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English Introduction · Branch 1222 of 1495
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The Anatomy of Melancholy: Source Record
p. 1222Scan 484; printed 376; sequence 384; image block101-source-484.png. Complete body including Member2 Subsection1 heading and all thirteen margins d,e,f,g,h,i,k,l,m,n,o,p,q. The p note and q note extend below body and are included in full. Preserve anomalous Dioscorides book11, Melangoga, purgin, Diaserum, Rubel and Hermophilus. Persius Acci retained against comparison Atti. Final sentence completes485.
Scan 485; printed 377; sequence 385; image block101-source-485.png. Opening body through examples and Receipts, closing white hellebore discussion. Include first three notes r,s,t with their printed anchor placements; possible displaced attachments disclosed. Raised d in monetary weight flattened and explained. Antimony paragraph and five notes u,x,y,z,a reserved102.
Opening words: SUBSECT. 5. Compound Alteratives, censure of Compounds, and mixt Physick.
Closing words: where he shall finde great diversity of examples and Receipts.
Passages DJR-102-01 to DJR-102-46
Source page labels: 377–382 (sequence 385–390). Scan pages: 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490.
Scan 485; printed 377; sequence 385; image block101-source-485.png. Begin Antimony or Stibium, immediately after the white hellebore paragraph completed in101. Include all remaining body and five margins u,x,y,z,a. Preserve unmatched closing parenthesis and distinguish Mattioli testimony from Burton. First three margins r,s,t already101.
Scan 486; printed 378; sequence 386; image block102-source-486.png. Complete body and eight margins b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i. Finish antimony, include tobacco and Subsection2 heading, gentler purgatives, senna and aloes. Preserve b citation to Crato/Monavius despite body Zwinger.
Scan 487; printed 379; sequence 387; image block102-source-487.png. Complete body and ten marginal containers k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,dagger, including the bottom s note. Preserve displaced marginal attachments and unmatched body t. Include black hellebore history and Greek ho Zeus; retain Burton names. Horace fragment remains within prose.
Scan 488; printed 380; sequence 388; image block102-source-488.png. Complete body and ten margins u,x,y,z,a,b,c,d,e,f. Retain Geoponics Lib23 and Amatus century66, Dutch physician designation and irregular maximae praestantia. Keep Latin quotations and Burton English glosses separately. Melatasta anecdote and extract discussion continue onto489.
Scan 489; printed 381; sequence 389; image block102-source-489.png. Complete body and four margins g,h,i,k. Include g continuation and h below body. Preserve six hundred times in body versus six hundred people in h. Include Subsection3 Compound Purgers. Read name as Udalrinus Leonorus; retain extra, secus in marginal Latin.
Scan 490; printed 382; sequence 390; image block102-source-490.png. Opening body through These are all used...as shall be shewed in his place, completing Member2. Include three upper margins l,m,n. Lower Member3 heading, bloodletting text and o margin reserved103.
Opening words: Antimony or Stibium, which our Chymists so much magnifie
Closing words: These are all used, and prescribed to this malady upon severall occasions, as shall be shewed in his place.
Passages DJR-103-01 to DJR-103-56
Source page labels: 382–387 (sequence 390–395). Scan pages: 490, 491, 492, 493, 494, 495.
Scan 490; printed 382; sequence 390; image block102-source-490.png. Begin MEMB.3. Chirurgicall remedies. heading and all following body on this page. Include lower o margin only; all earlier body and upper l,m,n margins already102. Opening bloodletting discussion continues491.
Scan 491; printed 383; sequence 391; image block102-source-491.png. Complete body and four margins q,r,s,t. Finish Section4 Member3 Surgical remedies, include Section5 Member1 Subsection1 heading and opening regimen for head melancholy. Preserve q book2 and r full author/chapter series.
Scan 492; printed 384; sequence 392; image block103-source-492.png. Complete body and two margins u,x. Include full medical bibliography and consultations, preserving numerical readings from scan including Venice1620, Savonarola rubric82, Hugo13and14, Solinander3section3. Include Subsection2 Bloodletting and conditional claims.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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