Tudor Time Machine's Word of the Week: Miscellany

Tudor Time Machine Podcast by Tudor Time Machine

May 26, 20266:04Society & Culture

Philadelphia shares how she loves to lift her spirits with a good miscellany. While Gage and Jessica are impressed by the praise poured on William Shakespeare by someone from Philadelphia's time.

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