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1608, Edward Topsell, The Historie of Serpents. Or, The Second Booke of Liuing Creatures: […], London: […] William Jaggard, →OCLC:
- The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Topsell Serpents/documentation. [edit]
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Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote Edward Topsell's work The Historie of Serpents. Or, The Second Booke of Liuing Creatures (1st edition, 1608). It can be used to create a link to an online version of the work at the Internet Archive.
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|1=or|chapter=– mandatory in some cases: the name of the chapter quoted from. If quoting from one of the following chapters not from the main part of the work indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value indicated in the first column:
| Parameter value | Result |
|---|---|
| Epilogus | Epilogus gratulatorius honorando atque in omni arte, & marte, cumulatissimo viro, D: Ludovico Lewknoro, equiti aurato, et aulicarum ceremoniarum magistro principali. Necnon doctissimo et clarissimo viro d: Thomae Bonhamo, in Medicinis Doctori. |
| Epistle Dedicatory | To the Reverend and Right VVorshipfvll Richard Neile, D. of Divinity, Deane of VVestminster, […] |
| To the Reader | To the Reader |
- As the above chapters are unpaginated, use
|2=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 ishttps://archive.org/details/TheHistoryOfFourFootedBeastsAndSerpents1658/TheHistoryOfSerpents1607/page/n1/mode/1up, specify|page=1.
|2=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory in some cases: 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).
- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
- You must specify this information to have the template link to the online version of the work.
|3=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|footer=– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=– use|brackets=onto 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:Topsell Serpents|chapter=Of the Chamæleon|page=116|passage=''[[w:Plutarch|Plutarke]]'' alſo calleth this beaſt a meticulous and fearefull beaſt, and in this cauſe concludeth the change of his colour, not as ſome ſay, to auoyde and deceiue the beholders and to vvorke out his ovvne happineuſſe, but for meere dread and terrour. {{...}} But I for my part doe aſſigne the true cauſe to bee in the thinneſſe of their skinne, and therefore may eaſily take impreſſion of any colour, like to a thin '''fleake''' of a horne, vvhich being layde ouer blacke, ſeemeth blacke, and ſo ouer other colours: {{...}}}}; or{{RQ:Topsell Serpents|Of the Chamæleon|116|''[[w:Plutarch|Plutarke]]'' alſo calleth this beaſt a meticulous and fearefull beaſt, and in this cauſe concludeth the change of his colour, not as ſome ſay, to auoyde and deceiue the beholders and to vvorke out his ovvne happineuſſe, but for meere dread and terrour. {{...}} But I for my part doe aſſigne the true cauſe to bee in the thinneſſe of their skinne, and therefore may eaſily take impreſſion of any colour, like to a thin '''fleake''' of a horne, vvhich being layde ouer blacke, ſeemeth blacke, and ſo ouer other colours: {{...}}}}
- Result:
- 1608, Edward Topsell, “Of the Chamæleon”, in The Historie of Serpents. Or, The Second Booke of Liuing Creatures: […], London: […] William Jaggard, →OCLC, page 116:
- Plutarke alſo calleth this beaſt a meticulous and fearefull beaſt, and in this cauſe concludeth the change of his colour, not as ſome ſay, to auoyde and deceiue the beholders and to vvorke out his ovvne happineuſſe, but for meere dread and terrour. […] But I for my part doe aſſigne the true cauſe to bee in the thinneſſe of their skinne, and therefore may eaſily take impreſſion of any colour, like to a thin fleake of a horne, vvhich being layde ouer blacke, ſeemeth blacke, and ſo ouer other colours: […]
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