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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Recorded uses: DJR-105 — Besard: University of Pennsylvania, Online Books Page: Jean Baptiste Besard, Antrum philosophicum, David Franck 1617; bibliographical evidence, not passage collation.; DJR-106 — Besard: University of Pennsylvania, Online Books Page: Jean Baptiste Besard, Antrum philosophicum, David Franck 1617; probable Bessardus identification.; work/audit-034/sources.json — 105-Besard: University of Pennsylvania, Online Books Page; work/audit-034/sources.json — 106-Besard: University of Pennsylvania, Online Books Page.

BIB-0544

Tim Shephard, Giovanni Pontano hears the street soundscape of Naples, Renaissance Studies (2024), notes 26–27: locates Euphorbia at Opera (1501), signature i ii v; secondary contextual witness. Tim Shephard, Giovanni Pontano hears the street soundscape of Naples, Renaissance Studies (2024), notes 26–27

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Recorded uses: DJR-055 — PontanoContext: Tim Shephard, Giovanni Pontano hears the street soundscape of Naples, Renaissance Studies (2024), notes 26–27: locates Euphorbia at Opera (1501), signature i ii v; secondary contextual witness.; work/audit-017/sources.json — PontanoContext: Tim Shephard, Giovanni Pontano hears the street soundscape of Naples, Renaissance Studies (2024), notes 26–27.

BIB-0545

Museo Galileo catalogue: Batavi dissertatiuncula, Leiden 1612. Museo Galileo catalogue

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Recorded uses: DJR-076 — batavi: Museo Galileo catalogue: Batavi dissertatiuncula, Leiden 1612.; work/audit-024/sources.json — batavi: Museo Galileo catalogue.

BIB-0546

Archimedes, The Sand-Reckoner, Thomas Heath translation; cosmic sand and the poppy seed. Archimedes, The Sand-Reckoner, Thomas Heath translation

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Recorded uses: DJR-081 — Archimedes: Archimedes, The Sand-Reckoner, Thomas Heath translation; cosmic sand and the poppy seed.; work/audit-026/sources.json — 081-Archimedes: Archimedes, The Sand-Reckoner, Thomas Heath translation.

BIB-0547

Lucian, Icaromenippus, Fowler and Fowler translation, 1905; context of the fantastic aerial journey. Lucian, Icaromenippus: aerial journey using an eagle’s and a vulture’s wings. Lucian, Icaromenippus, the prayers heard by Zeus. Lucian, Icaromenippus, Fowler and Fowler translation, 1905 Lucian, Icaromenippus

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Recorded uses: DJR-072 — Lucian: Lucian, Icaromenippus, Fowler and Fowler translation, 1905; context of the fantastic aerial journey.; DJR-074 — lucian: Lucian, Icaromenippus: aerial journey using an eagle’s and a vulture’s wings.; DJR-095 — lucfly: Lucian, Icaromenippus, the prayers heard by Zeus.; work/audit-023/sources.json — Lucian: Lucian, Icaromenippus, Fowler and Fowler translation, 1905; work/audit-023/sources.json — lucian: Lucian, Icaromenippus; work/audit-030/sources.json — 095-lucfly: Lucian, Icaromenippus, the prayers heard by Zeus..

BIB-0548

Abraham Ortelius, text accompanying the Portugal map, sections 26.3–5. Edition variants and scholarly translation at Cartographica Neerlandica; Portuguese figures and author citations checked. Ortelius Portugal map text 26 sections 3–5

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Recorded uses: DJR-014 — Ortelius: Abraham Ortelius, text accompanying the Portugal map, sections 26.3–5. Edition variants and scholarly translation at Cartographica Neerlandica; Portuguese figures and author citations checked.; work/audit-003/sources.json — ortelius: Ortelius Portugal map text 26 sections 3–5.

BIB-0549

Ortelius, Gades map text, section 31.9 in Cartographica Neerlandica: the purported Heliodorus inscription. Scholarly transcription and translation; no authentication of the monument implied. Ortelius Gades map text

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Recorded uses: DJR-018 — OrteliusGades: Ortelius, Gades map text, section 31.9 in Cartographica Neerlandica: the purported Heliodorus inscription. Scholarly transcription and translation; no authentication of the monument implied.; work/audit-005/sources.json — OrteliusGades: Ortelius Gades map text.

BIB-0550

The Grete Herball, chapter 73, De brionia. Historical identification of vitis alba with bryony.

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Recorded uses: DJR-169 — Herbal: The Grete Herball, chapter 73, De brionia. Historical identification of vitis alba with bryony.; work/audit-055/sources.json — 169-Herbal: The Grete Herball, chapter 73, De brionia. Historical identification of vitis alba with bryony..

BIB-0551

William Lily, A Short Introduction of Grammar, 1641, Latin part page 92, Modus actionis; TCP text. Later witness to Haeccine fieri flagitia, not a demonstrated Burton source. Lily 1641 page 92

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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.

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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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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.