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The fifteenth-century English Heege Manuscript is unusual among collections of its kind and time given its focus on fantasy tales over more acclaimed works by celebrated medieval authors like Hoccleve. But according to professor James Wade, even more unusually, the three texts in the manuscript’s first booklet were likely copied by Richard Heege from a traveling minstrel’s repertoire book. The evidence includes performative elements such as the narrator politely addressing the audience, joking about peasants and royalty, and making jokes that could be modified to refer to the town of Radford when in nearby Brackonwet to avoid giving offense.

As presented in the text, Wade would most likely agree with which statement about the first booklet of the Heege Manuscript?

• A.

  It was likely a copy Heege intended to give to a traveling minstrel working in the area around Radford and Brackonwet.

• B.

  The texts it includes were based on stories about the area around Radford and Brackonwet, but these names were later removed.

• C.

  It was copied from a text that originated from a traveling minstrel who worked in the area around Radford and Brackonwet.

• D.

  It was written down by Heege from memory based on a performance by a traveling minstrel who worked in the area around Radford and Brackonwet.