Sirach 16:3

3 Trust not thou in their life,

dNor rely on their eende d;

H A For better is onef than a thousandg,

And to die childless than h (to have)h a presumptuous posterity.

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H	Manuscript A, containing ch. 3:6–16:26; this consists of six leaves, and may be of the eleventh century.
(	indicates that the word or words so enclosed or printed are supplied for the sake of clearness.