The Anatomy of Melancholy

Name: The Anatomy of Melancholy
Author: Robert Burton

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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English Introduction · Branch 1401 of 1495

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The Anatomy of Melancholy: Bibliography and Comparison Resources

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Recorded uses: DJR-008 — Lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 2.4: Seneca on adult childishness, public-domain translation.; DJR-028 — Lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 2.8; Fulvius and the temple tiles, including the loss of his sons omitted by Burton.; DJR-114 — Lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 2.15, on the fall of angels.; DJR-158 — lactantius2: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 2.2, Seneca on images and their makers.; work/audit-008/sources.json — Lactantius: Lactantius Divine Institutes 2.8; work/audit-037/sources.json — 114-Lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 2.15, on the fall of angels.; work/audit-051/sources.json — 158-lactantius2: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 2.2, Seneca on images and their makers..

BIB-1475

Lactantius, Divine Institutes, book 3, especially chapters 17 and 20. Public-domain translation. Lactantius, Divine Institutes 3.20. ANF translation. Lactantius, Divine Institutes 3.18: opposition to voluntary death, compared in the Fletcher translation. Lactantius, Divine Institutes III.24; William Fletcher translation, compared for rejection of antipodes and the spherical model. Lactantius, Divine Institutes 3.18 Lactantius, Divine Institutes III.24

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Recorded uses: DJR-007 — Lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes, book 3, especially chapters 17 and 20. Public-domain translation.; DJR-012 — lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 3.20. ANF translation.; DJR-066 — Lactantius3: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 3.18: opposition to voluntary death, compared in the Fletcher translation.; DJR-073 — Lactantius3: Lactantius, Divine Institutes III.24; William Fletcher translation, compared for rejection of antipodes and the spherical model.; work/audit-021/sources.json — Lactantius3: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 3.18; work/audit-023/sources.json — Lactantius3: Lactantius, Divine Institutes III.24.

BIB-1476

Lactantius, Divine Institutes 5.9, accusations about infant exposure. Lactantius, Divine Institutes 5.19, piety and coercion.

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Recorded uses: DJR-053 — Lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 5.9, accusations about infant exposure.; DJR-156 — lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 5.19, piety and coercion.; work/audit-016/sources.json — Lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 5.9, accusations about infant exposure.; work/audit-051/sources.json — 156-lactantius: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 5.19, piety and coercion..

BIB-1477

Lactantius, Divine Institutes 6.2, sacrifices, wine and lamps.

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Recorded uses: DJR-158 — lactantius6: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 6.2, sacrifices, wine and lamps.; work/audit-051/sources.json — 158-lactantius6: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 6.2, sacrifices, wine and lamps..

BIB-1478

Lactantius, On the Anger of God, chapter 5; context of the Stoic argument. Lactantius, On the Anger of God, chapter 5

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Recorded uses: DJR-041 — lactantius: Lactantius, On the Anger of God, chapter 5; context of the Stoic argument.; work/audit-012/sources.json — lactantius: Lactantius, On the Anger of God, chapter 5.

BIB-1479

Lactantius, On the Workmanship of God, chapter 8, William Fletcher translation, on eyes, ears and vision. Lactantius, On the Workmanship of God, consulted for the mismatched attribution; the precise virtue quotation remains untraced. Lactantius On the Workmanship of God 19

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Recorded uses: DJR-025 — Lactantius: Lactantius, On the Workmanship of God, chapter 8, William Fletcher translation, on eyes, ears and vision.; DJR-031 — Lactantius: Lactantius, On the Workmanship of God, consulted for the mismatched attribution; the precise virtue quotation remains untraced.; work/audit-009/sources.json — Lactantius: Lactantius On the Workmanship of God 19.

BIB-1480

Clementine Recognitions III.27–28: the good creation and eggshell analogy, Thomas Smith’s English translation. Clementine Recognitions III.27–28

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Recorded uses: DJR-076 — clement3: Clementine Recognitions III.27–28: the good creation and eggshell analogy, Thomas Smith’s English translation.; work/audit-024/sources.json — clement3: Clementine Recognitions III.27–28.

BIB-1481

Augustine, Confessions 1.20.31, for memory and speech as misused divine gifts. Augustine, Confessions 1.14.23: learning Greek under compulsion. Augustine, Confessions 1.13.

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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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