This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote John Milton's work The History of Britain (1st edition, 1670). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at Google Books (archived at the Internet Archive).
The template takes the following parameters:
|1=
or |page=
, or |pages=
– mandatory: the page number(s) to be quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
|pages=10–11
.|pageref=
to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).|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.{{RQ:Milton History|page=83|passage=Much better do vve ''Britans'' fulfill the vvork of Nature than you ''Romans''; vve vvith the beſt men '''accuſtom''' op'nly; you vvith the baſest commit private adulteries.}}
; or{{RQ:Milton History|83|Much better do vve ''Britans'' fulfill the vvork of Nature than you ''Romans''; vve vvith the beſt men '''accuſtom''' op'nly; you vvith the baſest commit private adulteries.}}
{{RQ:Milton History|pages=13–14|pageref=13|passage=n a '''VVreſtle''' the Giant {{quote-gloss|]}} catching aloft, vvith a terrible hugg broke three of his Ribs: nevertheleſs ''{{w|Corineus}}'' enrag'd, heaving him up by main force, and on his Shoulders bearing him to the next high Rock, threvv him headlong all ſhatter'd into the Sea, and left his name on the Cliff, call'd ever ſince ''Langoëmagog'', vvhich is to ſay, the Giants leap.}}
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