#(Edward did bite back very well but we're going to ignore that and focus on how he was dragged because it's funnier)

[wonder-worker]

"Lailler brought another gift from [Louis XI to Edward IV] – or rather, three gifts: an ass, a wolf and a boar. The boar was the emblem of the duke of Brittany; the wolf, less heraldically evident, represented the slavering Charles the Bold. That left the ass, which, by extrapolation, could only be Edward. The ass didn’t have any heraldic connotations with the house of York; it simply showed what Louis thought of the English king."

-Thomas Penn, "The Brothers York: An English Tragedy"

CACKLING

#here's an epic takedown specifically for his birthday <3 #i think we should do this for all english monarchs personally #edward iv #louis xi #(Edward did bite back very well but we're going to ignore that and focus on how he was dragged because it's funnier) #lmao #my post #queue