Pendennis and all other standing forts dismantled: or, Eight military aphorismes, : demonstrating the uselesness, unprofitableness, hurtfulness, and prodigall expensivenes of all standing English forts and garrisons, to the people of England: their inability to protect them from invasions, depredations of enemies or pyrates by sea or land: the great mischiefs, pressures, inconveniences they draw upon the inhabitants, country, and adjacent places in times of open wars, when pretended most usefull: and the grand oversight, mistake, injury in continuing them for the present or furure [sic] reall defence of the peoples lives, liberties, estates, the only ends pretended for them. / Penned by William Prynne of Swainswick, Esquire, during his close imprisonment in Pendennis Castle. And now published for the common benefit, ease, information of the whole nation.

Author/creator Prynne, William
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon, : Printed for the author, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas in Green-Arbour, 1657 [i.e. 1656]
Description[6], 15, [1] p., 17-24 leaves, 25-32 p.
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Variant title Pendennis and all other standing forts dismantled
Variant title Eight military aphorismes
Running title Eight military aphorisms
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteThe page after p. 15 is numbered 8.
General noteAnnotation on Thomason copy: "Dec: 5"; the 7 in the imprint date has been crossed out and replaced with a "6".
General noteReproduction of the original in the British Library.
References Wing (2nd ed.) P4028.
References Thomason E.896[5].
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Thomason Tracts ; 135:E896[5])
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