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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. 1382

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Recorded uses: DJR-123 — LucianHistory: Lucian, How to Write History 1, in the Fowler translation, volume 2.; DJR-124 — LucianDance: Lucian, On the Dance or Of Pantomime; Fowler translation, volume 2.; DJR-136 — Lucian dance: Lucian, On the Dance, in Fowler’s volume 2; spectators and relief from passion.; work/audit-040/sources.json — 123-LucianHistory: Lucian, How to Write History 1, in the Fowler translation, volume 2.; work/audit-040/sources.json — 124-LucianDance: Lucian, On the Dance or Of Pantomime; work/audit-044/sources.json — 136-Lucian dance: Lucian, On the Dance, in Fowler’s volume 2.

BIB-1269

Lucian, The Ignorant Book-Collector 8–10, in Works, volume 3: Evangelus. Lucian, The Cock: Simon, Gniphon and Eucrates; Fowler translation, consulted for the sequence. Lucian, Philopseudes; Fowler translation, Cleodemus’s Hyperborean magician and Tychiades’s reply. Lucian The Cock Lucian, The Cock: Simon, Gniphon and Eucrates Lucian, Philopseudes

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Recorded uses: DJR-043 — evangelus: Lucian, The Ignorant Book-Collector 8–10, in Works, volume 3: Evangelus.; DJR-044 — Lucian Cock: Lucian, The Cock: Simon, Gniphon and Eucrates; Fowler translation, consulted for the sequence.; DJR-126 — LucianMagic: Lucian, Philopseudes; Fowler translation, Cleodemus’s Hyperborean magician and Tychiades’s reply.; work/audit-007/sources.json — Lucian: Lucian The Cock; work/audit-013/sources.json — evangelus: Lucian, The Ignorant Book-Collector 8–10, in Works, volume 3: Evangelus.; work/audit-013/sources.json — Lucian Cock: Lucian, The Cock: Simon, Gniphon and Eucrates; work/audit-041/sources.json — 126-LucianMagic: Lucian, Philopseudes.

BIB-1270

Lucian, The Cock, in Works, volume 3, translated by H. W. and F. G. Fowler: comparison of the reincarnation narrative. Lucian, Toxaris 29, historical English translation: Antiphilus in prison.

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Recorded uses: DJR-026 — lucian: Lucian, The Cock, in Works, volume 3, translated by H. W. and F. G. Fowler: comparison of the reincarnation narrative.; DJR-052 — Lucian Toxaris: Lucian, Toxaris 29, historical English translation: Antiphilus in prison.; work/audit-016/sources.json — Lucian Toxaris: Lucian, Toxaris 29, historical English translation: Antiphilus in prison..

BIB-1271

Sidney, Arcadia; Zelmane’s song What tongue can her perfection tell, pages 180–183 in this transcription. Sidney, Arcadia

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Recorded uses: DJR-121 — SidneySong: Sidney, Arcadia; Zelmane’s song What tongue can her perfection tell, pages 180–183 in this transcription.; work/audit-039/sources.json — 121-SidneySong: Sidney, Arcadia.

BIB-1272

Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene 4.9.1–2: two stanzas on friendship. Spenser, The Faerie Queene 4.2.23.4; the Squire of Dames greets the false Florimell. Spenser, The Faerie Queene 4.1.41 and 4.3.15; the two combat excerpts. Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene 4.9.1–2 Spenser, The Faerie Queene 4.2.23.4 Spenser, The Faerie Queene 4.1.41 and 4.3.15

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Recorded uses: DJR-111 — Spenser: Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene 4.9.1–2: two stanzas on friendship.; DJR-129 — Spenser423: Spenser, The Faerie Queene 4.2.23.4; the Squire of Dames greets the false Florimell.; DJR-130 — Spenser: Spenser, The Faerie Queene 4.1.41 and 4.3.15; the two combat excerpts.; work/audit-036/sources.json — 111-Spenser: Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene 4.9.1–2; work/audit-042/sources.json — 129-Spenser423: Spenser, The Faerie Queene 4.2.23.4; work/audit-042/sources.json — 130-Spenser: Spenser, The Faerie Queene 4.1.41 and 4.3.15.

BIB-1273

Aristophanes, Lysistrata, on men’s and women’s marriage prospects.

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Recorded uses: DJR-141 — lysistrata: Aristophanes, Lysistrata, on men’s and women’s marriage prospects.; work/audit-046/sources.json — 141-lysistrata: Aristophanes, Lysistrata, on men’s and women’s marriage prospects..

BIB-1274

Commines, Memoirs 5.5, Scoble 1855, volume 1, pages 320–322: Charles of Burgundy and remedies for grief. Commines, Memoirs 5.5, Scoble 1855, volume 1, pages 320–322

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Recorded uses: DJR-068 — ComminesScoble: Commines, Memoirs 5.5, Scoble 1855, volume 1, pages 320–322: Charles of Burgundy and remedies for grief.; work/audit-021/sources.json — ComminesScoble: Commines, Memoirs 5.5, Scoble 1855, volume 1, pages 320–322.

BIB-1275

Erasmus, Praise of Folly, satire of monastic claims to merit. Erasmus, Praise of Folly

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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.