This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from William Shakespeare's work Venus and Adonis (1st edition, 1593; 2nd edition, 1594; and 1896 version). It can be used to create a link to one of the following online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:
The template takes the following parameters:
|year=
– mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 2nd edition (1594), specify |year=1594
. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition (1593).|1=
or |page=
– mandatory in some cases: as the work is unpaginated, use this parameter to specify the "page number" assigned by Google Books or the Internet Archive to the URL of the webapge to be linked to. For example, if the URL is https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_venus-and-adonis-_shakespeare-william_1593/page/n6/mode/1up
specify |page=6
, and if it is https://books.google.com/books?id=PyHPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP9
specify |page=9
. You must specify this information to have the template link to an online version of the work.|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.
[
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.|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.|year=
– mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 1896 version, specify |year=1896
. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to the 1st edition.|1=
or |page=
, or |pages=
– mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) 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).|verse=
– the verse number quoted from in Arabic numerals. The verses are not numbered in the 1st and 2nd editions, but if desired the verse number can be looked up in the 1896 version.|line=
or |lines=
– the line number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of lines, separate the first and last line numbers of the range with an en dash. The lines are not numbered in the 1st and 2nd editions, but the line numbers can be looked up in the 1896 version.|2=
, |text=
, or |passage=
– the passage to be quoted.|3=
, |t=
, or |translation=
– a translation of the passage to be quoted in contemporary English.|footer=
– a comment about 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:Shakespeare Venus and Adonis|verse=147|sig=Fiij|page=42|lines=878–880|passage=he ſtarts like one that ſpies an adder, / '''VVreath'd''' vp in fatall folds iuſt in his vvay, / The feare vvhereof doth make him ſhake, & ſhudder, {{...}}}}
; or{{RQ:Shakespeare Venus and Adonis|verse=147|sig=Fiij|42|lines=878–880|he ſtarts like one that ſpies an adder, / '''VVreath'd''' vp in fatall folds iuſt in his vvay, / The feare vvhereof doth make him ſhake, & ſhudder, {{...}}}}
{{RQ:Shakespeare Venus and Adonis|page=42|passage=he ſtarts like one that ſpies an adder, / '''VVreath'd''' vp in fatall folds iuſt in his vvay, / The feare vvhereof doth make him ſhake, & ſhudder, {{...}}}}
{{RQ:Shakespeare Venus and Adonis|year=1594|verse=47|sig=Cij|verso=1|page=20|lines=280–282|passage=oe thus my ſtrength is ]. / And this I do to '''captiuate''' the eye, / Of the faire breeder that is ſtanding by.}}
; or{{RQ:Shakespeare Venus and Adonis|year=1594|verse=47|sig=Cij|verso=1|20|lines=280–282|oe thus my ſtrength is ]. / And this I do to '''captiuate''' the eye, / Of the faire breeder that is ſtanding by.}}
{{RQ:Shakespeare Venus and Adonis|year=1594|verse=17|page=13|lines=97–100|passage=I haue beene vvooed, as I intreat thee novv, / Euen by the ſterne, and direfull God of vvarre, / VVhoſe ] necke in battel ] did bovv, / VVho conquers vvhere he comes in euery '''iarre'''; {{...}}}}
{{RQ:Shakespeare Venus and Adonis|year=1896|verse=17|page=8|lines=97–100|passage=I have been woo’d, as I entreat thee now, / Even by the stern and direful god of war, / Whose sinewy neck in battle ne’er did bow, / Who conquers where he comes in every '''jar'''; {{...}}}}
; or{{RQ:Shakespeare Venus and Adonis|year=1896|verse=17|8|lines=97–100|I have been woo’d, as I entreat thee now, / Even by the stern and direful god of war, / Whose sinewy neck in battle ne’er did bow, / Who conquers where he comes in every '''jar'''; {{...}}}}