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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-029 — Augustine: Augustine, City of God 9.8; critique of demons’ passions and moral standing.; DJR-094 — augustine: Augustine, City of God 9.5.; work/audit-008/sources.json — Augustine: Augustine, City of God 9.8; work/audit-030/sources.json — 094-augustine: Augustine, City of God 9.5..

BIB-1490

Augustine, City of God 10.6: comparison of locator. Augustine, City of God 10.16: the sieve ordeal. Augustine, City of God 10.6 Augustine, City of God 10.16

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BIB-1491

Augustine, City of God 14.9, reference audit. Augustine, City of God 14.24, Restitutus. Augustine, City of God 14.9: rightly directed affections. Augustine, City of God 14.24

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Recorded uses: DJR-038 — Augustine: Augustine, City of God 14.9, reference audit.; DJR-039 — Augustine: Augustine, City of God 14.24, Restitutus.; DJR-043 — city: Augustine, City of God 14.9: rightly directed affections.; work/audit-011/sources.json — Augustine: Augustine, City of God 14.9, reference audit.; work/audit-012/sources.json — Augustine: Augustine, City of God 14.24; work/audit-013/sources.json — city: Augustine, City of God 14.9: rightly directed affections..

BIB-1492

Augustine, City of God 15.23: reported incubi, the nature of spirits and the holy angels. Augustine, City of God 15.23

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Recorded uses: DJR-113 — Augustine: Augustine, City of God 15.23: reported incubi, the nature of spirits and the holy angels.; work/audit-036/sources.json — 113-Augustine: Augustine, City of God 15.23.

BIB-1493

Augustine, City of God XVI.9: spherical earth distinguished from inhabited antipodes. Augustine, City of God XVI.9

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BIB-1494

Augustine, City of God 17.14: David, rather than Timotheus. Augustine, City of God 17.14

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BIB-1495

Augustine, City of God 18.17–18, compared with the printed reference to 18.5. Augustine, City of God 18.17–18; transformation stories and demonic illusion. Augustine, City of God 18.17–18

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Recorded uses: DJR-022 — augustine: Augustine, City of God 18.17–18, compared with the printed reference to 18.5.; DJR-028 — AugustineCity: Augustine, City of God 18.17–18; transformation stories and demonic illusion.; work/audit-008/sources.json — AugustineCity: Augustine, City of God 18.17–18.

BIB-1496

Augustine, City of God 22.8: Hesperius and the estate at Zubedi. Augustine, City of God 22.22.

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BIB-1497

Augustine, On the Trinity 3.1.5; limits of inquiry into angelic bodies. Augustine, On the Trinity 3.7–8: natural capacities, angelic agency and divine creation. Augustine, On the Trinity 3.1.5 Augustine, On the Trinity 3.7–8

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Recorded uses: DJR-028 — AugustineTrinity: Augustine, On the Trinity 3.1.5; limits of inquiry into angelic bodies.; DJR-067 — Augustine: Augustine, On the Trinity 3.7–8: natural capacities, angelic agency and divine creation.; work/audit-008/sources.json — AugustineTrinity: Augustine, On the Trinity 3.1.5; work/audit-021/sources.json — Augustine: Augustine, On the Trinity 3.7–8.

BIB-1498

Augustine, On the Morals of the Catholic Church 15.25, English translation, for comparison.

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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.