The Anatomy of Melancholy

Name: The Anatomy of Melancholy
Author: Robert Burton

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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English Introduction · Branch 1217 of 1495

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Scan 445; printed 337; sequence 345; image block93-source-445.png. Complete body and all eight margins: b Si sint omnes, c Livy, d Cardano, dagger Seneca, dagger Pontanus, asterisk Pellham, e Terence, dagger Seneca98. The body ends But will we, or nill we, and continues make on 446; catchword make and signature Vu2 excluded.

Scan 446; printed 338; sequence 346; image block93-source-446.png. Complete body and all seven margins: f Publilius, asterisk Seneca Happy Life, dagger Plutarch Cato, asterisk Horace Epistles, g Horace, h Boethius, i Jerome Life of Paul. Member 3 concludes and Member 4 heading and opening are included. Last body They are subject to joins their own lawes on 447; catchword their excluded.

Scan 447; printed 339; sequence 347; image block93-source-447.png. Complete body and all nine margins: dagger Macrobius, asterisk Seneca Natural Questions, k Cardano Consol.l.5, l prison-of-soul, m Herberstein, n Varthema, o solitude, asterisk Alessandri, p Augustine. The heavily inked Alessandri book numeral is provisionally read as 1 and explicitly flagged. Cardano numeral 5 retained. Last body set- joins tles on 448; catchword tles and signature Vu3 excluded.

Scan 448; printed 327 [misprint for 340]; sequence 348; image block93-source-448.png. Body from tles through Read Pet. Alcionius his two books of this subject. First four margins belong to 093: q Boethius, dagger Philostratus, asterisk Pliny, asterisk Plato. Actual printed page number 327 is a misprint for expected 340. The following Member 5 heading, body beginning Death and departure of friends, and margin r Cardan belong to 094 and are excluded. Whole page read for boundary context.

Opening words: Hope and Patience are two soveraigne remedies for all,

Closing words: Read Pet. Alcionius his two books of this subject.

Passages DJR-094-01 to DJR-094-54

Source page labels: 327 [misprint for 340], 341–345 (sequence 348–353). Scan pages: 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453.

Scan 448; printed 327 [misprint for 340]; sequence 348; image block93-source-448.png. Begin actual MEMB.5 heading near page foot, following093 ending Read Pet.Alcionius his two books of this subject. Printed327 is a misprint for340. Include opening body Death and departure of friends and sole in-scope margin r Cardan de consol.lib.2. Preceding body and four margins belong093. Last body troublesome joins unto us on449; catchword unto excluded.

Scan 449; printed 341; sequence 349; image block94-source-449.png. Complete body and nine margins: daggerSeneca, sBenzo, tOrtelius, uCatullus, xVirgil, yLucan, dagger3Annal, zVirgilAeneid10, aConfessions1. Preserve color in the Virgil quotation, Rutili, Genesis37.37 and their discrepancies in notes. Final body one anothers joins presence on450; catchword excluded.

Scan 450; printed 342; sequence 350; image block94-source-450.png. Complete body and nine margins: daggerJuvenal, bCardano, asteriskSeneca, daggerBernard3, asteriskPlatoApology, cComedi, daggerBernard3, dEstEnim, daggerVaticanus. Next-page Virgil quote is introduced here. Catchword non excluded.

Scan 451; printed 343; sequence 351; image block94-source-451.png. Complete body and nine marginal containers: eLucan, daggerIliad9, asteriskOvid, daggerConsolApollonius, fOvidTristia4, daggerTacitus4, asteriskAugustine9.9, daggerFestus, gObhanc. Opening body has an asterisk but no corresponding marginal container. Festus margin was enlarged again to read cum frater abit and ab hospite, retained literally. Body ends upon and continues which on452; catchword and signature excluded.

Scan 452; printed 344; sequence 352; image block94-source-452.png. Complete body and sixteen marginal containers: daggerScardeone, asterisk12Innuptae, hConsolatio, iPraeceptis, daggerUtLignum, kBoethius2m3, daggerBoethius, lHensel, mTwenty, nMagdalen, unmarkedObeunt, asteriskAssyriorum, daggerOmnium, asteriskOvid, daggerArcad8, daggerGillesPreface. The unmarked Statius fragment is attached to the universal-decay passage and explained. Running head incorrectly reads Section6; omitted. Catchword nec excluded.

About This Reading Edition

Robert Burton’s Anatomy ranges across medicine, philosophy, poetry, religion, and everyday life in its inquiry into melancholy. This complete parallel edition pairs the 1651 English text with a close modern English rendering, preserving the three Partitions, Democritus Junior’s address to the reader, verse, and the historical index.

Historical Text and Translation

The historical text follows the sixth edition, printed at Oxford for Henry Cripps in 1651, using the McGill University Library copy. The supplied edition documents missing printed pages 98–99 supplied from another 1651 copy at the Bavarian State Library. Historical folio labels and their irregularities remain visible; web reader numbers identify reflowed passages and do not claim to reproduce PDF pagination.

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Diotimos Editions prepared the close modern English rendering and editorial matter. All 8,755 original and modern passage pairs remain aligned, with verse breaks, italics, continuations, and linked annotations preserved. Burton’s 6,781 historical notes retain their attribution; 6,895 editorial notes remain distinct. The introduction, Note on the Text, contextual lexicon, indexes, source documentation, and bibliography are included. The engraved frontispiece remains available in the original downloads.

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