Template:RQ:Robertson History of Scotland

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1759, William Robertson, “(please specify the book number)”, in The History of Scotland, during the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI, till His Accession to the Crown of England. [], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: [] A[ndrew] Millar [], →OCLC:

Usage[edit]

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote William Robertson's work The History of Scotland, during the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI, till His Accession to the Crown of England (1st edition, 1759, 2 volumes). The template can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at the HathiTrust Digital Library:

Parameters[edit]

The template takes the following parameters:

  • |1= or |volume=mandatory: the volume number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either |volume=I or |volume=II.
  • |2= or |book=mandatory: the main part of the work is divided into eight books; indicate the book number in uppercase Roman numerals, from |book=I to |book=VIII.
  • |part= and |document= – to quote from the Appendix or the "Critical Dissertation" in Volume II, use |part= with the value indicated in the "Parameter value" column of the table below:
Parameter value Result
Appendix Appendix
Dissertation A Critical Dissertation Concerning the Murder of King Henry, and the Genuineness of the Queen’s Letters to Bothwell
Use |document= to specify the name of the document in the Appendix quoted from.
  • |3= or |page=; or |pages= – the page number(s) quoted from. 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.
    • 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.
  • The page numbering in Volume II is irregular. It starts from 1 in the Appendix and the "Critical Dissertation".
  • In the Appendix, pages 29–36 are incorrectly numbered as pages 21–28; refer to them as pages 29–36.
  • |4=, |text=, or |passage= – a passage quoted from the work.
  • |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.

Examples[edit]

  • Wikitext:
    • {{RQ:Robertson History of Scotland|volume=I|book=V|page=425|passage=He [{{w|Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk}}] mentioned to her [{{w|Elizabeth I of England}}] the rumour, which was ſpread of his marriage with the Scotch Queen [{{w|Mary, Queen of Scots}}]; he complained of it as a groundleſs '''calumny'''; and diſclaimed all thoughts of that kind, with many expreſſions full of contempt, both for Mary's character, and dominions.}}; or
    • {{RQ:Robertson History of Scotland|I|V|425|He [{{w|Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk}}] mentioned to her [{{w|Elizabeth I of England}}] the rumour, which was ſpread of his marriage with the Scotch Queen [{{w|Mary, Queen of Scots}}]; he complained of it as a groundleſs '''calumny'''; and diſclaimed all thoughts of that kind, with many expreſſions full of contempt, both for Mary's character, and dominions.}}
  • Result:
  • Wikitext: {{RQ:Robertson History of Scotland|volume=II|book=VIII|pages=202–203|pageref=203|passage=Armed with the authority of theſe decrees, [[w:James VI and I|James [VI and I]]] reſolved to cruſh entirely the mutinous ſpirit of his ſubjects. {{...}} The King continued '''inexorable''', the city was declared to have forfeited its privileges as a Corporation, and to be liable to all the penalties of treaſon.}}
  • Result:
    • 1759, William Robertson, “Book VIII”, in The History of Scotland, during the Reigns of Queen Mary and of King James VI, till His Accession to the Crown of England. [], volume II, London: [] A[ndrew] Millar [], →OCLC, pages 202–203:
      Armed with the authority of theſe decrees, James [VI and I] reſolved to cruſh entirely the mutinous ſpirit of his ſubjects. [] The King continued inexorable, the city was declared to have forfeited its privileges as a Corporation, and to be liable to all the penalties of treaſon.