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Did William Shakespeare say “He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.”?

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Did William Shakespeare say “He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.”?

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

… rs his widow. WIDOW. Then never trust me if I be afeard. PETRUCHIO. YOU are very sensible, and yet you miss my sense: I mean Hortensio is afeard of you. WIDOW. He that is giddy thinks the world turns round. PETRUCHIO. Roundly replied. KATHERINA. Mistress, how mean you that? WIDOW. Thus I conceive by him. PETRUCHIO. Conceives by me! How likes Hortensio that? HORTENSIO. My widow says thus she conceives her tale. PETRUCHIO. Very well mended. Kiss him for that, good widow. KATHERINA. 'He that is giddy thinks the world turns round.' I pray you tell me what you meant by that. WIDOW. Your husband, being troubled with a shrew, Measures my husband's sorrow by his woe; And now you …
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — William Shakespeare, SCENE II. LUCENTIO'S house · ¶4843 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #100 · source

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