Ben Jonson
In Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, histories & tragedies, published according to the true originall copies.
London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, and are to be fold [sic] at the signe of the Blacke Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1632
Ben Jonson introduced the famous likeness with this poem and first described his friend as “Gentle.” Jonson warns us, however, not to rely on inferior fictions, but to look for the real Shakespeare “not on his picture, but his Booke.”