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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 704; printed 592; sequence 604; image block144-source-704.png. Entire printed592 and all eleven margins, including two separate x entries and separate Commynes title and extract. Includes Seneca maxim, parental and religious concern, political suspicion, divine envy and opening Bodin extract. Last sentence continues705. Omit catchword.

Scan 705; printed 593; sequence 605; image block144-source-705.png. Entire printed593 and all eleven margins. Ottoman, Roman, Muscovite, French and English examples of political suspicion. Continuous Fletcher/Herodot./Maximinus marginal entry counted once. Robert Duke of Normandy sentence continues706. Omit signature and catchword.

Scan 706; printed 594; sequence 606; image block144-source-706.png. Entire printed594 and all nine margins. Complete Robert sentence, three causes, Daniel composite verse, return to erotic jealousy, Seneca verses and separate English rendering, swan story and Chaucer, elephants and camel. Last sentence continues707. Repeated t markers retained. Omit catchword.

Scan 707; printed 595; sequence 607; image block144-source-707.png. Entire printed595 and all seven margins, counting unmarked R.T. beside Propertius verse as one, provisionally attached to English version. Crocodiles and dogs, bachelors and rivalry, Memmius, Phaedria, pine and Adonis, Petronius and Chaucer, Propertius Latin and first part of separate English version. Omit catchword.

Scan 708; printed 596; sequence 608; image block144-source-708.png. Only the continuation of the English Propertius rendering and the complete closing paragraph of Subsection1, with its two margins, 1Sam1.6 and Blason of Jealousie. Ends that reverend Lord, as he stiles him. Stop before Subsection2, Causes of Jealousie; its descriptor, body and marginalia belong to145.

Opening words: SECT. 3. MEMB. 1. SUBSECT. 1. JEALOUSY.

Closing words: that reverend Lord, as he stiles him.

Passages DJR-145-01 to DJR-145-64

Source page labels: 596–601 (sequence 608–613). Scan pages: 708, 709, 710, 711, 712, 713.

Scan 708; printed 596; sequence 608; image block144-source-708.png. Start at Subsection2 and full descriptor; all following body and final three margins b, dagger and c included. Previous two margins belong to144. Sentence continues709.

Scan 709; printed 597; sequence 609; image block145-source-709.png. Entire printed597, including all eight margins: dagger, d,e,f,g, unmarked Ovid, h and unmarked R.T. First R.T. provisionally attached to High colour verse on710. Last sentence continues710.

Scan 710; printed 598; sequence 610; image block145-source-710.png. Entire printed598 and six margins: unmarked R.T., i,k,l, dagger Mimnermus and m. Complete verses, Gallus attribution, January and Latin passages retained. Last sentence continues711.

Scan 711; printed 599; sequence 611; image block145-source-711.png. Entire printed599 and nine margins: n, dagger Chaloner,o,p,p repeated,q,r,dagger Chaloner and star Pliny. Foràs claros and cannot use but checked directly. All verse lineation retained.

Scan 712; printed 600; sequence 612; image block145-source-712.png. Entire printed600 and nine entries: q,r,s,t,u,x,y,starred scholar narrative and detached unmarked lib.1. Both last entries retained separately with uncertainty recorded. Genis gratus checked against scan and Apuleius. Last sentence continues713.

Scan 713; printed 601; sequence 613; image block145-source-713.png. Entire printed601 and eight margins: a,b,star,c,dagger,star,dagger Horace and d. Snowt fair checked at enlarged scale and rendered as facial beauty. End complete paragraph at she certainly loves some other man better then himself. Omit signature and catchword.

Opening words: SUBSECT. 2. Causes of Jealousie.

Closing words: she certainly loves some other man better then himself.

Passages DJR-146-01 to DJR-146-79

Source page labels: 602–608 (sequence 614–620). Scan pages: 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719, 720.

Scan 714; printed 602; sequence 614; image block146-source-714.png. All body from Nevisanus at top, all eight margins e,f,g,h,i,dagger,k,l. Ends Propertius Latin couplet; separate English rendering begins715.

Scan 715; printed 603; sequence 615; image block146-source-715.png. All body and eight margins star,dagger,dagger,m,n,o,dagger,star. Final sentence continues716. Names and Latin variants retained.

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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.