Eight military aphorismes
Subtitle: demonstrating the uselesness, unprofitableness, hurtfulness and prodigall expensiveness 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 mischief, pressures, inconveniences theydraw 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 future reall defence of the peoples lives, liberties, estates, the onely ends pretended for them
By: By William Prynne of Swanswick, esquire; for the common benefit, ease and information of the whole nation.
Publisher: Printed for the author, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas
Published: 1658
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Military posts -- Great Britain.; Standing army.
Notes: Signatures: A-D|p4|s, d|p4|s, E|p4|s, (A|b1|s, blank? wanting).

Pages 9, 16 incorrectly numbered 1, 8, respectively.

Title within ornamental border. Marginal notes.

Published earlier with title:Pendennis and all other standing forts dismantled.

Bound in blue cloth.