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wonder-worker · 7 months ago

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Gregory's Chronicle using Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville as a warning lesson for his audience as an abject example on what Not To Do is still the funniest thing ever.

"Now take heed what love may do, for love will not nor may not cast no fault nor peril in nothing."

Translation: DO NOT - I repeat, DO NOT - follow their example. Did you hear me? DO NOT -

#when your marriage is so scandalous it's literally used as a red alert for others 💅#edward iv #elizabeth woodville #my post #also Gregory calling Edward a slut. loved that part too <3 #('it 'were evyr ferde that he had not be chaste of hys levynge')#tbh I wrote this as a dumb shitpost after getting back home drunk a few days ago but on a more serious note:#consider how Gregory emphasized how Edward's nobles and advisors' required him to marry #''a quene good of byrthe acordyng unto hys dygnyte''#and what that clearly implies about Elizabeth Woodville whose marriage to him was framed as inappropriate and a caution to others #It's pretty on-the-nose

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