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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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The Anatomy of Melancholy: Bibliography and Comparison Resources

p. 1390

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Recorded uses: DJR-055 — pausanias: Pausanias 7.21.12–13; the mirror oracle and Cyaneae spring compared.; work/audit-017/sources.json — pausanias: Pausanias 7.21.12–13.

BIB-1334

Orphic Hymn to Aphrodite 55: dominion over the three realms; comparison for Burton’s Latin couplet. Orphic Hymn to Aphrodite 55

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Recorded uses: DJR-113 — OrphicHymn: Orphic Hymn to Aphrodite 55: dominion over the three realms; comparison for Burton’s Latin couplet.; work/audit-036/sources.json — 113-OrphicHymn: Orphic Hymn to Aphrodite 55.

BIB-1335

The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, entry Populus, historical account of the compound poplar ointment; used only to explain the preparation’s name. The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, entry Populus, historical account of the compound poplar ointment

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Recorded uses: DJR-060 — PoplarOintment: The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, entry Populus, historical account of the compound poplar ointment; used only to explain the preparation’s name.; work/audit-019/sources.json — PoplarOintment: The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, entry Populus, historical account of the compound poplar ointment.

BIB-1336

History of Parliament, Thomas Lee or Legh, commissioner in the monastic visitations.

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Recorded uses: DJR-114 — Lee: History of Parliament, Thomas Lee or Legh, commissioner in the monastic visitations.; work/audit-037/sources.json — 114-Lee: History of Parliament, Thomas Lee or Legh, commissioner in the monastic visitations..

BIB-1337

Historic Royal Palaces, The Field of Cloth of Gold; date and location of the royal meeting. Historic Royal Palaces, Field of Cloth of Gold; June 1520 date and location. Historic Royal Palaces, The Field of Cloth of Gold Historic Royal Palaces, Field of Cloth of Gold

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Recorded uses: DJR-041 — field: Historic Royal Palaces, The Field of Cloth of Gold; date and location of the royal meeting.; DJR-079 — cloth-of-gold: Historic Royal Palaces, Field of Cloth of Gold; June 1520 date and location.; work/audit-012/sources.json — field: Historic Royal Palaces, The Field of Cloth of Gold; work/audit-025/sources.json — 079-cloth-of-gold: Historic Royal Palaces, Field of Cloth of Gold.

BIB-1338

Huntington Library catalogue record for Deacon and Walker’s Dialogicall Discourses (1601).

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Recorded uses: DJR-022 — deacon: Huntington Library catalogue record for Deacon and Walker’s Dialogicall Discourses (1601)..

BIB-1339

Tommaso Campanella, De sensu rerum et magia (1620), book 4, chapter 9, page 296: murdered bodies allegedly bleeding before their killers. ILIESI-CNR facsimile. Tommaso Campanella, De sensu rerum et magia (1620), book 4, chapter 9, page 296

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Recorded uses: DJR-024 — Campanella1620: Tommaso Campanella, De sensu rerum et magia (1620), book 4, chapter 9, page 296: murdered bodies allegedly bleeding before their killers. ILIESI-CNR facsimile.; work/audit-007/sources.json — Campanella1620: Tommaso Campanella, De sensu rerum et magia (1620), book 4, chapter 9, page 296.

BIB-1340

Brenda Hosington, Transit Translation Transformation (2019), discussion of Varchi’s 1545 lecture and Tofte’s 1615 prefaces; bibliographical evidence. Brenda Hosington, Transit Translation Transformation (2019), discussion of Varchi’s 1545 lecture and Tofte’s 1615 prefaces

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Recorded uses: DJR-144 — VarchiPrefaces: Brenda Hosington, Transit Translation Transformation (2019), discussion of Varchi’s 1545 lecture and Tofte’s 1615 prefaces; bibliographical evidence.; work/audit-047/sources.json — 144-VarchiPrefaces: Brenda Hosington, Transit Translation Transformation (2019), discussion of Varchi’s 1545 lecture and Tofte’s 1615 prefaces.

BIB-1341

The Vigil of Venus, opening and refrain.

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Recorded uses: DJR-143 — Vigil: The Vigil of Venus, opening and refrain.; work/audit-046/sources.json — 143-Vigil: The Vigil of Venus, opening and refrain..

BIB-1342

Publilius Syrus, Sententiae. The maker and healer of love’s wound.

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Recorded uses: DJR-139 — publilius: Publilius Syrus, Sententiae. The maker and healer of love’s wound.; work/audit-045/sources.json — 139-publilius: Publilius Syrus, Sententiae. The maker and healer of love’s wound..

BIB-1343

Tacitus, Annals 13.53, Latin text: Lucius Vetus’s canal scheme under Nero.

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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.