Template:RQ:Middleton Works/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote a collection of Thomas Middleton's works edited by Arthur Henry Bullen entitled The Works of Thomas Middleton (1st edition, 1885–1886, 8 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

Volume I (contents) Volume II (contents) Volume III (contents)

Volume IV (contents) Volume V (contents)

Volume VI (contents) Volume VII (contents) Volume VIII (contents)

Where a quotation template for a specific work exists (for example, {{RQ:Middleton Dekker Roaring Girle}}), use that template instead of this one.

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |volume= – mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, from |volume=I to |volume=VIII.
• |2=, |chapter=, or |play= – mandatory: the chapter or name of the play quoted from. (If quoting from the preface or introduction, use |chapter=.) If the parameter is given the value indicated in the first column of the following table, the template will produce the result indicated in the second column:

Works of Thomas Middleton

Parameter value	Result	First page number
Volume I
Preface	Preface (1885; by Arthur Henry Bullen)	page vii
Introduction	Introduction (1885; by Arthur Henry Bullen)	page xiii
Blurt	Blurt, Master Constable (1601–1602; attributed to Middleton and/or Thomas Dekker) Where possible, use {{RQ:Dekker Middleton Blurt}}.	page 1
Michaelmas Term	Michaelmas Term (first performed 1604; published 1607) Where possible, use {{RQ:Middleton Michaelmas Terme}}.	page 211
Volume II
Mayor of Queenborough	The Mayor of Queenborough (also known as Hengist, King of Kent, written c. 1615–1620; published 1661) Where possible, use {{RQ:Middleton Mayor of Quinborough}}.	unnumbered page
A Trick to Catch the Old One or Trick	A Trick to Catch the Old One (first performed c. 1605; published 1608)	page 247
Volume IV
The Roaring Girl	The Roaring Girl (written c. 1607–1610; published 1611; by Middleton and Thomas Dekker) Where possible, use {{RQ:Middleton Dekker Roaring Girle}}	page 1
Volume V
Chaste Maid	A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (written c. 1613; published 1630) Where possible, use {{RQ:Middleton Chast Mayd}}.	page 1
Widow	The Widow (written c. 1615–1617; published 1652).	page 117
Volume VI
More Dissemblers besides Women	More Dissemblers besides Women (written c. 1615; published 1657) Where possible, use {{RQ:Middleton Two New Playes}}.	page 373
The Spanish Gipsy or The Spanish Gypsy	The Spanish Gipsy (written c. 1623; published 1653); by Middleton, William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, and John Ford)	page 113
Women Beware Women	Women Beware Women (written c. 1623–1624; published 1657) Where possible, use {{RQ:Middleton Two New Playes}}.	page 231
Volume VII
The Triumphs of Integrity	The Triumphs of Integrity (first performed 29 October 1623 [Julian calendar])	page 379

For help with linking English Wikipedia articles to the template and/or adding titles or the dates when they were first composed or published, leave a message on the talk page or at "Wiktionary:Grease pit".

• |3= or |act= – mandatory in some cases: the act number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals.
• |4= or |scene= – mandatory in some cases: the scene number quoted from in lowercase Roman numerals.
• |line= or |lines= – the line number(s) quoted from. If quoting a range of numbers, separate the first and last numbers of the range with an en dash, like this: |lines=10–11.
• |5= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from in Arabic or lowercase Roman numerals, as the case may be. 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=10–11 or |pages=x–xi.
  • 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).

This parameter must be specified to have the template link to an online version of the work.

• |6=, |text=, or |passage= – a passage quoted from the work.
• |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

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Middleton Works|volume=VI|play=The Spanish Gipsy|act=II|scene=i|page=142|passage=If there be any fault in the verses, I can mend it extempore; for a stitch in a man's stocking not taken up in time, '''ravels''' out all the rest.}}
  • {{RQ:Middleton Works|VI|The Spanish Gipsy|II|i|142|If there be any fault in the verses, I can mend it extempore; for a stitch in a man's stocking not taken up in time, '''ravels''' out all the rest.}}
• Result:
  • c. 1623 (date written; published 1653), Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, Thomas Dekker, John Ford, “The Spanish Gipsy”, in A[rthur] H[enry] Bullen, editor, The Works of Thomas Middleton […] (The English Dramatists), volume VI, London: John C. Nimmo […], published 1885, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 142:

    If there be any fault in the verses, I can mend it extempore; for a stitch in a man's stocking not taken up in time, ravels out all the rest.

    The spelling has been modernized.