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English Introduction · Branch 1233 of 1495
Source Record
The Anatomy of Melancholy: Source Record
p. 1233Scan 594; printed 486; sequence 494; image block123-source-594.png. Complete body and nineteen margins: z Horace, a Heinsius, dagger Aretino, b Petronius, c Catullus, d Petronius, e Apuleius, dagger Petronius, asterisk Apuleius, f Petronius Proselios, g Petronius, h Castiglione, dagger Catullus, i Lucian, asterisk Secundus, k Eustathius, dagger Catullus, asterisk Buchanan and l Ovid. Preserve the printed Proselios pending collation. Omit running head and catchword.
Scan 595; printed 487; sequence 495; image block123-source-595.png. Complete body and six margins: m Ovid, n Lipsius, dagger Lucian, o Apuleius including the full compound continuation, asterisk Jerome and q Ovid. Record doubtful Lipsius wording and the body p versus margin o mismatch. Preserve theological claims in the body and qualify checked Aquinas and Jerome parallels in editorial notes. Omit running head, signature and catchword.
Scan 596; printed 488; sequence 496; image block123-source-596.png. Include continuation of Hero and Leander, the final comparative paragraph and r Petronius on the widow of Ephesus. End those ordinary proceedings of doting Lovers. Remaining body from Many such allurements there are and the daggered Terence margin belong to Block 124.
Opening words: The very tone of some of their voices, a pretty pleasing speech, an affected tone they use, is able of it self to captivate a yong man;
Closing words: These are tales you will say, but they have most significant Morals, and do well express those ordinary proceedings of doting Lovers.
Passages DJR-124-01 to DJR-124-60
Source page labels: 488–494 (sequence 496–502). Scan pages: 596, 597, 598, 599, 600, 601, 602.
Scan 596; printed 488; sequence 496; image block124-source-596.png. Begin Many such allurements there are after the Block 123 endpoint. Include the remaining four margins: dagger Terence, a Marlowe, b Pornodidascalus and c Quo majoribus. Earlier body and r Petronius belong to 123.
Scan 597; printed 489; sequence 497; image block124-source-597.png. Complete body and six margins d through i: Count of Monte Turco, His artibus, Lucian, Relicto illo, the full Si quis jealousy passage and Venientem. Source retellings of Lucian retained with differences explained in Editor notes.
Scan 598; printed 490; sequence 498; image block124-source-598.png. Complete body and six margins: k Et sic, t Petronius, u Images of the Gods, x Jerome, y Meretrix and z Camden. Preserve independent Latin and English verses and the printed indolo.
Scan 599; printed 491; sequence 499; image block124-source-599.png. Complete body and eight margins: a Ille impiger, b Post sermones, dagger dance circle, c Multae, d Turpium, e Juvenal, dagger Justin and f Horace. Source errors and doubtful readings retained and explained.
Scan 600; printed 492; sequence 500; image block124-source-600.png. Complete body and six margins: g Hayward, h smock anecdote, dagger Aristaenetus, i Xenophon including its continuation across the bottom, dagger Haedus and asterisk Gregory. Preserve uncompleted anecdotes and printed book numbers.
Scan 601; printed 493; sequence 501; image block124-source-601.png. Complete body and eight margins: dagger Gregory, asterisk Lucian, k Plutarch, asterisk Lucian, dagger Ovid, dagger Hider, l Apuleius and asterisk Quintilian. Venus and Mercury symbols and the printed singular planet preserved.
Scan 602; printed 494; sequence 502; image block124-source-602.png. Opening body through But I proceed, the balanced conclusion of the dancing discussion. Include six margins: dagger Nepos, asterisk Caelius, dagger travel writers, dagger Angerianus, m Plato Greek and Latin, n Aspectus. Remaining body from If these allurements do not take place and asterisk Camden belong to 125.
Opening words: Many such allurements there are, Nods, Jests, Winks, Smiles, Wrastlings, Tokens, Favours, Symbols, Letters, Valentines, &c.
Closing words: There is a mean in all things: this is my censure in brief; Dancing is a pleasant recreation of body and mind, if sober and modest, (such as our Christian dances are) if tempestively used; a furious motive to burning lust, if as by Pagans heretofore, unchastely abused. But I proceed.
Passages DJR-125-01 to DJR-125-76
Source page labels: 494–500 (sequence 502–508). Scan pages: 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608.
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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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