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