The Anatomy of Melancholy

In this edition. “ex traduce” → “propagated from the parent” (DJR-026-03). The English phrase states the theory directly; the accompanying candle comparison preserves Burton’s explanatory image. His opening attribution to some authorities remains essential.

See also. Soul; Maternal impressions.

Excrements

Source forms: excrements

The word. Excrements can mean waste or residual matter generally, including bodily discharges and secretions. Its scope in these passages is wider than faeces.

In Burton. Excessive sleep is said to accumulate excrements in the brain and other parts, within the historical account of humours and spirits. The contrasting description of a dry brain mentions few excrements in the eyes and nostrils. The bodily locations make the broader sense clear.

The places. Too much sleep is said to accumulate residual matter. (p. 90; DJR-038-24.) Dryness is associated with few discharges from eyes and nostrils. (p. 198; DJR-062-05.)

In this edition. “great store of excrements” → “a great accumulation of waste matter” (DJR-038-24); “Few excrements in their eyes and nostrils” → “few discharges from the eyes and nostrils” (DJR-062-05). Waste matter gives the general category; discharges specifies the visible secretions. Both follow the immediate bodily context.

See also. Concoction; Strangury; Meat; Defecate.

Exercise

Source forms: exercise; Exercise

The word. Exercise can be activity of the body or mind, but it can also name a particular academic performance or assignment. The object and setting determine its scope.

In Burton. The scholar fears being out in his next exercise: faltering in an academic task. The medical headings, meanwhile, distinguish excessive exercise as a cause from exercise of body and mind properly regulated. Together they show that the book concerns both intellectual performance and the management of activity.

The places. The scholar fears failure in an academic exercise. (p. 195; DJR-061-07.) Excessive exercise is introduced among causes. (p. 84; DJR-037-15.) Exercise of body and mind is to be regulated. (p. 265; DJR-078-01.)

In this edition. “his next exercise” → “his next academic exercise” (DJR-061-07); “Immoderate exercise” → “Excessive exercise” (DJR-037-15); “Exercise rectified of Body and minde” → “Exercise of body and mind regulated” (DJR-078-01). Academic supplies the institutional context of the scholar’s task. Regulated gives rectified its sense of bringing activity into an appropriate order.

See also. Non naturals.

Exhibition

Source forms: exhibition; Lecture

The word. An exhibition is financial maintenance, support or a stipend. A lecture in this institutional setting can be an endowed teaching post, rather than one spoken lesson.

In Burton. Burton imagines an appeal for support to maintain or enlarge a college, teaching foundation or library. His criticism falls on patrons who resent the revenues devoted to learning and would rather see existing institutions ruined or diverted to other uses.

The places. An appeal for an exhibition seeks support for learning. (p. 281–282; DJR-081-20.)

In this edition. “an exhibition” → “financial support” (DJR-081-20); “College, Lecture, Library” → “college, lectureship, library” (DJR-081-20). Financial support removes the modern association with a public display. Lectureship identifies the continuing educational provision among the institutions named.

See also. Art.

Experimental

Source forms: try conclusions; conclusions; experimentall

The word. Experimental can mean learned or tested through experience. To try conclusions is to make experiments or practical trials; conclusions here are things attempted, not merely propositions reached by reasoning.