PROLOGUE
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
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 star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whole misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
the first sentance "Two households, both alike in dignity" is a basic meaning of two upper class families.
verona that would be the city of where they live.
"From ancient grudge break to new mutiny" from what i can tell it means a grudge or fight from long ago so they probably can't remember what it was over and new mutany would mean they are have more fights.
"Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean" 'civil' would be refuring to the citizens so it would mean there has been fights and the blood of one person would make the other citizen commit a murder.
the next statement "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes" would mean 'these two foes' the heads of the households as the the 'bosses' but the statment was not about them it was about their children.
back then alot of people belived that their future was in the stars kind of like star sighns thats what shakespeare was talking about when he wrote "A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life" so two lovers whose futures were mixed kill themselves. (pleasent i know)
this was some what confusing i thought "Whole misadventured piteous overthrows" misadventured was prety ovbious, as in a adventure gone wrong. '

iteous' i know means bascicly pity. from what i can tell the statment is saying that their adventure has gone wrong and people pity them.
"Do with their death bury their parents' strife" again very bascic. when they die with their love their parents stop their fightingdue to suffering the same thing.
"The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love" bascic......... sadness of their love that caused their death.
"And the continuance of their parents' rage" parents still angry.
"Which, but their children's end, nought could remove" children die and still cant remove.
"Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage" that would refure to the story and it would take about 2 hours to finish.
"The which if you with patient ears attend" be patient and listen.
that is the discription of the PROLOGUE in romeo and juliet i'm sorry if i got some of this wrong this is just what i think