Template:RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene/documentation

Usage
This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote 's work . 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:
 * 1590 – to link to the 1590 edition (books I–III) of the work.
 * 1596.1 – to link to part I of the 1596 edition (books I–III) of the work.
 * 1596.2 – to link to part II of the 1596 edition (books IV–VI) of the work.
 * 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 I, II, III, IV (or IIII), V, 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 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:


 * 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: 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: 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: 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 – a passage to be quoted from the work.
 * 5, t, or translation – a translation of the passage quoted into contemporary English.
 * footer – a comment about the passage quoted.
 * brackets – use 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:
 * ; or
 * Result:
 * Result:


 * Wikitext:
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 * 1596 edition
 * Wikitext:
 * Result:


 * Wikitext:
 * Result:


 * 1609 edition
 * Wikitext: (the template can determine the book and canto number)
 * Result: