Template:RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene/documentation

Usage

This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Edmund Spenser's work The Faerie Queene. Books I to III were first published in 1590, and then republished in 1596 together with books IV to VI. The 1609 edition contains the "Two Cantos of Mutabilitie", which were probably written by Spenser between 1597 and September 1598. The template creates a link to online versions of these works at the Internet Archive.

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |year= – use this parameter as follows:
  • |year=1590 – to link to the 1590 edition (books I–III) of the work.
  • |year=1596.1 – to link to part I of the 1596 edition (books I–III) of the work.
  • |year=1596.2 – to link to part II of the 1596 edition (books IV–VI) of the work.
  • |year=1609 – to link to the 1609 edition, which contains the "Two Cantos of Mutabilitie" designated as book VII, cantos VI and VII.

If this parameter is omitted, the template links to the 1590 edition.

• |1= or |book= – the book number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, either |book=I, |book=II, |book=III, |book=IV (or |book=IIII), |book=V, |book=VI. (If quoting from the 1609 edition, "Book VII" will be automatically displayed.)
• |2= or |canto= – the canto number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals. If quoting from a prologue before the first canto, either omit this parameter or specify |canto=prologue. Some pages have errors in the canto numbering, which should be corrected. A list of them with links to the pages at the Internet Archive is indicated below:

1590 edition (books I–III)

Page	Canto number with error	Correct canto number
132	XI	IX
287	VIII	VII
288	VIII	VII
289	VIII	VII
310	XI	IX
408	II	I
446	III	IIII
542	XI	X

part I of the 1596 edition (books I–III)

Page	Canto number with error	Correct canto number
7	II	I
316	I	IX

part II of the 1596 edition (books IV–VI)

Page	Canto number with error	Correct canto number
78	VI	V
193	II	I
254	VI	V
266	VII	VI
321	XI	X
438	VI	VII
494	X	XI

If quoting from the "Two Cantos of Mutabilitie" in the 1609 edition, if the page number is specified the template can in most cases determine whether canto VI or VII is quoted from. It is unable to do so if page 358 is specified, in which case |canto= must be used to specify the canto number, like this: |canto=VI.

• |stanza= or |stanzas= – the stanza number(s) quoted from in Arabic numerals. When quoting a range of stanzas, separate the first and last stanzas of the range with an en dash, like this: |stanzas=10–11. As the stanza numbers were not indicated in the early editions of the works, they may be looked up in a later edition, such as this 1758 edition:
  • Volume I (Books I–IV).
• |3= or |page=, or |pages= – mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from in Arabic numerals. 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).
  • Some page numbers, such as "96" (94) are written incorrectly on the page. Use the number in the URL.

You must specify this information to have the template link to an online version of the book.

• |4=, |text=, or |passage= – the passage to be quoted.
• |5=, |t=, or |translation= – a translation of the passage quoted into contemporary English.
• |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

1590 edition

• Wikitext:
  • {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|book=II|canto=II|stanza=32|page=214|passage=Her gracious vvords their rancour did appall, / And ſuncke ſo deepe into their boyling breſts, / That dovvne they lett their cruel vveapons fall, / And lovvly did '''abaſe''' their lofty creſts, / To her faire preſence, and diſcrete beheſts.}}; or
  • {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|II|II|stanza=32|214|Her gracious vvords their rancour did appall, / And ſuncke ſo deepe into their boyling breſts, / That dovvne they lett their cruel vveapons fall, / And lovvly did '''abaſe''' their lofty creſts, / To her faire preſence, and diſcrete beheſts.}}
• Result:
  • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 32, page 214:

    Her gracious vvords their rancour did appall, / And ſuncke ſo deepe into their boyling breſts, / That dovvne they lett their cruel vveapons fall, / And lovvly did abaſe their lofty creſts, / To her faire preſence, and diſcrete beheſts.

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|year=1590|book=I|canto=IV|stanza=31|pages=53–54|pageref=53|passage=All in a '''kirtle''' of diſcolourd [[say#Noun 2|ſay]] / He clothed vvas, ypaynted full of eies; / And in his boſome ſecretly there lay / An hatefull Snake, the vvhich his taile vptyes / In many folds, and mortall ſting implyes.}}
• Result:
  • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31, pages 53–54:

    All in a kirtle of diſcolourd ſay / He clothed vvas, ypaynted full of eies; / And in his boſome ſecretly there lay / An hatefull Snake, the vvhich his taile vptyes / In many folds, and mortall ſting implyes.

1596 edition

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|year=1596.2|book=IV|stanza=1|page=1|passage=The rugged forhead that vvith graue '''foreſight''' / VVelds kingdomes cauſes, & affaires of ſtate; {{...}}}}
• Result:
  • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 1:

    The rugged forhead that vvith graue foreſight / VVelds kingdomes cauſes, & affaires of ſtate; […]

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|year=1596.2|book=IV|canto=V|stanza=6|passage=The iudges vvhich thereto ſelected vvere, / Into the '''Martian''' field adovvne deſcended, / To deeme this doutfull caſe, for vvhich they all contended.}}
• Result:
  • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], part II (books IV–VI), London: […] [Richard Field] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, stanza 6:

    The iudges vvhich thereto ſelected vvere, / Into the Martian field adovvne deſcended, / To deeme this doutfull caſe, for vvhich they all contended.

1609 edition

• Wikitext: {{RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene|year=1609|stanza=35|page=356|passage=There—at ''[[w:Jupiter (mythology)|Ioue]]'' vvexed vvroth, and in his ſpright / Did inly grudge, yet did it vvell conceale; / And bade ''Dan Phœbus'' '''Scribe''' her Appellation ſeale.}} (the template can determine the book and canto number)
• Result:
  • c. 1597–1598, Edmund Spenser, “Two Cantos of Mutabilitie: […]. Book VII, Canto VI.”, in The Faerie Queene, […], London: […] H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes, published 1609, →OCLC, stanza 35, page 356:

    There—at Ioue vvexed vvroth, and in his ſpright / Did inly grudge, yet did it vvell conceale; / And bade Dan Phœbus Scribe her Appellation ſeale.