In the 1623 First Folio, they wrote that they had published the Folio "onely to keepe the memory of so worthy a Friend, & Fellow aliue, as was our Shakespeare, by humble offer of his playes".
У «Першым Фоліа» 1623 года яны напісалі, што выдаюць яго, «толькі каб захаваць памяць аб нашым годным сябры і калезе пры жыцці, якім быў наш Шэкспір, сціплай прапановай яго п'ес» (англ.: onely to keepe the memory of so worthy a Friend, & Fellow aliue, as was our Shakespeare, by humble offer of his playes).