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was assimilated with Ate, purely as Egbert, he might be very soon confounded with Ethelwolf, Ethelbald, or Ethelbert: if the first monarch (from being the first) is not likely to be forgotten; the succeeding ones are not so well defended; but if we dissect the name of Egbert, and say that Ate has an Egg and a Bird in her hand, which she is placing upon a Bank, here we form pictures which we can very readily present to our mental view, to assist our recollection. The students in doing this, must gaze upon the particular part of their room No. 1, where they have already placed Ate; and with the symbol likewise in their hand, to assist them in forming the picture; alternately gazing on it and the place; they may in a minute make that kind of representation which will be effectual. If they merely said that Ate was placing an Egg and a Bird on a Bank, this might be soon forgotten; but not so, if they pourtray it in the mind. If there be a chair, table, stool, or any article of furniture near, they can use it in some manner to assist: if a stool, it can be converted into the Bank. They ought not to content themselves with saying that there is a Bird, they may fancy it to be flying, or endeavouring to fly; or represent, that its wings are clipped; or any little aids of that nature, to assist them in recalling the object when they please; the same principle to be strictly adhered to throughout. It may appear more tedious, but in the end it will be shorter, as one or two efforts will fix the association. It is scarcely necessary to observe that the words Egg and Bird are given from their analogy in sound to Egbert; and that the word Bank, has the consonants b.n.k, which make the date, 827.
In all the following associations, the words in Italics refer to the Names of the kings, as the words of the dates will be in small capitals.
