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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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Bibliography and Comparison Resources

The Anatomy of Melancholy: Bibliography and Comparison Resources

p. 1351

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Recorded uses: DJR-014 — Cicero: Cicero, On Pompey’s Command 11. Corinth as the light of Greece. Latin text through Alpheios..

BIB-0863

Horace, Epistles II.1.244, Latin text.

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Recorded uses: DJR-076 — horace: Horace, Epistles II.1.244, Latin text.; work/audit-024/sources.json — horace: Horace, Epistles II.1.244, Latin text..

BIB-0864

Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum 5.36; lover’s servitude. Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum 5.36

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Recorded uses: DJR-130 — Cicero: Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum 5.36; lover’s servitude.; work/audit-042/sources.json — 130-Cicero: Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum 5.36.

BIB-0865

Ovid, Art of Love 3.435: repeated promises. Ovid, Art of Love 3.435

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Recorded uses: DJR-125 — Ars3: Ovid, Art of Love 3.435: repeated promises.; work/audit-040/sources.json — 125-Ars3: Ovid, Art of Love 3.435.

BIB-0866

Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.758–759. Phaethon’s unanswered reproaches. Latin text, The Latin Library. Ovid, Metamorphoses 1: Daphne and the unseen body. Ovid, Metamorphoses 1

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Recorded uses: DJR-014 — Ovid: Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.758–759. Phaethon’s unanswered reproaches. Latin text, The Latin Library.; DJR-129 — Ovid1: Ovid, Metamorphoses 1: Daphne and the unseen body.; work/audit-042/sources.json — 129-Ovid1: Ovid, Metamorphoses 1.

BIB-0867

Ovid, Ex Ponto 2.7.15–16: Latin comparison establishes concipio and meo where Burton has concipiet and suo; his immediate intermediary remains unidentified. Ovid, Ex Ponto 2.7.15–16

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Recorded uses: DJR-061 — OvidPonto: Ovid, Ex Ponto 2.7.15–16: Latin comparison establishes concipio and meo where Burton has concipiet and suo; his immediate intermediary remains unidentified.; work/audit-019/sources.json — OvidPonto: Ovid, Ex Ponto 2.7.15–16.

BIB-0868

Persius, Satire 5.51, Latin text.

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Recorded uses: DJR-110 — Persius: Persius, Satire 5.51, Latin text.; work/audit-035/sources.json — 110-Persius: Persius, Satire 5.51, Latin text..

BIB-0869

Plautus, Aulularia 325–326, Latin text. Plautus, Aulularia 479–482, Megadorus on dowries.

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Recorded uses: DJR-004 — Plautus: Plautus, Aulularia 325–326, Latin text.; DJR-141 — plautus: Plautus, Aulularia 479–482, Megadorus on dowries.; work/audit-046/sources.json — 141-plautus: Plautus, Aulularia 479–482, Megadorus on dowries..

BIB-0870

Quintilian, Institutio oratoria 2.12.9–10: theatrical gestures and declamation. Latin text.

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Recorded uses: DJR-018 — Quintilian: Quintilian, Institutio oratoria 2.12.9–10: theatrical gestures and declamation. Latin text..

BIB-0871

Octavia 651–652, Latin Library text: Octavia’s speech to her supporters. Octavia 651–652, Latin Library text

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Recorded uses: DJR-095 — octavia-wound: Octavia 651–652, Latin Library text: Octavia’s speech to her supporters.; work/audit-030/sources.json — 095-octavia-wound: Octavia 651–652, Latin Library text.

BIB-0872

Terence, The Brothers 761–762. Safety unable to save the household; cupiat compared with the 1651 capiat. Latin text. Terence, The Brothers 35–37: the wife’s suspicions during an absence. Terence, The Brothers 35–37

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Recorded uses: DJR-017 — terence: Terence, The Brothers 761–762. Safety unable to save the household; cupiat compared with the 1651 capiat. Latin text.; DJR-145 — terence: Terence, The Brothers 35–37: the wife’s suspicions during an absence.; work/audit-047/sources.json — 145-terence: Terence, The Brothers 35–37.

BIB-0873

Terence, Heauton Timorumenos 75–77: Menedemus and Chremes. Latin text.

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Recorded uses: DJR-006 — Terence Heauton: Terence, Heauton Timorumenos 75–77: Menedemus and Chremes. Latin text..

BIB-0874

Valerius Maximus 2.6.7. Massilia’s exclusion of people supporting idleness under a pretence of religion. Latin text, The Latin Library.

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Recorded uses: DJR-014 — Valerius: Valerius Maximus 2.6.7. Massilia’s exclusion of people supporting idleness under a pretence of religion. Latin text, The Latin Library..

BIB-0875

Vegetius, Epitome of Military Science 2.3: lasting public usefulness of written works. Latin text.

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Recorded uses: DJR-016 — Vegetius: Vegetius, Epitome of Military Science 2.3: lasting public usefulness of written works. Latin text..

BIB-0876

Virgil, Aeneid 2.6–8. The lament adapted within Burton’s report of Gerbelius. Latin text, The Latin Library.

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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.