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of about fourteen years old, he would not let him reft 
till he blew the bellows of the organ, while he fat on his 
knee and beat down the keys, at firft promifcuoully ; but 
prefently, with one hand, he played enough of Godfave 
preat george our Kin g to awaken the curiofity of his fa- 
ther, who being in a garret, which was his work-fhop, 
haftened down flairs to inform himfelf who was playing 
this tune on the organ. When he found it was the child, 
he could hardly believe what he heard and law. At 
this time he was exactly two years and three weeks old, 
as appears by a copy I have obtained of the regifter in 
the parifh of St. George’s Colgate, Norwich, ligned by 
the reverend Mr. tapps, minifler. Nor can the age of 
this child be fuppofed to exceed this account by thofe 
who have feen him, as he has not only all the appearance, 
hut the manners, of an infant, and can no more be pre- 
vailed on to play by perfuafton than a bird to ling. 
It is eafy to account for God fave great george our 
King being the firft tune he attempted to play, as it was 
not only that which his father often performed, but 
had been moft frequently adminiftered to him as a nar- 
cotic by bis mother, during the firft year of his life. It 
had likewife been more magnificently played than he 
was accuftomed to hear by Mrs. lulman, the afternoon 
before he became a practical mufician himfelf ; and, pre- 
vious 
