Template:RQ:Massinger Believe as You List

1631 May 17 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Philip Massinger, Believe as You List: A Tragedy (Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages. []; XXVII), London: [] [F]or the Percy Society, by Richards, [], published 1849, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

Usage edit

This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Philip Massinger's work Believe as You List (first performed 7 May 1631 [Julian calendar]; 1st edition, 1849). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at Google Books (archived at the Internet Archive).

Parameters edit

The template takes the following parameters:

  • |chapter= – if quoting from the preface, prologue, or epilogue, specify |chapter=Preface, |chapter=Prologue, or |chapter=Epilogue respectively.
  • |1= or |page=mandatory: the page number(s) quoted from in Arabic or lowercase Roman numerals, as the case may be. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:
    • Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this: |pages=10–11 or |pages=x–xi.
    • You must also use |pageref= to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
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 I
pages 1–20
Act II
pages 21–42
Act III
pages 43–64
Act IV
pages 65–85
Act V
pages 86–104
  • |scene=mandatory: in most cases, if the page number is specified the template can determine the scene number quoted from. It is unable to do so if page 11, 47, 69, 79, 82, or 93 is specified, in which case this parameter should be used to specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals, like this: |scene=i.
  • |2=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
  • |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.

Examples edit

  • Wikitext:
    • {{RQ:Massinger Believe as You List|page=75|passage=[T]he storie of / Your most '''deplorable''' fortune at the first warmde mee / With more then modest heates, but since I saw you / I am all fire, and shall turne cyndars, yf / You showe not mercie to mee.}} (the template is able to determine the act and scene number quoted from); or
    • {{RQ:Massinger Believe as You List|75|[T]he storie of / Your most '''deplorable''' fortune at the first warmde mee / With more then modest heates, but since I saw you / I am all fire, and shall turne cyndars, yf / You showe not mercie to mee.}}
  • Result:
    • 1631 May 17 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Philip Massinger, Believe as You List: A Tragedy (Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages. []; XXVII), London: [] [F]or the Percy Society, by Richards, [], published 1849, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii:
      [T]he storie of / Your most deplorable fortune at the first warmde mee / With more then modest heates, but since I saw you / I am all fire, and shall turne cyndars, yf / You showe not mercie to mee.