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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

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Scan 385; printed 277; sequence 285; image block80-source-385.png. All body and four margins: dagger Rerum Burgund4, dagger Jussit hominem, m Quid interest Vives, n Henri Estienne preface. Final some- continues times on386.

Scan 386; printed 278; sequence 286; image block80-source-386.png. All body and four margins: dagger Orat12, o3 De anima, asterisk Iliad19, dagger Topogr Rom Part1. Final Golt- continues zius on387.

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Opening words: Many too nicely take exceptions at Cardes, Tables, and Dice, and such mixt lusorious lots, whom Gataker well confutes.

Closing words: and he is a very block that is affected with none of them.

Passages DJR-081-01 to DJR-081-42

Source page labels: 279–284 (sequence 287–292). Scan pages: 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392.

Scan 387; printed 279; sequence 287; image block80-source-387.png. Begin Some take an infinite delight, continuing the study paragraph. Include final asterisk Hondius margin only. Final body com- continues passe on388; the footer passe is a catchword.

Scan 388; printed 280; sequence 288; image block80-source-388.png. All body and nine margins: p Atlas, asterisk Cardan, q Plutarch, r Leonard Digges, dagger Hipperchen, dagger Cardan preface, t Poetices, dagger Horace3.9, dagger De Pelopones. Final Ger- continues belius on389.

Scan 389; printed 281; sequence 289; image block80-source-389.png. All body and five margins: asterisk Quos si integros, u Isaac Wake, x Si unquam, y Heinsius letter including all its long continuation, asterisk Erasmus. Final Li- continues brary on390.

Scan 390; printed 282; sequence 290; image block81-source-390.png. All body and six margins: asterisk Virgil, dagger Bodley founder, asterisk Nicholson Christ Church, z Animus levatur, asterisk sermon38, dagger homily4 including full quotation. Final body to continues the soul on391; the at the foot is a catchword.

Scan 391; printed 283; sequence 291; image block81-source-391.png. All body and thirteen margins a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,k,l,m and asterisk Clavius. Jerome m continues lectione occupes. Masticat divinum pabulum meditatio along the page foot, followed by the complete Clavius note. Body ends in all; humane at the foot is a catchword and continues in the actual body on392.

Scan 392; printed 284; sequence 292; image block81-source-392.png. Opening humane disciplines through with infinite such. Include first two margins: dagger Colossus1080000 weight of brass; asterisk Vide Clavium in com. de Sacrobosco. Preserve ten/40320 and148456800000000; source digits checked in enlarged crop. Exclude following But in all nature and remaining two margins Distantias and Cap.4.&5; these belong to082.

Opening words: Some take an infinite delight to study the very languages wherein these books are written, Hebrew, Greek, Syriack, Chalde, Arabick, &c.

Closing words: with infinite such.

Passages DJR-082-01 to DJR-082-46

Source page labels: 284–289 (sequence 292–297). Scan pages: 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397.

Scan 392; printed 284; sequence 292; image block81-source-392.png. Begin But in all nature immediately after081 with infinite such. Include remaining two dagger margins Distantias cœlorum sola Optica dijudicat and Cap.4.&5. Last experi- continues ments on393; footer ments is catchword. Earlier body and first two margins belong to081.

Scan 393; printed 285; sequence 293; image block81-source-393.png. All body and six margins: dagger Printed at London1620, asterisk Late Astronomy-reader, dagger Printed London William Iones1623, asterisk Præfat Meth Astrol, n Tot tibi sunt dotes, asterisk Da pie Christe. Final or Scaliger continues Chrysolithus on394; footer Chrysolithus is catchword. Enlarged name crop verifies Entisberus.

Scan 394; printed 286; sequence 294; image block82-source-394.png. All body and four margins: dagger Chalonerus, asterisk Hortus Coronarius, o Plutarch extending along entire page foot, and p Ut pulchram also in footer. End of Member4. Footer Memb5 is catchword. Enlarged verse crop verifies abbreviated præsesq; expanded to præsesque; name crop verifies Cleppisius.

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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.