Up came the treasure in abundance.

Now they beheld a table of solid silver, once the property of an old Spanish grandee.

Now they found a sacramental vessel, which had been destined as a gift to some Catholic church.

Now they drew up a golden cup, fit for the King of Spain to drink his wine out of.

Perhaps the bony hand of its former owner had been grasping the precious cup, and was drawn up along with it.