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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: Bibliography and Comparison Resources

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Recorded uses: DJR-030 — pliny: Pliny the Younger, Letters 7.27: the Athenian haunted house and nocturnal hair cutting; Latin text, Dickinson College Commentaries.; work/audit-009/sources.json — pliny: Pliny the Younger, Letters 7.27: the Athenian haunted house and nocturnal hair cutting.

BIB-0245

Seneca, Hercules Furens 159–173; Dickinson commentary establishes the interpolated line 162. Seneca, Hercules Furens 159–173

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Recorded uses: DJR-055 — seneca: Seneca, Hercules Furens 159–173; Dickinson commentary establishes the interpolated line 162.; work/audit-017/sources.json — seneca: Seneca, Hercules Furens 159–173.

BIB-0246

Seneca, Hercules Furens 174–191, Dickinson text and commentary.

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Recorded uses: DJR-086 — Seneca: Seneca, Hercules Furens 174–191, Dickinson text and commentary.; work/audit-027/sources.json — 086-Seneca: Seneca, Hercules Furens 174–191, Dickinson text and commentary..

BIB-0247

Seneca, Hercules Furens 192–204, text and commentary.

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Recorded uses: DJR-095 — senher: Seneca, Hercules Furens 192–204, text and commentary.; work/audit-030/sources.json — 095-senher: Seneca, Hercules Furens 192–204, text and commentary..

BIB-0248

Seneca, Hercules Furens 313–314: Megara on believing what the unhappy desire. Seneca, Hercules Furens 313–315, Latin text at Dickinson College Commentaries; body and marginal quotations compared. Seneca, Hercules Furens 309–331, including the maxim on fear at 316. Hercules Furens 313–315

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Recorded uses: DJR-054 — seneca: Seneca, Hercules Furens 313–314: Megara on believing what the unhappy desire.; DJR-064 — SenecaHercules: Seneca, Hercules Furens 313–315, Latin text at Dickinson College Commentaries; body and marginal quotations compared.; DJR-144 — seneca-fear: Seneca, Hercules Furens 309–331, including the maxim on fear at 316.; work/audit-020/sources.json — SenecaHercules: Hercules Furens 313–315; work/audit-047/sources.json — 144-seneca-fear: Seneca, Hercules Furens 309–331, including the maxim on fear at 316..

BIB-0249

Seneca, Hercules Furens 332–357, including the tyrant’s maxim at 343–344.

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Recorded uses: DJR-144 — seneca-tyrant: Seneca, Hercules Furens 332–357, including the tyrant’s maxim at 343–344.; work/audit-047/sources.json — 144-seneca-tyrant: Seneca, Hercules Furens 332–357, including the tyrant’s maxim at 343–344..

BIB-0250

Seneca, Hercules Furens 385: divine vengeance from behind. Seneca, Hercules Furens 385

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Recorded uses: DJR-165 — hercules: Seneca, Hercules Furens 385: divine vengeance from behind.; work/audit-054/sources.json — 165-hercules: Seneca, Hercules Furens 385.

BIB-0251

Seneca, Hercules Furens 437: the road to the stars. Seneca, Hercules Furens 437

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Recorded uses: DJR-087 — Seneca Hercules: Seneca, Hercules Furens 437: the road to the stars.; work/audit-028/sources.json — 087-Seneca Hercules: Seneca, Hercules Furens 437.

BIB-0252

Seneca, Hercules Furens 852–53: maidens and youths. Dickinson College text and commentary.

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Recorded uses: DJR-009 — senecah: Seneca, Hercules Furens 852–53: maidens and youths. Dickinson College text and commentary..

BIB-0253

Seneca, Hercules Furens 922–924; the unjust king, Latin comparison. Seneca, Hercules Furens 922–924

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Recorded uses: DJR-087 — seneca-sacrifice: Seneca, Hercules Furens 922–924; the unjust king, Latin comparison.; work/audit-028/sources.json — 087-seneca-sacrifice: Seneca, Hercules Furens 922–924.

BIB-0254

National Library of Scotland, Crawford astronomy catalogue: Roeslin’s Theoria nova coelestium meteoron (1578). National Library of Scotland, Crawford astronomy catalogue

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Recorded uses: DJR-074 — roeslin: National Library of Scotland, Crawford astronomy catalogue: Roeslin’s Theoria nova coelestium meteoron (1578).; work/audit-023/sources.json — roeslin: National Library of Scotland, Crawford astronomy catalogue.

BIB-0255

De rosis nascentibus, Latin and early translations.

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Recorded uses: DJR-141 — roses: De rosis nascentibus, Latin and early translations.; work/audit-046/sources.json — 141-roses: De rosis nascentibus, Latin and early translations..

BIB-0256

Furetière, Dictionnaire universel (1690), abdomen entry reproduced by Le Robert; historical lexical comparison for mirach. Entry read in the indexed excerpt; the direct page returned an access error. Furetière, Dictionnaire universel (1690), abdomen entry reproduced by Le Robert

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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.