Parallel 2MA 6:19

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BrLXX Ὁ δὲ τὸν μετʼ εὐκλείας θάνατον μᾶλλον ἢ τὸν μετὰ μύσους βίον ἀναδεξάμενος, αὐθαιρέτως ἐπὶ τὸ τύμπανον προσῆγε·
(Ho de ton metʼ eukleias thanaton mallon aʸ ton meta musous bion anadexamenos, authairetōs epi to tumpanon prosaʸge; )

BrTr But he, choosing rather to die gloriously, than to live stained with such an abomination, spit it forth, and came of his own accord to the torment.

WEBBE But he, welcoming death with honour rather than life with defilement, advanced of his own accord to the instrument of torture, but first spat out the flesh,

KJB-1611 But he chusing rather to die gloriously, then to liue stained with such an abomination, spit it forth, and came of his owne accord to the torment,
(But he chusing rather to die gloriously, then to live stained with such an abomination, spit it forth, and came of his own accord to the torment,)