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English Introduction · Branch 1215 of 1495
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The Anatomy of Melancholy: Source Record
p. 1215Opening words: who thinks worse of Tully for being Arpinas, an upstart?
Closing words: the higher they are elevated, the more grievously depressed.
Passages DJR-090-01 to DJR-090-56
Source page labels: 321–326 (sequence 329–334). Scan pages: 429, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434.
Scan 429; printed 321; sequence 329; image block89-source-429.png. Only the final body line beginning For the rest of his prerogatives which wealth affords. Earlier body and all twelve margins belong to 089. The sentence continues on 430. Bottom catchword as excluded.
Scan 430; printed 322; sequence 330; image block90-source-430.png. Complete body and all four margins: asterisk Horace, e Theodoret, f Horace book 2 ode 9 as printed, g Horace book 2. Enlarged crop confirms Nor in the Horace verse, retained and explained. Bottom catchword stomack excluded; actual stomack on 431 included in joined sentence.
Scan 431; printed 323; sequence 331; image block90-source-431.png. Complete body and all nine margins: h Apuleius, i Seneca, k Horace, asterisk Brisson, asterisk Epictetus, l Cardano, asterisk Philostratus, dagger Pliny, asterisk Zonaras. Last body words Perox the Persian join King on 432. Bottom catchword King excluded.
Scan 432; printed 324; sequence 332; image block90-source-432.png. Complete body and all ten margins: dagger Plutarch, asterisk Horace Satires, dagger Suetonius, m Juvenal, n Psalm, asterisk Contemplatio Idiotae, dagger Boethius, o Augustine, p Bonae mentis, q Apuleius. Final plague joins curse on 433; bottom catchword curse excluded.
Scan 433; printed 325; sequence 333; image block90-source-433.png. Complete body and all eight identifiable margins: r Cardano corresponding to a body dagger, asterisk Tully, dagger Seneca Epist. 74, dagger Seneca Epist. 66 and 90 at the later Seneca body anchor, asterisk Panormita, s Nevizzano, t collectior, u Pliny. The separate body dagger at Macrobius has no identifiable marginal entry; retained and explained. Seneca first clause provisionally reads sumne and remains flagged. Final en- joins quires on 434; catchword excluded.
Scan 434; printed 326; sequence 334; image block90-source-434.png. Body from quires after the 433 page break through or well weighing their own present estate. All six margins in scope included: x Poliziano, full y Gyges note, z Horace, dagger Amos, asterisk Pliny, dagger Seneca On Anger. Later body beginning What they are now, thou mayst shortly be and the later Lipsius and Roman-population margins belong to 091.
Opening words: For the rest of his prerogatives which wealth affords,
Closing words: or well weighing their own present estate.
Passages DJR-091-01 to DJR-091-63
Source page labels: 326–331 (sequence 334–339). Scan pages: 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439.
Scan 434; printed 326; sequence 334; image block90-source-434.png. Body from What they are now, thou mayst shortly be through the page bottom. Only the two later marginal containers, dagger Lipsius and asterisk Roman population, belong to 091. Earlier body and six margins belong to 090. Final how joins fortunate on 435; catchword fortunate excluded.
Scan 435; printed 327; sequence 335; image block91-source-435.png. Complete body and all five margins: a Foxe, dagger Horace Satires 2.2, asterisk Machiavelli, dagger Guicciardini, asterisk Persius. The Guicciardini title reading H ponest remains provisional. Final poor joins from the dust on 436; catchword from excluded.
Scan 436; printed 328; sequence 336; image block91-source-436.png. Complete body and all twelve margins: b Omnes, c Horace Epistle 12, d compound Seneca Epistles 15/8, dagger Boethius, asterisk Muffaeus, dagger Brisson, e Psalm 84, f Apuleius, g Gellius, h Jerome, dagger Euripides, i Horace. Final keepes thee joins in health on 437; catchword in excluded.
Scan 437; printed 329; sequence 337; image block91-source-437.png. Complete body and all fifteen marginal containers: k Horace, asterisk Virtue, l Lucan, m Lipsius, n Horace, dagger Horace Satires 4, asterisk Apuleius, dagger Chytraeus/Foscarinus, o Terence/Socrates compound, asterisk Epictetus, p Puteanus, dagger Marullus, q Horace farm, r Jerome, s Seneca. Final and joins he on 438; catchword he excluded.
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Socrates will begin with this book and its sources.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.
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