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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Recorded uses: DJR-003 — Paul1534: Paul of Aegina, Opus de re medica, translated by Johann Guinter (Cologne: Johann Soter, 1534), opening of the author’s own preface; scan n51.; work/audit-058/sources.json — 003-Paul1534: Paul of Aegina, Opus de re medica, translated by Johann Guinter (Cologne: Johann Soter, 1534), opening of the author’s own preface.

BIB-0041

Julius Caesar Scaliger, Exotericarum exercitationum liber XV de subtilitate (Frankfurt, 1620), exercise 324, p. 982; National Central Library of Rome copy, Internet Archive facsimile. Julius Caesar Scaliger, Exotericarum exercitationum liber XV de subtilitate (Frankfurt, 1620), exercise 324, p. 982

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Recorded uses: DJR-002 — Scaliger324: Julius Caesar Scaliger, Exotericarum exercitationum liber XV de subtilitate (Frankfurt, 1620), exercise 324, p. 982; National Central Library of Rome copy, Internet Archive facsimile.; work/audit-057/sources.json — 002-Scaliger324: Julius Caesar Scaliger, Exotericarum exercitationum liber XV de subtilitate (Frankfurt, 1620), exercise 324, p. 982.

BIB-0042

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae (Lyon: Sebastian Gryphius, 1537), pp. 533–534; preface after XX.10; scans n635–n636. Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae (Lyon: Sebastian Gryphius, 1537), pp. 533–534

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Recorded uses: DJR-003 — Gellius1537: Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae (Lyon: Sebastian Gryphius, 1537), pp. 533–534; preface after XX.10; scans n635–n636.; work/audit-058/sources.json — 003-Gellius1537: Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae (Lyon: Sebastian Gryphius, 1537), pp. 533–534.

BIB-0043

Garcia da Orta, Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India, Clements Markham’s English translation, 1913: colloquies 8 (pp. 53, 55), 20 (pp. 174–176) and 45 (pp. 362, 364–365); contextual comparisons. Garcia da Orta, Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India, Clements Markham’s English translation, 1913

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Recorded uses: DJR-105 — Orta: Garcia da Orta, Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India, Clements Markham’s English translation, 1913: colloquies 8 (pp. 53, 55), 20 (pp. 174–176) and 45 (pp. 362, 364–365); contextual comparisons.; work/audit-034/sources.json — 105-Orta: Garcia da Orta, Colloquies on the Simples and Drugs of India, Clements Markham’s English translation, 1913.

BIB-0044

Melanchthon, Liber de anima, Corpus Reformatorum 13 (1846), column 84; phlegm and unusual sleepiness. The passage does not supply Burton’s watery thoughts or sighing. Melanchthon, De anima col. 84

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Recorded uses: DJR-038 — MelanchthonSoul: Melanchthon, Liber de anima, Corpus Reformatorum 13 (1846), column 84; phlegm and unusual sleepiness. The passage does not supply Burton’s watery thoughts or sighing.; work/audit-011/sources.json — MelanchthonSoul: Melanchthon, De anima col. 84.

BIB-0045

Melanchthon, Liber de anima, Corpus Reformatorum 13, columns 126 and 129; the heart in grief and hypochondriacal illness, with differences from Burton’s wording. Melanchthon, Book on the Soul

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Recorded uses: DJR-040 — MelanchthonPassions: Melanchthon, Liber de anima, Corpus Reformatorum 13, columns 126 and 129; the heart in grief and hypochondriacal illness, with differences from Burton’s wording.; work/audit-012/sources.json — MelanchthonPassions: Melanchthon, Book on the Soul.

BIB-0046

Samuel Daniel, The Complaint of Rosamond, lines 881–882, Complete Works, ed. A. B. Grosart, I (1885), p. 112: facsimile has The wiser ages against Burton’s Our wiser ages. Samuel Daniel, The Complaint of Rosamond, lines 881–882, Complete Works, ed. A. B. Grosart, I (1885), p. 112

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Recorded uses: DJR-160 — DanielRosamond: Samuel Daniel, The Complaint of Rosamond, lines 881–882, Complete Works, ed. A. B. Grosart, I (1885), p. 112: facsimile has The wiser ages against Burton’s Our wiser ages.; work/audit-052/sources.json — 160-DanielRosamond: Samuel Daniel, The Complaint of Rosamond, lines 881–882, Complete Works, ed. A. B. Grosart, I (1885), p. 112.

BIB-0047

Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio terrae sanctae (Antwerp, 1536), sig. D1v, PDF p. 54: Latin prayer inspected in facsimile; Burton omits & and prints multa for multæ. Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio terrae sanctae (Antwerp, 1536), sig. D1v, PDF p. 54

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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.

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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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