BROADSIDE  , sometimes termed, BROADSHEET, a single See also:

• SHEET

sheet of See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper containing printed See also:

• MATTER

matter on one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side only . The broad-side seems to have been employed from the very beginning of See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing for royal proclamations, papal indulgences and similar documents . See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England appears to have been its See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, where it was used chiefly for See also:

• BALLADS

ballads, particularly in the 16th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but also as a means of See also:

• POLITICAL

political agitation and for See also:

• PERSONAL

personal statements of all kinds, especially for the dissemination of the dying speeches and confessions of criminals . It is prominent in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of literature because, particularly during the later See also:

• PART

part of the 17th century, several important poems, by See also:

• DRYDEN, JOHN (1631-1700)

Dryden, See also:

• BUTLER
• BUTLER (or BOTELER), SAMUEL (1612–168o)
• BUTLER (through the O. Fr. bouteillier, from the Late Lat. buticularius, buticula, a bottle)
• BUTLER, ALBAN (1710-1773)
• BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-1893)
• BUTLER, CHARLES (1750–1832)
• BUTLER, GEORGE (1774-1853)
• BUTLER, JOSEPH (1692-1752)
• BUTLER, NICHOLAS MURRAY (1862– )
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1774-1839)
• BUTLER, SAMUEL (1835-1902)
• BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS (1838– )
• BUTLER, WILLIAM ARCHER (1814-1848)

Butler and others, originally appeared printed on the " broad side " of a sheet . The See also:

• TERM

term is also used of the simultaneous See also:

• DISCHARGE (adapted from the O. Fr. discharge, modern decharge, from a med. Lat. discargare, to unload, dis- and earn care, to load, cf. " charge ")

discharge of the guns on one side of a See also:

• SHIP

ship of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war .