Did William Shakespeare say “What a piece of work is a man”?

Did William Shakespeare say “What a piece of work is a man”?

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

… ly frame the earth, this most excellent canopy the air, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire.' And not nature only: 'What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god!' This is no commonplace to Hamlet; it is the language of a heart thrilled with wonder and swelling into ecstasy.
Shakespearean Tragedy Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth — A. C. Bradley, ¶345 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #16966 · source

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