Template:RQ:Milton Paradise Regained/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote John Milton's work Paradise Regain'd. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes (1st edition, 1671). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |book= – mandatory in some cases: the first to fourth books of Paradise Regain'd, or Samson Agonistes, as indicated in the first column of the following table:

Parameter value	Result	First page number
1	Paradise Regain'd, the first book	page 1
2	Paradise Regain'd, the second book	page 28
3	Paradise Regain'd, the third book	page 54
4	Paradise Regain'd, the fourth book	page 78
Samson Agonistes	Samson Agonistes	page 1

If quoting from Paradise Regain'd and the page number is specified, the book number can be omitted.

• |1= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) to be quoted from. When 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 specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).

You must specify this information to have the template determine the book number (1st–4th) of Paradise Regain'd quoted from, and to link to the online version of the work.

• |line= or |lines= – the line number(s) of the work quoted. Separate the first and last numbers of the range with an en dash.
• |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:Milton Paradise Regained|lines=61–66|page=81|passage=Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and ſee / VVhat '''conflux''' iſſuing forth, or entring in: / [[praetor|Pretors]], Proconſuls to thir Provinces / Haſting or on return, in robes of State; / Lictors and rods the enſigns of thir povver; / Legions and Cohorts, turmes of horſe and vvings: {{...}}}} (the template can determine the book quoted from as the page has been specified); or
  • {{RQ:Milton Paradise Regained|lines=61–66|81|Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and ſee / VVhat '''conflux''' iſſuing forth, or entring in: / [[praetor|Pretors]], Proconſuls to thir Provinces / Haſting or on return, in robes of State; / Lictors and rods the enſigns of thir povver; / Legions and Cohorts, turmes of horſe and vvings: {{...}}}}; or
  • {{RQ:Milton Paradise Regained|book=4|lines=61–66|page=81|passage=Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and ſee / VVhat '''conflux''' iſſuing forth, or entring in: / [[praetor|Pretors]], Proconſuls to thir Provinces / Haſting or on return, in robes of State; / Lictors and rods the enſigns of thir povver; / Legions and Cohorts, turmes of horſe and vvings: {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1671, John Milton, “The Fourth Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 81, lines 61–66:

    Thence to the gates caſt round thine eye, and ſee / VVhat conflux iſſuing forth, or entring in: / Pretors, Proconſuls to thir Provinces / Haſting or on return, in robes of State; / Lictors and rods the enſigns of thir povver; / Legions and Cohorts, turmes of horſe and vvings: […]

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Milton Paradise Regained|lines=833–836|pages=45–46|pageref=46|passage=[Nature] hath purvey'd / From all the Elements her choiceſt ſtore / To treat thee as '''beſeems''', and as her Lord / VVith honour, only deign to ſit and eat.}}
• Result:
  • 1671, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 45–46, lines 833–836:

    [Nature] hath purvey'd / From all the Elements her choiceſt ſtore / To treat thee as beſeems, and as her Lord / VVith honour, only deign to ſit and eat.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Milton Paradise Regained|book=Samson Agonistes|lines=521–523|page=42|passage=[W]ounds immedicable / Ranckle, and '''feſter''', and gangrene, / To black mortification.}} (if quoting from Samson Agonistes, |book=Samson Agonistes must be specified)
• Result:
  • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 42, lines 521–523:

    [W]ounds immedicable / Ranckle, and feſter, and gangrene, / To black mortification.