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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: Source Record

p. 1209

Opening words: Perigort in France is barren, yet by reason of the excellency of the aire,

Closing words: and did most good.

Passages DJR-078-01 to DJR-078-36

Source page labels: 265–270 (sequence273–278). Scan pages: 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378.

Scan 373; printed 265; sequence 273; image block77-source-373.png. Begin with Member4 heading. Include all following body and four margins s, dagger, asterisk, t; exclude prior Member3 body and its five margins. Final The Æ- continues gyptians on374.

Scan 374; printed 266; sequence 274; image block77-source-374.png. All body and seven margins u, x, dagger, asterisk, y, z, a. Final Ga- continues len on375.

Scan 375; printed 267; sequence 275; image block78-source-375.png. All body and eleven margins b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, k, l, m. Include l continuation at foot and full m at foot. Unmatched body asterisk retained; g anchored at corresponding warning.

Scan 376; printed 268; sequence 276; image block78-source-376.png. All body and eleven margins n, dagger, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, x, y. Dagger bibliography has no clearly visible body marker and is anchored at books written of it.

Scan 377; printed 269; sequence 277; image block78-source-377.png. All body and seven margins z, a, b, c, asterisk, dagger, d; includes verse and garden paragraph through final and.

Scan 378; printed 270; sequence 278; image block78-source-378.png. Only opening completion: and various harmony of Birdes: Good God (saith he) what a company of pleasures hast thou made for man? No marginalia on this page are in scope. All following body and margins reserved for079.

Opening words: Memb. 4. Exercise rectified of Body and minde.

Closing words: what a company of pleasures hast thou made for man?

Passages DJR-079-01 to DJR-079-49

Source page labels: 270–274 (sequence278–282). Scan pages: 378, 379, 380, 381, 382.

Scan 378; printed 270; sequence 278; image block78-source-378.png. Begin He that should be admitted on a sudden, after078 final garden exclamation. All following body and all nine margins: dagger Diodorus, asterisk Aelian, e, f including its In utraque continuation, dagger Aurei panes, asterisk Lucan, dagger300 pellices, asterisk Ubi omnia, asterisk Odyssey delta. Final ocu- continues los itinerantium on379.

Scan 379; printed 271; sequence 279; image block78-source-379.png. All body and six margins: dagger Lucan8, dagger Iliad10, g, dagger Swertius, h, i. Final The very reading continues of feasts on380.

Scan 380; printed 272; sequence 280; image block79-source-380.png. All body and seven margins: dagger Modius, asterisk Josephus, dagger Procopius, asterisk Laet, dagger Amaseo, k, l. Final Nemean continues games on381.

Scan 381; printed 273; sequence 281; image block79-source-381.png. All body and nine margins m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u. Read long q and u completely. Final Turkie Gentle- continues women on382.

Scan 382; printed 274; sequence 282; image block79-source-382.png. Opening continuation women through Hic Veneri indulget, hunc decoquit alea. Include eight margins: x, dagger Miles4, dagger Prodromus, asterisk Pliny, dagger Horace, asterisk Caesar, asterisk Giovio, dagger Juvenal. Exclude final sentence beginning Many too nicely and margin y; both belong to080.

Opening words: He that should be admitted on a sudden to the sight of such a Palace as that of Escuriall in Spain,

Closing words: Hic Veneri indulget, hunc decoquit alea——

Passages DJR-080-01 to DJR-080-45

Source page labels: 274–279 (sequence 282–287). Scan pages: 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387.

Scan 382; printed 274; sequence 282; image block79-source-382.png. Begin final body sentence Many too nicely take exceptions, continuing the pastimes paragraph. Include final margin y only. Body ends such; mixt at the foot is a catchword, with the actual continuation mixt lusorious on383.

Scan 383; printed 275; sequence 283; image block79-source-383.png. All body and seven marginal containers: z Lemnius, a Abusus, b Ubi semel, c Instituitur, dagger Latrunculorum including Bellonius and Daniel Souter Palamedes book3 continuation at page foot, d Hayward, e Moscovit. Final much is a catchword; actual continuation much used on384.

Scan 384; printed 276; sequence 284; image block79-source-384.png. All body and seven margins: f Fez citizens, g Tullius, h Demorgent, i Polycrat1cap8, k Idem Sarisburiensis, dagger Histlib1, l Nemo including the complete long More passage. Final the life of continues most of on385.

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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.