choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:
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2 Maccabees 14:42
Willing rather to dye manfully, then to giue him self into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer reproche vnworthie for his noble stocke.
Parallel Translations
Choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:
Choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:
choosing rather to die nobly than to fall into the hands of the wicked wretches, and suffer outrage unworthy of his own nobleness.