not knowing what bed or bread did mean. The winter of 1635/6 was cold even by New England standards. That winter, Narragansett Bay froze over, an event that rarely happens. In this extreme cold, Roger Williams, a city boy from London, made his escape on foot from Salem.
Discretion is defined as the right of someone to make choices or the quality of someone who is careful about what they do or say. 1  An example of discretion is the ability of a juror to determine a verdict. 2  An example of discretion is not talking about politics at family dinners.
The discretion of a judge is said to be the law of tyrants; it is always unknown; it is different in different men; it is casual, and depends upon constitution, temper, and passion. In the best, it is oftentimes caprice; in the worst, it is every vice, folly, and passion, to which human nature is liable.