Topics covered on this episode include:

- Shakespeare, the son of a glove maker with an 8th grade education
- Sir Frances Bacon’s “rightful” claim to the English throne
- Christopher Marlowe’s fatal attempts at espionage
- Edward de Vere’s one vacation to Italy in 1575
- Emilia Bassano’s shitty wedding

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