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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Scan 334; printed 226; sequence 234; image block68-source-334.png. Member3 conclusion only; margins x,y,z,a,b; exclude Member4 and margin c onward.

Opening words: MEMB. 2. Lawfull Cures, first from God.

Closing words: why should we then seek to any other but to him?

Passages DJR-069-01 to DJR-069-42

Source page labels: 226–230 (sequence 234–238). Scan pages: 334, 335, 336, 337, 338.

Scan 334; printed 226; sequence 234; image block68-source-334.png. Member4 Subsection1 only; margins c,d,e,f; exclude preceding Member3 and margins x,y,z,a,b.

Scan 335; printed 227; sequence 235; image block68-source-335.png. all body and margins.

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Scan 338; printed 230; sequence 238; image block69-source-338.png. Subsection2 conclusion only; margins *,m,n,o; exclude Subsection3 and margins p,q.

Opening words: MEMB. 4. SUBSECT. 1. Physician, Patient, Physick.

Closing words: shall surely be much eased, if not throughly cured.

Passages DJR-070-01 to DJR-070-49

Source page labels: 230–234 (sequence 238–242). Scan pages: 338, 339, 340, 341, 342.

Scan 338; printed 230; sequence 238; image block69-source-338.png. Subsection3 heading and body only, with margins p,q; exclude preceding Subsection2 and margins *,m,n,o.

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Scan 342; printed 234; sequence 242; image block70-source-342.png. Section2 Member1 Subsection1 through rosewater paragraph only; margins s,t,u,x,y,z,a,b,c; exclude following Subsection2 heading/body and margins e,f.

Opening words: SUBSECT. 3. Concerning Physick.

Closing words: it is in so great request with them.

Passages DJR-071-01 to DJR-071-48

Source page labels: 234–239 (sequence 242–247). Scan pages: 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347.

Scan 342; printed 234; sequence 242; image block70-source-342.png. Subsection2 heading and body only, with margins e,f; exclude preceding food/water/rosewater passage and its margins.

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Scan 347; printed 239; sequence 247; image block71-source-347.png. through As for sweating paragraph only; include margins u,x,y,z,a,b,c,d,e,asterisk; exclude Immoderate Venus paragraph and margins f,g,h.

Opening words: SUBSECT. 2. Dyet rectified in quantity.

Closing words: I shall elsewhere more opportunely speak of them.

Passages DJR-072-01 to DJR-072-42

Source page labels: 239–243 (sequence 247–251). Scan pages: 347, 348, 349, 350, 351.

Scan 347; printed 239; sequence 247; image block71-source-347.png. Begin Immoderate Venus; include margins f,g,h only; preceding bathing discussion belongs to071.

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Scan 351; printed 243; sequence 251; image block72-source-351.png. End and so they get them gon; include margins y,z,p,q,t,asterisk,r; exclude Many strange places and bottom margins m,n.

Opening words: Immoderate Venus in excess, as it is a cause, or in defect;

Closing words: and so they get them gon.

Passages DJR-073-01 to DJR-073-40

Source page labels: 243–248 (sequence 251–256). Scan pages: 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356.

Scan 351; printed 243; sequence 251; image block72-source-351.png. Begin Many strange places; include only the final two marginal containers m and n; preceding text belongs to072.

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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.

Rights

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.