choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:
WEB
2 Maccabees 14:42
choosing rather to die nobly than to fall into the hands of the wicked wretches, and suffer outrage unworthy of his own nobleness.
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: