Template:RQ:Wakefield Mystery Plays

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This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote the Wakefield Mystery Plays (also known as the Towneley Mystery Plays) which were written and revised throughout the late 14th, 15th, and early 16th centuries. No scan of the unique manuscript containing the text is currently available online, but this template can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |play= or |chapter=: the title or number (in Roman or Arabic numerals) of the play or poem quoted from, as shown in the table which follows:

• |2= or |page=, or |pages=: 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=110–111.
  • If you link to a range of pages, 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).

These parameters must be specified to have the template link to the online version of the work.

• |3=, |text=, or |passage=: a passage to be quoted from the work.
• |4=, |t=, or |translation=: a translation of the passage quoted into contemporary English.
• |line= or |lines= – the line number(s) of the work quoted.
  • Separate the first and last lines of the range with an en dash, like this: |lines=110–111.
• |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.
• |termlang= – by default, the template categorizes entries on which it is placed into Category:Middle English terms with quotations. To have the template categorize an entry into Category:English terms with quotations instead, use |termlang=en.

• Wikitext
  • {{RQ:Wakefield Mystery Plays|play=Prophets|page=61|lines=145–150|passage=Therfor, both emperoure and kyng, / Ryche and poore, both old and ying, / temper well youre gle, / '''Agans''' that kyng lyght downe, / ffor to lowse vs of pryson, / And make vs all free|translation=Therefore, both emperors and kings, rich and poor, old and young: temper your glee, untill that king comes to release us from prison and make us all free.}};
  • {{RQ:Wakefield Mystery Plays|7|61|Therfor, both emperoure and kyng, / Ryche and poore, both old and ying, / temper well youre gle, / '''Agans''' that kyng lyght downe, / ffor to lowse vs of pryson, / And make vs all free|Therefore, both emperors and kings, rich and poor, old and young: temper your glee, untill that king comes to release us from prison and make us all free.|lines=145–150}}
• Result
  • 15th c., “Processus Prophetarum ”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 61, lines 145–150:

    Therfor, both emperoure and kyng, / Ryche and poore, both old and ying, / temper well youre gle, / Agans that kyng lyght downe, / ffor to lowse vs of pryson, / And make vs all free

    Therefore, both emperors and kings, rich and poor, old and young: temper your glee, untill that king comes to release us from prison and make us all free.