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At four years old I carried him with me to London. Mr. Beard 

 was the firft that confirmed Mr. Broadrip's judgment of him, and 

 kindly offered his intereft with Dr. Boyce, to get him admitted 

 among the King's boys. But I had then no thoughts of bringing 

 him up a mufician. 



A gentleman carried him next to Mr. Stanley, who exprefTed 

 much pleafure and furprize at hearing him, and declared he had 

 never met one of his age with fo ftrong a propenfity to mufic 

 The gentleman told us, he never before believed what Handel 

 ufed to tell him of himfelf, and his own love of mufic, in his 

 childhood. 



Mr. Madan prefented my fon to Mr. Worgan, who was ex- 

 tremely kind ; and, as I then thought, partial to him. He told 

 us, he would prove an eminent matter, if he was not taken off by 

 other ftudies. Mr. Worgan frequently entertained him with the 

 harpfichord. Charles was greatly taken with his bold full manner 

 of playing, and feemed even then to catch a fpark of his fire. 



At our return to Briftol we left him to ramble on till he was near 

 fix ; then we gave him Mr. Rooke for a matter ; a man of no 

 name, but very good-natured, who let him run on ad libitum, 

 whilft he fat by, more to obferve than to control him. 



Mr. Rogers, the oldeft organitt in Brittol, was one of his firffc- 

 friends. He often fat him on his knee, and made him play to him, 

 declaring he was more delighted in hearing him than himfelf." 



What follows contains the ftrongeft. and fulleft approbation of 

 Mr. Charles Wefley's manner of playing on the organ by the 

 moll eminent profeffors ; to which commendation they who have 

 the pleafure of hearing him at prefent will give the moft ample 

 credit. 



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