| 1, 2 & 3 Two housholds both alike in dignitie, (In faire Verona where we lay our Scene) From auncient grudge, breake to new mutinie, | As Grego de' Monti, Kit Marlowe wrote anew his chidin' tale o' a kin-feud goin' t' swift ruin. I-e-e-e! No cure! Ah, he'l even B ouer-run by |
| 4, 5 & 6 Where ciuill bloud makes ciuill hands vncleane: From forth the fatall loynes of these two foes, A paire of starre-crost louers, take their life: | his uuoe: forever full of loue, he feels lo, so lo – stares at the M T place where all efforts fail'd, 'n' heart-sick, he saw Rita die. Ink can try t' climb on ro– |
| 7, 8 & 9 Whose misaduentur'd pittious ouerthrowes, Doth with their death burie their Parents strife. The fearfull passage of their death-markt loue, | tten lies – Phhh!!! But truth is apart. Aliue, it sings – oft it weaues itself. U do hear from me th' idea of how t' auert th' spark o' rude disorder, there where |
| 10, 11 & 12And the continuance of their Parents rage: Which but their childrens end nought could remoue: Is now the two houres trafficque of our Stage | anger stirr'd. No gain in th' futile heat! Foolish feud! Th' word's negotiate: restore th' wouen peace. B sure how U act, C, 'n' confound th' church requiem. |
| 13 & 14 The which if you with patient eares attend, What heare shall misse, our toyle shall strive to mend. | Wait! Fate alters mortal ways. U need t' plan: she has her own moues. U try: cold, she'l hit, hit, hit, hit! I-e-e-e! |
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Romeo and Juliet. facsimile. Prolog, Q. 2, p. A2 (only lines of dialogue are counted)
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