The Anatomy of Melancholy

Name: The Anatomy of Melancholy
Author: Robert Burton

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Recorded uses: DJR-001 — Hippocratic letters: L. Sjöstrand, “När Hippokrates tog sig an Demokritos,” Svensk medicinhistorisk tidskrift 5.1 (2001), 117–130; published abstract, PMID 11822411.; DJR-002 — Hippocratic letters: L. Sjöstrand, “När Hippokrates tog sig an Demokritos,” Svensk medicinhistorisk tidskrift 5.1 (2001), 117–130; published abstract, PMID 11822411, consulted for the literary status of the letters.; DJR-008 — Hippocratic letters: L. Sjöstrand, study of the literary encounter of Hippocrates and Democritus, 2001; published abstract.; work/audit-057/sources.json — 001-Hippocratic letters: L. Sjöstrand, “När Hippokrates tog sig an Demokritos,” Svensk medicinhistorisk tidskrift 5.1 (2001), 117–130; work/audit-057/sources.json — 002-Hippocratic letters: L. Sjöstrand, “När Hippokrates tog sig an Demokritos,” Svensk medicinhistorisk tidskrift 5.1 (2001), 117–130.

BIB-0775

Acosta, Historia natural y moral de las Indias, book 2, chapter 9: equatorial climate and regional variation. Acosta, book 2 chapter 9

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Recorded uses: DJR-036 — Acosta: Acosta, Historia natural y moral de las Indias, book 2, chapter 9: equatorial climate and regional variation.; work/audit-011/sources.json — Acosta: Acosta, book 2 chapter 9.

BIB-0776

Duarte Lopes and Filippo Pigafetta, Report of the Kingdom of Congo, Hartwell translation: Christian kings of Congo. Duarte Lopes and Filippo Pigafetta, Report of the Kingdom of Congo, Hartwell translation

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Recorded uses: DJR-152 — congo: Duarte Lopes and Filippo Pigafetta, Report of the Kingdom of Congo, Hartwell translation: Christian kings of Congo.; work/audit-049/sources.json — 152-congo: Duarte Lopes and Filippo Pigafetta, Report of the Kingdom of Congo, Hartwell translation.

BIB-0777

William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.8, opening and section 1, p. 106 onward, EEBO-TCP A09365: divine temptation. William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.7, third question, section 5, pp. 101–104, EEBO-TCP A09365: assessment and pastoral comfort. William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.7, third question, section 4, pp. 97–98, EEBO-TCP A09365: desire accepted as repentance. William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.8, opening and section 1, p. 106 onward, EEBO-TCP A09365 William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.7, third question, section 5, pp. 101–104, EEBO-TCP A09365 William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.7, third question, section 4, pp. 97–98, EEBO-TCP A09365

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Recorded uses: DJR-165 — Perkins1606: William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.8, opening and section 1, p. 106 onward, EEBO-TCP A09365: divine temptation.; DJR-166 — Perkins1606: William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.7, third question, section 5, pp. 101–104, EEBO-TCP A09365: assessment and pastoral comfort.; DJR-167 — Perkins1606: William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.7, third question, section 4, pp. 97–98, EEBO-TCP A09365: desire accepted as repentance.; work/audit-054/sources.json — 165-Perkins1606: William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.8, opening and section 1, p. 106 onward, EEBO-TCP A09365; work/audit-054/sources.json — 166-Perkins1606: William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.7, third question, section 5, pp. 101–104, EEBO-TCP A09365; work/audit-054/sources.json — 167-Perkins1606: William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.7, third question, section 4, pp. 97–98, EEBO-TCP A09365.

BIB-0778

William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.12, sections 1–3, pp. 190, 194–195, 198–199, EEBO-TCP A09365: tools, distinctions and interaction. William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.12, sections 1–3, pp. 190, 194–195, 198–199, EEBO-TCP A09365

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Recorded uses: DJR-164 — Perkins1606: William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.12, sections 1–3, pp. 190, 194–195, 198–199, EEBO-TCP A09365: tools, distinctions and interaction.; work/audit-053/sources.json — 164-Perkins1606: William Perkins, Cases of Conscience (1606), I.12, sections 1–3, pp. 190, 194–195, 198–199, EEBO-TCP A09365.

BIB-0779

Cotta, Short Discovery (1612), edition catalogue record.

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Recorded uses: DJR-039 — Cotta: Cotta, Short Discovery (1612), edition catalogue record.; work/audit-012/sources.json — Cotta: Cotta, Short Discovery (1612), edition catalogue record..

BIB-0780

Culpeper, The English Physitian, Coltsfoot or Foalsfoot.

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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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