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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. 1400

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Recorded uses: DJR-157 — tertullian: Tertullian, On the Flesh of Christ 5.; work/audit-051/sources.json — 157-tertullian: Tertullian, On the Flesh of Christ 5..

BIB-1465

Tertullian, On the Apparel of Women 2.13.

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Recorded uses: DJR-121 — Tertullian: Tertullian, On the Apparel of Women 2.13.; work/audit-039/sources.json — 121-Tertullian: Tertullian, On the Apparel of Women 2.13..

BIB-1466

Minucius Felix, Octavius 5: Caecilius on indiscriminate suffering. Minucius Felix, Octavius, anti-pagan polemic. Minucius Felix, Octavius 11–12: Caecilius’s objections concerning resurrection and providence. Minucius Felix, Octavius 5 Minucius Felix, Octavius 11–12

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Recorded uses: DJR-076 — minucius: Minucius Felix, Octavius 5: Caecilius on indiscriminate suffering.; DJR-158 — minucius: Minucius Felix, Octavius, anti-pagan polemic.; DJR-167 — minucius: Minucius Felix, Octavius 11–12: Caecilius’s objections concerning resurrection and providence.; work/audit-024/sources.json — minucius: Minucius Felix, Octavius 5; work/audit-051/sources.json — 158-minucius: Minucius Felix, Octavius, anti-pagan polemic.; work/audit-054/sources.json — 167-minucius: Minucius Felix, Octavius 11–12.

BIB-1467

Origen, On First Principles 1.6.1–4, English translation: restoration, demonic orders and transformation; original textual transmission not collated. Origen, On First Principles 1.6.1–4, English translation

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Recorded uses: DJR-168 — OrigenPrinciples16: Origen, On First Principles 1.6.1–4, English translation: restoration, demonic orders and transformation; original textual transmission not collated.; work/audit-055/sources.json — 168-OrigenPrinciples16: Origen, On First Principles 1.6.1–4, English translation.

BIB-1468

Origen, Against Celsus 3.34–35: comparison with pagan heroes. Origen, Against Celsus 3.34–35

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Recorded uses: DJR-162 — origen: Origen, Against Celsus 3.34–35: comparison with pagan heroes.; work/audit-053/sources.json — 162-origen: Origen, Against Celsus 3.34–35.

BIB-1469

Cyprian, To Donatus, English translation, sections 6, 10, 12 and 14

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Recorded uses: work/audit-057/sources.json — CyprianEnglish: Cyprian, To Donatus, English translation, sections 6, 10, 12 and 14.

BIB-1470

Cyprian, Address to Demetrianus, §§5–7, for the argument about wars, famine and disease. Cyprian, To Demetrianus 3, 5–6: decline, calamity and competing religious explanations. Cyprian, To Demetrianus 3, 5–6

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Recorded uses: DJR-021 — cyprian: Cyprian, Address to Demetrianus, §§5–7, for the argument about wars, famine and disease.; DJR-160 — cyprian: Cyprian, To Demetrianus 3, 5–6: decline, calamity and competing religious explanations.; work/audit-052/sources.json — 160-cyprian: Cyprian, To Demetrianus 3, 5–6.

BIB-1471

Cyprian, On Jealousy and Envy, §§4, 6–9; compared for Burton’s excerpts and English expansions. Cyprian, On Jealousy and Envy, §§4, 6–9

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Recorded uses: DJR-041 — cyprian: Cyprian, On Jealousy and Envy, §§4, 6–9; compared for Burton’s excerpts and English expansions.; work/audit-012/sources.json — cyprian: Cyprian, On Jealousy and Envy, §§4, 6–9.

BIB-1472

Arnobius, Against the Nations 1.1: the accusation that Christianity causes public calamities. Arnobius, Against the Nations 1.1

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Recorded uses: DJR-160 — arnobius: Arnobius, Against the Nations 1.1: the accusation that Christianity causes public calamities.; work/audit-052/sources.json — 160-arnobius: Arnobius, Against the Nations 1.1.

BIB-1473

Lactantius, Divine Institutes 1.10: Aesculapius; English comparison, not confirmation of the magician claim. Lactantius, Divine Institutes 1.22, Lucilius on bronze statues. Lactantius, Divine Institutes 1.10

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Recorded uses: DJR-099 — lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 1.10: Aesculapius; English comparison, not confirmation of the magician claim.; DJR-159 — Lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 1.22, Lucilius on bronze statues.; work/audit-032/sources.json — 099-lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 1.10; work/audit-052/sources.json — 159-Lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 1.22, Lucilius on bronze statues..

BIB-1474

Lactantius, Divine Institutes 2.4: Seneca on adult childishness, public-domain translation. Lactantius, Divine Institutes 2.8; Fulvius and the temple tiles, including the loss of his sons omitted by Burton. Lactantius, Divine Institutes 2.15, on the fall of angels. Lactantius, Divine Institutes 2.2, Seneca on images and their makers. Lactantius Divine Institutes 2.8

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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.