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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 762; printed 650; sequence 662; image block155-source-762.png. Only closing passage beginning And if it were not yet enough, through make a; sentence continues on763. All762 margins already included154.

Scan 763; printed 651; sequence 663; image block155-source-763.png. All body and four margins b,star,dagger,o. Preserve printed Eumo, illerate, Nicholhausen and Wartzburge. Ovid verse has two lines; marginal o referring to Cicero retains printed position at verse, explained in Editor note. Final Latin continues onto764.

Scan 764; printed 652; sequence 664; image block155-source-764.png. All body and six margins l,dagger,e,f,star,g. Two single-line verses and one two-line verse. Translate all Latin and preserve separate English restatements. Retain nonchronological emperor list; modern Iovinianus becomes Jovian with note.

Scan 765; printed 653; sequence 665; image block155-source-765.png. All body and five margins h,i,k,l,m. Preserve polemical language and printed references with explanations. Last sentence continues onto766.

Scan 766; printed 654; sequence 666; image block155-source-766.png. All body and five margins n,o,p,q,r. Enlarged crop confirms Kemnisius. Horace and Petronius excerpts are inline, not displayed verse. Preserve printed Arian, interpreted as Arius with note. Last sentence continues onto767.

Scan 767; printed 655; sequence 667; image block155-source-767.png. Opening continuation through be canonized for Saints, with margin s only. Scan confirms Lampridius vita ejus, not Herodian. Normalize long s in bumbast. Stop before Now when they are truly possessed with blinde zeal; margins dagger/t,u,x,y accompany156.

Opening words: And if it were not yet enough, by Priests and Politicians to delude mankind

Closing words: be canonized for Saints.

Passages DJR-156-01 to DJR-156-38

Source page labels: 655–658, 651 [659] (sequence 667–671). Scan pages: 767, 768, 769, 770, 771.

Scan 767; printed 655; sequence 667; image block156-source-767.png. Begin second paragraph Now when they are truly possessed with blinde zeal. All remaining body and five margins dagger,t,u,x,y. Margin s belongs155. Ends partway through sentence continued768.

Scan 768; printed 656; sequence 668; image block156-source-768.png. All body and six margins z,a,b,c,d,e. Guatinerius verified in enlarged crop; retain melancholichum in margin d. Latin translated and separate English retained. Final melancholy split across page break is joined.

Scan 769; printed 657; sequence 669; image block156-source-769.png. All body and twelve margins f,g,h,i,first dagger,star,k,l,m,second dagger,n,o. Both dagger references retained separately. Loosely positioned margin m attached to explanatory clause on visions. Preserve printed Cornic., An.185 and ten-day return of Er; notes distinguish discrepancies and uncertainties. Final sentence continues770.

Scan 770; printed 658; sequence 670; image block156-source-770.png. All body and four margins p,q,r,s. Preserve p’s printed position before before they gave any answers; its text corresponds to following Strabo. Finish Subsection2; retain Subsection3 heading and synopsis as two structural units. Preserve componere in s. Opening symptoms discussion continues771.

Scan 771; printed 651 [659]; sequence 671; image block156-source-771.png. All body and three margins t,u,x through Gentiles, Mahometans, Jews, &c. Printed651 occupies659. Inline Latin retained on left and translated on right; Cicero wording identified as adaptation of On Ends1.60. Stop before772 Of these symptomes.

Opening words: Now when they are truly possessed with blinde zeal, and nusled with superstition

Closing words: Gentiles, Mahometans, Jews, &c.

Passages DJR-157-01 to DJR-157-47

Source page labels: 660–665 (sequence 672–677). Scan pages: 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777.

Scan 772; printed 660; sequence 672; image block157-source-772.png. All body from Of these symptomes through the sentence continued773; four margins y,dagger,z,a. Printed660 (not690 as previously misread). Juvenal Latin verse and separate English rendering preserved.

Scan 773; printed 661; sequence 673; image block157-source-773.png. All body, continuing to Pilats souldiers on774. Seven margins b,c,dagger,d,e,f,g. Preserve ten times in body against decem decies in b. Printed per funem aureum and Romans10.2 verified. Damaged Act.19 marginal final digit qualified.

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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.