The road to it is from the shore of the Mexican gulf.
There was much gold." "You found it ?" "I found it and handled it.

Enough, could we have brought it off, to freight a dozen ships.

Likewise jewels beyond the imagining of kings." Raleigh had raised himself on his elbow, his face sharp and eager.
"I cannot doubt you, for you could not lie were it to win salvation.

But, heavens! man, what a tale! Why did I not know of this before I broke my fortune on Tom Keymis' mine ?" "I alone know of it, the others being dead." "Who first told you of it ?" "Captain Bovill had the rumour from a dying Frenchman who was landed in his last hours at Falmouth.

The man mentioned no names, but the tale set the captain inquiring and he picked up the clue in Bristol.