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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Ben Jonson's work The Alchemist (1st edition, 1612; and 1970 version). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:

• 1st edition (1612).
• 1970 version (archived at the Internet Archive).

The template takes the following parameters:

1st edition (1612)

• |chapter= – if quoting from one of the chapters indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value indicated in the first column:

1970 version

• |year= – mandatory: if quoting from the 1970 version, specify |year=1970. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition (1612).

Both versions

• |1= or |scene= – mandatory: the scene number of the work quoted from in lowercase Roman numerals.
• |2= or |page= – mandatory: as the work is unpaginated, use this parameter to specify the "page number" assigned by Google Books ("GB") or the Internet Archive ("IA") to the URL of the webpage to be linked to. For example, if the URL is https://books.google.com/books?id=ERmSH1zppYYC&pg=PP11 specify |page=11, and if it is . This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the act number (I–V) quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.
• |act= – mandatory in some cases: in most cases if the GB or IA page number is specified, the template can determine the act number quoted from. However, it is unable to do so if GB pages 63 or 84, or IA pages 64 or 85, is quoted from, in which case this parameter must be used to specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, like this: |act=III.

• |sig= or |signature=, and |verso= – |sig= or |signature= can be used to specify the signature number quoted from, which is indicated at the bottom centre of some pages. If quoting from a verso (left-hand) page specify |verso=1 or |verso=yes; if |verso= is omitted, the template indicates that a recto (right-hand) page is quoted.
  • If a signature number is not indicated on a page, extrapolate it from the signature numbers before and after the page and enclose it in brackets using [ and ] For example, if the previous signature number is B3 and the next one is C, specify the missing signature number as |sig=[B4]: see the example below.
  • If quoting a range of signatures, for example, "signature B, verso – B2, recto", use |sig= or |signature=, and |verso=, to specify the signature at the start of the range, and |sigend= or |signatureend=, and |versoend=, (if required) to specify the signature at the end of the range.
  • If this parameter is omitted, the template links the URL of the online version of the work to the act and scene numbers.
• |3=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
• |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.

Signature specified

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Jonson Alchemist|scene=ii|sig=[D4]|page=32|passage={{smallcaps|Svb{{quote-gloss|tle}}}}. {{...}} I ſent you of his ''fæces'' there, ''calcin'd''. / Out of that ''calx'', I'ha'vvonne the ''ſalt of Mercurie''. / {{smallcaps|Mam{{quote-gloss|mon}}}}. By pouring on your ''rectefied vvater''? / {{smallcaps|Svb}}. Yes, and '''reuerberating''' in ''Athanor''.}}
  • {{RQ:Jonson Alchemist|ii|sig=[D4]|32|{{smallcaps|Svb{{quote-gloss|tle}}}}. {{...}} I ſent you of his ''fæces'' there, ''calcin'd''. / Out of that ''calx'', I'ha'vvonne the ''ſalt of Mercurie''. / {{smallcaps|Mam{{quote-gloss|mon}}}}. By pouring on your ''rectefied vvater''? / {{smallcaps|Svb}}. Yes, and '''reuerberating''' in ''Athanor''.}}
• Result:
  • 1610 (first performance), Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, London: Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, , published 1612, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii, signature , recto:

    Svb. I ſent you of his fæces there, calcin'd. / Out of that calx, I'ha'vvonne the ſalt of Mercurie. / Mam. By pouring on your rectefied vvater? / Svb. Yes, and reuerberating in Athanor.

Signature not specified

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Jonson Alchemist|scene=ii|page=32|passage={{smallcaps|Svb{{quote-gloss|tle}}}}. {{...}} I ſent you of his ''fæces'' there, ''calcin'd''. / Out of that ''calx'', I'ha'vvonne the ''ſalt of Mercurie''. / {{smallcaps|Mam{{quote-gloss|mon}}}}. By pouring on your ''rectefied vvater''? / {{smallcaps|Svb}}. Yes, and '''reuerberating''' in ''Athanor''.}}
• Result:
  • 1610 (first performance), Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, London: Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, , published 1612, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii:

    Svb. I ſent you of his fæces there, calcin'd. / Out of that calx, I'ha'vvonne the ſalt of Mercurie. / Mam. By pouring on your rectefied vvater? / Svb. Yes, and reuerberating in Athanor.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Jonson Alchemist|year=1970|scene=ii|sig=[D3]|page=31|passage=I my ſelfe vvill haue / The beards of Barbels, ſeru'd, in ſtead of ſallades; / Oyld Muſhromes; and the ſvvelling '''vnctuous''' papps / Of a fat pregnant Sovv, nevvly cut off, / Dreſt vvith an exquiſite, and poynant ſauce; {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1610 (first performance), Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, London: Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, , published 1612, →OCLC; reprinted Menston, Yorkshire: The Scolar Press, 1970, →OCLC, Act II, scene ii, signature , recto:

    I my ſelfe vvill haue / The beards of Barbels, ſeru'd, in ſtead of ſallades; / Oyld Muſhromes; and the ſvvelling vnctuous papps / Of a fat pregnant Sovv, nevvly cut off, / Dreſt vvith an exquiſite, and poynant ſauce;