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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-128 — AbelardEpitaph: Abelard epitaph Petrus in hac petra latitat; Latin transcription of the complete poem.; work/audit-041/sources.json — 128-AbelardEpitaph: Abelard epitaph Petrus in hac petra latitat.

BIB-0933

Agrippa, Vanity of Arts and Sciences, chapter 83, pp. 288–289: 1676 English translation, online transcription. Agrippa, Vanity of Arts and Sciences, chapters 83–84, pp. 285–286, 300: 1676 English translation, online transcription. Agrippa, Vanity of Arts and Sciences, chapter 83, pp. 288–289 Agrippa, Vanity of Arts and Sciences, chapters 83–84, pp. 285–286, 300

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Recorded uses: DJR-099 — agrippa: Agrippa, Vanity of Arts and Sciences, chapter 83, pp. 288–289: 1676 English translation, online transcription.; DJR-101 — agrippa: Agrippa, Vanity of Arts and Sciences, chapters 83–84, pp. 285–286, 300: 1676 English translation, online transcription.; work/audit-032/sources.json — 099-agrippa: Agrippa, Vanity of Arts and Sciences, chapter 83, pp. 288–289; work/audit-032/sources.json — 101-agrippa: Agrippa, Vanity of Arts and Sciences, chapters 83–84, pp. 285–286, 300.

BIB-0934

Fama Fraternitatis (1614), German transcription: the promise of general reform.

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Recorded uses: DJR-015 — Fama: Fama Fraternitatis (1614), German transcription: the promise of general reform..

BIB-0935

Cyprian, To Donatus §10, in a public-domain English translation of the Epistles; the comparison of tortures and limbs checked. Cyprian, Letter 39.5 in the translation consulted, against schismatic presbyters.

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Recorded uses: DJR-021 — donatus: Cyprian, To Donatus §10, in a public-domain English translation of the Epistles; the comparison of tortures and limbs checked.; DJR-142 — Cyprian: Cyprian, Letter 39.5 in the translation consulted, against schismatic presbyters.; work/audit-046/sources.json — 142-Cyprian: Cyprian, Letter 39.5 in the translation consulted, against schismatic presbyters..

BIB-0936

George Buchanan, Ad eandem; the personal address Burton adapts. Search-indexed transcription; full page retrieval unavailable. Buchanan, Ad eandem; farewell to Neaera. Search-indexed transcription; full retrieval unavailable. George Buchanan, Ad eandem Buchanan, Ad eandem

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Recorded uses: DJR-134 — Buchanan: George Buchanan, Ad eandem; the personal address Burton adapts. Search-indexed transcription; full page retrieval unavailable.; DJR-135 — Buchanan: Buchanan, Ad eandem; farewell to Neaera. Search-indexed transcription; full retrieval unavailable.; work/audit-043/sources.json — 134-Buchanan: George Buchanan, Ad eandem; work/audit-044/sources.json — 135-Buchanan: Buchanan, Ad eandem.

BIB-0937

Cicero, On the Orator 2.240: the invented Memmius story. Cicero, On the Orator 2.240

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Recorded uses: DJR-144 — cicero: Cicero, On the Orator 2.240: the invented Memmius story.; work/audit-047/sources.json — 144-cicero: Cicero, On the Orator 2.240.

BIB-0938

Cicero, For Sextus Roscius 23.64–65: the sleeping sons of Titus Caelius. Cicero, For Sextus Roscius 23.64–65

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Recorded uses: DJR-165 — cicero: Cicero, For Sextus Roscius 23.64–65: the sleeping sons of Titus Caelius.; work/audit-054/sources.json — 165-cicero: Cicero, For Sextus Roscius 23.64–65.

BIB-0939

Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 1.83–84: Hegesias and Cleombrotus. Cicero Tusculan Disputations 1

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Recorded uses: DJR-043 — cicero: Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 1.83–84: Hegesias and Cleombrotus.; work/audit-013/sources.json — cicero: Cicero Tusculan Disputations 1.

BIB-0940

Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 3.41–44: criticism of sensory remedies for grief. Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 3.41–44

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Recorded uses: DJR-085 — tusculans: Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 3.41–44: criticism of sensory remedies for grief.; work/audit-027/sources.json — 085-tusculans: Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 3.41–44.

BIB-0941

Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12, the Sybarite and Spartan fare.

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Recorded uses: DJR-053 — Athenaeus: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12, the Sybarite and Spartan fare.; work/audit-016/sources.json — Athenaeus: Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12, the Sybarite and Spartan fare..

BIB-0942

Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12, 554e–f, Yonge translation at Attalus: Heracleides of Pontus’s account of Thrasylaus and the imagined ownership of ships. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 12, 554e–f, Yonge translation at Attalus

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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.