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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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p. 1338

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Recorded uses: DJR-040 — Pliny7: Pliny, Natural History 7.23 (§87), Latin text; this numbering concerns endurance under torture, not Apollonius’s recitation.; work/audit-012/sources.json — Pliny7: Pliny, Natural History 7.

BIB-0722

Pliny, Natural History 7.5: afflictions peculiar to humanity. Pliny, Natural History 7.5

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Recorded uses: DJR-152 — pliny7: Pliny, Natural History 7.5: afflictions peculiar to humanity.; work/audit-049/sources.json — 152-pliny7: Pliny, Natural History 7.5.

BIB-0723

Valerius Maximus 6.7.1: Tertia Aemilia and Scipio. Valerius Maximus 6.7.1

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Recorded uses: DJR-149 — valerius: Valerius Maximus 6.7.1: Tertia Aemilia and Scipio.; work/audit-048/sources.json — 149-valerius: Valerius Maximus 6.7.1.

BIB-0724

Valerius Maximus 9.12, external examples 3 and 5: Homer and Sophocles.

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Recorded uses: DJR-040 — Valerius: Valerius Maximus 9.12, external examples 3 and 5: Homer and Sophocles.; work/audit-012/sources.json — Valerius: Valerius Maximus 9.12, external examples 3 and 5: Homer and Sophocles..

BIB-0725

Varro, On Agriculture I.12.1–3: river-facing houses, marshes and the exchange among Fundanius, Agrius and Scrofa, Latin text. Varro, On Agriculture I.12.1–3

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Recorded uses: DJR-077 — varro-latin: Varro, On Agriculture I.12.1–3: river-facing houses, marshes and the exchange among Fundanius, Agrius and Scrofa, Latin text.; work/audit-024/sources.json — varro-latin: Varro, On Agriculture I.12.1–3.

BIB-0726

Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 18.3: a good proposal from a disreputable speaker. Latin text.

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Recorded uses: DJR-006 — Gellius: Aulus Gellius, Attic Nights 18.3: a good proposal from a disreputable speaker. Latin text..

BIB-0727

Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.11.

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Recorded uses: DJR-090 — Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.11.; work/audit-029/sources.json — 090-Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.11..

BIB-0728

Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.1.18–19; Latin interpretation of nepenthe. Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.1.18–19

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Recorded uses: DJR-084 — macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.1.18–19; Latin interpretation of nepenthe.; work/audit-027/sources.json — 084-macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.1.18–19.

BIB-0729

Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.14, Latin text, on vision; identifies the source named by the displaced marginal reference. Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.4.32; Disarius quotes Socrates on appetite. Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.4.32

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Recorded uses: DJR-025 — Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.14, Latin text, on vision; identifies the source named by the displaced marginal reference.; DJR-071 — Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.4.32; Disarius quotes Socrates on appetite.; work/audit-022/sources.json — Macrobius: Macrobius, Saturnalia 7.4.32.

BIB-0730

Aelian, Various History 12.51: Menecrates and Philip’s feast. Aelian, Various History 12.51, Menecrates and Philip. Aelian Various History 12.51

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Recorded uses: DJR-046 — Aelian: Aelian, Various History 12.51: Menecrates and Philip’s feast.; DJR-102 — Aelian: Aelian, Various History 12.51, Menecrates and Philip.; work/audit-014/sources.json — Aelian: Aelian Various History 12.51; work/audit-033/sources.json — 102-Aelian: Aelian, Various History 12.51, Menecrates and Philip..

BIB-0731

Aelian, Various History 13.33, Rhodopis and the eagle.

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Recorded uses: DJR-141 — aelian: Aelian, Various History 13.33, Rhodopis and the eagle.; work/audit-046/sources.json — 141-aelian: Aelian, Various History 13.33, Rhodopis and the eagle..

BIB-0732

Aelian, Various History 14.47: a related Helen-painting anecdote. Aelian, Various History 14.47

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Recorded uses: DJR-129 — Aelian: Aelian, Various History 14.47: a related Helen-painting anecdote.; work/audit-042/sources.json — 129-Aelian: Aelian, Various History 14.47.

BIB-0733

Aelian, Various History 9.7, Thomas Stanley’s 1665 translation: Xanthippe on Socrates’s unchanging expression. Aelian, Various History 9.7, Thomas Stanley’s 1665 translation

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Recorded uses: DJR-023 — Aelian9: Aelian, Various History 9.7, Thomas Stanley’s 1665 translation: Xanthippe on Socrates’s unchanging expression.; work/audit-006/sources.json — Aelian9: Aelian, Various History 9.7, Thomas Stanley’s 1665 translation.

BIB-0734

Pliny, Natural History 7.50 in Philemon Holland’s 1601 translation, for Xenophilus. Pliny, Natural History 7, opening and Lampido; Philemon Holland’s 1601 translation. Pliny, Natural History 7, opening and Lampido

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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.