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Two household, both alike in dignity,

(In fair Verona, where we lay our scene)

From ancient grudge breaks new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean,

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes,

a pair of starcrossed lovers take their lives

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