Eliza as Portia

Il Schifanoya’s description of the coronation of Elizabeth says:

The orb was carried by the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Marshal, and in advance were knights clad in the ducal fashion, carrying the three crowns, they being the King-at-arms; they bore the three sceptres, with their crowns of iron, of silver, and of gold on their heads, and in their hands three naked swords, signifying the three titles of England, France, and Ireland.

Portia was to be won by the man who chose the lead casket, because that symbolized the English crown.

—This Star of England, Dorothy & Charlton Ogburn