This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Izaak Walton's work The Compleat Angler (1st edition, 1653; and 5th edition, 1676). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:
The template takes the following parameters:
|edition=
— mandatory: if quoting from the 5th edition, specify |edition=5th
.|year=
— mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 1897 version, specify |year=1897
.|part=
— mandatory in some cases: if quoting from Part II of the 5th edition by Cotton, specify |part=II
.|1=
or |chapter=
– the chapter number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, or the name of the chapter, as the case may be. If quoting from an epistle dedicatory, specify |chapter=Epistle Dedicatory
. As these are unpaginated, use |2=
or |page=
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, specify |page=11
.|2=
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).|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.{{RQ:Walton Compleat Angler|chapter=IV|page=124|passage=I vvil tel you, Scholer, that unleſs the hook be faſt in his very '''Gorge''', he vvil live, and a little time vvith the help of the vvater, vvil ruſt the hook, & it vvil in time vvear avvay as the gravel does in the horſe hoof, vvhich only leaves a falſe quarter.}}
; or{{RQ:Walton Compleat Angler|IV|124|I vvil tel you, Scholer, that unleſs the hook be faſt in his very '''Gorge''', he vvil live, and a little time vvith the help of the vvater, vvil ruſt the hook, & it vvil in time vvear avvay as the gravel does in the horſe hoof, vvhich only leaves a falſe quarter.}}
{{RQ:Walton Compleat Angler|chapter=I|pages=33–34|pageref=34|passage=hen he [{{w|Henry Wotton}}] vvas beyond ſeventy years of age he made this deſcription of a part of the preſent pleaſure that '''poſſeſt''' him, {{...}}}}
{{RQ:Walton Compleat Angler|edition=5th|part=II|chapter=II|page=12|passage=''Piſcat''. {{...}} heſe Hills though high, bleak, and craggy, breed and feed good Beef, and Mutton above ground, and afford good ſtore of Lead vvithin. / ''Viat''. They had need of all thoſe commodities to make amends for the ill '''Land-ſchape''': {{...}}}}
{{RQ:Walton Compleat Angler|edition=5th|year=1897|chapter=Observations of the Gudgeon, the Ruffe, and the Bleak, and How to Fish for Them|page=199|passage=The '''Gudgeon''' is reputed a fish of excellent taste, and to be very wholesome: he is of a fine shape, of a silver colour, and beautified with black spots both on his body and tail.}}
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