whenever he thought fit, would drive all the cattle into a
corner and impound all heads belonging to owners
without a right of commonage for them, so that they
had to ransom them by a fine.
THE COMMON A-TOOK IN.
Oh! no, Poll, no! Since they've a-took
The common in, our lew wold nook
Don't seem a-bit as used to look
When we had runnèn room;