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The Abbot to Sir Evan went, And soon a bargain closed; The simple peasants gave assent To all the monk proposed, And bound their lands a sheaf to pay, Beyond the tithes, and thus, they say, The Champart was imposed.
_Part the Second._
Guernsey Folk Lore: a collection of popular superstitions, legendary tales, peculiar customs, proverbs, weather sayings, etc., of the people of that island
The Abbot to Sir Evan went, And soon a bargain closed; The simple peasants gave assent To all the monk proposed, And bound their lands a sheaf to pay, Beyond the tithes, and thus, they say, The Champart was imposed.
_Part the Second._