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Bibliography and Comparison Resources
The Anatomy of Melancholy: Bibliography and Comparison Resources
p. 1377BIB-1216
Agrippa, Occult Philosophy 1.63–65, historical English text. Agrippa, Occult Philosophy 1.64
Recorded uses: DJR-039 — Agrippa: Agrippa, Occult Philosophy 1.63–65, historical English text.; work/audit-012/sources.json — Agrippa: Agrippa, Occult Philosophy 1.64.
BIB-1217
Theophrastus, Characters 18, Distrustfulness; R. C. Jebb’s translation, consulted for comparison. Theophrastus, Characters 18, Distrustfulness
Recorded uses: DJR-044 — Theophrastus: Theophrastus, Characters 18, Distrustfulness; R. C. Jebb’s translation, consulted for comparison.; work/audit-013/sources.json — Theophrastus: Theophrastus, Characters 18, Distrustfulness.
BIB-1218
Theophrastus, Characters, proem, John Healey’s early English translation. Theophrastus Characters proem in Healey’s translation
Recorded uses: DJR-006 — Theophrastus: Theophrastus, Characters, proem, John Healey’s early English translation.; work/audit-002/sources.json — theophrastus: Theophrastus Characters proem in Healey’s translation.
BIB-1219
Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier, book 1; translation by George Bull, searchable excerpt used to identify the seed-of-folly comparison, not as the source of our English rendering.
Recorded uses: DJR-008 — Castiglione: Baldassare Castiglione, The Book of the Courtier, book 1; translation by George Bull, searchable excerpt used to identify the seed-of-folly comparison, not as the source of our English rendering..
BIB-1220
John Bradford to John Careless, in Foxe’s Acts and Monuments: the heart that desires to repent and believe. John Bradford to John Careless, in Foxe’s Acts and Monuments
Recorded uses: DJR-167 — bradford: John Bradford to John Careless, in Foxe’s Acts and Monuments: the heart that desires to repent and believe.; work/audit-054/sources.json — 167-bradford: John Bradford to John Careless, in Foxe’s Acts and Monuments.
BIB-1221
Foxe, Acts and Monuments; Ex-classics volume 7, pp. 109–112, Cromwell and Frescobald. Foxe, Acts and Monuments
Recorded uses: DJR-091 — foxe-cromwell: Foxe, Acts and Monuments; Ex-classics volume 7, pp. 109–112, Cromwell and Frescobald.; work/audit-029/sources.json — 091-foxe-cromwell: Foxe, Acts and Monuments.
BIB-1222
Antonio de Guevara, Relox de príncipes 2.7, Spanish text; the wife compared to a lioness when her neighbour is better dressed. Guevara, Relox 2.7
Recorded uses: DJR-041 — Guevara: Antonio de Guevara, Relox de príncipes 2.7, Spanish text; the wife compared to a lioness when her neighbour is better dressed.; work/audit-012/sources.json — Guevara: Guevara, Relox 2.7.
BIB-1223
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, feral, reproduced at FineDictionary: the older deadly/fatal sense.
Recorded uses: DJR-026 — feral: Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, feral, reproduced at FineDictionary: the older deadly/fatal sense..
BIB-1224
Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece, lines 615–616. Folger text.
Recorded uses: DJR-013 — Shakespeare: Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece, lines 615–616. Folger text..
BIB-1225
Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing: Benedick and Beatrice. Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
Recorded uses: DJR-122 — Shakespeare: Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing: Benedick and Beatrice.; work/audit-039/sources.json — 122-Shakespeare: Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing.
BIB-1226
Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis 871–874; altered verse. Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis 871–874
Recorded uses: DJR-118 — venus: Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis 871–874; altered verse.; work/audit-038/sources.json — 118-venus: Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis 871–874.
BIB-1227
Statius, Thebaid 12.574, Latin text.
Recorded uses: DJR-110 — Statius: Statius, Thebaid 12.574, Latin text.; work/audit-035/sources.json — 110-Statius: Statius, Thebaid 12.574, Latin text..
BIB-1228
Getty ULAN, Cardinal Henry of Portugal (1512–1580): an identity comparison for Burton’s uncertain royal anecdote. Getty ULAN, Cardinal Henry of Portugal (1512–1580)
Recorded uses: DJR-092 — Henry: Getty ULAN, Cardinal Henry of Portugal (1512–1580): an identity comparison for Burton’s uncertain royal anecdote.; work/audit-029/sources.json — 092-Henry: Getty ULAN, Cardinal Henry of Portugal (1512–1580).
BIB-1229
Hesiod, Works and Days 101–103, Greek text, compared with Burton’s quotation.
Socrates
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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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