This is strikingly illustrated by the passage 117 D, Where the retreat of Jesus and His disciples to Ephraim is treated as a consequence of the attempt 'to make Him king' (John vi.

15), though in reality it did not take place till after the raising of Lazarus and just before the Last Passover (see John xi.

54).

A very remarkable case of combination is found in 36 BC, where a single quotation is made up of a cento of no less than six separate passages taken from all three Synoptic Gospels and in the most broken order.

Fusions so complete as this are usually the result of unconscious acts of the mind, i.e.of memory.