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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Sallust, Catiline 15; Aurelia Orestilla and the alleged killing. Sallust, Catiline 15

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Sallust, Jugurthine War 112–114: capture and the surviving work’s ending.

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Suetonius, Caligula 59: burial in the Lamian gardens and the haunted house. Suetonius Caligula 59

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University of Utah rare-books catalogue: Alcionio, Medices legatus de exsilio, Venice, 1522. University of Utah rare-books catalogue

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Seneca, Letter 98.2: the mind’s relation to fortune, Loeb text. Seneca, Letter 98.2

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Hyginus, Fabulae 220, the creation of humanity by Care.

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BIB-0492

António Luís, De pudore, Latin text in António Guimarães Pinto, Apostilas a António Luís, 2013, p. 140; indexed transcription compared for Stasinus and quoque. António Luís, De pudore, Latin text in António Guimarães Pinto, Apostilas a António Luís, 2013, p. 140

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Minos 320e–321a, transmitted under Plato’s name: poets and reputation (historical English translation). Minos

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Lucian, How to Write History 41, in H. W. and F. G. Fowler, Works, vol. 2, p. 129: the independent historian.

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Lucian, Portraits 1 and 10–11, trans. H. W. and F. G. Fowler; Lycinus and Polystratus. Lucian, Portraits 5–8, 11 and 23, trans. H. W. and F. G. Fowler; the composite portrait of body and character. Lucian, Portraits 1 and 10–11, trans. H. W. and F. G. Fowler Lucian, Portraits 5–8, 11 and 23, trans. H. W. and F. G. Fowler

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BIB-0496

Lucian, Charon, especially sections 5, 15–17, and 20; Fowler translation.

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On the Syrian Goddess 19–27, transmitted under Lucian’s name: Combabus. On the Syrian Goddess 19–27, transmitted under Lucian’s name

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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.

About Diotimos Editions

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.

Rights

Burton’s historical text is in the public domain. The modern English rendering, introduction, notes, and editorial matter are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and appear with the site owner’s permission. The complete supplied PDF, EPUB, Word, and Markdown files remain available unchanged. The PDF and Word edition preserve the original parallel page layout.