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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 503; printed 395; sequence 403; image block104-source-503.png. Complete body and three marginal containers: DorothyBurton asterisk,f,t. Complete amulets and beginSubsection6; third displayedrecipe retains three-and-halfounceslettucewater. Worn diascordii weight read as dram and uncertainty recorded. Requiemparagraph continues504.

Scan 504; printed 396; sequence 404; image block105-source-504.png. Body from continued Ruland paragraph through endoffearfuldreams advice, ending or lye on their backs,&c. Include five margins u,x,y,z,Veni mecum dagger. Stop before Rusticus pudor; lower a,b belong106. Source505–506 read for planning only, not translated.

Opening words: I may say the same of the decoction of China roots, Sassafras, Sarsaparilla, Guajacum:

Closing words: Such men must not eat Beans, Pease, Garlick, Onions, Cabbidge, Venison, Hare, use black wines, or any meat hard of digestion at supper, or lye on their backs, &c.

Passages DJR-106-01 to DJR-106-62

Source page labels: 396–402 (sequence 404–410). Scan pages: 504, 505, 506, 507, 508, 509, 510.

Scan 504; printed 396; sequence 404; image block105-source-504.png. Only final body paragraph from Rusticus pudor, continuing onto505. Include lower a and b margins. Upper body and u,x,y,z,dagger margins completed105.

Scan 505; printed 397; sequence 405; image block105-source-505.png. Complete body and thirteen margins c,d,dagger,e,f,g,h,i,k,l,m,n,o, including bottom extensions. Two recipes retained; first separated from running text. Ambiguous unc. followed by apparent scruple sign in second recipe recorded.

Scan 506; printed 398; sequence 406; image block105-source-506.png. Complete body: close Member1/Subsection6 then all Member2 on melancholy throughout the body. Eight margins p,q,r,s,t,u,x,z. Extra r before Median retained; z diet note kept at printed anchor although it belongs in sense to507 opening.

Scan 507; printed 399; sequence 407; image block106-source-507.png. Complete body: Member3/Subsection1 on hypochondriacal melancholy, through sentence continued508. All seven margins b,c,dagger,d,e,f,g. Preserve Altinus, Celsus, Assyria and defective final renovat clause in margin d.

Scan 508; printed 400; sequence 408; image block106-source-508.png. Complete body through sentence continued509. All eleven margins h,i,k,l,m,dagger,asterisk,n,o,p,q, including bottom extensions. Preserve printed affirmative there may be again against negative Latin note.

Scan 509; printed 401; sequence 409; image block106-source-509.png. Complete body, close Subsection1 and begin Subsection2; final list continues510. All eleven margins r,s,t,u,x,y,z,a,b,c,dagger. Unanchored s placed with Treacle; body asterisk versus margin c recorded. Preserve ventriculi regimen.

Scan 510; printed 402; sequence 410; image block106-source-510.png. Complete body through closing verse and FINIS; six margins c,d,e,dagger,f,g. Preserve open the bowels and differences between prose and turpentine margin. Final inline prescription set apart. Second Partition complete.

Opening words: Rusticus pudor, bashfulness, flushing in the face, high colour, ruddiness are common grievances,

Closing words: FINIS.

Passages DJR-107-01 to DJR-107-55

Source page labels: unnumbered [403–405] and 406–409 (sequence 411–417). Scan pages: 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517.

Scan 511; printed unnumbered [403]; sequence 411; image block107-source-511.png. Complete first page of ANALYSIS OF THE THIRD PARTITION. Preserve hierarchical outline, including Of women under Pleasant and the separate Honest branch. Printed locators and zodiac cross-reference signs retained.

Scan 512; printed unnumbered [404]; sequence 412; image block107-source-512.png. Complete second outline page: heroic or love melancholy, then jealousy. Preserve printed Section 2 under jealousy and all nested causes, symptoms, prognosis and cures.

Scan 513; printed unnumbered [405]; sequence 413; image block107-source-513.png. Complete third outline page: religious melancholy in excess and deficiency, including despair. Printed Gemini/Cancer pointer placement and Med. 1 recorded; structural braces linearized as indentation.

Scan 514; printed 406; sequence 414; image block107-source-514.png. Complete prose body opening Third Partition, Section 1 Member 1 Subsection 1, and five marginal containers. Includes Martial verse and Burton’s separate English gloss; retain printed legit.

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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.