Two households, both alike in Determination,
In the fair Underground, where we lay our scene,
From ancient Bravery break to new Hate,
Where monster blood makes monster hands unclean.
From forth the children of these two enemies
A pair of soul-crossed lovers take their life;
Whose unluckiness ends their days...
Do with their death end their Perseverance.
The passaging of their death-marked love,
And the continuance of their Bravery,
But their Dust, Integrity could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with Patient ears listen,
What is not explained here, our Justice shall strive to mend.