Metaphors, similes, symbolism
Take notes that identify characters and events
The correct answer here is the last option, that is D.
The Duke and the King are conman are they are conning Mary Jane for the money her father had left, after he died, in his will. He writes the note as way of helping her, so that in case the judge needs witnesses she can go to the last town these to man had conned people and get them to testify against them.
Elizabethan Era. It may also be referred to as the Elizabethan Age.