Template:RQ:Holinshed Chronicles/documentation

Usage

This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Raphael Holinshed's work Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande (1st edition, 1577, 2 volumes). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the Internet Archive:

• Volume I.
• Volume II.

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |volume= – the volume of the work quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either |volume=I or |volume=II. If this parameter is omitted, the template defaults to volume I.
• |2= or |book= – mandatory: for volume I, use this parameter to indicate the book quoted from, as follows:

Parameter value	Book
Britain	The Description of Britaine (by William Harrison)
England	The Historie of Englande (by William Harrison)
Scotland	The Historie of Scotlande (by Hector Boece in Latin; translated into Scots by John Bellenden, and into English by Harrison)
Ireland	The Historie of Irelande (by Holinshed and Richard Stanihurst)

• |3= or |chapter= – the name of the chapter quoted from. If quoting from one of the chapters indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value indicated in the first column:

Parameter value	Result	First folio or page number
Cecil	To the Right Honorable and his singular good Lorde, Sir VVilliam Cecill, […]	unnumbered page
Preface	The Preface to the Reader	unnumbered page
The Description of Britain
Brooke	To the Right Honorable, and His Singular Good Lord and Maister, S. William Brooke […] (by Harrison)	unnumbered page
The History of Scotland
Description of Scotland	The Description of Scotlande, […] (by Harrison)	page 1
Dudley	To the Right Honorable the Lord Robert Dudley, […]	unnumbered page
Secord	To the Right Worshipful Maister Thomas Secord […]	unnumbered page
The History of Ireland
Description of Ireland	A Treatise Contayning a Playne and Perfect Description of Irelande, […] (by Stanihurst)	folio 1, recto
Sydney	To the Right Honourable Sir Henry Sydney […]	unnumbered page

If quoting from one of the above chapters which is unpaginated, use |4= or |page= to specify the "page number" assigned by the Internet Archive to the URL. For example, if the URL is https://archive.org/details/firstevolumeofch01wolf/page/n8/mode/1up, specify |page=8.

• |folio= and |verso= – mandatory in some cases: in volume I, the Description of Britaine and the "Description of Irelande" chapter of the Historie of Irelande are numbered by folios instead of pages:
  • Indicate the folio number, and use |verso=1 or |verso=yes to indicate that the verso (left-hand page) is being quoted from. If |verso= is omitted, the template assumes that the recto (right-hand page) is being quoted from. This parameter must be specified for the template to link to the online versions of the work.
  • If quoting a range of folios, for example, "folios 10, verso – 11, recto", use |folio= and |verso= to specify the folio at the start of the range, and |folioend= and |versoend= (if required) to specify the folio at the end of the range. In addition, use |folioref= and |versoref= to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears). (If quoting a recto page, omit |versoend= and |versoref=.)
• |4= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: other parts of the work are numbered by pages. Use these parameters to specify the page or range of pages 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).

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

• In The Historie of Scotlande, the page numbering starts from 1 in the "Description of Scotlande" chapter, then restarts from 1 in the main "Historie of Scotlande" part. If quoting from the "Description of Scotlande", specify |chapter=Description of Scotland.
• In The Historie of Irelande, in the part with leaves which are paginated and not foliated, the pages indicated in the first column of the following table are incorrectly numbered; the text is unaffected. Give the parameter |4= or |page= the value indicated in the second column instead:

Incorrect page number(s) printed in the work	Correct page number to specify
[86–88]	[Not used by the work]
78 (after 91)	91A
88 (after 78)	91B
91 (after 88)	91C

• In volume II, the pages indicated in the first column of the following table are incorrectly numbered; the text is unaffected. Give the parameter |4= or |page= the value indicated in the second column instead:

Incorrect page number(s) printed in the work	Correct page number to specify
389 (after 398)	399
403–414 (after 400)	401–412
417–427 (after 414)	415–425
396 (after 427 [425])	426
429 (after 396 [426])	427
[429–430]	[Not used by the work]
424 (after 433)	434

• |column= or |columns= – the column number(s) quoted from. If quoting from both columns, either omit this parameter or separate the first and last column numbers with an en dash, like this: |columns=1–2.
• |5=, |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

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Holinshed Chronicles|volume=I|book=England|page=26|columns=1–2|passage=In the meane time it chaunced, that Marcus Papyrius ſtroke one of the Galles on the heade with his ſtaffe, because he preſumed to ſtroke his bearde: with whiche iniurie the Gaulle beeing prouoked, ſlue Papyrius (as he ſate) with hys ſworde, and therewith the ſlaughter being begun with one, all the reſidue of thoſe auncient fatherly men as they ſat in theyr Chayres were ſlaine and '''cruelly''' murthered.}}
• Result:
  • 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “The Historie of Englande”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC, page 26, columns 1–2:

    In the meane time it chaunced, that Marcus Papyrius ſtroke one of the Galles on the heade with his ſtaffe, because he preſumed to ſtroke his bearde: with whiche iniurie the Gaulle beeing prouoked, ſlue Papyrius (as he ſate) with hys ſworde, and therewith the ſlaughter being begun with one, all the reſidue of thoſe auncient fatherly men as they ſat in theyr Chayres were ſlaine and cruelly murthered.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Holinshed Chronicles|volume=I|book=Ireland|chapter=The Thirde Booke of the Historie of Ireland, Comprising the Raigne of [[w:Henry VIII of England|Henry the Eyght]]:{{nb...}}|pages=77–78|pageref=77|passage=The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of y{{sup|e}} Souldyers, ſhot '''habbe or nabbe''' at randon{{sic|random}} uppe to the [[rood|Roode]] lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images.|brackets=on}}
• Result:
  • [1577, Raphaell Holinshed, “[The Historie of Irelande […].] The Thirde Booke of the Historie of Ireland, Comprising the Raigne of Henry the Eyght: […].”, in The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Hunne, →OCLC, pages 77–78:

    The Citizens in their rage, imagining that euery poſt in the Churche had bin one of y^e Souldyers, ſhot habbe or nabbe at randon^{[sic – meaning random]} uppe to the Roode lofte, and to the Chancell, leauing ſome of theyr arrowes ſticking in the Images.]