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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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p. 1336

Recorded uses: DJR-113 — Claudian: Claudian, Epithalamium for Honorius and Maria 65–68: the trees in Venus’s domain; variants recorded.; work/audit-036/sources.json — 113-Claudian: Claudian, Epithalamium for Honorius and Maria 65–68.

BIB-0698

Claudian, Against Rufinus 2.491–493, Latin text: changing animal forms, three thousand years, Lethe and return to human form; the passage adapted by Burton. Claudian, Against Rufinus 2.491–493, Latin text

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Recorded uses: DJR-026 — ClaudianRufinus: Claudian, Against Rufinus 2.491–493, Latin text: changing animal forms, three thousand years, Lethe and return to human form; the passage adapted by Burton.; work/audit-007/sources.json — ClaudianRufinus: Claudian, Against Rufinus 2.491–493, Latin text.

BIB-0699

Gellius, Attic Nights 15.2, especially 15.2.8, Latin. Wine and moderation.

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Recorded uses: DJR-104 — Gellius: Gellius, Attic Nights 15.2, especially 15.2.8, Latin. Wine and moderation.; work/audit-033/sources.json — 104-Gellius: Gellius, Attic Nights 15.2, especially 15.2.8, Latin. Wine and moderation..

BIB-0700

Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 17.15, Carneades and white hellebore.

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Recorded uses: DJR-102 — Gellius: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 17.15, Carneades and white hellebore.; work/audit-033/sources.json — 102-Gellius: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 17.15, Carneades and white hellebore..

BIB-0701

Gellius Attic Nights 19.2

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Recorded uses: work/audit-007/sources.json — Gellius: Gellius Attic Nights 19.2.

BIB-0702

Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 4.2.3, Latin text: Labeo’s definition of disease.

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Recorded uses: DJR-022 — gellius: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 4.2.3, Latin text: Labeo’s definition of disease..

BIB-0703

Historia Augusta, Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus 12.6–8, Latin text; Proculus’s boast and the traditional Vopiscus attribution. Historia Augusta, Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus 12.6–8, Latin text

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Recorded uses: DJR-072 — HistoriaAugusta: Historia Augusta, Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus 12.6–8, Latin text; Proculus’s boast and the traditional Vopiscus attribution.; work/audit-023/sources.json — HistoriaAugusta: Historia Augusta, Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus 12.6–8, Latin text.

BIB-0704

Historia Augusta, Life of Hadrian 18.9. Located source of the amphitheatre punishment, with catomidiari. Latin text, Loeb edition. Historia Augusta Hadrian 18 section 9

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Recorded uses: DJR-017 — hadrian: Historia Augusta, Life of Hadrian 18.9. Located source of the amphitheatre punishment, with catomidiari. Latin text, Loeb edition.; work/audit-004/sources.json — hadrian: Historia Augusta Hadrian 18 section 9.

BIB-0705

Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.10.7: Angerona’s festival.

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Recorded uses: DJR-040 — Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.10.7: Angerona’s festival.; work/audit-012/sources.json — Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.10.7: Angerona’s festival..

BIB-0706

Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.7.7, Latin text. Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.10: Angerona. Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.11: Praetextatus’s reply to Evangelus. Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.7.20: Antevorta and Postvorta in the discussion of Janus; Latin context. Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.10 Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.11 Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.7.20

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Recorded uses: DJR-003 — Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.7.7, Latin text.; DJR-068 — Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.10: Angerona.; DJR-093 — Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.11: Praetextatus’s reply to Evangelus.; DJR-097 — macro-janus: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.7.20: Antevorta and Postvorta in the discussion of Janus; Latin context.; work/audit-021/sources.json — Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.10; work/audit-030/sources.json — 093-Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.11; work/audit-031/sources.json — 097-macro-janus: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.7.20; work/audit-058/sources.json — 003-Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.7.7, Latin text..

BIB-0707

Macrobius, Saturnalia 2.4.21.

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Recorded uses: DJR-096 — macro: Macrobius, Saturnalia 2.4.21.; work/audit-031/sources.json — 096-macro: Macrobius, Saturnalia 2.4.21..

BIB-0708

Pliny, Natural History 12.5.11; novelty and the evergreen plane tree. Pliny 12.5.11

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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.

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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.