Thomas Lupton (

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1572–1584) was an English polemical writer of the reign of

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. His two-part work ''Siuqila'' of 1580–1 could be described as "the first Puritan utopia". Biographical details for Lupton, beyond his list of publications, are not available.

Chronological list of works

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for ''The bathes of Bathes ayde'' (1572) by the Welsh physician John Jones, a work on spa waters. Jones dedicated it to

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. * Commendatory verse for ''Allarme to England'' (1578) by

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, with those by

Thomas Churchyard Thomas Churchyard (c. 1523 – 1604) was an English author and soldier. He is chiefly remembered for a series of autobiographical or semi-autobiographical verse collections, including ''Churchyardes Chippes'' (1575); ''Churchyard's Choise'' (157 ...

and

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. *''All for Money'' (1578), a

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with numerous personified characters. This was a traditional dramatic interlude, and the work was without dedication. *''A Thousand Notable Things of Sundry Sorts'' (1579) was a compilation, a popular work in the "wonder book" tradition. It ran to numerous editions into the 18th century, the last being in 1793. Sources included

Lemnius Levinus Lemnius (20 May 1505 in Zierikzee – 1 July 1568 in Zierikzee) was a Dutch physician and author. Life Lemnius studied medicine at the University of Leuven under Rembert Dodoens and Konrad Gesner; and under Vesalius at Padua. He ...

and

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. It was dedicated to

Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby Margaret Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Lady Margaret Clifford; 1540 – 28 September 1596) was the only surviving daughter of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland and Lady Eleanor Brandon. Her maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1s ...

. The contents ranged from the use of the eagle-stone (

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) in childbirth, to the beasts pulling the chariot of

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according to

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. *''Siuqila'' (or ''Sivqila'') was a dialogue, subtitle ''Too Good to be True'', appearing in 1580 (first part, dedicated to

Christopher Hatton Sir Christopher Hatton KG (1540 – 20 November 1591) was an English politician, Lord Chancellor of England and a favourite of Elizabeth I of England. He was one of the judges who found Mary, Queen of Scots guilty of treason. Early years Sir ...

), and 1581 (second part, dedicated to William Cecil). It made use of reversed names from Latin: Siuqila is from the Latin ''aliquis'' (anyone) backwards, a traveller from Ailgna (from ''Anglia'', England), and another character is Omen (from Latin ''nemo'' or nobody). The idealised society Mauqsun described is named from the Latin ''nusquam'', nowhere. The use of these terms is a tribute to the wordplay in ''

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'' of

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, which may derived from the Greek as ''outopia'', no place. Lupton's work has been compared to ''A Pleasant Dialogue'' (1579) by T. N. (Thomas Nicholls), dedicated to

Edward Dyer Sir Edward Dyer (October 1543 – May 1607) was an English courtier and poet. Life The son of Sir Thomas Dyer, Kt., he was born at Sharpham Park, Glastonbury, Somerset. He was educated, according to Anthony Wood, either at Balliol Col ...

. *''A Persuasion from Papistrie'' (1581), dedicated to Elizabeth I. It mentioned John Nicolls, an apostate Catholic priest, who was then attacked in an anonymous work by Robert Parsons that made a dismissive comment about Lupton. *''The Christian Against the Jesuit'' (1582), reply to the anonymous work of Parsons, dedicated to

Francis Walsingham Sir Francis Walsingham ( – 6 April 1590) was principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England from 20 December 1573 until his death and is popularly remembered as her "spymaster". Born to a well-connected family of gentry, Wals ...

. *''A Dream of the Devil and Dives'' (1584). There was a later edition in 1615.

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