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