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.
1657
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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.
Created/published
London : 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. ; (4to)
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Note
The year is given according to Lady Day dating.
Running title reads: Eight military aphorisms.
The page after p. 15 is numbered 8.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Dec: 5"; the 7 in the imprint date has been crossed out and replaced with a "6".
Running title reads: Eight military aphorisms.
The page after p. 15 is numbered 8.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Dec: 5"; the 7 in the imprint date has been crossed out and replaced with a "6".
Cited/described in
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (CD-ROM, 1996), P4028
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.896[5]
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R203277
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.896[5]
English short title catalogue (ESTC), R203277
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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P4028
Folger-specific note
127023. (Disbound.) Trimmed, affecting headlines. Provenance: marking of ownership (?) on t.p.: "W. A."