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1487 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 53 At the discretioun of the provest and baillies.

1577 M. Hanmer tr. Socrates Scholasticus viii. xxv, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 391 Distribute them at thy discretion among the poore.

1657 J. Taylor Coll. Offices sig. B2 The Deprecation to be used upon solemn daies or at the discretion of him that ministers.

1730 P. Shaw tr. G. E. Stahl Philos. Princ. Universal Chem. i. iii. 55 The earth adhering to the mineral,..is here excluded, at the discretion of the Artist.

1797 D. Hume Comm. Law Scotl. II. ix. 47 Those offences against the person, which..are only punishable with some inferior pain, at the discretion of the court.

1832 Naut. Mag. June 221/1 These boys to be admitted gratuitously, or on an annual payment of one month's pay of the rank of the parent, at the discretion of the Council.

1863 F. A. Kemble Jrnl. Resid. Georgian Plantation 43 Power to inflict three dozen lashes at his own discretion.

1952 Billboard 12 July 68/4 (advt.) Guaranteed minimum salary $100 per week, raises periodically at my discretion.

2011 T. J. Moskowitz & L. J. Wertheim Scorecasting 139 This extra time is rationed at the discretion of the head referee and is not recorded or monitored anywhere else in the stadium.

1549 W. Thomas Hist. Italie f. 104^v They sent a blanke Charter vnto Peter Doria, than capitaine of the Genowaies armie, besechyng him to prescribe them what condicions he woulde, and they gladly would accept them: but..he woulde not haue them but at his owne descrecion.

?1572 T. Paynell tr. Treasurie Amadis of Fraunce vi. xxii. 141 To haue the Citie of Constantinople with thys countrey at my discretion, I not long ago am come to the field, accompanied with such a puissance, as euery man knoweth.

1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour i. i. sig. B3^v [He] exacts..the goods, and liues Of all within the walls, and of all Sexes To be at his discretion.

1657 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Politick Disc. 173 A Country wherein are no strong Holds, is alwaies in apparent danger, and left almost at the discretion of the Enemy.

1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina Contin. 414 Your rudeness hath lost you your sword, and your want of discretion, hath put you now upon the discretion of your enemy.

1702 London Gaz. No. 3830/2 All the Country..will lie at our Discretion.

1758 J. Jortin Life Erasmus I. 592 Roterdam was some days at the discretion of these rioters.

1840 W. F. Napier Hist. War Penins. VI. xxiv. vi. 661 The French abandoned Toulouse, leaving there three wounded generals, sixteen hundred men, several guns and a quantity of stores at the discretion of their adversaries.

1939 R. Syme Rom. Revol. (2002) xii. 170 To give up his army and surrender at the discretion of a party that claimed to be the government, that was folly and certain extinction.