Template:RQ:Drayton Nimphidia/documentation

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Documentation for Template:RQ:Drayton Nimphidia.
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Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Michael Drayton's work Nimphidia. The Court of Fayrie. as it appears in The Battaile of Agincourt (1631); the 1st edition (London: ">…] for VVilliam Lee, , 1627; →OCLC) is not currently available online. The template can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at Google Books.

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

  • |stanza= – the stanza number quoted from in Arabic numerals.
  • |1= or |page=, or |pages=mandatory: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
    • Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=168–169.
    • You must also use |pageref= to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
You must specify this information to have the template link to the online version of the work.
  • |2=, |text=, or |passage= – a passage to be quoted from the work.
  • |footer= – a comment on the passage quoted.
  • |brackets= – use |brackets=on to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.

Examples

  • Wikitext:
    • {{RQ:Drayton Nimphidia|page=178|passage=This ''Pucke'' ſeems but a dreaming dolt, / Still vvalking like a ragged Colt, / And oft out of a buſh doth '''bolt''', / Of purpoſe to deceiue vs, / And leading vs makes vs to ſtray.}}; or
    • {{RQ:Drayton Nimphidia|178|This ''Pucke'' ſeems but a dreaming dolt, / Still vvalking like a ragged Colt, / And oft out of a buſh doth '''bolt''', / Of purpoſe to deceiue vs, / And leading vs makes vs to ſtray.}}
  • Result:
    • 1627, Michaell Drayton, “The Moone Calfe”, in The Battaile of Agincourt. , London: ">…] for William Lee, , →OCLC, page 178:
      This Pucke ſeems but a dreaming dolt, / Still vvalking like a ragged Colt, / And oft out of a buſh doth bolt, / Of purpoſe to deceiue vs, / And leading vs makes vs to ſtray.

Technical information

This template relies on {{RQ:Drayton Battle of Agincourt}}.