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This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Thomas Middleton and William Rowley's work The Changeling (licensed and first performed 1622; first printed edition 1653). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.

The template takes the following parameters:

• |chapter= – if quoting from the epilogue, specify |chapter=Epilogue.
• |1= or |page= – mandatory: as the work is unpaginated, use this parameter to manually specify the "page number" assigned by the Internet Archive ("IA") to the URL of the webpage to be linked to. For example, if the URL is https://archive.org/details/changelingasitwa00midd/page/n6/mode/1up, specify |page=6. 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 page number is specified the template will determine the act number quoted from. It is unable to do so if page 18, 27, 40, or 53 is specified, in which case the act number of the play quoted from must be specified in uppercase Roman numerals, like this: |act=I.

• |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 A3 and the next one is B, specify the missing signature number as |sig=[A4]: 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 displays the URL of the online version of the work as a superscript link after the series.
• |2=, |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:Middleton Rowley Changeling|sig=E|verso=1|page=31|passage=Y'are a '''parlous''' Fool.}} (the template can determine the act number quoted from); or
  • {{RQ:Middleton Rowley Changeling|sig=E|verso=1|31|Y'are a '''parlous''' Fool.}}
• Result:
  • 1622 (first performance), Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The Changeling: , London: for Humphrey Moseley, , published 1653, →OCLC, Act III, signature E, verso:

    Y'are a parlous Fool.

Signature not specified

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Middleton Rowley Changeling|page=31|passage=Y'are a '''parlous''' Fool.}} (the template can determine the act number quoted from)
• Result:
  • 1622 (first performance), Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The Changeling: , London: for Humphrey Moseley, , published 1653, →OCLC, Act III:

    Y'are a parlous Fool.