He died two years afterwards, still raving about the treasures that lie at the bottom of the sea.

It would have been better for this man, if he had left the skeletons of the shipwrecked Spaniards in quiet possession of their wealth.
Captain Phips and his men continued to fish up plate, bullion, and dollars, as plentifully as ever, till their provisions grew short.

Then, as they could not feed upon gold and silver any more than old King Midas could, they found it necessary to go in search of better sustenance.

Phips resolved to return to England.

He arrived there in 1687, and was received with great joy by the Duke of Albemarle and the other English lords, who had fitted out the vessel.