The SCENE, in the beginning of the fifth g, is in Mantua, during all the rest of the play, in and near Verona. PRO L OGUE. WO boufholds, both alike in dignity, TW In fair Verona, (where we lay our fcene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny; Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of far-cross'd lovers take their life; Whofe mifadventur'd piteous overthrows Do, with their death, bury their parents' ftrife. The plot of this play is taken from an Italian novel of Bandelle. |