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English Introduction · Branch 1243 of 1495
Source Record
The Anatomy of Melancholy: Source Record
p. 1243Scan 693; printed 581; sequence 593; image block142-source-693.png. Complete printed581 and all eight margins. Compulsory celibacy, medical and sexual accusations, the fishpond allegation, Bellarmine/Coster/Valencia, James Rossa, Jerome, Cyprian and Witzel. Preserve600 in body versus more than6000 in margin and printed1419. Omit signature/catchword.
Scan 694; printed 582; sequence 594; image block142-source-694.png. Complete printed582 and all seven margins. Lydgate stanzas, poverty/colonization, marriage policy, Maranhão, religious houses and Tertullian. Final not continues695. Omit catchword.
Scan 695; printed 583; sequence 595; image block142-source-695.png. Complete printed583 and all eleven margins. Polygamy and brothels, Radziwiłł, Crassus, Surena, privileges for parenthood, marriage penalties and hesitant bachelors. Final sentence continues696. Last two margins anticipate Seneca/Epaminondas and repeat696; retain both copies. Omit signature/catchword.
Scan 696; printed 584; sequence 596; image block142-source-696.png. Complete printed584 and all twelve margins. Seneca/Horace, scholars and marriage, Beroaldo, Ovid, praise of wives, Sirach, Afranius, Lœbeus and Bacon. Final Latin poem completed here; Bacon citation anchors beginning697. Omit catchword A.
Scan 697; printed 585; sequence 597; image block142-source-697.png. Printed585 opening through Alcestis: end what more can be desired or expected? Include first margin Euripides only. Nextblock143 begins And although on the other side there be an infinite number of bad husbands; remaining margins begin Cum juxta mare agrum coleret and belong143.
Opening words: There be those that think they are necessitated by Fate
Closing words: what more can be desired or expected?
Passages DJR-143-01 to DJR-143-75
Source page labels: 585–590 (sequence 597–602). Scan pages: 697, 698, 699, 700, 701, 702.
Scan 697; printed 585; sequence 597; image block142-source-697.png. Begin And although on the other side there be an infinite number of bad husbands. First Euripides margin belongs to142. Include remaining six margins, beginning Cum juxta mare agrum coleret. Devoted husband, necessary troubles and Susarion. Last sentence continues698. Omit catchword.
Scan 698; printed 586; sequence 598; image block143-source-698.png. Complete printed586 and all ten margins, counting unmarked Lib.3.num.1 separately from Seneca and provisionally attaching it to Nevizzano. Marriage, population and the public good; beginning of Latin twelve-point list. Omit signature and catchword.
Scan 699; printed 587; sequence 599; image block143-source-699.png. Complete printed587; no marginal notes. Conclude Latin list, preserve separate English version, then all twelve opposing arguments. Discussion after the lists continues700. Omit catchword.
Scan 700; printed 588; sequence 600; image block143-source-700.png. Complete printed588 and seven margins. Take the chance of marriage; Vigil of Venus; authorities and personal wish. Final sentence continues701. Omit signature and catchword.
Scan 701; printed 589; sequence 601; image block143-source-701.png. Complete printed589 and fourteen marginal entries. Chaucer, romance couples, wedding song and classical blessings. Final English stanza continues702. Omit catchword.
Scan 702; printed 590; sequence 602; image block143-source-702.png. Complete printed590 and all three margins. Complete wedding stanza, wishes for mutual love and shared death, closing Latin bibliography and Chaucer stanza. End But now to purpose of my rather speech. Dangling dagger before concordes has no accompanying marginal note; retain source mark and explain. Section2 ends here.
Opening words: And although on the other side there be an infinite number of bad husbands
Closing words: But now to purpose of my rather speech.
Passages DJR-144-01 to DJR-144-59
Source page labels: 591–596 (sequence 603–608). Scan pages: 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708.
Scan 703; printed 591; sequence 603; image block143-source-703.png. Begin with Section3, Member1, Subsection1, Jealousy and its descriptor. Entire printed591 and all seven marginal entries included. End of Aegeus sentence continues704. Omit running heads, signature and catchword.
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Reading The Anatomy of Melancholy · Source Record · Source record
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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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