Her bed is India; there she lies, a pearl:
Between our Ilium and where she resides,
Let it be call’d the wild and wandering flood,
Ourself the merchant, and this sailing Pandar
Our doubtful hope, our convoy and our bark.
William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act I Scene i.
The words are spoken by Troilus.
Diving for Pearls 