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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Or let him read those counsels and consultations of Hugo Senensis consil. 13. & 14. Renerus Solinander cons. 6. sec. 1. & consil. 3. sec. 3. Crato consil. 16. lib. 1. Montanus 20. 21. 229. and his following counsels, Lælius à Fonte. Egubinus consult. 44. 69. 77. 125. 129. 142. Fernelius consil. 44. 45. 46. Iul. Cæsar Claudinus, Mercurialis, Frambesarius, Sennertus, &c.

Wherein he shall finde particular receipts, the whole method, preparatives, purgers, correcters, averters, cordials in great variety and abundance: Out of which, because every man cannot attend to read or peruse them, I will collect for the benefit of the reader, some few more notable medicines.

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The Anatomy of Melancholy: Section 5 Member 1 Subsection 1 Specific Treatment of the Three Distinct Kinds…

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Or let him read the counsels and consultations of Hugo Senensis, consultations 13 and 14; Renerus Solinander, consultation 6 in section 1 and consultation 3 in section 3; Crato, consultation 16, book 1; Montanus, 20, 21, 229 and the counsels that follow; Laelius à Fonte Egubinus, consultations 44, 69, 77, 125, 129 and 142; Fernel, consultations 44, 45 and 46; Julius Caesar Claudinus, Mercurialis, Frambesarius, Sennertus and others.

In these he will find particular recipes, the entire method, and a great variety and abundance of preparatives, purgatives, correctives, medicines that divert humours, and cordials. Since not everyone can devote time to reading and examining these works, I shall collect from them a few of the more notable medicines for the reader’s benefit.

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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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