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