Parallel 2MA 14:42

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BrLXX εὐγενῶς θέλων ἀποθανεῖν, ἤπερ τοῖς ἀλιτηρίοις ὑποχείριος γενέσθαι, καὶ τῆς ἰδίας εὐγενείας ἀναξίως ὑβρισθῆναι.
(eugenōs thelōn apothanein, aʸper tois alitaʸriois hupoⱪeirios genesthai, kai taʸs idias eugeneias anaxiōs hubristhaʸnai. )

BrTr choosing rather to die manfully, than to come into the hands of the wicked, to be abused otherwise than beseemed his noble birth:

WEBBE choosing rather to die nobly than to fall into the hands of the wicked wretches, and suffer outrage unworthy of his own nobleness.

KJB-1611 Chusing rather to die manfully, then to come into the hands of the wicked to be abused otherwise then beseemed his noble birth.