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English Introduction · Branch 1221 of 1495
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The Anatomy of Melancholy: Source Record
p. 1221Opening words: Many are overthrown by preposterous use of it
Closing words: which he must of necessity use.
Passages DJR-100-01 to DJR-100-44
Source page labels: 367–372 (sequence 375–380). Scan pages: 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480.
Scan 475; printed 367; sequence 375; image block99-source-475.png. Begin with Subsection 3 heading Alteratives, Herbes, other vegetals, &c., then Amongst those 800 simples, immediately after099 ending which he must of necessity use. Include remaining body and five margins n,o,p,q,r; the preceding three notes belong099. Running head, signature and catchword excluded.
Scan 476; printed 368; sequence 376; image block100-source-476.png. Complete body and ten marginal containers included: s,t,unmarked Borage,u,x,dagger Odyssey Delta,unmarked Bawme,y,z,Scorzonera label. Four-line Latin paraphrase of Homer preserved as verse with fresh translation. The t note lacks a visible body anchor, and the Scorzonera label anticipates the next page; editorial attachments disclosed. Enlarged z margin confirms resecare, translated remove obstructions.
Scan 477; printed 369; sequence 377; image block100-source-477.png. Complete body and eleven marginal containers included: a,Hop label,b,c,unmarked De Laet,d,e,f,g,h,i. Unmarked De Laet attached to the Chamico asterisk with disclosure. Preserve printed decoction or Guiacum and Linshcosteus. The i note lacks a visible body anchor and is attached to goats milk/whey with disclosure.
Scan 478; printed 370; sequence 378; image block100-source-478.png. Complete body and fourteen marginal containers included: k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,x,y,z. Preserve substantive forms Eban, Emmetris and Elenum; disclose the Rondelet/Elenum marginal mismatch. Subsection 4 heading preserved. Distinctions between Latin margins and English body retained, including coral, fears and size of pearls.
Scan 479; printed 371; sequence 379; image block100-source-479.png. Complete body and twelve marginal containers included: a,b,c,d,e,f,unmarked Minerals,g,dagger Chaucer,h,i,second dagger Paracelsus. Two-line Chaucer quotation preserved as verse. The final Paracelsus note continues below the body across the bottom margin; its full continuation is included. Horace allusions freshly translated and annotated.
Scan 480; printed 372; sequence 380; image block100-source-480.png. Opening body through Look for Antimony among purgers, completing Subsection 4. Include first four marginal notes: asterisk Burgiatius, asterisk drop, k and l. Subsection 5 heading and following body excluded; three lower margins m,n,o belong101.
Opening words: SUBSEC. 3. Alteratives, Herbes, other vegetals, &c.
Closing words: Look for Antimony among purgers.
Passages DJR-101-01 to DJR-101-42
Source page labels: 372–377 (sequence 380–385). Scan pages: 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485.
Scan 480; printed 372; sequence 380; image block100-source-480.png. Begin Subsection5 heading Compound Alteratives, censure of Compounds, and mixt Physick, then Pliny lib.24.c.1. Include all remaining body, and m,n,o marginal notes with both bottom continuations. Earlier body and four upper notes already100. End A few continuing481.
Scan 481; printed 373; sequence 381; image block101-source-481.png. Complete body and all six marginal notes p,r,dagger,s,t,u. Preserve Cornarius body asterisk with no invented marginal text; missing corresponding note disclosed. Preserve names Simon Eitover, Meripsa, Scribanius. Horace quotation translated independently of Burton English elaboration.
Scan 482; printed 374; sequence 382; image block101-source-482.png. Complete body and all five marginal containers x,y,z,dagger,a. Read long a note and bottom continuation in full. Preserve noxia in Latin versus new in English. One displayed Latin verse freshly translated, its source unresolved. Keep differences between body and marginal borage story.
Scan 483; printed 375; sequence 383; image block101-source-483.png. Complete body and both notes b,c. Preserve c syntax, Alablastritum Populeum phrase and formulation names. Ends Member1 with external remedies and scents. Running head erroneously Subsection3 excluded with other running furniture.
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Socrates will begin with this book and its sources.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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