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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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p. 1283

Recorded uses: DJR-012 — gorgias: Plato, Gorgias, passage around 499a, Jowett translation..

BIB-0109

Plato, Phaedrus 259b–d: the story of the cicadas. Plato Phaedrus

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Recorded uses: DJR-047 — Plato: Plato, Phaedrus 259b–d: the story of the cicadas.; work/audit-014/sources.json — Plato: Plato Phaedrus.

BIB-0110

Epiphanius, summary of the Panarion, entry on the Aerians. Indexed summary consulted for Aerius’s failure to succeed Eustathius; the full passage remains to be collated. Epiphanius, summary of the Panarion, entry on the Aerians. Indexed summary consulted for Aerius’s failure to succeed Eustathius

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Recorded uses: DJR-056 — Epiphanius: Epiphanius, summary of the Panarion, entry on the Aerians. Indexed summary consulted for Aerius’s failure to succeed Eustathius; the full passage remains to be collated.; work/audit-017/sources.json — Epiphanius: Epiphanius, summary of the Panarion, entry on the Aerians. Indexed summary consulted for Aerius’s failure to succeed Eustathius.

BIB-0111

Library of Congress, Scanderbeg and the sword-and-arm proverb.

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Recorded uses: DJR-102 — Scanderbeg: Library of Congress, Scanderbeg and the sword-and-arm proverb.; work/audit-033/sources.json — 102-Scanderbeg: Library of Congress, Scanderbeg and the sword-and-arm proverb..

BIB-0112

Struthius, Sphygmicae artis libri V (1555), digitized volume listing; bibliographic lead, with the exact bathing passage still uncollated. Struthius volume listing

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Recorded uses: DJR-036 — Struthius: Struthius, Sphygmicae artis libri V (1555), digitized volume listing; bibliographic lead, with the exact bathing passage still uncollated.; work/audit-011/sources.json — Struthius: Struthius volume listing.

BIB-0113

Michaelis, The Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman, 1613. Bibliographical record.

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Recorded uses: DJR-169 — Michaelis: Michaelis, The Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman, 1613. Bibliographical record.; work/audit-055/sources.json — 169-Michaelis: Michaelis, The Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman, 1613. Bibliographical record..

BIB-0114

Bibliographical identification: Andreas Libavius, Tractatus duo physici (1594), including De cruentatione cadaverum; the passages at pp. 383 and 386 have now been compared with the BSB scan. Bibliographical identification: Andreas Libavius, Tractatus duo physici (1594), including De cruentatione cadaverum

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Recorded uses: DJR-031 — Libavius: Bibliographical identification: Andreas Libavius, Tractatus duo physici (1594), including De cruentatione cadaverum; the passages at pp. 383 and 386 have now been compared with the BSB scan.; work/audit-009/sources.json — Libavius: Bibliographical identification: Andreas Libavius, Tractatus duo physici (1594), including De cruentatione cadaverum.

BIB-0115

Caspar Ens, Morosophia (Cologne: Petrus a Brachel, 1620). Bibliographical record and digitized copy; the quoted passage has not been located. Ens Morosophia bibliographical record

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Recorded uses: DJR-018 — EnsMorosophia: Caspar Ens, Morosophia (Cologne: Petrus a Brachel, 1620). Bibliographical record and digitized copy; the quoted passage has not been located.; work/audit-005/sources.json — EnsMorosophia: Ens Morosophia bibliographical record.

BIB-0116

Eustathius Macrembolites, De Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus libri XI; Marcovich edition, 2001, title and bibliographical record. Eustathius Macrembolites, De Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus libri XI

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Recorded uses: DJR-123 — EustathiusXI: Eustathius Macrembolites, De Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus libri XI; Marcovich edition, 2001, title and bibliographical record.; work/audit-040/sources.json — 123-EustathiusXI: Eustathius Macrembolites, De Hysmines et Hysminiae amoribus libri XI.

BIB-0117

Curione, De amplitudine beati regni Dei, 1554. Digitized title and bibliographical record.

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Recorded uses: DJR-168 — Curione: Curione, De amplitudine beati regni Dei, 1554. Digitized title and bibliographical record.; work/audit-055/sources.json — 168-Curione: Curione, De amplitudine beati regni Dei, 1554. Digitized title and bibliographical record..

BIB-0118

Xenophon, Oeconomicus, Holden edition, Ischomachus and Critobulus.

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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.

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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.