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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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BIB-1251

Opinions of the Philosophers, transmitted under Plutarch, book 4, chapter 13, in Morals, volume 3: theories of sight. A provisional comparison for De pract. Philos. 4. Plutarch, Table Talk, book 7, discussion of deliberating over wine, headed Question X in the linked English translation; frankincense comparison. Opinions of the Philosophers, transmitted under Plutarch, book 4, chapter 13, in Morals, volume 3 Plutarch, Table Talk, book 7, discussion of deliberating over wine, headed Question X in the linked English translation

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BIB-1252

Michel de Montaigne, Essays 1.3, 2.12, 2.17 and 3.3, translated by Charles Cotton, edited by William Carew Hazlitt; Project Gutenberg no. 3600. Related passages compared; Burton’s paired Aristotle and Turnèbe example in book 3 remains unconfirmed. Montaigne, Essays 2.15; Cotton translation edited by Hazlitt, veils and desire. Montaigne, Essays 2.15 Michel de Montaigne, Essays 1.3, 2.12, 2.17 and 3.3, translated by Charles Cotton, edited by William Carew Hazlitt

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BIB-1253

Ben Jonson, Every Man Out of His Humour: Fastidious Brisk.

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BIB-1254

Seneca, On Benefits 2.16, Alexander’s gift of a city; English translation.

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BIB-1255

Bede, Ecclesiastical History 1.27, Gregory’s response on menstruation and church participation. Bede, Ecclesiastical History 1.27

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BIB-1256

Erasmus, Against War (Dulce bellum inexpertis), 1917 edition of an early English translation.

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BIB-1257

Strabo, Geography 14.1.44, the Charonium and fasting.

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BIB-1258

Eastward Ho!, in The Works of John Marston, volume 3: Sir Petronel Flash.

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BIB-1259

Lucian, Dialogues of Courtesans 13, in the Fowler translation, volume 4. Lucian, Dialogues of Courtesans 3, 4 and 8; Fowler translation, volume 4. Lucian, Dialogues of Courtesans 11–12, Fowler translation, volume 4. Lucian, Dialogues of the Hetaerae 7; Fowler translation, Musarium and her mother, pages 60–62. Lucian, The Ship or The Wishes, in Fowler’s volume 4; Timolaus and Lycinus. Lucian, Dialogues of Courtesans 3, 4 and 8 Lucian, Dialogues of the Hetaerae 7 Lucian, The Ship or The Wishes, in Fowler’s volume 4

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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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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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