Richard The Third's Bed

In the coruoration reeoms oi Jjeicestcr there is siill preM.md a story cu■uid urecautiou oí JücIkum ■ cn.-wtor. his uamp ba-ga.e it was lus cusloui to uarry a cumbersonic wooden büdsluaa, wliich lie aven-ed was the ouly cüiicli he oould sleep iu; but m wliicii hu coiiLrived to Uave a secret i-eceptitule tot treaaare, so that it was puBuetaoa under a weiglit of timber. Aiicr üosworth Fiel.l Uio troops ot lleuvy pinayed Leicester ; but the loyal bed was nelectod b every p.underer as u.seless liunber. Tno owuer of tlio house afterwrard discovuig- the hoaitl, becaiue suddenly ncii wuhout any visiulec.uise. He bouiit scveral larje e.aics and made niuuey aud, aLlenlh uuoaniu Mnyor of IitHcestói-: Miniy years alierward Jus WiaoW wno liad úeen left in yreat atttiioucu, was asaussïïiatéii by her servaiu, wliu üad üeeu privy to the aii.ar, uid at. the trial oi thia culprit aua liur lucuin pitees Lhe wnole tr.aisactiuii eanie lo tVIit. Coucóftiihj tius be.i, ti yiibhc print oi lööO states that aüout hall a eeutury sincc, tue rene was yui-chaseii by a ftiruitare broker in Leicester, wno slept iu it niaiiy yteu-8 ud suowed it io the curious; u continuos ui as goo.t eoiutitiotl api.areiiLly as wiien uao.t by tL{ft KuJnira, beuiji iWiueü 01 oak au. Lavm; a In-u ijoiisn. Tne ol Uic naviii niari'ica one ÜaunijíUm, 01 Kutlilcy, ïiüar L.-iceslur, ti"J büamad was removed to Liauiag'luiri huase, wüure it is sall pre=orvoa."_