 Allot thus became the prime mover in the creation of the Second Folio.The two minor partners in the First Folio, William Aspley and John Smethwick, continued as partners in the Second Folio syndicate; Aspley owned the rights to "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Henry IV, Part 2," while Smethwick owned the rights to "Love's Labour's Lost, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet," and "The Taming of the Shrew.