The Names of the Principal Actors in all these plays.
| William Shakespeare. | Samuel Gilburne. |
| Richard Burbadge. | Robert Armin. |
| John Heminings. | William Ostler. |
| Augustine Phillips. | Nathan Field. |
| William Kempt. | John Underwood. |
| Thomas Poope. | Nicholas Tooley. |
| George Bryan. | William Ecclestone. |
| Henry Condell. | Joseph Taylor. |
| William Slye. | Robert Benfield. |
| Richard Cowly. | Robert Goughe. |
| John Lowine. | Richard Robinson. |
| Samuell Crosse. | John Shancke. |
| Alexander Cooke. | John Rice. |
LXX. BEN JONSON ON SHAKESPEARE (1630?).
Section entitled De Shakespeare nostrat[e][1] in Jonson’s Timber, or Discoveries, printed posthumously, 1641,
I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honor to Shakespeare that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out line.[2] My answer hath been: Would he had blotted a thousand; which they thought a malevolent speech. I had not told posterity this but for their ignorance, who choose that circumstance to commend their friend by wherein he most faulted, and to justify mine own candor, for I loved the man and do honor his memory (on this side idolatry) as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent
