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English Introduction · Branch 1250 of 1495
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The Anatomy of Melancholy: Source Record
p. 1250Scan 774; printed 662; sequence 674; image block157-source-774.png. All body and four margins h,star,first dagger,second dagger. Final sentence continues775. All Latin translated; confessional allegations distinguished in explanatory notes.
Scan 775; printed 663; sequence 675; image block157-source-775.png. All body and eight margins first star,second star,first dagger,i,second dagger,third dagger,third star,fourth dagger. Preserve consubstantiation, humanâ ratio, Samsatus Isphocanis and Hossman. Prudentius verse retained. Final monstrous joins776.
Scan 776; printed 664; sequence 676; image block157-source-776.png. All body and five margins first dagger,k,second dagger,third dagger,star. Zürich1494 preserved. Full catalogue of gods and Maximus paraphrase retained. End introduces verse on777.
Scan 777; printed 665; sequence 677; image block157-source-777.png. Opening Prudentius verse, catalogue of functional deities and Latin/English couplets only, ending Hils, seas and rivers, God was this and that. Retain equis soleatis and miserabile. Stop before And which was most absurd. No777marginalia in scope.
Opening words: Of these symptomes some be general, some particular to each private sect
Closing words: Hils, seas and rivers, God was this and that.
Passages DJR-158-01 to DJR-158-42
Source page labels: 665–669 (sequence 677–681). Scan pages: 777, 778, 779, 780, 781.
Scan 777; printed 665; sequence 677; image block158-source-777.png. Body from And which was most absurd through the sentence continuing on778. All five margins: first dagger, second dagger, star, l, third dagger. Earlier body above the start was completed in157. Apuleius margin retains the printed corrupt forms, with qualification.
Scan 778; printed 666; sequence 678; image block158-source-778.png. All body and six margins: first dagger, star, second dagger, third dagger, fourth dagger, m. All Latin translated and separate English restatements retained.
Scan 779; printed 667; sequence 679; image block158-source-779.png. All body and nine margins: first star, first dagger, n, a, second star, b, second dagger, third dagger, third star. Preserve nine bulls in body against hundred bulls in margin; Marcus Julianus and Lactantius2.6 retained and explained. Sanubius/subcis. remain unresolved.
Scan 780; printed 668; sequence 680; image block158-source-780.png. All body and eight margins: c, d, e, first star, second star, third star, p, dagger. Direct scan reads408synagogues. Retain Strabo book4 and thousand oaks with qualifications; checked Strabo14.1.5 does not confirm the oak claim. Acosta comparisons identify differences in geography, figures and idol ingredients.
Scan 781; printed 669; sequence 681; image block158-source-781.png. Body through no torture like to it, none so continuate, so generall, so destructive, so violent. All ten margins: q, r, dagger, s, t, u, x, star, y, z. Propertius couplet preserves two source lines. Direct scan reads12000. Cleombrotus conflation and Pliny/Plutarch discrepancy retained and annotated. Final paragraph beginning In this superstitious row remains for159; no781marginalia remain.
Opening words: And which was most absurd, they made gods upon such ridiculous occasions
Closing words: no torture like to it, none so continuate, so generall, so destructive, so violent.
Passages DJR-159-01 to DJR-159-50
Source page labels: 669–675 (sequence 681–687). Scan pages: 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787.
Scan 781; printed 669; sequence 681; image block159-source-781.png. Final paragraph beginning In this superstitious row. Earlier body and all marginalia on this page were completed in Block 158; no marginal entries included here.
Scan 782; printed 670; sequence 682; image block159-source-782.png. All body and six margins: a, b, c, d, e, f. Job 4.10, 160 villages, miles and the emperor falling dead are retained and annotated against primary parallels. Body continues onto 783.
Scan 783; printed 671; sequence 683; image block159-source-783.png. All body and eight margins: g, h, i, k, dagger, l, m, n. Muslim customs, Ganges bathing and Mecca tomb claims distinguished. Busbecq Greek boy/snails and ambassador discrepancies annotated. Body continues onto 784.
Scan 784; printed 672; sequence 684; image block159-source-784.png. All body and five margins: star, o, p, q, r. Extra caulem and plural addicti retained. Horace verse has one source line. Magallianus chapter 16 retained and flagged. Body continues onto 785.
Socrates
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.
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.
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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.
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- Principal historical witnessMcGill University Library — 1651 edition
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