Template:RQ:Howard Four New Plays/documentation

Usage

This template may be used in Wiktionary entries to format quotations from Robert Howard's work Four New Plays (1st edition, 1665). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.

Chapter or play	First page number
To the Reader	unnumbered page
The Surprisal, a Comedy	unnumbered page
The Committee, a Comedy	page 67
The Indian Queen, a Tragedy (with John Dryden; first performed January 1664)	page 137
The Vestal-virgin, or The Roman Ladies. A Tragedy.	page 177

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |chapter= – use this parameter to specify the name of a chapter quoted from, for example, "To the Reader", or a prologue or epilogue of one of the plays. As "To the Reader" is unpaginated, use |1= or |page= to specify the "page number" assigned by the Internet Archive to the URL of the webpage to be linked to. For example, if the URL is https://archive.org/details/fournewplaysvizs00howa/page/n6/mode/1up, specify |page=6. (The prologue of The Surprisal is also unpaginated, but the template can 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 numbers 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 determine the act number (I–V) and scene number 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 quoted from. However, if it is unable to do so, use this parameter to specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, like this: |act=I.

The Surprisal
Act I pages 1–12	Act II pages 12–24	Act III pages 24–40	Act IV pages 40–53	Act V pages 53–66
The Committee
Act I pages 71–83	Act II pages 84–95	Act III pages 95–108	Act IV pages 108–121	Act V pages 121–134
The Indian Queen
Act I pages 141–146	Act II pages 147–152	Act III pages 153–160	Act IV pages 160–166	Act V pages 167–174
The Vestal-virgin
Act I pages 181–189	Act II pages 189–199	Act III pages 199–209	Act IV pages 209–221	Act V pages 221–230

• |scene= – mandatory in some cases: only The Surprisal is divided into scenes. In most cases, if the page number is specified the template can determine the scene number quoted from. If it is unable to do so, use this parameter 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 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

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Howard Four New Plays|page=161|passage=Suppoſe I ſhou'd ſtrike firſt, vvou'd it not breed / Grief in your '''publick''' heart to ſee her bleed?}} (the template is able to determine the act and scene numbers automatically); or
  • {{RQ:Howard Four New Plays|161|Suppoſe I ſhou'd ſtrike firſt, vvou'd it not breed / Grief in your '''publick''' heart to ſee her bleed?}}
• Result:
  • 1664 January (first performance), Robert Howard; [John Dryden], “The Indian Queen, a Tragedy”, in Four New Plays, […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], published 1665, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 161:

    Suppoſe I ſhou'd ſtrike firſt, vvou'd it not breed / Grief in your publick heart to ſee her bleed?