Template:RQ:Davenant Wits
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1634 (first performance), William D’avenant [i.e., William Davenant], The Wits: A Comedie; […], published 1636; republished in Two Excellent Plays: […], London: […] G. Bedel, and T[homas] Collins, […], 1665, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Davenant Wits/documentation. [edit]
- Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox
Usage
[edit]This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from William Davenant's work The Wits: A Comedie (1st edition, 1636) as it appears in Two Excellent Plays: The Wits, a Comedie: The Platonick Lovers, a Tragi-comedie. Both Presented in Black-friers, by His Majesties Servants. (1665); the 1st edition (London: […] Richard Meighen, […], 1636; →OCLC) is not currently available online. The template 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 one of chapters indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value indicated in the first column:
| Parameter value | Result |
|---|---|
| Epilogue | Epilogue |
| Dedication | To the Chiefly Belov’d of All that are Ingenious, and Noble, Endymion Porter, of His Majesties Bed-chamber |
| Prologue | The Prologue |
| To the Reader | To the Reader of Sir William D’avenant’s Play (by Thomas Carew) |
- As the prologue and "To the Reader" are unpaginated, use
|1=or|page=to specify the "page number" assigned by Google Books to the URL of the webpage to be linked to. For example, if the URL ishttps://books.google.com/books?id=dl5iAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP14, specify|page=14. (The dedication is also unpaginated but the template is able to determine the URL.)
|1=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory: the page number(s) quoted from. 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. - You must also use
|pageref=to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
- Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this:
- 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=– mandatory in some cases: in most cases, if the page number is specified the template can determine the act number of the play quoted from. It is unable to do so if page 14, 35, 48, or 69 is specified, in which case this parameter must be used to specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, like this:|act=I.
| Act I pages 1–14 |
Act II pages 14–35 |
Act III pages 35–48 |
Act IV pages 48–69 |
Act V pages 69–86 |
|2=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|footer=– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=– use|brackets=onto 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:Davenant Wits|page=1|passage=Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long '''Eſtridge''' vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?}}(the template can determine the act number); or{{RQ:Davenant Wits|1|Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long '''Eſtridge''' vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?}}; or
- Result:
- 1634 (first performance), William D’avenant [i.e., William Davenant], The Wits: A Comedie; […], published 1636; republished in Two Excellent Plays: […], London: […] G. Bedel, and T[homas] Collins, […], 1665, →OCLC, Act I, page 1:
- Could a Taff'ta ſcarf, a long Eſtridge vvhing, / A ſtiffe Iron Doublet, and a Brazeel Pole / Tempt thee from Cambrick ſheets, fine active Thighs, / From Caudles vvhere the precious Amber ſvvims?
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