Matching Pairs Act I PrologueOnline version Match the lines of the original text with the modern-day translation. by Megan DeRuiter 1 From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, 2 Which, but their children’s end naught could remove, 3 Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage; 4 The fearful passage of their death-marked love, 5 Whose misadventured piteous overthrows 6 In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, 7 What here shall miss, our toils shall strive to mend. 8 And the continuance of their parents’ rage, 9 Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. 10 The which if you with patient ears attend, 11 Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife. 12 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes 13 Two households, both alike in dignity, 14 A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; We (actors) will work to clear up an-ything we left out of this prologue. and ongoing family fighting, If you (the audience) listen well and pay attention, ended by the death of their children, Their unlucky, tragic actions where civil people are acting uncivilized. The kids of these two enemies in Verona, where the story takes place, is an old fight that is resurfacing, The tragic love story Will with their death, end the families’ feud. are fated to be together and will commit suicide; is what you (the audience) will be watching in this 2 hour long play. Two families of the same social and economic standing,
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