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Mr. GEORGE EDWARDS. 
G Eorge Edwards was born at Sir afford, a bam* 
let belonging to JVeftham in EJJex , on the 3d of 
April 1694. He palled lome of his early years under 
the tuition of a clergyman, named Hewit , who was 
then mailer of a public Icliool at Layton-Stone , which 
is only a few miles dillant from the village where he 
was born. After quitting the Ichool he was placed 
with another minilter of the eltablilhed church at 
Brentwood; and, being deligned by his parents for 
bulinefs, was put apprentice to a tradelman in Fen* 
church Street . His mailer, not lels dillinguillied for 
his ltri£l regard to religion, than for his uncommon 
fkill in the learned languages, treated him with re* 
markable kindnels and civility. 
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