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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-100 — culpeper: Culpeper, The English Physitian, Coltsfoot or Foalsfoot.; work/audit-032/sources.json — 100-culpeper: Culpeper, The English Physitian, Coltsfoot or Foalsfoot..

BIB-0781

Camden, Remaines concerning Britaine: a parallel for the Licinus, Cato and Pompey epigram. Camden, Remaines concerning Britaine

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Recorded uses: DJR-167 — camden: Camden, Remaines concerning Britaine: a parallel for the Licinus, Cato and Pompey epigram.; work/audit-054/sources.json — 167-camden: Camden, Remaines concerning Britaine.

BIB-0782

Qur’an 17:1: the night journey. Qur’an 17

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Recorded uses: DJR-076 — quran: Qur’an 17:1: the night journey.; work/audit-024/sources.json — quran: Qur’an 17.

BIB-0783

Quran 2:144, direction of prayer. Quran 2

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Recorded uses: DJR-159 — Quran2a: Quran 2:144, direction of prayer.; work/audit-052/sources.json — 159-Quran2a: Quran 2.

BIB-0784

Quran 2:185, the Ramadan fast. Quran 2

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Recorded uses: DJR-159 — Quran2b: Quran 2:185, the Ramadan fast.; work/audit-052/sources.json — 159-Quran2b: Quran 2.

BIB-0785

Quran 70:4, the day of fifty thousand years. Quran 70

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Recorded uses: DJR-159 — Quran70: Quran 70:4, the day of fifty thousand years.; work/audit-052/sources.json — 159-Quran70: Quran 70.

BIB-0786

Quran 2:223: the agricultural metaphor, distinguished from Burton’s expansion. Quran 2

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Recorded uses: DJR-147 — quran: Quran 2:223: the agricultural metaphor, distinguished from Burton’s expansion.; work/audit-048/sources.json — 147-quran: Quran 2.

BIB-0787

Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale 4.2; Knolles 1606 translation, Perseus XML transcription, political cycles and divine freedom. Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale 2.5; Knolles 1606 English translation, Perseus transcription, the tyrant’s fear. Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale 5.1; Knolles 1606 English translation, Perseus transcription, Mendoza and Dale. Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale 4.2 Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale 2.5 Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale 5.1

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Recorded uses: DJR-141 — BodinCycles: Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale 4.2; Knolles 1606 translation, Perseus XML transcription, political cycles and divine freedom.; DJR-144 — BodinFear: Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale 2.5; Knolles 1606 English translation, Perseus transcription, the tyrant’s fear.; DJR-145 — BodinEmbassy: Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale 5.1; Knolles 1606 English translation, Perseus transcription, Mendoza and Dale.; work/audit-046/sources.json — 141-BodinCycles: Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale 4.2; work/audit-047/sources.json — 144-BodinFear: Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale 2.5; work/audit-047/sources.json — 145-BodinEmbassy: Bodin, Six Bookes of a Commonweale 5.1.

BIB-0788

Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Harington translation, second edition (1607), 31.5: EEBO-TCP A21106 transcription compared; underlying page image not collated. Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Harington translation, second edition (1607), 31.5

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Recorded uses: DJR-148 — Harington31: Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Harington translation, second edition (1607), 31.5: EEBO-TCP A21106 transcription compared; underlying page image not collated.; work/audit-048/sources.json — 148-Harington31: Ariosto, Orlando furioso, Harington translation, second edition (1607), 31.5.

BIB-0789

Vives on City of God 10.16, note m, John Healey’s 1610 English translation, page 384: ass and moon story. TCP primary-text transcription; Burton cites chapter 18. Vives on City of God 10.16, note m, John Healey’s 1610 English translation, page 384

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Recorded uses: DJR-059 — VivesMoon: Vives on City of God 10.16, note m, John Healey’s 1610 English translation, page 384: ass and moon story. TCP primary-text transcription; Burton cites chapter 18.; work/audit-018/sources.json — VivesMoon: Vives on City of God 10.16, note m, John Healey’s 1610 English translation, page 384.

BIB-0790

Felix Plater, Golden Practice, English translation (1664), page 28, TCP A90749: imagined swallowed serpents and frogs; later contextual evidence, not the exact Observations 1 case or Burton’s source. Felix Plater, Golden Practice, English translation (1664), page 28, TCP A90749

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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.