Show I 1 the devil and the deep e e p sea Hazll tta english proverbs prove abs gives tho proverb its air Bo betwixt twixt tho the devil and the dead sea and quotes it from Cl Clar arkes keB 1639 and adds djs i note of explanation un it the barns aarns of a dilemma in cornwall they say aay deep sea which may be right ned Red dalls fact fancy and fable gives the following explanation of the he proverb thin 14 used by col monroe in ads expedition with Ma makams Mac kaya kays printed in london in 1637 the regina regiment ent was waa with the army of of f gustavus adolphus Adol and was engaged in a battle with the ana aim the swedish gunners did not elevate their guns guna sufficiently and their shot fell among this scottish regiment BO tao that we were between the devil and the doo deso ties bea |