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Born in 1558, Thomas Kyd began life with a series of good omens. He was the son of a prosperous middle-class family; his father, Francis Kyd, was a scrivener—a type of scribe that was very important in the complex world of Elizabethan law. When he was seven, Thomas began to attend the Merchant Taylors school, a new and modern school for boys. Admission to Merchant Taylors required a significant knowledge of either Latin or Greek as well as the Bible, so Thomas's entrance was no small accomplishment. In fact, among his classmates at the prestigious academy was Edmund Spenser, future author of the Elizabethan epic poem The Faerie Queene. There was little hint, in Kyd's early events, of the misfortunes and sufferings that would plague his final years, sufferings almost worthy of one of his tragic protagonists.

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Thomas Kyd was born into a propitious start in 1558 as a member of a well-off middle-class family. His father, a scrivener by trade, played an essential role in the intricate legal world of the Elizabethan era. At the age of seven, Thomas was already attending the Merchant Taylors' School, a contemporary institution for boys at the time. Gaining entry into this school was a notable feat, requiring extensive knowledge of Latin or Greek and the scriptures. Among his peers at this distinguished school was none other than Edmund Spenser, who would later write the renowned Elizabethan epic, "The Faerie Queene." Initially, Kyd's life showed no signs of the deep adversity and tribulation that would later befall him, challenges that seemed fitting for one of the tragic characters he would come to write about.