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