> <xsl:template match="stanza">
> <xsl:variable name="file" select="concat('verse', position(), 
> '.xml')> <saxon:output file="{$file}">
> 	<xsl:copy select="."/>
> </saxon:output>	
> 
> </xsl:template>

This template is broken:
In the second template that matches stanza, you do not supply a </xsl:variable> tag, also the select attribute only has one " - I think these syntax errors are the cause of the error messages.

Regards,
Flemming
 

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