon to his buttonhole. Sometimes he would untie it at the command of the Emperor, who took great delight in seeing it blow in the' faces of his courtiers.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 224, 2 September 1936, Page 2
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96A SUPERLATIVE BEARD. Stratford Evening Post, Volume IV, Issue 224, 2 September 1936, Page 2
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