Did William Shakespeare say “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears”?

Did William Shakespeare say “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears”?

Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to William Shakespeare. Source and location below.

Here comes his body, mourned by Mark Antony, who, though he had no hand in his death, shall receive the benefit of his dying, a place in the commonwealth, as which of you shall not? With this I depart- that, as I slew my best lover for the good of Rome, I have the same dagger for myself, when it shall please my country to need my death. ALL. Live, Brutus, live, live! FIRST CITIZEN. Bring him with triumph home unto his house. SECOND CITIZEN. Give him a statue with his ancestors. THIRD CITIZEN. Let him be Caesar. FOU …
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — William Shakespeare, SCENE II. The Forum. · ¶2794 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #100 · source

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